The PIP soundtrack and Andie’s karmann ghia are the only things that have stood the test of time. That soundtrack is everything! :-)

I mean a major plot point was that she was formerly popular and was always conceived as conventionally pretty but had been date-raped by another popular kid and shut down emotionally while bottling her rage. The devil is in the details. 

You mean aside from Duckie being a stalker and Andie ultimately devaluing herself and submitting to a guy who viewed her as “less”..?

Oddly enough, the ballgown skirt with mismatched top style was credited to Sharon Stone when she decided to top a ballgown skirt with a Gap oxford at an awards show (presumably because she didn’t like the intended option). While Sharon looked great, it was never intended to be a trend. Then the youngs changed that to…

I think you can in Europe. 

This.

The movie took place in Tacoma, not Seattle.

“and staring down a car full of pretty girls”.

Even then, Kat did have foils in Ms. Perky and Mr. Morgan, who subtly and not-so-subtly called her on her bullshit.

I sometimes yell “SCOOT!” at students at the end of conversations in honor of Allison Janney’s character.

Same. My dress looked a lot like Kat’s, but everyone else was wearing tulle ballgowns with crop tops.

The amount of writers that are celebrating 10 Things and publishing their thoughts that mirror my own about the film is, just... I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed?

From the Bourne Supremacy wiki:

Ditto - lets hear it for ‘94-’98!!

Yes! I’ve always wondered if there are scenes on the cutting room floor with more Nicky development.  Why cast a relatively known actress for such a nothing role?  She and Matt Damon also had interesting chemistry that made it seem there was more to their story that was never revealed.

Honestly for me it was the episode where Maya gets a little obsessed with a ...certain activity. I had to look them up because “IS THIS REALLY APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THESE PRETEEN ACTORS MIME THIS ON CAMERA... omg she’s 31. OMG SHE’S 31??”

I unabashedly and apologetically LOVE this movie and I was in my late 20's when it came out. The entire cast is pitch perfect. Allison Janney is amazing! Plus, Gabrielle Union is a year older than I and played a sophomore! The woman Does. Not. Age.

Flail story: In 8th grade, everyone was required to take choir. It was easily the biggest classroom in the school, and the class size was enormous. Which was nice, because i could hide my terrible singing voice by mostly lip-syncing and thinking about The Girl of My Dreams, named Shanna, who was also in the class.

Julia Stiles was so very good in this movie. She was also way underutilized in the Bourne franchise.

I will say, as a more serious response - Claire Danes Angela in My So Called Life (1994) was a much firmer establishment of the ‘hot teen outcast girl’, and, for my late Gen-X