National Stereotypes: The girls assume Poppy is sexually experienced because she is from California.Morality Pet: Molly seems to be this to Poppy, as up until she was sent to Abbey Mount the only time she was nice, kind, and sweet was towards Molly.Make Way for the Princess: Averted Poppy seems to expect this at first, only for Harriet to coldly inform her that Americans rank somewhere below vermin in the school's pecking order.Poppy starts the movie this way, by giving away and destroying all the stuff belonging to her dad's girlfriend-though Karma Houdini greatly averted when Poppy's dad punishes her by sending her to Abbey Mount.Harriet's treatment of her Year Seven "maid" almost borders on Comedic Sociopathy.At least until she set the school on fire and tried to frame Poppy for it! Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Harriet.I Never Said It Was Poison: Harriet rants at Poppy for starting the school fire, and mentions Poppy's lighter - unfortunately for Harriet, nobody else knew that a lighter was used to start the fire.I Am Spartacus: When Poppy is standing trial, every single girl in the room (except Harriet) gets up and says they were with her on the night of the fire.Poppy states she herself was eleven when it happened. However, it's possible she was too young to remember the incident. Freudian Excuse: Poppy, even though her younger sister Molly has experienced the loss of her mother as well and doesn't act like a brat.She caused a fire accidentally but put it out, which then Harriet restarted so she'd think it was caused by her. Frame-Up: Poppy is framed for burning down the school by Harriet.Fashion-Shop Fashion Show: Well, it's in a charity shop so not exactly, but the girls do get a clothes montage at one point.(She was dressed as Keira Knightley at the time.) Interestingly, Harriet dyes her hair from blonde to brown as well, but she changes hers back after the school dance. Expository Hairstyle Change: Poppy gets one about halfway through the film, switching from blonde to brown as she becomes less of a shallow jerkass.It would not be the last time this happened to a Britflick starring Emma Roberts. Direct-to-DVD: Unlike many US/UK films produced by Working Title, this was its fate in the US.Deadpan Snarker: A lot of the girls, especially Kate.Kate: You will never get away with that uniform, for start. Custom Uniform: Poppy's uniform on her first day at Abbey Mount, that is basically the school's uniform made stylish.Culture Clash: Strong-minded, independent American girl Poppy does not fit into the atmosphere of Abbey Mount, an old boarding school in the UK at first, since they're more strait-laced and reserved.Cruella to Animals: Harriet's love of hunting and shooting are used to show she's not a nice person.She forgets after writing an email she never intended to send, allowing Harriet to print out copies of the email and use it to turn her friends against her. Chekhov's Gun: Poppy was warned to log out of the computer when done using it.Celebrity Paradox: Poppy mentions Hogwarts once in the film Shirley Henderson, who plays Matron, also portrayed Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter film series.Butt-Monkey: Whenever the plot calls for (or even when it doesn't call for) a student of Abbey Mount to make a fool of herself, get hopelessly drunk and pass out in a puddle of vomit, someone other than Poppy to be bullied or even for someone to be in a life-threatening situation, it WILL be Drippy.Big Eater: Drippy regularly sneaks into the school freezer at night for an ice-cream fix, plus she can't resist some cream eggs when the girls are attempting to buy alcohol.Bad "Bad Acting": Drippy and Kate's attempts at pretending to be old enough to buy alcohol.Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch: Harriet's minions decide not to tell her crucial information about how close Poppy is getting to Freddy because she'll shoot the messenger.After she leaves, Poppy’s close friend Ruby takes over her role as the Queen Bee, though Ruby and Poppy are less obvious. Back at her school in California Poppy seems to have been this. Her Beta Bitch posse are deputy Head Girls, and it's clear they have been sucked into being her minions because she's on such a power-trip. Academic Alpha Bitch: Head Girl Harriet is a perfect example of this trope, she rules the school with an iron fist, but uses intellectual prestige and extracurricular overachieving instead of fashion and hotness.Sadly, most notable as Natasha Richardson's final screen appearance before her untimely passing the following year in a skiing accident. Roberts plays Poppy Moore, a spoiled California brat who is sent to a boarding school in England as punishment for her bad behavior. Wild Child is a 2008 American/British/French teen romantic dramedy film starring Emma Roberts, Alex Pettyfer and Natasha Richardson.
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