* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The whole movie is like a love letter to British popular music. Note that the song "(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful" does not, in fact, appear in the movie.
* DirectorDisplacement: It's viewed as a Creator/JohnHughes film, though Howard Deutch directed it.
* RetroactiveRecognition
** Candace Cameron who went on to play D.J. Tanner in ''Series/FullHouse'' appears as Keith's little sister, Cindy.
** Duncan is played by Creator/EliasKoteas, who would later play Casey Jones in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' and Alvin Olinsky in ''Series/ChicagoPD''.
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