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%% * JustPlaneWrong: No way could the souped-up Radio Flyer fly in real life.
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: The King viciously beats and abuses Shane while Mary and the boys are away. Could be a case of PragmaticVillainy since he knows Shane will maul his ass if he attempts to hurt Bobby in the dog's presence.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Subverted. The sheriff does attempt to intervene on the boys' behalf and succeeds in throwing The King in jail after his brutal beating of Bobby, but the courts let him out to attend his mother's funeral without any monitoring or orders to stay away from Mary and the boys.
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* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Dad]]: The King. He even has [[ICallItVera a pet name]] for his favorite appliance to beat Bobby with!
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* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Dad]]: Stepdad]]: The King. He even has [[ICallItVera a pet name]] for his favorite appliance to beat Bobby with!
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When The King reads Mikey's note, he is angry as he told them to stay off the hill, completely missing the ominous message which could easily lead an outsider to think Bobby intended to kill himself.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When The King reads Mikey's note, he is angry as he told them to stay off the hill, completely missing the ominous message which could easily lead an outsider to think Bobby intended to kill himself. Then again it's not as if he cared that much about their well-being to begin with. Either way, he heads them off with the sole intention of punishing both of them for disobeying him.
* TheSixties: The story takes place in 1969 California.
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* TheUnfavorite: Bobby is the target of The King's abuse. Mikey has some SurvivorGuilt over this.
* UnnamedParent: Bobby and Mikey call their stepfather The King, "because that's what he liked to be called."
* UnnamedParent: Bobby and Mikey call their stepfather The King, "because that's what he liked to be called."
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* TheUnfavorite: Bobby is the target of The King's abuse. Mikey has some SurvivorGuilt over this.
this, particularly when him ditching Bobby to hang out with Victor and his crew results in Bobby suffering at the hands of The King.
* UnnamedParent: Bobby and Mikey call their stepfather The King, "because that's what he liked to be called."" A BlinkAndYoullMissIt moment shows his real name is Jack [=McKenzie=].
* UnnamedParent: Bobby and Mikey call their stepfather The King, "because that's what he liked to be called.
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* AintToProudToBeg: The King tearfully grovels to Mary to forgive him and take him back after she throws him out for severely beating up Bobby. It turns out to be a ruse, however, and she falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
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* AintToProudToBeg: AintTooProudToBeg: The King tearfully grovels to Mary to forgive him and take him back after she throws him out for severely beating up Bobby. It turns out to be a ruse, however, and she falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
