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* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: Naturally it's raining as Preach watches the burial of his best friend Cochise.
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* SuddenDownerEnding: The mostly comic adventures of a bunch of rambunctious teenagers suddenly veer into tragedy, when Cochise is beaten to death at the end.
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Set in 1964 Chicago, the film features an all-Creator/{{Motown}} soundtrack, including the original version of "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday", which was later CoveredUp by Boyz II Men on their debut album ''Cooleyhighharmony''. Creator/GarrettMorris plays Mr. Mason, the history teacher. Creator/RobertTownsend made his film debut as an extra in a bit part (he's one of the basketball players).
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* DriverFacesPassenger: Preach, who has so little experience at driving a car that he doesn't know what the R on the gearshift means, manages to win a car chase and evade some cops. He turns to brag to his friends about his driving skills, and right after one of them says "Look out!", Preach rear-ends a parked car.
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* ConversationCut: Preach is telling a series of desperate lies to the cop that has brought him in on grand theft auto charges. The cop says "That's bullshit!" Cut to Mr. Mason, in a different room, saying "That's not bullshit!" as he urges the cop to give Preach a break.
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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: The gang doesn't have enough money to go to the movies. Cochise and Preach use a toy police badge to scam two {{Streetwalker}}s out of $10. They get the money but have to beat a hasty retreat when one of the hookers notices that Preach's badge says "The Lone Ranger".
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* AnachronismStew: Several of the songs used in the film were released after the period in which it is supposedly set.
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* AnachronismStew: Several of the songs used in the film were released after the period in which it is supposedly set. (At the party everyone slow dances to "Ooo Baby Baby", which came out in 1965.)
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* FeetFirstIntroduction: Brenda is first seen when her feet come right into the middle of the dice game that Preach is playing at the diner. (She wants to get past them to the bathroom.)
* GlassesPull: Preach does this when pretty Brenda walks away after their first meeting at the diner.
* GlassesPull: Preach does this when pretty Brenda walks away after their first meeting at the diner.
* StarbucksSkinScale: Brenda, the good-looking girl that Preach takes an interest in, is lighter-skinned than him or his buddies or indeed most anybody in the neighborhood. Preach's friends mock him for thinking he can get with a "high yellow" girl like her.
* TemptingFate: The boys are at the zoo, looking at a gorilla. Pooter says the others shouldn't taunt the gorilla, further explaining "You be nice to him, and he'll be nice to you." Immediately after this the gorilla throws some poop and hits Pooter square in the chest.
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* TemptingFate: The boys are at the zoo, looking at a gorilla. Pooter says the others shouldn't taunt the gorilla, further explaining "You be nice to him, and he'll be nice to you." Immediately after this the gorilla throws some poop and hits Pooter square in the chest.
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* TheSixties: When it takes place (but you often can't tell because of all the PresentDayPast).
* TheSeventies: When it was made.
* TheSeventies: When it was made.
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* YourMom: As Preach is changing for school, Cochise mocks his rather unflattering boxers. Preach does a few pelvic thrusts and says "Yo' mama like it."
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* HollywoodNerd: Preach wears NerdGlasses and is teased for writing poetry. On the other hand, the glasses are the only nerdy looking thing about him, and he is not exactly hurting in the romance department.
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** Preach: went on to enjoy a successful career in Hollywood as a screenwriter.
** Stone and Robert: killed during a 1966 gas station robbery.
** Brenda: moved to Atlanta, married, had three children and works as a librarian.
** Damon: A sergeant in the in the Army, stationed in Europe.
** Pooter: a factory worker in Indiana.
** Tyrone: killed in 1968 during a riot at the Chicago Democratic National Convention
** Stone and Robert: killed during a 1966 gas station robbery.
** Brenda: moved to Atlanta, married, had three children and works as a librarian.
** Damon: A sergeant in the in the Army, stationed in Europe.
** Pooter: a factory worker in Indiana.
** Tyrone: killed in 1968 during a riot at the Chicago Democratic National Convention
