Sydney White

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A modern take on "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" (originally titled Sydney White and the Seven Dorks) starring Amanda Bynes.

Motherless girl Sydney White, raised by her father and a group of construction workers, goes off to college with plans of joining her mother's sorority, Kappa Phi Nu.

She quickly makes friends with the other Legacy, ditzy blond Southern Belle Dinky, and meets the President of Kappa's brother frat, Tyler Prince - who just happens to be the Kappa president Rachel Witchburn's ex. He flirts with her, but Rachel sees and immediately dislikes her.

Sydney is allowed a bid due to the fact her mother was a Kappa, but things do not go well for her. Despite bonding with her fellow potentials, Rachel hates her, she isn't rich, and Tyler has developed quite an interest in her, much to Rachel's disapproval. On the first night of hazing, she brings an inappropriate date to date dash: hypochondriac, allergic, Vortex-dwelling Lenny. She likes him, but Rachel forces her to ditch him and sticks him with the check for some thirty people.

Everything blows up when, at the dance in the dress Rachel gave her, Sydney is kicked out and told, 'You will never be a Kappa.'. Homeless and feeling she has failed her mother, she goes out into the rain, sobbing on the street with her bags in front of the Vortex, so named for sucking in losers — a rundown, former student overflow housing on Greek row. Rachel wants the Vortex torn down for her country-club gym for greeks. Lenny and Spanky, two of the seven dorks, offer her a place to stay.

In the morning, Sydney notices just how run down the place is and suggests some repairs. Grumpy Gurkin, writer of People'sPunisher.com, rants about the control Rachel and the rest of the Greek oppression have on campus, making it impossible to get repairs. Later that day, she spots sign-up sheets for student council, sparking their Freedom to the Seventh Power party, stepping out of her own box, and a showdown debate with Rachel.

Tropes used in Sydney White include:

"We're Just Friends and, you know, I don't like him like that. Only a little. You know, occasionally. When his shirt's off."

  • Gender Blender Name: Especially at the beginning, when the construction workers are signing a card for 'Syd'.
  • Good Parents: Sydney may be Raised by Dudes but her father cares for her very much.
  • Hand Puppet: Jeremy communicates exclusively through one of these, named Skoozer.
  • Hair of Gold: Dinky and maybe the rest of the Kappa girls.
  • If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: Gurkin threatens to unleash the power of the internet on Tyler if anything happens to Sydney on their first date and register him as a sex offender in all 50 states - and Canada.
  • Innocent Cohabitation: Sydney stays in a dorm with seven guys.
  • Meaningful Name: Tyler Prince, Sydney White, Rachel Witchburn - take your pick.
  • Oh, Wait!: Sydney to Rachel: If only there was a place for a superficial, materialistic bitch to fit in.
  • One of Us: One of the main themes of the movie--all the popular people secretly have nerdy tendencies. Except Rachel of course.
  • Proud to Be a Geek: During Sydney's debate, people stand up and proclaim themselves dorks.
  • Raised by Dudes: Sydney was raised by construction workers, and can wolf-whistle with the best of them.
  • Spoiled Sweet: Dinky.
  • Student Council President
  • The Talk: Due to her mother dying before she went through puberty, Sydney was given "The Talk" by her father. His profession as a plumber led to some interesting use of tubing.
  • TV Genius: We don't have any actual proof Terrence is a genius, he just sort of does weird and random stuff.
    • Until he shows up in a flash car, having sold his predictive analytic probability theory to ibet.com for ten million dollars. Maybe not a genius per se, but close enough for a fairy tale ending.
  • Welcome to Hell skanks! This is pledge enlightenment!
  • Wicked Witch: Rachel, but only in a symbolic way.
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