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{{quote| Life comes at you fast. It runs through your body and tries to escape and be expressed in any way possible. It's a lot like lightning.}} |
{{quote| Life comes at you fast. It runs through your body and tries to escape and be expressed in any way possible. It's a lot like lightning.}} |
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''Struck by Lighting'' is |
''Struck by Lighting'' is a 2012 film written by [[Chris Colfer]]. It is a [[Coming of Age Story]] centered on [[Small Towns|small-town]] resident Carson Phillips, a teenager using blackmail on various students to make a newspaper to submit to a college. |
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=== Tropes used in this movie (or at least the promo) include: === |
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* [[Blackmail]]: Carson blackmails the ''entire school'' to make them write for his literary magazine. |
* [[Blackmail]]: Carson blackmails the ''entire school'' to make them write for his literary magazine. |
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Carson |
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Carson |
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* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Narration]]: Carson.}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Narration]]: Carson.}} |
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* [[Scandalgate]]: Clovergate. |
* [[Scandalgate]]: Clovergate. |
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* [[Timeshifted Actor]]: Chris uses Adam Kolkin to play himself as a child; the same was done on one episode of |
* [[Timeshifted Actor]]: Chris uses Adam Kolkin to play himself as a child; the same was done on one episode of ''[[Glee]]''. |
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* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: They leave out the fact that {{spoiler|Carson is struck by lightning and dies in the opening scene of the movie.}} |
* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: They leave out the fact that {{spoiler|Carson is struck by lightning and dies in the opening scene of the movie.}} |
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* [[Written By Cast Member]] |
* [[Written By Cast Member]] |
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Life comes at you fast. It runs through your body and tries to escape and be expressed in any way possible. It's a lot like lightning. |
Struck by Lighting is a 2012 film written by Chris Colfer. It is a Coming of Age Story centered on small-town resident Carson Phillips, a teenager using blackmail on various students to make a newspaper to submit to a college.
Tropes used in Struck By Lightning (film) include:
- Blackmail: Carson blackmails the entire school to make them write for his literary magazine.
- Deadpan Snarker: Carson
- Everything Sounds Sexier in Spanish/Latin Lover: One of the students pretends to be a spanish exchange student in order to seduce girls.
- Hated Hometown
- Insistent Terminology: Carson seems to exclusively refer to sex as "fornication".
- Most Writers Are Writers
- Posthumous Narration: Carson.
- Scandalgate: Clovergate.
- Timeshifted Actor: Chris uses Adam Kolkin to play himself as a child; the same was done on one episode of Glee.
- Trailers Always Lie: They leave out the fact that Carson is struck by lightning and dies in the opening scene of the movie.
- Written By Cast Member