# What's with the toothbrushing scene in "Bring It On?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-toothbrushing-scene-in-bring-it-on/185271 "2003-06-30T02:33:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-toothbrushing-scene-in-bring-it-on/185271/1 "2003-06-30T02:33:03Z")
Okay, this isn’t the most complex movie in the world. It wasn’t meant to be, but I can’t help but feel I’m missing something in the bathroom scene where Kirsten Dunst and the guy are brushing their teeth. Can somebody help? [size=1]I bet the obligatory “Cause Kirsten doesn’t swallow” response appears 2 posts down.[size] ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-toothbrushing-scene-in-bring-it-on/185271/2 "2003-06-30T02:50:16Z")
You win the award for ‘useless vb tag of the day’. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-toothbrushing-scene-in-bring-it-on/185271/3 "2003-06-30T05:15:14Z")
it’s like some quasi-flirty thing. ‘who can out-spit the other’. i have to look away when that scene’s on, because, ick. ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-toothbrushing-scene-in-bring-it-on/185271/4 "2003-06-30T06:34:17Z")
I think they were just toying with ideas about intimacy. At that age, brushing your teeth together is no longer the meanless thing it would have been few years earlier, but for these characters it is not yet “morning after” familiarity. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-toothbrushing-scene-in-bring-it-on/185271/5 "2003-06-30T12:15:07Z")
Great ideas guys! Thanks. I lost my own bet, but **Lobsang** thinks I’m a winner. I’m thinking about using the last half of my last sentence as a sig. May I **Lobsang**? ---
**Author:** ![isthatsowrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/35a633/32.png) [@isthatsowrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isthatsowrong)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-toothbrushing-scene-in-bring-it-on/185271/6 "2003-06-30T14:33:17Z")
He is testing her. He sees her as a straight-laced suburban girl and fancies himself as a worldly outsider. He spits to show he is uninhibited and rough around the edges. She spits to prove that she too has a wild side. It becomes a pissing contest (not literally, of course, though _that_ would have been an interesting scene.) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-toothbrushing-scene-in-bring-it-on/185271/7 "2003-07-01T11:28:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wolfian \* > \*\*Great ideas guys! Thanks. I lost my own bet, but **Lobsang** thinks I’m a winner. I’m thinking about using the last half of my last sentence as a sig. May I **Lobsang**? \*\* Feel free. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-toothbrushing-scene-in-bring-it-on/185271/8 "2003-07-01T11:31:09Z")
Wait a minute - I thought you were asking if you could use what I said as a sig. Now that I’ve actually read what you said, it appears you are asking me if you can use what _you_ said as a sig. Is that right? If so why do you need my permission? ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-toothbrushing-scene-in-bring-it-on/185271/9 "2003-07-01T12:17:23Z")
Just to make sure that you’re okay with it. I would find it a bit weird if I saw “ **Wolfian** thinks I’m quotable.” as your sig without you asking me. Thanks!