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* CurbStompBattle: When Bender and Andy are about to fight (with the latter letting him know how one-sided it would be), the former dismisses him and tries to strike the first blow...only to be [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome ''quickly'' taken down by his opponent]], a talented school wrestler.

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* CurbStompBattle: When Bender and Andy are about to fight (with the latter letting him know how one-sided it would be), the former dismisses him and tries to strike the first blow...only to be ''[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome quickly]]'' [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome ''quickly'' taken down by his opponent]], a talented school wrestler.
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* CurbStompBattle: When Bender and Andy are about to fight (with the latter letting him know how one-sided it would be), the former dismisses him and tries to strike the first blow...only to be [[SurprsinglyRealisticOutcome ''quickly'' taken down by his opponent]], a talented school wrestler.

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* CurbStompBattle: When Bender and Andy are about to fight (with the latter letting him know how one-sided it would be), the former dismisses him and tries to strike the first blow...only to be [[SurprsinglyRealisticOutcome [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome ''quickly'' taken down by his opponent]], a talented school wrestler.
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* ArtisticLicenseSports: Andrew states that he has a wrestling meet next Saturday. The film takes place in March of 1984 and the Illinois State Wrestling Championships had already occurred in February, therefore the wrestling season would be over and there would be no further meets until the next season started.
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* CurbStompBattle: When Bender and Andy are about to fight (with the latter letting him know how one-sided it would be), the former dismisses him and tries to strike the first blow...only to be ''quickly'' taken down by his opponent, a talented school wrestler.

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* CurbStompBattle: When Bender and Andy are about to fight (with the latter letting him know how one-sided it would be), the former dismisses him and tries to strike the first blow...only to be [[SurprsinglyRealisticOutcome ''quickly'' taken down by his opponent, opponent]], a talented school wrestler.
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** Andy recounting a prank he pulled on a weaker student --taping his (unfortunately hairy) buttocks together-- would be turned into a silly gag in most teen movies, but here it's described by Andy as the cruel and stupid stunt that it actually was, and he's eaten up with guilt when reflecting on the pain and humiliation he caused another kid for no real reason.

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** Andy recounting a prank he pulled on a weaker student --taping his (unfortunately hairy) buttocks together-- would be turned into a silly gag in most teen movies, movies and on paper it definitely sounds funny, but here it's described by Andy as the cruel and stupid stunt that it actually was, and he's eaten up with guilt when reflecting on the pain and humiliation he caused another kid for no real reason.

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* {{Bathos}}: Brian's explanation for why he's in detention has both tension and comedy to it. [[spoiler:He talks about bringing a gun to school, with the implication that he would either be DrivenToSuicide or go on a school shooting. But it turns out to have been a FlareGun, which went off early and damaged Brian's locker. The release of tension in-universe causes the other students to start laughing, including Brian himself.]]

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Brian's explanation for why he's in detention has both tension and comedy to it. [[spoiler:He talks about bringing a gun to school, with the implication that he would either be DrivenToSuicide or go on a school shooting. But it turns out to have been a FlareGun, which went off early and damaged Brian's locker. The release of tension in-universe causes the other students to start laughing, including Brian himself.]]]]
** Andy recounting a prank he pulled on a weaker student --taping his (unfortunately hairy) buttocks together-- would be turned into a silly gag in most teen movies, but here it's described by Andy as the cruel and stupid stunt that it actually was, and he's eaten up with guilt when reflecting on the pain and humiliation he caused another kid for no real reason.
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* TeenRebellion: This is pretty much the quintessential teenage rebellion movie of the '80s and has spawned copycats and parodies over the years. The film centers on five characters from different cliques who are forced to interact with each other after getting sent to detention. Bender (who is an outright delinquent) and Allison (a social outcast) are the only ones to have a prior history of rebellious behavior before the group was hit with detention. Later on, it becomes apparent that all of them share the same feeling of not fitting in their home/school environments in one way or another.
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* ImprobablyPredictable: When Vernon is yelling at the kids to be quiet, he says "The next time I have to come in here, I'm cracking skulls!", which Bender is lip-syncing along with him, likely having heard this exact tirade more than once.
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* NoodleIncident: It is obvious this isn't the first time Bender has done detention on a Saturday. However when Vernon says to the kids that they are going to try something a little different today namely an essay, it is strongly implied Claire, Andrew & Brian have been in detention before.
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** Bender cracks a smile when Carl tells them the clock is twenty minutes fast.
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* HerBoyfriendsJacket: To signal their ReltaionshipUpgrade status, the two pairs that couple up at the end of the movie exchange some tokens. Claire gives Bender one of her diamond earrings, which he puts in, and Allison takes Andy's sweatshirt and a patch off his letterman jacket.

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* HerBoyfriendsJacket: To signal their ReltaionshipUpgrade RelationshipUpgrade status, the two pairs that couple up at the end of the movie exchange some tokens. Claire gives Bender one of her diamond earrings, which he puts in, and Allison takes Andy's sweatshirt and a patch off his letterman jacket.
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* HerBoyfriendsJacket: To signal their ReltaionshipUpgrade status, the two pairs that couple up at the end of the movie exchange some tokens. Claire gives Bender one of her diamond earrings, which he puts in, and Allison takes Andy's sweatshirt and a patch off his letterman jacket.
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* WordSaladTitle: There's no indication in the film why the kids ultimately choose to sign their essay/letter to Vernon as "The Breakfast Club". Hughes was struggling to come up with a name for the film and heard his friend's son refer to Saturday detention by that name and decided to use it for the movie.
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* RagingStiffie: Brian gets one while staring at Claire.

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Of all the teen movies to come out of the [[TheEighties 1980s]], this was the one that ultimately defined the era and blazed the trail which, along with ''Film/SixteenCandles'', would lead to the true formation of the Creator/BratPack. ''The Breakfast Club'' follows the journey of [[FourTemperamentEnsemble five teenagers]] who have all landed themselves a [[DetentionEpisode Saturday detention]] at their {{high school}}. During the course of the day, they are characterized by their cliques, harassed by angry vice principal Richard "Dick" Vernon, and aided by friendly school janitor Carl... all while coming to learn a little something about themselves, and each other.

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Of all the teen movies to come out of the [[TheEighties 1980s]], this was the one that ultimately defined the era and blazed the trail which, along with ''Film/SixteenCandles'', would lead to the true formation of the Creator/BratPack. Creator/BratPack.

''The Breakfast Club'' follows the journey of [[FourTemperamentEnsemble five teenagers]] who have all landed themselves a [[DetentionEpisode Saturday detention]] at their {{high school}}.school}} on March 24th, 1984. During the course of the day, they are characterized by their cliques, harassed by angry vice principal Richard "Dick" Vernon, and aided by friendly school janitor Carl... all while coming to learn a little something about themselves, and each other.



* AdultsAreUseless: A more cynical example than other Hughes films. With the exception of Carl the janitor, the adults in the film are portrayed as apathetic, abusive, and self-absorbed.

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* AdultsAreUseless: A more cynical example than other Hughes films. With the exception of Carl the janitor, the adults in the film are portrayed as apathetic, abusive, and self-absorbed.self-absorbed. Allison even says "when you grow up, your heart dies" to the other kids when they talk towards the end of the movie.
** Principal Vernon is portrayed as a DeanBitterman and a JadedWashout who used to have a bright future, but seems to have settled for his current position. He has the students write an essay about who they are, which is read in the opening and closing of the movie. Also, while Bender is certainly a jerk, Vernon seems to take special pleasure in cutting him down and trying to hurt him emotionally with verbal abuse and the threat of even more detention. All the while, Vernon's methods are presented as ineffective at best, and harmful at worst.
** The long conversation between the five teens shows the kind of [[AbusiveParents abuse that the kids get from their parents]], and how it manifests differently for each of them.



* AllStereotypeCast: Deconstructed. Each of the students in detention fulfills a high school stereotype of TheEighties: specifically, jocks, brainiacs, princesses, criminals, and basket cases -- and yet is about showing how they're much more than those stereotypes, [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype what kinds of background would turn someone into these stereotypes, and how these societal expectations affect them as people]].

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* AllStereotypeCast: Deconstructed. Each of the students in detention fulfills a high school stereotype of TheEighties: specifically, jocks, brainiacs, princesses, criminals, and basket cases -- and yet cases. And yet, the film is about showing how they're much more than those stereotypes, [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype what kinds of background would turn someone into these stereotypes, and how these societal expectations affect them as people]].



* {{Bathos}}: Brian's explanation for why he's in detention has both tension and comedy to it. [[spoiler:He talks about bringing a gun to school, with the implication that he would either be DrivenToSuicide or go on a school shooting. But it turns out to have been a FlareGun, which went off early and damaged Brian's locker. The release of tension in-universe causes the other students to start laughing, including Brian himself.]]



* BittersweetEnding: The teens leave detention resolving to make sure they never become their parents and coming to accept one another. But they still have to return home to abusive and/or neglectful parents, and it's left ambiguous whether they'll remain friends or not.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: No one is particularly innocent in this film.

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* BittersweetEnding: The teens leave detention resolving to make sure they never become their parents and coming to accept one another. another for who they are. But they still have to return home to abusive and/or neglectful parents, and it's left ambiguous whether they'll remain friends on Monday or not.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: No one is particularly innocent in this film. AdultsAreUseless is prevalent throughout the movie, but even the heroes are in detention for things that they actually did wrong (except for Allison, who claims that she had nothing better to do).



** The collective groans of the group, however, might indicate that Bender didn't do it -- at least not that day, or the others would have seen him.



* ColonelBogeyMarch: Whistled by the kids early in the movie as the first sign of them coming together as a group.
** Bender seamlessly transitions into Beethoven's Fifth when Vernon enters the room.

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* ColonelBogeyMarch: Whistled by the kids early in the movie as the first sign of them coming together as a group.
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group. Bender seamlessly transitions into Beethoven's Fifth when Vernon enters the room.



* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: This film takes a very good look at what many of the "stock" characters of teen movies would be like if they existed in real life, and what their real motivations would be like.
** Andy, the JerkJock, only behaves that way in order to fit in with the rest of the team and to impress his father, who raised him on stories of how he acted like that back when he was in school. He wishes that, one day, he'd get injured so that he wouldn't have to wrestle again, and thus never have to worry about [[WellDoneSonGuy living up to Dad's expectations]].
** Claire, the AlphaBitch, is a Type A StepfordSmiler who feels that her life is empty, and that her parents only use her as a tool in their endless arguments. And she's hardly the "queen bee" — in fact, it's peer pressure that essentially molded her into the snobbish bitch that she is, and she [[BlessedWithSuck feels miserably forced into it]].
** Brian, the Nerd, hates how [[EducationMama his parents]] have destroyed his social life by pushing him so hard to succeed, and is so obsessed with his grades that [[spoiler:he [[DrivenToSuicide tries to kill himself]]]] after getting [[TheBGrade an F in shop class]]. [[InsufferableGenius His attitude]] is also little better than that of the "popular" kids that he hates, as shown when he talks about how he took shop class because he thought it was an easy A that only "losers" like Bender took (as opposed to his advanced math classes).
** Bender, the [[TeensAreMonsters juvenile delinquent]], is like that not because he's a bad person, but as a result of his tough, working-class upbringing and his [[AbusiveParents abusive father]], both of which have taught him that violence is an acceptable solution to problems. His badass image is also [[MilesGloriosus easily disarmed by Andy]], even though he's armed with a knife.
** Allison, the [[LonersAreFreaks crazy loner]], intentionally acts crazy and theatric in order to [[AttentionWhore get attention]], something her parents don't give her. She doesn't bother to hide her blatant thefts and eccentricities, and her withdrawn persona is actually just a ploy to get people to give her more attention without admitting that she craves it.

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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: This film takes a very good look at what many of the "stock" characters of teen movies of the day would be like if they existed in real life, and what their real motivations would be like.
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** Andy, the JerkJock, only behaves that way in order to fit in with the rest of the team and to impress his father, who raised him Andy on stories of how he acted like that back when he was in school. He Andy wishes that, one day, he'd get injured so that he wouldn't have to wrestle again, and thus never have to worry about [[WellDoneSonGuy living up to Dad's expectations]].
** Claire, the AlphaBitch, is a Type A StepfordSmiler who feels that her life is empty, and that her parents only use her as a tool in their endless arguments. arguments between each other without really caring about Claire herself. And she's hardly the "queen bee" — in fact, it's peer pressure that essentially molded her Claire into the snobbish bitch that she is, and she [[BlessedWithSuck feels miserably forced into it]].
** Brian, the Nerd, hates how [[EducationMama his parents]] have destroyed his social life by pushing him so hard to succeed, and is are so obsessed with his grades that [[spoiler:he [[DrivenToSuicide tries to kill himself]]]] himself]] after getting [[TheBGrade an F in shop class]].class]]]]. [[InsufferableGenius His attitude]] is also little better than that of the "popular" kids that he hates, as shown when he talks about how he took shop class because he thought it was an easy A that only "losers" like Bender took (as opposed to his advanced math classes).
** Bender, the [[TeensAreMonsters juvenile delinquent]], is like that not because he's a bad person, but as a result of his tough, working-class upbringing and his [[AbusiveParents abusive father]], both of which have taught him Bender that violence is an acceptable solution to problems. His badass image is also [[MilesGloriosus [[PaperTiger easily disarmed by Andy]], even though he's armed with a knife.
** Allison, the [[LonersAreFreaks crazy loner]], intentionally acts crazy and theatric in order to [[AttentionWhore get attention]], something her parents don't give her. She doesn't bother to hide her blatant thefts and eccentricities, and her withdrawn persona is actually just a ploy to get people to give her more attention without admitting that she craves it.



* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The movie takes place over a single day (March 24th, 1984, to be specific), starting in the morning as the students arrive, and ending in the late afternoon just after they leave.

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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire movie takes place over the course of a single day (March 24th, 1984, to be specific), starting few hours of Saturday, March 24, 1984. It starts in the morning as the students arrive, arrive for detention, and ending ends in the late afternoon just after they leave.
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%%* TheAntiNihilist: More or less the movie's general philosophy.

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%%* * TheAntiNihilist: More or less the movie's general philosophy.philosophy. Essentially, Principal Vernon sees the students the way he wants to see them -- in the most convenient definitions. Also, there's really not much meaning to high school's cliques, rules, and social norms, when you get right down to it. That being said, the Breakfast Club still chooses to admit they follow it, and move past it all.



* AxesAtSchool: [[spoiler:Brian's FlareGun.]]

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* AxesAtSchool: [[spoiler:Brian's FlareGun.FlareGun is why he got detention. It went off early and damaged school property.]]



%%* BlackComedy: The film's bread and butter.

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%%* * BlackComedy: The film's bread and butter.butter. Not only does Bender make a lot of jokes about underage drinking, smoking, and child abuse, but there's comedy in the most dramatic conversation over the fact that [[spoiler:Brian apparently brought a gun to school, but it turned out to be a flare gun. The {{Bathos}} involved in-universe even causes the other kids to chuckle at it]].



* BreakfastClub: The TropeNamer. The point of the movie is that they all learn they have much more in common with each other than they think, and are much more capable of being friends and understanding each other than they knew.
* BuildingOfAdventure: The entire movie takes place inside the school or at least on its grounds.

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* BreakfastClub: The TropeNamer. The point of the movie is that they the kids all learn they have much more in common with each other than they think, and are much more capable of being friends and understanding each other than they knew.
* BuildingOfAdventure: The entire movie takes place inside the school school, or at least on its grounds.



* CentralTheme: There is more to human beings than meets the eye.

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* CentralTheme: There is more The masks we wear to human beings than meets protect ourselves from the eye.outside world, and what happens when we let the mask fall away.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the opening montage, one locker is charred black. [[spoiler:Presumably it's Brian's.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the opening montage, one locker is charred black. [[spoiler:Presumably it's Brian's.Brian's, since the flare gun he brought to school was mentioned as causing damage to a locker when it accidentally went off.]]



* LastNameBasis: Everyone apart from Claire calls him "Bender".

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* LastNameBasis: Everyone apart from Claire calls him "Bender".to John Bender as just "Bender", even Principal Vernon.



* PrecisionFStrike: Brian's response to Claire about social pressure.

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* PrecisionFStrike: Brian's response to Claire about social pressure. Claire says that Brian, as a nerd, doesn't feel pressure like she does. Brian responds with a loud "Fuck you!" to Claire, then talks about how he is constantly pressured to succeed academically as opposed to socially.

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** The rest of the students are suitably horrified to learn that Brian is in detention for [[spoiler: bringing a gun to school. When he learns it was a flare-gun that went off in Brian's locker]], Andy starts laughing. He stops when Brian insists it isn't funny, but then starts laughing again and Brian joins in, admitting it's a bit funny.

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** The rest of the students are suitably horrified to learn that Brian is in detention for [[spoiler: bringing [[spoiler:bringing a gun to school. When he learns it was a flare-gun flare gun that went off in Brian's locker]], Andy starts laughing. He stops when Brian insists it isn't funny, but then starts laughing again and Brian joins in, admitting it's a bit funny.



--> '''John Bender''': You won't accept a guy's tongue in your mouth, and you're gonna eat ''that?''

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--> '''John Bender''': Bender:''' You won't accept a guy's tongue in your mouth, and you're gonna eat ''that?''



** The concept of deviation from the stereotypes extends to all the main characters in various ways, not all pertaining to their clothing - Andrew is a wrestler rather than a football player, Claire is a redhead rather than blonde, and Allison, who would otherwise most likely be portrayed as a far more [[OnlySaneMan level-headed character]] compared to the others, is erratic and attention-seeking.

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** The concept of deviation from the stereotypes extends to all the main characters in various ways, not all pertaining to their clothing - -- Andrew is a wrestler rather than a football player, Claire is a redhead rather than blonde, and Allison, who would otherwise most likely be portrayed as a far more [[OnlySaneMan level-headed character]] compared to the others, is erratic and attention-seeking.



* ImpliedLoveInterest: Early in the film Bender asks Andy & Claire if they are dating and even asked them if they had sex yet - which prompted the first real outburst of emotion from either of them. At the start of the film, it did appear as though Andy was showing interest in Claire (later it's implied that their friendliness - which was mostly just a willingness to make eye-contact - was more due to the fact that they know each other at least a little through their social circles). Fairly quickly, however, Bender and Claire, and later on Andy and Allison, begin showing (increasingly larger and more frequent) signs of interest in one another.

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* ImpliedLoveInterest: Early in the film Bender asks Andy & and Claire if they are dating and even asked asks them if they they've had sex yet - -- which prompted prompts the first real outburst of emotion from either of them. At the start of the film, it did does appear as though Andy was is showing interest in Claire (later it's implied that their friendliness - -- which was is mostly just a willingness to make eye-contact - was eye contact -- is more due to the fact that they know each other at least a little through their social circles). Fairly quickly, however, Bender and Claire, and later on Andy and Allison, begin showing (increasingly larger and more frequent) signs of interest in one another.



* OhCrap: All five of them when they’re on the way back to the library and they see Vernon.

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* OneFreeHit: Vernon offers Bender one when he challenges him in the storage closet. Bender doesn't take the bait, being possibly too smart and definitely too scared.



'''Claire''': Why? [[BrutalHonesty Cause I'm telling the truth?]] That makes me a bitch?!\\

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'''Claire''': '''Claire:''' Why? [[BrutalHonesty Cause I'm telling the truth?]] That makes me a bitch?!\\



'''Claire''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Okay, what about you you hypocrite?! Why don't you take Allison to one of your Heavy Metal vomit parties, or take Brian out to the parking lot at lunch to get high, or what about Andy for that matter, what about me? What would your friends say if we were walking down the hall together?]] They'd laugh their asses off, and you'd probably tell them that you were doing it with me so that they'd forgive you for being seen with me!\\

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'''Claire''': '''Claire:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Okay, what about you you hypocrite?! Why don't you take Allison to one of your Heavy Metal heavy metal vomit parties, or take Brian out to the parking lot at lunch to get high, or what about Andy for that matter, what about me? What would your friends say if we were walking down the hall together?]] They'd laugh their asses off, and you'd probably tell them that you were doing it with me so that they'd forgive you for being seen with me!\\



'''Claire''': *kicks Bender* [[BigShutUp SHUT UP!!]]\\
'''Bender''': And as far as being concerned about what's gonna happen when we're walking down the hallways at school, you can forget it, 'cause it's ''never'' gonna happen! Just bury your head in the sand and wait for your [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] prom.\\
'''Claire''': I hate you!\\
'''Bender''': Yeah? Good!

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'''Claire''': *kicks Bender* '''Claire:''' ''(kicks Bender)'' [[BigShutUp SHUT UP!!]]\\
'''Bender''': '''Bender:''' And as far as being concerned about what's gonna happen when we're walking down the hallways at school, you can forget it, 'cause it's ''never'' gonna happen! Just bury your head in the sand and wait for your [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] prom.\\
'''Claire''': '''Claire:''' I hate you!\\
'''Bender''': '''Bender:''' Yeah? Good!



* SlapSlapKiss: Claire and Bender. Literally. She slaps him on the back after he crawls out from under her desk, and [[spoiler: later she kisses him in the closet, and let's not forget their kiss in the final scene]].

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* SlapSlapKiss: Claire and Bender. Literally. She slaps him on the back after he crawls out from under her desk, and [[spoiler: later [[spoiler:later she kisses him in the closet, and let's not forget their kiss in the final scene]].



* SpeechCentricWork: This film is almost entirely dialogue. It takes place in a library. Libraries are collections of words - [[RuleOfSymbolism just like dialogue]].

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* SpeechCentricWork: This film is almost entirely dialogue. It takes place in a library. Libraries are collections of words - -- [[RuleOfSymbolism just like dialogue]].



* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler: Did the kids remain friends, or did they drift back into their respective cliques when they had to go back to school? The movie ends as they're going home after detention, leaving the question open-ended.]]
** At the very least, it seems as though Allison and Brian might remain friends, as Brian promises he [[spoiler: wouldn't do that to any of them]], and Allison [[spoiler: doesn't have any friends, nor does she think the kind of friends she'd have would mind]]. Similarly, Andy and Claire already knew each other slightly from their overlapping social circles.

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* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler: Did [[spoiler:Did the kids remain friends, or did they drift back into their respective cliques when they had to go back to school? The movie ends as they're going home after detention, leaving the question open-ended.]]
** At the very least, it seems as though Allison and Brian might remain friends, as Brian promises he [[spoiler: wouldn't [[spoiler:wouldn't do that to any of them]], and Allison [[spoiler: doesn't [[spoiler:doesn't have any friends, nor does she think the kind of friends she'd have would mind]]. Similarly, Andy and Claire already knew each other slightly from their overlapping social circles.



* UptownGirl: Rich, spoiled princess Claire falls for [[spoiler: troubled delinquent Bender at the end]].

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* UptownGirl: Rich, spoiled princess Claire falls for [[spoiler: troubled [[spoiler:troubled delinquent Bender at the end]].



* VillainousBSOD: After Andy hits Bender's BerserkButton, Bender flips out, ape-flings himself up a statue and some railings, and cowers alone in an emotional heap.
** Later, after Principal Vernon explicitly promises to one day [[spoiler: find Bender and beat the shit out of him]], Bender is left frozen with fear.

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** Later, after Principal Vernon explicitly promises to one day [[spoiler: find [[spoiler:find Bender and beat the shit out of him]], Bender is left frozen with fear.
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'''Bender:''' No, cause you know how shitty that is to do to someone! You don't got the balls to stand up to your friends and tell them that you're gonna like who you wanna like!\\
'''Claire''': Okay, what about you you hypocrite?! [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why don't you take Allison to one of your Heavy Metal vomit parties, or take Brian out to the parking lot at lunch to get high, or what about Andy for that matter, what about me? What would your friends say if we were walking down the hall together?]] They'd laugh their asses off, and you'd probably tell them that you were doing it with me so that they'd forgive you for being seen with me!\\

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'''Bender:''' No, cause [[WhatTheHellHero you know how shitty that is to do to someone! You don't got the balls to stand up to your friends and tell them that you're gonna like who you wanna like!\\
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'''Claire''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Okay, what about you you hypocrite?! [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why don't you take Allison to one of your Heavy Metal vomit parties, or take Brian out to the parking lot at lunch to get high, or what about Andy for that matter, what about me? What would your friends say if we were walking down the hall together?]] They'd laugh their asses off, and you'd probably tell them that you were doing it with me so that they'd forgive you for being seen with me!\\

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--> '''Bender:''' Don't you ''ever'' talk about my friends! You don't ''know'' any of my friends, you don't ''look'' at any of my friends, and you certainly wouldn't condescend to ''speak'' to any of my friends, so you just stick to the things that you know: shopping; nail polish; your father's BMW and your [[LadyDrunk poor, rich drunk mother in the Caribbean!]]\\
'''Claire''': *kicks Bender* [[BigShutUp SHUT UP!]]\\
'''Bender''': And as far as being concerned about what's gonna happen when we're walking down the hallways at school, you can forget it, 'cause it's ''never'' gonna happen! Just bury your head in the sand and wait for your [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] prom.

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--> -->'''Bender:''' [[SuddenlyShouting YOU ARE A BITCH!!]]\\
'''Claire''': Why? [[BrutalHonesty Cause I'm telling the truth?]] That makes me a bitch?!\\
'''Bender:''' No, cause you know how shitty that is to do to someone! You don't got the balls to stand up to your friends and tell them that you're gonna like who you wanna like!\\
'''Claire''': Okay, what about you you hypocrite?! [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why don't you take Allison to one of your Heavy Metal vomit parties, or take Brian out to the parking lot at lunch to get high, or what about Andy for that matter, what about me? What would your friends say if we were walking down the hall together?]] They'd laugh their asses off, and you'd probably tell them that you were doing it with me so that they'd forgive you for being seen with me!\\
'''Bender:''' Don't you ''ever'' talk about my friends! You don't ''know'' any of my friends, you don't ''look'' at any of my friends, and you certainly wouldn't condescend to ''speak'' to any of my friends, so you just stick to the things that you know: shopping; nail polish; your father's BMW and your [[LadyDrunk poor, rich drunk mother in the Caribbean!]]\\
'''Claire''': *kicks Bender* [[BigShutUp SHUT UP!]]\\
UP!!]]\\
'''Bender''': And as far as being concerned about what's gonna happen when we're walking down the hallways at school, you can forget it, 'cause it's ''never'' gonna happen! Just bury your head in the sand and wait for your [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] prom.\\
'''Claire''': I hate you!\\
'''Bender''': Yeah? Good!
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* BigShutUp: Claire delivers one of these towards Bender when he teases her about the lipstick trick. It doesn't actually work to shut him up.

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* BigShutUp: Claire delivers one two of these towards Bender Bender. First when he teases her about the lipstick trick. It trick (it doesn't actually work to shut him up.up), and again when [[WhatTheHellHero he tears into her for her]] BrutalHonesty [[WhatTheHellHero that none of the teenagers will remain as friends after respective detentions]].
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* TitleCard: One of the opening quotes to the film is from musician David Bowie, which symbolizes the teens' constant neglect and abuse that they take not just from their parents but from the other adults around them.

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* TitleCard: One of the opening quotes to the film is from musician David Bowie, the Music/DavidBowie song [[Music/HunkyDory "Changes"]], which symbolizes the teens' constant neglect and abuse that they take not just from their parents but from the other adults around them.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After storming into the library when he heard a ruckus [[note]]Bender falling through the ceiling into a room on the library's second floor [[/note]], Vernon all but disappears from the film until the very end where he is shown picking up and reading the group's letter with no spoken dialogue, a good 40 minutes after he was last seen.
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* DemotedToExtra: A rare mid-movie example; After storming into the library when he heard a ruckus [[note]]Bender falling through the ceiling into a room on the library's second floor [[/note]], Vernon all but disappears from the film until the very end where he is shown picking up and reading the group's letter with no spoken dialogue, a good 40 minutes after he was last seen.
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* DemotedToExtra: A rare mid-movie example; After storming into the library when he heard a ruckus [[note]]Bender falling through the ceiling into a room on the library's second floor [[/note]], Vernon all but disappears from the film until the very end where he is shown picking up and reading the group's letter with no spoken dialogue, a good 40 minutes after he was last seen.
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* AlliterativeName: Larry Lester, the kid whose buttocks Andy taped together.


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* OhCrap: All five of them when they’re on the way back to the library and they see Vernon.
** Brian when Bender tells Vernon his marijuana is in Brian’s underwear. Luckily for him, Vernon thinks Bender is being sarcastic.
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** Brian, the {{Nerd}}, hates how [[EducationMama his parents]] have destroyed his social life by pushing him so hard to succeed, and is so obsessed with his grades that [[spoiler:he [[DrivenToSuicide tries to kill himself]]]] after getting [[TheBGrade an F in shop class]]. [[InsufferableGenius His attitude]] is also little better than that of the "popular" kids that he hates, as shown when he talks about how he took shop class because he thought it was an easy A that only "losers" like Bender took (as opposed to his advanced math classes).

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** Brian, the {{Nerd}}, Nerd, hates how [[EducationMama his parents]] have destroyed his social life by pushing him so hard to succeed, and is so obsessed with his grades that [[spoiler:he [[DrivenToSuicide tries to kill himself]]]] after getting [[TheBGrade an F in shop class]]. [[InsufferableGenius His attitude]] is also little better than that of the "popular" kids that he hates, as shown when he talks about how he took shop class because he thought it was an easy A that only "losers" like Bender took (as opposed to his advanced math classes).
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** At the beginning of the movie, Andy and Bender can't stand each other, but Andy still [[{{Corpsing}} tries not to laugh]] when Bender asks Vernon "Does Music/BarryManilow know you raid his wardrobe?" and later cracks up when Bender tells Vernon that his dope can't be on fire because it's in Brian's underwear.

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** At the beginning of the movie, Andy and Bender can't stand each other, but Andy still [[{{Corpsing}} tries not to laugh]] contains his smile when Bender asks Vernon "Does Music/BarryManilow know you raid his wardrobe?" and later cracks up when Bender tells Vernon that his dope can't be on fire because it's in Brian's underwear.

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