Campus Bromances

The "Flawless Four" are the most popular senior girls attending Reagan High School, consisting of Courtney Alice Shayne, Marcie Fox "Foxy," Julie Freeman, and Elizabeth "Liz" Purr. Of the four, only Liz is the "Princess Di of Reagan High" because she is genuinely kind-hearted and loved by the entire school. Julie is "Doomed To Be Popular" because of her looks and being best friends with Liz, while queen bee Courtney and her airhead follower, Marcie, demand respect through terror. On the morning of Liz's 17th birthday, Courtney, Marcie, and Julie kidnap Liz and gag her with a jawbreaker. They lock her in the trunk of a car and drive off, planning to take her to a restaurant for breakfast. Upon opening the trunk, they discover Liz has choked to death on the jawbreaker. Julie wants to report the situation to the police, but Courtney instead calls the school posing as Liz's mother to tell them Liz is ill and cannot attend; the three later go to school. To explain the circumstances of Liz's death, Courtney devises a story that she was killed by a rapist. She also later spreads false rumors to the detective that Liz was actually a rebellious and promiscuous girl who frequents bars for hookups. Assistant Principal, Miss E. Sherwood sends outcast Fern Mayo to deliver Liz's homework to her after school. Fern, who admires Liz to the point of worship, is happy to oblige. Upon arriving at the house, she encounters the three girls planting Liz's dead body in her bed and flees in horror. The girls catch her and buy her silence by enticing her to take Liz's place in the Flawless Four. Fern is given a dramatic makeover to a beautiful exchange student named "Vylette." Overwhelmed by guilt at her part in Liz's death, Julie distances herself from the clique, but is tormented by her former friends and becomes a new target for bullying throughout the school. Her only real friend during this time is her boyfriend, Zach Tartak, the drama lead in the school play. As Vylette's popularity soars, Julie silently watches as Courtney weaves a web of lies to cover up the murder. Julie speculates that, after they returned Liz to her house, Courtney seduced a stranger at a bar to have sex with in Liz's bed, making it seem as though he had raped Liz, but she needs to find proof of her theory. Vylette becomes intoxicated with her new-found popularity, which has eclipsed Courtney's own. In retaliation, Courtney and Marcie post enlarged yearbook photos of Fern Mayo all over the school, revealing Vylette's former identity and leaving her humiliated. Julie sympathizes with Fern and forgives her for falling under Courtney's influence. While Courtney attends the senior prom with jock Dane Sanders, Julie is at home going through a bag of Liz's belongings that were given to her by Liz's mother. Julie finds the recordable birthday card which Courtney was holding after putting Liz's body in her bed, and discovers the card recorded Courtney's admission to killing Liz. Armed with this evidence, Julie, Fern, and Zach travel to the prom to expose her. When Dane and Courtney are announced as prom king and queen, Zach secretly broadcasts the card's message "I killed Liz. I killed the teen dream. Deal with it.” over the sound system, revealing the truth behind Liz's death. Dane, mortified and disgusted, quickly abandons Courtney while Marcie hides under a table. With her crimes now exposed, Courtney flees as the rest of the angered students pelt her with corsages and call her a murderer and other names. Julie gleefully snaps a picture of her former friend's anguished face to immortalize the occasion. The picture, taken while Courtney was distraught with makeup smeared all over her face, ends up in school's yearbook. The film ends with Fern's quote, "This is high school, Detective Cruz. What is a friend anyway?" as the yearbook closes.