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** Given that Lou shot Lewellen's dog earlier in the movie, this could also be interpreted as a {{Kick The Son Of A Bitch}} moment.
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* PrefersGoingBarefoot: Lewellen is barefoot for nearly the whole movie.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Lewellen is barefoot for nearly the whole movie.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Buddy is mainly responsible for Lewellen's rape happening, given in that he lured her into Wooden's Boy shed. Turns out he's in cahoots with him and gives her a ticket to Grasshopper. Subverted when it shows that he stills cares for her and argues about her with Wooden's Boy.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Buddy is mainly responsible for Lewellen's rape happening, given in that he lured her into Wooden's Boy shed. Turns out he's in cahoots with him and gives her a Elvis ticket to Grasshopper. Subverted when it shows that he stills cares for her and argues about her with Wooden's Boy.
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* BreakTheCutie: Lewellen's life basically sucks worse and worse as the movie goes along, culminating in her traumatic rape by Wooden's Boy.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Buddy is mainly responsible for Lewellen's rape happening, given in that he lured her into Wooden's Boy shed. Turns out he's in cahoots with him and gives her a ticket to Grasshopper. Subverted when it shows that he stills cares for her and argues about her with Wodden's Boy.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Buddy is mainly responsible for Lewellen's rape happening, given in that he lured her into Wooden's Boy shed. Turns out he's in cahoots with him and gives her a ticket to Grasshopper. Subverted when it shows that he stills cares for her and argues about her with Wodden's Wooden's Boy.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Buddy is mainly responsible for Lewellen's rape happening, given in that he lured her into Wooden's Boy shed. Turns out he's in cahoots with him and gives her a ticket to Grasshopper. Subverted when it shows that he stills cares for her and argues about her with Wodden's Boy.
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* DirtyCoward: Buddy hides under the pool table when a naked, drunken Lew enters the bar. He, Wooden's Boy, and another boy also run off when Charles confronts them.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[ spoiler: In the end, considering all the crap that Lewellen went through, she is finally able to overcome her rape thanks to Charles, finds a cute puppy on the side of the road, and is offered an opportunity to move in by her aunt Ellen. When she tries to ask permission from her father, she realizes that it's not worth it and leaves him, her grandmother and everything else behind. She walks to her aunt, driving off, ready to start a new chapter in her life.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[ spoiler: [[spoiler: In the end, considering all the crap that Lewellen went through, she is finally able to overcome her rape thanks to Charles, finds a cute puppy on the side of the road, and is offered an opportunity to move in by her aunt Ellen. When she tries to ask permission from her father, she realizes that it's not worth it and leaves him, her grandmother grandmother, and everything else behind. She walks to her aunt, driving off, ready to start a new chapter in her life.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: In the end, considering all the crap that Lewellen went through, she is finally able to overcome her rape thanks to Charles, finds a cute puppy on the side of the road, and is offered an opportunity to move in by her aunt Ellen. When she tries to ask permission from her father, she realizes that it's not worth it and leaves him, her grandmother and everything else behind. She walks to her aunt, driving off, ready to start a new chapter in her life.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: [[ spoiler: In the end, considering all the crap that Lewellen went through, she is finally able to overcome her rape thanks to Charles, finds a cute puppy on the side of the road, and is offered an opportunity to move in by her aunt Ellen. When she tries to ask permission from her father, she realizes that it's not worth it and leaves him, her grandmother and everything else behind. She walks to her aunt, driving off, ready to start a new chapter in her life.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: In the end, considering all the crap that Lewellen went through, she is finally able to overcome her rape thanks to Charles, finds a cute puppy on the side of the road, and is offered an opportunity to move in by her aunt Ellen. When she tries to ask permission from her father, she realizes that it's not worth it and leaves him, her grandmother and everything else behind. She walks to her aunt, driving off, ready to start a new chapter in her life.
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* MatureWorkChildProtagonists: It revolves around a preteen girl named Lewellen (played by then-12-years-old Dakota Fanning) who has an extremely troubled life involving abusive and/or neglectful parents and an overly-stern grandmother, and engages in TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior (including smoking, drinking and sexualized behavior) due to her trauma. The film also became infamous for a plotline where Lewellen is raped by an older boy. Needless to say, this one isn't for 12-year-olds.
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Subverted with Buddy, who unwittingly helps lure Lewellen into Wooden's Boy's clutches, then fails to help Lewellen or tell any adults after the rape. To boot, when Wooden Boy gives him the Elvis tickets, he takes Grasshopper to the concert instead of Lewellen and hangs out with Wooden's Boy instead. However, he still cares for Lewellen as he peeked in at Lewellen and argued about her with Wooden's Boy when she got sick.
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Subverted with Buddy, who unwittingly helps lure Lewellen into Wooden's Boy's clutches, then fails to help Lewellen her or tell any adults after the rape. To boot, when Wooden Boy gives him the Elvis tickets, he takes Grasshopper to the concert instead of Lewellen and hangs out with Wooden's Boy instead.instead of her. However, he still cares for Lewellen as he peeked in at Lewellen and argued about her with Wooden's Boy when she got sick.
*ComingOfAgeStoryComingOfAgeStory: Considering that this involves a girl dealing from fun to experiencing tragedies, which all causes her to mature quite a lot, this is a given.
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* KidsAreCruel: After luring Lewellen to be raped, Buddy doesn't help her and takes Grasshopper to the concert instead and hangs out with Wooden's Boy instead. Subverted when we learn that he does still show concern for Lewellen.
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* KidsAreCruel: After luring Lewellen to be raped, Buddy doesn't help her and takes Grasshopper to the concert instead and hangs out with Wooden's Boy instead.instead of her. Subverted when we learn that he does still show concern for Lewellen.
