Who's That Girl

McGuire thought of the character’s style as an updated version of Ms. Frizzle, the kindhearted science teacher from the Magic School Bus series, who was always decked out in whimsical, ultrabright dresses. As Schmidt later described it, Jess looked like “a drawing of a best friend that an eight-year-old would make.”

Paul ends up not being the right fit for Jess. Sweet and amiable, he doesn’t offer the spark and friction she needs to go the distance with him. Note: key to note: you also need friction

As Meriwether once put it, “Comedy is very high stakes about something that doesn’t matter. It’s finding a character who cares a lot about things that don’t matter to a lot of other people.”