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3* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
4** The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsyfGwlf_l0 Head over Heels]]" by Music/TearsForFears scene.
5** Also, the (in)famous "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4 Mad World]]" [[CoveredUp cover]].
6** Love Will Tear Us Apart by Music/JoyDivision, anyone?
7** "The Killing Moon," by Echo and the Bunnymen.
8** "Under the Milky Way," by The Church.
9** "For Whom the Bell Tolls," by Steven Baker and Carmen Daye (the song played in the theater).
10*** Honestly, most of the soundtrack counts.
11* This movie has two. When he tells Ms. Farmer to "forcibly insert the lifeline exercise card up her anus" and when he calls Jim Cunningham "the fucking antichrist."
12* Donnie's hilarious monologue about [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the sexual habits of Smurfs,]] concluding with the immortal "What's the point in living... if you don't have a dick?"
13** Also a real world example: they ''got permission from the estate of Peyo'' (the creator of the Smurfs) for it, [[ShownTheirWork because Donnie was right]] about Smurfette's origins.
14* Donnie laughing as a jet engine is about to crush him, especially as he's repeatedly stated he's scared of death...
15* When Frank gets Donnie to burn Cunningham's house down, the result gets Cunningham arrested when child porn was discovered.
16* Dr. Monnitoff telling the bullies to get out, when they taunt Gretchen over her mother's stabbing.

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