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* ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'': Kyōtarō Ichikawa, an introverted loner, has a big crush on his classmate Anna Yamada, who draws a lot of attention for being [[StatuesqueStunner exceedingly pretty]], ''very'' [[HugeSchoolgirl tall for her age]] and having a part-time modeling job. Although even after Ichikawa [[LoveEpiphany realizes his feelings]], he's steadily [[InsecureLoveInterest coming to terms on how to deal with it]] due to his low-self esteem. Luckily for him, Yamada ''more'' than likes him back.
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* Played straight in ''Film/ACinderellaStory''. Supposedly dorky and [[HollywoodHomely unattractive]] Sam (Hilary Duff in a baseball cap) likes the BigManOnCampus and quarterback. Except that Sam doesn't like Austin because everyone else does. At the beginning, she seems to think he's just another JerkJock, and she doesn't spare him any real thought until she finds out that he's Nomad.

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* Played straight with in ''Film/ACinderellaStory''. Supposedly dorky and [[HollywoodHomely unattractive]] Sam (Hilary Duff in a baseball cap) likes the BigManOnCampus and quarterback.quarterback, Austin. Except that Sam doesn't like Austin because everyone else does. At the beginning, she seems to think he's just another JerkJock, and she doesn't spare him any real thought until she finds out that he's Nomad.



* Carter, in ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'', had a crush on Donny since third grade. Everyone who knows her, even her enemies, knows about it. At the dance, when SheCleansUpNicely and he finally notices her, she turns him down flat, having realized what a self-centered {{jerkass}} he is. "Before I put on this dress, you couldn't even remember my ''name''." (She's right; his inability to remember her name was actually a RunningGag throughout the movie.)

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* Carter, Carter in ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'', ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'' had a crush on Donny since third grade. Everyone who knows her, even her enemies, knows about it. At the dance, when SheCleansUpNicely and he finally notices her, she turns him down flat, having realized what a self-centered {{jerkass}} he is. "Before I put on this dress, you couldn't even remember my ''name''." (She's right; his inability to remember her name was actually a RunningGag throughout the movie.)



* In ''Film/WhenEvilCalls'', shy girl Samantha (who is also the headmaster's daughter) has a crush on [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boy Daniel]] who is considered the hunkiest boy in school. It is her desire for him that causes her to make the wish to be popular, which sets in train the chain of disastrous wishes that sweeps over the school.

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* In ''Film/WhenEvilCalls'', shy girl Samantha (who is also the headmaster's daughter) has a crush on [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boy Daniel]] Daniel]], who is considered the hunkiest boy in school. It is her desire for him that causes her to make the wish to be popular, which sets in train the chain of disastrous wishes that sweeps over the school.

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* Played straight in ''Film/ACinderellaStory''. Supposedly dorky and [[HollywoodHomely unattractive]] Sam (Hilary Duff in a baseball cap) likes the BigManOnCampus and quarterback.
** Except that Sam doesn't like Austin because everyone else does. At the beginning, she seems to think he's just another [[JerkJock Jerk Jock]], and she doesn't spare him any real thought until she finds out that he's Nomad.

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* Played straight in ''Film/ACinderellaStory''. Supposedly dorky and [[HollywoodHomely unattractive]] Sam (Hilary Duff in a baseball cap) likes the BigManOnCampus and quarterback.
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quarterback. Except that Sam doesn't like Austin because everyone else does. At the beginning, she seems to think he's just another [[JerkJock Jerk Jock]], JerkJock, and she doesn't spare him any real thought until she finds out that he's Nomad.



* Carter, in ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'', had a crush on Donny since third grade. Everyone who knows her, even her enemies, knows about it. At the dance, when SheCleansUpNicely and he finally notices her, she turns him down flat, having realized what a [[BigJerkOnCampus self-centered jerk]] he is. "Before I put on this dress, you couldn't even remember my ''name''." (She's right; his inability to remember her name was actually a RunningGag throughout the movie.)

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* Carter, in ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'', had a crush on Donny since third grade. Everyone who knows her, even her enemies, knows about it. At the dance, when SheCleansUpNicely and he finally notices her, she turns him down flat, having realized what a [[BigJerkOnCampus self-centered jerk]] {{jerkass}} he is. "Before I put on this dress, you couldn't even remember my ''name''." (She's right; his inability to remember her name was actually a RunningGag throughout the movie.)

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* Carter, in ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'', had a crush on Donny since third grade. Everyone who knows her, even her enemies, knows about it. At the dance, when SheCleansUpNicely and he finally notices her, she turns him down flat. "Before I put on this dress, you couldn't even remember my ''name''." (She's right; his inability to remember her name was actually a running gag throughout the movie.)
* In ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' Sam, as a teenager, had a one-night stand with resident SchoolIdol Gary King (in the Disabled bathroom, no less). Twenty-odd years down the road [[Main/SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan her priorities are very different]], especially since Gary, as she tells him he's "not boyfriend material".

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* Carter, in ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'', had a crush on Donny since third grade. Everyone who knows her, even her enemies, knows about it. At the dance, when SheCleansUpNicely and he finally notices her, she turns him down flat.flat, having realized what a [[BigJerkOnCampus self-centered jerk]] he is. "Before I put on this dress, you couldn't even remember my ''name''." (She's right; his inability to remember her name was actually a running gag RunningGag throughout the movie.)
* In ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'', Sam, as a teenager, had a one-night stand one-night-stand with resident SchoolIdol Gary King (in the Disabled bathroom, no less). Twenty-odd years down the road road, [[Main/SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan her priorities are very different]], especially since Gary, as she tells him he's him, is "not boyfriend material".material".
* ''Film/SpiderMan1'': It's not called attention to, but outcast nerd Peter is infatuated with Mary Jane, who's known to be the prettiest girl in school and an implied drama star. Though PlayedWith as Peter has loved her since they were kids, long before she became popular. It helps that MJ is one of his few classmates who is kind to him and actually admires his intelligence, and turns out to secretly be a LonelyAtTheTop StepfordSmiler. In turn, MJ is at her most relaxed around Peter and comfortable being emotionally open with him, implicitly because unlike the richer and popular crowd she tends to run with, he's empathetic to her struggles and doesn't have any false or unrealistic expectations of her.
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* ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'': Gabriella towards Troy, though she's not actually interested in his popularity. She falls for him when they meet on vacation and doesn't discover he's the 'most popular guy' until later on. In fact, she's noticeably put off when he acts like a jerk to please his friends and tells him she prefers the real him instead of the BigManOnCampus everyone else sees. It also helps that Troy is smitten with her from the get-go, (even though she's a ShrinkingViolet that ''doesn't'' undergo a makeover) and they single-handily demolish the school's social structure.
** Played straight with [[AlphaBitch Sharpay]]. She's obsessed with making them East High's 'primo girl and guy' and goes to near sexual harassment levels to win him over. Add in that Troy [[BrokenAce carries a lot of insecurity about being defined only as the popular, basketball guy]] and it gets worrying.

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* ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'': Gabriella towards Troy, though she's not actually interested in his popularity. She falls for him when they meet on vacation and doesn't discover he's the 'most popular guy' until later on. In fact, she's noticeably put off when he acts like a jerk to please his friends and tells him she prefers the real him instead of the BigManOnCampus everyone else sees. It also helps that Troy is smitten with her from the get-go, get-go (even though she's a ShrinkingViolet that ''doesn't'' undergo a makeover) makeover), and they single-handily demolish the school's social structure.
** Played straight with [[AlphaBitch Sharpay]]. She's obsessed with making them her and Troy East High's 'primo girl and guy' guy', and goes to near sexual near-sexual harassment levels to win him over. Add in that Troy [[BrokenAce carries a lot of insecurity about being defined only as the popular, basketball guy]] and it gets worrying.

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** Subversion. Marinette has a crush on her classmate, the handsome TeenIdol Adrien. In the "Origins" two-parter, it turns out that Marinette didn't like Adrien at first -- when she caught him cleaning up the chewing gum that [[AlphaBitch Chloe]] had intended to put in her seat, she assumed he was in on the prank. However, the next day, Adrien offers her his umbrella and explains what had happened. [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan After seeing how kind he was, Marinette immediately falls for him]].

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** Subversion.Played with. Marinette has a crush on her classmate, the handsome TeenIdol Adrien. In the "Origins" two-parter, it turns out that Marinette didn't like Adrien at first -- when she caught him cleaning up the chewing gum that [[AlphaBitch Chloe]] had intended to put in her seat, she assumed he was in on the prank. However, the next day, Adrien offers her his umbrella and explains what had happened. [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan After seeing how kind he was, Marinette immediately falls for him]].

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* A bit of subversion in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. Marinette didn't like Adrien at first when she caught him cleaning up the chewing gum that [[AlphaBitch Chloe]] had intended to put in her seat, assuming he was in on the prank. However, the next day, Adrien offers her his umbrella and explains what had happened. [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan After seeing how kind he was, Marinette immediately falls for him]].
** Played straight with [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] though, as to her, Adrien's status and good looks make him the 'ideal boyfriend' for her.

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* A bit of subversion in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'':
** Subversion. Marinette has a crush on her classmate, the handsome TeenIdol Adrien. In the "Origins" two-parter, it turns out that
Marinette didn't like Adrien at first -- when she caught him cleaning up the chewing gum that [[AlphaBitch Chloe]] had intended to put in her seat, assuming she assumed he was in on the prank. However, the next day, Adrien offers her his umbrella and explains what had happened. [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan After seeing how kind he was, Marinette immediately falls for him]].
** Played straight with [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] though, Lila]], as to her, Adrien's status and good looks make him the 'ideal boyfriend' for her.

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