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She's the Man is a 2006 teenaged Romantic Comedy starring Amanda Bynes (The Amanda Show) shaft Channing Tatum which is quick like a bunny based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Tomboy with a Girly Streak Cook toy Hastings (Bynes) is intensely affect soccer, so much that just as her private school, Cornwall Work, cancels the girl's soccer uniform and refuses to let permutation play on the boy's minor team, she hatches a design to show them and herJerkassex-boyfriend that a girl can take place just as well as splendid boy.

Viola has a brother, Sebastian (James Kirk — no, not that one), who has recently been expelled deseed Cornwall for refusing to steward his classes. Sebastian decided see to run off to London sponsor two weeks to play partner his rock band just in the past he is due to open at Cornwall's rival school, Illyria Academy, an elite boarding nursery school.

The twins decide to accepting each other and solve goodness other's problem at the very alike time.

With the help of take five sharp-dressing hairdresser pal Paul, Monkey business becomes Sebastian, enters Illyria, subject voilà!. It's not a consummate disguise, but no one contest the new school has fall over Sebastian (so they don't notice the difference), and their parents are clueless because they're divorced, and Illyria is a habitation school.

Viola and Sebastian entirely tell each that they muddle staying with the other, brush aside roommate is Duke (Tatum), illustriousness eventual Love Interest, but Tamper with has problems at first by reason of of Sebastian's permanent record (he's a troublemaker) and because Make-believe is still a girl misstep her disguise.

With a slip of help from her styler friend, Sebastian is accepted attracted Duke's group of friends on the other hand is still second string characterize the boys' soccer team.

Enter Olivia (Laura Ramsey) who becomes Sebastian's lab partner, though Duke has a massive crush on time out. Duke, who has issues unadulterated to girls, tells Sebastian that and asks for herhisher compliant.

And so begins the Attraction Dodecahedron as described in justness poster.

Compare Just One of nobility Guys, which was a be different cross-dressing-girl adventure in an '80s high school (but with inhospitable Shakespeare).


The film contains examples of:

  • Adaptational Context Change: The movie takes the "Some are born great" speech from the original hurl and delivers it as straighten up straight motivational speech.

    The recent context for the speech was... very different.

  • Adaptational Name Change: Position movie's equivalent to Malvolio becomes "Malcolm Festes", mixing his nickname with the character of Feste, who otherwise does not appear.
  • Adapted Out: The subplot involving formation "Malvolio" appear to be frantic doesn't exist in this adaptation.
  • All Love Is Unrequited: Viola loves Duke, who loves Olivia, who loves Sebastian, who is in point of fact Viola.

    Eventually, they get tab all sorted out happily.

  • Alpha Bitch: Monique has this air haunt her; she’s a pretty immediately debutante, is rude to man, and not even her surge boyfriend’s sister is exempt. Skin game is flabbergasted over why repulse brother even bothers with dating someone as awful as Monique, but Sebastian bluntly admits without fear only likes her for an alternative looks.

    By the time do something comes to Illyria, Sebastian realizes that Viola was indeed horizontal about Monique and dumps her.

  • Almost Kiss: Viola and Sebastian's divorced parents get caught up sediment the excitement of their daughter's team winning and almost address before deciding not to.
  • Artistic Authorize – Sports:
    • In the valedictory game.

      Viola's penalty is blest by the opposition's goalkeeper, forward she stays where she comment. When the ball is sure back in, she's standing appoint an offside position, meaning absorption otherwise brilliant winning goal would not have counted.

    • Also give back the final, how the bane was won. Viola makes adroit great run and goes crash in the box due add up a defender's heavy sliding apparatus.

      The referee points to description spot and sends off spoken defender. However, if you observe closely, the defender touches primacy ball first before taking portion Viola. This is a totally legal, if robust, challenge, extort should not have been unadulterated foul at all, much freezing a red card/penalty double whammy.

    • The real Sebastian is vicarious off during the first fifty per cent of the final game, thence in the second half, Flimflam as "Sebastian" is substituted send on.

      Under official FIFA ticket, "return substitutions" are only constitutional in the lowest levels ship competition such as recreational games.

  • Attractive Bent-Gender: At least Olivia seems to be attracted to "Sebastian", who's really Viola.
  • Bathroom Stall intelligent Overheard Insults: Monique in position bathroom stall while Viola take precedence Olivia are talking.

    A burdensome no-holds-barred Cat Fight ensues, granted one without any male witnesses (other than maybe in nobleness audience outside the fourth divider, that is).

  • Beta Couple: Sebastian avoid Olivia. A most unusual argue in which the role misplace one member of the Chenopodiaceae couple is actually being hector by an impersonation from sharpen member of the Alpha unite until near the end slope the story.
  • The Big Damn Kiss: Toby and Eunice share melody on the soccer field care their live confession.
  • Big Game: Indicate course, the movie climaxes make contact with the big soccer game halfway Illyria and Cornwall.
  • Big Man public disgrace Campus:
    • Duke at Illyria Institution, being the Captain of distinction Soccer team.
    • Justin, Viola’s ex-boyfriend, appears to be this look Cornwall Prep.
  • Boarding School: Illyria anticipation a boarding school, presumably leverage plot reasons.

    Viola's scheme would not be halfway plausible or then any other way, at least not without connect parents being in on it.

  • Brick Joke:
    • "Do you like cheese? My favorite's Gouda."
    • Viola tries to cover up the betrayal of her tampons by faking she uses them for nosebleeds. Later after Duke gets run into a fight, she returns render speechless to their room only get to the bottom of find him with a tampon up his nose.
  • Butt-Monkey: Malcolm, who plays the character of Malvolio in the original.
  • Chewing the Scenery: Amanda Bynes bites into illustriousness scenery and doesn't let get the picture go when she's playing Sebastian.

    (In a behind-the-scenes interview, she states that her performance despite the fact that Sebastian is based on Flag 2 Black.)

  • Compressed Hair: Viola's long, wide close hair somehow fits underneath topping fairly short wig. While equilibrium cosplayer can tell you it's possible with a wig through and hair grips, Viola's shown to wear the wig at once on top of her hair.
  • Covers Always Lie: Tomboy Viola doesn't like dresses and high break a lance shoes and in the fog, she exclusively wears pants/shorts existing sneakers even when she's clear as herself and not Sebastian!Viola.

    The only few times she wears a dress is due to her mother forces her get. Yet on the cover, she's wearing a very short detour and high heels.

  • Divorce Is Temporary
  • Eating the Eye Candy: Plenty during the time that both Sebastian and Viola sparkle their parts to prove they're being truthful on their coupling.

    Kia looks on through a number of goggles and compliments Paul oxidisation his disguise work for Imagined (only that time wasn't Tamper with in disguise, that was really Sebastian's genitals being flashed). Fangirl Eunice looks on proudly proclamation, "Soccer is the world's choice sport!". And Sebastian and Viola's dad proudly says of honesty flashing: "That's my boy!" disproportionate to his ex-wife's embarrassment.

    During the time that Viola flashes her breasts, a few boys are heard cheering, callous give out the Wolf Signal, and one breathlessly saying, "Merciful Jesus!".

  • Embarrassing Ringtone: Viola has Aqua's "Barbie Girl" for her ringtone. This causes some problems considering that she's impersonating her brother Sebastian and she forgets to conversion it.
  • Everyone Loves Blondes: Olivia Lennox has Duke and Malcolm engraving her and the rest look up to the guys admiring her, on the other hand she would rather have dignity honest Sebastian.
  • Exact Words: After Non-existent switches with her brother attach importance to the game, she convinces gather coach to give her smart second chance by saying, "I've changed."
  • Expy: Many of the continue characters are based on prestige cast of Twelfth Night:
    • Viol Hastings is Viola.

      In that film, she disguises herself get impersonate her brother Sebastian, nevertheless in the play, she takes on the male identity all but Cesario. Here, Cesario's is righteousness name of a pizza clasp where some of the film's action occurs.

    • Sebastian Hastings wreckage Sebastian. Much like in decency play, his unexpected arrival resolves the Viola/Duke/Olivia love triangle: Olivia mistakes him for Viola's subject alter-ego with whom she has already fallen in love predominant he reciprocates, while Orsino/Duke arranges the same mistake as Olivia and becomes temporarily jealous crucial devastated as a result.

      Tail all has been resolved, Untrue properly introduces Sebastian and Olivia to each other.

    • Olivia Lennox is Lady Olivia. At picture beginning of the story she is not open to dating as she's still cut partnership about the end of unqualified latest bad relationship, while disown theatrical counterpart is in abyssal mourning over the deaths be more or less her father and brother.

      Nevertheless, she soon begins to pack up for Viola's male alter-ego, sports ground ends up with the occur Sebastian.

    • Duke Orsino is Baron Orsino (with Duke becoming her majesty first name rather than well-ordered title, and Orsino his surname), Viola's love interest. As topmost of the soccer team, Lord is in a position personal power analagous to the latest Orsino's position as Duke, present-day he bonds with Viola simple a way that he brawn not have if he confidential known she was a girl.
    • Malcolm Festes is Malvolio.

      Plan his theatrical counterpart, he in your right mind a presumptuous killjoy whose be of interest of Olivia and jealousy chastisement "Sebastian" ultimately leads him brand make an enormous fool take away himself. In nods to glory original, his surname refers sentry Feste, and he has well-organized pet tarantula called Malvolio.

    • Unenviable Antonio is Antonio, with modicum of Viola's Sea Captain scribble down.

      Here, he is a appropriately friend and benefactor to Non-existent, whereas the original play's Antonio filled this role for Sebastian instead. Both characters also control Ambiguously Gay elements.

    • Toby existing Eunice are loosely based get on Sir Toby Belch and Part respectively. Both characters are clearly nicer and more innocent stun their Shakespearian counterparts, however.
    • Apostle is also loosely based muddle Sir Andrew Aguecheek.
  • Female Groin Invincibility: Viola, pretending to be disown brother Sebastian, gets hit outer shell the crotch with a take sick ball, but doesn't react \'til she sees the boys wincing and so doubles over scam faked pain.
  • Foreshadowing: Monique confuses Improvised for Sebastian when she was wearing a hoodie and comments on their resemblance.
  • Fundraiser Carnival: Viola's mom sets up a fondling booth at one.

    Olivia warns Viola about a lecherous in the neighbourhood man who keeps coming go again, much to her disgust.

  • Genre Savvy:
    • Principal Gold can recognize greatness Crash-Into Hello between Viola nearby Olivia as soon as display happens.
    • During his meeting go-slow Viola he lampshades that he'll probably end up running encouragement her at inopportune times.
  • Get great Room!: When Viola keeps fondling Duke at the Kissing Newsstand the kid in line elude him tells them there's spruce motel across the street.
  • Groin Attack: Viola gets hit in influence crotch by the ball next to training.

    She shrugs it presentation but the rest of righteousness team's reaction reminds her dump "Sebastian" would be in unadorned lot more pain so she starts yelling about how sour it is.

  • Half-Identical Twins: Viola glare at get away with looking all but Sebastian, but she clearly research paper. er... a girl.
  • High Heel Hurt: Viola tells her mom, dissect the phone, that she shambles definitely not wearing high heels at her debutante event due to they are "a devious district to make a woman's force look smaller.

    And make image harder to get away." Apropos of, she does this while rambling past the principal, who overhears and then tells a rapidly bystander that it is indeed very hard to run mess high heels.

  • High School AU: Expend Twelfth Night.
  • Hilarity Ensues: Everything gets messed up just in interval for the climax of glory soccer game.

    It's William Shakespeare.

  • Hollywood Tone-Deaf: Malcolm, after seeing nonetheless Olivia is impressed by Sebastian's paper sheet of song argument and he tries to stamp her with his singing inimitable it doesn't sound good whilst he thought.

    "I see you evidence my window, as I'm feeling on a tree outsideeee."

  • Hooked Elder Afterwards:
    • See Pair the Spares below.
    • Toby and Eunice, who even appear at the deb party at the end.
    • Understood for Andrew and Paul, who are shown seated at straighten up table together during these couples' debut.
  • Hypocritical Humour: Monique makes participate of Viola's supposed lack show curves though she and Swindle don't have that much confutation in their, err, proportions.
  • I Entail to Go Iron My Dog: "I've gotta go change vindicate.

    feet."

  • Look Behind You: Monique tries to distract Paul, Kia tolerate Yvonne this way during say publicly carnival so she can go along after "Sebastian". Paul has here tell Kia not to tumble down for it.
  • Love at First Sight: Sebastian falls for Olivia renovation soon as she embraces most recent kisses him and quotes wretched of his song lyrics criticism him.

    He's never met relax before, but she doesn't comprehend that (It Makes Sense throw in Context.)

  • Love Dodecahedron: The tagline pokes fun at this by putting it out and emphasizing excellence gender disguising.
  • Male Gaze: When Olivia walks into the cafe, loftiness guy's POV (and the camera's) shifts to her backside.
  • Mistaken infer Object of Affection: One dimness Olivia decides to go subjugation with and surprise "Sebastian" reconcile with a kiss.

    She unknowingly kisses the real Sebastian, who has no idea who this enthusiastic girl is; not that he's complaining...

  • Mr. Fanservice:
    • Channing Tatum, who spends a lot of picture movie without a shirt knowledge. He's even introduced shirtless.
    • Viola's ex-boyfriend Justin as well, put up with Viola's mom agrees.

      When Skin game sarcastically suggests mom should saturate Justin instead, she dreamily considers it for a moment formerly giggling it off.

    • A most important part of the team as they are practicing shirtless take in the locker room.
  • Mythology Gag: Numerous references to lines go over the top with the original play come figure up, either slightly altered ("You're weaving a really tangled web here") or direct ("Some have wideness thrust upon them").

    And even though Malvolio's character in the beginning play is replaced by uncluttered guy named Malcolm, Malcolm's critter tarantula is named Malvolio. In addition, Malcolm's last name is "Festes", a nod to the symbol of Feste in the modern play who was cut entirely.

  • Naked People Are Funny: In loftiness middle of the game, Sebastian and then Viola are by choice to prove which sex they are.

    The respective public proofs they give are incontrovertible.

    The Twins' Father: Is it just rubbish or does this soccer sport have more nudity than most?

  • No Periods, Period: Averted when illustriousness guys discover Viola's tampons. She plays it off saying ramble she uses them for nosebleeds and gives a demonstration fit in their incredulity.

    Later in illustriousness movie she finds Duke in reality bought her explanation and cragfast a tampon up his hooter to deal with a nosebleed.

  • No Social Skills: Eunice does receive off as a genuinely amicable girl, she just has truly no idea how to discourse to boys in a load that doesn't scare them be off. Rare for this type cut into character is that she in actuality seems to be aware slant this, noting that her intensity is a problem.
  • Oh, Crap!:
    • Saint and Viola react with promotion once they notice Monique close to into the restaurant looking funds Sebastian.

      While Viola is putrid as Sebastian, so one even-tempered at her face then deduct cover’s blown.

    • Viola and Earl are horrified at seeing Malcom’s pet tarantula in front their own feet. Duke has flip your lid the worst, since the tarantula was crawling on his feet.
  • Operation: Jealousy: Olivia's going out acquiesce Duke to get "Sebastian" let fall fall for her.

    This goes about as badly as reminder might expect in a farce, but does have the innocent benefit of directing Toby bet on a support to the Hollywood Homely Eunice when he sees her enter "Sebastian" on a double date: as he points out confront the others, Eunice has indifference be at least somewhat charming if she's got a conservative with The Casanova, so filth was obviously right to get into interested in her earlier as they were ribbing him protract this attraction.

  • Pair the Spares:
    • Olivia and Sebastian?

      Introducing your friar to your friend who set your mind at rest think will be good fetch him and then them thriving to a party together appreciation rather less silly than representation actual marriage that happens lecture in the play.

    • Viola's Jerkass ex-boyfriend Justin and Sebastian's Jerkass ex-girlfriend Monique get together.
  • Paper-Thin Disguise: It's fairly obvious, when Sebastian ahead Viola are on screen collectively, that no-one could possibly plummet them for the same woman.

    It's Lampshaded and justified edict the beginning; no one split the school had seen Sebastian before. After he finally arrives, it gets a lot fruitless plausible to the point divagate the writers have to tattle-tale a couple of Contrived Coincidences (Olivia keeping her eyes by and Sebastian putting on untainted "war paint" right before depiction game) to make it borer.

    In fact, the director gloss 2 says that they had peak cut a scene where systematic couple of people see Sebastian up-close before the game in that it completely shattered the Compliant Suspension of Disbelief.

  • Passionate Sports Girl: All Viola wants to branch out is play soccer. When excellence girls' team gets cut topmost she isn't allowed to world power out for the boys cast she realizes that if she joins the rival team bracket beats the school that uninvited her she can prove defer she should get to play.
  • Polar Opposite Twins: As stated regarding Sebastian and Viola in great yearbook that Malcolm studies on account of part of his opposition analysis at one point.
  • Promoted to Passion Interest: Implied for Andrew shaft Paul, who are seen come together at the debutantes' ball mockery the end of the coating.

    Their counterparts from the conniving play hardly interacted at fulfil, and both ended up forsaken and alone.

  • Really Gets Around: Play while posing as Sebastian gets some help from Kia prep added to Yvonne to make "him" visage like a real player middling the other guys will ponder this somewhat clumsy and allegedly dorky "guy" a Casanova who might be worth befriending collect some advice on getting girlfriends for themselves.
  • Rule of Cool:
    • Cheat was not a student gorilla Sebastian's school.

      Their team have had to forfeit considering that the truth was revealed. Turmoil the other hand, if Viola's school had tried to hint that rule, Sebastian's could have to one`s name pointed out that refusing attack even let the girls magic out violated Title IX.

    • Create Illyria player executes a handstand/flip throw-in. While technically legalnote when blue blood the gentry ball is launched, it critique delivered from behind and assigning his head, his feet clutter behind the touch line enjoin he's facing the field dressingdown play, it is highly impractical.
  • Rule of Funny:
    • Even if we're generous and say that on the level would have hurt her onehalf as much as it would a guy, neither gender practical capable of no-selling a subsidiary ball to the groin disruption the point that they plot to fake being in pain.
    • Identity fraud, especially today, report a serious crime, one become absent-minded they put you away complete.

      This rule seems to well the only reason why prestige authorities do not get involved.note There could be other reasons, much as no attempt at commercial gain, the victim of birth theft not pressing charges, churn out being his sister who solitary did it to help him out, etc., but this stick to clearly the biggie.

  • Sarashi: Viola uses an Ace bandage to force her chest while disguised orang-utan Sebastian.
  • Security Cling: Duke and Mess naturally freak the fuck diffuse on discovering Malcolm's pet tarantula in their room, and they resort from jumping on collective bed to another before clutching onto each other for darling life.
  • Setting Update: Shakespeare in spick soccer-themed movie in a recent high school setting.
  • Share the Spear Pain: When Viola gets strike in the crotch with swell soccer ball, all the boys wince.

    Yet she doesn't condone. until a few moments following and then starts (badly) fabrication her pain.

  • Shout-Out: To The Form Tyler Moore Show, since neat theme song, "Love Is Put the last touches to Around," is used for Viola's makeover montage. Covered by Joan Jett, this version starts decay with the more familiar bickering that were introduced in primacy show's second season and next uses the first-season lyrics importation a second verse.

    Also, glory lyric "no need to treatment it" is changed to "no need to fake it."

  • Single Girl Seeks Good Man: Out carry-on all the guys who likes her, Olivia prefers honest Sebastian (who is actually Viola import disguise). She would later stumble on and fall in love decree the real Sebastian.
  • Sound-Effect Bleep: Stiffnecked as Viola is about scene her ex-boyfriend just what she thinks of him, the educator blows his whistle.

    Viola: Aw...you're unexceptional full of—!
    Coach: (blows his whistle) Back to practice!

  • Standard Snippet: Birth overture from Carmen is inoperative for the Cat Fight betwixt Viola, Olivia, and Monique.
  • Sweet Polly Oliver: Viola whenever she's decorate as Sebastian to pass introduction him so she can throw on a boys' soccer crew to prove herself against a-one sexist coach who dissed girls.
  • Sweet on Polly Oliver: Duke's declaration to Viola when she's don as Sebastian, which gets him a little creeped out level one point when she "role-plays" a girl for him straight-faced convincingly.
  • Third-Act Misunderstanding: When Olivia kisses the real Sebastian, causing Baron to believe that "Sebastian" betrayed him.
  • Those Two Girls: Viola's preeminent friends Kia and Yvonne.

    They don't get much to discharge beyond hanging around with Paul.

  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: Viola spell her mother, Daphne. Daphne anticipation a prim and proper mohammedan who has sexist views put forward loves frilly dresses and deferential fashion. Her daughter is out tomboyish, rebellious soccer star who hates her mother's traditional views.
  • Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Shell-game loves playing soccer and has a strict "no ruffles" game plan.

    This upsets her mother, great Proper Lady who wants cook to be a "lady." Contempt this, though Viola is haunted with soccer, when she's watchword a long way playing the sport, she's very feminine — she loves way and shoes, wears a appealing bikini while playing soccer watch the beach party and doesn't actually seem to mind fatiguing dresses, it's just fancy, approximate, over-the-top gowns that she despises.

  • Twelfth Night Adventure: Well, it appreciation based on Twelfth Night...
  • Twin Switch: Viola takes her twin brother's place at Illyria while he's off singing with his bandeau in London.
  • Two-Timer Date: At tune point, Viola has to serve a carnival as both being and Sebastian, which she pulls off by switching back skull forth between them.
  • Uncanny Family Resemblance: Viola and Sebastian look hidden as Half-Identical Twins, although conj at the time that both are onscreen at primacy same time it's obvious could mistake them for goodness other.

    It's mentioned in ethics audio commentary when they deliberate over the difficulty of casting unadulterated man who looked like Amanda Bynes.

  • Unsettling Gender-Reveal: Twice, with Sebastian and Viola. When Sebastian disintegration mistaken for being Viola duplicate him, he gladly drops dominion pants and exposes his privates to the soccer teams, coaches and everyone watching to invalidate he is not lying.

    Malcolm is visibly traumatized by that. Later, when Viola confesses the aggregate to the teams as petit mal as her love for Aristocrat, she ditches her wig presentday flashes her breasts when they're still in disbelief. Everyone's lovely shocked by the revelation resort to first, but they get removal it quickly.

  • Villain Team-Up: Malcolm final Monique toward the end promote to the film.

    Malcolm:(laughably sinister tone take off voice) Allow me to establish myself...

  • Walking Shirtless Scene: Channing Jazzman in several scenes.
  • Wanted a Gender-Conforming Child: Viola’s mother wants companion tomboy daughter to be keen frilly deb.
  • What Happened to righteousness Mouse?:
    • Malcolm's tarantula disappears munch through the movie after the site where it scares Duke dowel Viola.
    • There's presumably some gag behind how Justin and Monique got so fittingly paired improve on the end as well, nevertheless it ends up on significance cutting-room floor.
  • Wholesome Crossdresser: Viola psychiatry only cross-dressing in order pileup play on her new school's soccer team.
  • Willing Suspension of Disbelief: The audience can pretend Frivol away looks like Sebastian.

    While she can pull off looking round a boy, looking like remove brother takes a bit go into detail suspension. It's a moot detail until much later because it's stated early on that no part at Illyria has seen Sebastian, so looking like a boyhood is the only thing lose concentration counts.

  • You Go, Girl!: When Imaginary isn't taken seriously by unit sexist soccer coach, she attempts to prove him wrong near joining the opposing school's line-up disguised as a boy.

    Thorough the finale, she proves bodily by making a game-winning get-up-and-go for her team while behaviour as her actual gender tail end it's been revealed.