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By Sarah Froeschle, Casey Goldstein, Brittany Weissler
The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.
Your three best friends talk all things tropes and women in rom-coms. From the "Cool Girls" to those who give up their jobs for love, Brittany, Casey and Sarah dive deep into what makes a trope and trope and why we love (or hate) them!
Plot Discussed:
The Princess Switch
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Ms. Congeniality
Bridesmaids
They Came Together
Spoiled:
Frozen
Mentioned:
The Holiday
Valentines Day
He’s Just Not That Into You
You Got Mail
Sleepless in Seattle
Pride and Prejudice
13 Going on 30
Legally Blonde
Little Black Book
Last Christmas
Avengers
Gone Girl
How I Met Your Mother
Veronica Mars
New Girl
Transformers
There’s Something About Mary
Crazy Ex Girlfriend
Adam Ruins Everything
Pretty Woman
27 Dresses
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Hitch
What Happens in Vegas
The Other Woman
The Perfect Man
Always Be My Maybe
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
The Swan Princess
Beauty and the Beast
Game of Thrones
500 Days of Summer
30 Rock
Parks and Recreation
This one’s for the fellas, or at least, for the male protagonists of rom-coms. But which of them would make the best friend?
Potential Spoilers
Major: The Big Sick, Clueless, Always Be My Maybe
Minor: Hitch, 13 Going on 30, You’ve Got Mail, While You Were Sleeping, Crazy Stupid Love, All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Easy A, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Pitch Perfect, Moxie
We love to love these leading ladies! The BFFs discuss romantic comedies, how some are kinda creepy on a rewatch, and which women we're smitten with from our favorite movies.
Potential Spoilers
Major: 13 Going on 30, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Holiday
Minor: You’ve Got Mail, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Friends, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Crazy Stupid Love, Someone Great, Julie & Julia, She’s All That, 10 Things I Hate About You, Clueless, Love, Actually, The Wedding Singer, He’s Just Not That Into You, Valentine’s Day, Little Black Book, Bridesmaids, The Love Birds
There’s a new space friendship trio in town, and we revisit some old friends, too, while discussing the last three movies of the Star Wars Skywalker Saga. Our key takeaway: everyone in Star Wars could benefit from therapy.
The sand! The younglings! The uncomfortable depictions of aliens! This is the second of three of our Star Wars/Skywalker Saga episodes. Join the BFF squad debate which main character from the prequel trilogy (Padme, Anakin and Obi Wan) would be the best friend.
Potential Spoilers
Major: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Minor: rest of the entire Star Wars Universe, The Vampire Diaries (surprisingly enough)
We’ve made it to 20 whole episodes, and to celebrate we’re going on a long trip to a galaxy far, far away. This is the first of our Star Wars & Skywalker Saga episodes, focusing on who among the OG Star Wars squad would make the best friend.
Potential Spoilers
Major: Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Minor: rest of the entire Star Wars Universe
So quirky and fun, your three BFFs Sarah, Casey and Brittany dive into the trope and characters that exemplify the Manic Pixie Dream Girl.
Potential Spoilers
Major: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 500 Days of Summer, Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars, Stargirl
Minor: Roman Holiday, Parks and Recreation, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Elizabethtown, Garden State
A super fun, super thirsty episode where we talk about which superhero we’d most want to be friends with, what superheroes we ship and who fucks in the MCU.
Potential Spoilers
Major: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Wonder Woman, Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse
Minor: iZombie, Batman and Robin, Teen Titans, Watchmen, Black Panther, NightWing, Shazam!, Avengers, Captain America: Civil War, The Incredibles, Powerpuff Girls, Archie Comics, Riverdale, Doug, My Hero Academia, One Punch Man, The Adventure Zone: Commitment
Barely: Heroes, Flash, Supergirl, Captain Marvel
This podcast is a day late, but worth the wait because it’s out of this worldddd.
Potential Spoilers
Major: Lilo & Stitch, Steven Universe, Thor: Ragnarok
Minor: Marvel’s MCU, Roswell, Doctor Who, The Mandalorian, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy, Men in Black, Ratatouille, Starship Troopers, 13 Going on 30
Barely: Slaughterhouse-Five, Alf, Roswell, Star Wars, Superman, ET, Spongebob Squarepants
You don't need to know binary to find out which fictional characters make the best robot friends. The squad experiences some technical difficulties or "bugs" early on, but then powers through to discuss the big questions like what is sentience, life, the soul , is Alan Thicke still alive or if Buzz Lightyear is a robot?
Spoilers
Major: Iron Giant, Big Hero 6, Solo: a Star Wars Story
Minor: Toy Story,
Barely:
The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.