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Cool Loser TRS cleanup, has been renamed to Unconvincingly Unpopular Character and is a YMMV audience reaction.


* CoolLoser: Okay, there's no denying that Stargirl is really, ''really'' strange. But she's also the nicest person you could ever hope to meet. She goes out of her way to make people happy, simply because GoodFeelsGood. Unfortunately, at Mica High, that's not enough.
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* TastesLikeDisdain: Even after becoming a pariah at Mica Area High School due to cheering for the opposing team at basketball games, Stargirl continues to do kind things for her classmates. When she passes out smiley-face cookies in the cafeteria, Hillari takes off her shoe and uses it to smash the cookie Stargirl gave her. As Leo is leaving the cafeteria, he sees that the students have all left their cookies behind.
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* AnchoviesAreAbhorrent: The title character, as part of an effort to be more "normal" so that her peers will like her again, goes to a pizza place with her boyfriend Leo. When she orders pizza with anchovies, he tells her that nobody likes anchovies. Her response is to pick all the anchovies off the pizza and dump them in her glass of water.

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* AnchoviesAreAbhorrent: The title character, as part of an effort When Stargirl is trying to be more "normal" so that her peers will like her again, she goes to a pizza place with her boyfriend Leo. When she She orders pizza with anchovies, and he tells her that nobody likes anchovies. Her response is to pick all the anchovies off the pizza and dump them in her glass of water.
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* CoolOldGuy: Archie is just plain ''awesome''. He's a retired paleontologist who loves teaching, and is constantly imparting wisdom or sharing neat trivia with the neighborhood kids, to the point that Leo describes Archie's house as the best school ever. He's also the only character who even comes ''close'' to "getting" Stargirl.

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* CoolOldGuy: Archie is just plain ''awesome''.Archie. He's a retired paleontologist who loves teaching, and is constantly imparting wisdom or sharing neat trivia with the neighborhood kids, to the point that Leo describes Archie's house as the best school ever. He's also one of the only character characters who even comes come ''close'' to "getting" Stargirl.



* HiddenDepths: Stargirl can get a lot more depressed than you'd think she would.

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* HiddenDepths: Stargirl can get a lot more depressed than you'd think she would. It’s just rarely ever for herself.
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-->"I don't want to be like nobody."

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-->"I -->'''Stargirl:''' I don't want to be like nobody."



-->You were smitten with me. You were speechless to behold my beauty. You had never met anyone so fascinating. You thought of me every waking minute. You dreamed about me. You couldn’t stand it. You couldn’t let such wonderfulness out of your sight. You had to follow me.

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-->You -->'''Stargirl:''' You were smitten with me. You were speechless to behold my beauty. You had never met anyone so fascinating. You thought of me every waking minute. You dreamed about me. You couldn’t stand it. You couldn’t let such wonderfulness out of your sight. You had to follow me.



* MaybeEverAfter: The novel ends with Leo hoping he and Stargirl will meet again, and [[spoiler:with him getting an anonymous birthday gift that almost certainly came from Stargirl, ''fifteen years later''. Not happily-ever-after, per se, but certainly hopeful.]]

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* MaybeEverAfter: The novel ends with Leo hoping he and Stargirl will meet again, and [[spoiler:with him getting an anonymous birthday gift that almost certainly came from Stargirl, ''fifteen years later''. ]] Not happily-ever-after, per se, but certainly hopeful.]]



-->'''Jennifer St. John:''' You meddle into everybody’s business. You stick your nose in, whether you’re invited or not. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why do you do that?]]

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-->'''Jennifer --->'''Jennifer St. John:''' You meddle into everybody’s business. You stick your nose in, whether you’re invited or not. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why do you do that?]]



-->'''Archie:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Whose affection do you value more, hers or the others?]]

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-->'''Archie:''' --->'''Archie:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Whose affection do you value more, hers or the others?]]
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i was just gonna trim the word cruft but this doesn't say what the behavior WAS


* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Stargirl, natch. This also makes her a Blithe Spirit. Stargirl was interesting because her manic pixie behavior didn't make the main character more popular or comfortable around other people, and clashed with his desire for normalcy. [[spoiler:Things didn't work out]]. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the sequel, which is told from her point-of-view.

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* %%* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Stargirl, natch. This also makes her a Blithe Spirit. Stargirl was interesting because her manic pixie behavior didn't make the main character more popular or comfortable around other people, and clashed with his desire for normalcy. [[spoiler:Things didn't work out]]. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the sequel, which is told from her point-of-view.
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* IHaveManyNames: One of Stargirl's quirks is that she changes her preferred name whenever she feels it doesn't fit. Previously, she has been Pocket Mouse, Mudpie, and Hullygully.

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Not to be confused with [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics the member]] of the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica or its by the same name nor its ([[HilariousInHindsight coincidentally timed and similarly distributed]]) 2020 television adaptation on Creator/DCUniverse.

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Not to be confused with [[ComicBook/StargirlDCComics the member]] of the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica or its by the same name nor its ([[HilariousInHindsight coincidentally timed and similarly distributed]]) 2020 [[Series/Stargirl2020 television adaptation adaptation]] on Creator/DCUniverse.


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* AnchoviesAreAbhorrent: The title character, as part of an effort to be more "normal" so that her peers will like her again, goes to a pizza place with her boyfriend Leo. When she orders pizza with anchovies, he tells her that nobody likes anchovies. Her response is to pick all the anchovies off the pizza and dump them in her glass of water.
-->"I don't want to be like nobody."

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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Over the course of the book, 16-year old Stargirl befriends a six-year old called "Dootsie" and an older agoraphobic lady named "Betty Lou".

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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Over the course of the book, 16-year old Stargirl befriends a six-year old called "Dootsie" Dootsie and an older agoraphobic lady named "Betty Lou". Betty Lou.


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* ShippingTorpedo: When Archie visits Stargirl for the solstice celebration, he reveals to her that he told Leo she moved to Minnesota instead of Pennsylvania. Although he hasn't been openly berating Leo over his decision at the end of last year to break up with Stargirl, he doesn't think they're good for each other.

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* TheNondescript: Wayne Parr doesn't seem to have any noticeable traits, interests, or hobbies besides being handsome and also being Hillari's boyfriend. Still, he's the most popular boy at school.

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* TheNondescript: Wayne Parr doesn't seem to have any noticeable traits, interests, or hobbies besides being handsome and also being Hillari's boyfriend. Still, he's the most popular boy at school.school, which seems to be a reflection on how collectively shallow the MAHS student body is.


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* AngerBornOfWorry: After Stargirl is hospitalized for running into a burning house to try and save the people who were in there, Alvina visits her to call her an idiot.

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* NonconformistDyedHair: When the MAHS students are inspired by Stargirl to express their individualities in a multitude of ways, one example mentioned is a boy dying his hair purple.

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* NonconformistDyedHair: When the MAHS students are inspired by Stargirl to express their individualities in a multitude of ways, one example mentioned is a boy dying who dyes his hair purple.purple.
* NoodleIncident: Stargirl has a "happy wagon," a little toy wagon that she puts pebbles into when she's happy and removes pebbles from when she's sad. When Leo asks how low the pebble count ever got, she reveals that once, it went down to three, but doesn't tell the story of why that happened.

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