Sam Montgomery lives in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, along with her rich widowed father Hal, who runs a popular sports-themed diner. Feeling Sam wants a mom, Hal marries a useless gold digger named Fiona, who has socially-awkward fraternal twin daughters, Brianna and Gabriella. In the course of the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Hal is killed when he runs to save lots of Fiona. Due to him having supposedly left no will, Fiona receives all of his belongings, including the home, the diner, and to her dismay, Sam.
Eight years later, Sam is employed as a waitress at the diner to economize to attend Princeton College, however she is commonly tormented by her step-family, who ceaselessly insult her and deal with her as if they have been well-liked, despite being considered obnoxious. Even worse, Fiona, in her self-importance, makes use of the inheritance to dwell as in the event that they have been insanely wealthy, including spending on minor facial surgical procedures, and even refuses to avoid wasting water during the ongoing drought. She has additionally remodeled Hal's beloved diner into one thing befitting of her own image, demands that salmon be served and included in over half the dishes and takes Sam's earnings. Sam struggles to manage socially at North Valley High Faculty, where queen bee cheerleader Shelby Cummings also torments her and calls her "Diner Girl", along with other members of the popular clique.
Sam confides in her on-line pen pal "Nomad" about her dream to attend Princeton, a dream which he also shares. Nevertheless, Nomad's true identity is Austin Ames, the popular, yet disenchanted, quarterback of the college's football staff and Shelby's ex-boyfriend, although she refuses to simply accept that he has broken up along with her. He's upset as a result of his father planned for him to go to the College of Southern California with a football scholarship somewhat than going to Princeton. Nomad proposes that they meet in person on the faculty's Halloween-themed homecoming dance. On the night time of the dance, Fiona orders Sam to work the night time shift on the diner, then leaves to drive Brianna and Gabriella to the dance. Initially reluctant, Sam is convinced by her best good friend, Carter Farrell, to go to the dance and meet her mysterious online friend.
Rhonda, the diner's head waitress who has taken care of Sam, and the remainder of the diner workers also persuade her to disobey Fiona and go to the dance anyway. Sam, sporting a masks and Rhonda's outdated wedding gown, meets Nomad at the dance, and is stunned to be taught that he's Austin, who had turn out to be smitten along with her upon her entrance. The 2 determine to depart the get together to walk alone and get to know each other a bit better. Whereas sharing a romantic dance, Sam and Austin begin to fall in love. But just as Austin is about to unmask her, Sam's cellphone alarm goes off, warning her to return to the diner before Fiona at midnight. She leaves without revealing her identification to Austin, and drops her phone on the best way out.
Austin picks up her phone and begins a desperate search to determine who his "Cinderella" really is, but each girl at school claims to be the mysterious proprietor of the telephone. Sam is reluctant to disclose her identification to Austin, feeling that he won't settle for her because of their different social circles. When Austin comes into the diner one day, Sam is pressured to assist him and, after a chat, she makes an attempt to reveal her id to him, however is reduce off by Fiona. Sam's stepsisters end up discovering Sam and Austin's electronic mail relationship, and, after failing to persuade Austin that one of them is the owner of the telephone, convince Shelby that Sam tried to steal Austin from her. Throughout a pep rally, they and the opposite cheerleaders humiliate Sam in front of all the faculty and expose her identity, in addition to naming her an impostor, horrifying the varsity workers, Carter and Sam. Austin, damage by Sam's secrecy, is unable to step as much as defend her, and Sam leaves the pep rally in tears.
Like Austin, Sam is revealed to have been accepted to Princeton, only to be duped by Fiona into believing that she was rejected by having a fake rejection letter made with a purpose to keep Sam working at the diner and as her slave. Sam then decides to give up on her desires and resigns herself to a lifetime of working on the diner, however Rhonda gives Sam a pep speak on not shedding hope. When her stepsisters come into the diner, they slam the door, causing a guitar clock to fall off the wall, tearing the wallpaper down with it, and quickly blame it on Sam. Nonetheless, the torn section reveals an inspirational quote Hal typically mentioned, "Never let the worry of putting out preserve you from taking part in the game" (in actual life, this quote got here from Babe Ruth) and fills Sam with hope. She stands as much as Fiona and her stepsisters, stating that she will no longer put up with their emotional abuse, quits her job at the diner, and moves in with Rhonda, who additionally quits together with all the diner employees, all of whom had put up with Fiona's abuse for so a few years after Hal's demise just for Sam's sake, with Rhonda even threatening to beat up Fiona now that she was no longer bound to her job earlier than Sam talks her out of it. The customers, who witness your entire scene, promptly depart in disgust as well.
Before the varsity's homecoming football sport, Sam confronts Austin about his cowardice and never defending her on the pep rally, in addition to for his seeming reluctance to point out his true self. Earlier than the ultimate play of the sport, he sees Sam making her approach out of the stands, and at last stands up to his father, saying he desires to attend Princeton quite than merely play soccer all his life. He chases after Sam and apologizes. She accepts his apology, they usually share their first kiss as rain falls over the drought-plagued valley; on the similar time, the North Valley High Fighting Frogs win the soccer sport. Quickly after whereas finishing packing after transferring in with Rhonda, Sam finds Hal's will hidden in her childhood fairy-story ebook, stating that all of his money and possessions truly belong to her. Since this leaves her as the rightful and authorized proprietor, Sam sells her step-family's fancy automobiles in order that she will be able to pay for college, and Fiona, who claims to have never seen the need earlier than despite the very fact she clearly signed it as a witness, is arrested by the L.A. District Lawyer and L.A.P.D. for financial fraud and violating California's baby labor legal guidelines for all of the instances she made Sam work long hours on the diner despite her being a minor.
Sam finds that she was in fact accepted to Princeton; the acceptance letter is retrieved from the rubbish by her stepsisters, who knew the place Fiona had "filed" it. As an alternative to going to prison, Fiona, Brianna, and Gabriella are made by the District Attorney to work off the money they stole from Sam at the diner, which is restored to its former glory by its new house owners, Sam and Rhonda, who is made the new general manager of the restaurant. Additionally, Austin's father comes to accept his son's determination to attend Princeton. Things even work out in the long run for Carter as he makes a business for a brand new zits medicine. Shelby, having beforehand cheated off of Carter's school work and rejecting him for being an outcast, even after he was a proper gentleman to her on the Halloween dance, goals to pursue him since he is now standard, however after lastly seeing her true colors at the pep rally, he turns her down for Astrid, the high school's goth DJ and announcer. The film ends with Sam and Austin, now officially a pair, driving off to Princeton collectively after Sam gets her phone back from Austin.
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