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The series was revived in 1980 with ''The Wildcats of St Trinian's''. In this movie, Joe Melia replaced George Cole as Flash Harry, and the film was not a success.
The franchise would have to wait 27 more years before a new film came out, this time simply called ''St. Trinian's'' (''St. Trinian's School for (Bad) Girls'' in DVD release). In this one, the school is threatened with foreclosure by the bank , Headmistress Miss Fritton's brother (who wishes to build on the old ground) and the ultra-conservative Minister of Education. Faced with threats from all sides, the girls decide to pull off the biggest heist ever concocted by a bunch of teenagers. This one features Colin Firth as the Minister of Education, and thus avoids the [[Celebrity Paradox]] by making jokes about ''Another Country'', ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' and ''[[Girl With a Pearl Earring]]''. It's also notable for having Colin Firth and Rupert Everett perform "Love is in the Air" over the end credits. There was also a poorly-received (though not bad) sequel, ''St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold'', in 2009 (featuring former [[
One notable thing about the films is the fact that the Headmistress, Miss Fritton, is played by a man (Alistair Sim and Rupert Everett) who [[Acting for Two|also plays]] [[Half-Identical Twins|her brother]]. The only constant, however, is Flash Harry (played by [[Russell Brand]] in the 2007 film).
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* [[Fake Band]]: Girls Aloud 'play' one in the closing scenes of the 2007 movie.
** Another group, The Banned of St. Trinian's, are featured in the 2009 film. As the DVD reveals, the actresses playing the band actually recorded the vocals for the two songs they're show performing. (A member of Girls Aloud, Sarah Harding, is a lead cast member in the second film, but does not perform with this group.)
* [[Famous-Named Foreigner]]: In the 2007 film, there is a French teacher called Miss [
* [[Feigning Intelligence]] : Done as part of a [[Xanatos Roulette]] in the 2007 St. Trinian's. It helps that they actually know some of the answers.
* [[Fille Fatale]]: The Posh Totties.
* [[Go Among Mad People]]: A staple of the movies is showing how normal people react to being thrown into the school. Usually, they wind up either becoming paranoid or joining in the craziness. In the 2007 film an official at the Ministry of Education is shown to still suffer twitches and tics because of his brief exposure to the school.
* [[Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen]]: In the 2007 film, the girls band together to effect this trope on new girl Annabelle Fritton as she showers, filming the resulting nekkid antics on hidden cameras and broadcasting it on [[YouTube]].
* [[Handcar Pursuit]]: ''The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery''
* [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: In the 2009 film, an entire organization exists for hating women. Both Lord and [[Identical Grandson|Sir]] Pomfrey's motivations are solely because of this as well.
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* [[Laser Hallway]]: The 2007 film gives us just about every heist movie trope in the space of thirty minutes.
** And any not covered in that film are covered in the 2009 film.
* [[Last
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: The lower year girls.
* [[Lovable Rogue]]: Flash Harry.
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* [[Sexy Schoolwoman]]: Some of the senior girls.
** Particularly in the reboot film (emphasized by the fact the vast majority of the cast were actually in their 20s).
* [[Shout
** ''Pride and Prejudice'' gets ''a lot'':
*** Many of the cast have some connection to ''P&P'': Colin Firth was Mr. Darcy and Anna Chancellor (Miss Bagstock) was Miss Bingley in the 1995 miniseries; Talulah Riley (Annabelle) was Mary Bennet in the 2005 film version; and Gemma Arterton (Kelly) was Elizabeth Bennet in the 2008 miniseries ''[[Lost in Austen]]''.
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