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''Wayne's World'' is a 1992 comedy film, starring Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar, hosts of the Aurora, Illinois-based cable access television show Wayne's World. The film was adapted from a sketch of the same name on NBC's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

The film grossed $121.6 million in its theatrical run, placing it as the eighth highest-grossing film of 1992 and the highest-grossing film ever based on a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' skit. It was directed by Penelope Spheeris, with Myers co-writing the script.

The film also featured Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Lara Flynn Boyle, Brian Doyle-Murray, Robert Patrick ([[AdamWesting spoofing his role in]] ''[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminator 2: Judgment Day]])'', Ed O'Neill, Ione Skye, Music/MeatLoaf and Music/AliceCooper.

[[BuddyPicture The movie follows the adventures of Wayne and Garth]], the co-hosts of a cable access show, in their quest for fame and fortune, battling a crooked network executive who [[ExecutiveMeddling tries to undermine both their control over their show]] and Wayne's attempts to woo Cassandra Wong (Tia Carrere), a rock singer and bassist who also seeks to make her fortune in show business.

''Wayne's World'' was followed by ''Wayne's World 2'' (1993), which featured Creator/ChristopherWalken as record producer Bobby Cahn. In the film, Wayne feels the need to do something with his life, but he doesn't know what until the ghost of [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]] visits him in a dream and tells Wayne that his destiny is to put on an epic rock concert in Aurora. To put on the concert Wayne enlists the help of Garth as well as the world's greatest roadie, Del Preston. Meanwhile, Garth becomes involved with blonde bombshell Honey Hornee ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY it's pronounced "hor-NAY"]]) while Bobby Cahn plots to break up Wayne and Cassandra so that he can take her with him to Los Angeles.

''Wayne's World'' received mostly positive reviews upon release and was commercially successful (just like every ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''-based film up through ''Ladies' Man''). The second film was a modest box office hit. It earned about 48 million dollars in the United States market, where it was the 28th most successful film of its year. In 2000, readers of ''Total Film'' magazine voted ''Wayne's World'' the 41st greatest comedy film of all time.
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* AdaptationDistillation: What do you mean it was based on a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch?
* AdaptationExpansion
* AnAesop: Mocked in the Mega-Happy Ending.
-->'''Noah:''' You know, ever since I did your show, kids are looking at me in a whole new way.
-->'''Terry:''' I love you, Man.
-->'''Russell:''' And I love you, because I've learned that platonic love ''can'' exist between two grown men.
-->'''Benjamin:''' And I've learned something, too. I've learned that a flawless profile, a perfect body, the right clothes, and a great car can get you far in America - almost to the top - but it can't get you everything.
-->'''Wayne:''' Isn't it great that we're all better people? ''[[spoiler:(beat, with Garth)]]'' [[spoiler:FISHED IN!]]
** Mocked again in the sequel.
-->'''Wayne:''' Jim, why was I supposed to put on this concert?
-->'''Jim Morrison:''' Because you had to learn that it doesn't matter what you do, Cassandra loves you for who you are. And that being an adult means facing responsibility yet still taking the time to have fun.
-->'''Wayne:''' Right, it's like coming home on Friday night and doing your homework right away so that your Saturday night is free to just party.
-->'''Jim Morrison:''' ''*clearly annoyed*'' No, I like the way I said it better.
-->'''Wayne:''' Okay.
* AffablyEvil: Although Benjamin doesn't have a lot of respect for Wayne and Garth, he is always polite and flattering to them. This stands in stark contrast to Bobby Cahn, who is openly dismissive of Wayne and Garth.
* TheAlcoholic: Phil. Although alcohol is never mentioned in relation to him, almost every time we see him he looks like he's on the verge of throwing up from too much drinking (the only time we really see him sober is when he's doing inspection on the Mirthmobile at the garage where he works).
-->'''Wayne''': Phil, what are you doing here? You're partied out, man. ''Again.''
-->'''Garth''': What if he honks in the car?
-->'''Wayne''': I'm giving you a no-honk guarantee.
-->'''Garth''': ''*Pulls tiny paper cup out of his pocket*'' Um, if you're gonna spew, spew into this.
* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Applies to both Cassandra and her dad.
* TheAllegedCar: Garth's "mirthmobile," a sky blue AMC Pacer with flames rather inappropriately painted on the sides.
-->'''Phil:''' Okay, it passed inspection... barely.
* AlmightyJanitor: Chris Farley plays a security guard with an uncanny ability to supply exposition.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: It seems like a gag made up for the film, but some music stores actually had "NO [[Music/LedZeppelin STAIRWAY]]" signs before the movie came out due to the number of people who would test out their guitars with that song.
*** "Smoke on the Water" by Music/DeepPurple and "Sweet Child 'O' Mine" by Music/GunsNRoses are two other songs that are frequently forbidden to play in guitar stores because the employees get sick of hearing them played (usually poorly) all the time.
** Believe it or not, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4Z5Kg08PY the "Suck Kut" invented by "Ron Paxton"]] is actually a parody of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3G1cwqYkO4 a real product called the Flowbee]]. It was invented in 1988 by [[BunglingInventor Rick Hunt]], and the Flowbee, as Wayne so eloquently put it, "[[TakeThat certainly does suck]]."
*** TheOtherWiki has this to say about it: "The Flowbee is an electrically powered ''vacuum cleaner attachment'' made for [[GagHaircut cutting hair]]. It was invented in [[TheEighties 1988]] by [[BunglingInventor Rick Hunt]], a San Diego carpenter. Hunt initially sold the Flowbees [[GarageBand out of his garage]] before finding success with live demonstrations at a county fair. The product was advertised as [[SlicesDicesAndMakesJulienneFries being capable of performing "hundreds of]] [[BlatantLies precision layered]] [[SlicesDicesAndMakesJulienneFries haircuts"]] in [[MentosFinger frequently aired]] late-night television [[{{Infomercial}} infomercials]]."
*** In short, it was [[SlicesDicesAndMakesJulienneFries exactly the kind of dodgy product]] you would see advertised in infomercials on the RealLife equivalents of [[NoBudget low-budget late-night cable access shows]] like the ShowWithinAShow, Wayne's World, and believe it or not, [[https://www.google.com/search?q=flowbee&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=d7r&tbo=u&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=univ&tbm=shop&sa=X&ei=gHvSUNSlO-es2QWL44DQBQ&ved=0CFoQsxg&biw=1537&bih=816 you can still buy them]].
** At the beginning of the first movie, Benjamin skips past a commercial for Chia Pet (sculpted animal figurines upon which the plant chia is grown to resemble fur) while channel surfing. Younger viewers may not be aware that Chia Pet is an actual product that was frequently advertised on TV in the early 1990s.
*** "Was"? It ''still is'' advertised on TV, albeit in the "cheap" hours. You can buy a Chia Obama if you want.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Garth's speech is stilted, his eating habits are interesting at best (if it’s red and fruity, he’ll eat it), he goes off on incredibly strange and awkward tangents, and he spends hours tinkering and creating things like robotic hands and electrified cattle prods. These characteristics may come off as sweet and quirky the first time you watch the films, but when you really think about it...
* AudioErotica: Handsome Dan's voice is so sexy that Wayne and Garth assume he's a ladies' man. He turns out to be Harry Shearer.
-->'''Garth:''' God, Handsome Dan is so cool. He must get a million chicks.
-->'''Wayne:''' I bet he's totally studly and buffed.
-->'''Garth:''' With a voice like that he's gotta be a babe magnet.
* BadassBookworm: Shock-rocker Music/AliceCooper surprises Wayne and Garth in the first film by being extremely well-spoken and educated. According to those who have met Alice Cooper in real-life, this is a case of TruthInTelevision.
* BasementDweller: In the first movie Wayne lives in his parents' basement. By the second film he and Garth have gotten a place of their own.
-->'''Wayne''': Okay, so I still live with my parents, which I admit is both bogus and sad. But at least I have an amazing public access show! And I still know how to party!
* BeAllMySinsRemembered: Parodied in, "We're not worthy!"
* BeatStillMyHeart[=/=]AndShowItToYou: When one of the patrons of the donut shop complains about being laid off, Glenn (Ed O'Neill) says that he should "...find the guy that did it, rip out his still-beating heart, and then hold it in front of his face, so he can see how black it is before he dies!" The patron decides to simply file a grievance with the union. The world is, after all, a twisted place.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In the first film, Garth is insulted and then shoved to the ground by a large bully. Garth calmly goes to his car, retreives a cattle prod, returns to the club, and sends the bully flying with a powerful electric shock.
* BigWhat: "It's O.K. She's marrying Bobby. ''({{beat}})'' ''WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?''"
* BitingTheHandHumor: Wayne doesn't pull any punches in mocking his sponsor, Noah Vanderhoff. [[spoiler:[[DeconstructedTrope It gets him fired.]]]]
* BlandNameProduct: The film's fictional Stan Mikita's Donuts is a stand-in for ubiquitous Canadian restaurant Tim Horton's Donuts. Mikita and Horton are both [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Hockey_Hall_of_Fame Hockey Hall-of-Famers]]. Horton played for [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague Toronto]], actor-writer Mike Myers' hometown; Mikita played his entire NHL career in [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague Chicago]], an hour from Wayne's hometown of Aurora.
* BookEnds: ''Wayne's World 2'' opens and closes with live performances by Music/{{Aerosmith}}.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: The NES version of ''Wayne's World'' toned down the language from the movie. One example (even discussed by WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd) had Wayne and Garth say that they're going to see "the ''Lousy'' Beetles," whereas they said they're seeing "the ''Shitty'' Beetles" in the film.
* BrassBalls: When Wayne kicks Cassandra's father [[GroinAttack in the nuts]] in a kung-fu duel, a pair of two Chinese medicine balls (made of metal, of course) fall out.
* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: When Wayne has an argument with Garth and Cassandra. He makes up with the former, but not with her... until they change the end, that is.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Wayne and Garth do this frequently. In fact, some film classes have examined the way the ''Wayne's World'' films treat the viewer as a character in the movie.
* BrickJoke: In the sequel Wayne encounters a group of men early on engaged in setting up their lampshaded {{Fruit Cart}}s and moving their SheetOfGlass back and forth across the street. It gets forgotten only to pop up later during the ChaseScene.
** When they enter the donut shop, Wayne greets a Mr. Whithers who owns an amusement park. This has no relevance whatsoever until [[spoiler:the Franchise/ScoobyDoo ending, where it turns out Benjamin is Mr. Whithers in disguise]].
* ButtMonkey: Garth
* BunglingInventor: Ron Paxton, inventor of the Suck Kut, [[AluminumChristmasTrees a vacuum cleaner that's been re-purposed to cut hair]].
* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Cantonese Love Rip Taylor]]: [[InUniverse According to Cassandra]]. [[invoked]]
* CaliforniaDoubling: Both films are set in Illinois, but mountains and palm trees seen in some scenes reveal that it was shot in California.
* CantYouReadTheSign: "No Stairway? Denied!"
* TheCastShowoff: Dana Carvey really did play Garth's incredible drum solo.
** Tia Carrere really does her own singing in the first film.
* ChekhovsGun: The helpful security guard.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Old Man Withers]], who is introduced early on; this comes to fruition in the Franchise/ScoobyDoo Ending.
* ChromaKey: The blue screen, also known as a magical portal through time and space to such glamourous locations as [[BigApplesauce New York City]], [[AlohaHawaii Hawaii]], [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]], and... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Delaware]]. "Hi... I'm in Delaware."
* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Lampshaded in the sequel. A gas station attendant is removed for being a terrible actor... and replaced by '''Charlton Heston'''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWsFFQP0gA He is so awesome]] that Wayne is reduced to tears.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The better we get to know Del Preston in ''Wayne's World 2'', the more evident it becomes that he is completely off his rocker. Garth calls him out on it during the meeting to discuss stage crew positioning for Waynestock.
--> '''Del Preston''': Alright, ladies and gentlemen. It takes two people to run a concert: one back stage, and one out front. One man alone cannot do this. Wayne, you will run the backstage team. Milton, you are my liaison between Wayne's backstage team and Garth's front-stage team which includes myself in the booth. To the left and right of the stage are machine gun nests armed with M-60 Brownings. Now these babies tend to heat up so make sure you shoot in 3-second bursts. In the event of capture I will personally distribute these cyanide capsules to be placed under the tongue like so. Any questions?
--> '''Garth''': Yes, I have a question: When did you turn into a nutbar?
* CoolestClubEver: The Gasworks in the first film, and Komrades in the sequel.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Benjamin Kane in ''WW'', and Bobby Cahn in ''[=WW2=]''.
* CreatorWorship: [[{{In-universe}} "We're not worthy! We're not worthy!"]]
* CryingIndian: Parodied during the closing credits of ''Wayne's World 2'', when the Weird Naked Indian sheds a tear upon seeing all the trash on the ground following Waynestock. Although he does cheer up a little when he sees Wayne and Garth cleaning up the mess.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: After being defeated by Wayne in hand-to-hand combat, Jeff Wong (Cassandra's dad) takes a liking to Wayne and becomes supportive of Wayne dating his daughter.
* DidYouJustHaveSex: Garth emerges all grown up and content after losing his virginity.
* DisposableLoveInterest: Garth's dream woman from the first movie does not appear in the sequel. Nor is she even mentioned.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Parodied in the "Scooby-Doo Ending" of ''Waynes World'', where it's revealed that Ben is really [[spoiler:Old Man Withers]], the amusement park owner who Wayne spoke to for five seconds near the beginning of the film. Probably an AffectionateParody of how, in older Scooby-Doo episodes, the perpetrator was often introduced the exact same way.
* DownerEnding: One of three endings to the first film. [[spoiler:In the downer ending, Cassandra is denied a record contract, Wayne's house burns down, it's revealed that Stacy is pregnant, and Benjamin and Cassandra become lovers and travel to a beautiful tropical island together.]]
** The sequel has ''two'' downer endings. [[spoiler:In the first downer ending, none of the bands show up to Waynestock, then Wayne and Garth get lost in the desert to die of dehydration. The second downer ending is the ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'' ending where Wayne and Garth commit suicide by driving the Mirthmobile off a cliff. Thankfully, Wayne and Garth decide not to end the film with either of the downer endings and go with a happy ending where Waynestock is a rousing success.]]
* DreamSequence: In the first film, Garth has a fantasy sequence in which he woos the woman of his dreams to the song "Foxy Lady" by Music/JimiHendrix. In the sequel, Wayne's dreams are where he communicates with his SpiritAdvisor, Jim Morrison.
* EuropeansAreKinky: Bjergen Kjergen (Creator/DrewBarrymore), the Swedish receptionist at [=WPIG=] Radio, who tells Wayne that she wishes to make love to him in the near future because he once stayed up all night working on a homework assignment about Sweden.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Dana Carvey had never heard "Bohemian Rhapsody" before, so he's just pretending to know the words. Also, the actors headbanged so hard they injured their necks.
** Garth (the character) is also pretending to know the words. His attempted lip-syncing fails.
*** Dana Carvey ad libbed the question about Bugs Bunny; Myers' reaction is real.
* ExecutiveMeddling: [[invoked]] What the antagonist does to Wayne's show.
* FaceHeelTurn: Wayne goes through a minor one in the first film, driving away both Cassandra and Garth by being a JerkAss. Thankfully he realizes fairly quickly how much of a jerk he's been and proceeds to right the wrongs he's created.
* FadeToBlack: LampshadeHanging by Garth:
--> '''Garth''' I can't believe they did that!
* FeatherBoaConstrictor
* FetishFuel: ConversedTrope. [[invoked]]
--> '''Garth:''' [[FurryFandom Did you ever find Bugs Bunny attractive when he put on a dress and played a girl bunny?]]
--> '''Wayne:''' ''[pauses to consider]'' No. ''[laughs]'' No!
--> '''Garth:''' [[OpinionFlipflop Neither did I. I was just asking.]]
* FollowTheLeader: The first movie's success inspired the productions of all succeeding ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' movies.
* FrothyMugsOfWater: Despite the fact that Wayne and Garth are apparently a pair of hard-partying metalheads, the Wayne's World films contain no depictions of drug use and very little alcohol consumption. Just about the only vices Wayne and Garth seem to have is their love of coffee and donuts from Stan Mikita's (although their friend Phil perpetually seems to be on the verge of throwing up from excessive drinking).
--> '''Garth:''' "Okay, we've had some word that there is some bad red rope licorice circulating in the crowd. Please stay away from the red rope licorice."
** Then again, in the first film Wayne mentions Stan Makita's Donuts as a great "munchies" place (munchies being stoner slang for increased appetite while high). This may be an example of GettingCrapPastTheRadar.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In the second movie, after Wayne & Garth crowd-surf to the front of an Music/{{Aerosmith}} concert, they are shortly followed by a pizza-delivery boy, a refrigerator, and a goat.
* FunWithSubtitles: In the first film, Wayne learns Cantonese to impress Cassandra. He begins the conversation speaking what sounds believably like the subtitles. [[TranslationYes Over time, the words he says get shorter, while the subtitles get longer.]] [[UpToEleven By the end, Wayne is sat there looking bored as the subtitles continue without his intervention.]]
* FurBikini: When Cassandra was trying to film a video.
* GayBarReveal: Happens in ''Wayne's World 2'' when Wayne and his friends (who coincidentally are wearing disguises that make them look just like the Music/VillagePeople) hide in a bar called "The Tool Box" while fleeing from the BigBad.
* GenreSavvy: Wayne and Garth, revealed in their discussions with the camera. Garth in particular has reservations about signing a contract due to a ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone Twilight Zone]]'' episode, though the episode in question doesn't actually exist.
* GiveGeeksAChance: In ''Wayne's World 2'' the sexy blonde bombshell Honey Hornée falls for the shy, nerdy Garth and seduces him. [[spoiler:But later in the film we find out that she wants him to kill her husband, causing Garth to flee in terror]]
* GloveSnap: When the BigBad is being "searched for drugs".
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Russell]], before the end, and [[spoiler:Benjamin]] in the "Mega Happy Ending."
* HellBentForLeather: The outfit that Cassandra wears to the Aerosmith concert in ''Wayne's World 2''.
* HiddenDepths: Alice Cooper and his knowledge of American history. There's a little RealitySubtext here as Alice Cooper is a big history buff in real life.
* HypocriticalHumor: Wayne and Garth talk about why selling out is wrong... while at the same time making ProductPlacement after ProductPlacement.
* IAmTheBand: According to Bobby Cahn in ''Wayne's World 2'', Cassandra is the only member of Crucial Taunt who is talented, and the rest of the band is "terrible." He successfully convinces her to get a new band.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: Wayne opens a door featuring {{ninja}}s training. [[LampshadeHanging He admits that]] [[RedHerring they don't factor into the plot at all]], [[RuleOfCool he "just always wanted to open a door to a room where people are being trained like in a]] ''Franchise/JamesBond'' [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice movie"]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The producers were only able to secure the rights to "Stairway To Heaven" for the original theatrical run. This is why the version you hear Wayne playing on DVD or video sounds absolutely nothing like "Stairway".
* JerkassHasAPoint: Although Wayne chafes at the idea of putting Noah Vanderhoff on his show, he ''did'' sign a contract agreeing to do so, and Benjamin is not being unreasonable at all in pointing it out.
* LampshadeHanging: There's a lot of meta-humor, such as when Wayne remarks that the security guard seemed conveniently helpful.
* LeadBassist: Cassandra is a type B and a type C. She is Crucial Taunt's bass player in addition to being the lead vocalist and face of the band.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: In the ShoutOut to ''Film/TheGraduate'', Music/SimonAndGarfunkel cut out when the car travels through a tunnel.
* LipLock: All of Wayne's conversations with Cassandra's father are ([[GagDub badly]]) dubbed, even with Wayne speaking English.
* LondonEnglandSyndrome: Del Preston's exact address is "London, England".
** Lampshaded, as they manage to find his house immediately with that address.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: In ''Wayne's World 2'', Wayne is escorted through the desert to Jim Morrison's ghost by a "weird naked indian."
* AManIsNotAVirgin: After Garth loses his virginity, he acts noticably more self-confident and macho.
-->'''Garth:''' ''*Speaking in an uncharacteristically manly, confident voice*'' Good morning, darling! I trust you slept well? I hope I wasn't too much of an animal for you.
-->'''Honey:''' Come, hold me.
-->'''Garth:''' You know I will! ''*Blows bubbles from a toy pipe*'' Party on!
** Of course, it lasts about until the next scene.
* {{Megane}}: Garth
* MetalHead: Wayne, Garth, and several of the supporting characters in the films.
* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow:
** Cassandra, especially by the sequel, where she's evidently only interested in marrying an American man.
** Somewhat of a justified trope. Cassandra mentions in the movie that she's in danger of being deported back to Hong Kong if her career doesn't take off. She was probably willing to marry Bobby as a way of gaining full American citizenship rather than doing it out of love.
* MistakenForGay: In the sequel, Wayne & Co. are conducting surveillance on Cassandra, disguised as a [[VillagePeople construction worker, traffic cop, biker, and sailor]]. When they're spotted, they retreat, and hide from ChristopherWalken in a gay bar.
* TheMountainsOfIllinois: Quite literally.
* MsFanservice: Honey Horneé, who is played by the gorgeous Kim Basinger and always dresses sexy.
** Also, Cassandra, of course.
* MultipleEndings: A DownerEnding, a ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' Ending (it was [[spoiler:Old Man Withers, the guy who runs the haunted amusement park]]) and a [[HappilyEverAfter Mega-Happy Ending]]. The sequel replaces the ''[=Scooby-Doo=]'' ending with a ''Thelma & Louise'' ending. The scene cuts to the happy ending as Wayne and Garth drive off a cliff into the Grand Canyon.
* TheMunchausen: Del Preston, the greatest roadie who has ever lived. He's worked with every great rock band, he's been all over the world, and he's got no shortage of stories from his career.
--> '''Del Preston:''' There I am in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at three o'clock in the morning looking for one thousand brown M&M's to fill brandy glass or Music/{{Ozzy|Osbourne}} wouldn't go on stage that night. So Jeff Beck pops his head around the door and mentions there's a little sweet shop on the edge of town. So we go, and it's closed. So there's me and Keith Moon and David Crosby breaking into this little sweet shop, right? So instead of a guard dog they've got this great big bloody Bengal tiger. Well, I managed to take care of the tiger with a can of mace, but the shop owner and his son... that's a different story altogether: I had to beat them to death with their own shoes. Nasty business, really. But sure enough I got the M&M's and Ozzy went on stage and did a great job..
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Glen, the manager of Wayne and Garth's favorite donut shop.
--> '''Glen:''' You know, if you stab a man in the dead of winter, steam will rise up from the wounds. Indians believed it was his soul escaping from his body.
* TheNineties
* NoFourthWall: A hallmark of the films. Wayne and Garth speak directly to the camera and comment on the progress of the film throughout. Wayne claims than only he and Garth are allowed to talk to the camera, but many other characters end up doing so throughout the film. Some university/college courses actually examine the film's use of the audience as a separate character.
** FridgeBrilliance if you think about it. The format of the original sketch is Wayne and Garth speaking directly to the audience. The movie really is an extended version of the sketch (rather than taking the characters and building a completely new story around them as occurred with most SNL adapatations).
* NobleTopEnforcer: Russell, who despite being Benjamin's top lackey is actually not a bad guy. In the end he decides to help Wayne and Garth.
* NoodleIncident: Glenn's crime of passion: "I'd never done a crazy thing in my life before that night. Why is it, if a man kills another man in the heat of battle, it's called heroic? Yet if he kills a man in the heat of passion, it's called murder?"
** Also, in the first film, when Wayne and Garth are talking to Benjamin about being between lawyers and Garth mentioned grabbing their last lawyer by his "big fat head and said, 'Listen man, I'm not going to jail for you or anybody!'"
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: When the boys give an interview to a local radio DJ, they discover he's more interested in loading tapes than actually listening...so they start calling him names, and he's completely oblivious to their joking around.
* OneHourWorkWeek: Wayne admits to having held a variety of dead-end jobs, which he never seems to work. The trope is justified in the first film by the fact that ''Wayne's World'' is quickly picked up in the first act, allowing Wayne and Garth to develop it professionally.
* OneSceneWonder: Both in-universe and out. CharltonHeston shows up in one scene when [[BreakingTheFourthWall the actor who's supposed to be delivering a line isn't up to snuff.]] His performance in the scene reduces Wayne to tears.
* OrWasItADream: In ''Wayne's World 2'' Wayne has a dream in which has a conversation with the ghost of Jim Morrison in the middle of the desert. When he wakes up, his feet are covered in sand.
* OscarBait: Played with in a scene where Wayne gives a "tearful" speech (after splashing water on his eyes so it looks like he was crying) apologizing to Cassandra, culminating in a wail of, "I NEVER LEARNED TO READ!" The words "Oscar Clip" flash at the bottom of the screen.
* TheOtherDarrin: [[invoked]] The {{Trope Namer|s}} is {{discussed|Trope}}, which is when Wayne realized that both actors were named "Dick", and their last names combined equal "SergeantYork," an honored military officer and among the most decorated American soldiers in World War I.
* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: After Wayne erupts into a total {{Jerkass}} (see WhatTheHellHero below) and [[FriendVersusLover ditches him]] during a live taping of the titular show, Garth dumps him. Their make up leads directly into Wayne hatching the plan to defeat the BigBad.
* PosterGalleryBedroom: Garth's bedroom in the first film is this.
* ProductPlacement: Mocked in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QwNdTYdZqE this scene]]
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: In the second film, Del Preston recounts beating a father and son to death with their own shoes, which is apparently justified to some of the other metalheads because, "Ozzy went on stage and did a great job."
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Stacy the "Psycho-Hose-Beast". The ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' theme even plays when Wayne sees her at a party.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Officer Koharski, who reacts with good-natured humor when Wayne and Garth jokingly call him a pig. At the end of the film he helps Wayne and Garth with their plan to get Cassandra a record contract.
* RedOniBlueOni: Wayne (red) and Garth (blue).
* RememberTheNewGuy: Milton (Chris Farley) in the sequel.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Wayne vs. Benjamin
** Wayne vs. Bobby in the sequel.
* SeinfeldianConversation: "Did you ever find ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny'' attractive when he [[WholesomeCrossdresser put on a dress and played Girl Bunny]]?"
* SequelNonEntity: Phil and Officer Koharski.
* ShesGotLegs: Stacy is described as having "Very nice legs, but no self-esteem."
* ShoutOut: The series is littered with them, especially in the sequel: Jim Morrison and the "weird naked indian" are references to ''The Doors.'' Wayne driving the Alfa Romeo Spider to Simon and Garfunkel music and breaking up a wedding are references to ''Film/TheGraduate''. Ralph Brown plays basically the same character as he did in ''Film/WithnailAndI''. The character refer to a number of works by name, such as ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' and ''ThelmaAndLouise''.
** Paired with TheMountainsOfIllinois, (literally) as ''Film/TheGraduate'' Parody uses the same church, which is on the outskirts of Los Angeles, and mountains and palm trees can be scene clearly when they catch the bus.
** Also, the sequel has shout-outs not only to the {{Woodstock}} festival itself, but especially to the Creator/MartinScorsese film. The warning about the "bad red rope licorice" is a spoof of the reports about "brown acid" at the actual [=Woodstock=] event.
* SmugSnake: Benjamin Kane in the first movie, and Bobby Cahn in the sequel.
* SpaghettiKiss: Garth, in the sequel, except with red rope licorice.
* SpinOff: The movie is an example of a segment spinoff. ''Wayne's World'' was originally a reoccurring sketch on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''
* SpiritAdvisor: In ''Wayne's World 2'', Wayne receives guidance from the ghost of [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]].
* StalkingIsLove: Averted. In ''Wayne's World 2'' Wayne suspects that Cassandra is cheating on him with Bobby, so he decides to obtain the truth by spying on her. When Cassandra finds out about it, she is ''pissed'', giving him a solid punch to the face and leaving him.
* TheStinger: Exchange of words between Wayne and Garth during the end credits.
* TakeThat: "Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes that everybody liked, they left that to the Bee Gees."
* TechnologyMarchesOn: If ''Wayne's World'' were made today, Wayne and Garth would probably be putting the episodes of their show on Website/YouTube rather than broadcasting on a public access television channel.
** Their sponsor would probably not be Noah's Arcade, due to the fact that the video arcade industry is DeaderThanDisco in North America, having been made obsolete by home gaming consoles (video arcades are still popular in Japan, however). The only types of arcade games that are still successful are ones such as ''Golden Tee'' and ''Big Buck Hunter'' As well as ''Pinball'' that can not be easily replicated by home consoles, and those games are usually found in bars or movie theater lobbies rather than dedicated video arcades.
* ThereIsAGod: In ''Wayne's World 2'' Wayne says this when he mistakenly believes that Heather Locklear is waving to him.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: InUniverse example; this is how Wayne reacts to the ExecutiveMeddling of the show in the first movie. [[invoked]]
* ThisTropeIsBleep: "... and then the handle will break off and you'll have to get a doctor to pull it out again!"
** You kiss your mother with that mouth?!
* TradeYourPassionForGlory
* TranslationYes: Taken to ridiculous lengths.
* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: In ''Wayne's World 2'', Wayne and Garth are back to broadcasting their show on public access television. They also are no longer with their parents and are renting an abandoned doll factory as an apartment, and they've got a lot of free time to prepare for [=WayneStock=]. It is never mentioned how either of them are supporting themselves.
* WhatTheHellHero: As Wayne begins to slide into {{Jerkass}} territory, he delivers an angry tirade at the camera, prompting it to turn away and abandon him. Wayne instantly realizes his mistake and resumes his heroic role. He even apologies to the audience for it.
* WickedCultured: Benjamin, who impresses Cassandra with his knowledge of fine wines and his ability to speak Cantonese.
* YouLookFamiliar: Chris Farley has a cameo in the first film as a security guard ([[ChekhovsGun who provides a lot of seemingly useless information]]); in the second film, he plays a member of Wayne's crew named Milton.
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