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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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