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The Hairy Bird
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The Hairy Bird (also known as Strike! and All I Wanna Do) is a 1998 teen comedy film written and directed by Sarah Kernochan, with a cast including Gaby Hoffmann, Lynn Redgrave, Kirsten Dunst, Monica Keena, Heather Matarazzo, and Rachael Leigh Cook.In 1963, Odette Sinclair (Hoffmann) is sent by her parents to Miss Godard's Preparatory School for Girls, an elite New England boarding school run by Miss McVane (Redgrave), after planning to lose her virginity to her boyfriend, Dennis.Odette meets the dynamic young women of the DAR, Daughters of the American Ravioli — Verena (Dunst), Tinka (Keena), Theresa a.k.a. Tweety (Matarazzo), and Maureen a.k.a. Momo (Merritt Wever) — and they become friends. The girls get together to eat stolen canned food, mock upright hall monitor Abby (Cook), and share their most secret desires — and then pledge to help one another achieve them, no matter what the cost. One night they find out that the school is going co-ed, joining St. Ambrose Academy, due to lack of funding. Once it's proved that the boys can't be trusted, the girls mount an elaborate scheme to stop the boys’ invasion, hoping that they can save Miss Godard's from becoming "Miss Gonads".The movie is based loosely on writer/director Kernochan's experiences at real-life Connecticut girls' school Rosemary Hall around that time. | |
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All Men Are Perverts | |
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All Men Are Perverts: Mr. Dewey, and many of the St. Ambrose boys. | |
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Situational Sexuality | |
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Situational Sexuality: The stereotype about all-girls schools being full of lesbians is parodied with Odette's opening voice-over about being sent to Miss Godard's by her parents. Lampshaded by Verena. | |
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Secret Room | |
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Secret Room: The D.A.R. convenes in an attic room above the school's kitchen. The room is accessed by a secret passageway, apparently only known by the D.A.R., that runs along the main building. The room gives the girls access to many boxes of canned ravioli, which inspires the name of their secret society. | |
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One-Gender School | |
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One-Gender School: Miss Godard's is an all-girls school and St. Ambrose is an all-boys school. | |
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Censored Title | |
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Censored Title: The film's original title The Hairy Bird, which alludes to male genitalia, was deemed too offensive for Miramax Films, so the film was distributed in the U.S. under All I Wanna Do. In Canada and the U.K., the film was released as Strike! Australia was the only territory where the film was released under its original title. | |
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Homemade Inventions | |
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Homemade Inventions: Momo concocts 1000-proof alcohol using equipment from her chemistry class. | |
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Alpha Bitch | |
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Alpha Bitch: Abby Sawyer, a tattletalling hall monitor and Verena's nemesis. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Tweety's ipecac syrup. | |
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Ironic Echo | |
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Ironic Echo: Verena explains the D.A.R.’s manifesto at an early point in the film. Later, Verena has a conversation with Frosty where they find common ground. | |
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Brutal Honesty | |
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Brutal Honesty: Miss McVane, who is a well of sarcastic one-liners, talks about the prospect of Miss Godard's merger with St. Ambrose because of financial problems. | |
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Vomit Chain Reaction | |
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Vomit Chain Reaction: At the concert, after the dance. | |
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Save Our Students | |
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Save Our Students: Variation of this in the face of opposition from the school's Board of Trustees. The girls of Miss Godard's attempt to save their school from being merged with St. Ambrose Academy, an all-boys school whose students' grades are significantly lower than those of Miss Godard's. | |
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Trojan Gauntlet | |
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Trojan Gauntlet: Dennis was supposed to bring condoms to his rendezvous with Odie, but instead, he brings a can of contraceptive foam, explaining, "This is something new. The girl puts it in." A hilarious sequence involves the characters physically grappling with the can of foam. | |
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Hidden Depths | |
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Hidden Depths: Though Tinka is presented as the slutty one, she is also very protective of her friends and defends Tweety from Verena's mocking. Afer Tweety is humiliated by the St. Ambrose boys, Tinka angrily searches for the culprits. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: Even brown noser Abby is against a Godard and Ambrose merger. | |
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Lured into a Trap | |
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Lured into a Trap: Tweety is lured into a kiss with class stud Todd Winslow, only for Todd to expose a topless Tweety in order for his friends to get a photograph. | |
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TheSixties | |
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The '60s: The movie is set in 1963. | |
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Character Development | |
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Character Development: Odie, whose primary goal at the beginning of the film was to become an ex-virgin, ends up leading a revolution. Also Verena, Tweety, Tinka, Miss McVane, and Abby. | |
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Hormone-Addled Teenager | |
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Hormone-Addled Teenager: When Verena questions Odie why she's so fixated on losing her virginity, Odie replies that she's a teen and that's what teenagers think about. Verena also accuses her fellow D.A.R. members of being in support of a merger simply because of their boy-craziness. | |
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Blithe Spirit | |
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Blithe Spirit: Frosty has no intention of remaining at St. Ambrose, describing the school as an Assimilation Academy where he doesn’t fit in. | |
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Absurdly Powerful Student Council | |
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Absurdly Powerful Student Council: | |
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Beatnik | |
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Beatnik: The Flat Critters, a group of local boys in a photography club who get their namesake from their hobby of photographing roadkill. The Flat Critters consist of Snake, Skunk, Groundhog, Possum, and Beagle. | |
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Girls Behind Bars | |
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The stereotype about all-girls schools being full of lesbians is parodied with Odette's opening voice-over about being sent to Miss Godard's by her parents. | |
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Naked People Trapped Outside | |
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Naked People Trapped Outside: A few of the boys from St. Ambrose become these after the Flat Critters ambush them. Also the Flat Critters steal Mr. Dewey's clothes and lock him in a room before he can make a move on Odie. | |
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Credits Gag | |
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Credits Gag: The opening credits state, "A Film By Everyone Who Worked On It." | |
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Stalking Is Love | |
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Stalking Is Love: Snake pursues Tinka even though she isn’t interested, going as far as to appear outside her window on a cherry-picker truck to profess his love for her. Only after Tinka discovers that Snake and his fellow Flat Critters beat up Todd Winslow does she change her mind about him. | |
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How Did That Get in There? | |
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How Did That Get in There?: The plot against Mr. Dewey. | |
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Improvised Weapon | |
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Improvised Weapon: The girls of Miss Godard's use field hockey and lacrosse sticks to fend off security guards. Just before the guards can break into the school, the school equestrians ride in on horseback and keep the guards back. | |
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Place Worse Than Death | |
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Place Worse Than Death: | |
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Bookends | |
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Book Ends: Per the epilogue, the film's young leads end up with careers and interests that are ironic considering how the characters are presented at the beginning. Odie, a smoker, becomes a Congresswoman and fights the tobacco industry. Tweety, a bulimic, becomes a psychologist who educates about eating disorders. Momo, a scientist, is developing the first male oral contraceptive. Verena, besides starting a successful magazine, is no longer opposed to the opposite gender. The boy-crazy Tinka becomes a famous actress and later comes out as gay. Abby, the straight-laced goody-goody, turns to a life of crime. | |
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Women Are Wiser | |
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Women Are Wiser: Verena and Momo manage to show the St. Ambrose students in a bad light. The eventual strike by Miss Godard students is successful. | |
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Suddenly Shouting | |
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Tweety: Verena's gone, St. Ambrose is taking over, and next year I'm going to have to face Todd Winslow every day at breakfast. I WANT TO RETCH AND DIE. | |
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Spit Take | |
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Spit Take: | |
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Putting the Band Back Together | |
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Putting the Band Back Together: The D.A.R. is resurrected upon Verena's expulsion. | |
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Breaking the Fellowship | |
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Breaking the Fellowship: The D.A.R. fractures when the girls become divided over the planned merger between Miss Godard's and St. Ambrose. | |
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Coming-Out Story | |
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Coming-Out Story: It is revealed in the epilogue that Tinka has come out of the closet in a televised Barbara Walters special. | |
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Everybody Smokes | |
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Everybody Smokes: Even though smoking is said to be prohibited on school grounds, it's shown that even the headmistress, Miss McVane, smokes. | |
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New Transfer Student | |
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New Transfer Student: Odette "Odie" Sinclair. | |
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Unwitting Pawn | |
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Unwitting Pawn: Bradley "Frosty" Frost. | |
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Token Minority | |
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Token Minority: Lampshaded when Miss Godard girls are paired up individually with St. Ambrose boys. The only black student at St. Ambrose is paired with a Japanese girl, the only student of color at Miss Godard's. | |
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Hate at First Sight | |
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Hate at First Sight: Odie doesn't gel with her roommates Verena and Tinka, who tease her about her boyfriend Dennis and go through her belongings. This changes when Odie impresses the two with her wit and the D.A.R. attempts to forge a weekend pass for Odie. | |
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Does Not Like Men | |
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Does Not Like Men: Verena openly disdains boys and sex, and is the most vocal in her opposition to a coed merger. It is suggested that her attitude is in part due to her parents' divorce and a strained relationship with her father. Subverted by the end when Verena softens her views on men. | |
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Straw Feminist | |
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Straw Feminist: | |
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Slobs Versus Snobs | |
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Slobs Versus Snobs: The Flat Critters are quirky hipster townies who are nevertheless able to pass themselves off as St. Ambrose students at the dance. They do not suffer the same fate as the drunk St. Ambrose boys and are the only ones left standing during the concert. | |
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Stern Teacher | |
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Stern Teacher: Miss McVane. Though she can be a disciplinarian, she is very much against the school merger and gives Verena these parting words, "Don't stop the fight. Wherever you go, Verena, don't give up." | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_77d826c7 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_7ac5c1de | type |
Unishment | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_7ac5c1de | comment |
Unishment: Verena targets Frosty because his connections (his grandfather is head of the Board of Trustees) could spell further disrepute for St. Ambrose. Frosty being caught drunk and fraternizing with a Miss Godard's student in her dorm room would surely end in his expulsion. However, it’s revealed expulsion is exactly what Frosty wants. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_7ac5c1de | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_808cbaeb | type |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_808cbaeb | comment |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_808cbaeb | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_820ac351 | type |
It Amused Me | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_820ac351 | comment |
It Amused Me: When singing the school's Latin motto, Verena and Tinka insert vulgarities into the song. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_820ac351 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_82d57ef5 | type |
Boarding School | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_82d57ef5 | comment |
Boarding School: Miss Godard’s Preparatory School for Girls. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_82d57ef5 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_85cc4dbc | type |
Sex as Rite-of-Passage | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_85cc4dbc | comment |
Sex as Rite-of-Passage: When pressed about her goals by the D.A.R., Odette says her foremost goal is to lose her virginity. Subverted when she realizes she isn’t into Dennis as much as she thought and reneges on her plan. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_85cc4dbc | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_85debad9 | type |
Plucky Girl | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_85debad9 | comment |
Plucky Girl: All the female characters pretty much. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_85debad9 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_8cf75a5c | type |
Lipstick-and-Load Montage | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_8cf75a5c | comment |
Lipstick-and-Load Montage: Godard girls preparing for the dance with St. Ambrose boys. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_8cf75a5c | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_90e31482 | type |
Laser-Guided Karma | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_90e31482 | comment |
Laser-Guided Karma: Mr. Dewey, who preys on his female students, is framed by the girls as a cross-dresser with pornographic magazines, resulting in his termination from the school. Todd Winslow and his cronies get beat up by the Flat Critters and have their clothes stolen. A Flat Critter takes the St. Ambrose photographer's camera with the humiliating photos of Tweety and smashes it. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_90e31482 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_911b32ce | type |
Not My Lucky Day | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_911b32ce | comment |
Not My Lucky Day: On the day of the school's coed festivities, Abby has her date stolen by Verena, her stockings rip multiple times, and she’s thrown into the Hokey Pokey circle by drunk St. Ambrose boys. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_911b32ce | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_9186eded | type |
Helicopter Parents | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_9186eded | comment |
Helicopter Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer sit on the Board of Trustees and are the most vocal supporters of Miss Godard's merger with St. Ambrose. Their true motive for the merger is revealed to be financial in nature, as Mr. Sawyer, who is in real estate, wants the land the campus is on for his sub-division. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_9186eded | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_95428daa | type |
Rite of Passage | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_95428daa | comment |
Rite of Passage: Odie must complete a task to become a member of the D.A.R. The task is assisting the D.A.R. in their plot to get the predatory Mr. Dewey fired. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_95428daa | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_962e6260 | type |
You Are Grounded! | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_962e6260 | comment |
You Are Grounded!: After Odette fakes a note from her mom to go out on the town with her friends, Miss McVane talks with her mom on the phone and figures out it was a ruse. Odette is sent before the student council for a hearing and punishment, which is to be "grounded" for the rest of the year. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_962e6260 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_973d220f | type |
Never My Fault | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_973d220f | comment |
Never My Fault: When Mr. Dewey catches Dennis and Odie during their rendezvous, Dennis insists he is the one at fault because he planned the whole thing. Mr. Dewey ignores Dennis and insists Odie is to blame. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_973d220f | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_9d12bbc1 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_9dd2cbc2 | type |
CloudCuckooLander | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_9dd2cbc2 | comment |
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Tinka when the D.A.R. members go around in a circle stating their future goals. | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_9dd2cbc2 | featureApplicability |
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The Hairy Bird / int_9dd2cbc2 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_a0efb4e7 | type |
It's Probably Nothing | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_a0efb4e7 | comment |
It's Probably Nothing: Abby hears a loud thump in her dorm's hallway, but ignores it as she makes her way back to the dance. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_a0efb4e7 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_a1fedb67 | type |
Parental Obliviousness | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_a1fedb67 | comment |
Parental Obliviousness: Tinka's mom, while talking to her, is not even paying attention to what Tinka's doing, and doesn't even notice her running off with Snake at the end. Abby's parents don't seem attentive towards their daughter either, and are more concerned with pushing the merger forward as members of the Board of Trustees. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_a1fedb67 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_a371a459 | type |
Fighting for a Homeland | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_a371a459 | comment |
Fighting for a Homeland: Even though Verena can be rebellious, she sees Miss Godard’s as a sanctuary from her strained home life, as her parents have just divorced. This makes Verena all the more fired up to prevent Miss Godard's from merging with a boys' school. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_a371a459 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_a54534a0 | type |
Parental Neglect | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_a54534a0 | comment |
Parental Neglect: Verena, whose parents are divorced, and they dropped her at boarding school, which made her think they don't want anything to do with her. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_a54534a0 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_a8dcb1d7 | type |
Love at First Sight | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_a8dcb1d7 | comment |
Love at First Sight: Snake, after catching sight of Tinka walking by on a street. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_a8dcb1d7 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_a939d96a | type |
Adults Are Useless | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_a939d96a | comment |
Adults Are Useless: The elderly security guard is asleep instead of making sure students aren’t going off campus to play hooky. He and his cohorts are ineffectual at quelling a student uprising. | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_a939d96a | featureApplicability |
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The Hairy Bird / int_a939d96a | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_aaece264 | type |
Rousing Speech | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_aaece264 | comment |
Rousing Speech: | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_aaece264 | featureApplicability |
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The Hairy Bird / int_aaece264 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Verena. Also Odie, Tinka, Momo, and Miss McVane. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_ae3d6438 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_b5b4b485 | type |
The Bet | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_b5b4b485 | comment |
The Bet: | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_b5b4b485 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_b77808f2 | type |
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_b77808f2 | comment |
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: Verena started MOI Magazine which has over a million women readers. Odette became a Congresswoman, declaring war on the tobacco industry. Tinka, an actress, came out of the closet during a 1997 Barbara Walters interview. Theresa, an adolescent psychologist, wrote the bestseller "Fatal Purge". Maureen, a scientist, is developing the first male oral contraceptive. Abigail, a radical activist, is still serving a prison sentence for her part in a 1970 bank holdup. Miss Godard's remains an all-girls institution to this day. | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_b77808f2 | featureApplicability |
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The Hairy Bird / int_b77808f2 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_b892dd2d | type |
Girl of the Week | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_b892dd2d | comment |
Girl of the Week: Played for laughs when Frosty's partners for the coed function are constantly rotated between Abby, Verena, and Susie. | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_b892dd2d | featureApplicability |
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The Hairy Bird / int_b892dd2d | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_bf1255fa | type |
Really Gets Around | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_bf1255fa | comment |
Really Gets Around: Tinka is the promiscuous one, having had four pregnancy scares. Deconstructed as Tinka is well-aware that this reputation leaves her subject to double standards. | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_bf1255fa | featureApplicability |
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The Hairy Bird / int_bf1255fa | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_c313d43a | type |
True Companions | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_c313d43a | comment |
True Companions: The D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Ravioli). Members swear to help each other attain their dreams beyond the patriarchal goals of marriage and children. They congregate in the school's attic where they have access to canned ravioli. | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_c313d43a | featureApplicability |
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The Hairy Bird / int_c313d43a | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_c6eabb03 | type |
Gosh Dang It to Heck! | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_c6eabb03 | comment |
Goshdang It To Heck: "Up your ziggy with a wah-wah brush!" and "None of your floppin' buggies!" | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_c6eabb03 | featureApplicability |
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The Hairy Bird / int_c6eabb03 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_c82e751f | type |
Unspoken Plan Guarantee | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_c82e751f | comment |
Unspoken Plan Guarantee: First sent to Miss Godard's when her parents learned of her plans to lose her virginity to her boyfriend Dennis, Odie vows to finish what she started by planning a rendezvous with Dennis at the school. | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_c82e751f | featureApplicability |
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The Hairy Bird / int_c82e751f | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_cfbbd075 | type |
Porn Stash | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_cfbbd075 | comment |
Porn Stash: Or what Miss McVane and Mrs. Dewey think is Mr. Dewey's porn stash, is actually from Verena's father's stash. | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_cfbbd075 | featureApplicability |
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The Hairy Bird / int_cfbbd075 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_d8cad890 | type |
*Cough* Snark *Cough* | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_d8cad890 | comment |
*Cough* Snark *Cough*: | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_d8cad890 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_d8cad890 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_db4f7e0f | type |
Anguished Outburst | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_db4f7e0f | comment |
Anguished Outburst: Miss McVane: Twenty-eight years of work, just so I can kiss some headmaster’s ass! Tweety: Verena's gone, St. Ambrose is taking over, and next year I'm going to have to face Todd Winslow every day at breakfast. I WANT TO RETCH AND DIE. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_db4f7e0f | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_dd77ba72 | type |
Yellow Sash of Power | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_dd77ba72 | comment |
Yellow Sash of Power: Abby proudly wears the badge of stars she was awarded for being elected to the Self-Government Committee nine times. Later subverted when she rips off the badge. | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_dd77ba72 | featureApplicability |
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The Hairy Bird / int_dd77ba72 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_dfa40c1b | type |
Didn't See That Coming | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_dfa40c1b | comment |
Didn't See That Coming: Verena doesn’t account for falling for one of the St. Ambrose boys she’s supposed to frame. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_dfa40c1b | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_e52a0409 | type |
Calling the Old Man Out | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_e52a0409 | comment |
Calling the Old Man Out: Abby, to her mother Page. When Page demands Abby break up the student uprising, Abby snarks back in response. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_e52a0409 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_e621b159 | type |
A-Cup Angst | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_e621b159 | comment |
A-Cup Angst: Tweety stuffs her bra before the school dance. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_e621b159 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_e6b5d22f | type |
Catchphrase | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_e6b5d22f | comment |
Catchphrase: “No more little white gloves!” The D.A.R.’s motto becomes a rallying cry for the striking students of Miss Godard’s. | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_e6b5d22f | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_eee57253 | type |
Befriending the Enemy | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_eee57253 | comment |
Befriending the Enemy: Verena befriends St. Ambrose boy Bradley "Frosty" Frost in an attempt to put him in a compromising position. | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_eee57253 | featureApplicability |
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The Hairy Bird / int_eee57253 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_fc299bf1 | type |
Hideous Hangover Cure | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_fc299bf1 | comment |
Hideous Hangover Cure: Ipecac syrup. Momo gives the ipecac to St. Ambrose boys to induce them to vomit, under the guise it will help the boys' hangovers. | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_fc299bf1 | featureApplicability |
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The Hairy Bird / int_fc299bf1 | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_fe0330fb | type |
Brick Joke | |
| The Hairy Bird / int_fe0330fb | comment |
Brick Joke: Abby tells off her mother with "Up your ziggy with a wah-wah brush!" | |
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The Hairy Bird / int_fe0330fb | |
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ItemName | |
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The Hairy Bird |
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