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** If Josie is 25 in 1999, her senior prom would have taken place in 1992, not TheEighties, as all of the flashback music and fashion would suggest.

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** If Josie is 25 in 1999, her senior prom would have taken place in 1992, not TheEighties, as all of the flashback music and fashion would suggest. That being said, '92 was the year that 80s fashion and hairstyles (such as perms and side-ponytails) were beginning to die out. As well as that, it's not like Josie knows anything about fashion trends.
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* UnnecessarilyCruelRejection: Josie remembers her disastrous high school prom where a popular boy she liked accepted her date. When going outside to wait for him, though, he emerges from the sunroof with his actual date, a pretty and popular cheerleader, and pelts the poor girl with eggs all while yelling how stupid she was to think he'd actually be seen with her as she cries and runs away.

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* HumiliationConga: Poor Josie. She's late to class, forced to wear an embarrassing sombrero, fumbles her introduction by claiming that her family are sheep farmers, and spills chocolate milk down her white pants. And again later. She's late again, coming down off a high, wearing the same clothes as the night before, has the word "loser" on her forehead, throws up on camera, and then is knocked out by a door.



* OlderThanTheyLook: Josie is chosen to go undercover as a high school student because she looks young for twenty-five, at least at the start of the movie. For some reason Josie actually looks a lot older when she's masquerading as a student, with her curled and unflattering haircut, heavy make-up and dowdy clothes. Josie in her work outfit is much more believable as a student.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Josie is chosen to go undercover as a high school student because she looks young for twenty-five, at least at the start of the movie. For some reason reason, Josie actually looks a lot older when she's masquerading as a student, with her curled and unflattering haircut, heavy make-up and dowdy clothes. Josie in her work outfit is much more believable as a student.



** Oh so much. The only one that seems to have a rare moment of awareness is BigManOnCampus, Guy Perkins.

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** Oh so much. The only one that who seems to have a rare moment of awareness is BigManOnCampus, Guy Perkins.



* ThemedParty: The high school kids discuss the theme of their prom and it's a serious business. It's supposed to be "Millennium", but it turns out another high school does that, too. Teachers suggest "Under the Sea" or decade-themed "the '80s", but the kids boo to those ideas. Josie suggests "Meant for Each Other": Famous couples throughout history. The kids love it but then they mostly dress in whatever costumes they like (e.g. Disco Barbie, Malibu Barbie, or Evening Gown Barbie). Josie and her date go as Rosalind and Orlando from Shakespeare's ''As You Like It''. The gym is decorated with pink and gold as colours of love.

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* ThemedParty: The high school kids discuss the theme of their prom and it's a serious business. It's supposed to be "Millennium", but it turns out another high school does that, too. Teachers suggest "Under the Sea" or decade-themed "the '80s", but the kids boo to those ideas. Josie suggests "Meant for Each Other": Famous couples throughout history. The kids love it but then they mostly dress in whatever costumes they like (e.g. Disco Barbie, Malibu Barbie, or Evening Gown Barbie). Josie and her date go as Rosalind and Orlando from Shakespeare's ''As You Like It''. The gym is decorated with pink and gold as colours of love.love.
* TraumaCongaLine: Poor Josie. She's late to class, forced to wear an embarrassing sombrero, fumbles her introduction by claiming that her family are sheep farmers, and spills chocolate milk down her white pants. And again later. She's late again, coming down off a high, wearing the same clothes as the night before, has the word "loser" on her forehead, throws up on camera, and then is knocked out by a door.



** A couple instances. When asked about her name, [[Creator/LeeleeSobieski Aldys]] replies that her mother was 'going through her Harlequin romance phase' when she named her. Josie tries to reassure her that it's not any easier being named after a [[ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats guitar playing pussycat]].

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** A couple of instances. When asked about her name, [[Creator/LeeleeSobieski Aldys]] replies that her mother was 'going through her Harlequin romance phase' when she named her. Josie tries to reassure her that it's not any easier being named after a [[ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats guitar playing pussycat]].

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* AdultsDressedAsChildren: Josie--and later, Rob--pretend to be high school students, despite having graduated years ago.

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* AdultsDressedAsChildren: Josie--and Josie -- and later, Rob--pretend Rob -- pretend to be high school students, despite having graduated years ago.



* BigManOnCampus: Guy Perkins and later, Rob Geller.

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Guy Perkins and later, Rob Geller.



* InformedAttribute: Guy is the most popular guy at school and according to Josie, “the guy you get up to see at school,” but he does ''absolutely nothing'' that makes him stand out from any of the other students, except that they all look up to him.

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* InformedAttribute: Guy is the most popular guy at school and according to Josie, “the "the guy you get up to see at school,” school", but he does ''absolutely nothing'' that makes him stand out from any of the other students, except that they all look up to him.



* PopularIsDumb: Oh so much. The only one that seems to have a rare moment of awareness is BigManOnCampus, Guy Perkins.

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* PopularIsDumb: PopularIsDumb:
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Oh so much. The only one that seems to have a rare moment of awareness is BigManOnCampus, Guy Perkins.



* SheCleansUpNicely: Done when Josie's prom dress is revealed. Interestingly, it's her brother, Rob, that reacts by telling her that she looks great.
** Possibly [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Rob and Sam are the only people whose opinion we’re supposed to care about in the end, and Sam couldn’t have picked her up without it being really, really weird.

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* SheCleansUpNicely: Done when Josie's prom dress is revealed. Interestingly, it's her brother, Rob, that reacts by telling her that she looks great.
** Possibly
great. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Rob and Sam are the only people whose opinion we’re supposed to care about in the end, and Sam couldn’t couldn't have picked her up without it being really, really weird.



** Rob calls Josie “[[Film/TheGraduate Mrs. Robinson]]” after Guy asks her out.

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** Rob calls Josie “[[Film/TheGraduate "[[Film/TheGraduate Mrs. Robinson]]” Robinson]]" after Guy asks her out.



* WhatTheHellHero: Rob and Sam feel this way toward Josie after she reveals she is really a reporter pretending to be a high school student.

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* WhatTheHellHero: WhatTheHellHero:
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Rob and Sam feel this way toward Josie after she reveals she is really a reporter pretending to be a high school student.



* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: A couple instances. When asked about her name, [[Creator/LeeleeSobieski Aldys]] replies that her mother was 'going through her Harlequin romance phase' when she named her. Josie tries to reassure her that it's not any easier being named after a [[ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats guitar playing pussycat]].

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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: WhoNamesTheirKidDude:
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A couple instances. When asked about her name, [[Creator/LeeleeSobieski Aldys]] replies that her mother was 'going through her Harlequin romance phase' when she named her. Josie tries to reassure her that it's not any easier being named after a [[ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats guitar playing pussycat]].
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* WritersCannotDoMath: If Josie is 25 in 1999, her senior prom would have taken place in 1992, not TheEighties, as all of the flashback music and fashion would suggest.
** But then again it was 1992, the part of the 90s where popular fashion and music from the 80s was still dying. Josie herself is certainly not aware of fashion trends.

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* WritersCannotDoMath: WritersCannotDoMath:
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If Josie is 25 in 1999, her senior prom would have taken place in 1992, not TheEighties, as all of the flashback music and fashion would suggest.
** But then again it was 1992, the part of the 90s where popular fashion and music from the 80s was still dying. Josie herself is certainly not aware of fashion trends.
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* ForcedMeme: Guy proclaims "rufus" as the new cool word and tells his friends to spread it around. Because Guy is the BigManOnCampus, it actually works. And when [[Creator/JamesFranco one friend]] tries to spice it up by saying “rufulicious,” Guy insists that it’s just “rufus.”

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* ForcedMeme: Guy proclaims "rufus" as the new cool word and tells his friends to spread it around. Because Guy is the BigManOnCampus, it actually works. And when [[Creator/JamesFranco one friend]] tries to spice it up by saying “rufulicious,” "rufulicious," Guy insists that it’s it's just “rufus.”"rufus."
* FriendlessBackground: Josie is extremely unpopular in high school.
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* ReedRichardsIsUseless: In an effort to write a series of bestselling articles about what modern high school kids think the Chicago-Sun Times makes their own reality show with Josie as the star, yet they think she's wasting time and not coming up with anything engaging to write about despite themselves being absorbed with her life.
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* TeensAreMonsters: Most of the teens in Josie's high school were sadistically mean to her ForTheEvulz.
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* AdultsDressedAsChildren: Josie--and later, Rob--pretend to be high students, despite having graduated years ago.

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* AdultsDressedAsChildren: Josie--and later, Rob--pretend to be high school students, despite having graduated years ago.
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''Never Been Kissed'' is a 1999 RomanticComedy film starring Creator/DrewBarrymore, Creator/DavidArquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon, and Creator/JohnCReilly, directed by Raja Gosnell, and produced by Barrymore's [[ShamelessSelfPromoter production company]] Flower Films. This is also one of the first movies of Creator/JessicaAlba and Creator/JamesFranco as part of the popular kid posse.

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''Never Been Kissed'' is a 1999 RomanticComedy film starring Creator/DrewBarrymore, Creator/DavidArquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon, Creator/MichaelVartan, Creator/MollyShannon, and Creator/JohnCReilly, directed by Raja Gosnell, Creator/RajaGosnell, and produced by Barrymore's [[ShamelessSelfPromoter production company]] Flower Films. This is also one of the first movies of Creator/JessicaAlba and Creator/JamesFranco as part of the popular kid posse.

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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Averted at first, but then play straight for a while later in the film.

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%% * AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Averted at first, but then play straight for a while later in the film.AcquiredSituationalNarcissism



* DunceCap: Actually a Dunce Sombrero. Josie has to wear it because she was late to class.

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* DecadeThemedParty: Discussed. The kids wants to have a "Millenium" themed prom but it turns out another high school does that as well and they want to be unique. Their teacher suggests an '80s prom but they boo to that idea. (They choose "famous couples throughout history" after all.)
* DunceCap: Actually a A Dunce Sombrero. Josie has to wear it because she was late to class.



-->'''Gym Teacher''': If you fail gym, you're never getting into college.
-->'''Josie''': You guys are still telling that lie?

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-->'''Gym Teacher''': If you fail gym, you're never getting into college.
-->'''Josie''':
college.\\
'''Josie''':
You guys are still telling that lie?



* HumiliationConga: Poor Josie. She's late to class, forced to wear an embarrassing sombrero, fumbles her introduction by claiming that her family are sheep farmers, and spills chocolate milk down her white pants.
** And again later. She's late again, coming down off a high, wearing the same clothes as the night before, has the word "loser" on her forehead, throws up on camera, and then is knocked out by a door.

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* HumiliationConga: Poor Josie. She's late to class, forced to wear an embarrassing sombrero, fumbles her introduction by claiming that her family are sheep farmers, and spills chocolate milk down her white pants. \n** And again later. She's late again, coming down off a high, wearing the same clothes as the night before, has the word "loser" on her forehead, throws up on camera, and then is knocked out by a door.



* RomComJob: Josie is a copy editor for the Chicago Sun-Times.

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* RomComJob: Josie is a copy editor for the Chicago Sun-Times. Her love interest is a teacher.


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* ThemedParty: The high school kids discuss the theme of their prom and it's a serious business. It's supposed to be "Millennium", but it turns out another high school does that, too. Teachers suggest "Under the Sea" or decade-themed "the '80s", but the kids boo to those ideas. Josie suggests "Meant for Each Other": Famous couples throughout history. The kids love it but then they mostly dress in whatever costumes they like (e.g. Disco Barbie, Malibu Barbie, or Evening Gown Barbie). Josie and her date go as Rosalind and Orlando from Shakespeare's ''As You Like It''. The gym is decorated with pink and gold as colours of love.
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** Possibly [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Rob and Sam are the only people whose opinion we’re supposed to care about in the end, and Sam couldn’t have picked her up without it being really, really weird.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Josie is chosen to go undercover as a high school student because she looks young for twenty-five, at least at the start of the movie. For some reason Josie actually looks a lot older when she's masquerading as a student, with her curled and unflattering haircut, heavy make-up and dowdy clothes. Josie in her work outfit is much more believable as a student.
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** The school marching band is heard playing the theme to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

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* CoolSword: The main reason Guy is excited to go to prom as Orlando from ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' is that he gets to carry a sword.



* ForcedMeme: Guy proclaims “rufus" as the new cool word and tells his friends to spread it around. Because Guy is the BigManOnCampus, it actually works. And when [[Creator/JamesFranco one friend]] tries to spice it up by saying “rufulicious,” Guy insists that it’s just “rufus.”

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* ForcedMeme: Guy proclaims “rufus" "rufus" as the new cool word and tells his friends to spread it around. Because Guy is the BigManOnCampus, it actually works. And when [[Creator/JamesFranco one friend]] tries to spice it up by saying “rufulicious,” Guy insists that it’s just “rufus.”



* GilliganCut: Rob enrolls in high school, so he can become a popular kid and then help Josie become popular. Josie scoffs at Rob’s arrogance in assuming he can become immediately popular, but in the next scene Rob has already won over the cool kids winning an eating contest.

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* GilliganCut: Rob enrolls in high school, so he can become a popular kid and then help Josie become popular. Josie scoffs at Rob’s arrogance in assuming he can become immediately popular, but in the next scene Rob has already won over the cool kids by winning an eating contest.



* InformedAttribute: Guy is the most popular guy at school and according to Josie, “the guy you get up to see at school,” but he does ''absolutely nothing'' that makes him stand out from any of the other students, except that they all look up to him.



* WhatTheHellHero: Rob and Sam feel this way toward Josie after she reveals she is really a reporter pretending to be a high school student

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* WhatTheHellHero: Rob and Sam feel this way toward Josie after she reveals she is really a reporter pretending to be a high school studentstudent.
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* ForcedMeme: Guy proclaims “rufus: as the new cool word and tells his friends to spread it around. Because Guy is the BigManOnCampus, it actually works. And when [[Creator/JamesFranco one friend]] tries to spice it up by saying “rufulicious,” Guy insists that it’s just “rufus.”

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* ForcedMeme: Guy proclaims “rufus: “rufus" as the new cool word and tells his friends to spread it around. Because Guy is the BigManOnCampus, it actually works. And when [[Creator/JamesFranco one friend]] tries to spice it up by saying “rufulicious,” Guy insists that it’s just “rufus.”
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* EmbarrassmentPlot: Josie’s major motivation is to redeem her high school experience after being traumatized by the most popular guy in school, who pretended he was taking her to the prom but then threw eggs at her when he came to pick her up. At the end, Josie becomes prom queen but sacrifices her own popularity to prevent Aldys from being humiliated at prom.

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* EmbarrassmentPlot: Josie’s major motivation is to redeem her high school experience after being traumatized by the most popular guy in school, who [[PrankDate pretended he was taking her to the prom prom]] but then threw eggs at her when he came to pick her up. At the end, Josie becomes prom queen but [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices her own popularity popularity]] to prevent Aldys from being humiliated suffering a similar humiliation at prom.



* GilliganCut: Rob enrolls in high school, so he can become a popular kid and then help Josie become popular. Josie scoffs at Rob’s arrogance in assuming he can become immediately popular, but in the next scene we see he has already won over the cool kids winning an eating contest.

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* GilliganCut: Rob enrolls in high school, so he can become a popular kid and then help Josie become popular. Josie scoffs at Rob’s arrogance in assuming he can become immediately popular, but in the next scene we see he Rob has already won over the cool kids winning an eating contest.



** Josie is named after Josie and the Pussycats.

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** Josie is named after Josie and the Pussycats.a [[ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats guitar playing pussycat]].

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''Never Been Kissed'' is a 1999 RomanticComedy film directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Creator/DrewBarrymore and Creator/DavidArquette, produced by Barrymore's [[ShamelessSelfPromoter production company]] Flower Films.

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''Never Been Kissed'' is a 1999 RomanticComedy film directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Creator/DrewBarrymore and Creator/DrewBarrymore, Creator/DavidArquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon, and Creator/JohnCReilly, directed by Raja Gosnell, and produced by Barrymore's [[ShamelessSelfPromoter production company]] Flower Films.
Films. This is also one of the first movies of Creator/JessicaAlba and Creator/JamesFranco as part of the popular kid posse.



* AdultsDressedAsChildren

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* AdultsDressedAsChildrenAdultsDressedAsChildren: Josie--and later, Rob--pretend to be high students, despite having graduated years ago.



* ChickFlick
* CoordinatedClothes: The group of mathematical enthusiasts go to a prom in matching outfits. It makes them feel secure.

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The group of mathematical enthusiasts go to a prom in matching outfits. It makes them feel secure.secure.
** The GirlPosse, now including Josie, all buy cardigans together.
* DaEditor: Gus is hard on Josie and skeptical about whether she has what it takes to be a true journalist, but he clearly cares about her.



* EmbarrassingNickname: Josie Grossie!



* EthicalSlut: Anita is a great friend and {{Foil}} to Josie. While Josie is a hopeless romantic waiting for that one BigDamnKiss, Anita is way more sexually liberated but still hoping to find a true love.



* ForcedMeme: Guy proclaims “rufus: as the new cool word and tells his friends to spread it around. Because Guy is the BigManOnCampus, it actually works. And when [[Creator/JamesFranco one friend]] tries to spice it up by saying “rufulicious,” Guy insists that it’s just “rufus.”



* GilliganCut: Rob enrolls in high school, so he can become a popular kid and then help Josie become popular. Josie scoffs at Rob’s arrogance in assuming he can become immediately popular, but in the next scene we see he has already won over the cool kids winning an eating contest.



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* RomanticComedyRomComJob: Josie is a copy editor for the Chicago Sun-Times.


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* ShoutOut:
** Josie is named after Josie and the Pussycats.
** Rob calls Josie “[[Film/TheGraduate Mrs. Robinson]]” after Guy asks her out.


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* WhatTheHellHero: Rob and Sam feel this way toward Josie after she reveals she is really a reporter pretending to be a high school student
** Sam is mad at Josie for lying about her true identity and almost setting him up for being attracted to her.
** Rob is mad at Josie for outing him as well, ruining his chance to play high school baseball again.

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* FirstKiss:

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* EmbarrassmentPlot: Josie’s major motivation is to redeem her high school experience after being traumatized by the most popular guy in school, who pretended he was taking her to the prom but then threw eggs at her when he came to pick her up. At the end, Josie becomes prom queen but sacrifices her own popularity to prevent Aldys from being humiliated at prom.
* FirstKiss: Josie dreams of having her first [[BigDamnKiss great kiss]], [[spoiler:and finally gets it in the final scene of the movie]].



* HotForTeacher: Played with.

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* HotForTeacher: Played with.Josie and Coulson fall for each other, so much so that Josie's bosses at the ''Sun-Times'' want that to be the focus of her ultimate story. Instead, Josie writes an open love letter to him, culminating in her [[FirstKiss First]] BigDamnKiss.



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* LiarRevealedLiarRevealed: Josie outs herself [[WhatTheHellHero and her brother]] at the prom.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: A couple instances. When asked about her name, [[Creator/LeeleeSobieski Aldys]] replies that her mother was 'going through her Harlequin romance phase' when she named her. Josie tries to reassure her that it's not any easier being named after a [[JosieAndThePussycats guitar playing pussycat]].

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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: A couple instances. When asked about her name, [[Creator/LeeleeSobieski Aldys]] replies that her mother was 'going through her Harlequin romance phase' when she named her. Josie tries to reassure her that it's not any easier being named after a [[JosieAndThePussycats [[ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats guitar playing pussycat]].

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* FirstKiss: {{Trope Namer}}.

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* OrbitalKiss: Josie and Sam in the end.
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** And again later. She's late again, coming down off a high, wearing the same clothes as the night before, has the word "loser" on her forehead, throws up on camera, and then is knocked out by a door.
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''Never Been Kissed'' is a 1999 RomanticComedy film directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Creator/DrewBarrymore and David Arquette, produced by Barrymore's [[ShamelessSelfPromoter production company]] Flower Films.

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''Never Been Kissed'' is a 1999 RomanticComedy film directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Creator/DrewBarrymore and David Arquette, Creator/DavidArquette, produced by Barrymore's [[ShamelessSelfPromoter production company]] Flower Films.
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*FirstKiss: {{Trope Namer}}.
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'''''Never Been Kissed''''' is a 1999 [[RomanticComedy comedy]] directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Creator/DrewBarrymore and David Arquette, It was produced by Drew Barrymore's [[ShamelessSelfPromoter production company]], '''Flower Films'''. [[Creator/DrewBarrymore Josie Geller]] is a 25-year-old journalist assigned to report undercover as a [[AdultsDressedAsChildren high school student]] to help parents become more aware of their children's lives. Back when she really was a high school student, Josie was a nerd with bad personal hygiene; as a result she was very unpopular. Her initial efforts to fit in at school are about as successful as they were in her teens, but with the help of her brother Rob (Arquette), Josie becomes more popular. She also finds herself falling for one of her teachers, who believes she's 17 years old and is disturbed by his own attraction to her. When he learns the truth, it becomes a question of whether he can forgive her for the deception or if that will keep them from being together.

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'''''Never ''Never Been Kissed''''' Kissed'' is a 1999 [[RomanticComedy comedy]] RomanticComedy film directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Creator/DrewBarrymore and David Arquette, It was produced by Drew Barrymore's [[ShamelessSelfPromoter production company]], '''Flower Films'''. [[Creator/DrewBarrymore company]] Flower Films.

Josie Geller]] Geller (Barrymore) is a 25-year-old journalist assigned to report undercover as a [[AdultsDressedAsChildren high school student]] to help parents become more aware of their children's lives. Back when she really was a high school student, Josie was a nerd with bad personal hygiene; as a result she was very unpopular. Her initial efforts to fit in at school are about as successful as they were in her teens, but with the help of her brother Rob (Arquette), Josie becomes more popular. She also finds herself falling for one of her teachers, who believes she's 17 years old and is disturbed by his own attraction to her. When he learns the truth, it becomes a question of whether he can forgive her for the deception or if that will keep them from being together.

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