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[[File:imgNever_Been_Kissed1.jpg|framethumb|400px|Promotional poster for the movie]]
 
'''[[Never Been Kissed']]'' is a 1999 [[Romantic Comedy|comedy]] directed by Raja Gosnell and starring [[Drew Barrymore]] and David Arquette, It was produced by Drew Barrymore's [[Shameless Self Promoter|production company]], '''Flower Films'''.
[[Drew Barrymore|Josie Geller]] is a 25-year-old journalist assigned to report undercover as a [[Adults Dressed As Children|high school student]] to help parents become more aware of their children's lives. Back when she really was a high school student, Josie was a nerd with bad personal hygiene; as a result she was very unpopular. Her initial efforts to fit in at school are about as successful as they were in her teens, but with the help of her brother Rob (Arquette), Josie becomes more popular. She also finds herself falling for one of her teachers, who believes she's 17 years old and is disturbed by his own attraction to her. When he learns the truth, it becomes a question of whether he can forgive her for the deception or if that will keep them from being together.▼
 
▲[[Drew Barrymore|Josie Geller]] is a 25-year-old journalist assigned to report undercover as a [[Adults Dressed Asas Children|high school student]] to help parents become more aware of their children's lives. Back when she really was a high school student, Josie was a nerd with bad personal hygiene; as a result she was very unpopular. Her initial efforts to fit in at school are about as successful as they were in her teens, but with the help of her brother Rob (Arquette), Josie becomes more popular. She also finds herself falling for one of her teachers, who believes she's 17 years old and is disturbed by his own attraction to her. When he learns the truth, it becomes a question of whether he can forgive her for the deception or if that will keep them from being together.
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* [[Acquired Situational Narcissism]]: Averted at first, but then play straight for a while later in the film.
* [[Adults Dressed Asas Children]]
* [[Big Man Onon Campus]]: Guy Perkins and later, Rob Geller.
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: In order to get his sister more popular, [[Big Man Onon Campus|Rob]] lied and said that he and her dated. Of course, they are both undercover and no one knows that they are siblings. Still kind of squicky, though.
* [[Chick Flick]]
* [[Dawson Casting]]: One of the reasons Drew Barrymore blended in; most of the other high school students were also in their mid twenties. Averted by [[Jessica Alba]] as one of the school's most popular girls ("Nuh-uh, I'm Disco Barbie!") and [[Leelee Sobieski]] - the movie was released just over a fortnight before Jessica's 18th birthday, and Leelee turned 16 a few months ''later''.
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* [[Hot for Teacher]]: Played with.
* [[Intoxication Ensues]]: Josie eats a brownie at a dance club. The man who gave it to her said it was rich in ''Vitamins T, H, & C!''. She ends up passing out, and her hand-stamp ends up writing "loser" on her head.
* [[In Withwith the In Crowd]]: A large part of the plot
* [[Of Course I'm Not a Virgin]]: For those wondering, no, Josie's been kissed before. She's just never ''really'' been kissed.
* [[Prank Date]]: Josie's real high school prom was a nightmare. As seen in a flashback, the most popular boy in school asked her to the prom - and on the night of the prom, threw eggs at her from the limo with actual date.
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