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''Thirteen Going On Thirty'' is a [[Romantic Comedy]] movie about a girl named Jenna Rink ([[Jennifer Garner]]) who is 13 and suffers from the ageless drama of 13-year-old girls: she doesn't have enough boobs, she doesn't have enough cool clothes, [[Jerk Jock|she doesn't have a beautiful and popular boyfriend]], and she definitely doesn't [[In With the In Crowd|have friends among the In Crowd]].
''13 Going On 30'' is a [[Romantic Comedy]] movie about a girl named Jenna Rink ([[Jennifer Garner]]) who is 13 and suffers from the ageless drama of 13-year-old girls: she doesn't have enough boobs, she doesn't have enough cool clothes, [[Jerk Jock|she doesn't have a beautiful and popular boyfriend]], and she definitely doesn't [[In with the In Crowd|have friends among the In Crowd]].


As a solution to this, she [[Be Careful What You Wish For|wishes]] to become older and successful and beautiful and popular and pretty much everything else. So, with [[Applied Phlebotinum|a little help from a magic dust]], she ages seventeen years in a blink, and wakes up as powerful magazine editor, whose best friend is Lucy Wyman, aka Tom-Tom ([[Judy Greer]]) [[Alpha Bitch|the old queen bee]] at her school.
As a solution to this, she [[Be Careful What You Wish For|wishes]] to become older and successful and beautiful and popular and pretty much everything else. So, with [[Applied Phlebotinum|a little help from a magic dust]], she ages seventeen years in a blink, and wakes up as powerful magazine editor, whose best friend is Lucy Wyman, aka Tom-Tom ([[Judy Greer]]) [[Alpha Bitch|the old queen bee]] at her school.
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The only problem is: she doesn't remember a thing of how she passed the past years. Matt ([[Mark Ruffalo]]), [[Nerds Are Sexy|a nerd]] who was her only friend at high school, helps her to find herself; but what if she does not like how she turned out to be?
The only problem is: she doesn't remember a thing of how she passed the past years. Matt ([[Mark Ruffalo]]), [[Nerds Are Sexy|a nerd]] who was her only friend at high school, helps her to find herself; but what if she does not like how she turned out to be?


For the trope that this movie used to name, see [[Overnight Age Up]].
For the trope that this movie used to name, see [[Overnight Age-Up]].
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=== This film provides examples of the following tropes: ===

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Tom-Tom (a.k.a. Lucy) in her high school days.
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Tom-Tom (a.k.a. Lucy) in her high school days.
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: So, you want to be thirty AND have money AND power AND boobs? Absurd. The only way you'll ever have all that is if you became a Class A Bitch.
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: So, you want to be thirty ''and'' have money ''and'' power ''and'' boobs? Absurd. The only way you'll ever have all that is if you became a Class A Bitch.
* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: {{spoiler|Jenna to Matt, right before his wedding}}.
* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: {{spoiler|Jenna to Matt, right before his wedding}}.
* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Jenna, of course. Yes, she may have turned out to be a 30-year-old bitch, but she certainly isn't dumb.
* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Jenna, of course. Yes, she may have turned out to be a 30-year-old bitch, but she certainly isn't dumb.
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* [[Character Development]]: Jenna realizes that maybe there's more to life than money and success. Something more along the lines of Becoming A Better Person.
* [[Character Development]]: Jenna realizes that maybe there's more to life than money and success. Something more along the lines of Becoming A Better Person.
* [[Corrupt the Cutie]]: In this case, Jenna kind of corrupts herself, but...
* [[Corrupt the Cutie]]: In this case, Jenna kind of corrupts herself, but...
* [[Dance Line]]: Jenna does this during the Thriller dance part.
* [[Dance Line]]: Jenna does this during the "Thriller" dance part.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: The key songs in the movie are "Jessie's Girl," "Love Is A Battlefield" and "Thriller" - hits in 1981, 1983 and 1984 respectively, which don't really seem credible for a 13-year-old girl in ''1987'' (which she would have to be, since the film was released in 2004) to have at the top of her fave raves list - and someone on the production must have known this, hence Jenna bursting into the much more plausible "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" by Wang Chung (from 1986).
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: The key songs in the movie are "Jessie's Girl," "Love Is A Battlefield" and "Thriller" -- hits in 1981, 1983 and 1984 respectively, which don't really seem credible for a 13-year-old girl in ''1987'' (which she would have to be, since the film was released in 2004) to have at the top of her fave raves list -- and someone on the production must have known this, hence Jenna bursting into the much more plausible "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" by Wang Chung (from 1986).
* [[Doting Parent]]
* [[Doting Parent]]
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Tom-Tom. I mean, Tom-Tom?
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Tom-Tom. I mean, Tom-Tom?
** Not that Jenna's is any better - "Sweetbottom"? (Mind you, many men would agree it fits considering she's played by Jennifer Garner.)
** Not that Jenna's is any better -- "Sweetbottom"? (Mind you, many men would agree it fits considering she's played by Jennifer Garner.)
* [[Emotional Torque]]: The [[Older Than Television|always present]] Aaaaaaaw Sound, mostly. Specially at the end, {{spoiler|when the Loving Couple finally get together}}.
* [[Emotional Torque]]: The [[Older Than Television|always present]] Aaaaaaaw Sound, mostly. Specially at the end, {{spoiler|when the Loving Couple finally get together}}.
* [[Falling in Love Montage]]
* [["Falling in Love" Montage]]
* [[Family Versus Career]]: Jenna has to choose: She gets True Love, or she gets a good job and a lot of money. There's more to the plot than that, but these are pretty much the basics of it.
* [[Family Versus Career]]: Jenna has to choose: She gets True Love, or she gets a good job and a lot of money. There's more to the plot than that, but these are pretty much the basics of it.
* [[Fashion Magazine]]: "Poise" magazine.
* [[Fashion Magazine]]: "Poise" magazine.
* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Jenna goes from being a teen in [[The Eighties]] to being an adult during the [[Turn of the Millennium]]. The movie ignores many of the problems (and humor) which might result from the [[Time Travel]] aspect of the plot. Is Jenna going around as a 30-year-old high-powered magazine editor in 2004 thinking [[The Great Politics Mess Up|the Soviet Union still exists]] or that [[Michael Jackson]] is still black? Who knows, it's never brought up. However, a few jokes are brought up: she doesn't initially know what a cell phone ringing is, and she thinks Eminem is the candy brand.
* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Jenna goes from being a teen in [[The Eighties]] to being an adult during the [[Turn of the Millennium]]. The movie ignores many of the problems (and humor) which might result from the [[Time Travel]] aspect of the plot. Is Jenna going around as a 30-year-old high-powered magazine editor in 2004 thinking [[The Great Politics Mess-Up|the Soviet Union still exists]] or that [[Michael Jackson]] is still black? Who knows, it's never brought up. However, a few jokes are brought up: she doesn't initially know what a cell phone ringing is, and she thinks Eminem is the candy brand.
* [[Future Me Scares Me]]
* [[Future Me Scares Me]]
* [[Girl Next Door]]: Jenna and Matt grew up next door to each other.
* [[Girl Next Door]]: Jenna and Matt grew up next door to each other.
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* [[Growing Up Sucks]]
* [[Growing Up Sucks]]
* [[Happily Ever After]]: What did you expect?
* [[Happily Ever After]]: What did you expect?
* [[Hey Its That Guy]]: Jenna's boss is frikkin [[Lord of the Rings (Film)|Gollum!]]
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Jenna's boss is frikkin' [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Gollum!]]
** Younger Matt was [[Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends|Mac]]
** Younger Matt was [[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends|Mac]]
*** Older Matt is [[The Avengers|Bruce Banner]].
*** Older Matt is [[The Avengers|Bruce Banner]].
* [[Home Sweet Home]]
* [[Home, Sweet Home]]
* [[High School]]: The part between times that she doesn't remember, that is.
* [[High School]]: The part between times that she doesn't remember, that is.
* [[High School Sweethearts]]: Jenna and Matt, obviously.
* [[High School Sweethearts]]: Jenna and Matt, obviously.
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Jenna concerning Lucy.
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Jenna concerning Lucy.
* [[Just Friends]]: Jenna and Matt.
* [[Just Friends]]: Jenna and Matt.
* [[Market Based Title]]: For no apparent reason, the movie was released in Australia and Brazil as ''Suddenly 30''.
* [[Market-Based Title]]: For no apparent reason, the movie was released in Australia and Brazil as ''Suddenly 30''.
* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Jenna}} had been feeding a rival fashion magazine with ideas for articles that her magazine had been coming up with.
* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Jenna}} had been feeding a rival fashion magazine with ideas for articles that her magazine had been coming up with.
* [[Names the Same]]: [[Awkward (TV)|Jenna and Matty]]
* [[Name's the Same]]: [[Awkward (TV series)|Jenna and Matty]]
* [[Overnight Age Up]]
* [[Overnight Age-Up]]
* [[Popular History]]: The version of 1987 in which 13-year-old Jenna lives like a modern-day '80s-themed party.
* [[Popular History]]: The version of 1987 in which 13-year-old Jenna lives like a modern-day '80s-themed party.
* [[Racefor Your Love]]: {{spoiler|Jenna rushing to catch Matt at his wedding.}}
* [[Race For Your Love]]: {{spoiler|Jenna rushing to catch Matt at his wedding.}}
* [[Separated At Birth Casting]]: Christa Allen as Young Jenna. Jennifer Garner says that she looks identical to her when she was that age and the two were casted in similar roles in ''Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past''.
* [[Separated At Birth Casting]]: Christa Allen as Young Jenna. Jennifer Garner says that she looks identical to her when she was that age and the two were cast in similar roles in ''Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past''.
* [[Sleep Mask]]: Used by Jenna when she wakes up as adult.
* [[Sleep Mask]]: Used by Jenna when she wakes up as adult.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Jenna, when she wakes up 30, finds she is not the nice young girl she used to be.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Jenna, when she wakes up 30, finds she is not the nice young girl she used to be.
* [[The Reveal]]: Done ''twice'' because {{spoiler|the first-time viewers in the audience wouldn't know the significance of the letter from the rival Sparkle Magazine that turns up in her mail in the first reveal either}}.
* [[The Reveal]]: Done ''twice'' because {{spoiler|the first-time viewers in the audience wouldn't know the significance of the letter from the rival ''Sparkle Magazine'' that turns up in her mail in the first reveal either}}.
* [[Or Was It a Dream]]
* [[Or Was It a Dream?]]
* [[Reset Button]]
* [[Reset Button]]
* [[Ridiculously Successful Future Self]]
* [[Ridiculously Successful Future Self]]
* [[True Loves Kiss]]: Again, what did you expect?
* [[True Love's Kiss]]: Again, what did you expect?
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]
* [[X Meets Y]]: [[Big]] meets [[Regarding Henry]] with liberal sprinkling of [[Peggy Sue Got Married]] in reverse.
* [[X Meets Y]]: [[Big]] meets [[Regarding Henry]] with liberal sprinkling of [[Peggy Sue Got Married]] in reverse.
* [[You Can Leave Your Hat On]]: Jenna's boyfriend in a very-not-sexy scene.
* [[You Can Leave Your Hat On]]: Jenna's boyfriend in a very-not-sexy scene.
** To "Ice Ice, Baby" by [[Vanilla Ice (Music)|Vanilla Ice]], yet!
** To "Ice Ice, Baby" by [[Vanilla Ice]], yet!
* [[What Happened to The Mouse]]: To Matt's fiance
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: To Matt's fiance
* [[When She Smiles]]: The late night walk between Jenna and Matt.
* [[When She Smiles]]: The late night walk between Jenna and Matt.


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Latest revision as of 04:23, 11 May 2024

13 Going On 30 is a Romantic Comedy movie about a girl named Jenna Rink (Jennifer Garner) who is 13 and suffers from the ageless drama of 13-year-old girls: she doesn't have enough boobs, she doesn't have enough cool clothes, she doesn't have a beautiful and popular boyfriend, and she definitely doesn't have friends among the In Crowd.

As a solution to this, she wishes to become older and successful and beautiful and popular and pretty much everything else. So, with a little help from a magic dust, she ages seventeen years in a blink, and wakes up as powerful magazine editor, whose best friend is Lucy Wyman, aka Tom-Tom (Judy Greer) the old queen bee at her school.

The only problem is: she doesn't remember a thing of how she passed the past years. Matt (Mark Ruffalo), a nerd who was her only friend at high school, helps her to find herself; but what if she does not like how she turned out to be?

For the trope that this movie used to name, see Overnight Age-Up.

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