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The movie begins with Coach Menzies (Jake D'Arcy) looking to replace some of the players on the school's football [soccer] team, including Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair), the goalie. Despite it being a boys-only team, Dorothy (Dee Hepburn) tries out for the team and proves to be far more talented than the other prospective players. Gregory becomes infatuated with her, leading to a series of misadventures as he builds up the nerve to ask her out on a date. Over the course of the movie, he seeks help from his friends and his little sister in an attempt to win Dorothy's heart.

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The movie begins with Coach Menzies (Jake D'Arcy) (Creator/JakeDArcy) looking to replace some of the players on the school's football [soccer] team, including Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair), (Creator/JohnGordonSinclair), the goalie. Despite it being a boys-only team, Dorothy (Dee Hepburn) (Creator/DeeHepburn) tries out for the team and proves to be far more talented than the other prospective players. Gregory becomes infatuated with her, leading to a series of misadventures as he builds up the nerve to ask her out on a date. Over the course of the movie, he seeks help from his friends and his little sister in an attempt to win Dorothy's heart.

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''Gregory's Girl'' was ranked 30th in the Creator/BritishFilmInstitute's list of the [[UsefulNotes/BFITop100BritishFilms top 100 British films]] and 29th on ''Entertainment Weekly's'' list of the 50 best high school movies. A clip from the movie was played during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.

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''Gregory's Girl'' was ranked 30th in the Creator/BritishFilmInstitute's list of the [[UsefulNotes/BFITop100BritishFilms top 100 British films]] films and 29th on ''Entertainment Weekly's'' list of the 50 best high school movies. A clip from the movie was played during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.
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* AllMenArePerverts: Played with. While the teenaged boys are obsessed with girls and trying to date them, they're mostly portrayed as clueless but harmless.
** Early on, the teen boys are gathered outside a nurse's window to watch her change clothes. Later on, a couple of prepubescent boys show up to the same view and calmly question "All that fuss over a bit of tit?"
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''Gregory's Girl'' was ranked 30th in the British Film Institute's list of the top 100 British films and 29th on ''Entertainment Weekly's'' list of the 50 best high school movies. A clip from the movie was played during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.

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''Gregory's Girl'' was ranked 30th in the British Film Institute's Creator/BritishFilmInstitute's list of the [[UsefulNotes/BFITop100BritishFilms top 100 British films films]] and 29th on ''Entertainment Weekly's'' list of the 50 best high school movies. A clip from the movie was played during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.



-->"Twenty thousand tonnes of cornflakes pass under this bridge every day. It's a well known fact."
* NotADate: Carol shows up at the clock to tell Gregory that Dorothy has been delayed, and he offers to buy her some chips. It seems innocent until she changes from her school clothes to a sexy outfit, which leads passers by into thinking they're on a date. This happens again when she passes him onto Margo, and a third time when Margo passes Gregory off to Susan. [[spoiler: The final time, it becomes a date.]]

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-->"Twenty thousand tonnes of cornflakes pass under this bridge every day. It's a well known well-known fact."
* NotADate: Carol shows up at the clock to tell Gregory that Dorothy has been delayed, and he offers to buy her some chips. It seems innocent until she changes from her school clothes to a sexy outfit, which leads passers by passers-by into thinking they're on a date. This happens again when she passes him onto Margo, and a third time when Margo passes Gregory off to Susan. [[spoiler: The final time, it becomes a date.]]
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-->There's definitely something in the air tonight, Charlie. That's three women in a row he's had.

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''Gregory's Girl'' is a Scottish teen RomanticComedy directed by Bill Forsythe and released in 1980. The movie begins with Coach Menzies looking to replace some of the players on the school's football [soccer] team, including Gregory, the goalie. Despite it being a boys-only team, Dorothy tries out for the team and proves to be far more talented than the other prospective players. Gregory becomes infatuated with her, leading to a series of misadventures as he builds up the nerve to ask her out on a date. Over the course of the movie, he seeks help from his friends and his little sister in an attempt to win Dorothy's heart.

Gregory's Girl was ranked 30th in the British Film Institute's list of the top 100 British films and 29th on ''Entertainment Weekly's'' list of the 50 best high school movies. A clip from the movie was played during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.


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''Gregory's Girl'' is a Scottish teen RomanticComedy written and directed by Bill Forsythe Forsyth and released in 1980. 1980.

The movie begins with Coach Menzies (Jake D'Arcy) looking to replace some of the players on the school's football [soccer] team, including Gregory, Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair), the goalie. Despite it being a boys-only team, Dorothy (Dee Hepburn) tries out for the team and proves to be far more talented than the other prospective players. Gregory becomes infatuated with her, leading to a series of misadventures as he builds up the nerve to ask her out on a date. Over the course of the movie, he seeks help from his friends and his little sister in an attempt to win Dorothy's heart.

Gregory's Girl ''Gregory's Girl'' was ranked 30th in the British Film Institute's list of the top 100 British films and 29th on ''Entertainment Weekly's'' list of the 50 best high school movies. A clip from the movie was played during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.

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* NotADate: Carol shows up at the clock to tell Gregory that Dorothy has been delayed, and he offers to buy her some chips. It seems innocent until she changes from her school clothes to a sexy outfit, which leads passers by into thinking they're on a date. This happens again when she passes him onto Margo, and then she passes Gregory off to Susan.

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* NotADate: Carol shows up at the clock to tell Gregory that Dorothy has been delayed, and he offers to buy her some chips. It seems innocent until she changes from her school clothes to a sexy outfit, which leads passers by into thinking they're on a date. This happens again when she passes him onto Margo, and then she a third time when Margo passes Gregory off to Susan.Susan. [[spoiler: The final time, it becomes a date.]]

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* NotADate: Carol shows up at the clock to tell Gregory that Dorothy has been delayed, and he offers to buy her some chips. It seems innocent until she changes from her school clothes to a sexy outfit, which leads passers by into thinking they're on a date.

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* NotADate: Carol shows up at the clock to tell Gregory that Dorothy has been delayed, and he offers to buy her some chips. It seems innocent until she changes from her school clothes to a sexy outfit, which leads passers by into thinking they're on a date. This happens again when she passes him onto Margo, and then she passes Gregory off to Susan.


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-->There's definitely something in the air tonight, Charlie. That's three women in a row he's had.
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* SmellsSexy: Gregory uses this to describe Dorothy to Andy, much to his confusion.

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''Gregory's Girl'' is a Scottish teen RomanticComedy released in 1980. The movie begins with Coach Menzies looking to replace some of the players on the school's football [soccer] team, including Gregory, the goalie. Despite it being a boys-only team, Dorothy tries out for the team and proves to be far more talented than the other prospective players. Gregory becomes infatuated with her, leading to a series of misadventures as he builds up the nerve to ask her out on a date. Over the course of the movie, he seeks help from his friends and his little sister in an attempt to win Dorothy's heart.

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''Gregory's Girl'' is a Scottish teen RomanticComedy directed by Bill Forsythe and released in 1980. The movie begins with Coach Menzies looking to replace some of the players on the school's football [soccer] team, including Gregory, the goalie. Despite it being a boys-only team, Dorothy tries out for the team and proves to be far more talented than the other prospective players. Gregory becomes infatuated with her, leading to a series of misadventures as he builds up the nerve to ask her out on a date. Over the course of the movie, he seeks help from his friends and his little sister in an attempt to win Dorothy's heart.

Gregory's Girl was ranked 30th in the British Film Institute's list of the top 100 British films and 29th on ''Entertainment Weekly's'' list of the 50 best high school movies. A clip from the movie was played during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.



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* NotADate: Carol shows up at the clock to tell Gregory that Dorothy has been delayed, and he offers to buy her some chips. It seems innocent until she changes from her school clothes to a sexy outfit, which leads passers by into thinking they're on a date.
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* LittleKnownFacts: Used by most of the characters, and Andy's favorite technique for hitting on girls.
-->Twenty thousand tons of cornflakes pass under this bridge every day. It's a well known fact.
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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: As the first female football player, Dorothy immediately becomes the most popular girl in school, gaining attention from the boys in the school, much to Gregory's frustration.
* BrickJoke: The movie begins with some of the boys spying on the night nurse as she changes clothes. Later on, the photo sales booth has a sign that says "Next Week: Naughty Night Nurse."


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** Andy and Charlie thinks Gregory has become one after seeing him with several girls during one night.
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* TheCasanova: The boys idolize Billy the window washer because he's had sex several times, and implies that his job gives him ample opportunities.
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* {{Foreshadowing:}} Dorothy is shown in the cafeteria and the girls' bathroom talking to Susan, with the audience only able to hear parts of their conversation. [[spoiler: It turns out they're working on a plan to set Gregory up with Susan.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing:}} {{Foreshadowing}}: Dorothy is shown in the cafeteria and the girls' bathroom talking to Susan, with the audience only able to hear parts of their conversation. [[spoiler: It turns out they're working on a plan to set Gregory up with Susan.]]
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* Foreshadowing: Dorothy is shown in the cafeteria and the girls' bathroom talking to Susan, with the audience only able to hear parts of their conversation. [[spoiler: It turns out they're working on a plan to set Gregory up with Susan.]]

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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing:}} Dorothy is shown in the cafeteria and the girls' bathroom talking to Susan, with the audience only able to hear parts of their conversation. [[spoiler: It turns out they're working on a plan to set Gregory up with Susan.]]
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* Foreshadowing: Dorothy is shown in the cafeteria and the girls' bathroom talking to Susan, with the audience only able to hear parts of their conversation. [[spoiler: It turns out they're working on a plan to set Gregory up with Susan.]]
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''Gregory's Girl'' is a Scottish teen RomanticComedy released in 1980. The movie begins with Coach Menzies looking to replace some of the players on the school's football [soccer] team, including Gregory, the goalie. Despite it being a boys-only team, Dorothy tries out for the team and proves to be far more talented than the other prospective players. Gregory becomes infatuated with her, leading to a series of misadventures as he builds up the nerve to ask her out on a date. Over the course of the movie, he seeks help from his friends and his little sister in an attempt to win Dorothy's heart. [[spoiler:At the end, he finds out the girls have been conspiring to help Susan get a date with him.]]

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''Gregory's Girl'' is a Scottish teen RomanticComedy released in 1980. The movie begins with Coach Menzies looking to replace some of the players on the school's football [soccer] team, including Gregory, the goalie. Despite it being a boys-only team, Dorothy tries out for the team and proves to be far more talented than the other prospective players. Gregory becomes infatuated with her, leading to a series of misadventures as he builds up the nerve to ask her out on a date. Over the course of the movie, he seeks help from his friends and his little sister in an attempt to win Dorothy's heart. [[spoiler:At the end, he finds out the girls have been conspiring to help Susan get a date with him.]]
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