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''It's A Boy Girl Thing'' is a 2006 [[Freaky Friday Flip|body-swap]] [[Gender Bender]] romantic comedy starring Samaire Armstrong and Kevin Zegers.
''It's A Boy Girl Thing'' is a 2006 [[Freaky Friday Flip|body-swap]] [[Gender Bender]] romantic comedy starring Samaire Armstrong and Kevin Zegers.


Nell (Armstrong) and Woody (Zegers) are high school students and life long neighbours who have always got on each others nerves: she is an [[Hollywood Nerd|uptight straight-A student]] and he is a [[Big Man on Campus|popular football jock.]] On a field trip to a museum they start arguing in front of the statue of an [[Mayincatec|Aztec god]]. The following morning they wake up in each others bodies and [[Hilarity Ensues]]...
Nell (Armstrong) and Woody (Zegers) are high school students and life long neighbours who have always got on each other's nerves: she is an [[Hollywood Nerd|uptight straight-A student]] and he is a [[Big Man on Campus|popular football jock.]] On a field trip to a museum they start arguing in front of the statue of an [[Mayincatec|Aztec god]]. The following morning they wake up in each other's bodies and [[Hilarity Ensues]]...


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* [[Black Best Friend]]: Horse, though he's a bit of a subversion since he turns out to be a [[Jerk Jock]].
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Horse, though he's a bit of a subversion since he turns out to be a [[Jerk Jock]].
* [[Book Dumb]]: Woody is a classic example, being a genuis on the football field but a lousy student at best.
* [[Book Dumb]]: Woody is a classic example, being a genuis on the football field but a lousy student at best.
* [[Character Development]]: Noticable for both protagonists, but especially for Woody, who starts off as a major [[Jerkass]] towards more than just Nell.
* [[Character Development]]: Noticeable for both protagonists, but especially for Woody, who starts off as a major [[Jerkass]] towards more than just Nell.
* [[The Cheerleader]]: Breanna
* [[The Cheerleader]]: Breanna
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Samaire Armstrong was in her mid-20's at time of filming.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Samaire Armstrong was in her mid-20's at time of filming.
* [[Didn't Think This Through]]: Woody's [[Cunning Plan]] to get Nell a reputation as being a slut falls apart when Woody realises just who is going to be experiencing the drunken sex.
* [[Didn't Think This Through]]: Woody's cunning plan to get Nell a reputation as being a slut falls apart when Woody realises just who is going to be experiencing the drunken sex.
* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]
* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]
* [[Gender Bender]]: Via a [[Freaky Friday Flip]].
* [[Gender Bender]]: Via a [[Freaky Friday Flip]].
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* [[Going Commando]]
* [[Going Commando]]
* [[Grammar Nazi]]: Nell and her father.
* [[Grammar Nazi]]: Nell and her father.
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]: Nell is played by the really cute Samaire Armstrong who clearly went to the same 'nerd' school as [[Alyson Hannigan]].
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]: Nell is played by the really cute Samaire Armstrong who clearly went to the same "nerd" school as [[Alyson Hannigan]].
* [[Jerk Jock]]: Horse, who's a serial womaniser. We're not really given any indications that he's ever been a bad friend to Woody though.
* [[Jerk Jock]]: Horse, who's a serial womaniser. We're not really given any indications that he's ever been a bad friend to Woody though.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Woody, who evidently [[Stealth Pun|wakes up every morning with one]].
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Woody, who evidently [[Stealth Pun|wakes up every morning with one]].
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