We flash back to the movies that meant the most to us as teens.
EVERYONE WANTED TO BE:Spicoli.
Penn’s surfer defined ’80s cool with his wavy blond locks, Baja jackets, and anti-authority attitude.
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Oh, and weed.
EVERYONE WANTED TO BE:Joel.
YOU’VE QUOTED:“There’s one thing I’ve learned in all my years.
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Sometimes you gotta say, ‘What the f—.'”
Does that answer your question?"
YOU’VE QUOTED:“So it’s sorta social.
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Demented and sad, but social.”
We’re not jealous at all.
EVERYONE WANTED TO BE:Ferris.
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YOU’VE QUOTED:“Life moves pretty fast.
If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
And bythere, we mean treacherous cliques and a homicidal boyfriend bent on mass destruction.
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EVERYONE WANTED TO BE:Veronica Sawyer.
YOU’VE QUOTED:“What is your damage, Heather?”
In the ’80s, all it took was a dream and a boombox blaringPeter Gabriel.
If you didn’t want to be him, you wanted to date him.
YOU’VE QUOTED:“I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen.”
This ’70s-set period piece fromRichard Linklaterchronicles the last day of the semester.
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(Come forBen Affleck, stay for peakParker Posey.)
YOU’VE QUOTED:“That’s what I love about these high school girls, man.
I get older, they stay the same age.”
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EVERYONE WANTED TO BE:Cher Horowitz.
Silverstone became a sartorial sensation with sarcasm and sass to boot.
Would we want to be anyone else?
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YOU’VE QUOTED:“Why am I even listening to you?
You’re a virgin who can’t drive.”
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“That was way harsh, Tai.”
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1 babe Amanda Beckett (Jennifer Love Hewitt) in this graduation party-set cult classic.
Of course, she finds the letter, finds him, and they even make out.
Along the way, his classmates lose their virginity while he talks to a stripper dressed as an angel.
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Typical high school melodrama.
EVERYONE WANTED TO BE:Preston.
Embry’s sweet underdog pines longingly toBarry Manilow’s “Mandy.”
YOU’VE QUOTED:“I can’t feel my legs!
I have no legs!”
Apple pie has never looked the same.
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Sorry, can you repeat the question?
YOU’VE QUOTED:“This one time, at band camp…?”
EVERYONE WANTED TO BE:Missy.
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YOU’VE QUOTED:“Courtney, this is not a democracy, it’s a cheerocracy.”
Your high school could never be as cliquey as theTina Fey-written satire, right?
Let’s be real, it totally was.
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EVERYONE WANTED TO BE:Regina George.Rachel McAdamswas the queen bee.
YOU’VE QUOTED:“On Wednesdays, we wear pink.”
EVERYONE WANTED TO BE:McLovin.
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Geeky Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) rocked a fake ID that made McLovers out of us all.
We could be that mistake!"
EVERYONE WANTED TO BE:Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence).
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The determination to change the world?
We volunteer as tribute.
YOU’VE QUOTED:“Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor.”
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YOU’VE QUOTED:“And in this moment, I swear, we are infinite.”
(So, most of us.)
YOU’VE QUOTED:“I gave it to myself.
It’s given to me, by me.”
EVERYONE WANTED TO BE:Simon (Nick Robinson).
YOU’VE QUOTED:“You get to exhale now.”
EVERYONE WANTED TO BE:Gigi (Billie Lourd).
Our heroines are great, but who can compete with this all-knowing party-hopping princess?
YOU’VE QUOTED:“Who allowed you to be this beautiful?”
