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* AdamWesting: When The Ramones show up backstage at the show, they play themselves as a bunch of airheaded idiots. Joey has to be fed by his manager and gets called a good boy. (He's also not allowed pizza.)
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* BrownFace: A white actor playing a stereotypical Indian shows up at the Ramones concert [[{{Pun}} scalping]] tickets.


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* ClassicalMusicIsBoring: The students show no interest in Mr. [=McGree=]'s lectures on classical music.
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* AscendedFanboy: Riff gets to hang out with the Ramones, and they let her know they're going record the song she wrote for them. They play the song and [[spoiler: they help her blow up the school!]]

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* AscendedFanboy: Riff gets to hang out with the Ramones, and they let her know they're going to record the song she wrote for them. They play the song and [[spoiler: they help her blow up the school!]]



* DeanBitterman: Miss Togar really, really hates rock and roll to the point she actively tries to prevent Riff from going to a Ramones concert. When Riff goes anyway she gathers rock and roll memorabilia belonging to the and sets fire to it [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything while crowing to the students]] "behold, the FinalSolution!" and when they rebel and take over the campus, she calls the cops and really hopes that there's some bloodshed.

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* DeanBitterman: Miss Togar really, really hates rock and roll to the point she actively tries to prevent Riff from going to a Ramones concert. When Riff goes anyway she gathers rock and roll memorabilia belonging to the students and sets fire to it [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything while crowing to the students]] "behold, the FinalSolution!" and when they rebel and take over the campus, she calls the cops and really hopes that there's some bloodshed.
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It’s actually the other way around, they wrote the song for the movie.


* TitledAfterTheSong: The title comes from one of the songs on Music/TheRamones' album ''Music/EndOfTheCentury''.
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Vince Lombardi High School greets its latest principal, Miss Togar (Creator/MaryWoronov), replacing yet another principal who went mad trying to keep the kids in line. Togar sets her evil sights on Riff Randall (Creator/PJSoles), who's popular, sexy, uncontrollable... and the school's biggest fan of the Ramones. When the Ramones are scheduled to tour through the city, Riff tries out various schemes to ensure she gets to see the concert and even meet the band to give them a song she's written... but Togar wants Riff punished with detention for eternity if it means getting rid of rock and roll from the school.

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Vince Lombardi High School greets its latest principal, Miss Togar (Creator/MaryWoronov), replacing yet another principal who went mad trying to keep the kids in line. Togar sets her evil sights on Riff Randall (Creator/PJSoles), who's popular, sexy, uncontrollable... and the school's biggest fan of the Ramones. When the Ramones are have a concert scheduled to tour through in the city, Riff tries out various schemes to ensure she gets to see the concert and even meet the band to give them a song she's written... but Togar wants Riff punished with detention for eternity if it means getting eternity, to rid the school of rock and roll from the school.
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* AdultsAreUseless: The parents do absolutely nothing when Music/TheRamones show up, prompting the question "Do your parents KNOW you're Ramones?"

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* AdultsAreUseless: The parents do absolutely nothing when Music/TheRamones show up, prompting up. And the question band is asked, "Do your parents KNOW you're Ramones?"



* AscendedFanboy: Riff gets to hang out with the Ramones, have them record the song she wrote for them, and [[spoiler: they help her blow up the school!]]

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* AscendedFanboy: Riff gets to hang out with the Ramones, have them and they let her know they're going record the song she wrote for them, them. They play the song and [[spoiler: they help her blow up the school!]]



* DeanBitterman: Miss Togar really, really hates rock and roll to the point she actively tries to prevent Riff from going to a Ramones concert and when Riff goes anyway she gathers all of the rock and roll memorabilia in the campus and sets fire to it [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything while crowing to the students]] "behold, the FinalSolution!" and when they rebel and take over the campus, she calls the cops and really hopes that there's some bloodshed.

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* DeanBitterman: Miss Togar really, really hates rock and roll to the point she actively tries to prevent Riff from going to a Ramones concert and when concert. When Riff goes anyway she gathers all of the rock and roll memorabilia in belonging to the campus and sets fire to it [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything while crowing to the students]] "behold, the FinalSolution!" and when they rebel and take over the campus, she calls the cops and really hopes that there's some bloodshed.



* {{Fanservice}}: Riff is in her underwear to walk into the shower while she has a fantasy of the Ramones playing "I Want You Around" in her room, only to find [[ItMakesSenseInContext Dee Dee in the shower playing bass in his street clothes.]]

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* {{Fanservice}}: Riff is in her underwear on her way to walk into the shower while she has a fantasy of the Ramones playing "I Want You Around" in her room, only to find [[ItMakesSenseInContext Dee Dee in the shower playing bass in his street clothes.]]
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* GirlNextDoor: Kate (Dey Young), the HollywoodHomely best friend to Riff, who has a crush on star athlete Tom Roberts.

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* GirlNextDoor: Kate (Dey Young), (Creator/DeyYoung), the HollywoodHomely best friend to Riff, who has a crush on star athlete Tom Roberts.
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Reverted own edit that needs to go on the trivia tab instead.


* ThrowItIn: Apparently, some of the shots of Riff and Kate at the concert were accidentally filmed with the camera running at the wrong speed, resulting in said shots being sped up. The filmmakers decided to leave them in.
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* ThrowItIn: Apparently, some of the shots of Riff and Kate at the concert were accidentally filmed with the camera running at the wrong speed, resulting in said shots being sped up. The filmmakers decided to leave them in.
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* DeanBitterman: Miss Togar really, really hates rock and roll to the point she actively tries to prevent Riff from going to a Ramones concert and when Riff goes anyway she gathers all of the rock and roll memorabilia in the campus and sets fire to it [[DoesThisRemindsYouOfAnything while crowing to the students]] "behold, the FinalSolution!" and when they rebel and take over the campus, she calls the cops and really hopes that there's some bloodshed.

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* DeanBitterman: Miss Togar really, really hates rock and roll to the point she actively tries to prevent Riff from going to a Ramones concert and when Riff goes anyway she gathers all of the rock and roll memorabilia in the campus and sets fire to it [[DoesThisRemindsYouOfAnything [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything while crowing to the students]] "behold, the FinalSolution!" and when they rebel and take over the campus, she calls the cops and really hopes that there's some bloodshed.
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* VanityLicensePlate: The Ramones' Cadillac has "Gabba Gabba Hey" as a license plate.
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* DeanBitterman: Miss Togar.

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* DeanBitterman: Miss Togar.Togar really, really hates rock and roll to the point she actively tries to prevent Riff from going to a Ramones concert and when Riff goes anyway she gathers all of the rock and roll memorabilia in the campus and sets fire to it [[DoesThisRemindsYouOfAnything while crowing to the students]] "behold, the FinalSolution!" and when they rebel and take over the campus, she calls the cops and really hopes that there's some bloodshed.
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The use of the ampersand in the song title is correct, as that is the song’s actual title. No need to change it.


* AMFMCharacterization: In addition to loving Music/TheRamones, Riff is shown to be a rock fan in general, owning Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' ''Music/StickyFingers'', Music/BobDylan's ''Music/Highway61Revisited'' and Music/TheWho's ''Music/WhosNext'' among others. She also has a picture of Music/TalkingHeads on her wall.

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* AMFMCharacterization: In addition to loving Music/TheRamones, Riff is shown to be a rock fan in general, owning Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' ''Music/StickyFingers'', Music/BobDylan's ''Music/Highway61Revisited'' and Music/TheWho's ''Music/WhosNext'' among others. She also has a picture of Music/TalkingHeads on her wall. She also plays Music/VelvetUnderground's "Rock & Roll" from the record.
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* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: Mr. [=McGree=] frequently praises classical music over modern music (although he feels that Mrs. Togar is too strict in her determination to ban rock and roll), but when he's sent to attend a Music/TheRamones concert, he has the time of his life [[spoiler:and begins actively supporting the students]].


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* NocturnalEmission: Implied. Tom mentions that he frequently dreams about his crush Riff but always wakes up "just before the good part."
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''Rock 'n' Roll High School'' is a 1979 musical comedy film produced by Creator/RogerCorman, directed by AllanArkush, and featuring Music/TheRamones.

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''Rock 'n' Roll High School'' is a 1979 musical comedy film produced by Creator/RogerCorman, directed by AllanArkush, Allan Arkush, and featuring Music/TheRamones.
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Vince Lombardi High School greets its latest principal, Miss Togar (Creator/MaryWoronov), replacing yet another principal who went mad trying to keep the kids in line. Togar sets her evil sights on Riff Randall (P.J. Soles), who's popular, sexy, uncontrollable... and the school's biggest fan of the Ramones. When the Ramones are scheduled to tour through the city, Riff tries out various schemes to ensure she gets to see the concert and even meet the band to give them a song she's written... but Togar wants Riff punished with detention for eternity if it means getting rid of rock and roll from the school.

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Vince Lombardi High School greets its latest principal, Miss Togar (Creator/MaryWoronov), replacing yet another principal who went mad trying to keep the kids in line. Togar sets her evil sights on Riff Randall (P.J. Soles), (Creator/PJSoles), who's popular, sexy, uncontrollable... and the school's biggest fan of the Ramones. When the Ramones are scheduled to tour through the city, Riff tries out various schemes to ensure she gets to see the concert and even meet the band to give them a song she's written... but Togar wants Riff punished with detention for eternity if it means getting rid of rock and roll from the school.

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* AnimalMotifs: White mice. They're frequently [[RunningGag blown up upon exposure to Ramones songs]], [[spoiler: And two human-sized, anthropomorphized mice show up.]]

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* AnimalMotifs: White mice. They're frequently [[RunningGag blown up upon exposure to Ramones songs]], [[spoiler: And [[spoiler:and two human-sized, anthropomorphized mice show up.]]



* ShipperOnDeck: Before Tom tells him that he wants a date with Riff, Eaglebauer is quick to offer Kate up as an option, saying that the two are perfect for each other.



* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Miss Togar]] winds up in a straitjacket.

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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Miss [[spoiler:Miss Togar]] winds up in a straitjacket.
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* AMFMCharacterization: In addition to loving Music/TheRamones, Riff is shown to be a rock fan in general, owning Music/TheRollingStones' ''Music/StickyFingers'', Music/BobDylan's ''Music/Highway61Revisited'' and Music/TheWho's ''Music/WhosNext'' among others. She also has a picture of Music/TalkingHeads on her wall.

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* AMFMCharacterization: In addition to loving Music/TheRamones, Riff is shown to be a rock fan in general, owning Music/TheRollingStones' Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' ''Music/StickyFingers'', Music/BobDylan's ''Music/Highway61Revisited'' and Music/TheWho's ''Music/WhosNext'' among others. She also has a picture of Music/TalkingHeads on her wall.
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* EstablishingCharacterMusic: Riff using a stolen record played to blare Music/TheRamones in the school hall.

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* EstablishingCharacterMusic: Riff using a stolen record played player to blare Music/TheRamones in the school hall.



* {{Fanservice}}: Riff is in her underwear to walk into the shower while she has a fantasy of the Ramones playing "I Want You Around" in her room, only to find [[ItMakesSenseInContext Dee Dee in the shower playing guitar in his street clothes.]]

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* {{Fanservice}}: Riff is in her underwear to walk into the shower while she has a fantasy of the Ramones playing "I Want You Around" in her room, only to find [[ItMakesSenseInContext Dee Dee in the shower playing guitar bass in his street clothes.]]

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