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7	''Little Darlings'' is a 1980 ComingOfAge film directed by Ronald F. Maxwell, starring Creator/TatumONeal and Creator/KristyMcNichol as two girls at summer camp who make a bet on who will lose her virginity first. Creator/MattDillon and Creator/ArmandAssante costar as the girls' respective targets.
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10	!!Tropes associated with the film include:
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12	* TheEighties: Although it would have been filmed earlier than its 1980 release, so it has shades of TheSeventies. But the feathered hair and running shorts are features of the 80's.
13	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: In a variation of the way this usually plays out, Angel seems to choose Randy because he's street-wise like her. After all, Matt Dillon WAS this trope in TheEighties.
14	* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Averted. Ferris discovers the hard way that, at least in the physical context of a 30-year-old man having sex with a 15-year-old, sex can be damaging and its consequences ugly.
15	* ComingOfAge: The movie is about both girls learning about the intersection of love and sex.
16	%% * DeadpanSnarker: Ferris.
17	* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Both girls leave a lot of questions unanswered, which is part of their learning experience.
18	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Angel delivering the below GroinAttack.
19	* FemaleGaze: Angel checking out Randy's ass. Along with some Fanservice when Randy strips down to his briefs.
20	%% * FoodFight: The campers have one.
21	* GirlPosse: The rest of the girls in the camp divide into two "teams", each rooting for and egging on either Ferris or Angel, including a BlondeBrunetteRedhead combination (Sunshine, Carrots, Cinder).
22	%% * GranolaGirl: Sunshine, played by a [[RetroactiveRecognition very young]] Cynthia Nixon.
23	* GroinAttack: Angel randomly kicks a teenage boy in the balls in the opening scene.
24	* {{Hypocrite}}: Angel's mom. "I don't want you smoking."
25	* SarcasticTitle: Lampshaded by one of the {{tagline}}s in the poster: "Don't let the title fool you."
26	* SexAsRiteOfPassage: Angel and Ferris are two teenagers who make a bet as to which of them will be the first to lose her virginity at a summer camp.
27	* ShareTheMalePain: Averted; two teenage boys watching the opening scene's GroinAttack just laugh at the victim.
28	* SmokingIsCool: Angel cements her "cool teenager" image via smoking.
29	* SummerCampy: It is a film about two teenage girls making a bet as to which of them will be the first to lose her virginity at a summer camp, what did you expect?
30	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Angel is cynical and streetwise, while Ferris is naive and romantic.

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