More, "Did We Just Become Best Friends?"
October 9, 2018 7:03 AM Subscribe
I'm working on increasing social skills with my high school students and focusing on getting past first impressions and giving people a chance. To that end, I have two clips. First, from Stepbrothers when Will Farrell and John C Reilly initially despise each other then decide they're best friends. Second is from "The Office" when Andy and Dwight, while competitively jamming to impress Erin, end up having so much fun they end up ignoring her and becoming buddies.
Hit me with all your clips in this vein!
Best answer: Same! from Arrested Development.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 8:10 AM on October 9, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 8:10 AM on October 9, 2018 [5 favorites]
Best answer: I can’t find a clip, but there’s the episode of Parks and Recreation in which Andy decides to make friends with April’s boyfriend, Eduardo, and they end up getting along great.
posted by lakeroon at 8:18 AM on October 9, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by lakeroon at 8:18 AM on October 9, 2018 [1 favorite]
Ahhhhh I'm having trouble tracking down clips, but the first thing that popped into my head is when Elle Woods and Vivian Kensington become friends in Legally Blonde and the second thing that popped into my head was whenever Lindsey Lohan becomes friends with herself in The Parent Trap.
Also, I found a clip compilation of Peridot and Lapis Lazuli's best moments from Steven Universe. If you start the clip at around 1:00 and let it play until around 2:37, that gives you a nice arc.
posted by helloimjennsco at 8:24 AM on October 9, 2018
Also, I found a clip compilation of Peridot and Lapis Lazuli's best moments from Steven Universe. If you start the clip at around 1:00 and let it play until around 2:37, that gives you a nice arc.
posted by helloimjennsco at 8:24 AM on October 9, 2018
So, Bring It On and Pitch Perfect are the same movie, one based on high school cheering and the other on college a capella, but (and!) people who don't like each other becoming friends happens constantly over the course of both.
posted by wellred at 8:40 AM on October 9, 2018
posted by wellred at 8:40 AM on October 9, 2018
Response by poster: Thanks for the suggestions but want to clarify; I'm looking for clips where in that moment, there's recognition that the two have just become friends when up 'til this point, they were not. I love the overall films but really need this to be focused on that specific second of, "Same!" for the purposes of school.
posted by yes I said yes I will Yes at 8:45 AM on October 9, 2018
posted by yes I said yes I will Yes at 8:45 AM on October 9, 2018
The final scene in Casablanca? "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
posted by paper chromatographologist at 8:50 AM on October 9, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by paper chromatographologist at 8:50 AM on October 9, 2018 [1 favorite]
Pee Wee's Big Holiday - Pee Wee and Joe Manganiello
posted by Frank Grimes at 8:52 AM on October 9, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by Frank Grimes at 8:52 AM on October 9, 2018 [3 favorites]
Best answer: It takes about 30 seconds for Ron Swanson and Typhoon to become best friends.
posted by 256 at 9:46 AM on October 9, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by 256 at 9:46 AM on October 9, 2018 [2 favorites]
Best answer: They do this in the 21 Jump Street reboot
posted by Think_Long at 9:48 AM on October 9, 2018
posted by Think_Long at 9:48 AM on October 9, 2018
Not to be a downer but if you are doing this because these high school students by any chance struggle with social cues: I have seen younger kids actually be rude to each other because they were so immersed in the rom com/buddies trope that they started to think this is HOW you eventually become friends -- first a negative encounter, then -- somehow, magically -- a positive one.
In real life, if you bump into someone and their purse spills everywhere, they don't usually marry you later. And in real life, if you want a friend, it's best to start out being kind, polite and empathic. Some kids who struggle with social cues see causality in the trope of conversion from negative to positive encounter. Just a heads up.
posted by nantucket at 10:59 AM on October 9, 2018 [6 favorites]
In real life, if you bump into someone and their purse spills everywhere, they don't usually marry you later. And in real life, if you want a friend, it's best to start out being kind, polite and empathic. Some kids who struggle with social cues see causality in the trope of conversion from negative to positive encounter. Just a heads up.
posted by nantucket at 10:59 AM on October 9, 2018 [6 favorites]
Don't think this meets the up until this moment they weren't goal, but the movie "God Help the Girl" has a song called "Down and Dusky Blonde" in which one of the characters sings "But I need a friend and I choose you. I tell you the way I feel."
posted by willnot at 5:26 PM on October 9, 2018
posted by willnot at 5:26 PM on October 9, 2018
Response by poster: if you are doing this because these high school students by any chance struggle with social cues
Much appreciated, but that's not it. My kids have a tendency to immediately dismiss everyone they meet in really negative and hostile ways (it's part of their disability), and these videos are not meant to teach social skills but as a few fun jokey video clips where they see people who didn't get along suddenly get along in humorous ways. The idea being that even if they reject people at first glimpse (which they all do), the doors don't always fully close, don't assume you can never be friends with someone.
posted by yes I said yes I will Yes at 7:20 AM on October 10, 2018 [1 favorite]
Much appreciated, but that's not it. My kids have a tendency to immediately dismiss everyone they meet in really negative and hostile ways (it's part of their disability), and these videos are not meant to teach social skills but as a few fun jokey video clips where they see people who didn't get along suddenly get along in humorous ways. The idea being that even if they reject people at first glimpse (which they all do), the doors don't always fully close, don't assume you can never be friends with someone.
posted by yes I said yes I will Yes at 7:20 AM on October 10, 2018 [1 favorite]
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posted by BusyBusyBusy at 8:06 AM on October 9, 2018