YMMV / The Brady Bunch S 2 E 9 The Not So Ugly Duckling

• Broken Aesop: At first, the lesson Jan could have learned seemed like "it's no big deal if a boy isn't into you that way, or if you don't have a boyfriend," and that just because a boy you asked out declines it doesn't make him a shallow, vain jerk. (By all accounts, Clark seems to be a nice boy.) But when Jan puts a dress on and turns up the girlish charm, Clark's all over her. While there was nothing wrong with Jan getting all dolled up because she wanted to look pretty, the lesson seemed to be "boys only like girls based on their looks, so you better have the right look" which is especially sad when you consider how insecure Jan is.

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