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{{quote|''Duke '''wants''' Olivia who '''likes''' Sebastian who is really Viola whose brother is '''dating''' Monique so she '''hates''' Olivia who's with Duke to make Sebastian '''jealous''' who is really Viola who's '''crushing''' on Duke who thinks she's a guy...''
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''[[She's the Man]]'' is a 2006 teenaged [[Romantic Comedy]] starring Amanda Bynes (''[[The Amanda Show]]'') and [[Mr. Fanservice|Channing Tatum]]. Not a critically acclaimed film (then again many romantic teen films are generally not), it bears some resemblance to ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', clearly an attempt to capitalize on the success of ''[[
Basically, [[Tomboy]] Viola (Amanda Bynes) is intensely into soccer, so much that when her school, Cornwall, cancels the girl's soccer team and refuses to let her play on the boy's soccer team she hatches a [[Sweet Polly Oliver|brilliant plan to show them and her JerkAss ex-boyfriend that a girl can play just as well as a boy.]] Basically, Viola has a twin brother, Sebastian (James Kirk, no not [[
With the help of a [[Pet Homosexual|Gay Best Friend]], Viola becomes Sebastian!Viola, enters Illyria, and [[A Worldwide Punomenon|voilà!]] (the pesky problem of how their parents aren't realizing what's going on is that Illyria is a boarding school and the parents are divorced, so both Viola and Sebastian simply tell each that they are staying with the other, because [[Fridge Logic|it's not like divorced parents ever call each other to care for their children.]]) Her roommate is Duke, the eventual [[Love Interest]], [[Captain Obvious|obviously]] but Sebastian!Viola has problems at first because of Sebastian's permanent record (he's a troublemaker, what can we say) and the fact that Viola is still a girl. Eventually with the sprinkling of [[Magical Queer]] magic, Sebastian!Viola is accepted into Duke's group of friends but is still second string for the boys soccer team.
Enter [[Romantic False Lead|Olivia]] who becomes Sebastian!Viola's lab partner, though Duke has a [[Stalker
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* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Viola loves Duke, who loves Olivia, who loves Sebastian, who is actually Viola. Eventually they get it all sorted out happily, though.
* [[Always Camp]]
* [[Bathroom Stall of Overheard Insults]]: Monique in the bathroom stall while Viola and Olivia are talking.
* [[Billy Elliot Plot]]: The basic plot revolves around the fact Viola isn't taken seriously as a female footballer.
* [[Brick Joke]]: "Do you like cheese? My favorite's Gouda."
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Malcolm, who plays the character of Malvolio in the original.
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Amanda Bynes bites into the scenery and doesn't let it go when she's playing Sebastian.
* [[Compressed Hair]]: Viola's long, thick hair somehow fits underneath a fairly short wig. While any cosplayer can tell you it's possible with a wig cap and hair grips, Viola's shown to wear the wig directly on top of her hair.
* [[Different As Night and Day]]
* [[Eek!
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Channing Tatum, who spends a lot of the movie without a shirt on.
* [[Everyone Loves Blondes]]: Olivia Lennox has Duke and Malcolm chasing her and the rest of the guys admiring her but she would rather have the honest Sebastian.
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* [[Gretzky Has the Ball]]: Sebastian!Viola convincing the coach to put her back into play after the real Sebastian had been substituted.
* [[Groin Attack]]: When Viola gets hit by the soccer ball. Could also be a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]
* [[Half
* [[High School AU]]: Of [[Twelfth Night]].
* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: Everything gets messed up just in time for the climax at the soccer game. It's [[Shakespeare]]. Seriously.
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* [[I Need to Go Iron My Dog]]: "I've gotta go change my...feet."
* [[Incoming]]
* [[Is It Just Me?]]
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: The tagline pokes fun at this.
* [[My Sibling Will
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Numerous references to lines from the original play come up, either slightly altered ("You're weaving a really tangled web here") or direct ("Some have greatness thrust upon them"). And although Malvolio's character in the original play is replaced by a guy named Malcolm, Malcolm's pet tarantula is named Malvolio.
* [[No Periods, Period]]: The tampax moment. One of the most hilarious parts of the movie.
* [[Out
* [[Pair the Spares]]: Olivia and Sebastian? They don't know each other and Viola just gets them together at the end of the soccer game.
** Taken straight from [[Twelfth Night|the source material]] in all fairness. Made just as little sense there, but still, it's the genre.
*** In some ways it makes ''more'' sense than the source material. Introducing your brother to your friend who you think will be good for him and then them going to a party together is rather less silly than the actual marriage that happens in the play.
* [[Paper
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] and [[Justified Trope|justified]] in the beginning. No one at the school had ''seen'' Sebastian before. Afterwards, that's a little less plausible.
* [[Pet Homosexual]]: Paul.
* [[Sarashi]]: Viola binds her chest with bandages.
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Probably how Olivia sees Sebastian and Duke not knowing Sebastian is actually a girl.
* [[Setting Update]]
* [[Share the Male Pain]]
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Out of all the guys who likes her, Olivia prefers honest
* [[Sound Effect Bleep]]
* [[Stalker
** Also Malcolm to Olivia
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* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]: Viola whenever she's dressed as Sebastian.
* [[Sweet
* [[Tomboy]]: Viola, as much as her mother wants her to be a "lady"
* [[Twelfth Night Adventure]]: Well, it is based on Twelfth Night...
* [[Twin Switch]]
* [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]]: Viola and Sebastian look
** Mentioned in the audio commentary when they discuss the difficulty of casting a man who looked like Amanda Bynes.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Channing Tatum. In several scenes. [[Fan Yay|Yay]].
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