History YMMV / WeirdScience

* CreatorsPet: Chett. The producers liked Lee Tergesen's LargeHam performances so much that they started writing bigger and bigger parts for Chett, eventually making him a SecretKeeper at the end of Season 4 and devoting much of Season 5 to him.

I think it can safely be said that this title is most likely NOT on the top of the list of movies that will be up for a gender-swapped reboot.

** That a minor being coerced to kiss a much older authority figure would not be seen as much comedy today despite still prejudice about situations where underage boys are in relations with older women. Can safely say that this title is most likely on the top of the list of movies that will be up for a gender-swapped reboot.

** That a minor being coerced to kiss a much older authority figure would not be seen as much comedy today despite still prejudice about situations where underage men are in relation with older women. Can safely say that this title is most likely on the top of the list of movies that will up for a gender swapped reboot.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm-upHSP9KU Weird Science]]" by Music/OingoBoingo is a catchy dance-rock theme sung by Danny Elfman.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[spoiler: Lisa revealing she just wanted to help Gary and Wyatt with their lives; instead of MsFanservice, she's the TeamMom.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: A bit too adult for teenagers, possibly. "It's purely sexual"

** It's unlikely that the scene where Lisa threatens Gary's parents with a squirtgun resembling a real gun would be perceived as funny by modern audiences as it was in 1985.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: A bit too adult for teenagers, possibly. "It's purely sexual"

!!The film:
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm-upHSP9KU Weird Science]]" by Music/OingoBoingo is a catchy dance-rock theme sung by Danny Elfman.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[spoiler: Lisa revealing she just wanted to help Gary and Wyatt with their lives; instead of MsFanservice, she's the TeamMom.]]
* SignatureScene: Lisa's first appearance and first words: "So, what would you little maniacs like to do first?". This is the scene most frequently parodied.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: Gary's father. Even a liberal parent would think more than twice before letting his/her 15-years-old kid go to a party so vividly (and without a slightest trace of irony) described by Lisa. She does it in a {{Troll}}ing way, even if she's telling the truth.
* ValuesDissonance:
** It's unlikely that the scene where Lisa threatens Gary's parents with a squirtgun resembling a real gun would be perceived as funny by modern audiences as it was in 1985.
** Scenes of the two boys, who are 15 and don't even have learner's permits, driving recklessly and/or drunk are played for comedy. The increased attention on reckless driving since the film's release make these scenes a lot less precocious and more wildly irresponsible.
** Gary heroically calls the evil bikers a bunch of faggots, a term that has become a slur rather than an insult since the film's release. The film does, however, remove the implications of homosexuality from Wez that he had in ''Film/TheRoadWarrior''.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In "Slow Times at Farber High," Gary accidentally takes away the intelligence of most of the people at the school. Scampi ends up too stupid to open his own office door, so he thinks he's trapped. After repeatedly failing to escape, he laments that he's going to die on the floor of his office. That's actually what happens to him in the GrandFinale.

* HarsherInHindsight: One episode, Wyatt's wish to become president of the chess club gets twisted into his getting THE Presidency instead. And then one of his first briefings involves learning about national security over the then-recent attack on the World Trade Center, that includes them saying they don't want to be caught off guard again. Wyatt interrupts it instead to talk about the matter of his school's chess club president.

%%* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Weird Science" by Music/OingoBoingo is very catchy.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Weird Science" by Music/OingoBoingo is an EarWorm.
* [[ClicheStorm Cliché Storm]]

* HeartwarmingMoments: [[spoiler: Lisa revealing she just wanted to help Gary and Wyatt with their lives; instead of MsFanservice, she's the TeamMom.]]

* HeartwarmingMoments: At the end of "Grampira," Wyatt and Gary (who, thanks to Wyatt's Nana's VampiricDraining, have essentially become old people trapped in young people's bodies), bring Nana back to her nursing home to reverse the spell and restore their own youthful energy. Nana not only readily agrees to go back, but tells Wyatt that being young once was enough for her--she's lived a long, happy life, enjoys her retirement, and especially likes to spend time with her grandchildren. The episode ends as Nana eagerly greets her also-retired friends, and Wyatt smiling as he watches her.

* AwesomeMusic: "Weird Science" by Music/OingoBoingo is an EarWorm.

** Gary heroically calls the evil bikers a bunch of faggots, a term that has become a slur rather than an insult since the film's release. The film does, however, remove the implications of homosexuality from Wez that he had in ''Road Warrior''.

* HarsherInHindsight:
** It's unlikely that the scene where Lisa threatens Gary's parents with a squirtgun resembling a real gun would be perceived as funny by modern audiences as it was in 1985.
** Scenes of the two boys, who are 15 and don't even have learner's permits, driving recklessly and/or drunk are played for comedy. The increased attention on reckless driving since the film's release make these scenes a lot less precocious and more wildly irresponsible.

* ValuesDissonance: Gary heroically calls the evil bikers a bunch of faggots, a term that has become a slur rather than an insult since the film's release. The film does, however, remove the implications of homosexuality from Wez that he had in ''Road Warrior''.

** Gary heroically calls the evil bikers a bunch of faggots, a term that has become a slur rather than an insult since the film's release. The film does, however, remove the implications of homosexuality from Wez that he had in ''Road Warrior''.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Gary's father. Even a liberal parent would think more than twice before letting his/her 15-years-old kid go to a party so vividly (and without a slightest trace of irony) described by Lisa. She does it in a {{Troll}}ing way, even if she's telling the truth.

** Gary heroically calls the evil bikers a bunch of faggots, a term that has become a slur rather than an insult since the film's release.

* " It's unlikely that the scene where Lisa threatens Gary's parents with a squirtgun resembling a real gun would be perceived as funny by modern audiences as it was in 1985.