History Film / Crush2022

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Paige is talking to AJ near the end, many people around can't hear them because they talk quietly, which one character continuously [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]].

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Paige's mom Angie offers her sex toys for this, and also talks explicitly about masturbating herself.

* SiblingTriangle: Sisters AJ and Gabby both like Paige. At first, Paige liked Gabby, then AJ. After it comes out, AJ temporarily shuns Paige because it seems like she'd been used and doesn't want to be second picked either. [[spoiler:Gabby realizes what's happened and urges AJ to get back with Paige. TheyDo at the end.]]

* TheyDo: [[spoiler:Paige and AJ get together after being driven apart briefly by a misunderstanding.]]

* LovePotion: Chantal, a Wiccan girl at the school, has tried to cast love spells multiple times on Paige, but they don't work.

* OpenMindedParent: Angie is extremely so, instantly accepting Paige's being a lesbian and getting a little ''too'' much for her taste sometimes, like offering her sex toys for instance.

* TheUnfavorite: AJ feels like this to Gabby, though we don't see their parents interacting with them to judge for ourselves.

* ComingOfAgeQueerRomance: Teenage girl Paige pursues fellow lesbian teen Gabby, then falls for Gabby's bisexual sister AJ instead, with the romantic complications that ensue echoing them now becoming young women. In their case however, all three girls were already aware of their sexual orientations, completely open about them and it's just the first relationship Paige or AJ has.

High schooler Paige Evans, an openly lesbian girl, is a budding artist working toward entry into a good arts college. She's attracted to fellow lesbian student Gabriela "Gabby" Campos, and contemplates joining track so she can be closer with her. Paige's future plans are placed in jeopardy when she's wrongly accused of being a tagger named [=KingPun=] who's been leaving graffiti all around the school.

* StalkerWithACrush: Chantal is really into Paige, who doesn't reciprocate, even trying to cast Wiccan love spells on her. In RealLife, this is frowned upon by the Wiccan community as it's non-consensual. However, tt turns out that Chantal [[spoiler:was trying to casting those spells [[ShipperOnDeck to get Paige and AJ to fall in love]]]].

Managing to get a reprieve from suspension by her principal, she's put on probation instead with the stipulation that she'll find the real tagger within a month. At the same time, she joins the track team not only to pursue Gabby but also help with her college prospects since it would be an extracurricular activity. She's placed in training with Gabby's twin sister AJ. Things grow more complicated when Paige and AJ begin to fall for each other.

* StalkerWithACrush: Chantal is really into Paige, who doesn't reciprocate, even trying to cast Wiccan love spells on her. In RealLife, this is frowned upon by the Wiccan community as it's non-consensual.
** It turns out that Chantal [[spoiler:was trying to casting those spells [[ShipperOnDeck to get Paige and AJ to fall in love]].]]

* FirstKiss: Paige and AJ share theirs while playing “7 Minutes in Heaven”. [[spoiler:AJ soon finds out though that Paige's first kiss ever was with Gabby, her sister]].

* FirstKiss: Paige and AJ share theirs while playing “7 Minutes in Heaven”. [[spoiler:AJ soon finds out though that Paige's first kiss was with Gabby, her sister]].

* ComingOfAgeQueerRomance: Teenager Paige pursues fellow lesbian teen Gabby, then falls for Gabby's bisexual sister AJ instead, with the romantic complications that ensue echoing them now becoming young women. In their case however, all three girls were already aware of their sexual orientations, completely open about them and it's just the first relationship Paige or AJ has.

* ClearMyName: Paige gets accused of being a tagger whose been putting graffiti up around the school. She gets a deal to reveal the real culprit, or she'll be suspended. [[spoiler:AJ, the real culprit, eventually confesses and exonerates Paige from the charge.]]

* CastFullOfGay: Most of the named characters and those with lines are lesbians, along with one bisexual plus a nonbinary teen (who's also into girls). This is {{justified|trope}} by the fact that the main character is a lesbian, with these being different potential love interests at her school (though she's only interested in a couple).

* ComingOfAgeQueerRomance: Teenager Paige pursues fellow lesbian teen Gabby, then falls for Gabby's sister AJ (who's bi) instead, with the romantic complications that ensue echoing them now becoming young women. In their case however, all three girls were already aware of their sexual orientations, completely open about them and it's just the first relationship Paige or AJ has.

* FirstKiss: Paige and AJ share theirs (the first ever for both) while playing “7 Minutes in Heaven”. [[spoiler:AJ soon finds out though that Paige's first kiss was with Gabby, her sister]].
* GlamorousSingleMother: Paige's mom Angie says she chose to be a single mother, and seems that works out fine (perhaps helping that she's a doctor, on the financial side).

* NoPeriodsPeriod: {{Averted}}. Paige mentions having difficulty using a tampon sometimes, and Wiccan Chantal uses her menstrual blood for painting (which disgusts her listeners).
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Gabby apologizes for drunkenly trying to kiss Paige in front of AJ. Naturally, AJ thinks Paige (whom she'd kissed as well) is really into Gabby, which was actually true until they kissed before this. Paige tries to explain, though AJ shuns her for a time.

* OpenMindedParent: Angie is extremely so, instantly accepting Paige's being a lesbian and getting a little ''too'' much for her taste sometimes, like offering her sex toys (because she's also very sex-positive generally).

* StalkerWithACrush: Chantal is really into Paige, who doesn't reciprocate, even trying to cast love spells on her (she's a Wiccan-this is a big no-no for real Wiccans as it's not consensual).
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Paige is talking to AJ near the end, many people around can't hear them (while the audience can of course) because they talk quietly, with one guy complaining continually over it.

* ToughLove: AJ practices this while training Paige at first and admits her dad does the same with her, but it clearly isn't to her liking (she even says she'll discuss it with a therapist in the future).
* UnusualEuphemism: Dillon and his girlfriend Stacey use "going over her speech" (for her class president campaign) when they actually mean sex. Paige, nearby, drily says they aren't fooling anyone.

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!Examples:

* FirstKiss: Paige and AJ share theirs (the first ever for both) while playing “7 Minutes in Heaven”.

* OpenMindedParent: Angie is extremely so, instantly accepting Paige's being a lesbian and getting a little ''too'' for her taste sometimes given this, like offering her sex toys (because she's also very sex-positive generally).

* GoodCopBadCop: Paige has AJ be “bad cop” to her “good cop” while looking for the school's tagger.

* ClearMyName: Paige gets accused of being a tagger whose been putting graffiti up around the school. She gets a deal to reveal the real culprit, or she'll be suspended.

* TheReveal: AJ confesses that she's King Pun, the tagger who Paige is searching for.