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Superstar
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Superstar is a 1999 comedy directed by Bruce McCulloch and starring Molly Shannon, based on the Saturday Night Live sketches featuring Shannon's character Mary Katherine Gallagher.Mary Katherine is a teenage Irish-Catholic schoolgirl who dreams of being kissed, and decides the only way this can happen is to become a star. She daydreams all the time, so she is moved to the special education class at St. Monica High School.A Catholic magazine is hosting a talent show — the Let's Fight Venereal Disease Talent Contest — at her school, and first prize is a role in a movie with good morals. Mary Katherine sees that her big chance is the talent show, and decides to enter even though her grandmother (Glynis Johns) has forbidden it. Mary Katherine's competition is head cheerleader Evian (Elaine Hendrix), who is dancing with the jock Sky Corrigan (Will Ferrell), the object of Mary Katherine's affections.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })When Grandma Gallagher finds out that Mary Katherine went behind her back and enrolled in the talent show anyway, she tells Mary Katherine the truth about how her parents died: They were stomped to death in an Irish step dancing competition.Despite this, Grandma Gallagher decides to help her win the talent show, and Sky's heart. However, another classmate, Slater (Harland Williams), is after Mary Katherine's heart. | |
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Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy | |
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Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy: Mary Katherine to Sky. | |
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Green-Eyed Monster: Evian, when she's dumped by Sky; she grows jealous when she sees Mary Katherine and Sky are growing closer. | |
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Black Comedy | |
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Black Comedy: Mostly the parts which refer to how Mary Katherine's parents died. Also when Slater mentions how his parents died. | |
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Alpha Bitch: Evian, who tries to make Mary Catherine Gallagher's life a living hell. | |
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Raised by Grandparents | |
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Raised by Grandparents: Mary Katherine, who was orphaned as a child and raised by her grandmother. | |
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Bilingual Bonus | |
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Bilingual Bonus: The story takes place in the town of Besamee ("Bésame" means "Kiss me" in Spanish). | |
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Divine Intervention | |
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Divine Intervention: Slater turns around when Jesus intervenes. | |
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Super Drowning Skills | |
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Super Drowning Skills: Slater, who cannot swim and Mary has to help him to the surface. | |
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Deceased Parents Are the Best | |
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Deceased Parents Are the Best: Mary's parents have died long before the start of the film and Mary has to live with her grandmother for dependence. | |
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Big Man on Campus | |
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Big Man on Campus: Skye, who's the football captain and a great dancer. | |
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Portmantitle | |
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Portmantitle | |
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Jesus Was Way Cool | |
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Jesus Was Way Cool: He's portrayed this way. | |
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School Play | |
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School Play: A talent show, but similar. | |
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Bucket Booby-Trap | |
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Bucket Booby-Trap: At the audition for the talent show. Filled with paint, not pigs' blood. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: The name of the town (see Bilingual Bonus), in relation to Mary Katherine constant interest in being kissed. | |
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Super OCD | |
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Super OCD: Owen, who likes to do various things three times in a row. | |
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All Guys Want Cheerleaders | |
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All Guys Want Cheerleaders: Evian is one of the many most beautiful sought after cheerleaders at the school. | |
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Actually Pretty Funny | |
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Actually Pretty Funny: Even the head Priest seems to recognize Mary's insult of "Go drink yourself" to Evian to be at least noteworthy. | |
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Nerd Glasses | |
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Nerd Glasses: Mary Katherine wears them. | |
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Hippie Jesus | |
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Hippie Jesus: He doesn't look like a hippie per se, but the personality He uses to appear to Mary Katherine is definitely like one. | |
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Hot God | |
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Hot God: Played with, as when Mary Katherine sees Jesus, He is a mixture of pictures she has seen of Jesus and important figures in her life, such as Sky. | |
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Dogged Nice Guy | |
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Dogged Nice Guy: Slater, who has a crush on Mary but she's too busy trying to win over her crush on Sky. | |
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Catholic School Girls Rule | |
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Catholic School Girls Rule: The schoolgirls are required to wear skirts with their wardrobe, though the skirts are really short and don't stop above the knee, leaving little to the imagination. | |
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My Beloved Smother | |
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My Beloved Smother: Grandma Gallagher is perceived as this but it is due to her really not wanting her granddaughter to accidentally harm herself in the school talent show. | |
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Love Triangle | |
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Love Triangle: Mary/Sky/Evian. Slater/Mary/Sky. | |
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Who Names Their Kid "Dude"? | |
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Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: Lampshaded when Mary Katherine fights with Evian, noting the fact that someone might be able to call his daughter as a brand of bottled water. | |
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One-Word Title | |
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One-Word Title: Compound-word-style Portmantitle of "Superstar". | |
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Kissing Warm-Up | |
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Kissing Warm-Up: Mary Katherine makes out with a tree trunk - and later on the pole of a stop sign. | |
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Drugs Are Bad | |
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Drugs Are Bad: Played with when Father calls role in class: | |
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The Cheerleader | |
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The Cheerleader: Evian, who bullies Mary Katherine and is head of the school's cheerleading squad. | |
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Accidental Murder | |
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Accidental Murder: How Mary Katherine's parents died. | |
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