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* RaceLift: The statue of {{Jesus}}. Lampshaded.
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* RaceLift: The statue of {{Jesus}}. Lampshaded.
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* IsNothingSacred:
-->'''Trudy Mason:''' Patrick has … just completed a world tour as part of the Christian Skateboarders Association.
-->'''Cassandra:''' Been hittin' the board for the Lord? God, is nothing sacred to you people?
-->'''Trudy Mason:''' Patrick has … just completed a world tour as part of the Christian Skateboarders Association.
-->'''Cassandra:''' Been hittin' the board for the Lord? God, is nothing sacred to you people?
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* HotDad: [[spoiler:Dean.]]
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** Mary, after word gets out about her pregnancy.
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** Not ''too'' exaggerated, though; while they may be rare, and by no means is this an accurate portrayal of the average Evangelical Christian, there are communities that are about as religiously devoted as portrayed in the movie.
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* HotMom: [[spoiler:Mary at the end of the film. Possibly the ''cutest'' and most adorable mother outside a KeyVisualArts game, and live action too no-less!!]]
** Mary-Louise Parker as Lillian.
** Mary-Louise Parker as Lillian.
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Hilary Faye, at the very end.]]
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* ProductPlacement: Characters are seen drinking [[AndADietCoke Diet Coke]] throughout the film.
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* Cast Showoff: Although somewhat playing against type, Mandy Moore still has to have a scene where she gets to show off her beautiful singing voice.
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* NoodleIncident: Cassandra once shoplifted a frozen turkey from a supermarket wearing only short shorts and a tube top. No further explanation is given.
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* CrisisOfFaith: Averted; in spite of now being in a ''VERY'' (traditionally) un-Christian extended family of a gay father, a NayTheist step-father and a Jewish godmother, Mary's faith in the Christian God is as strong as ever after the birth of her child.
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* CrisisOfFaith: Averted; in spite of now being in a ''VERY'' (traditionally) un-Christian extended family of a gay father, a NayTheist step-father and a Jewish godmother, Mary's faith in the Christian God is as strong as ever after the birth of her child.child, although she's more tolerant and accepting of other walks of life.
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* HotDad: Dean.
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* HotDad: Dean.[[spoiler:Dean.]]
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Mary, a rising senior at American Eagle Christian HighSchool, has a great life. Wonderful friends, a great Christian boyfriend named Dean, and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. But one day, just before the start of school, [[LastHetRomance Dean confides in her that he might be gay.]] When she makes a deal with God to cure him, her confidence is restored. Until she realizes that missed periods and morning sickness are symptoms of pregnancy...
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Mary, a rising senior at American Eagle Christian HighSchool, has a great life. Wonderful friends, a great Christian boyfriend named Dean, and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. But one
Then, on the first day of school, she's informed that Dean has been sent to Mercy House for "rehabilitation," after his parents discovered his gay porn stash. Then come the missed
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* FemaleGaze: The school puts on, [[{{irony}} ironically]], JesusChristSuperstar. The only scene they show is the crucifixion in which Patrick is playing Jesus. There is a loving shot of his body, the camera starts on his crotch and pans up to his face where he is moaning as if in pain. [[DeadpanSnarker Cassandra]] adds "Now that's what I call being hung on the cross."
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* FemaleGaze: The school puts on, [[{{irony}} ironically]], JesusChristSuperstar. The only scene they show is the crucifixion in which Patrick is playing Jesus. There is a loving shot of his body, the camera starts on his crotch and pans up to his face where he is moaning as if in pain. [[DeadpanSnarker Cassandra]] adds [[DoubleEntendre "Now that's what I call being hung on the cross.""]]
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* FemaleGaze: The school puts on, [[{{irony}} ironically]], JesusChristSuperstar. The only scene they show is the crucifixion in which Patrick is playing Jesus. There is a loving shot of his body, the camera starts on his crotch and pans up to his face where he is moaning as if in pain. [[DeadpanSnarker Cassandra]] adds "Now that's what I call being hung on the cross."
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* FoeYay: First of all, Hilary Faye is pretty obsessed with Cassandra and getting her saved. Secondly, Cassandra seems oddly comfortable with telling Hilary Faye the details of her sex life while pretending to get saved.
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* BlackComedy
-->'''Cassandra:''' There's only one reason Christian girls come down to the Planned Parenthood.
-->'''Roland:''' She's planting a pipe bomb?!
-->'''Cassandra:''' Okay, ''two'' reasons.
-->'''Cassandra:''' There's only one reason Christian girls come down to the Planned Parenthood.
-->'''Roland:''' She's planting a pipe bomb?!
-->'''Cassandra:''' Okay, ''two'' reasons.
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-->'''Cassandra:''' There's only one reason Christian girls come down to the Planned Parenthood.
-->'''Roland:''' She's planting a pipe bomb?!
-->'''Cassandra:''' Okay, ''two'' reasons.
-->'''Cassandra:''' There's only one reason Christian girls come down to the Planned Parenthood.
-->'''Roland:''' She's planting a pipe bomb?!
-->'''Cassandra:''' Okay, ''two'' reasons.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Lampshaded; see DeadBabyComedy BlackComedy above.
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** All of the Christian Jewels wear their hair flipped outward at the end, when Mary realizes she's pregnant and starts questioning Jesus her hair immediately goes flat.
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* HappilyAdopted: Though we don't see Veronica interact with her (Black) parents very much, she is quite hilariously thankful that they saved her from being a heathen in Vietnam.
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* AlphaBitch: Hilary.
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* SanitySlippage: Hilary's rampage on the ball.
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Mary, a rising senior at American Eagle Christian HighSchool, has a great life. Wonderful friends, a great Christian boyfriend named Dean, and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. But one day, just before the start of school, [[LastHetRomance Dean confides in her that he might be gay.]] When she makes a deal with God to cure him, her confidence is restored. Until she realizes that missed periods and morning sickness are symptoms of pregnancy...
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!!This movie contains examples of:
* AdamWesting: "Up next on {{Lifetime|MovieOfTheWeek}}, Valerie Bertinelli stars in ''Bitter Harvest'', a sensitive portrayal of one woman's struggle with cancer…"
* ArmorPiercingQuestion:
-->'''Cassandra:''' You ''swear to God'' you didn't [[spoiler:frame us, Hilary Faye]]?
* AsianAirhead: Veronica.
* BetaCouple: Roland and Cassandra. Also, Lillian and Pastor Skip.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Hilary Faye.
* BreakTheHaughty: Happens to [[spoiler:Hilary Faye]] twice, first when [[spoiler:Roland and Cassandra put up pictures of her when she was fat and ugly,]] and then when [[spoiler:Tia proves she actually vandalized the school after she swore publicly she didn't.]]
* ButtMonkey: Tia.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Set (vaguely) in the south, filmed in Canada.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Mary naturally gets pregnant after having sex for the first time. And when she goes to Planned Parenthood for confirmation all the way across town, two of her classmates just happen to be having coffee across the street.
* CatholicSchoolGirlsRule: While not Catholic, Cassandra's school uniform is very much along these lines.
* ChekhovsGun: A certain messianiac billboard at the beginning of the movie will play a part during Hilary Faye's BTH
* TheCharmer: Patrick
* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted. The characters and the culture are clearly (exaggerated) Evangelical in nature.
* CoolCar: Cassandra's vintage muscle car.
* CrisisOfFaith: Averted; in spite of now being in a ''VERY'' (traditionally) un-Christian extended family of a gay father, a NayTheist step-father and a Jewish godmother, Mary's faith in the Christian God is as strong as ever after the birth of her child.
* CureYourGays: Mary tries to do this with Dean. It fails, kicking off the plot in the process.
** So do Dean's parents. And Hilary Faye. And Hilary Faye's entire ''prayer circle''. In fact, it's probably the second biggest theme/plot arc of the movie.
* DeadBabyComedy
-->'''Cassandra:''' There's only one reason Christian girls come down to the Planned Parenthood.
-->'''Roland:''' She's planting a pipe bomb?!
-->'''Cassandra:''' Okay, ''two'' reasons.
* DeadpanSnarker: Cassandra.
* DisabledSnarker: Roland.
* DivineRaceLift: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. There is an argument over whether or not Jesus is supposed to be white.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: At the beginning of the film, Roland's hair is cleanly combed. [[spoiler:After Cassandra ruffles his hair affectionately on their first "date", his hair becomes progressively messier as he gains his independence.]]
** All of the Christian Jewels wear their hair flipped outward at the end, when Mary realizes she's pregnant and starts questioning Jesus her hair immediately goes flat.
* FallenPrincess: [[spoiler:Hilary Faye, as a result of her double BreakTheHaughty.]]
* FoeYay: First of all, Hilary Faye is pretty obsessed with Cassandra and getting her saved. Secondly, Cassandra seems oddly comfortable with telling Hilary Faye the details of her sex life while pretending to get saved.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The scene where Mary asks Lillian [[spoiler:how quick she'd be to send her to Mercy House]].
** Averted with the scene of Hilary Faye at the gun range. In the original ending, Hilary Faye was to shoot up her prom [[spoiler:after getting expelled]]. While this ending was changed, the scene at the gun range stayed in as an artifact of this.
* GirlNextDoor: There's something endearing about sweet and sincere redheaded girls.
* GirlPosse: The Christian Jewels.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Lampshaded; see DeadBabyComedy above.
* HannibalLecture: Part of Hilary Faye's VillainousBreakdown.
-->'''Hilary Faye:''' The ''Christian'' thing? I have been doing ''the Christian thing'' my entire life. I did not have ''sex'' with a gay and try and blame it on Jesus!
-->'''Mary:''' Just cool it, Hil.
-->'''Hilary Faye:''' Oh, shut ''up'', you fornicator! And I did not hack into the school's computer system and cover our walls with that blasphemous graffiti either!
* HolierThanThou: Hilary Faye is a combination of this and the AlphaBitch.
* HotMom: [[spoiler:Mary at the end of the film. Possibly the ''cutest'' and most adorable mother outside a KeyVisualArts game, and live action too no-less!!]]
** Mary-Louise Parker as Lillian.
* HypocriticalHumor: Hilary Faye while throwing a bible at Mary: "I am ''filled'' with Christ's love!"
* {{Kawaiiko}}: Mary.
* LastHetRomance: Mary for Dean.
* LightIsNotGood: Hilary Faye
* MaleGaze: Roland gets caught peeking at Cassandra's butt in a POV shot.
* MeaningfulName: Mary, Mary, Mary, ''Mary''. Also facepalmingly so with ''Rol''and.
** Mary's is also a debatable case of PropheticNames, since, just like her Biblical namesake, Mary [[spoiler:becomes a mother due to (what she thinks is) her service to God]].
* MisplacedNamesPoster: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saved.jpg Not only are the names misplaced, but it only lists four of the five actors shown.]]
* MissionFromGod: Mary thinks she has been directed by Jesus personally to "cure" Dean.
** Hilary Faye thinks the same thing about Cassandra, which the latter exploits.
* MorningSickness: Because of her distant mother and the dearth of sexual education at her school, Mary doesn't realize what it means.
* NiceGirl: Mary, a genuinely sweet, kind-hearted and decent girl in spite of all the pain suffered.
* ParentalAbandonment
* PassionPlay: The school play that year is ''Music/JesusChristSuperstar''. For those familiar with the musical, that's a rather ''[[MisaimedFandom ironic]]'' choice for such a rigid school.
* PreachersKid: Patrick.
* PrecisionFStrike: After discovering she's pregnant, Mary [[SmiteMeOhMightySmiter stands in front of a church and says "Shit. Fuck. Goddamn."]] To her, the last is probably the most devastating curse word.
** The "shit" seems to have been dubbed in. As filmed, it looks like Mary is saying "fuck" twice. The first "fuck" was probably changed to "shit" to keep the movie PG-13.
* PromBaby
* RaceLift: The statue of {{Jesus}}. Lampshaded.
-->'''Roland:''' I still don't think he's supposed to be white. I saw this thing on television-
-->'''Hilary Faye:''' Of course he's white!
* SiblingYinYang: Hilary and Roland Faye. He's a DisabledSnarker and intellectual, who openly criticizes Christianity, his sister and his parents, but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold genuinely cares]] for Cassandra and Mary [[spoiler:and Hilary, though it takes her epic-class FreakOut to make him show it]]. She, on the other hand, is a HolierThanThou Christian [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]][=/=]StrawHypocrite, who frequently plays TeachersPet (kissing up to Pastor Skip, trying to "save" Cassandra and calling for people to pray for Mary and Dean, organizing the prom, etc.)... and still [[spoiler: frames Cassandra and Mary for graffiting the school, thereby inadvertently outing Mary's pregnancy to the whole school, swears a denial to God only to be publicly outed as a big fake, and suffers her VillainousBreakdown]].
* SixStudentClique
** The Head -- Patrick
** The Muscle -- Dean
** The Quirk -- Roland
** The Pretty One -- [[spoiler:Dean's prom date]], a male example.
** The Smart One -- Mary
** The Wild One -- Cassandra
* SmiteMeOhMightySmiter: Mary at one point stands in front of a cross and utters progressively worse swears, as though attempting to provoke a reaction.
* SpeakingSimlish: Cassandra pretends to be possessed by the Holy Spirit in chapel, acting as though she is speaking in tongues. Hillary Faye interrupts her to point out that she's just repeating [[spoiler:"My pussy is a hot pussy!"]]
* EgocentricallyReligious: Hilary.
* StealthPun: "Is he going to come out or not?!"
* StrawmanU: Not a college, but American Eagle Christian High School is an example of a Jim Jonestown HighSchool.
* TeenPregnancy
* TheDanza: Pastor Skip's son, Patrick, is played by Patrick Fugit.
* TotallyRadical: Pastor Skip.
** Amusingly, the students all seem to buy it. Then again, they're not exactly a hip crowd themselves...
* TransparentCloset: Referenced, with regards to Dean. While Mary and the Christian Jewels are shocked and disgusted by the idea that Dean is gay, Roland asserts, "What? It wasn't like it was some big secret. He was like a one-man gay pride parade."
* TrueCompanions: Mary, Roland, and Cassandra, and also the much larger "family" that Mary has acquired by the end (basically everyone in the hospital scene).
* VerbedTitle
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Mary, a rising senior at American Eagle Christian HighSchool, has a great life. Wonderful friends, a great Christian boyfriend named Dean, and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. But one day, just before the start of school, [[LastHetRomance Dean confides in her that he might be gay.]] When she makes a deal with God to cure him, her confidence is restored. Until she realizes that missed periods and morning sickness are symptoms of pregnancy...
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!!This movie contains examples of:
* AdamWesting: "Up next on {{Lifetime|MovieOfTheWeek}}, Valerie Bertinelli stars in ''Bitter Harvest'', a sensitive portrayal of one woman's struggle with cancer…"
* ArmorPiercingQuestion:
-->'''Cassandra:''' You ''swear to God'' you didn't [[spoiler:frame us, Hilary Faye]]?
* AsianAirhead: Veronica.
* BetaCouple: Roland and Cassandra. Also, Lillian and Pastor Skip.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Hilary Faye.
* BreakTheHaughty: Happens to [[spoiler:Hilary Faye]] twice, first when [[spoiler:Roland and Cassandra put up pictures of her when she was fat and ugly,]] and then when [[spoiler:Tia proves she actually vandalized the school after she swore publicly she didn't.]]
* ButtMonkey: Tia.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Set (vaguely) in the south, filmed in Canada.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Mary naturally gets pregnant after having sex for the first time. And when she goes to Planned Parenthood for confirmation all the way across town, two of her classmates just happen to be having coffee across the street.
* CatholicSchoolGirlsRule: While not Catholic, Cassandra's school uniform is very much along these lines.
* ChekhovsGun: A certain messianiac billboard at the beginning of the movie will play a part during Hilary Faye's BTH
* TheCharmer: Patrick
* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted. The characters and the culture are clearly (exaggerated) Evangelical in nature.
* CoolCar: Cassandra's vintage muscle car.
* CrisisOfFaith: Averted; in spite of now being in a ''VERY'' (traditionally) un-Christian extended family of a gay father, a NayTheist step-father and a Jewish godmother, Mary's faith in the Christian God is as strong as ever after the birth of her child.
* CureYourGays: Mary tries to do this with Dean. It fails, kicking off the plot in the process.
** So do Dean's parents. And Hilary Faye. And Hilary Faye's entire ''prayer circle''. In fact, it's probably the second biggest theme/plot arc of the movie.
* DeadBabyComedy
-->'''Cassandra:''' There's only one reason Christian girls come down to the Planned Parenthood.
-->'''Roland:''' She's planting a pipe bomb?!
-->'''Cassandra:''' Okay, ''two'' reasons.
* DeadpanSnarker: Cassandra.
* DisabledSnarker: Roland.
* DivineRaceLift: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. There is an argument over whether or not Jesus is supposed to be white.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: At the beginning of the film, Roland's hair is cleanly combed. [[spoiler:After Cassandra ruffles his hair affectionately on their first "date", his hair becomes progressively messier as he gains his independence.]]
** All of the Christian Jewels wear their hair flipped outward at the end, when Mary realizes she's pregnant and starts questioning Jesus her hair immediately goes flat.
* FallenPrincess: [[spoiler:Hilary Faye, as a result of her double BreakTheHaughty.]]
* FoeYay: First of all, Hilary Faye is pretty obsessed with Cassandra and getting her saved. Secondly, Cassandra seems oddly comfortable with telling Hilary Faye the details of her sex life while pretending to get saved.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The scene where Mary asks Lillian [[spoiler:how quick she'd be to send her to Mercy House]].
** Averted with the scene of Hilary Faye at the gun range. In the original ending, Hilary Faye was to shoot up her prom [[spoiler:after getting expelled]]. While this ending was changed, the scene at the gun range stayed in as an artifact of this.
* GirlNextDoor: There's something endearing about sweet and sincere redheaded girls.
* GirlPosse: The Christian Jewels.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Lampshaded; see DeadBabyComedy above.
* HannibalLecture: Part of Hilary Faye's VillainousBreakdown.
-->'''Hilary Faye:''' The ''Christian'' thing? I have been doing ''the Christian thing'' my entire life. I did not have ''sex'' with a gay and try and blame it on Jesus!
-->'''Mary:''' Just cool it, Hil.
-->'''Hilary Faye:''' Oh, shut ''up'', you fornicator! And I did not hack into the school's computer system and cover our walls with that blasphemous graffiti either!
* HolierThanThou: Hilary Faye is a combination of this and the AlphaBitch.
* HotMom: [[spoiler:Mary at the end of the film. Possibly the ''cutest'' and most adorable mother outside a KeyVisualArts game, and live action too no-less!!]]
** Mary-Louise Parker as Lillian.
* HypocriticalHumor: Hilary Faye while throwing a bible at Mary: "I am ''filled'' with Christ's love!"
* {{Kawaiiko}}: Mary.
* LastHetRomance: Mary for Dean.
* LightIsNotGood: Hilary Faye
* MaleGaze: Roland gets caught peeking at Cassandra's butt in a POV shot.
* MeaningfulName: Mary, Mary, Mary, ''Mary''. Also facepalmingly so with ''Rol''and.
** Mary's is also a debatable case of PropheticNames, since, just like her Biblical namesake, Mary [[spoiler:becomes a mother due to (what she thinks is) her service to God]].
* MisplacedNamesPoster: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saved.jpg Not only are the names misplaced, but it only lists four of the five actors shown.]]
* MissionFromGod: Mary thinks she has been directed by Jesus personally to "cure" Dean.
** Hilary Faye thinks the same thing about Cassandra, which the latter exploits.
* MorningSickness: Because of her distant mother and the dearth of sexual education at her school, Mary doesn't realize what it means.
* NiceGirl: Mary, a genuinely sweet, kind-hearted and decent girl in spite of all the pain suffered.
* ParentalAbandonment
* PassionPlay: The school play that year is ''Music/JesusChristSuperstar''. For those familiar with the musical, that's a rather ''[[MisaimedFandom ironic]]'' choice for such a rigid school.
* PreachersKid: Patrick.
* PrecisionFStrike: After discovering she's pregnant, Mary [[SmiteMeOhMightySmiter stands in front of a church and says "Shit. Fuck. Goddamn."]] To her, the last is probably the most devastating curse word.
** The "shit" seems to have been dubbed in. As filmed, it looks like Mary is saying "fuck" twice. The first "fuck" was probably changed to "shit" to keep the movie PG-13.
* PromBaby
* RaceLift: The statue of {{Jesus}}. Lampshaded.
-->'''Roland:''' I still don't think he's supposed to be white. I saw this thing on television-
-->'''Hilary Faye:''' Of course he's white!
* SiblingYinYang: Hilary and Roland Faye. He's a DisabledSnarker and intellectual, who openly criticizes Christianity, his sister and his parents, but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold genuinely cares]] for Cassandra and Mary [[spoiler:and Hilary, though it takes her epic-class FreakOut to make him show it]]. She, on the other hand, is a HolierThanThou Christian [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]][=/=]StrawHypocrite, who frequently plays TeachersPet (kissing up to Pastor Skip, trying to "save" Cassandra and calling for people to pray for Mary and Dean, organizing the prom, etc.)... and still [[spoiler: frames Cassandra and Mary for graffiting the school, thereby inadvertently outing Mary's pregnancy to the whole school, swears a denial to God only to be publicly outed as a big fake, and suffers her VillainousBreakdown]].
* SixStudentClique
** The Head -- Patrick
** The Muscle -- Dean
** The Quirk -- Roland
** The Pretty One -- [[spoiler:Dean's prom date]], a male example.
** The Smart One -- Mary
** The Wild One -- Cassandra
* SmiteMeOhMightySmiter: Mary at one point stands in front of a cross and utters progressively worse swears, as though attempting to provoke a reaction.
* SpeakingSimlish: Cassandra pretends to be possessed by the Holy Spirit in chapel, acting as though she is speaking in tongues. Hillary Faye interrupts her to point out that she's just repeating [[spoiler:"My pussy is a hot pussy!"]]
* EgocentricallyReligious: Hilary.
* StealthPun: "Is he going to come out or not?!"
* StrawmanU: Not a college, but American Eagle Christian High School is an example of a Jim Jonestown HighSchool.
* TeenPregnancy
* TheDanza: Pastor Skip's son, Patrick, is played by Patrick Fugit.
* TotallyRadical: Pastor Skip.
** Amusingly, the students all seem to buy it. Then again, they're not exactly a hip crowd themselves...
* TransparentCloset: Referenced, with regards to Dean. While Mary and the Christian Jewels are shocked and disgusted by the idea that Dean is gay, Roland asserts, "What? It wasn't like it was some big secret. He was like a one-man gay pride parade."
* TrueCompanions: Mary, Roland, and Cassandra, and also the much larger "family" that Mary has acquired by the end (basically everyone in the hospital scene).
* VerbedTitle
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