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3	''Status Update'' is a 2018 teen comedy romance film starring Creator/RossLynch and Creator/OliviaHolt.
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5	An unpopular teenager, Kyle, discovers a smartphone app that brings whatever he posts on it into reality, and he uses this to essentially become one of the most popular kids in school.
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7	It had a limited release on March 23, 2018, as well as a video on demand release on March 30, 2018.
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9	'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGRm_cbbRMY Trailer 1]]
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11	!!This film has examples of:
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13	* AlphaBitch: Charlotte, who only shows interest in Kyle after he becomes popular.
14	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Brian when he tries to expose Kyle as a fraud in front of the whole school:
15	--> ''Brian:'' He's got you all believing he's a singer, a hockey player, and worst of all, a heterosexual.
16	* BaitAndSwitch: Brian seems jealous because of Kyle talking to "his girl" Dani. It turns out he's jealous because he wants Kyle.
17	* BettyAndVeronica: Dani (Betty) and mean girl Charlotte (Veronica) over Kyle.
18	* BigManOnCampus: Kyle works his way up to being it for Hayden High.
19	* CallingTheOldManOut: Kyle delivers this to his dad at the breakfast table [[spoiler:towards the film's climax]], and a rather emotional one at best.
20	* CampGay: Brian, who wears women's jeans for no reason other than that he's gay.
21	* CassandraTruth: No one believes Brian when he tells everyone about Kyle's usage of U-niverse.
22	* FerrisWheelDateMoment: Dani really likes ferris wheels, so Kyle takes her out on a date on one.
23	* GoThroughMe: Subverted. Brian says it while trying to stop Kyle from getting into The Slam, but he drops the act after Kyle reminds him of his homosexuality and tells him to [[BeYourself be himself]].
24	* GreenEyedMonster: Dani doesn't react well to seeing a post of Charlotte kissing Kyle.
25	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Kyle and Dani are both blonde and also nice people.
26	* HowManyFingers: Kyle asks Lonnie this after Derek knocks the latter off Kyle's skateboard using his hockey stick.
27	* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Kyle's sister's boyfriend is an OccidentalOtaku, who loves anime so much that he only speaks...Chinese?
28	* JerkJock: Derek is this. He pretty much plays every stereotype about one completely straight.
29	* LoveTriangle: One occurs between Kyle, Charlotte (the resident AlphaBitch) and Dani.
30	* MrFanservice: This being a Ross Lynch vehicle, he of course gets an obligatory gratuitous ShirtlessScene. This time wearing only a towel in the locker room.
31	* MrsRobinson: Katherine (Charlotte's mother) comes off as this to the main character Kyle when she [[spoiler: approaches him in the kitchen in an attempt to seduce him]] and [[HilarityEnsues ends with hilarious results]]. Being played by Creator/FamkeJanssen doesn't hurt.
32	* NoBisexuals: Brian is jealous of Kyle at the start of the film, telling him to back off of "his girl". Cue Dani telling him that she isn't his girl... because he's gay. He insists he's actually "37%" (gay, straight or just has a special preference for Dani, not really clear), and is immediately ignored.
33	* PopUpTexting: Kyle's posts are shown in boxes.
34	* PutMeInCoach: After Kyle fakes an injury to get to The Slam at the BigGame, Derek, who hasn't played all season because he was upstaged by Kyle, offers to take his place. Of course, he wins the game.
35	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kyle delivers one to his father, in front of everyone at the family breakfast.
36	-->'''Kyle''': Well, how's that job going, Dad? Wait, Mom. Sit down. I'm fine but Mom's not getting your breakfast today or any day. The free rides stop. Right now. Leave her out of this! This is about me and you! Yeah. When Mom moved me away from you, I was so angry and hurt and alone. She took me away from my best friend, my hero. I would've done anything for you to come back into my life. But the truth is, you didn't even want me! ''You didn't even want me!'' I was so wrong and I made Mom go through hell because of it. But Mom, Maxie and I, we deserve somebody who wants to be with us. And you deserve to live your life. And as hard as that is, I get it now.
37	* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer gives away the entire basic structure of the film; a teenage guy becomes popular through magical means, a LoveTriangle ensues, the guy realizes that he should just stick with what he already had.

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