The Top 14 Surprises in "You've Got Mail"

14. Tom's love "poems" consist entirely of references to Star Trek, Dr. Who, and Dungeons & Dragons.


13. Linda Tripp stars as Meg Ryan's backstabbing friend -- but Meg picks her as her bridesmaid anyway because standing next to Linda makes Meg look really, really, really good.


12. Tom Hanks gets PantyCam on the first date!


11. Planned rendezvous falls apart when a panic-stricken Tom Hanks deletes Meg's email promising "Good Times" in the subject.


10. Every time Tom sends Meg an email joke, those bastards at Top5 pop up and demand credit.


9. Poignant ending with Tom Hanks committing suicide after getting busy signals for three straight days.


8. Tom & Meg meet in court during class action lawsuit against Disney and Microsoft for that trip they promised 13,000 people.


7. Overheard at the cyberdeli: "I'll download what she's downloading."


6. Paramedics called when Meg's butt gets stuck in the scanner.


5. Touching scene in which Ryan and Hanks finally meet high atop the Empire State Building: Ryan turns out to be Wilfred Brimley and Hanks turns out to be Pauly Shore -- yet by this time, they're so in love that physical looks don't even matter!


4. Chinese translation of title: "I Love You On-Line; I Hate You in Person."


3. Not all viruses are transmitted via modem: "You've got an STD"


2. Meg is startled to learn that Tom is just a pasty-skinned, socially maladjusted 12-year-old geek, not the virile, hunky Top 5 List contributor he claimed to be.


1. Tom Hanks' first-ever nude scene: You've Got Breasts!


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