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* ChekhovsArmoury: There's a whole bunch, including [[spoiler: the child-sized coffin, Vada's mood ring, Thomas J's allergies, and the fact that Vada lives in a funeral home.]]
* DarkReprise: Veda sings "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann a couple of times. She sings it again frantically when she gets trapped in the basement which is used as a mortuary.
* DatePeepers: Vada and Thomas J follow Vada's Father and Shelley on the Bingo date. She yells "Bingo!" in from the window and HilarityEnsues.
* DeadHatShot: There's a shot of the bee-allergic Thomas Jay Sennett's glasses falling on the ground after he is fatally stung by the ScaryStingingSwarm that he and Vada riled up earlier.
* DatePeepers: Vada and Thomas J follow Vada's Father and Shelley on the Bingo date. She yells "Bingo!" in from the window and HilarityEnsues.
* DeadHatShot: There's a shot of the bee-allergic Thomas Jay Sennett's glasses falling on the ground after he is fatally stung by the ScaryStingingSwarm that he and Vada riled up earlier.
* GrandparentalObliviousness: Vada's grandmother suffers badly from dementia, so much so that it's ''Vada's'' job to babysit ''Grandma'' whenever a funeral is happening downstairs (Vada's father is the funeral director). It's a rare example of the obliviousness not being PlayedForLaughs, and in fact is a point of contention for Vada and her dad at one point when Grandma gets out of Vada's sight and starts singing "One More for the Road" into a rose in front of a roomful of mourners.
* LikesOlderMen: Vada being in love with her teacher, with her even flat-out telling him, "I love you the same way my dad loves [his new girlfriend]." Upon finding out the teacher is engaged, Vada takes the news ''very'' hard. (Vada is not quite twelve.)
* MultigenerationalHousehold: Vada lives with her father and grandmother. [[spoiler:Her grandmother dies offscreen before the events of [[Film/MyGirl2 the sequel]].]]
* PracticeKiss: Vada and Thomas practiced kissing on the back of their hands first before going for the actual kiss.
* RaisedByDudes: Vada was raised by her widower father, and since there were some topics Dad was either himself less than fully informed about or too squeamish to discuss with his daughter, her first period comes as a frightening shock to her. Fortunately for her, a female employee of her father (who later becomes her stepmother) is available and quickly steps in to explain to Vada what's going on and reassure her that she's OK.
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* StockBeehive: The bees that come after the kids live in a paper wasp nest.
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* SomewhereAnEntomologistIsCrying: The movie features honeybees living inside what appears to be a hornet's nest.
* StockBeehive: Thebees "beehive" that come after Thomas and Vada knock down, and Thomas later gets stung to death by, is clearly a nest of bald-faced hornets or aerial yellow jackets, though the kids bugs were portrayed by real live in a paper wasp nest.honeybees.
* StockBeehive: The
* TeacherStudentRomance: Vada has a PrecociousCrush on her teacher, who [[spoiler:is engaged and whose fiancee is moving in with him the day Vada tells him how she feels -- which happens to be the [[BreakTheCutie same day of her best friend's funeral, held in the parlor of HER house (her father is the town undertaker and she lives in the funeral home).]] She doesn't take the rejection well.]]
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Vada Sultenfuss is a tomboy, who generally wears jeans, sneakers, and a baseball cap, and who is best friend with a boy. However, she also wears a mood ring and has a traditionally feminine-looking bedroom. Plus, she doesn't mind it at all when Shelly applies makeup to her face for fun, even admiring her new look.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start?! Vada's life is already a little rough, [[spoiler: but it got worse when her best friend, Thomas J, dies [[ScaryStingingSwarm in a bee attack]]. He only went back to try and find her mood ring that she lost, her father is the mortician, the funeral is held at her house, and to top it all off, on the day of said funeral, she discovers the teacher that she had a crush on is getting married. However, she gets better in the end.]]
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* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start?! Vada's life is was already a little rough, [[spoiler: but it got worse when then her best friend, Thomas J, dies [[ScaryStingingSwarm in a bee attack]]. He She was the one who angered the bees in the first place, and he only went back to try and find her mood ring that she lost, her father is the mortician, coroner, the funeral is held at her house, and to top it all off, on the day of said funeral, she discovers the teacher that she had a crush on is getting married. However, married.]] It's quite understandable when she gets better in the end.]]ends up having complete breakdown, although some would argue that it's a bit surprising that it wasn't worse.
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* UptightLovesWild: Thomas falls for Vada despite her being everything opposite to his usual sedate existence.
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* ChekhovsArmoury: There's a whole bunch, including [[spoiler: the child-sized coffin, Vada's mood ring, Thomas J's allergies, and the fact that Vada lives in a funeral home.]]
* DarkReprise: Veda sings "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann a couple of times. She sings it again frantically when she gets trapped in the basement which is used as a mortuary.
* DatePeepers: Vada and Thomas J follow Vada's Father and Shelley on the Bingo date. She yells "Bingo!" in from the window and HilarityEnsues.
* DeadHatShot: There's a shot of the bee-allergic Thomas Jay Sennett's glasses falling on the ground after he is fatally stung by the ScaryStingingSwarm that he and Vada riled up earlier.
* DatePeepers: Vada and Thomas J follow Vada's Father and Shelley on the Bingo date. She yells "Bingo!" in from the window and HilarityEnsues.
* DeadHatShot: There's a shot of the bee-allergic Thomas Jay Sennett's glasses falling on the ground after he is fatally stung by the ScaryStingingSwarm that he and Vada riled up earlier.
* GrandparentalObliviousness: Vada's grandmother suffers badly from dementia, so much so that it's ''Vada's'' job to babysit ''Grandma'' whenever a funeral is happening downstairs (Vada's father is the funeral director). It's a rare example of the obliviousness not being PlayedForLaughs, and in fact is a point of contention for Vada and her dad at one point when Grandma gets out of Vada's sight and starts singing "One More for the Road" into a rose in front of a roomful of mourners.
* LikesOlderMen: Vada being in love with her teacher, with her even flat-out telling him, "I love you the same way my dad loves [his new girlfriend]." Upon finding out the teacher is engaged, Vada takes the news ''very'' hard. (Vada is not quite twelve.)
* MultigenerationalHousehold: Vada lives with her father and grandmother. [[spoiler:Her grandmother dies offscreen before the events of [[Film/MyGirl2 the sequel]].]]
* PracticeKiss: Vada and Thomas practiced kissing on the back of their hands first before going for the actual kiss.
* RaisedByDudes: Vada was raised by her widower father, and since there were some topics Dad was either himself less than fully informed about or too squeamish to discuss with his daughter, her first period comes as a frightening shock to her. Fortunately for her, a female employee of her father (who later becomes her stepmother) is available and quickly steps in to explain to Vada what's going on and reassure her that she's OK.
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* SomewhereAnEntomologistIsCrying: The movie features honeybees living inside what appears to be a hornet's nest.
* StockBeehive: Thebees "beehive" that come after Thomas and Vada knock down, and Thomas later gets stung to death by, is clearly a nest of bald-faced hornets or aerial yellow jackets, though the kids bugs were portrayed by real live in a paper wasp nest.honeybees.
* StockBeehive: The
* TeacherStudentRomance: Vada has a PrecociousCrush on her teacher, who [[spoiler:is engaged and whose fiancee is moving in with him the day Vada tells him how she feels -- which happens to be the [[BreakTheCutie same day of her best friend's funeral, held in the parlor of HER house (her father is the town undertaker and she lives in the funeral home).]] She doesn't take the rejection well.]]
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Vada Sultenfuss is a tomboy, who generally wears jeans, sneakers, and a baseball cap, and who is best friend with a boy. However, she also wears a mood ring and has a traditionally feminine-looking bedroom. Plus, she doesn't mind it at all when Shelly applies makeup to her face for fun, even admiring her new look.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start?! Vada's life is already a little rough, [[spoiler: but it got worse when her best friend, Thomas J, dies [[ScaryStingingSwarm in a bee attack]]. He only went back to try and find her mood ring that she lost, her father is the mortician, the funeral is held at her house, and to top it all off, on the day of said funeral, she discovers the teacher that she had a crush on is getting married. However, she gets better in the end.]]
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* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start?! Vada's life is was already a little rough, [[spoiler: but it got worse when then her best friend, Thomas J, dies [[ScaryStingingSwarm in a bee attack]]. He She was the one who angered the bees in the first place, and he only went back to try and find her mood ring that she lost, her father is the mortician, coroner, the funeral is held at her house, and to top it all off, on the day of said funeral, she discovers the teacher that she had a crush on is getting married. However, married.]] It's quite understandable when she gets better in the end.]]ends up having complete breakdown, although some would argue that it's a bit surprising that it wasn't worse.
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* UptightLovesWild: Thomas falls for Vada despite her being everything opposite to his usual sedate existence.
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* FirstPeriodPanic: Vada apparently has never heard of menstruation. She visits the bathroom, then calls for her father in a panic. Her father is not available, so she tells the only other adult present that she is hemorrhaging. She's also one of the girls who have no mother or female figure to consult.
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* FirstPeriodPanic: Vada apparently has never heard of menstruation. She visits the bathroom, then calls for her father in a panic. Her father is not available, so she tells the only other adult present that she is hemorrhaging. She's also one of the girls who have no mother or female figure to consult. Fortunately for her, the available adult is Shelley, who very kindly calms her down and explains matters to her.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The film is set in 1972, which wasn't even twenty years ago at the time of production.
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* SelfSoothingSong: Whenever Vada is stressed or dealing with trauma (like when she's locked in the basement and when Thomas J has been killed), she covers her ears and quickly sings "Doo Wah Diddy Diddy" to herself.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start?! Her life is already a little rough, [[spoiler: but it got worse when her best friend, Thomas J, dies [[ScaryStingingSwarm in a bee attack]]. He only went back to try and find her mood ring that she lost, her father is the mortician, the funeral is held at her house, and to top it all off, on the day of said funeral, she discovers the teacher that she had a crush on is getting married. However, she gets better in the end.]]
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* TraumaCongaLine: Oh God, where to start?! Her Vada's life is already a little rough, [[spoiler: but it got worse when her best friend, Thomas J, dies [[ScaryStingingSwarm in a bee attack]]. He only went back to try and find her mood ring that she lost, her father is the mortician, the funeral is held at her house, and to top it all off, on the day of said funeral, she discovers the teacher that she had a crush on is getting married. However, she gets better in the end.]]
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* StockBeehive: The bees that come after the kids live in a paper wasp nest.
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* LikesOlderMen: Vada is in love with her teacher, with her even flat-out telling him, "I love you the same way my dad loves [his new girlfriend]." Upon finding out the teacher is engaged, Vada takes the news ''very'' hard.
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* BlindWithoutEm: Thomas J. needs his large glasses to see much of anything, and this is repeatedly mentioned. [[spoilers:The sentiment makes a heartbreaking comeback when Vada walks into Thomas's funeral and breaks down upon seeing him in his casket minus glasses, crying and begging someone to give them back to him because he can't see without them.]]
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* BlindWithoutEm: Thomas J. needs his large glasses to see much of anything, and this is repeatedly mentioned. [[spoilers:The [[spoiler:The sentiment makes a heartbreaking comeback when Vada walks into Thomas's funeral and breaks down upon seeing him in his casket minus glasses, crying and begging someone to give them back to him because he can't see without them.]]
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* TheSeventies: The movie takes place in 1972.
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* TheSeventies: The movie takes place in 1972.1972 and features some era staples such as holdover hippies like Shelly's ex and Vada's plot-relevant mood ring (though mood rings technically didn't exist yet).
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* BlindWithoutEm: "He can't see without his glasses".
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* BlindWithoutEm: "He Thomas J. needs his large glasses to see much of anything, and this is repeatedly mentioned. [[spoilers:The sentiment makes a heartbreaking comeback when Vada walks into Thomas's funeral and breaks down upon seeing him in his casket minus glasses, crying and begging someone to give them back to him because he can't see without his glasses".
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* DeathByChildbirth: Vada's mother.
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: Poor Thomas J. He's allergic to bees and succumbs to being stung by them]].
* DroppedGlasses: [[spoiler: Happens when Thomas J. is fatally attacked by a bee swarm.]]
* FirstKiss: Notable for winning the first ever "Best Kiss" award at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards. Heck, in Latin American countries the movie is known as "Mi Primer Beso" ("My First Kiss"). It was also the first onscreen kiss for Creator/MacaulayCulkin.
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: Poor Thomas J. He's allergic to bees and succumbs to being stung by them]].
* DroppedGlasses: [[spoiler: Happens when Thomas J. is fatally attacked by a bee swarm.]]
* FirstKiss: Notable for winning the first ever "Best Kiss" award at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards. Heck, in Latin American countries the movie is known as "Mi Primer Beso" ("My First Kiss"). It was also the first onscreen kiss for Creator/MacaulayCulkin.
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* DeathByChildbirth: Vada's mother.
mother passed away from complications a few days after Vada's birth, which Vada blames herself for.
* DeathOfAChild:[[spoiler: Poor [[spoiler:Poor Thomas J. He's allergic to bees and succumbs to being stung by them]].
them.]]
* DroppedGlasses:[[spoiler: Happens when [[spoiler:When Thomas J. is fatally attacked by a bee swarm.swarm, the camera focuses on his fallen glasses and bees crawling over them as a DiscretionShot to his actual death.]]
* FirstKiss: Vada and Thomas J. share a brief kiss as well as making a ChildhoodMarriagePromise. Notable for winning the first ever "Best Kiss" award at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards. Heck, in Latin American countries the movie is known as "Mi Primer Beso" ("My First Kiss"). It was also the first onscreen kiss for Creator/MacaulayCulkin.
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* DroppedGlasses:
* FirstKiss: Vada and Thomas J. share a brief kiss as well as making a ChildhoodMarriagePromise. Notable for winning the first ever "Best Kiss" award at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards. Heck, in Latin American countries the movie is known as "Mi Primer Beso" ("My First Kiss"). It was also the first onscreen kiss for Creator/MacaulayCulkin.
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* FourthDateMarriage: Downplayed, but the whole film--including Harry and Shelly's first meeting, first going on a date, and eventually getting engaged--takes place over the course of one summer.
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* FourthDateMarriage: FourthDateMarriage:
** Downplayed, but the whole film--including Harry and Shelly's first meeting, first going on a date, and eventually getting engaged--takes place over the course of one summer.
** Downplayed, but the whole film--including Harry and Shelly's first meeting, first going on a date, and eventually getting engaged--takes place over the course of one summer.
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* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: See above DeathOfAChild]]
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* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: See above DeathOfAChild]]Thomas J. dies after being attacked by bees, and the rest of the movie deals with the fallout of his death and Vada learning to cope with her grief over both him and her late mother.]]
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer is narrated by Creator/MacaulayCulkin, making it seem like Thomas J is the protagonist, and the film is primarily about his burgeoning preteen romance with Vada. In reality, Vada herself is decidedly the main character, and Thomas J is in a supporting role.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer is narrated by Creator/MacaulayCulkin, making it seem like Thomas J J. is the protagonist, and the film is primarily about his burgeoning preteen romance with Vada. In reality, Vada herself is decidedly the main character, and Thomas J J. is in a supporting role.role. Trailers also portrayed the film as a lighthearted comedy, when in reality it is a more dramatic film that deals with Vada's father entering a new relationship [[spoiler:and Thomas J.'s accidental death.]]
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* ParentalObliviousness: Harry doesn't take Vada's eccentric behavior or apparent hypochondria seriously.
* ParentsAsPeople: The movie occasionally shifts its focus from Vada to Harry.
* ParentWithNewParamour: Vada is not happy about her father dating Shelly. She gets over it.
* PrecociousCrush: Vada has a crush on her teacher, Mr. Bixler.
* ParentsAsPeople: The movie occasionally shifts its focus from Vada to Harry.
* ParentWithNewParamour: Vada is not happy about her father dating Shelly. She gets over it.
* PrecociousCrush: Vada has a crush on her teacher, Mr. Bixler.
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* ParentalObliviousness: Harry doesn't take Vada's eccentric behavior or apparent hypochondria seriously.
seriously, even initially brushing off Shelly when she points out how Vada is scared and confused by the concept of death due to her unusual exposure to it.
* ParentsAsPeople: The movie occasionally shifts its focus from Vada toHarry.
Harry, following his developing romance with Shelly and his struggles in being a good father to Vada.
* ParentWithNewParamour: Vada is not happy about her father dating Shelly. She gets overit.
it by the end and develops a good relationship with Shelly as a new mother figure.
* PrecociousCrush: Vada has a crush on her teacher, Mr. Bixler. [[spoiler:She confesses to him while breaking down after Thomas J.'s funeral, and he tries to gently let her down and informs her he is getting married. It doesn't make her feel better.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: The movie occasionally shifts its focus from Vada to
* ParentWithNewParamour: Vada is not happy about her father dating Shelly. She gets over
* PrecociousCrush: Vada has a crush on her teacher, Mr. Bixler. [[spoiler:She confesses to him while breaking down after Thomas J.'s funeral, and he tries to gently let her down and informs her he is getting married. It doesn't make her feel better.]]
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Vada and Shelly.
* TomboyishPonytail: Vada wears one for most of the film.
* TragicKeepsake: Vada's mood ring becomes one.
* TomboyishPonytail: Vada wears one for most of the film.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Thomas J. and Vada are this.
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* DroppedGlasses: [[spoiler: Happens when Thomas J. is fatally attacked a bee swarm.]]
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* DroppedGlasses: [[spoiler: Happens when Thomas J. is fatally attacked by a bee swarm.]]
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* FourthDateMarriage: Downplayed, but the whole film--including Harry and Shelly first meeting, first going on a date, and eventually getting engaged--takes place over the course of one summer.
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* GoodParents: Harry and Shelly, who both love Vada deeply with the latter wanting to make sure Vada's mother is still part her life despite her death.
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* GoodParents: Harry and Shelly, who both love Vada deeply with the latter wanting to make sure Vada's mother is still part of her life despite her death.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Vada feels this way in regards to her father developing a relationship with Shelly. She gets over it with time.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Vada feels this way in regards regard to her father developing a relationship with Shelly. She gets over it with time.
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* SublimeRhyme: Defied by Vada's teacher. He tells her that a poem is more than words rhyming, it's about expressing ones self.
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* SublimeRhyme: Defied by Vada's teacher. He tells her that a poem is more than words rhyming, rhyming; it's about expressing ones one's self.
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** Harry tells Vada that he doesn't know much about her mother because they didn't have much time together. He proposed on the second date and they got married two weeks later.
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* ChekhovsGun: Thomas J.'s allergy to ''everything'' and the beehive.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Vada has many of these which is rather fitting for an eccentric and possibly gifted child like her having a hard time finding friends within her peer group. She gets along well with her father's coworker Arthur, Shelly (before finding out about Harry being attracted to her), her teacher (who she has a crush on), everyone in the writing class, and even Dr. Welty and his secretary.
