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* KarmaHoudini: Deric.
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* KarmaHoudini: Deric.The main characters get away with murdering Steve, and there's no indication they'll ever own up to it or get caught. [[spoiler:Virgil feels really deep remorse for it, though, and ends up in a coma because of it.]]
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* NewYearsKiss: Ben has a crush on Stephanie for most of the movie, but she's dating Steve. At the end of the film, after Steve mysteriously disappears [[spoiler: (actually, Ben et al. killed him for unrelated reasons)]], Ben and Stephanie meet at a New Years party and share a kiss at midnight on New Years Eve. This would seemingly advance their relationship, but due to Ben's sadness and the circumstances surrounding Steve the relationship doesn't get developed much.
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* NewYearsKiss: Ben has a crush on Stephanie for most of the movie, but she's dating Steve. At the end of the film, after Steve mysteriously disappears [[spoiler: (actually, Ben et al. killed him for unrelated reasons)]], Ben and Stephanie meet at a New Years party and share a kiss at midnight on New Years Year's Eve. This would seemingly advance their relationship, but due to Ben's sadness and the circumstances surrounding Steve the relationship doesn't get developed much.
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%%* PomPomGirl: Stephanie does have a sneaky side (shoplifting a CD in one scene) but comes a lot closer to this trope than CruelCheerleader.
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The film's also notable for featuring the first appearance of Han Lue (played by Creator/SungKang), whom Justin Lin would later introduce to ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' franchise in ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift Tokyo Drift]]''.
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The film's also notable for featuring the first appearance of Han Lue (played by Creator/SungKang), whom Justin Lin would later introduce to ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious'' franchise in ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift Tokyo Drift]]''.
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* CharacterOverlap: The character of Han (played by Sung Kang) is the same Han who appears in ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' films, as confirmed in online interviews by both [[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=104306 Justin Lin]]and [[http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/506363-exclusive-interview-sung-kang-on-fast-furious-6 Sung Kang]].
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* CharacterOverlap: The character of Han (played by Sung Kang) is the same Han who appears in ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious'' films, as confirmed in online interviews by both [[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=104306 Justin Lin]]and [[http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/506363-exclusive-interview-sung-kang-on-fast-furious-6 Sung Kang]].
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* SharedUniverse: With ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''.
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* SharedUniverse: With ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''.''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious''.
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* PomPomGirl: Stephanie does have a sneaky side (shoplifting a CD in one scene) but comes a lot closer to this trope than TheCheerleader.
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Ben (Parry Shen) is a straight-A student who just wants to make the basketball team, get with his cheerleader crush Stephanie (Karin Anna Cheung), and get into an Ivy League school. After BigManOnCampus Daric (Roger Fan) messes things up for him on the basketball team, Ben ends up agreeing to help with a test cribbing scam. Ben's goofy [[ChildhoodFriends childhood best friend]] Virgil (Jason Tobin) and Virgil's stoic cousin Han (Sung Kang) also get involved, and their gang soon expands to all sorts of criminal activities. Meanwhile, Ben competes with Stephanie's boyfriend Steve (Creator/JohnCho), a private school kid with a strange outlook on life, for her affections. But as their crimes become bigger and their lifestyle more hedonistic, things take a violent turn...
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Ben (Parry Shen) is a straight-A student who just wants nothing more than to make the school basketball team, get with his cheerleader crush Stephanie (Karin Anna Cheung), and get into an Ivy League school. After BigManOnCampus Daric (Roger Fan) messes things up for him on the basketball team, however, Ben ends up agreeing to help with take part in a test cribbing test-cribbing scam. Ben's goofy [[ChildhoodFriends childhood best friend]] Virgil (Jason Tobin) and Virgil's stoic cousin Han (Sung Kang) also get involved, and their gang soon expands to all sorts of criminal activities. Meanwhile, Ben competes with Stephanie's boyfriend Steve (Creator/JohnCho), a private school kid with a strange outlook on life, for her affections. But as their crimes become bigger and their lifestyle more hedonistic, things take a violent turn...
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''Better Luck Tomorrow'' is a 2002 crime-drama film directed by Creator/JustinLin. Set in suburban [[UsefulNotes/{{California}} Orange County]], the film follows a group of high-achieving Asian American high schoolers who turn to a life of crime out of a dissatisfaction with their lives. This lifestyle sprials out of control, leading to eventual murder. The film was [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Stuart_Tay the murder of Stuart Tay]].
Ben (Parry Shen) is a straight-A student who just wants to make the basketball team, get with his cheerleader crush Stephanie (Karin Anna Cheung), and get into an Ivy League school. After the BigManOnCampus Daric messes up things for him on the basketball team, Ben ends up agreeing to help with a test cribbing scam. Ben's goofy [[ChildhoodFriends childhood best friend]] Virgil (Jason Tobin) and Virgil's stoic cousin Han (Sung Kang) get involved, and their gang soon expands to all sorts of criminal activities. Meanwhile, Ben competes with Stephanie's boyfriend Steve (Creator/JohnCho), a private school kid with a strange outlook on life, for her affections. But as their crimes become bigger and their lifestyle more hedonistic, things take a violent turn...
''Better Luck Tomorrow'' is a 2002 crime-drama film directed by Creator/JustinLin. Set in suburban [[UsefulNotes/{{California}} Orange County]], the film follows a group of high-achieving Asian American high schoolers who turn to a life of crime out of a dissatisfaction with their lives. This lifestyle sprials out of control, leading to eventual murder. The film was [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Stuart_Tay the murder of Stuart Tay]].
Ben (Parry Shen) is a straight-A student who just wants to make the basketball team, get with his cheerleader crush Stephanie (Karin Anna Cheung), and get into an Ivy League school. After the BigManOnCampus Daric messes up things for him on the basketball team, Ben ends up agreeing to help with a test cribbing scam. Ben's goofy [[ChildhoodFriends childhood best friend]] Virgil (Jason Tobin) and Virgil's stoic cousin Han (Sung Kang) get involved, and their gang soon expands to all sorts of criminal activities. Meanwhile, Ben competes with Stephanie's boyfriend Steve (Creator/JohnCho), a private school kid with a strange outlook on life, for her affections. But as their crimes become bigger and their lifestyle more hedonistic, things take a violent turn...
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''Better Luck Tomorrow'' is a 2002
Set in suburban
Ben (Parry Shen) is a straight-A student who just wants to make the basketball team, get with his cheerleader crush Stephanie (Karin Anna Cheung), and get into an Ivy League school. After
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** ''Film/{{F9}}'' expands this to include [[spoiler:Virgil, who not only made a full recovery from his coma, but went on to become a rocket scientist]].
