History Film / StandAndDeliver

* ADogAteMyHomework: A goat is mentioned in a variation.

* BewareTheQuietOnes: Ramirez starts out calm when addressing Escalante's stern concerns, but once pestered by Escalante finally snaps and turns into a LargeHam. '''"NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO ACCUSE ME OF RACISM!"'''

* SaveOurStudents: One of the quintessential movies of the "genre". It's also notable for being a case of UnbuildTrope, as it was one of the earlier films dedicated to the subject and subverting a lot of standard cliches. For one, Escalante is a hard-ass that simply pushes his students into extreme ends of hard work, rather than some trickster trying to win the crowd.

* SaveOurStudents: One of the quintessential movies of the "genre"

* ADogAteMyHomework

* InnerCitySchool

* UsefulNotes/LosAngeles

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Raquel Ortega.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Principal Molina.

* SaveOurStudents

* SmokingIsCool: Angel and Chuco smoke.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:Chuco suddenly abandoning Angel near the end of the movie.]]

''Stand and Deliver'' is a 1988 film starring Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos based on the true story of the late Jaime Escalante, a computer technician who became a math teacher in an InnerCitySchool to save the students from gang violence, drugs, and the like.

* CoolTeacher / SternTeacher: Jaime Escalante embodied both of these tropes. While what he does is cool, he's harsh and demanding enough to be a SternTeacher, and probably wouldn't be very fun to actually ''have''. This is TruthInTelevision according to many of his former real-life students.

* {{Dramatization}} [=/=] ArtisticLicense:

* {{Fanservice}} / FanDisservice: In the beach scene, we see Angel in nothing but his boxers.

* {{Jerkass}} [=/=] DeadpanSnarker: Escalante by the start of the movie. One student even calls him out on his snide behavior.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold [=/=] PapaWolf: Escalante by the end of the movie. At this point, he is now much more caring to his students and will defend them.

* ShirtlessScene: See {{Fanservice}} / FanDisservice above.

Not to be confused with the catch-phrase of English [[TheHighwayman highwaymen]]. Or the song by {{Adam and the Ants}} ''about'' a highwayman.

* InSeriesNickname: The students call Escalante "Kemo," short for "[[TheLoneRanger Kemosabe]]."

* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: "My name is Jaime Escalante" is said frequently throughout the movie as a mean of introduction.

* ChekhovsGun: The mistake 0 to π over 2.

* BillingDisplacement: Andy Garcia is listed third in the opening credits, yet he plays a minor role with less screen time than Rosana De Soto (plays Escalante's wife, listed fourth) or any of the actors playing the students (who are only listed at the end). Also Lou Diamond Phillips gets second billing while the actors who play Escalante's other students (Ingrid Oliu, Will Gotay) are only listed after the last scene and later during the credits.

'''''Stand and Deliver''''' is a 1988 film starring Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos based on the true story of the late Jaime Escalante, a computer technician who became a math teacher in an InnerCitySchool to save the students from gang violence, drugs, and the like.

'''''Stand and Deliver''''' is a 1988 film starring Edward James Olmos based on the true story of the late Jaime Escalante, a computer technician who became a math teacher in an InnerCitySchool to save the students from gang violence, drugs, and the like.

Not to be confused with the catch-phrase of English [[TheHighwayman highwaymen]]. Or the song by Adam Ant ''about'' a highwayman.

'''''Stand And Deliver''''' is a 1988 film starring Edward James Olmos based on the true story of the late Jaime Escalante, a computer technician who became a math teacher in an InnerCitySchool to save the students from gang violence, drugs, and the like.

''Stand And Deliver'' is a 1988 film starring Edward James Olmos based on the true story of the late Jaime Escalante, a computer technician who became a math teacher in an InnerCitySchool to save the students from gang violence, drugs, and the like.

* StayInTheKitchen: When parental permission is required (either for the summer course or the advanced classes), several of the female students face this argument from their parents. All of them manage to convince their parents otherwise.

* BadassBookworm: Guess who.

** And hairstyle-wise, ''it shows.''

* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:Chuco suddenly abandoning Angel near the end of the movie.]]]

* FaceHeelTurn

* {{Jerkass}} [=/=] DeadpanSnarker: Escalante by the start of the movie. One student even calls him out on his snide behavior.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold [=/=] PapaWolf: Escalante by the end of the movie. At this point, he is now much more caring to his students and will defend them.

* ArtisticLicense:
** In real life, Escalante suffered a gallbladder inflammation, not a heart attack.
** Escalante actually first began teaching at Garfield High School in 1974 and taught his first AP Calculus course in 1978 with a group of 14 students. Only five students remained in the course at the end of the year and of the five, only two passed the AP Calculus exam.

* {{Dramatization}}: In RealLife, Escalante didn't start teaching AP Calculus until his fourth year at the school (1978), and the events in the film [[spoiler: (especially the accusations of cheating)]] are based on Escalante's fourth year teaching the course (1982). [[spoiler: Further, only twelve of Escalante's fifteen students accused of cheating retook the exam. All of them did pass, though.]]

* FalseConfession: When one of the more vulnerable students [[BreakTheCutie begins to cry]] under interrogation by ETS investigators, Angel confesses to cheating. [[BlatantLies Specifically, he stole the test from the mailman then strangled him.]] Angels tops this off by giving the location of the body: [[spoiler:"[[BlackComedy He's decomposing in my locker]]."]]

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Raquel Ortega

* CoversAlwaysLie: The DVD cover of the film might lead you to think that Angel Guzman, Lou Diamond Phillips's character, is the protagonist of the movie, when he's only part of an ensemble of students taught by Escalante.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Principal Molina

* BadassBookworm

* CoversAlwaysLie: The DVD cover of the film might lead you to think that Angel Guzman, Lou Diamond Phillips's character is the protagonist of the movie, when he's only part of an ensemble of students taught by Escalante.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Most modern viewers would recognize Edward James Olmos as [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Commander Adama]].

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* FourGirlEnsemble: All four of the female students featured in the movie represent different aspects of this trope. Ana is a combination of the sweet one/[[TheSmartGuy smart girl]] due to her love for mathematics. Claudia is the sexy one because she [[ReallyGetsAround "gets around"]] the most and is considered the school's residential beauty. Lupe is [[TeamMom Team Mom]] because she takes care of her younger siblings while her parents are at work. Rafaela is considered the mannish one because she is shown to hang around Tito the majority of the movie and dress in masculine attire (i.e. over-sized boy shirts and pants).