History YMMV / SchoolTies

* HilariousInHindsight:
** Creator/AnthonyRapp plays an extremely anti-semitic kid. Later on, Rapp's most famous role will be a Jewish character in ''Theatre/{{RENT}}''.
** Creator/BrendanFraser wants to go to Harvard. He does in ''Film/WithHonors''.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: For a school movie, it's surprisingly this. Apart from David and Reece, none of the other students are likable and are cruel antisemitic jerkasses. Once David is discovered to be Jewish, everybody straight up abandons and harasses him including David’s girlfriend. The worse part, there is no payoff to the crap David goes through. No one grows out of their petty ways and all of them remain cruel with no comeuppance. Even after Dillion is caught cheating, David has little to no friends and is still stuck with his anti-Semitic classmates.

** Creator/BrendanFraser and Creator/AmyLocane would play love interests again in ''Film/{{Airheads}}''.
** Ben Affleck and Chris O'Donnell star together here and would later [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Batman]] and [[BatmanForever Robin]] respectively.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: For a school movie, it's surprisingly this. Apart from David and Reece, none of the other students are likable and are cruel anti-semitic jerkasses. Once David is discovered to be Jewish, everybody straight up abandons and harasses him including David’s girlfriend. The worse part, there is no payoff to the crap David goes through. No one grows out of their petty ways and all of them remain cruel with no comeuppance. Even after Dillion is caught cheating, David has little to no friends and is still stuck with his anti-Semitic classmates.

* MemeticMutation: "Plur-ay!"

* SignatureScene: The scene where David returning to his dorm room, finding a Swastika banner with the words "Go Home Jew!" on it and challenging the perpetrator to a fight, only for him to be left out in the rain.
* TheWoobie: David when everyone finds out he's Jewish.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: For a school movie, it's surprisingly this. Apart from David and Reece, none of the other students are likable and are cruel anti-semitic jerkasses. Once David is discovered to be Jewish, everybody straight up abandons and harass him including David’s girlfriend. The worse part, there is no payoff to the crap David goes through. No one grows out of their petty ways and all of them remain cruel with no comeuppance. Even after Dillion is caught cheating, David has little to no friends and is still stuck with his anti-Semitic classmates.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: For a school movie, it’s surprisingly this. Apart from David and Reece, none of the other students are likable and are cruel anti-semitic jerkasses. Once David is discovered to be Jewish, everybody straight up abandons and harass him including David’s girlfriend. The worse part, there is no payoff to the crap David goes through. No one grows out of their petty ways and all of them remain cruel with no comeuppance. Even after Dillion is caught cheating, David has little to no friends and is still stuck with his anti-Semitic classmates.
* HilariousInHindsight: Anthony Rapp plays an extremely anti-semitic kid. Later on, Rapp's most famous role will be a Jewish character in ''Theatre/{{RENT}}''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: This film has some of Creator/BrendanFraser, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/ChrisODonnell and Anthony Rapp's first roles, so it's inevitable. As a result, there have been TV commercials advertising the movie by focusing on this aspect, with no reference to the actual plot.

* HilariousInHindsight: Anthony Rapp plays an extremely anti-semitic kid. Later on, Rapp's most famous role will be a Jewish character in RENT.

* RetroactiveRecognition: This film has some of Creator/BrendanFraser, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/BenAffleck, Chris O'Donnell and Anthony Rapp's first roles, so it's inevitable. As a result, there have been TV commercials advertising the movie by focusing on this aspect, with no reference to the actual plot.

** Mack after he fails his French exam.

** Mack after when he fails his French exam.

* RetroactiveRecognition: This film has some of Creator/BrendanFraser, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/BenAffleck and Anthony Rapp's first roles, so it's inevitable.

* RetroactiveRecognition: This film has some of Creator/BrendanFraser, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/BenAffleck and Anthony Rapp's first roles, so it's inevitable.

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/AnthonyRapp plays an extremely anti-semitic kid. Later on, Rapp's most famous role will be a Jewish character in RENT.

** The "Cowards!" scene that ''FamilyGuy'' referenced.
* RetroactiveRecognition: This film has some of Creator/BrendanFraser, MattDamon, Creator/BenAffleck and Creator/AnthonyRapp's first roles, so it's inevitable.

* RetroactiveRecognition: This film has some of Creator/BrendanFraser, MattDamon, BenAffleck and Creator/AnthonyRapp's first roles, so it's inevitable.

* HilariousInHindsight AnthonyRapp plays an extremely anti-semetic kid. Later on, Rapp's most famous role will be a Jewish character in RENT.
* RetroactiveRecognition This film has some of BrendanFraser, MattDamon, BenAffleck and AnthonyRapp's first roles, so it's inevitable.