This is the 2002 original Disney Channel movie Cadet Kelly, starring then-Disney stars Hilary Duff and Christy Carlson Romano.
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1. The movie is essentially about a protagonist who fights to keep her individuality in a place that doesn't encourage it.
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2. And she gets pretty harshly insulted by Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone for her "girly" personality.
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3. Kelly's prized possession is a rainbow blanket, and she refuses to part with it.
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4. ...which leads to Jennifer quite triumphantly ripping it to shreds and stomping on it in front of everyone.
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5. As revenge, Kelly paints a rainbow flag on the back of Jennifer's head:
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6. ...which makes her scream loud enough for the entire camp to hear.
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She's a high-ranking student training for war, and she's screaming in disgust over paint? Suuuure.
7. But let's not forget the most important factor: the sexual tension.
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You could make a drinking game out of how many times Jennifer looks Kelly up and down and insults with a playful grin.
8. Sure, there's a "love interest" (named Brad), but he stops being relevant by the end and is never brought up again.
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He's only there to give the girls an initial conflict to fight over.
9. SERIOUSLY, though. Brad is a cover.
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10. Even the school dance scene ends up with the girls somehow dancing together via the greatest downhill fall of all time.
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11. And the looks they share in the ending dance scene? Eh? EH?
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12. They also whip out colorful ribbons at the end, making their dance unique.
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13. And there's the moment Kelly and Jennifer share at the end, where they seem especially upset to be leaving each other (even though they fought for most of the movie.)
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Read an entire breakdown here.
14. They also managed to slip this line into the movie (not in the context you're thinking, but still. IT'S THERE. Just hovering.)
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15. And okay, this line is a stretch too but it's also quite a coincidence, no?
But whether Cadet Kelly is secretly an LGBT movie or not, one thing's for certain: it helped some girls learn something new about themselves.
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