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''Superbad'' is a 2007 teen comedy written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (who began working on it when they were in high school and named the main characters after themselves), directed by Greg Mottola and produced by [[Judd Apatow]].

 

Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan ([[Michael Cera]]) are best friends, seniors in high school who are going off to different colleges next year. [[A Man Is Not a Virgin|It's their life's ambition to get laid before they leave high school.]] To achieve this, they volunteer to bring the alcohol to an end-of-the-year party where both of their respective crushes will be. They are forced to enlist the help of an annoying friend, Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), and his fake ID, which identifies him [[Only One Name|only as "McLOVIN"]]. Trying to buy the alcohol, he is caught up in the middle of a robbery, makes friends with the cops (Seth Rogen and Bill Hader), and spends the rest of the night being entertained by them. (That's not a euphemism. It looks like a great time.) Seth and Evan, assuming he's been arrested, strike out on their own to find some alcohol and make it to the party... which they eventually do, except the rest of the night isn't what they were expecting it to be.

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* [[Above the Influence]]: The movie uses this, although having sex is the point of the teenager's plan. It does have him getting together with the girl at the end. Also subverted somewhat, as {{spoiler|Jules is completely sober, and Seth is very much drunk.}} Happens at the climax, along with a more toned-down [[Gender Flip|gender-flipped]] variant.

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Seth. Maybe not even all that ambiguous.