Robert Pattinson of Twilight stars in this week's new romantic drama Remember Me, his most prominent attempt to prove his non-franchise star power. He knows he has only three more Twilight films to turn his pin-up status into a real career. And as a million teen idols before him can attest, it's quite shocking when the screams of teenage girls and boys suddenly stop and all you can hear is the sound of your own panic.

Here's a brief history of other teen idols who flamed out all too soon...or simply grew up. We'll concentrate on their heyday, rather than wondering "where are they now" because, frankly, that's more fun:

If you're still confused about how this whole "sex" thing works, blogger Frucomerci puts pen to paper (or, more speficially, pen to camera lens) to help clear things up:

There's lots of drama and bitchery in the fifth episode of Untucked but I was too obsessed with how pretty Pandora looks with her new, softer makeup to focus on anything else. Put this girl in a field of flowers and she could do cheesy Avon perfume commercials like Reese Witherspoon.

With it's claustrophobic vibe and oh-no-she-didn't put downs, Untucked reminds me a bit of the classic movie The Women only not as good. It's 200 times better than the sh*tty Meg Ryan remake from a few years ago, however.

This is the episode where I finally got my green room geography straight. There are two holding areas, it turns out: the "bar" and the "Interior Illusions lounge." I thought they were the same thing but they're not because backstage at RuPaul's Drag Race is like the nine circles of hell. By the way, it's A-OK to bring drinks from the bar into the Interior Illusions lounge. In fact, it's strongly encouraged.

For a show so hell-bent on squeezing as much drama as possible out of every moment, it's a total bummer than the two most controversial events mentioned in the episode were not caught on camera; some "violent altercation" from the night before, and the moment when Tatianna told Tyra to stop singing like a dying dolphin.

Somewhere, this dude named Calen met a married gay couple with a Flip cam (keep reading, this isn't what you think it is). Assuming that Calen is about six years old, we're going to go out on a limb and guess he hasn't been faced with too much in the Life Experience department. And maybe that's what makes his chance meeting with two husbands such a precious -- if not eerily angelic -- encounter, one that proves the beautiful innocence of youth, and how, when left to their own devices, kids are often intellectual light years beyond their elderly brethren.

Rest of the world, take note: Calen gets the whole "husband and husband" thing, and it's really nothing to be afraid of.

[UPDATE: This video has been removed, but if you were lucky enough to see it, you're a better person for it. We love you, Calen!]

I'm feeling a little deficient lately. I played French Horn in high school band but, based on what I've seen this season, I chose the totally wrong instrument. I should have been developing my alternative culture skills and learning to play the mandolin or a vintage Wurlitzer organ like this season's kids all do. Seacrest may have confused Simon this week with the American toddler slang "binky," but the contestants all know what he means: they're on stage holding on to their multi-instrumentalist shields in greater numbers than the show has ever seen.

I should have also figured out a way to fix my DNA and be tons cuter. Because if you're unlucky enough to be on the show this year and singing in that way where you can stay on key but you're not sexing the camera properly, then you're pretty much doomed. You are now officially boring to everyone. If you're a girl you'd better have a quirky style and Nikki McKibbin-red hair dye on top (or be an adorable wet-eyed 17 year-old who "wants this so much"). And if you're a guy you'd better be Tim Urban.

The goners: Todrick, Alex (top left), Lilly, Katelyn (top right).

Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber is adorable. Maybe it's the wispy dome 'do, the pink apple cheeks, or the button nose, but whatever it is, there's something about the teenage crooner that is driving girls mad.

Not only do straight ladies love him, but lesbians adore the li'l guy, too! Okay, so maybe they don't adore Justin Bieber, per se, but there sure are plenty of lesbians who enjoy the company of other lesbians who look exactly like Justin Bieber, thus the blog Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber.

You think we're kidding?

Queer visibility in hip-hop has always lagged behind other genres, but right now it's making a big leap forward. Or rather, a bounce.

Remember when Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Girl obsession became so culturally ubiquitious, it couldn't have been described as anything other than B-A-N-A-N-A-S? We sure do.

And so does this guy, who apparently calls himself "Little Miss Bear." He is a Harajuku Girl with massive body hair and pigtailed dreadlocks? (Is that what that is?)

No judgments, dude. It's your world, and we just watch it on YouTube.