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The DUFF: Literary Connections & Standards

The DUFF (teen slang for "designated ugly fat friend") is a 2015 American teen comedy film directed by Ari Sandel. The screenplay by Josh Cagan was based on the 2010 novel of the same name by Kody Keplinger. The film stars Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Nick Eversman, Skyler Samuels, Bianca Santos, Allison Janney, and Ken Jeong.

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The DUFF topic overview

The analysis highlights Literary Connections and Standards as prominent areas in the source structure around The DUFF.

Related topics
61
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
67
Extracted relationships
90
Concept neighborhoods
23
Bridge connections
67

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 20 topics
Reception · 17 topics
Production · 12 topics
Plot · 5 topics
Release · 4 topics
Cast · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Based on
The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
Box office
$43.7 million
Budget
$8.5 million
Cinematography
David Hennings
Country
United States
Directed by
Ari Sandel

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Cast

Production

Release

Reception

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How The DUFF connects Entity context

The extracted context around The DUFF shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, The DUFF → Amy Nicholson, Associated Press, Audiences, But, Chicago Tribune, CinemaScore, Easy, Entertainment Weekly, Inkoo Kang, It's, Its, Kevin, LA Weekly, Lindsey Bahr, Mae Whitman, Making, Mean Girls, Michael Phillips, On Metacritic, On Rotten Tomatoes Another extracted example is The DUFF → At, Atlanta, Bianca, Bianca's, Casey, Designated Ugly Fat Friend, DUFF, He, Her, Jess, Madison, Toby, Wesley, Wesley's. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

The DUFF

Top relations

related to Reception · 29
The DUFF → Amy Nicholson, Associated Press, Audiences, But, Chicago Tribune, CinemaScore, Easy, Entertainment Weekly, Inkoo Kang, It's, Its, Kevin, LA Weekly, Lindsey Bahr, Mae Whitman, Making, Mean Girls, Michael Phillips, On Metacritic, On Rotten Tomatoes
related to Plot · 14
The DUFF → At, Atlanta, Bianca, Bianca's, Casey, Designated Ugly Fat Friend, DUFF, He, Her, Jess, Madison, Toby, Wesley, Wesley's
related to Release · 13
The DUFF → Blu-ray, Canada, CBS Films, DVD, February, HD, It, June, Lionsgate, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, May, The, United States
Starring · 8
The DUFF → Allison Janney, Bella Thorne, Bianca Santos, Ken Jeong, Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Romany Malco, Skyler Samuels
Produced by · 3
The DUFF → Mary Viola, McG, Susan Cartsonis
Production companies · 3
The DUFF → CBS Films, Vast Entertainment, Wonderland Sound and Vision
related to Soundtrack · 3
The DUFF → February, Island Records, The
Release dates · 2
The DUFF → February 12, 2015 (2015-02-12) (Los Angeles), February 20, 2015 (2015-02-20) (United States)
related to External links · 2
The DUFF → Box Office Mojo, IMDb The DUFF
Based on · 1
The DUFF → The DUFF by Kody Keplinger

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

film bianca duff wesley whitman gave mae cbs saying lionsgate 2015 films madison stars positive release teen robbie amell toby

The DUFF relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 90 structured relationships around The DUFF. Examples in this analysis include The DUFF → Based on → The DUFF by Kody Keplinger and The DUFF → Box office → $43.7 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
The DUFFBased onThe DUFF by Kody Keplinger1.00infobox
The DUFFBox office$43.7 million1.00infobox
The DUFFBudget$8.5 million1.00infobox
The DUFFCinematographyDavid Hennings1.00infobox
The DUFFCountryUnited States1.00infobox
The DUFFDirected byAri Sandel1.00infobox
The DUFFDistributed byLionsgate1.00infobox
The DUFFEdited byWendy Greene Bricmont1.00infobox
The DUFFLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
The DUFFMusic byDominic Lewis1.00infobox
The DUFFProduced bySusan Cartsonis1.00infobox
The DUFFProduced byMcG1.00infobox
The DUFFProduced byMary Viola1.00infobox
The DUFFProduction companiesVast Entertainment1.00infobox
The DUFFProduction companiesCBS Films1.00infobox
The DUFFProduction companiesWonderland Sound and Vision1.00infobox
The DUFFRelease datesFebruary 12, 2015 (2015-02-12) (Los Angeles)1.00infobox
The DUFFRelease datesFebruary 20, 2015 (2015-02-20) (United States)1.00infobox
The DUFFRunning time101 minutes1.00infobox
The DUFFScreenplay byJosh A. Cagan1.00infobox
The DUFFStarringMae Whitman1.00infobox
The DUFFStarringRobbie Amell1.00infobox
The DUFFStarringBella Thorne1.00infobox
The DUFFStarringBianca Santos1.00infobox
The DUFFStarringSkyler Samuels1.00infobox
The DUFFStarringRomany Malco1.00infobox
The DUFFStarringKen Jeong1.00infobox
The DUFFStarringAllison Janney1.00infobox
The DUFFis afine addition to the canon0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around The DUFF bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Film, Saying and Whitman. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • The DUFF
    • Film
    • Saying
    • Whitman
    • Gave
    • Mae
    • Entertainment
    • Million
    • Release
    • Films
    • Lionsgate
    • Cbs
    • It's
  • the duff
    • Film
    • Saying
    • Whitman
    • Gave
    • Mae
    • Entertainment
    • Million
    • Release
    • Films
    • Lionsgate
    • Cbs
    • It's
  • comedy film
    • Gave
    • Saying
    • Stars
    • Whitman
    • It's
    • Positive
    • Mae
    • Teen
    • Cbs
    • Entertainment
    • Million
    • Cast
  • josh cagan
    • Screenplay
    • Cagan
    • Josh
    • Keplinger
    • Allison
    • Bella
    • Entertainment
    • Janney
    • Jeong
    • Ken
    • Million
    • Release
  • kody keplinger
    • Release
    • Films
    • Cbs
    • Screenplay
    • Mae
    • Whitman
    • Allison
    • Bella
    • Entertainment
    • Janney
    • Jeong
    • Ken
  • mae whitman
    • Mae
    • Whitman
    • Robbie
    • Amell
    • Stars
    • Samuels
    • Santos
    • Skyler
    • Thorne
    • Bella
    • Two
    • Saying
  • robbie amell
    • Robbie
    • Bella
    • Samuels
    • Skyler
    • Thorne
    • Jeong
    • Ken
    • Santos
    • Mae
    • Whitman
    • Allison
    • Janney
  • bella thorne
    • Samuels
    • Skyler
    • Thorne
    • Robbie
    • Jeong
    • Ken
    • Santos
    • Allison
    • Janney
    • Mae
    • Jess
    • Whitman

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For The DUFF, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects The DUFF with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
The DUFF — Overview · splits 47 ⟂ 21
The DUFF — Reception · splits 50 ⟂ 18
The DUFF — Production · splits 55 ⟂ 13
The DUFF — Plot · splits 62 ⟂ 6
The DUFF — Release · splits 63 ⟂ 5
The DUFF — Cast · splits 64 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

The DUFF

Nodes68
Edges67
Triples90
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029412
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around The DUFF to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Literary Connections & Standards, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — The DUFF · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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