History Film / LemonadeMouth

* TheSouthpaw: Hayley Kiyoko (who plays Stella) appears to be left-handed.

* {{Adorkable}}: Wen, and to a lesser extent Charlie, but mostly Wen. You should hear him rap.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: the scene where the kids sing "Turn Up the Music" neatly defines the members of Lemonade Mouth and their personalities.

* TheSixthRanger - [[spoiler:Scott, after he tries to help the band out at the Rising Stars competition.]]
* FormerTeenRebel: The principal.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Olivia's breakdown comes from the death of Nancy (her pet cat) is because Olivia sees it as the last living part of her dead mother.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: Scott, arguably the principal.
** Mo's father as well.
** Even we can't really say if she was bad, Jules appears to be part of the crowd singing 'Determinate'

* IAmSong: Apparently, this is the only kind of song that Mudslide Crush feels that they need to sing.

* InsultBackfire: Ray [[spoiler:calls Stella 'lemonade mouth' after she stops a fight between him and Charlie by spitting a mouthful of lemonade into his face]]. That's how the band got its name.

* NoodleIncident: At the beginning of a lunch scene, one of the principal's announcements on the intercom [=TVs=] is that he found a ''gun'' under the bleachers.

** That is [[AmbiguouslyGay unless...]]

** Which could be a incidental ShoutOut to the Fire Bomber from ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'', which did the same thing.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Played with, [[spoiler:as aside from the rapping, Wen comes across as a normal, average suburban kid with average problems]]. Also played with in the case of [[spoiler:Stella, in that while she wants to be special and an individual, she also wants her family to love and accept her, regardless of what she's into or does]].
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: ''We'' - '''DO''' - ''matter!'' '
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Don't Cha Wish You Were Us?" counts as this and a VillainSong

* RedemptionInTheRain: Inverted. The band's lowest point, [[spoiler:- getting arrested and losing the lemonade machine at the same time -]] comes during a rainstorm.

** Confirmed by WordOfGod that the song was modified to better reflect Mo and Scott's relationship.

* SeriousBusiness: ''Do not'' mess with the lemonade machine. However, some fans would note that most of their annoyance has to do with the fact that the machine is being removed to further the principal's favoritism of the jocks over other students, which is a legitimate thing to take seriously. Also, as far as the principal is concerned, ''do not'' step out of line.

** Which makes it [[FridgeLogic awfully convenient]] that there just happened to be a lefty guitar in the music/detention room...
* SpiritualSuccessor: to ''Film/CampRock''. Was about to get a sequel until it was canceled.

* TrueCompanions: Definitely the members of ''Lemonade Mouth''.

* VocalTagTeam: Even Charlie has his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEb3qX5Hvus moment.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: Stella and Mo - but while Stella finds her family cared all along, Mo gains her father's grudging respect.

* YouAreNotAlone: how Wen gets Olivia out of the bathroom stall.

* GenreBlindness: Hmm... the new girl that's shown [[JustOneMan she's willing to speak out against oppressive school policies]] at a school event comes into the principal's office, wants to have her new band ''play at a school event'', and the principal ''[[TemptingFate agrees]], [[WhatAnIdiot thinking that she's trying to fit in better?]]'' Way to swing that IdiotBll, Principal!

* LargeHam: Stella. Three words: ''"WE DO MATTER!"''

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: ''[[ThePowerOfRock A verbal example]]'', as you get [[LampshadeHanging the very strong feeling]] that Mo's performance of "She's So Gone" is directed towards her father's idea of who she should be, and at Scott on several levels.

** Also, as the annotated version itself point out, in the book [[spoiler: it's explicitly stated that Nancy (Olivia's mom, not her cat) died of cancer. In the movie, the reason isn't given]]

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** The gym provided by the sports drink, as [[spoiler: its existence is the direct cause of Lemonade Mouth's creation and sucess, and leadt to the building of a music hall for the school by Mel's Lemonade.]]

* OhCrap: The principal's reaction as Lemonade Mouth begins " Here We Go".

* ThePowerOfRock: The secondary message of the film - that a good rock band can change the world. It's even the very last line in the book.
** Which could be a incidental ShoutOut to Anime/{{Macross 7}}'s Fire Bomber, which did the same thing.

** Also played with in the film: while the rest of her family have more traditional intellectual gifts and her brothers are [[ANTFarm child geniuses]], Stella's advanced and very visible leadership ability [[TruthInTelevision is now considered an advanced natural talent/gifted ability]].

* XMeetsY: ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' meets ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''.

*** Stella also is quite similar to [[WizardsofWaverlyPlace Stevie]] only without magic and less sociopathic, as well as musically inclined.Bonus points for having the same actress.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Someone stuck gum underneath a bleacher seat in the new gym, and the principal [[BerserkButton is not amused]].
** See the main article above, referring to saving a vending machine. The band actually make a pretty big deal about it.

* GenreBlindness: Hmm... the new girl that's shown [[JustOneMan she's willing to speak out against oppressive school policies]] at a school event comes into the principal's office, wants to have her new band ''play at a school even''t, and the principal ''[[TemptingFate agrees]], [[WhatAnIdiot thinking that she's trying to fit in better?]]'' Way to swing that IdiotBall, Principal!

* {{Expy}}: Lemonade Mouth themselves are expies of the detention gang from ''TheBreakfastClub'', ''especially'' Charlie and Wen.

* RecycledINSPACE!: It's ''TheBreakfastClub'' AS A MUSICAL!

* XMeetsY: ''TheBreakfastClub'' meets ''HighSchoolMusical''.

** Also, as the annotated version itself point out, in the book [[spoiler: it's explicitly stated that Nancy (Olivia's mom, not her cat) died of cancer. In the movie, the reason isn't give

* SpiritualSuccessor: to ''CampRock''. Was about to get a sequel until it was canceled.

*** Stella also is quite similar to [[WizardsofWaverlyPlace Stevie]] only without magic and less sociopathic, as well as musically inclined.

** Olivia especially. In the book, it's made pretty clear that she's meant to be at least somewhat homely. In the movie, she's played by BridgitMendler.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Played straight with Ray, and averted with Scott.