You Again

       The movie You Again is a classic story about the head cheerleader who bullies the innocent nerd girl in high school. The main character, the nerd, tries to overcome this and after high school she becomes succesful and beautiful and she thinks her old life is behind her. This doesnt seem to be the case though when she finds out that the girl her brother is marrying is her mortal enemy form high school. We see many archetypes throughout this film. The proto-feminist hero takes the role of the sister of the brother that her bully is marrying. She is a hero as a warrior who must overcome the cruel challenges and the enemy of the head cheerleader. The head cheerleader is the evil figure with the ultimetly good heart. Her journey is to overtake the bully and show her brother the truth about who she really is. Her quest is for vengeance of all the mean and terrible things that she had to go through in high school which are now repeating now that she is back.

       She "engages in tests or contests of strength (physical and/or mental) and show pride in his or hers excellence." We see this when the two girls are trying to compete at everything, running, dancing, who is prettier. The sister can't take it anymore when the fiance continues to harass her behind her brothers and her families back. This is when she takes her plan of action. To show a video of the horrible things that the bully did to her in high school to everyone at the rehersal dinner to expose the secret. It is a battle between good and evil. After exposing her the brother gets angry with both of the girls and refuses to speak to either of them. The two girls engage in a "cat fight" and when the brother walks in on the fiance pouring a bowl of punch over top of the sisters head it seems the task is fullfilled fully in that the brother finally realizes that his fiance was not who she seemed to be.
       After running off, the characters regroup at the brothers families house. Where the sister finds the bully in a state of depression. They sit down to talk and this is when we see the bully find the good in her heart and she apologizes for all the mean things she has done. This is evidece of her being the evil character that has a good heart. The hero brings that out in her, but her journey is not finished yet, she must fix things with the brother and get the two back together so everyone can be happy. When she manages to achive this the couple gets married and the two girls become friends. This is when we see the journey ending and the task being completed.