History Film / ChasingAmy

* CanadaEh: When Banky suggests he and Holden watch ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'':
-->'''Holden:''' You got a weird thing for Canadian melodrama.
-->'''Banky:''' I got a weird thing for girls who say, "Aboot".

*** Also, at the Lesbian bar, Banky tells Alyssa of his college sexcapade with Brandy Svenning, the object of TS's affection in ''Film/{{Mallrats}}''.

*** Also, at the Lesbian bar, Banky tells Alyssa of his college sexcapade with Brandy Svenning, the object of TS's affection in "''Film/{{Mallrats}}''.

*** Also, at the Lesbian bar, Banky tells Alyssa of his college sexcapade with Brandy Svenning, the object of TS's affection in "Film/{{Mallrats}}".

This film was originally inspired by a brief scene in ''Go Fish'' (cowritten by Smith's friend Creator/GuinevereTurner, who has a cameo here), wherein one of the lesbian characters imagines her friends passing judgment on her for "selling out" by sleeping with a man. In real life, Kevin Smith was dating Joey Lauren Adams at the time he was writing the script, which was also partly inspired by her. Smith has even admitted that the film is basically an apology to Adams for his real-life overreaction upon learning of her sexual past while the two were dating (though he also makes it clear that her sexual history was nowhere near as wild as Alyssa's, only enough to make him feel inadequate and inexperienced at a young age).

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** When Holden delivers a angst filled love declaration speech to Alyssa, who is a lesbian. Instead of winning her over, it causes her to storm off angry and call him out on how selfish he was.
** [[spoiler: Attempting to fix both your severed friendships and relationships with a three-way offer will only destroy the relationships instead of fixing it. As Holden discovered when he proposes a three-way between him, Alyssa and Banky]].
** [[spoiler: Confronting your lover over their promiscuous past and/or with experimentation will only damage the relationship. Especially when done in a public setting. Alyssa calls Holden out on it when it happens.]]
** [[spoiler: Alyssa's one time experimentation with a threesome still continues to haunt her well into the present day, with people talking about said rumors about her earning the embarrassing nickname "Finger Cuffs" because of said acts.]]
** [[spoiler: Holden's jealousy and insecurity over Alyssa's orientation, experimentation and sexual past causes him to push her away instead of winning her over.]]
** [[spoiler: When Alyssa is forced to come out to her lesbian friends that she is dating a man (Holden), they immediately react poorly with disgust and thinking she's a traitor to them. Sadly, this bi-erasure was TruthInTelevision at the time.]]

*** Earlier in the same scene, Alyssa mentions that her best friend had sex with a dead man in the bathroom of the Quick Stop (the setting of ''Clerks''). This happens to a character, Caitlin, in the climax of that film. Alyssa also says she had a crush on Caitlin in high school.

* ButNotTooBlack: Hooper's complaints about Darth Vader being a white man.

* TheOneThatGotAway: The entire plot and climax of the movie.

*** Holden and Banky's studio is located in the same building as Dunn and Ready Home Improvements, the company whhere the roofer from ''Clerks'' works.

* CallBack: Twice to ''Film/{{Clerks}}'', as well as ''Film/{{Mallrats}}''.
** Alyssa explicitly mentions attending the funeral of Julie Dwyer--the same funeral is attended by Dante and Randal in ''Clerks'', and the reasons for her death are stated in ''Mallrats'', are revealed to be the protagonist's fault, and kick off the main plot.
** Earlier in the same scene, Alyssa mentions that her best friend had sex with a dead man in the bathroom of Quick-Stop (the setting of ''Clerks''). This happens to a character, Caitlin, in the climax of that film. Alyssa also says she had a crush on Caitlin in high school.