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3	->''"You left the outside world; you've got to orient your thinking. You've got to think repression, think limits. Think humiliation and despair. You're in high school for Christ sakes!"''
4	-->-- '''Patrick Morenski'''
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6	''Hiding Out'' is a 1987 {{Dramedy}} starring Creator/JonCryer as Andrew Morenski, a state's witness who disguises himself as a high school student to avoid being killed by the mob.
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8	!!This film provides examples of:
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10	* AlmightyJanitor: Ezzard, who disposes of one of the hitmen.
11	* BatmanInMyBasement: Andrew's cousin Patrick lets him stay in his room, unbeknownst to his mother (Andrew's aunt Lucy). Later, Ezzard lets Andrew stay in the school basement.
12	* TheBigDamnKiss: At the end of the movie, Andrew (now in {{witness protection}} as Eddie Collins) meets Ryan at the University of Iowa. After reconnecting, they kiss for the first time.
13	* BeardnessProtectionProgram: Andrew shaves his beard (and dyes the hair on the sides of his head blond), allowing him to pass as a high schooler while hiding from the mob.
14	* HighSchool: The plot focuses on Andrew's experiences in high school.
15	* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: The hitmen pose as FBI agents while tracking down Andrew.
16	* JusticeByOtherLegalMeans: Victor Kapados is guilty of many things, but he is convicted of a stock scam.
17	* LandslideElection: Most of the students voted for "Maxwell Hauser" for class president.
18	* LeaveNoWitnesses: The mob hitmen kill the other two witnesses against Victor Kapados, and try to kill Andrew. (They aren't as concerned about witnesses to their own crimes, however.)
19	* LiarRevealed: When Ryan asks Andrew why he has never invited her to his house or given her his telephone number, he confesses everything to her.
20	* LineOfSightAlias: Andrew sees a can of Maxwell House coffee, and adopts the alias Maxwell Hauser.
21	* TheMafia: Andrew is a state's witness against a mobster, and spends most of the movie hiding from mob hitmen.
22	* OlderThanTheyLook: Andrew is 29, but passes for a high-school student.
23	* PhotoDoodleRecognition: Inverted when the mob hitmen draw a beard on Maxwell Hauser's campaign poster and recognize Andrew.
24	* ProfessionalKiller: The mob sends several after Andrew.
25	* StrawCharacter: In a history class, the strawman conservative teacher gives a weak and histrionic defense of Richard Nixon as Andrew struggles to bite his tongue.

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