16 Awkward Onscreen School Moments That'll Make You Happy You're Not a Student Anymore

Movie: 10 Things I Hate About You

Proud geek Michael tries to talk to Joey Donner, one of the most popular boys in school, as part of his elaborate plan to get his pal Cameron a date with Bianca Stratford. But after boldly sitting at Joey's lunch table in the cafeteria, Joey draws a full-on penis on his cheek to justify them sitting together and talking.

Movie: Freaky Friday

Tess is in a constant battle with her dramatic daughter, Anna, about everything from constantly getting detention to her rock band, so when she drops Anna off at school and yells "Make good choices!" while she joins her friend, the memories of our own parents trying to bid us farewell in front of everyone come flooding back.

Movie: Mean Girls

Cady is the shy, naive student from Africa, so when she gets invited to the Halloween party thrown by Aaron Samuels (who happens to be her biggest crush), she takes the scary theme to heart without realizing there is an unspoken "dress slutty" girl rule.

Movie: She's All That

Laney desperately wants to be left alone by the cool kids at her school, so when jock Zack Siler starts courting her, she gets all flustered and doesn't know what to think. But as most classic high school movies go, there was a bet involved to see if he could make her popular enough to become prom queen.

Movie: Drive Me Crazy

Class spirit guru Nicole dreams of going to her school's centennial dance with her crush, Brad, but when he falls in love with a cheerleader from a rival school and asks her instead, Nicole gets a little drunk and embarrasses herself at a party.

Movie: Sixteen Candles

After the school geek tells Sam that her longtime crush, Jake Ryan, has been asking about her, she agrees to lend him her panties so that he can win a bet with his friends that he's hooked up with her. But to her horror, she finds out the next day that he collected money from everyone who wanted a peek at her undies, which turned out to be a lot of people.

Movie: Can't Buy Me Love

After Ronnie "buys" cheerleader Cindy Mancini to pretend to go out with him so that he can become popular, the plan basically goes off without a hitch. But when she exposes him at a party after his arrogance gets the better of him, he experiences those all-too-familiar feelings of high school isolation.

Movie: American Pie

Jim tries to impress his crush, foreign exchange student Nadia, by doing a sexy dance for her in his bedroom. He sets up a webcam so that his close group of friends can see what goes down, but when he accidentally sends it out on blast to the email addresses of every student, things get a little . . . sticky.

Movie: There's Something About Mary

Ted lands a prom date with his dream girl, Mary, but when he goes to her house to pick her up, things quickly go downhill. In addition to scaring her brother, he also gets his penis stuck in his zipper, resulting in a bloody mess and a hospital visit.

Movie: Napoleon Dynamite

While this whole movie is just one big awkward experience, Napoleon getting pushed in the hallway by bullies is something we've all either been on the receiving end of, done, or witnessed.

Movie: Bring It On

Dedicated cheerleader Torrance ends her Summer vacation by having an embarrassing and anxiety-ridden dream about her senior year. While cheering at a school assembly, her top falls off and leaves her completely exposed to the entire student body.

Movie: 10 Things I Hate About You

After Kat shuns Patrick Verona, the Australian student who accepted money from the popular kid to take her out on dates, she realizes that she actually doesn't hate him at all. While reading a poem about him aloud in class, she breaks down in tears and storms out.

Movie: The Princess Diaries

There's only one way to describe Mia in her early high school days: awkward as hell. While casually walking on the bleachers with best friend Lily, she takes a huge spill and falls right on her butt.

Movie: 22 Jump Street

Before joining the police force, Schmidt was an awkward high school kid who took his obsession with the real Slim Shady to an unhealthy level.

Movie: John Tucker Must Die

Conceited jock John thinks he's invincible when he tries to sneak into his crush's room during an overnight basketball game trip. But when she tricks him into wearing girl's underwear to embarrass him, he gets caught by a teacher and is seen by all his teammates and the cheerleaders.

Movie: Never Been Kissed

In what has to be one of the most heartbreaking high school movie moments ever, longtime nerd Josie is beside herself with excitement after her crush, Billy, who is also the most popular boy in school, asks her to the prom. But when she goes outside to meet him, he throws an egg at her face and she realizes that he only asked her as part of a cruel joke.