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* TheFriendNoOneLikes: While Mitchell and Lisa are not particularly close at the start of the movie, they both detest Hunter. [[spoiler:By the end of the movie, they all become true friends.]]
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* TheFriendNoOneLikes: TheFriendNobodyLikes: While Mitchell and Lisa are not particularly close at the start of the movie, they both detest Hunter. [[spoiler:By the end of the movie, they all become true friends.]]
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Julie, Kayla and Sam are a trio of 18-year-olds who have been [[ChildhoodFriends friends since elementary school]]. On the day of their prom Julie announces to the others that she intends to lose her virginity to her boyfriend that night. The three of them agree to a [[SexAsRiteOfPassage sex pact]] - that all three will have sex with their prom dates. However on the night their respective parents Lisa, Mitchell and Hunter find an emoji-riddled discussion of the pact on Julie's open laptop and agree to stop the girls before it's too late.
So begins a night of wacky misadventure that will change how all six view themselves and each other.
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Julie, Kayla and Sam are a trio of 18-year-olds who have been [[ChildhoodFriends friends since elementary school]]. On the day of their prom Julie announces to the others that she intends to lose her virginity to her boyfriend that night. The three of them agree to a [[SexAsRiteOfPassage sex pact]] - that all three will have sex with their prom dates. However on the night their respective parents Lisa, Mitchell and Hunter find an emoji-riddled discussion of the pact on Julie's open laptop and agree to stop the girls before it's too late.
late. So begins a night of wacky misadventure misadventures that will change how all six view themselves and each other.
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''Blockers'' is a 2018 SexComedy by Kay Cannon in her directorial debut. It stars Creator/LeslieMann (Lisa), Wrestling/JohnCena (Mitchell), and Ike Barinholtz (Hunter) as the three main parents and Kathryn Newton (Julie), Geraldine Viswanathan (Kayla), and Gideon Adlon (Sam) as the girls.
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''Blockers'' is a 2018 SexComedy by Kay Cannon in her directorial debut. It stars Creator/LeslieMann (Lisa), Wrestling/JohnCena (Mitchell), and Ike Barinholtz (Hunter) as the three main parents and Kathryn Newton Creator/KathrynNewton (Julie), Geraldine Viswanathan (Kayla), and Gideon Adlon (Sam) as the girls.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Averted. The film looks like it's going to end this way, with Hunter, Lisa, and Mitchell [[spoiler:catching another text conversation between the girls, where they announce their plan to do a bunch of reckless stuff. But it turns out the three girls were just pulling a prank.]]
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* HereWeGoAgain: Averted.PlayedForLaughs. The film looks like it's going to end this way, with Hunter, Lisa, and Mitchell [[spoiler:catching another text conversation between the girls, where they announce their plan to do a bunch of reckless stuff. But it turns out the three girls were just pulling a prank.]]
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i can't remember which of the 3 girls it was, if you know please help me out here.
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* AssShove: To gain entrance into a house their children are currently in, the parents (specifically Mitchell) are challenged to do Butt Chugging, which is exactly what it sounds like.
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* AssShove: To gain entrance into a house their children are currently in, the parents (specifically Mitchell) are challenged to do Butt Chugging, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin which is exactly what it sounds like.like]].
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* HereWeGoAgain: Averted. The film ''looks'' looks like it's going to end this way, with Hunter, Lisa, and Mitchell [[spoiler:catching another text conversation between the girls, where they announce their plan to do a bunch of reckless stuff. But it turns out the three girls were just pulling a prank.]]
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* VomitChainReaction: After Sam has had too much to drink, she pukes on Chad, which leads Chad, Kayla, Austin, and the limo driver vomiting as well.
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* VomitChainReaction: After Sam has had too much to drink, she pukes on Chad, which leads Chad, Kayla, Austin, and the even their limo driver chauffeur vomiting as well.
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* {{Tomboy}}: Kayla was brought up as one, though she oftentimes chafes at how she was raised as a clean-living, star athlete with tomboyish dress and mannerisms. Which is why she acts out by [[spoiler:experimenting with cigarettes, eagerly talking about getting drunk and high, sampling Connor's drug-laced concoctions, and initially acting sexually aggressive toward him...until she realizes she's not yet ready for sex with him after all.]]
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* EmptyNest: Lisa's life for the past 18 years has been focussed on raising Julie, so she has no idea what she will do with her life once Julie leaves for college, and tries to convince her to go to the closest one possible.
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* [[TurnOutLikeHisFather Turn Out Like Her Mother]]: The reason why Lisa is so overprotective of Julie and so concerned about her wanting to lose her virginity. As a FormerTeenRebel who was once dating someone who went on tour with the Music/DaveMatthewsBand, Lisa dropped out of college after becoming pregnant with Julie, and consequently missed out on a lot of her dreams as a younger woman.
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** Hunter realised that Sam was gay years before she realised it herself, and is completely OK with it, to the extent that he joins the other parents in attempting to stop the sex pact only when he thinks Sam is going to have sex with a boy just to fit in with the others.
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** Austin's parents, Ron and Cathy. Not only do they love playing kinky sex games despite being presumably at least a decade older than the main grown-up characters, they are so open-minded that Austin texts them a blow-by-blow account of his and Julie's plan to lose their virginity.
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** Austin's parents, Ron and Cathy. Not only do they love playing kinky sex games despite being presumably at least a decade older than the main grown-up characters, they are so open-minded that Austin texts them a blow-by-blow account of his and Julie's plan to lose their virginity.
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* TheFriendNoOneLikes: While Mitchell and Lisa are not particularly close at the start of the movie, they both detest Hunter. [[spoiler:By the end of the movie, they all become true friends.]]
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* StraightEdge: Mitchell tries to outwardly appear this way, but [[spoiler:ultimately acquiesces when Lisa and Hunter invite him for an (alcoholic) drink toward the end of the film. And let's not forget the butt-chugging.]]
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* TheFriendNoOneLikes: While TheTeetotaler: Mitchell and tries to outwardly appear this way, but [[spoiler:ultimately acquiesces when Lisa are not particularly close at the start of the movie, they both detest Hunter. [[spoiler:By and Hunter invite him for an (alcoholic) drink toward the end of the movie, they all become true friends.film. And let's not forget the butt-chugging.]]
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* ManlyTears: One of Mitchell's defining character traits.
* StraightEdge: Mitchell tries to outwardly appear this way, but [[spoiler:ultimately acquiesces when Lisa and Hunter invite him for an (alcoholic) drink toward the end of the film. And let's not forget the butt-chugging.]]
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* {{Tomboy}}: Kayla was brought up as one, though she oftentimes chafes at how she was brought up raised as a clean-living, star athlete with tomboyish dress and mannerisms. Which is why she acts out by [[spoiler:eagerly [[spoiler:experimenting with cigarettes, eagerly talking about getting drunk and high, sampling Connor's drug-laced concoctions concoctions, and initially acting sexually aggressive toward him...until she realizes she's not yet ready for sex with him after all.]]
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** Done subtly, as the writers gave almost every named character an age-appropriate first name, with the exception of Julie, whose name was more common for babies born in her parents' generation, and Hunter, who is the opposite, as his name was only 669th most popular among boys in 1977 (his, and actor Ike Barinholtz's birth year), but 35th most popular in 2000, when most 2018 high school graduates were born. Compared to her friends, Julie is arguably the most mature and the most ready to have sex, while Hunter is a ManChild who often acts as if he's still in high school.
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** Done subtly, as the writers gave almost every named character an age-appropriate first name, with the exception of Julie, whose name was more common for babies born in her parents' generation, and Hunter, who is the opposite, as his name was only 669th most popular among boys born in 1977 (his, and actor Ike Barinholtz's birth year), but 35th most popular in 2000, when most 2018 high school graduates were born. Compared to her friends, Julie is arguably the most mature and the most ready to have sex, while Hunter is a ManChild {{Manchild}} who often acts as if he's still in high school.school.
** Sam could also be an example, due to her GenderBlenderName and [[spoiler:the fact that she is a lesbian.]]
** Sam could also be an example, due to her GenderBlenderName and [[spoiler:the fact that she is a lesbian.]]
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** Done subtly, as the writers gave almost every named character an age-appropriate first name, with the exception of Julie, whose name was more common for babies born in her parents' generation, and Hunter, who is the opposite, as his name was only 669th most popular among boys in 1977 (his, and actor Ike Barinholtz's birth year), but 35th most popular in 2000, when most 2018 high school graduates were born. Compared to her friends, Julie is arguably the most mature and the most ready to have sex, while Hunter is a ManChild who often acts as if he's still in high school.
** Done subtly, as the writers gave almost every named character an age-appropriate first name, with the exception of Julie, whose name was more common for babies born in her parents' generation, and Hunter, who is the opposite, as his name was only 669th most popular among boys in 1977 (his, and actor Ike Barinholtz's birth year), but 35th most popular in 2000, when most 2018 high school graduates were born. Compared to her friends, Julie is arguably the most mature and the most ready to have sex, while Hunter is a ManChild who often acts as if he's still in high school.
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* MadeOfExplodium: [[spoiler:Hunter's car]] explodes are getting into a wreck. [[RuleOfFunny For no apparent reason.]]
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* HereWeGoAgain: The film ''looks'' like it's going to end this way, with Hunter, Lisa, and Mitchell [[spoiler:catching another text conversation between the girls, where they announce their plan to do a bunch of reckless stuff. But it turns out the three girls were just pulling a prank.]]
--> [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "Just kidding. We ❤ you guys!"]]
* MadeOfExplodium: [[spoiler:Hunter's car]] explodesare after getting into a wreck. [[RuleOfFunny For no apparent reason.]]
--> [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "Just kidding. We ❤ you guys!"]]
* MadeOfExplodium: [[spoiler:Hunter's car]] explodes
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* OnlySaneMan: Hunter is depicted as this compared to Mitchell in Lisa, in regards to his view on the daughters planning to lose their virginity. In an uncommon example, he's also portrayed as the dumbest of this three, causing Mitchell and Lisa to ignore him.
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* OnlySaneMan: Hunter is depicted as this compared to Mitchell in and Lisa, in regards to his view on the daughters planning to lose their virginity. In an uncommon example, he's also portrayed as the dumbest of this three, causing Mitchell and Lisa to ignore him.
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* AssShove: To gain entrance into a house their children are currently in, the parents (specifically Mitchell) are challenged to do Butt Chugging, which is exactly what it sounds like.
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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: {{Downplayed}}. When Hunter admits that part of the reason he cheated on Sam's mother is because she was physically abusive in public, Mitchell and Lisa are sympathetic, though afterwards are revealed to have not been paying attention and the situation is treated as a joke.joke. However, Hunter's abuse itself is treated as VERY wrong.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Julie and Austin are staring into each other's eyes, [[spoiler:Lisa tucks and rolls out of their sight to escape their hotel room.]]
* MadeOfExplodium: [[spoiler:Hunter's car]] explodes are getting into a wreck. [[RuleOfFunny For no apparent reason.]]
* MadeOfExplodium: [[spoiler:Hunter's car]] explodes are getting into a wreck. [[RuleOfFunny For no apparent reason.]]
* NoAntagonist: One of the themes of the movie is that the parents bring a lot of their suffering on themselves through their unresolved emotional issues. The closest we get is [[spoiler:Sam's mother, who Hunter says was physically abusive and an adulterer.]] However, she barely factors into the plot and is otherwise depicted as a kind person.[[note]][[TruthInTelevision Which actually gives her character more dimension.]]
* OneOfTheKids: Hunter ''tries'' to be this. Unfortunately for him, his {{Manchild}} tendencies are one of the biggest reasons he's disliked nearly universally.
* OnlySaneMan: Hunter is depicted as this compared to Mitchell in Lisa, in regards to his view on the daughters planning to lose their virginity. In an uncommon example, he's also portrayed as the dumbest of this three, causing Mitchell and Lisa to ignore him.
* OneOfTheKids: Hunter ''tries'' to be this. Unfortunately for him, his {{Manchild}} tendencies are one of the biggest reasons he's disliked nearly universally.
* OnlySaneMan: Hunter is depicted as this compared to Mitchell in Lisa, in regards to his view on the daughters planning to lose their virginity. In an uncommon example, he's also portrayed as the dumbest of this three, causing Mitchell and Lisa to ignore him.
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* TheFriendNoOneLikes: While Mitchell and Lisa are not particularly close at the start of the movie, they both detest Hunter. [[spoiler:By the end of the movie, they all become true friends.]]
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* ThreeAmigos: Julie, Sam, and Kayla
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* AMinorKidroduction: The movie begins with a home video montage of Julie, Kayla and Sam as little kids.
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''Blockers'' is a 2018 SexComedy by Kay Cannon in her directorial debut. It stars Creator/LeslieMann (Lisa), Wrestling/JohnCena (Mitchell), and Ike Barinholtz (Hunter) as the three main parents, and Kathryn Newton (Julie), Geraldine Viswanathan (Kayla), and Gideon Adlon (Sam) as the girls.
Julie, Kayla and Sam are a trio of 18 year olds who have been [[ChildhoodFriends friends since elementary school]]. On the day of their prom Julie announces to the others that she intends to lose her virginity to her boyfriend that night. The three of them agree to a [[SexAsRiteOfPassage sex pact]] - that all three will have sex with their prom dates. However on the night their respective parents Lisa, Mitchell and Hunter find an emoji-riddled discussion of the pact on Julie's open laptop, and agree to stop the girls before it's too late.
Julie, Kayla and Sam are a trio of 18 year olds who have been [[ChildhoodFriends friends since elementary school]]. On the day of their prom Julie announces to the others that she intends to lose her virginity to her boyfriend that night. The three of them agree to a [[SexAsRiteOfPassage sex pact]] - that all three will have sex with their prom dates. However on the night their respective parents Lisa, Mitchell and Hunter find an emoji-riddled discussion of the pact on Julie's open laptop, and agree to stop the girls before it's too late.
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''Blockers'' is a 2018 SexComedy by Kay Cannon in her directorial debut. It stars Creator/LeslieMann (Lisa), Wrestling/JohnCena (Mitchell), and Ike Barinholtz (Hunter) as the three main parents, parents and Kathryn Newton (Julie), Geraldine Viswanathan (Kayla), and Gideon Adlon (Sam) as the girls.
Julie, Kayla and Sam are a trio of18 year olds 18-year-olds who have been [[ChildhoodFriends friends since elementary school]]. On the day of their prom Julie announces to the others that she intends to lose her virginity to her boyfriend that night. The three of them agree to a [[SexAsRiteOfPassage sex pact]] - that all three will have sex with their prom dates. However on the night their respective parents Lisa, Mitchell and Hunter find an emoji-riddled discussion of the pact on Julie's open laptop, laptop and agree to stop the girls before it's too late.
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-> '''Lisa''': Let's cockblock these motherfuckers.
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->''[[Music/MeatLoaf ♫ Anything for love\\
Oh I would do anything for love\\
Oh I would do anything for love, but I won't do that\\
No, I won't do that... ♫]]''
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* ThreeAmigos: Julie, Sam, and Kayla surly count as one.
** Also, Lisa, Mitchell, and Hunter count as one as well.
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* MisaimedFandom: [[invoked]] Julie describes ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' as a RomanticComedy, decorating their bed with flower petals in homage to a famous shot from that film. Austin asks if she had seen it all the way through.
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''Blockers'' is a 2018 SexComedy by Kay Cannon in her directorial debut. It stars Creator/LeslieMann (Lisa), Wrestling/JohnCena (Mitchell), and Ike Barinholtz (Hunter) as the three main parents, and Kathryn Newton (Julie), Geraldine Viswanathan (Kayla), and Gideon Adlon (Sam) as the girls. The film was praised for it's generally progressive, gender-flipped approach to the teen sex-comedy genre, holding an average critical rating of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.\n
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* Follow in My Footsteps: Inverted with Lisa. She worries that Julie will accidentally get pregnant, like she did, and not get to live the life she wants.
* OpenMindedParent: Hunter realised that Sam was gay years before she realised it herself, and is completely OK with it, to the extent that he joins the other parents in attempting to stop the sex pact only when he thinks Sam is going to have sex with a boy just to fit in with the others.
* OpenMindedParent: Hunter realised that Sam was gay years before she realised it herself, and is completely OK with it, to the extent that he joins the other parents in attempting to stop the sex pact only when he thinks Sam is going to have sex with a boy just to fit in with the others.
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* Follow in My Footsteps: Inverted with Lisa. She worries that Julie will accidentally get pregnant, like she did, and not get to live the life she wants.
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-> '''Lisa''': Let's cockblock these motherfuckers.
Julie, Kayla and Sam are a trio of 18 year olds who have been [[ChildhoodFriends friends since elementary school]]. On the day of their prom Julie announces to the others that she intends to lose her virginity to her boyfriend that night. The three of them agree to a [[SexAsRiteOfPassage sex pact]] - that all three will have sex with their prom dates. However on the night their respective parents Lisa, Mitchell and Hunter find an emoji-riddled discussion of the pact on Julie's open laptop, and agree to stop the girls before it's too late.
So begins a night of wacky misadventure that will change how all six view themselves and each other.
''Blockers'' is a 2018 SexComedy by Kay Cannon in her directorial debut. It stars Creator/LeslieMann (Lisa), Wrestling/JohnCena (Mitchell), and Ike Barinholtz (Hunter) as the three main parents, and Kathryn Newton (Julie), Geraldine Viswanathan (Kayla), and Gideon Adlon (Sam) as the girls. The film was praised for it's generally progressive, gender-flipped approach to the teen sex-comedy genre, holding an average critical rating of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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* ChildhoodFriends: Julie, Kayla and Sam have known each other since the first day of elementary school. Their friendship also brought together Lisa, Mitchell and Hunter, [[spoiler:though it takes the events of the film to make the latter three true friends.]]
* ComingOfAgeStory: All three girls grow as people throughout the film.
* ComingOutStory: It is established early on that Sam has feelings for another girl in the school, and has been struggling with those feelings, fearing that her friends will reject her. By the end of the film [[spoiler:she has come to terms with her sexuality and is able to come out to the other girls who accept her unconditionally.]]
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: When Hunter admits that part of the reason he cheated on Sam's mother is because she was physically abusive in public, Mitchell and Lisa are revealed to have not been paying attention and the situation is treated as a joke.
* OpenMindedParent: Hunter realised that Sam was gay years before she realised it herself, and is completely OK with it, to the extent that he joins the other parents in attempting to stop the sex pact only when he thinks Sam is going to have sex with a boy just to fit in with the others.
** Kayla's mother Marcie isn't bothered by the idea of her daughter having sex, trusting Kayla to know when she's ready. She also points out that the other parents probably would have reacted very differently if the girls had been boys.
** Lisa, [[spoiler:by the end of the film. Seeing how much Julie and Austin love each other, and that Julie is in full control of the situation and doesn't feel pressured in any way, she lets them have their night together.]]
* OverprotectiveDad: Mitchell openly distrusts Connor, Kayla's date to the prom, and when he thinks they are about to have sex or have had sex he throws Connor through a wall.
* PapaWolf: Though a sensitive GentleGiant, Mitchell is very protective of Kayla, and goes through all sorts of trials during the film to find her.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Marcie (Sarayu Blue), Mitchell's wife and Kayla's mother, berates the other parents for not trusting their daughters to make their own decisions, and points out the double standard of their actions compared to if their girls were boys.
* SexAsRiteOfPassage: This the drive behind the film, though the girls all have their own reasons for wanting to lose their virginity on Prom Night:
** Julie feels she has reached a stage in her relationship with boyfriend Austin where it feels natural for them to have sex. [[spoiler:In the end Julie is the only girl to actually have sex.]]
** Kayla just wants to get it out of the way before going to college
** Sam only joins the pact so that she will have a shared experience with the other two, as she fears losing touch with them during college.
* SympatheticAdulterer: Hunter is reviled throughout the film for having cheated on Sam's mother, leading to their divorce, but eventually he angrily explains that their marriage had fallen apart long beforehand, Brenda had already cheated on him, and had started being physically abusive to him in public. His only regret is that he let the separation and divorce keep him away from being a father to Sam.
* TechnicalVirgin: Chad, Sam and Kayla both qualify by the end of the film. [[spoiler: Sam and Chad got mostly naked in bed together, but on touching Chad's penis Sam realises she just doesn't enjoy the experience and is definitely a lesbian. Chad get [[PrematureEjaculation a little too excited]] from the experience... Kayla realises that she wants her first time to be a little bit special after all, albeit not necessarily "perfect". Instead she gets Connor to go down on her.]]
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-> '''Lisa''': Let's cockblock these motherfuckers.
Julie, Kayla and Sam are a trio of 18 year olds who have been [[ChildhoodFriends friends since elementary school]]. On the day of their prom Julie announces to the others that she intends to lose her virginity to her boyfriend that night. The three of them agree to a [[SexAsRiteOfPassage sex pact]] - that all three will have sex with their prom dates. However on the night their respective parents Lisa, Mitchell and Hunter find an emoji-riddled discussion of the pact on Julie's open laptop, and agree to stop the girls before it's too late.
So begins a night of wacky misadventure that will change how all six view themselves and each other.
''Blockers'' is a 2018 SexComedy by Kay Cannon in her directorial debut. It stars Creator/LeslieMann (Lisa), Wrestling/JohnCena (Mitchell), and Ike Barinholtz (Hunter) as the three main parents, and Kathryn Newton (Julie), Geraldine Viswanathan (Kayla), and Gideon Adlon (Sam) as the girls. The film was praised for it's generally progressive, gender-flipped approach to the teen sex-comedy genre, holding an average critical rating of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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!!''Blockers'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* ChildhoodFriends: Julie, Kayla and Sam have known each other since the first day of elementary school. Their friendship also brought together Lisa, Mitchell and Hunter, [[spoiler:though it takes the events of the film to make the latter three true friends.]]
* ComingOfAgeStory: All three girls grow as people throughout the film.
* ComingOutStory: It is established early on that Sam has feelings for another girl in the school, and has been struggling with those feelings, fearing that her friends will reject her. By the end of the film [[spoiler:she has come to terms with her sexuality and is able to come out to the other girls who accept her unconditionally.]]
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: When Hunter admits that part of the reason he cheated on Sam's mother is because she was physically abusive in public, Mitchell and Lisa are revealed to have not been paying attention and the situation is treated as a joke.
* OpenMindedParent: Hunter realised that Sam was gay years before she realised it herself, and is completely OK with it, to the extent that he joins the other parents in attempting to stop the sex pact only when he thinks Sam is going to have sex with a boy just to fit in with the others.
** Kayla's mother Marcie isn't bothered by the idea of her daughter having sex, trusting Kayla to know when she's ready. She also points out that the other parents probably would have reacted very differently if the girls had been boys.
** Lisa, [[spoiler:by the end of the film. Seeing how much Julie and Austin love each other, and that Julie is in full control of the situation and doesn't feel pressured in any way, she lets them have their night together.]]
* OverprotectiveDad: Mitchell openly distrusts Connor, Kayla's date to the prom, and when he thinks they are about to have sex or have had sex he throws Connor through a wall.
* PapaWolf: Though a sensitive GentleGiant, Mitchell is very protective of Kayla, and goes through all sorts of trials during the film to find her.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Marcie (Sarayu Blue), Mitchell's wife and Kayla's mother, berates the other parents for not trusting their daughters to make their own decisions, and points out the double standard of their actions compared to if their girls were boys.
* SexAsRiteOfPassage: This the drive behind the film, though the girls all have their own reasons for wanting to lose their virginity on Prom Night:
** Julie feels she has reached a stage in her relationship with boyfriend Austin where it feels natural for them to have sex. [[spoiler:In the end Julie is the only girl to actually have sex.]]
** Kayla just wants to get it out of the way before going to college
** Sam only joins the pact so that she will have a shared experience with the other two, as she fears losing touch with them during college.
* SympatheticAdulterer: Hunter is reviled throughout the film for having cheated on Sam's mother, leading to their divorce, but eventually he angrily explains that their marriage had fallen apart long beforehand, Brenda had already cheated on him, and had started being physically abusive to him in public. His only regret is that he let the separation and divorce keep him away from being a father to Sam.
* TechnicalVirgin: Chad, Sam and Kayla both qualify by the end of the film. [[spoiler: Sam and Chad got mostly naked in bed together, but on touching Chad's penis Sam realises she just doesn't enjoy the experience and is definitely a lesbian. Chad get [[PrematureEjaculation a little too excited]] from the experience... Kayla realises that she wants her first time to be a little bit special after all, albeit not necessarily "perfect". Instead she gets Connor to go down on her.]]
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