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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Dunkleman and Jodi. They start off as friends, with Dunkleman being Jodi's HopelessSuitor because of their height difference, but they eventually end up together.

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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Dunkleman and Jodi. They start off as friends, with Dunkleman being Jodi's HopelessSuitor because of their height difference, but they eventually end up together. In fact, they currently provide the page image of this trope.
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The film was directed by Nzingha Stewart and stars Ava Michelle as the titular Tall Girl, Creator/SabrinaCarpenter as Harper, Creator/AngelaKinsey and Creator/SteveZahn as Jodi's parents, Luke Eisner as Stig, the sexy (and tall!) Swedish ForeignExchangeStudent, and Creator/GriffinGluck as Jodi's beleagured best friend.

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The film was directed by Nzingha Stewart and stars Ava Michelle as the titular Tall Girl, Creator/SabrinaCarpenter as Harper, Creator/AngelaKinsey and Creator/SteveZahn as Jodi's parents, Luke Eisner as Stig, the sexy (and tall!) Swedish ForeignExchangeStudent, and Creator/GriffinGluck as Jodi's beleagured beleaguered best friend.






* FirstWorldProblems: Jodi is miserable due to being tall even though she’s an attractive woman from a well off family.

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* FirstWorldProblems: Jodi is miserable due to being tall even though she’s an attractive woman from a well off well-off family.
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Cool Loser TRS cleanup, has been renamed to Unconvincingly Unpopular Character and is a YMMV audience reaction.


* CoolLoser: Jodi is a rich, attractive, smart, and talented girl who has a caring family, two loyal friends, and [[DudeMagnet three boys]] falling in love with her. She's still portrayed as a loser who has been bullied since childhood because of her only flaw: she's too tall.

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* LovableAlphaBitch: Kimmy, who was a HateSink in the first movie, redeems herself at the end and starts being kind to Jodi.
* NoAntagonist: Since all the antagonists from the first movie TookALevelInKindness, there is no villain. The main conflict is caused by the relationship problems of Jodi and Dunkelman and Jodi's anxiety issues.

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* HeelRealization: Kimmy undergoes one upon fully realizing that her attempts to make Jodi flake out of the lead part in the spring play are severely affecting Jodi's self-confidence and personal life.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Kimmy, who was a HateSink in the first movie, movie and not much better in the first half of this one, redeems herself at the end and starts being kind to Jodi.
* NoAntagonist: Since all the antagonists from the first movie TookALevelInKindness, there is no villain.villain[[note]] Kimmy was set up as this in the first half but undergoes a JerkassRealization midway through[[/note]]. The main conflict is caused by the relationship problems of Jodi and Dunkelman and Jodi's anxiety issues.
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* HollywoodDateless: Jodi complains about no one ever finding her attractive, but over the course of the film she has four boys interested in her. [[note]]Albeit, the first one ditched her when he realized how tall she was and the other, Schnipper, only liked her after she had a makeover. But Dunkleman has been pursuing her for years and Stig likes her just as much as she likes him.[[/note]]

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* HollywoodDateless: HollywoodHomely: Jodi complains about no one ever finding her attractive, but over the course of the film she has four boys interested in her. [[note]]Albeit, the first one ditched her when he realized how tall she was and the other, Schnipper, only liked her after she had a makeover. But Dunkleman has been pursuing her for years and Stig likes her just as much as she likes him.[[/note]]

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* AppealToWorseProblems: As a result of the criticism the first movie receives due to Jodi complaining about her hard life only because of HeightAngst, a teacher calls her out on it in the sequel:
--> '''Teacher:''' What would you say to people who don't think that being tall is a real problem? Getting a terminal illness, being homeless, not knowing where your next meal is coming from... Those are real problems. But you seem to have so much going for you. What do you have to complain about?\\
'''Jodi:''' Well, I'm not saying being tall is worse than those things. It's just sometimes it feels like it is, but I know that it's not. It just... doesn't make all the bad things that have happened to me every day of my entire life any less real.
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* BeautifulDreamer: Dunkleman gets the opportunity to watch Jodi sleep later in the film.

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* BeautifulDreamer: Dunkleman gets the opportunity to watch Jodi sleep later in the film. He even gets to gently touch her face.
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* BeautifulDreamer: Dunkleman gets the opportunity to watch Jodi sleep later in the film.


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* PutOnABus: Liz is briefly mentioned moving away from town.
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* CoolBigSis: Harper is loving and supportive to Jodi, wanting to help get younger get a boyfriend, even offering some advice. She seems to like Kimmy, since doesn’t the latter hug her when she is homecoming queen, most likely since she bullies Jodi.

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* CoolBigSis: Harper is loving and supportive to Jodi, wanting to help get her younger sister get a boyfriend, even offering some advice. She seems to not like Kimmy, since she doesn’t let the latter hug her when she is crowned homecoming queen, most likely since she bullies Jodi.
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* CoolBigSis: Harper is loving and supportive to Jodi, wanting to help get younger get a boyfriend, even offering some advice. She seems to like Kimmy, since doesn’t the latter hug her when she is homecoming queen, most likely since she bullies Jodi.
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The film was directed by Nzingha Stewart and stars Ava Michelle as the titular Tall Girl, Creator/SabrinaCarpenter as Harper, Creator/AngelaKinsey and Steve Zahn as Jodi's parents, Luke Eisner as Stig, the sexy (and tall!) Swedish ForeignExchangeStudent, and Creator/GriffinGluck as Jodi's beleagured best friend.

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The film was directed by Nzingha Stewart and stars Ava Michelle as the titular Tall Girl, Creator/SabrinaCarpenter as Harper, Creator/AngelaKinsey and Steve Zahn Creator/SteveZahn as Jodi's parents, Luke Eisner as Stig, the sexy (and tall!) Swedish ForeignExchangeStudent, and Creator/GriffinGluck as Jodi's beleagured best friend.

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* NoAntagonist: Since all the antagonists from the first movie TookALevelInKindness, there is no villain. The main conflict is caused by the relationship problems of Jodi and Dunkelman and Jodi's anxiety issues.



* NoAntagonist: Since all the antagonists from the first movie TookALevelInKindness, there is no villain. The main conflict is caused by the relationship problems of Jodi and Dunkelman and Jodi's anxiety issues.
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* DudeMagnet: Jodi, just like she was in the first movie. While Stig has finally gotten over, Dunkelman and Schnipper are still in love with Jodi, and new character Tommy also shows interest in her.

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* DudeMagnet: Jodi, just like she was in the first movie. While Stig has finally gotten over, over her, Dunkelman and Schnipper are still in love with Jodi, and new character Tommy also shows interest in her.

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* ClassPrincess: Jodi is now very popular, and is shown to be helpful and friendly to the all the students who talk to her.

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* ClassPrincess: Jodi is now very popular, and is shown to be helpful and friendly to the all the students who talk to her.


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* PairTheSpares:
** Played straight with [[spoiler:Fareed and Stig]] who officially hook up, even if the two characters barely interacted in the first movie.
** Averted with Kimmy and Schnipper. While their friendship is fleshed out in the sequel, Schnipper is still in love with Jodi.
* NoAntagonist: Since all the antagonists from the first movie TookALevelInKindness, there is no villain. The main conflict is caused by the relationship problems of Jodi and Dunkelman and Jodi's anxiety issues.
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!! The sequel provides examples of:

* AscendedExtra: Jodi's best friend Fareeda was a TokenBlackFriend and SatelliteCharacter in the first movie. Here she has her own subplot and gets a LoveInterest in [[spoiler:Stig.]]
* ClassPrincess: Jodi is now very popular, and is shown to be helpful and friendly to the all the students who talk to her.
* DudeMagnet: Jodi, just like she was in the first movie. While Stig has finally gotten over, Dunkelman and Schnipper are still in love with Jodi, and new character Tommy also shows interest in her.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Kimmy, who was a HateSink in the first movie, redeems herself at the end and starts being kind to Jodi.
* TookALevelInKindness: Stig, Schnipper, and eventually even ''Kimmy'' lose their negative traits they had in the first movie after some CharacterDevelopment.
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A sequel, ''Tall Girl 2'', is slated for release on February 11, 2022.

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A sequel, ''Tall Girl 2'', is slated for release was released on February 11, 2022.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Jodi constantly complains that no one is interested in her because of her height, yet refuses to date Dunkleman because he is too short.

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Jodi constantly complains that no one is interested in her because of her height, yet refuses to date Dunkleman because he is too short.short.
** In order to make him stay away from Jodi, [[ManipulativeBastard Dunkleman]] persuades Stig to date Kimmy (the popular girl) and reject Jodi (the girl Stig genuinely liked), even telling him that popularity is more important than feelings. Stig simply follows his advice, and later Dunkleman attacks him for daring to disrespect Jodi.



* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: In the first scene, we see a boy ditching Jodi because of her tall stature, and she has always been made fun for this reason. Downplayed, as Jodi is shown to be a DudeMagnet throughout the film, with two boys being madly in love with her, and a third one who has a crush on her and finds her hot.

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* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: In the first scene, we see a boy ditching Jodi because of her tall stature, and she has always been made fun of for this reason. Downplayed, as Jodi is shown to be a DudeMagnet throughout the film, with two three boys being madly in love with her, and a third one who has a crush on her and finds her hot.her.


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* StalkerWithACrush: Dunkleman has been obsessed with Jodi for years despite being rejected multiple times. In one scene, he's seen going to Jodi's room and touching her face while she's sleeping.
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* BigLittleSister: Jodi is much taller than her older sister Harper.

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