History YMMV / SixteenCandles

** Nudity and dropping of the word "fuck" in a PG rated film would certainly catch many viewers off guard, especially the shower scene in the first quarter of the movie, which appears out of nowhere.

---> '''Jake:''' Do you know Samantha Baker?
---> '''Friend:''' Sophomore, right?
---> '''Jake:''' Yeah, what do you think of her?
---> '''Friend:''' I don't.
---> '''Jake:''' Would you ever go out with her?
---> '''Friend:''' Depends on how much you pay me.
---> '''Jake:''' She's not ugly.
---> '''Friend:''' There's nothing there, man. It's not ugly, it's just void.

** The casual use of the word "fag" and "faggot" would be considered very un-PC.

** The film also [[AcceptableTargets stereotypes old people]]. Sam's grandparents are either so out of it that they can't see that a giant hunk of ash is about to drop off a cigarette, or (like her other grandfather) boorish and crude.

** The disabled girl with the neckbrace, who's merely [[ValuesDissonance played for laughs]], even though she clearly has a hard time being able to drink anything (from either a fountain or a can), and hardly seems to have any friends.

* ScaryBlackMan: A very brief moment in the beginning, but Sam and her friend are having a discussion in the school hallway about what Sam wants for her birthday. Sam says she wants a Trans-Am and later says a black one. Her friend looks HORRIFIED at the thought of her being with a black man and even asks, "A black guy???" But then Sam corrects her saying "Black Trans-Am. Pink guy." The relief on her friend's face after the correction is telling.

** The "[[ScaryBlackMan black guy]]" joke mentioned above is rather cringy, especially with interracial relationships being much more common in real life than it was at the time.

* ValuesDissonance: So much of this movie would definitely not fly with today's audiences

* FridgeHorror: If Caroline is already of legal age, her having sex with Ted could be viewed as statutory rape...even though it was nonconsensual.

* ValuesDissonance: So much of this movie would definitely not fly with today's audiences. Just to name a few examples:
** The male leads' casual encouragement of date rape is pretty cringeworthy nowadays.

** Nudity and dropping of the word "fuck" in a PG rated film would certainly catch many viewers off guard.

* DeaderThanDisco

* ScaryBlackMan: A very brief moment in the beginning, but Sam and her friend are having a discussion in the school hallway about what Sam wants for her birthday. Sam says she wants a Trans-Am and later says a black one. Her friend looks HORRIFIED at the thought of her being with a black man and even asks, "A black guy???" But then Sam corrects her saying "Black Trans-Am. Pink guy." The relief on her friend's face after the correction is telling.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: As mentioned above in Values Dissonance, despite being a PG rating, there's a lot of stuff in it that might be appropriate for today's audience.

* FridgeHorror: If Caroline is already of legal age, her having sex with Ted could be viewed as statutory rape...even though it was nonconsenual.

** The use of Joan Cusack's neck-braced character (who can't seem to drink her fluids without difficulty and barely speaks)as a ButtMonkey reads as rather ableist now. As the student guide website [[http://www.shmoop.com/sixteen-candles/geek-girl.html Shmoop]] puts it:
---> You know how mean everyone is, making fun of Lisa Kudrow for having scoliosis in ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion''? If you laugh at that, you are those people. That is all.

* DeaderThanDisco: Like ''Film/PrettyInPink'', the film hasn't particularly aged well, in part due to the general backlash against Creator/MollyRingwald. It's perhaps more remembered nowadays as an UnintentionalPeriodPiece with tons of UnfortunateImplications and ValuesDissonance that makes it uncomfortable to watch today.

---> You know how mean everyone is, making fun of Lisa Kudrow for having scoliosis in ''Film/RomyAndMichellesHighSchoolReunion''? If you laugh at that, you are those people. That is all.

* NotSoDifferent: The Baker family looks down on the Rizczeck family's behavior and clothing, though given how most of them act (the grandparents and Mike to name a few), they're just as rude and crass.

** Nudity and dropping of the word "fuck" in a PG rated film would certainly many viewers off guard.