Editing Clueless (section)

==Plot==
Cher Horowitz, a stylish, popular, and good-natured teenager, lives in a [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] mansion with her wealthy father, Mel, a gruff [[Lawyer|litigator]]; her mother died during a [[liposuction]] procedure when Cher was a baby. She attends Bronson Alcott High School with her best friend Dionne Davenport, also stylish and from a wealthy family. Dionne has a long-term relationship with popular student Murray Duvall, though Cher believes Dionne should be dating more mature men.

Josh Lucas, the socially conscious son of Mel's ex-wife from a brief marriage, visits Cher and her father during a break from college. When Cher points out that they have not been linked by marriage for more than 5 years, Mel replies that he divorced his wife, not his stepson. Cher playfully mocks Josh's idealism while Josh teases Cher for her vanity, superficiality, and selfishness.
[[File:Alicia Silverstone.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Alicia Silverstone plays Cher Horowitz, whose success in renegotiating her grades with her teachers makes her litigator father more proud than if she had actually earned her grades.]]
[[File:Paul Rudd LF.JPG|thumb|upright=0.6|Paul Rudd plays Josh Lucas, the socially conscious son of Mel's ex-wife from a brief marriage, who teases Cher for her vanity and superficiality.]]
[[File:BrittanyMurphy (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.6| Brittany Murphy plays Tai Frasier, the awkward newcomer who becomes Cher’s protegee and “good deed” project.]]
[[File:Stacey Dash.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6| Stacey Dash plays Dionne Davenport, Cher’s best friend, also stylish and from a wealthy family.]]
[[File:Donald Faison Adweek’s Adnatomy 2023 (cropped).png|thumb|upright=0.6| Donald Faison plays Murray Duvall, Dionne’s long-term boyfriend.]]
[[File:Wallace Shawn 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.6| Wallace Shawn plays Mr. Hall, for whom Cher orchestrates a romance with the awkward Miss Geist to improve her grades.]]

Initially receiving poor grades on her report card, Cher renegotiates her grades with her more lenient teachers but cannot budge the hard-grading Mr. Hall. To soften him up, Cher  orchestrates a romance between Mr. Hall and the awkward Miss Geist. As a result, Hall relaxes his standards, allowing Cher to renegotiate the grade. After seeing the teachers' newfound happiness, Cher becomes enthusiastic about doing good deeds. Cher’s father professes that he is prouder of her negotiation skills than if she had actually earned her grades.

When a "clueless" transfer student named Tai Frasier arrives at the school, Cher decides to make Tai her next project. With Dionne’s help, Cher makes over Tai, giving her protegee confidence and style. When an amiable but clumsy skateboarding [[slacker]] Travis Birkenstock is attracted to Tai, who reciprocates, the social-status-conscious Cher tries to extinguish the attraction between Tai and the “unworthy” Travis. Instead Cher steers Tai towards handsome, popular student Elton Tiscia.

However, Elton has no interest in Tai and is instead interested in Cher, whom he tries to kiss in his car after a party in [[Sun Valley, Los Angeles|Sun Valley]]. When Cher rebuffs him, he leaves her in a parking lot out of spite, and she is mugged at gunpoint. With no money, her only choice is to call Josh to pick her up. Seeing Cher’s attempts at mentoring Tai and volunteering for charities, Josh realizes that despite her superficiality, she is sincere.

Fashion-conscious new student Christian Stovitz attracts Cher's attention and becomes her target for a boyfriend. When Cher goes to a party with Christian, Josh becomes protective, also attending the party, where he gallantly rescues Tai from harassment by obnoxious stoned partiers. Later inviting Christian to hang out watching a movie at her home, Cher tries to seduce him, but Christian deflects her advances and is distracted admiring the male actors in the film. Finally realizing that Christian is gay, Cher remains friends with him, approving his taste in art and fashion.

Cher's privileged life takes a negative turn when Tai's newfound popularity strains their relationship. Additionally, when Cher fails her driving test for the first time she cannot negotiate to change the result. Her mood is worsened when Tai confesses her feelings for Josh to Cher, asking Cher’s help in pursuing Josh. Jealous, though oblivious, Cher tells Tai that she is not right for Josh, and the two girls fall out.

Feeling "totally clueless," Cher reflects on her priorities and repeated failures to understand or appreciate the people in her life. Cher begins to help doing research on her father’s legal case along with Josh and they begin to bond. Pondering why she is bothered by Tai's romantic interest in Josh, Cher finally realizes that she is in love with him.

After her epiphany, Cher begins making awkward but sincere efforts to live a more purposeful life, including captaining the school's [[Pismo Beach]] disaster relief effort. She accepts an invitation from Travis to a skating tournament in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], where she reconciles with Tai, who now dates Travis.

Cher and Josh eventually realize their feelings for one another, culminating in a kiss. Sometime later, Cher attends the wedding of Mr. Hall and Miss Geist, which she and Josh attend as a couple, along with Dionne and Murray and Tai and Travis. Cher catches the wedding bouquet, and she and Josh embrace and kiss.