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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: All members of the gang die violent and well-deserved deaths.]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Mr. Norris is the only teacher reaching out to the students and willing to better things up. But push him through the RageBreakingPoint at your own risk...


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* GoodIsNotSoft: Being soft is not an option in such a hellhole. Mr. Norris is fully willing to kill each member of the gang after seeing how irredeemable they all are.
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* TitleByYear: Released in 1982, about a school, so it's implied that 1984 is either the graduation year or the year it's occurring in.

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* TheBrute: Barnyard is built like a truck and the most physical (and dumb) member of the gang.



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: With the exception of Stegman, the gang genuinely seem to care for one another, being furious when they find Fallon dead. Barnyard screams Drugstore's real name ("Joshua") when he thinks he's in trouble and is driven into a mad fury to avenge him. Stegman, by contrast, doesn't give a damn.



* IdiotBall: Terry is trying to kill Stegman hitting his with his car. Granted, he is already insane at that point.

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Terry is trying to kill Stegman hitting his with his car. Granted, he is already insane at that point.point.
** Stegman's final plan assumes Andy won't show the photo of his kidnapped wife to an auditorium full of people, including authorities.
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** Throughout the entire movie, the only thing that the indifferent authorities are willing to go on is eyewitness testimony; since Stegman's gang intimidates anyone who could possibly say a thing, this apparently makes taking action or charging them nearly impossible, though they still all have long rap sheets of confirmed offenses. [[spoiler:At the end, this same reliance on witnesses also means that Norris avoids prosecution, despite the ''overwhelming'' physical evidence he would've left behind for the forensic team, even in a pre-DNA testing era.]]
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If she survived, she would have testified against Norris (which never happened according to the ending caption), and she was last seen fatally injured, so.


* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never actually confirmed whether or not [[spoiler: Patsy died]] as she is last seen bleeding in the front seat of the car, panting.



* WouldntHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Andy kills all the male members of the gang personally, expect for Barnyard, who gets accidentally killed by Patsy. Lucky for him, Patsy inadvertently gets herself killed by crashing a car. And we're not even sure she's dead]].

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* WouldntHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Andy kills all the male members of the gang personally, expect for Barnyard, who gets accidentally killed by Patsy. Lucky for him, Patsy inadvertently gets herself killed by crashing a car. And we're not even sure she's dead]].]].

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''Class of 1984'' is a 1982 action-thriller movie about a newly hired music teacher at a troubled inner city school, where students have to pass through a metal detector due to problems with gangs, drugs and violence.

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''Class of 1984'' is a 1982 action-thriller movie about a newly hired music teacher at a troubled inner city inner-city school, where students have to pass through a metal detector due to problems with gangs, drugs and violence.



* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Fallon gets his arm cut off before with a circular saw before dying on that same saw]]

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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Fallon gets his right arm cut off before with a circular saw before dying being placed back-first on that same saw]]it.]]



%%* BackstabBackfire: [[spoiler:Peter Stegman to Mr. Norris]]



* BigBad: Stegman the leader of the gang plaguing the school.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: All the gang are dead and Andy gets away with the killings because there were no witnesses. He and his wife still have to put up with the trauma of the events, not to mention every student in the school seeing Stegman hang himself]].

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* BigBad: Stegman Stegman, the leader of the gang plaguing the school.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: All the gang are dead and Andy gets away with the killings because there were no witnesses. He and his wife still have to put up with the trauma of the events, not to mention every student in the school seeing Stegman hang himself]].die by hanging]].



* ChekhovsSkill: Deneen: Early in the film she mentions that she can play many music instruments as well as conduct. In the end she steps in when Andy runs off to find his wife.

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* ChekhovsSkill: Deneen: Early in the film she film, Deneen mentions that she can play many music instruments as well as conduct. In the end end, she steps in when Andy runs off to find his wife.



* DisneyVillainDeath: Complete with the failed "give me your hand" trick. [[spoiler: Stegman falls to his death through the window of the school auditorium after being punched by Norris after said trick.]]

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* DisneyVillainDeath: Complete with the failed "give me your hand" trick. [[spoiler: Stegman falls to his death through the window of the school auditorium after being punched by Norris after trying said trick.]]



* FanserviceExtra: One girl at the club who flashes her boobs. For the other side, the shirtless band member on stage.

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* FanserviceExtra: One girl at the club who flashes her boobs.breasts. For the other side, the shirtless band member on stage.



* PoliceAreUseless: Mostly played straight. It is lampshaded that they can't do anything as long as offenders are minor.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Steggman and the rest of his gang. They're neo - nazis.

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* PoliceAreUseless: Mostly played straight. It is Its lampshaded that they can't do anything as long as the offenders are minor.
minors.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Steggman Stegman and the rest of his gang. They're neo - nazis.Neo-Nazis.



* ScarfOfAsskicking: Drugstore wears one in the climax.

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* ScarfOfAsskicking: ScarfOfAssKicking: Drugstore wears one in the climax.



* TeensAreMonsters: Played with. Only the gang members are actually that sadistic although there are other troubled kids in the school, Mr Norris makes a point to stress that there are good kids there and the principal eventually agrees saying "it's just the bad ones command all our attention".
* UselessSecurityCamera: If the whole school is monitored why wasn't it registered who killed Terry's animals?

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* TeensAreMonsters: Played with. Only the gang members are actually that sadistic although sadistic. Even though there are other troubled kids in the school, Mr Mr. Norris makes a point to stress that there are good kids there and there; the principal eventually agrees saying saying, "it's just the bad ones command all our attention".
* UselessSecurityCamera: If the whole school is monitored monitored, why wasn't didn't it registered register who killed Terry's animals?



* WickedCultured: Stegman who can play piano very well.
* WouldntHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Andy kills all the male members of the gang personally, expect for Barnyard who gets accidentally killed by Patsy. Lucky for him Patsy inadvertently gets herself killed by crashing a car. And we're not even sure she's dead]].
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Stegman cuts Andy's wife with a knife]]

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* WickedCultured: Stegman Stegman, who can play piano very well.
* WouldntHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Andy kills all the male members of the gang personally, expect for Barnyard Barnyard, who gets accidentally killed by Patsy. Lucky for him him, Patsy inadvertently gets herself killed by crashing a car. And we're not even sure she's dead]].
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Stegman cuts Andy's wife with a knife]]knife.]]



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* ClothingDamage: Diane [[spoiler: as she is being abducted]]. Andy's clothing also becomes more untidy and unravelled as he [[spoiler: fights off the gang]].
* CoolTeacher: Mr Norris is this to his music class, since he's the only teacher in the school that actually cares.

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* ClothingDamage: Diane [[spoiler: as she is being abducted]]. Andy's clothing also becomes more untidy and unravelled unraveled as he [[spoiler: fights off the gang]].
* CoolTeacher: Mr Mr. Norris is this to his music class, since he's the only teacher in the school that actually cares.



* DepravedBisexual: Patsy, Stegman's girlfriend, checks out the cokehead applicant, and watches Fallon put her through 'tryouts'. She also seems to greatly enjoy watching the gangrape.

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* DepravedBisexual: Patsy, Stegman's girlfriend, checks out the cokehead coke-head applicant, and watches Fallon put her through 'tryouts'. She also seems to greatly enjoy watching the gangrape.gang-rape.



* DisneyVillainDeath: Complete with the "give me your hand" failed trick [[spoiler: Stegman falls to his death through the window of the school auditorium]].
* TheDogBitesBack: After one too many taunts from the gang, Andy [[spoiler: finally snaps and goes berserk on the gang members]].

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* DisneyVillainDeath: Complete with the failed "give me your hand" failed trick trick. [[spoiler: Stegman falls to his death through the window of the school auditorium]].
auditorium after being punched by Norris after said trick.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: After [[spoiler:After one too many taunts from the gang, Andy [[spoiler: finally snaps and goes berserk on the gang members]].members.]]



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* IdiotBall: Terry is trying to kill Stegman hitting his with his car. Granted he is already insane at that point.

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%%* HollywoodNerd: Arthur.
* IdiotBall: Terry is trying to kill Stegman hitting his with his car. Granted Granted, he is already insane at that point.



* MeaningfulName: The main character is called Norris. Rings any bells?

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* MeaningfulName: The main character is called Norris. Rings Ring any bells?
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* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: We get close-ups of Drugstore's burnt face and Stegman's bloody eyes when they die.]]
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* FiveBadBand: The Neo-Nazis fit this trope to the letter.
** BigBad - Peter Stegman is the ringleader and the main foe for Andy.
** TheDragon - Fallon is Stegman's right hand man and carries out his orders.
** TheEvilGenius - Drugstore is naturally the one who makes and supplies the drugs.
** TheBrute - Barnyard, the most violent and thuggish member.
** TheDarkChick - Patsy, the manipulator, who taunts Andy about his wife's fate in the climax.
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* WouldntHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Andy kills all the male members of the gang personally, exepct for Barnyard who gets accidentally killed by Patsy. Lucky for him Patsy inadvertently gets herself killed by crashing a car. And we're not even sure she's dead]].

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* WouldntHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Andy kills all the male members of the gang personally, exepct expect for Barnyard who gets accidentally killed by Patsy. Lucky for him Patsy inadvertently gets herself killed by crashing a car. And we're not even sure she's dead]].
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Steggman and the rest of hig gang. They're neo - nazis.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Steggman and the rest of hig his gang. They're neo - nazis.



* WickedCultured: Stegman who can play pniano very well.

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* WickedCultured: Stegman who can play pniano piano very well.
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* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: we get close-ups of Drugstore's burnt face and Stegman's bloody eyes when they die.]]

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* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: we We get close-ups of Drugstore's burnt face and Stegman's bloody eyes when they die.]]
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-->'''Stegman:''' Life... is pain. Pain... is everything. You... you will learn!
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* SoreLoser: Terry considers himself the one.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: This film was made in 1982.
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* UselessSecurityCamera: If the whole school is monitored why wasn't it registered who killed Terry's animals?
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* MeaningfulName: The main character is called Norris. Rings any bells?
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* ExploitationFilm: Classic TheEighties style.

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* ChekhovSkill: Deneen: Early in the film she mentions that she can play many music instruments as well as conduct. In the end she steps in when Andy runs off to find his wife.

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* ChekhovSkill: ChekhovsSkill: Deneen: Early in the film she mentions that she can play many music instruments as well as conduct. In the end she steps in when Andy runs off to find his wife.


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* IdiotBall: Terry is trying to kill Stegman hitting his with his car. Granted he is already insane at that point.

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* AxCrazy: Stegman is a brutal sadistic neo-Nazi who beats up rival gangs and isn't above raping innocent women.

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* ArcWords: "I am the future"
* AxCrazy: Stegman is a brutal sadistic neo-Nazi who beats up rival gangs and isn't above raping innocent women.


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* ChekhovSkill: Deneen: Early in the film she mentions that she can play many music instruments as well as conduct. In the end she steps in when Andy runs off to find his wife.


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* DeadlyGraduation: A youngster eager to join the gang is ordered to kill a witness.


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* PoliceAreUseless: Mostly played straight. It is lampshaded that they can't do anything as long as offenders are minor.


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* WickedCultured: Stegman who can play pniano very well.
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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman [[spoiler: proves to be one when he is really pure evil by raping Andrew Norris' wife and slaughtering one of his teachers rabbits, making the teacher lose his sanity as a result.]]

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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman [[spoiler: Stegman proves to be one when he is really pure evil by raping Andrew Norris' wife and slaughtering one of his teachers rabbits, making the teacher lose his sanity as a result.]]
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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman. [[spoiler: he is really pure evil by raping Andrew Norris' wife and slaughtering one of his teachers rabbits, making the teacher lose his sanity as a result.]]

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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman. Stegman [[spoiler: proves to be one when he is really pure evil by raping Andrew Norris' wife and slaughtering one of his teachers rabbits, making the teacher lose his sanity as a result.]]
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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman and [[AlwaysChaoticEvil his gang member]]. [[spoiler:They enjoys innocent students' punishment and suffering without any redeeming qualities whatsoever.]]

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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman Stegman. [[spoiler: he is really pure evil by raping Andrew Norris' wife and [[AlwaysChaoticEvil slaughtering one of his gang member]]. [[spoiler:They enjoys innocent students' punishment and suffering without any redeeming qualities whatsoever.teachers rabbits, making the teacher lose his sanity as a result.]]
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* DepravedBisexual: Patsy, Stegman's girlfriend, checks out the cokehead applicant, and watches Fallon put her through 'tryouts'. She also seems to greatly enjoy watching the gangrape.
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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman and his gang member. [[spoiler:They enjoys innocent students' punishment and suffering without any redeeming qualities whatsoever.]]

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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman and [[AlwaysChaoticEvil his gang member.member]]. [[spoiler:They enjoys innocent students' punishment and suffering without any redeeming qualities whatsoever.]]
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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman and his gang member. [[spoiler:They enjoys innocent students' punishment and suffering without any redeeming qualities whatsoever]].

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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman and his gang member. [[spoiler:They enjoys innocent students' punishment and suffering without any redeeming qualities whatsoever]].whatsoever.]]
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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman and his gang member. They enjoys the innocent students' punishment and suffering without any redeeming qualities whatsoever.

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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman and his gang member. They [[spoiler:They enjoys the innocent students' punishment and suffering without any redeeming qualities whatsoever.whatsoever]].
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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman and his gang member.

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* {{Sadist}}: Peter Stegman and his gang member. They enjoys the innocent students' punishment and suffering without any redeeming qualities whatsoever.

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