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Even though they hate their parents and want to be nothing like them, they end up being like them anyway.

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The recurring love interest in the American teen genre had been between Bender and Clair. And Alison and Andrew

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The love interest in Mean Girls had been Aaron and Kady. A love relationship is a recurring theme in the American teen genre

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The food that they ate for lunch is also a give away on what stock character they are.

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The teenage years of people's lives are the part where they learn and experience the sex world. This means that there is a lot of pressure from each other

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The only had gotten along because of the issues that they are all going through.

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Since Bender didn't get the positive attention at home and from his parents, he gets the attention that he desires through annoying everyone and make everyone feel like he does. Like crap.

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The stock character that they had played had been projected through their clothes, as an obvious label

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The pressure that had been on Andrew's and Brian's shoulders from their parents had lead them to getting into detention.

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Body image is very important

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The rumours that make up the plastics backstories makes them even more popular.

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the cliques have rules that makes sure that the groups are exclusive and only some can fit in.

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It shows the image that girls have held for themselves, making them pick apart themselves.

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Cliques clearly shown in the cafeteria scene and explains how tight and closed off to themselves they are. Sticking to their friend groups

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The parent teen relationship had changed a lot. Parents lives revolve around their children.

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Judy had changed her personality to fit in with her friend group.

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A love interest is always important to the American teen genre since it causes the characters to break their character or change themselves to be noticed.

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They like to cause unnecessary drama and fights.

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Teenagers in the film had been easily affected by the things that their parents said to them. All they wanted was their parents approval and attention.

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Here we see Claire smoking weed to better fit in with Bender and stop him from teasing her.

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Even though they did not get along they had only got along because of their dislikes for adults.

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They had all been in trouble because of something that their parents did.

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One of Jim's biggest issue with his parents had been his fathers act against the strict gender roles that they had during that time

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Following trends set by popular people to try and fit in.

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Popularity is very important, feeling like if they are popular they are accepted by everyone.

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Jim had wanted his parents/father to be the role model that he had wanted him to be, the dominant male character that his father had not been