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* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** While the basic outline of Ritchie's rise to fame is accurate, there's also a fair amount of outright fictionalization, especially in Ritchie-Bob scenes. For one thing, Ritchie didn't actually learn the title song at a Tijuana brothel; he'd known it since he was a kid.
** The coin toss between Ritchie and Tommy Allsup really took place back at the ballroom after the show, not on the airport runway.
** While the basic outline of Ritchie's rise to fame is accurate, there's also a fair amount of outright fictionalization, especially in Ritchie-Bob scenes. For one thing, Ritchie didn't actually learn the title song at a Tijuana brothel; he'd known it since he was a kid.
** The coin toss between Ritchie and Tommy Allsup really took place back at the ballroom after the show, not on the airport runway.
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* BookEnds: The film begins and ends with the music "Sleep Walk" by Santo & Johnny.
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* BookEnds: The film begins and ends with the music {{instrumental}} "Sleep Walk" by Santo & Johnny.
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* IntrafamilialClassConflict: As Ritchie's career begins to take off, it generates a degree of resentment with his older brother Bob. During a Christmas party, Ritchie asks Bob if he bought a gift for their mother, to which Bob explodes at him saying that he should have bought it since he had money.
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* AntiRoleModel: Bob to Richie
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* AntiRoleModel: Bob to RichieRichie.
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* BreakingBadNewsGently: Donna sees her friends crying at school after hearing the news of Valens' death. She asks what's wrong and one of her friends gently tells her, "You'd better sit down, Donna." Afterward, she blankly stares forward as she silently cries.
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* BreakingBadNewsGently: Donna sees her friends crying at school after hearing the news of Valens' death. She asks what's wrong and one of her friends gently tells her, "You'd better sit down, Donna." Afterward, A few cuts later, she blankly stares forward as she silently cries.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: “I’m gonna be a star, and stars don’t fall out of the sky, do they?”
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: “I’m gonna be a star, and but stars don’t fall out of the sky, do they?”they?”
* HateSink:
** Donna’s father is a borderline racist control freak who goes way out of his way to prevent her and Richie from seeing each other.
** The leader of the Silhouettes. From the start it is clear that he doesn’t like Richie. He intentionally prevents Richie from singing at a garage party and mistreats his band mates, leading to him being voted out.
* HateSink:
** Donna’s father is a borderline racist control freak who goes way out of his way to prevent her and Richie from seeing each other.
** The leader of the Silhouettes. From the start it is clear that he doesn’t like Richie. He intentionally prevents Richie from singing at a garage party and mistreats his band mates, leading to him being voted out.
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* KilledOffscreen: Ritchie, Holly, and Richardson. We see their plane take off and the next scene is the radio reporting that it crashed.
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* KilledOffscreen: Ritchie, Buddy Holly, and Richardson.Big Bopper. We see their plane take off and the next scene is the radio reporting that it crashed.
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* ParentalFavoritism: Bob believes Connie is guilty of this
* PartingWordsRegret: Averted, albeit just barely. Ritchie and Bob reconciled before he got on the plane.
* PartingWordsRegret: Averted, albeit just barely. Ritchie and Bob reconciled before he got on the plane.
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* ParentalFavoritism: Bob believes Connie is guilty of this
this towards Richie.
* PartingWordsRegret: Averted, albeit just barely. Ritchie and Bob reconciled over the phone before he got on the plane.
* PartingWordsRegret: Averted, albeit just barely. Ritchie and Bob reconciled over the phone before he got on the plane.
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* TitleDrop: Near the end of the film, Ritchie sings the titular song he was famous for.
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* TitleDrop: Near the end of the film, Ritchie sings the titular song he was famous for. It is also the first song to play during the credits.
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* Foreshadowing: “I’m gonna be a star, and stars don’t fall out of the sky, do they?”
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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: “I’m gonna be a star, and stars don’t fall out of the sky, do they?”
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* KilledOffscreen: Ritchie, Holly, and Richardson. We see their plane take off and the next scene is the radio reporting that it crashed.
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* Foreshadowing: “I’m gonna be a star, and stars don’t fall out of the sky, do they?”
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Bob feels that nobody in his life respects him.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Bob feels that nobody in his life respects him.
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* RiteOfPassageNameChange: Although it was generally a black mark on the early film and music industries that they Americanized ethnic names, Keen treats Richie like someone who
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* RiteOfPassageNameChange: Although it was generally a black mark on the early film and music industries that they Americanized ethnic names, Keen treats Richie like someone whowho won't mind at all.
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* ForegoneConclusion: This movie is all about “the day the music died,” which means everybody already knows Richie dies in the end.
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* ForegoneConclusion: This movie is all about “the "the day the music died,” died", which means everybody already knows Richie dies in the end.
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* MoodWhiplash: The movie begins with a group of kids playing basketball, in slow motion and the screen filtered blue, accompanied by the tune "Sleep Walk" by Santo & Johnny. During the scene, we see a couple of planes flying over them. We focus on a kid tying his shoes, and suddenly the planes [[MidairCollision collide with each other in midair]]. Then we cut to Ritchie [[CatapultNightmare waking up]], revealing it to be a dream/bad memory.
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* MoodWhiplash: The movie begins with a group of kids playing basketball, in slow motion and the screen filtered blue, a blue-filtered screen, accompanied by the tune "Sleep Walk" by Santo & Johnny.Walk". During the scene, we see a couple of planes flying over them. We focus on a kid tying his shoes, and suddenly the planes [[MidairCollision collide with each other in midair]]. Then we cut to Ritchie [[CatapultNightmare waking up]], revealing it to be a dream/bad memory.
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* SayMyName[=/=]SkywardScream: The last line of the film comes from Bob, who goes to a bridge contemplating Ritchie's death after his funeral. He breaks down and screams Ritchie's name in grief. The movie ends with a slow-motion flashback of an earlier scene of him and Ritchie running up the hill, one of their few good times together.
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* TitleDrop: Near the end of the film, Ritchie sings the titular song he was famous for.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: The ultimate AdultFear. "No, ''not Ritchie!'' Not my Ritchie!"
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: The ultimate AdultFear. fear of adults - "No, ''not Ritchie!'' Not my Ritchie!"
