| 1 | ''Only Once'' is a 1998 American dramatic film directed by Rocco [=DeVilliers=]. It is based on the book ''Greg & Kellie'' by Douglas and Donlu Thayer. The film follows the teenagers Greg and Kellie, who fall in love and make a mistake when they're alone at a cabin. Kellie gets pregnant and Greg has to summon the courage to inform his parents. |
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| 4 | !!''Only Once'' contains examples of: |
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| 6 | * AdaptationDistillation: The original book has two sections which tell the story from Greg and Kellie's perspectives, while the movie focuses mainly on Greg. |
| 7 | * TheBigDamnKiss: Greg and Kellie kiss a couple times during the movie, but their climactic show of affection [[spoiler:after they tell their parents that Kellie is pregnant]] is when they hug. |
| 8 | * {{Dedication}}: The film is "respectfully" dedicated to David Jensen, who played Greg's father and died before he could see the finished movie. |
| 9 | * FallingInLoveMontage: Greg and Kellie get one, where they ride together in a motorcycle, walk around, and watch airplanes taking off. |
| 10 | * FlamesOfLove: The fire in the cabin represents Greg and Kellie's love/lust for each other. |
| 11 | * GoodParents: Greg and Kellie both have very supportive parents. Greg's father is especially concerned for his son. |
| 12 | * HeartbeatSoundtrack: Greg gets one when Kellie tells him she's [[spoiler:pregnant]]. |
| 13 | * InMediasRes: The film starts with Greg having a nightmare about his girlfriend giving birth. It then skips back to how they first met. |
| 14 | * KneelPushTrip: Two kids do this to another kid in one of the establishing shots of Lone Peak High School. |
| 15 | * LoveDoodles: Kellie's EstablishingCharacterMoment is her drawing a portrait of Greg while at school. She then accidentally gives this drawing to Greg. |
| 16 | * MorningSickness: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Kellie is too sick to attend church because she's pregnant. However, she doesn't throw up as is common with this trope.]] |
| 17 | * NightmareSequence: The film starts with Greg dreaming that Kellie is giving birth in the hospital. |
| 18 | * OneNightStandPregnancy: Kellie gets pregnant after a one-night stand in a cabin. |
| 19 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Greg is devastated when he learns that [[spoiler:Kellie is pregnant]]. He considers selling his motorcycle, and his father immediately to suspect something is wrong, remarking that he hasn't been himself lately. |
| 20 | * SexyDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:When Greg and Kellie start kissing in the log cabin, the scene cuts outside.]] |
| 21 | * TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler:Kellie tells Greg she's pregnant.]] |
| 22 | * VertigoEffect: The camera does this on Greg when he learns that Kellie is [[spoiler:pregnant]]. |
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