Wild Child - Wild means destructive, reckless and out of control. Because it says child, the immediate thing that comes to your head is a teenager, because they fit the criteria of being 'wild'.
Mean Girls - 'Mean Girls' are a group of people in schools, alongside many other groups. This shows the audience that the film is in a school and involves teenagers. They are usually a group that are not liked by people, meaning there will be conflict/clashing opinions/arguments which stereotypically happens in teenagers lives.
16 Candles - Candles suggests that it is somebody's birthday, and 16 shows that it is someone's 16th birthday. Usually with someone's birthday, a party comes along with it. Partying is stereotypical for teenagers around that age. With many teenagers in the same place at the same time, similar to schools, there is likely to be arguments/conflict and possibly embarrassment.
Superbad - This title can be seen as juxtaposing in a way. This is because the word 'super' is generally used in a positive way, but having 'bad' after it gives it a completely contrasting meaning - This being someone being very bad/mischievous.
A lot of these titles have 'negative' words in them, such as bad, mean and wild. This could show the negatives that teenagers deal with and portrays these in Teen Angst films.
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