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->'''Lauren''': Listen, I've got this whole high school thing psyched out. It all breaks down into cliques.\\
'''Patty''': Cliques?\\
'''Lauren''': Yeah, you know, cliques; little in-groups of different kids. All we have to do is click with the right clique and we can finally have a social life that's worthy of us.\\
'''Patty''': No way! Not even with cleavage!\\
'''Lauren''': I told ya. This year we're gonna be popular!\\
'''Patty''': Yeah?\\
'''Lauren''': Yeah. Even if it kills us!
-->--''opening credits''
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'''Patty''': Cliques?\\
'''Lauren''': Yeah, you know, cliques; little in-groups of different kids. All we have to do is click with the right clique and we can finally have a social life that's worthy of us.\\
'''Patty''': No way! Not even with cleavage!\\
'''Lauren''': I told ya. This year we're gonna be popular!\\
'''Patty''': Yeah?\\
'''Lauren''': Yeah. Even if it kills us!
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* BlackBestFriend: La Donna is Jennifer's.
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* TroubledProduction: contributing to the series' demise were an inexperienced ShowRunner who feuded with cast and crew, inconsistent writing, and rampant drug use. Read all about it [[http://www.avclub.com/article/behind-scenes-chaos-derailed-square-pegs-new-wave--213886 here]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Johnny is [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Kirk's son]]!
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->'''Lauren''': Listen, I've got this whole high school thing psyched out. It all breaks down into cliques.\\
'''Patty''': Cliques?\\
'''Lauren''': Yeah, you know, cliques; little in-groups of different kids. All we have to do is click with the right clique and we can finally have a social life that's worthy of us.\\
'''Patty''': No way! Not even with cleavage!\\
'''Lauren''': I told ya. This year we're gonna be popular!\\
'''Patty''': Yeah?\\
'''Lauren''': Yeah. Even if it kills us!
-- ''opening credits''
''Square Pegs'' is a HighSchool {{sitcom}} on Creator/{{CBS}} from 1982 about a pair of "unpopular" teen girls, Patty and Lauren, struggling to fit in with the "popular" kids at school. Joining them in the struggle are two teen boys, Marshall (who hopes to become the ClassClown) and Johnny Slash (who happens to be [[TheAce talented at a lot of things]] but is too much of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} to appreciate it).
Despite its [[TooGoodToLast very short]] [[ScrewedByTheNetwork runtime]], the show retains a cult following to this day. For everyone else, it's most well known for [[RetroactiveRecognition unleashing]] SarahJessicaParker on an unsuspecting populace.
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* AdultsAreUseless
* [[AsHimself As Themselves]]: Music/{{Devo}}
* BeautyIsBad: Jennifer, La Donna, Vinnie and Muffy.
* BlackBestFriend: La Donna is Jennifer's.
* BrainlessBeauty: Vinnie Pasetta. To a lesser extent, Jennifer.
* TheCameo: Among the draws of the show were the ubercool guest stars.
** BillMurray. Coolest substitute teacher ''ever''.
** Also, Johnny's band has that "guy who drummed for Music/TheDoors".
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* TheDitz
* TheEighties: Valley speak, video games, and New Wave music cover the landscape.
* ExtracurricularEnthusiast: Muffy Tepperman was involved in, if not the head of, every extracurricular activity.
* TheGlassesGottaGo: Patty wears huge geeky glasses, which Lauren keeps telling her she needs to ditch in order to attract cute guys. But Patty is BlindWithoutEm, and inevitably she goes back to wearing them.
* ThisLoserIsYou: We're supposed to identify with Patty and Lauren.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Johnny is [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Kirk's son]]!
* InWithTheInCrowd: what Lauren hopes to achieve.
* NotSoDifferent: the cool kids are just as screwed up as the four main characters. They're just prettier and louder.
* PreppyName: Muffy Tepperman
* SassyBlackWoman: La Donna Fredricks
* StatusQuoIsGod: Just when Lauren thinks the four have found a way to get in with the cool kids, something happens to embarrass either themselves or the popular clique, stranding them back at the losers' table. Also FailureIsTheOnlyOption.
** Lauren - who is obsessed with popularity - never achieves it while Patty - who just wants to survive high school - has more opportunities to be popular at school (but doesn't because her best friend Lauren will get jealous).
* ValleyGirl: Jennifer [=DiNuccio=].
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'''Patty''': Cliques?\\
'''Lauren''': Yeah, you know, cliques; little in-groups of different kids. All we have to do is click with the right clique and we can finally have a social life that's worthy of us.\\
'''Patty''': No way! Not even with cleavage!\\
'''Lauren''': I told ya. This year we're gonna be popular!\\
'''Patty''': Yeah?\\
'''Lauren''': Yeah. Even if it kills us!
-- ''opening credits''
''Square Pegs'' is a HighSchool {{sitcom}} on Creator/{{CBS}} from 1982 about a pair of "unpopular" teen girls, Patty and Lauren, struggling to fit in with the "popular" kids at school. Joining them in the struggle are two teen boys, Marshall (who hopes to become the ClassClown) and Johnny Slash (who happens to be [[TheAce talented at a lot of things]] but is too much of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} to appreciate it).
Despite its [[TooGoodToLast very short]] [[ScrewedByTheNetwork runtime]], the show retains a cult following to this day. For everyone else, it's most well known for [[RetroactiveRecognition unleashing]] SarahJessicaParker on an unsuspecting populace.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AdultsAreUseless
* [[AsHimself As Themselves]]: Music/{{Devo}}
* BeautyIsBad: Jennifer, La Donna, Vinnie and Muffy.
* BlackBestFriend: La Donna is Jennifer's.
* BrainlessBeauty: Vinnie Pasetta. To a lesser extent, Jennifer.
* TheCameo: Among the draws of the show were the ubercool guest stars.
** BillMurray. Coolest substitute teacher ''ever''.
** Also, Johnny's band has that "guy who drummed for Music/TheDoors".
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* TheDitz
* TheEighties: Valley speak, video games, and New Wave music cover the landscape.
* ExtracurricularEnthusiast: Muffy Tepperman was involved in, if not the head of, every extracurricular activity.
* TheGlassesGottaGo: Patty wears huge geeky glasses, which Lauren keeps telling her she needs to ditch in order to attract cute guys. But Patty is BlindWithoutEm, and inevitably she goes back to wearing them.
* ThisLoserIsYou: We're supposed to identify with Patty and Lauren.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Johnny is [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Kirk's son]]!
* InWithTheInCrowd: what Lauren hopes to achieve.
* NotSoDifferent: the cool kids are just as screwed up as the four main characters. They're just prettier and louder.
* PreppyName: Muffy Tepperman
* SassyBlackWoman: La Donna Fredricks
* StatusQuoIsGod: Just when Lauren thinks the four have found a way to get in with the cool kids, something happens to embarrass either themselves or the popular clique, stranding them back at the losers' table. Also FailureIsTheOnlyOption.
** Lauren - who is obsessed with popularity - never achieves it while Patty - who just wants to survive high school - has more opportunities to be popular at school (but doesn't because her best friend Lauren will get jealous).
* ValleyGirl: Jennifer [=DiNuccio=].
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