No humiliation is more keenly felt than one that happens in front of your classmates. Here's five of the most cringeworthy
High school comedies never fail to highlight the problems teens routinely face at school, whether that's being intimidated by older students, interacting with rubbish teachers or misguided infatuation.
Here's a small selection of my top high school humiliation scenes – but what else should be on the list? Add your suggestions in the thread below.
*Mean Girls*
Cady Heron is invited to her first ever high school party and, unaware of the appropriate dress code, has an unexpectedly embarrassing time.
Reading on mobile? Watch the clip on YouTube
*10 Things I Hate About You*
Popular (and vain) Joey's attempts to hook up with Bianca fall apart when he realizes that she has fallen for another. This results in him taking his anger out on Bianca's new man, which subsequently triggers a retaliation from Bianca. A man's worst nightmare to be both rejected and beaten up by the girl all at the same time.
Reading on mobile? Watch the clip on YouTube
*17 Again*
Zac Efron definitely shows how to make a bully look foolish without using violence. The bad guy is humiliated in front of a large group of people – how satisfying.
Reading on mobile? Watch the clip on YouTube
*Clueless*
Tai demonstrates her less-than-elegant approach to walking down the stairs when entering a room filled with all her school peers, not to mention her crush, Elton.
Reading on mobile? Watch the clip on YouTube
*Cinderella Story*
This clip shows what can happen when you leave your emails open unattended. Even though Hilary Duff's character attempts to maintain a low profile in school, having evil stepsisters means humiliation is never far away.
Reading on mobile? Watch the clip on YouTube
Last week Jonny Edge picked his favourite clip featuring censored swearing – here's our favourite nominations from the thread.
1. RobBarwick: "Never quite understood why "freakin'" was thought to be a viable alternative. Here's a bewildering example of what it did to the TV edit of Casino"
2. fmgazette: "Peas and Rice! It's the censored version of Hot Fuzz. Mind you, sounds like a load of funking silt to me you bunch of Mother Hubbards."
3. HardcorePrawn: "You're off the funkin' chain! From Shaun of the Dead, here's Funky Pete."
4. mike65ie: "Showgirls the @#@! edit. Beats me how a viewer with any self respect could subject themselves to this."
5. RobBarwick: "Right on my SANDWICH after you kiss it! From the TV edit version of Dumb and Dumber… I mean seriously, who comes up with these?"
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High school comedies never fail to highlight the problems teens routinely face at school, whether that's being intimidated by older students, interacting with rubbish teachers or misguided infatuation.
Here's a small selection of my top high school humiliation scenes – but what else should be on the list? Add your suggestions in the thread below.
*Mean Girls*
Cady Heron is invited to her first ever high school party and, unaware of the appropriate dress code, has an unexpectedly embarrassing time.
Reading on mobile? Watch the clip on YouTube
*10 Things I Hate About You*
Popular (and vain) Joey's attempts to hook up with Bianca fall apart when he realizes that she has fallen for another. This results in him taking his anger out on Bianca's new man, which subsequently triggers a retaliation from Bianca. A man's worst nightmare to be both rejected and beaten up by the girl all at the same time.
Reading on mobile? Watch the clip on YouTube
*17 Again*
Zac Efron definitely shows how to make a bully look foolish without using violence. The bad guy is humiliated in front of a large group of people – how satisfying.
Reading on mobile? Watch the clip on YouTube
*Clueless*
Tai demonstrates her less-than-elegant approach to walking down the stairs when entering a room filled with all her school peers, not to mention her crush, Elton.
Reading on mobile? Watch the clip on YouTube
*Cinderella Story*
This clip shows what can happen when you leave your emails open unattended. Even though Hilary Duff's character attempts to maintain a low profile in school, having evil stepsisters means humiliation is never far away.
Reading on mobile? Watch the clip on YouTube
Last week Jonny Edge picked his favourite clip featuring censored swearing – here's our favourite nominations from the thread.
1. RobBarwick: "Never quite understood why "freakin'" was thought to be a viable alternative. Here's a bewildering example of what it did to the TV edit of Casino"
2. fmgazette: "Peas and Rice! It's the censored version of Hot Fuzz. Mind you, sounds like a load of funking silt to me you bunch of Mother Hubbards."
3. HardcorePrawn: "You're off the funkin' chain! From Shaun of the Dead, here's Funky Pete."
4. mike65ie: "Showgirls the @#@! edit. Beats me how a viewer with any self respect could subject themselves to this."
5. RobBarwick: "Right on my SANDWICH after you kiss it! From the TV edit version of Dumb and Dumber… I mean seriously, who comes up with these?"
theguardian.com © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds Reported by guardian.co.uk 4 hours ago.