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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Hazing incoming freshmen on the last day of school were frowned upon in 1993 (though not as much as it is today), and the movie seems to toy with the audience's modern-day sensibilities whenever it's depicted. But in the film's 1976 setting, it's seen by the characters as just another traditional rite of passage.

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Hazing incoming freshmen on the last day of school were was frowned upon in 1993 (though not as much as it is today), and the movie seems to toy with the audience's modern-day sensibilities whenever it's depicted. But in the film's 1976 setting, it's seen by the characters as just another traditional rite of passage.



--> He later tells her, "See you again tomorrow."
* DrugsAreGood: Contrary to popular belief, this film does NOT have this message. Only one character (Slater) is a full-blown stoner. And the negative effect frequent pot smoking has had on his mental health is fairly obvious. On the other hand, multiple characters are shown "recreationally" smoking pot throughout the film, so the real message seems to be "all things in moderation."
* {{Ephebophile}}: Wooderson, arguably the movie's most famous, or at least most memetic character.

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--> He later tells her, "See you again tomorrow.tomorrow night."
* DrugsAreGood: Contrary to popular belief, this film does NOT have this message. Only one character (Slater) is a full-blown stoner. And stoner, and the negative effect frequent pot smoking has had on his mental health is fairly obvious. On the other hand, multiple characters are shown "recreationally" smoking pot throughout the film, so the real message seems to be "all things in moderation."
* {{Ephebophile}}: Wooderson, arguably the movie's most famous, or at least most memetic memetic, character.
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** During class Shavonne and some other students are listing the Series/GilligansIsland episodes. Later in the bathroom, Kaye compares the attractiveness of the TV show's women to the mediocrity of the men, concluding that male audiences are quite pleased with what they see while female fans get nothing.
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* RevengeByProxy: Darla's reason for targeting Sabrina at the moontower party is because the latter is Jodi's protégé. While cruising, Darla and BFF Simone get Shavonne to admit that (presumably) Jodi respectively referred to the two as a bitch and a slut. Darla and Simone also observe the latter's boyfriend Pink in friendly dialogue with Jodi outside the Emporium after Pink had told Simone at school that he'd be spending the evening with the guys. What better of a way of a bully to exact revenge by not only going after a younger girl who has difficulty standing up for herself, but that of an enemy's new friend.

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* RevengeByProxy: Darla's reason for targeting Sabrina at the moontower party is because the latter is Jodi's protégé. While cruising, Darla and BFF Simone get Shavonne to admit that (presumably) Jodi respectively referred to the two as a bitch and a slut. Darla and Simone also observe the latter's boyfriend Pink in friendly dialogue with Jodi outside the Emporium after Pink had told Simone at school that he'd be spending the evening with the guys. What better of a way of for a bully to exact revenge by not only going after a younger girl who has difficulty standing up for herself, but that of an enemy's new friend.
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* RevengeByProxy: Darla's reason for targeting Sabrina at the moontower party is because the latter is Jodi's protégé. While cruising, Darla and BFF Simone get Shavonne to admit that (presumably) Jodi respectively referred to the two as a bitch and a slut. Darla and Simone also observe the latter's boyfriend Pink in friendly dialogue with Jodi outside the Emporium after Pink had told Simone at school that he'd be spending the evening with the guys. What better of a way of a bully to exact revenge by not only going after a younger girl who has difficulty standing up for herself, but that of an enemy's new friend.
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: In a deleted scene right before her confrontation by Darla, Sabrina admits to Tony her reason for participating in the hazing is because she was never able to fit in before. This is {{Lampshaded}} in the beginning of the film when Jodi first recruits Sabrina; at the time, Sabrina is hanging with a group of other outcast girls, one of whom can be heard questioning what makes Sabrina so special that she's the only one invited.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: In his one serious scene, Benny points out to Pink that the latter quitting the football team as starting quarterback during their senior year would jeopardize the entire team, and the head coach is correct in that Pickford's crowd couldn't care less whether the team wins or loses.
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''Dazed and Confused'' is a 1993 ComingOfAgeStory written and directed by Creator/RichardLinklater. The movie's large EnsembleCast featured a number of future stars, including Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/JasonLondon, Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/MillaJovovich, [[Film/PitchBlack Cole Hauser]], Creator/ParkerPosey, Creator/AnthonyRapp, Creator/AdamGoldberg, Creator/JoeyLaurenAdams, Creator/NickyKatt]], and Creator/RoryCochrane.

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''Dazed and Confused'' is a 1993 ComingOfAgeStory written and directed by Creator/RichardLinklater. The movie's large EnsembleCast featured a number of future stars, including Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/JasonLondon, Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/MillaJovovich, [[Film/PitchBlack Cole Hauser]], Creator/ParkerPosey, Creator/AnthonyRapp, Creator/AdamGoldberg, Creator/JoeyLaurenAdams, Creator/NickyKatt]], Creator/NickyKatt, and Creator/RoryCochrane.
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''Dazed and Confused'' is a 1993 ComingOfAgeStory written and directed by Creator/RichardLinklater. The movie's large EnsembleCast featured a number of future stars, including Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/JasonLondon, Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/MillaJovovich, [[Film/PitchBlack Cole Hauser]], Creator/ParkerPosey, Creator/AnthonyRapp, Creator/AdamGoldberg, Creator/JoeyLaurenAdams, [[Literature/ATimeToKill Nicky Katt]], and Creator/RoryCochrane.

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''Dazed and Confused'' is a 1993 ComingOfAgeStory written and directed by Creator/RichardLinklater. The movie's large EnsembleCast featured a number of future stars, including Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/JasonLondon, Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/MillaJovovich, [[Film/PitchBlack Cole Hauser]], Creator/ParkerPosey, Creator/AnthonyRapp, Creator/AdamGoldberg, Creator/JoeyLaurenAdams, [[Literature/ATimeToKill Nicky Katt]], Creator/NickyKatt]], and Creator/RoryCochrane.
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The apostrophe in abbreviations for decades goes before the number, not before the S.


* {{Retraux}}: Even the cinematography is handled in a manner that makes the movie feel like the 70's. There's quite a bit more film grain than in most other 90's movies, and the way the soundtrack and sound quality are handled is very reminiscent of movies made in the 70's.

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* {{Retraux}}: Even the cinematography is handled in a manner that makes the movie feel like the 70's. '70s. There's quite a bit more film grain than in most other 90's '90s movies, and the way the soundtrack and sound quality are handled is very reminiscent of movies made in the 70's.'70s.



** The very fact that Randal Floyd's nickname is "Pink," an unsubtle nod to 70's ProgressiveRock band Music/PinkFloyd.

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** The very fact that Randal Floyd's nickname is "Pink," an unsubtle nod to 70's '70s ProgressiveRock band Music/PinkFloyd.
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Ymmv trope.


* SpiritualSuccessor: Commonly seen as a two-decades later companion piece with ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'', another nostalgia-based film with a largely RandomEventsPlot covering a single wild night.
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Basically, it's ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' made in TheNineties instead of the TheSeventies, and set in The '70s instead of TheSixties.

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Basically, it's ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' made in TheNineties instead of the TheSeventies, and set in The '70s instead of TheSixties.



* AmbiguouslyJewish: Mike Newhouse, at least in fitting the nerdy, academic stereotype thereof.

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Mike Newhouse, at least in fitting the [[JewishAndNerdy nerdy, academic stereotype stereotype]] thereof.
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* NothingButHits: Most of the tracks featured are iconic of 70s rock and well-known today, but several were fairly obscure genre or regional (Southern American) hits and none were chart-toppers in the year that the picture is set. Like the protagonists in ''Film/DetroitRockCity'' (to which the picture has frequently been compared -- even in one peer-reviewed academic journal!), the teens in this world do not listen to [[{{Disco}} the music that dominated the charts in 1976.]]

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* NothingButHits: Played with. Most of the tracks featured are iconic of 70s rock and equally well-known today, but several were fairly obscure genre or regional (Southern American) hits and none were chart-toppers in the year that the picture is set. Like the protagonists in ''Film/DetroitRockCity'' (to which the picture has frequently been compared -- even in one peer-reviewed academic journal!), the teens in this world do not listen to [[{{Disco}} the music that dominated the charts in 1976.]]
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-->'''Tony:''' But with the head of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln. [[FetishRetardant With the hat and the beard...everything]].

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-->'''Tony:''' But with the head of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln. [[FetishRetardant With the hat and the beard...everything]].everything.



* NothingButHits: More a case of VindicatedByHistory. Most of the tracks featured are iconic of 70s rock and well-known today, but several were fairly obscure genre or regional (Southern American) hits and none were chart-toppers in the year that the picture is set. The teens in this picture, like the protagonists in ''Film/DetroitRockCity'' (to which the picture has frequently been compared -- even in one peer-reviewed academic journal!), the teens in this world do not listen to [[{{Disco}} the music that dominated the charts in 1976.]]

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* NothingButHits: More a case of VindicatedByHistory. Most of the tracks featured are iconic of 70s rock and well-known today, but several were fairly obscure genre or regional (Southern American) hits and none were chart-toppers in the year that the picture is set. The teens in this picture, like Like the protagonists in ''Film/DetroitRockCity'' (to which the picture has frequently been compared -- even in one peer-reviewed academic journal!), the teens in this world do not listen to [[{{Disco}} the music that dominated the charts in 1976.]]
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* MailboxBaseball: Pink, Pickford, Don and Mitch go cruising while drinking beer and smoking weed, and decide to play a game of mailbox baseball. The game comes to an end when a homeowner brandishing a gun threatens to call the police. They barely escape after the resident fires at their car.
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* TheSeventies

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* TheSeventiesTheSeventies: The movie is set on the last day of school in 1976.
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Basically, it's ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' made in the nineties instead of seventies, and set in TheSeventies instead of TheFifties[[note]]though ''American Graffiti'' was technically set in the early Sixties[[/note]].

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Basically, it's ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' made in the nineties TheNineties instead of seventies, the TheSeventies, and set in TheSeventies The '70s instead of TheFifties[[note]]though ''American Graffiti'' was technically set in the early Sixties[[/note]].
TheSixties.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Milla Jovovich's character has very little screentime for someone who appears on both the movie's poster and home video covers. While Jovovich hadn't yet achieved the fame she would later, between her modeling career and handful of roles in films like ''Film/{{Kuffs}}'' and ''Return to the Blue Lagoon'', Jovovich was possibly the biggest star in the cast in 1993.

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* AdvertisedExtra: Milla Jovovich's character has very little screentime for someone who appears on both the movie's poster and home video covers. While Jovovich hadn't yet achieved the fame she would later, between her modeling career and handful of roles in films like ''Film/{{Kuffs}}'' and ''Return to the Blue Lagoon'', Jovovich Lagoon'' she was possibly the biggest star in the cast in 1993.
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''Dazed and Confused'' is a 1993 ComingOfAgeStory written and directed by Creator/RichardLinklater. The movie's large EnsembleCast featured a number of future stars, including Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Jason London, Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/MillaJovovich, [[Film/PitchBlack Cole Hauser]], Creator/ParkerPosey, [[Theatre/{{Rent}} Anthony Rapp]], [[Series/{{Numb3rs}} Adam Goldberg]], Creator/JoeyLaurenAdams, [[Literature/ATimeToKill Nicky Katt]], and [[Film/AScannerDarkly Rory Cochrane.]]

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''Dazed and Confused'' is a 1993 ComingOfAgeStory written and directed by Creator/RichardLinklater. The movie's large EnsembleCast featured a number of future stars, including Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Jason London, Creator/JasonLondon, Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/MillaJovovich, [[Film/PitchBlack Cole Hauser]], Creator/ParkerPosey, [[Theatre/{{Rent}} Anthony Rapp]], [[Series/{{Numb3rs}} Adam Goldberg]], Creator/AnthonyRapp, Creator/AdamGoldberg, Creator/JoeyLaurenAdams, [[Literature/ATimeToKill Nicky Katt]], and [[Film/AScannerDarkly Rory Cochrane.]]
Creator/RoryCochrane.
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''Dazed and Confused'' (1993) is a ComingOfAgeStory written and directed by Creator/RichardLinklater. The movie's large EnsembleCast featured a number of future stars, including Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Jason London, Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/MillaJovovich, [[Film/PitchBlack Cole Hauser]], Creator/ParkerPosey, [[Theatre/{{Rent}} Anthony Rapp]], [[Series/{{Numb3rs}} Adam Goldberg]], Creator/JoeyLaurenAdams, [[Literature/ATimeToKill Nicky Katt]], and [[Film/AScannerDarkly Rory Cochrane.]]

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''Dazed and Confused'' (1993) is a 1993 ComingOfAgeStory written and directed by Creator/RichardLinklater. The movie's large EnsembleCast featured a number of future stars, including Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Jason London, Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/MillaJovovich, [[Film/PitchBlack Cole Hauser]], Creator/ParkerPosey, [[Theatre/{{Rent}} Anthony Rapp]], [[Series/{{Numb3rs}} Adam Goldberg]], Creator/JoeyLaurenAdams, [[Literature/ATimeToKill Nicky Katt]], and [[Film/AScannerDarkly Rory Cochrane.]]
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