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6 V9 I3 g  U1 c1 o; Z% W There have been some pretty silly TV movies on the Disney channel in the past. But they may be setting a ridonkulous new benchmark with Zapped, in which a teenage girl discovers that mind-control can be fun! Sadly  or maybe luckily , Zapped is not a remake of the Scott Baio movie about a nerdy dude who becomes a Tomorrow Pervert. Rather, it   about a teen girl whose cellphone gets a weird app that lets her control boys. This movie has everything:  gender politics, cellphones, fear of technology, and our secret wishfulfillment about getting to be stanley becher nd others to our will.  Of course, you know she will learn a Very Important Lesson by the end of it, and realize that she really wants a dude who can stand up to her, or something.  Here   the official synopsis, via Disney Dreaming: The storyline follows 16 year-old Zoey Stevens, a skilled dancer and  straight-A student who is having a hard time adjusting to a new high  school, a new and klutzy dance squad, a new step-dad, three new rowdy  stanley spain  step-brothers and an unruly dog. But things change when a dog training  app on her smart phone begins to somehow control all the boys around  her. Cannot. Wait.   stanley spain                                                       disneyTrailer frenzy