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* GadgeteerGenius: Donald Trump, who constantly carries around a suitcase full of tools and uses them to do things such as hack into the box on top of the rec room building that controls the number of channels the rec room's TV set receives.
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* CaptainErsatz: Donald Poultry is this movie's analog to the original book's protagonist Winston Weyn.

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* CaptainErsatz: Donald Poultry is this movie's analog to the original book's protagonist Winston Weyn. Given the time setting of the movie, he is a tech nerd rather than a book nerd.
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* KnifeNut: Stanley Runk, who is rarely seen without his hunting knife.
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* BoundAndGagged: Mr. Warren is presented at the first kids' dance at the camp with his hands tied behind his back and his mouth taped over, with Trixie playfully taunting him with some seductive dancing.

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* BoundAndGagged: Mr. Warren is presented at the first kids' dance at the camp with his hands tied behind his back and his mouth taped over, with Trixie playfully taunting him with some seductive dancing. Stanley and John tease her behind her back about this as they watch, saying that she must like older men.
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* BoundAndGagged: Mr. Warren is presented at the first kids' dance at the camp with his hands tied behind his back and his mouth taped over, with Debbie playfully taunting him with some seductive dancing.

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* BoundAndGagged: Mr. Warren is presented at the first kids' dance at the camp with his hands tied behind his back and his mouth taped over, with Debbie Trixie playfully taunting him with some seductive dancing.
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* HelloNurse: The visiting nurse from Camp South Pines is given this reaction by the teenage boys of Camp North Pines upon her arrival at the beach.
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* AccidentalMurder: Stanley Runk accidentally murders Mr. Warren with his knife, and his body has been dumped into a cave to prevent anyone else from knowing what happened to him. The "official story" is that [[ReleasedToElsewhere Mr. Warren has been transferred to the girls' camp for the time being]].

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* AccidentalMurder: Stanley Runk accidentally murders Mr. Warren with his knife, leading him to have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction, and his body has been dumped into a cave to prevent anyone else from knowing what happened to him. The "official story" is that [[ReleasedToElsewhere Mr. Warren has been transferred to the girls' camp for the time being]].
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* BoundAndGagged: Mr. Warren is presented at the first kids' dance at the camp with his hands tied behind his back and his mouth taped over, with Debbie playfully taunting him with some seductive dancing.
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* CaptainErsatz: Donald Poultry is this movie's analog to the original book's protagonist Winston Weyn.

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-->'''Stanley:''' ''(referring to Mr. Warren)'' Yeah, besides, he's a goddamn...
-->'''Franklin:''' SHUT UP, STANLEY!
-->'''Stanley:''' But Franklin...
-->'''Franklin:''' Just shut up.

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-->'''Stanley:''' --->'''Stanley:''' ''(referring to Mr. Warren)'' Yeah, besides, he's a goddamn...
-->'''Franklin:''' --->'''Franklin:''' SHUT UP, STANLEY!
-->'''Stanley:''' --->'''Stanley:''' But Franklin...
-->'''Franklin:''' --->'''Franklin:''' Just shut up.up.
** Later on, when Stanley reports to Franklin about Mr. Warren accidentally being killed:
--->'''Stanley:''' ''(sounding really worried)'' Franklin...
--->'''Franklin:''' SHUT UP AND LET ME THINK!
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-->'''Stanley:''' ''(referring to Mr. Warren) Yeah, besides, he's a goddamn...

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-->'''Stanley:''' ''(referring to Mr. Warren) Warren)'' Yeah, besides, he's a goddamn...
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* BigShutUp:
** This bit of dialogue between Stanley and Franklin during his gathering together the teenagers to stage a takeover of the camp.
-->'''Stanley:''' ''(referring to Mr. Warren) Yeah, besides, he's a goddamn...
-->'''Franklin:''' SHUT UP, STANLEY!
-->'''Stanley:''' But Franklin...
-->'''Franklin:''' Just shut up.
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* FoodFight: The boys of Camp North Pines greet the girls of Camp South Pines with this inside the cafeteria.
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* TeensAreMonsters: Franklin, John Mason, and Stanley Runk (a.k.a. Runk the Punk) are primary examples of this trope.

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* TeensAreMonsters: Franklin, John Mason, and Stanley Runk (a.k.a. Runk the Punk) are primary examples of this trope.trope, with Stanley involved in a murder, John with a rape, and Franklin becoming DrunkWithPower.
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* BringMyBrownPants: One of the kids ends up wetting his pants on the bus ride to Camp North Pines at the beginning of the film. The same kid also had an accident when he reports to Franklin about Mr. Warren's "inappropriate actions".

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* BringMyBrownPants: One of the kids kids, Peter, ends up wetting his pants on the bus ride to Camp North Pines at the beginning of the film. The same kid also had an accident when he reports to Franklin about Mr. Warren's "inappropriate actions".



* MistakenForPedophile: Mr. Warren, who is accused of touching one of the young boys although there is no evidence of such happening, as it was most likely fabricated by Franklin Reilly.

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* MistakenForPedophile: Mr. Warren, who is accused of touching Peter, one of the young boys boys, although there is no evidence of such happening, as it was most likely fabricated by Franklin Reilly.
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* ConflictingLoyalty: Donald Poultry during the early part of the revolution is conflicted over whether he should follow his friend Chris Wade or Franklin Reilly, the counselor-in-training that saved his life. He decides to go with Franklin, but when things really get deep and people in the revolution start acting really strange, he chooses to turn against Franklin and side with Chris.
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* SwappedRoles: In Camp Turnabout Day, the campers and camp counselors swap roles for a day, which starts off as light-hearted fun, but then Franklin uses it as an opportunity to stage his takeover of the camp, freeing Chris Wade from detention and putting the adult camp counselors into detention.

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* SwappedRoles: In Camp Camper-Counselor Turnabout Day, the campers and camp counselors swap roles for a day, which starts off as light-hearted fun, but then Franklin uses it as an opportunity to stage his takeover of the camp, freeing Chris Wade from detention and putting the adult camp counselors into detention.
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* TheAlcoholic: One of the adult camp counselors, who is seen taking quick nips even during times when he should be watching over the children for their safety.

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* TheAlcoholic: One Jack Caldwell, the sports director of the adult camp counselors, camp, who is seen taking quick nips even during times when he should be watching over the children for their safety.
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* DearDiary: Donald Poultry uses a tape recorder to dictate an audio diary of the events that take place during his time at Camp North Pines. The audio diary is later confiscated by the police at the end of the film as evidence, though Donald does ask if he could have the tapes back when they're through with them.
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* ForgotICouldntSwim: Donald Poultry goes back into the water after being checked by a visiting nurse from Camp South Pines for a rash, only to be told that it was a heat rash, but soon finds himself drowning and Franklin, after seeing what the camp counselors are doing about it, goes in to save him.

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* ForgotICouldntSwim: Donald Poultry goes back into the water after being checked by a visiting nurse from Camp South Pines for a rash, skin problem, only to be told that it was a heat rash, but soon finds himself drowning and Franklin, after seeing what the camp counselors are doing about it, goes in to save him.


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* SettingUpdate: This movie brings the original story's setting to UsefulNotes/TheEighties, complete with music and technology from that era.
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* SummerCampy: The first half of the movie starts off as a typical summer camp comedy, before the takeover of the camp gets serious.
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* ForgotICouldntSwim: Donald Poultry goes back into the water after being checked by a visting nurse from Camp South Pines for a rash, only to be told that it was a heat rash, but soon finds himself drowning and Franklin, after seeing what the camp counselors are doing about it, goes in to save him.

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* ForgotICouldntSwim: Donald Poultry goes back into the water after being checked by a visting visiting nurse from Camp South Pines for a rash, only to be told that it was a heat rash, but soon finds himself drowning and Franklin, after seeing what the camp counselors are doing about it, goes in to save him.
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* ForgotICouldntSwim:

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* ForgotICouldntSwim: Donald Poultry goes back into the water after being checked by a visting nurse from Camp South Pines for a rash, only to be told that it was a heat rash, but soon finds himself drowning and Franklin, after seeing what the camp counselors are doing about it, goes in to save him.
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''Summer Camp Nightmare'' is a 1987 horror film featuring Chuck Connors and Charlie Stratton, which is based on the 1961 novel "The Butterfly Revolution" by William Butler. In the film, the teenage counselors-in-training stage a takeover of the all-boys Camp North Pines to liberate it from its strict camp director Mr. Warren, locking up all the adult counselors and also liberating the nearby all-girls Camp South Pines. At first things start off fun as they celebrate the takeover with a co-ed dance. However, as a rape and a murder occur during the takeover, things take a turn for the worse, and one counselor-in-training must get the police to rescue the children from the camp and put the ringleader, Franklin Reilly, under arrest.

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''Summer Camp Nightmare'' is a 1987 horror film featuring Chuck Connors and Charlie Stratton, which is based on the 1961 novel "The Butterfly Revolution" ''Literature/TheButterflyRevolution'' by William Butler. In the film, the teenage counselors-in-training stage a takeover of the all-boys Camp North Pines to liberate it from its strict camp director Mr. Warren, locking up all the adult counselors and also liberating the nearby all-girls Camp South Pines. At first things start off fun as they celebrate the takeover with a co-ed dance. However, as a rape and a murder occur during the takeover, things take a turn for the worse, and one counselor-in-training must get the police to rescue the children from the camp and put the ringleader, Franklin Reilly, under arrest.
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''Summer Camp Nightmare'' is a 1987 horror film featuring Chuck Connors and Charlie Stratton, which is based on the novel "The Butterfly Revolution" by William Butler. In the film, the teenage counselors-in-training stage a takeover of the all-boys Camp North Pines to liberate it from its strict camp director Mr. Warren, locking up all the adult counselors and also liberating the nearby all-girls Camp South Pines. At first things start off fun as they celebrate the takeover with a co-ed dance. However, as a rape and a murder occur during the takeover, things take a turn for the worse, and one counselor-in-training must get the police to rescue the children from the camp and put the ringleader, Franklin Reilly, under arrest.

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''Summer Camp Nightmare'' is a 1987 horror film featuring Chuck Connors and Charlie Stratton, which is based on the 1961 novel "The Butterfly Revolution" by William Butler. In the film, the teenage counselors-in-training stage a takeover of the all-boys Camp North Pines to liberate it from its strict camp director Mr. Warren, locking up all the adult counselors and also liberating the nearby all-girls Camp South Pines. At first things start off fun as they celebrate the takeover with a co-ed dance. However, as a rape and a murder occur during the takeover, things take a turn for the worse, and one counselor-in-training must get the police to rescue the children from the camp and put the ringleader, Franklin Reilly, under arrest.
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* BringMyBrownPants: One of the kids ends up wetting his pants on the bus ride to Camp North Pines at the beginning of the film. The same kid also has had an accident when he reports to Franklin about Mr. Warren's "inappropriate actions".

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* BringMyBrownPants: One of the kids ends up wetting his pants on the bus ride to Camp North Pines at the beginning of the film. The same kid also has had an accident when he reports to Franklin about Mr. Warren's "inappropriate actions".
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* BringMyBrownPants: One of the kids ends up wetting his pants on the bus ride to Camp North Pines at the beginning of the film. The same kid also has an accident when he reports to Franklin about Mr. Warren's "inappropriate actions".

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* BringMyBrownPants: One of the kids ends up wetting his pants on the bus ride to Camp North Pines at the beginning of the film. The same kid also has had an accident when he reports to Franklin about Mr. Warren's "inappropriate actions".
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* DateRape: John Mason and Debbie Stewart's date in the woods turns sour as John turns aggressive and ends up raping Debbie.

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