- Alas, Poor Scrappy: Turkey may have been a backstabbing weasel, but his death at the hands of the Ducky Boys was undeserved and it’s hard to not feel bad for him.
- Cult Classic: While the film is usually overshadowed by other youth gang films, it still has a sizeable number of fans.
- Obvious Judas: It was quite obvious that Turkey had absolutely no intent on staying with the Wanderers, even before graduation.
- Retroactive Recognition: An uncredited Wayne Knight plays a waiter in his first-ever film role.
- What Do You Mean, It's Not Symbolic?: The football game devolving into a battle between the Ducky Boys and the Wanderer/Del Bomber/Wong team-up foreshadows the violent confusion of The Vietnam War. Topped by Joey's violent father joining in the battle and attacking his own son in the confusion.
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