Cameron James, a new student he is given a tour of the school by Michael Eckman, who is an AV geek. During the tour, Cameron spots the beautiful and popular Bianca Stratford and is immediately smitten with her. Michael warns that Bianca is shallow, conceited, and worst of all, not allowed to date. Michael does, however, inform Cameron that Bianca is looking for a French tutor.

At the Stratford residence, Bianca’s outcast older sister Kat is in conflict with their protective father, who wants Kat to attend college nearby, despite her acceptance to Sarah Lawrence College. Bianca is also fighting with her father regarding his strict no dating rule. However, Kat's aversion to dating prompts the father to come up with a new rule: Bianca can only date if Kat is also dating.

Cameron starts tutoring Bianca, and she informs him of her father’s rule after Cameron makes many failed attempts to ask her out. This news motivates Cameron and Michael to set out to find a boy who is willing to date Kat.

Cameron suggests Patrick Verona, an outcast who is just as ill-tempered as Kat. Cameron tries asking Patrick for his assistance, but Patrick scares him off. Michael then poses the idea to Joey, also attempting to date Bianca, to pay Patrick to take Kat out. Patrick agrees, but Kat, however, wants nothing to do with Patrick. He eventually wins her over and the two become a couple, while Kat remains unaware of the money Patrick received to originally date her. Meanwhile, Cameron continues to pursue Bianca while she remains interested in Joey, but is unaware of his intentions to use her for sex.

Bianca tries to convince her father to let her go to the prom with Joey, but he refuses because Kat isn’t going. When Bianca confronts Kat, it is revealed that Kat previously dated Joey and he had used her for sex. She tells Bianca that her feelings of isolation from her peers ultimately stemmed from the incident with Joey.

Bianca and Kat end up going to the prom with Cameron and Patrick, respectively. Joey is furious to learn that Bianca has gone to the prom with Cameron, and confronts Patrick about the "arrangement" in front of Kat. Kat blows up at Patrick and leaves. Joey subsequently confronts Cameron about manipulating the 'deal' for himself, but after he punches Cameron, Bianca hits Joey three times, leaving him curled up in pain on the floor.

Cameron James, a new student he is given a tour of the school by Michael Eckman, who is an AV geek. During the tour, Cameron spots the beautiful and popular Bianca Stratford and is immediately smitten with her. Michael warns that Bianca is shallow, conceited, and worst of all, not allowed to date. Michael does, however, inform Cameron that Bianca is looking for a French tutor.

At the Stratford residence, Bianca’s outcast older sister Kat is in conflict with their protective father, who wants Kat to attend college nearby, despite her acceptance to Sarah Lawrence College. Bianca is also fighting with her father regarding his strict no dating rule. However, Kat's aversion to dating prompts the father to come up with a new rule: Bianca can only date if Kat is also dating.

Cameron starts tutoring Bianca, and she informs him of her father’s rule after Cameron makes many failed attempts to ask her out. This news motivates Cameron and Michael to set out to find a boy who is willing to date Kat.

Cameron suggests Patrick Verona, an outcast who is just as ill-tempered as Kat. Cameron tries asking Patrick for his assistance, but Patrick scares him off. Michael then poses the idea to Joey, also attempting to date Bianca, to pay Patrick to take Kat out. Patrick agrees, but Kat, however, wants nothing to do with Patrick. He eventually wins her over and the two become a couple, while Kat remains unaware of the money Patrick received to originally date her. Meanwhile, Cameron continues to pursue Bianca while she remains interested in Joey, but is unaware of his intentions to use her for sex.

Bianca tries to convince her father to let her go to the prom with Joey, but he refuses because Kat isn’t going. When Bianca confronts Kat, it is revealed that Kat previously dated Joey and he had used her for sex. She tells Bianca that her feelings of isolation from her peers ultimately stemmed from the incident with Joey.

Bianca and Kat end up going to the prom with Cameron and Patrick, respectively. Joey is furious to learn that Bianca has gone to the prom with Cameron, and confronts Patrick about the "arrangement" in front of Kat. Kat blows up at Patrick and leaves. Joey subsequently confronts Cameron about manipulating the 'deal' for himself, but after he punches Cameron, Bianca hits Joey three times, leaving him curled up in pain on the floor.