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->''"You left the outside world; you've got to orient your thinking. You've got to think repression, think limits. Think humiliation and despair. You're in high school for Christ sakes!"''
-->-- '''Patrick Morenski'''



--> '''Patrick:''' You've gotta think repression, think limits. Think humiliation and despair. You're in high school for Christ sakes!


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* JusticeByOtherLegalMeans: Victor Kapados is guilty of many things, but he is convicted of a stock scam.


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* LeaveNoWitnesses: The mob hitmen kill the other two witnesses against Victor Kapados, and try to kill Andrew. (They aren't as concerned about witnesses to their own crimes, however.)
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->''"There's only one thing more frightening than murder: High School."''
-->-- '''The {{tagline}}'''

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->''"There's only one thing more frightening than murder: High School."''
-->-- '''The {{tagline}}'''
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* TheMafia: Andrew is a state's witness against a mobster.

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* TheMafia: Andrew is a state's witness against a mobster.mobster, and spends most of the movie hiding from mob hitmen.
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''Hiding Out'' is a 1987 {{Dramedy}} starring Creator/JonCryer as Andrew Morenski, a state's witness who disguises himself as a high school student in order to avoid being killed by the mob.

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''Hiding Out'' is a 1987 {{Dramedy}} starring Creator/JonCryer as Andrew Morenski, a state's witness who disguises himself as a high school student in order to avoid being killed by the mob.



* BatmanInMyBasement: Andrew stays with his cousin Patrick, unbeknownst to his aunt Lucy. Later, Ezzard lets him stay in the school basement.
* TheBigDamnKiss: At the end of the movie, Andrew (now in {{witness protection}} as Eddie Collins, meets Ryan at the University of Iowa. After reconnecting, they kiss for the first time.
* BeardnessProtectionProgram: Andrew shaves his beard and dyes the hair on the sides of his head blond, and passes as a high schooler while hiding from the mob.
* HighSchool: His cousin explains high school to Andrew:

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* BatmanInMyBasement: Andrew stays with his Andrew's cousin Patrick, Patrick lets him stay in his room, unbeknownst to his mother (Andrew's aunt Lucy. Lucy). Later, Ezzard lets him Andrew stay in the school basement.
* TheBigDamnKiss: At the end of the movie, Andrew (now in {{witness protection}} as Eddie Collins, Collins) meets Ryan at the University of Iowa. After reconnecting, they kiss for the first time.
* BeardnessProtectionProgram: Andrew shaves his beard and (and dyes the hair on the sides of his head blond, and passes blond), allowing him to pass as a high schooler while hiding from the mob.
* HighSchool: His cousin explains The plot focuses on Andrew's experiences in high school to Andrew:school.



* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: The hitmen pose as FBI agents.

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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: The hitmen pose as FBI agents.agents while tracking down Andrew.



* PhotoDoodleRecognition: Inverted when the mob hitmen draw a beard on Max's campaign poster and recognize Andrew.

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* PhotoDoodleRecognition: Inverted when the mob hitmen draw a beard on Max's Maxwell Hauser's campaign poster and recognize Andrew.

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->''"There's only one thing more frightening than murder: High School."''
-->-- '''The {{tagline}}'''



* BeardnessProtectionProgram: Andrew shaves his beard and gives himself a skunk stripe, and passes as a high schooler.

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* TheBigDamnKiss: At the end of the movie, Andrew (now in {{witness protection}} as Eddie Collins, meets Ryan at the University of Iowa. After reconnecting, they kiss for the first time.
* BeardnessProtectionProgram: Andrew shaves his beard and gives himself a skunk stripe, dyes the hair on the sides of his head blond, and passes as a high schooler.schooler while hiding from the mob.
* HighSchool: His cousin explains high school to Andrew:
--> '''Patrick:''' You've gotta think repression, think limits. Think humiliation and despair. You're in high school for Christ sakes!


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* LiarRevealed: When Ryan asks Andrew why he has never invited her to his house or given her his telephone number, he confesses everything to her.


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* OlderThanTheyLook: Andrew is 29, but passes for a high-school student.
* PhotoDoodleRecognition: Inverted when the mob hitmen draw a beard on Max's campaign poster and recognize Andrew.

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* BatmanInMyBasement: Andrew stays with his cousin Patrick, unbeknownst to his aunt Lucy.

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* BatmanInMyBasement: Andrew stays with his cousin Patrick, unbeknownst to his aunt Lucy. Later, Ezzard lets him stay in the school basement.


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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: The hitmen pose as FBI agents.

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* BatmanInMyBasement: Andrew stays with his cousin Patrick, unbeknownst to his aunt Lucy.



* ProfessionalKiller: The mob sends several after Andrew.

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* ProfessionalKiller: The mob sends several after Andrew.LandslideElection: Most of the students voted for "Maxwell Hauser" for class president.


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* ProfessionalKiller: The mob sends several after Andrew.
* StrawCharacter: In a history class, the strawman conservative teacher gives a weak and histrionic defense of Richard Nixon as Andrew struggles to bite his tongue.
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''Hiding Out'' is a 1987 {{Dramedy}} starring Jon Cryer as Andrew Morenski, a state's witness who disguises himself as a high school student in order to avoid being killed by the mob.

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''Hiding Out'' is a 1987 {{Dramedy}} starring Jon Cryer Creator/JonCryer as Andrew Morenski, a state's witness who disguises himself as a high school student in order to avoid being killed by the mob.
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''Hiding Out'' is a 1987 {{Dramedy}} starring Jon Cryer as Andrew Morenski, a state's witness who disguises himself as a high school student in order to avoid being killed by the mob.
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* AlmightyJanitor: Ezzard, who disposes of one of the hitmen.
* BeardnessProtectionProgram: Andrew shaves his beard and gives himself a skunk stripe, and passes as a high schooler.
* ProfessionalKiller: The mob sends several after Andrew.
* LineOfSightAlias: Andrew sees a can of Maxwell House coffee, and adopts the alias Maxwell Hauser.
* TheMafia: Andrew is a state's witness against a mobster.
* WitnessProtection: Andrew ends up in the witness protection program, as Eddie Collins.

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