Bring It On/YMMV
- Alternative Character Interpretation: The extremely popular theory that Courtney and Whitney are, in fact, speaking the truth when they describe Missy as an Uber-Dyke, and that therefore the ending is a classic case of Did Not Get the Girl, with a side order of I Want My Beloved to Be Happy.
- Anvilicious, especially the first movie.
- Bile Fascination
- Cliché Storm
- Ear Worm: "I'm sexy! I'm cute! I'm popular to boot!"
- Ensemble Darkhorse: Missy, from the first movie. It helped being played by Eliza Dushku.
- Narm: Some of the more serious monologues.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: In It To Win It features Jennifer Tisdale, a few years later her sister Ashley would put on her own cheerleading uniform
- Narm Charm, Some of the one liners.
- Painful Rhyme: The cheers.
- Periphery Demographic: A popular choice for showing in schools towards the end of term, because for some reason boys are happy to watch it as well.
- Sequelitis: After the success of the first film, four Direct-To-Video movies were made, all not having any form of continuity with the original whatsoever.
- Snark Bait: People love to hate these movies.