History Film / TheHouseBunny

* GutturalGrowler: For whatever reason, Shelley does this to remember ''names.''

* PowerWalk: The Zetas do this after they get their TheMakeover.

''The House Bunny'' is an American RomanticComedy that was released in 2008. It was directed by Creator/FredWolf and written by Creator/KirstenSmith and Creator/KarenMcCullahLutz.

* IChooseToStay: Ends up being double subverted. Just as it seems like Shelley is settling into her new life with the Zetas, her second date with Oliver goes even worse than the first and when offered to come back by Hugh ([[spoiler: who never actually kicked her out; that was Ashley's doing]]), she accepts. [[spoiler: When she realizes that her life with the Zetas is better than her old one at the mansion, she comes back just in time to help them get new pledges and save their house.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If Cassandra, a rival playboy who is jealous of Shelley, hadn't tricked into thinking she evicted from the mansion, Shelley wouldn't have met the Zetas and helped them save their house.

* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: These are seen at the party, even though it has an Aztec theme. However, this is directly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Natalie when she comments that the decorations, including the Moai, aren't accurate to the theme.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: What Shelly goes through when believing she was kicked out of the Playboy Mansion. On her first night out, she gets thrown in jail when she attempts to give a blowjob to a police officer when she mistakenly thinks he asks for one, then she gets laughed at by the others in the holding cell for her stupidity. Then Shelly suffers from several AmusingInjuries, and at the start of her date with Oliver, she tries do a MarilynManeuver for him only to end up burning herself.

A 2008 RomanticComedy, ''The House Bunny'' stars Creator/AnnaFaris as Shelley Darlington, a PlayboyBunny who gets kicked out of the mansion for being too old at the age of 27. With nowhere else to go, she ends up at Zeta Alpha Zeta, a sorority house of losers that will lose their charter if they don't attract new pledges. Most of the film's humor comes from taking standard makeover and college sorority tropes and exaggerating them to point of light parody, while still playing them straight.

* BuxomIsBetter: In the post-shower scene, Shelley makes an offhand comment implying that she's had a boob job.

%%* {{Gainaxing}}: Creator/KatDennings is in this movie.

%%* HollywoodNerd: Creator/EmmaStone, Creator/KatharineMcphee and Creator/KatDennings are amongst the most JustForFun/{{egregious}} examples.

%%* RichBitch: The Phi Iota Mu house.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: What Shelly goes through when believing she was kicked out of the Playboy Mansion. On first night out of the mansion, she gets thrown in jail when attempts to give a blowjob to a police officer when she mistakenly thinks he asks for one, then she gets laughed at by the others in the holding cell for her stupidity. Then Shelly suffers from AmusingInjuries, like when first arriving the Zeta house the damaged Z falls on her making her fall into the bushes, and at the start of her date with Oliver, she tries to the MarilynManeuver for him only to end up burning herself.
* SuddenPrincipledStand: [[spoiler:When the rest of the sorority begin acting like the same mean girls they had despised, Lily who had been completely silent up until then, decides she's had enough and calls them all out on it.]]

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: What Shelly goes when believing she kicked out of the Playboy Mansion. On first night out of the mansion, she gets thrown in jail when attempts to give a blowjob to a police officer when she mistakenly thinks he asks for one, then she gets laughed at by the others in the holding cell for her stupidity. Then Shelly suffers from AmusingInjuries, like when first arriving the Zeta house the damaged Z falls on her making into the brushes, and at the start of her date with Oliver, she tries to the MarilynManeuver for him only to end up burning herself.

* MarilynManeuver: Parodied. Shelley this while standing over an open pothole... and gets severely burned.

* RealityEnsues: Shelley tries to recreate Creator/MarilynMonroe's upskirt scene in ''Film/TheSevenYearItch'' with a heat vent. She ends up burning herself, resulting in a PrecisionFStrike.

* TwoferTokenMinority: Lily, the mostly silent Black girl of the Zetas (at first) is the only character of color in the film (she's also British).

* {{Fanservice}}: Shelley's naked butt, not even really a joke for it. They just wanted us to see it (and thank God for that).
* {{Gainaxing}}: Creator/KatDennings is in this movie.
* GenerationXerox: Mean and snobby AlphaBitch Ashley punches her [[GirlPosse Courtney]] in the boob when she's upset. At the end, her mean and snobby mother does the same thing to her.

* HollywoodNerd: Creator/EmmaStone, Creator/KatharineMcphee and Creator/KatDennings are amongst the most JustForFun/{{egregious}} examples.
** [[Film/TheCheetahGirls Keily Williams]] also counts.

* IChooseToStay: Ends up being double subverted. Just as it seems like Shelley is settling into her new life with the Zetas, her second date with Oliver goes even worse than the first and when offered to come back by Hugh([[spoiler: who never actually kicked her out; that was Ashley's doing]]), she accepts. [[spoiler: When she realizes that her life with the Zetas is better than her old one at the mansion, she comes back just in time to help them get new pledges and save their house.]]

* MsFanservice: Although this is mostly a ChickFlick, the fact that the movie features a very fit-looking Creator/AnnaFaris wearing lots of revealing outfits means that guys (and some girls too) will have something to enjoy.

* PlayboyBunny: The title character, Shelley.

* PluckyGirl: Shelley, given all the troubles she has gone through.

* RichBitch: The Phi Iota Mu house.

* ShoutOut: Joanne runs and chases a guy and breaks her neckbrace while doing it, a la ''Film/ForrestGump'' (Shelley even encourages her by saying, "Run, Joanne, Run!"), the movie that stars Creator/TomHanks, whose son, Colin Hanks, plays as Oliver in this movie.