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** Jen is the class's AlphaBitch and is [[NerdyBully the smartest kid in the school]].
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** …during the "glory days" montage that takes place during the opening credits. Once the film actually begins, [[AlphaBitch Janice]] arrives and establishes a regime running on AntiIntellectualism.
** …but Jen has an OddFriendship with Willoughby, who is the school's mathlete and a straight victim of this trope. Because of said odd friendship, Jen is his OnlyFriend.
** …but Jen has an OddFriendship with Willoughby, who is the school's mathlete and a straight victim of this trope. Because of said odd friendship, Jen is his OnlyFriend.
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** Jen claims to be the smartest kid in her class, but we see that [[KnowNothingKnowItAll she's not exactly such]], making poor desisions constantly and thus driving everyone away.
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** Jen seems to be unpopular due to her intelligence, but it turns out she's such a ShrinkingViolet who's just NotGoodWithPeople.
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** Jen seems to be unpopular due to her intelligence, but it turns out she's such a ShrinkingViolet who's just NotGoodWithPeople.awkward.
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* '''Downplayed''': Jen is among the smartest students in her class, and has a few friends.
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** Jen is among the smartest students in her class, and has a fewfriends.friends.
** Jen is among the smartest students in her class. She has no problem interacting with her peers, but she doesn't have any TrueCompanions or anyone she considers an intellectual equal.
** Jen is among the smartest students in her class, and has a few
** Jen is among the smartest students in her class. She has no problem interacting with her peers, but she doesn't have any TrueCompanions or anyone she considers an intellectual equal.
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** ...and ''that's'' thanks to her being either a TVGenius or IdiotSavant with some kind of AmbiguousDisorder of which high IQ is a side effect.
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** ...and ''that's'' thanks to her being either a TVGenius or IdiotSavant with some kind of AmbiguousDisorder mental disorder of which high IQ is a side effect.
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** Jen is an InsufferableGenius.InsufferableGenius or a NerdyBully.
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** Jen is the most popular, beloved kid in her class possibly ''because'' she's also the smartest.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Jen is the smartest kid in the classroom, and also the loneliest. TheHero befriends her and soon she becomes part of their clique. After that, because everyone spend their time heroing or escaping from monsters, no one has their homework done, and she starts teaching everyone in the class how to study correctly. Jen becomes the most popular kid in school, and then summer vacation starts, and not a single of her classmates ever goes visit her, calls her, or even friends her on facebook.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Jen is the smartest kid in the classroom, and also the loneliest. TheHero befriends her and soon she becomes part of their clique. After that, because everyone spend their time heroing or escaping from monsters, no one has their homework done, and she starts teaching everyone in the class how to study correctly. Jen becomes the most popular kid in school, and then summer vacation starts, and not a single of her classmates ever goes visit her, calls her, or even friends her on facebook.Facebook.
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** Jen seems to be unpopular due to her intelligence, but proves to be fairly popular.
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** Jen seems to be unpopular due to an intelligent loner who is always EatingLunchAlone, but when the school prom rolls around, she has several guys invite her intelligence, but proves to be fairly as her date, proving that she is actually quite popular.
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* '''Implied''': Jen is shown to be a KidGenius but her social life and friends are never mentioned.
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* '''Implied''': Jen is shown to be a KidGenius TeenGenius but her social life and friends are never mentioned.
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''Basic Trope''': The smartest kid in a class has few or no friends.
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** Alternatively: Jen is the smartest kid in the class, and also the quiet kid in the corner that's too shy to make friends. Most people assume she's too busy studying or that she thinks she's better than them, so they don't try to break the ice either.
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** Alternatively: Jen is the smartest kid in the class, and also the quiet kid in the corner that's too shy to make friends. Most people assume she's too busy studying or that she thinks she's better than them, so they don't try to break the ice either.
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** Or, Jen is surrounded by [[ScienceIsBad Luddites]] who think she's a MadScientist of some kind.
** '''''Or''''': Jen ''is'' a MadScientist, and is a bit too fond of using other students as her test subjects, so people generally tend to avoid her.
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** Or, Jen [[GradeSkipper skipped multiple grades]], so she has no same-age peers who are easier to relate to.
** Jen is surrounded by [[ScienceIsBad Luddites]] who think she's a MadScientist of some kind.
**'''''Or''''': Jen ''is'' a MadScientist, and is a bit too fond of using other students as her test subjects, so people generally tend to avoid her.
** Jen is surrounded by [[ScienceIsBad Luddites]] who think she's a MadScientist of some kind.
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* '''Implied''': Jen is shown to be a KidGenius but her social life and friends are never mentioned.
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** ...and ''that's'' thanks to her being either a TVGenius or TheRainman[=/=]IdiotSavant with some kind of AmbiguousDisorder of which high IQ is a side effect.
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** ...and ''that's'' thanks to her being either a TVGenius or TheRainman[=/=]IdiotSavant IdiotSavant with some kind of AmbiguousDisorder of which high IQ is a side effect.
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** Jen seems to be unpopular due to her intelligence, but proves to to be fairly popular.
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** Jen seems to be unpopular due to her intelligence, but proves to to be fairly popular.
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** In a similar vein, the BigBad realizes that Jen's work could create devastating weapons. The BigBad is aware of Jen's isolation and befriends her so that she would work for him and build a DoomsdayDevice for her only friend.
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** In a similar vein, the BigBad realizes that Jen's work could create devastating weapons. The BigBad is aware of Jen's isolation and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe befriends her her]] so that she would work for him and build a DoomsdayDevice for her only friend.
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** In a similar vein, the BigBad realizes that Jen's work could create devastating weapons. The BigBad is aware of Jen's isolation and befriends her so that she would work for him and build a DoomsdayDevice for her only friend.
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** In a setting where most of Jen's society is composed of bigoted and jerkass people, Jen deduces that becoming on good terms with said people isn't worth it, eventually learning how to enjoy her time alone.
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** In a setting where most of Jen's society is composed of bigoted and jerkass people, jerks, Jen deduces that becoming being on good terms with said people isn't worth it, eventually learning how to enjoy her time alone.alone.
** [[JerkassHasAPoint Jen's opinion and views on society are nevertheless accurate]].
** [[JerkassHasAPoint Jen's opinion and views on society are nevertheless accurate]].
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** KidsAreCruel and like to harass smart targets, especially if they're [[ShorterMeansSmarter physically unimposing]].
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* '''Reconstructed''': The isolation that Jen's intelligence brings gets her into a depression. Soon after, she decides that she's better off in her own, becomes a hermit, and makes great discoveries in several scientific fields, all of which are understood a few decades after her passing, leading to new technologies.
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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
** The isolation that Jen's intelligence brings gets her into a depression. Soon after, she decides that she's better off in her own, becomes a hermit, and makes great discoveries in several scientific fields, all of which are understood a few decades after her passing, leading to newtechnologies.technologies.
** In a setting where most of Jen's society is composed of bigoted and jerkass people, Jen deduces that becoming on good terms with said people isn't worth it, eventually learning how to enjoy her time alone.
** The isolation that Jen's intelligence brings gets her into a depression. Soon after, she decides that she's better off in her own, becomes a hermit, and makes great discoveries in several scientific fields, all of which are understood a few decades after her passing, leading to new
** In a setting where most of Jen's society is composed of bigoted and jerkass people, Jen deduces that becoming on good terms with said people isn't worth it, eventually learning how to enjoy her time alone.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Jen is the smartest kid in the classroom, and also the loneliest. TheHero befriends her and soon she becomes part of a FiveManBand. After that, because everyone spend their time heroing or escaping from monsters, no one has their homework done, and she starts teaching everyone in the class how to study correctly. Jen becomes the most popular kid in school, and then summer vacation starts, and not a single of her classmates ever goes visit her, calls her, or even friends her on facebook.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Jen is the smartest kid in the classroom, and also the loneliest. TheHero befriends her and soon she becomes part of a FiveManBand.their clique. After that, because everyone spend their time heroing or escaping from monsters, no one has their homework done, and she starts teaching everyone in the class how to study correctly. Jen becomes the most popular kid in school, and then summer vacation starts, and not a single of her classmates ever goes visit her, calls her, or even friends her on facebook.
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** Most people don't want anything to do with Jen because she's an idiot.
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* '''Inverted''': [[PopularIsDumb Jen is the dumbest and most popular kid in her class.]]
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** [[PopularIsDumb Jen is the dumbest and most popular kid in her class.]]
** [[PopularIsDumb Jen is the dumbest and most popular kid in her class.]]
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* '''Subverted''': Jen seems to be unpopular due to her intelligence, but proves to to be fairly popular.
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** Jen seems to be unpopular due to her intelligence, but proves to to be fairly popular.
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** ...Except it was all an ImagineSpot.
** ...Except it was all an ImagineSpot.
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* '''Deconstructed''':
** The isolation that Jen's intelligence brings drives her to suicide.
** Social behavior never evolved because of Natural bias against intelligent creatures
** The reason nobody wants to do anything to do with Jen is that she is an InsufferableGenius, viewing herself as the OnlySaneMan and SurroundedByIdiots.
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** The isolation that Jen's intelligence brings drives her to suicide.
** Social behavior never evolved because of Natural bias against intelligent creatures
** The reason nobody wants to do anything to do with Jen is that she is an InsufferableGenius, viewing herself as the OnlySaneMan and SurroundedByIdiots.
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* '''Invoked''': Jen is found as a genius...and is immediately sent away to be given private tutoring or to study by herself with no interruption from anyone else to distract her from her studies.
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* '''Invoked''': Jen is found as a genius...and is immediately sent away to be given private tutoring or to study by herself with no interruption from anyone else to distract her from her studies.
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** The isolation that Jen's intelligence brings drives her to suicide.
** Social behavior never evolved because of Natural bias against intelligent creatures
** The reason nobody wants to do anything to do with Jen is that she is an InsufferableGenius, viewing herself as the OnlySaneMan and SurroundedByIdiots.
* '''Reconstructed''': The isolation that Jen's intelligence brings gets her into a depression. Soon after, she decides that she's better off in her own, becomes a hermit, and makes great discoveries in several scientific fields, all of which are understood a few decades after her passing, leading to new technologies.
** The isolation that Jen's intelligence brings drives her to suicide.
** Social behavior never evolved because of Natural bias against intelligent creatures
** The reason nobody wants to do anything to do with Jen is that she is an InsufferableGenius, viewing herself as the OnlySaneMan and SurroundedByIdiots.
* '''Reconstructed''': The isolation that Jen's intelligence brings gets her into a depression. Soon after, she decides that she's better off in her own, becomes a hermit, and makes great discoveries in several scientific fields, all of which are understood a few decades after her passing, leading to new technologies.
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** '''''Or''''': Jen is a MadScientist, and is a bit too fond of using other students as her test subjects, so people generally tend to avoid her.
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** Or, Jen is surrounded by [[ScienceIsBad Luddites]] who think she's a MadScientist of some kind.
** '''''Or''''': Jen is a MadScientist, and is a bit too fond of using other students as her test subjects, so people generally tend to avoid her.
** '''''Or''''': Jen is a MadScientist, and is a bit too fond of using other students as her test subjects, so people generally tend to avoid her.
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** Jen seems to be unpopular due to her intelligence, but it turns out she's such a ShrinkingViolet who's just NotGoodWithPeople.
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** ...and ''that's'' thanks to her being either a TVGenius or TheRainman[=/=]IdiotSavant with some kind of AmbiguousDisorder of which high IQ is a side effect.
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** Jen is a genius...''[[NerdsAreSexy and it drives the guys crazy!]]''
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** The isolation that Jen's intelligence brings drives her to suicide.
** The isolation that Jen's intelligence brings drives her to suicide.
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** Social behavior never evolved because of Natural bias against intelligent creatures
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* '''Averted''': Jen is neither intelligent nor socially isolatedisolated.
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* '''Exploited''':???The {{Big Bad}} knows that Jen, who can easily outwit {{the hero}}, wants friends, but is rejected by her classmates. The Big Bad uses Jen's loneliness as a way to get close to her, and, after gaining her trust, he somehow manipulates her into helping him.
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