History Film / TheBreakfastClub

-->-- Closing {{voiceover letter}}

* BittersweetEnding: The teens leave detention deciding to make sure they never become their parents and coming to accept one another. But, they still return home to abusive parents, leaving the ending ambiguous whether they remain friends or not.

''The Breakfast Club'' is a 1985 {{dramedy}} film written and directed by Creator/JohnHughes, a legend in the teen genre. The five principal actors in the film (Creator/MollyRingwald, Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall, Creator/EmilioEstevez, Creator/JuddNelson and Creator/AllySheedy) became part of the "Creator/BratPack", a group of actors whose careers in the 1980s revolved around playing teens in popular movies with each other. This group also included Creator/RobLowe, Creator/AndrewMcCarthy, and Creator/DemiMoore.

Of all the teen movies to come out of the '80s, 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 about themselves, and each other.

Of all the teen movies to come out of the '80s, 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, aided by friendly school janitor Carl... and come to learn a little about themselves, and each other.

'''Brian Johnson:''' Does that answer your question?
-->-- Sincerely yours, [[TitleDrop the Breakfast Club]].

->'''Brian Johnson: '''Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us -- in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is [[{{Nerd}} a brain]]...\\

Of all the teen movies to come out of the '80s, 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 afternoon, they are characterized by their cliques, harassed by angry vice principal Richard "Dick" Vernon, aided by friendly school janitor Carl... and come to learn a little about themselves, and each other.

Of all the teen movies to come out of the '80s, 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}}. The main characters are characterized by their cliques, harassed by angry vice principal Richard "Dick" Vernon, and aided by Carl, the friendly neighborhood janitor.

''The Breakfast Club'' is a 1985 {{dramedy}} film written and directed by Creator/JohnHughes, a legend in the teen genre. The five principal actors in the film (Creator/MollyRingwald, Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall, Creator/EmilioEstevez, Creator/JuddNelson and Creator/AllySheedy) became part of the "Creator/BratPack", a group of actors whose careers in the 1980s revolved around playing teens in popular movies with each other. This group also included Creator/RobLowe, Andrew [=McCarthy=] and Creator/DemiMoore.

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Of all the teen movies to come out of the '80s, 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 [[DetentionEpisode a Saturday detention]]. The main characters are characterized by their cliques, harassed by angry principal Richard "Dick" Vernon, and aided by Carl, the friendly neighborhood janitor.

''The Breakfast Club'' is a 1985 film written and directed by Creator/JohnHughes, a legend in the teen genre. The five principal actors in the film (Creator/MollyRingwald, Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall, Creator/EmilioEstevez, Creator/JuddNelson and Creator/AllySheedy) became part of the "Creator/BratPack", a group of actors whose careers in the 1980s revolved around playing teens in popular movies with each other. This group also included Creator/RobLowe, Andrew [=McCarthy=] and Creator/DemiMoore.

''The Breakfast Club'' was a 1985 film written and directed by Creator/JohnHughes, a legend in the teen genre. The five principal actors in the film (Creator/MollyRingwald, Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall, Creator/EmilioEstevez, Creator/JuddNelson and Creator/AllySheedy) became part of the "Creator/BratPack", a group of actors whose careers in the 1980s revolved around playing teens in popular movies with each other. This group also included Creator/RobLowe, Andrew [=McCarthy=] and Creator/DemiMoore.

* FinaleTitleDrop: The essay read at the end is signed "Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club"

* TroubledTeen: The entire cast, the film is about five teens who are various levels and forms of messed-up due to peer pressure and having parents that range from neglectful to physically abusive. The plot is about them bonding over their screwed-up lives while being under detention at school.

''The Breakfast Club'' was a 1985 film written and directed by Creator/JohnHughes, a legend in the teen genre. The five principal actors in the film (Creator/MollyRingwald, Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall, Creator/EmilioEstevez, Creator/JuddNelson and Ally Sheedy) became part of the "Creator/BratPack", a group of actors whose careers in the 1980s revolved around playing teens in popular movies with each other. This group also included Creator/RobLowe, Andrew [=McCarthy=] and Creator/DemiMoore.

* DesignatedLoveInterest: Andy and Allison, Bender and Claire.

* BreakfastClub / TheBreakfastPlot: 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.

* SixStudentClique: Minus the sixth student, but it's really close.
** The Head: Bender
** The Muscle: Andy
** The Quirk/The Smart One: Brian
** The Pretty One: Claire
** The Wild One: Allison

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->'''Brian Johnson: '''Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong, but we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us [...] in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is [[{{Nerd}} a brain]][...]\\
'''Andrew Clark: '''[...] and [[JerkJock an athlete]] [...]\\
'''Allison Reynolds: '''[...] and [[LonersAreFreaks a basket case]] [...]\\
'''Claire Standish: '''[...] [[AlphaBitch a princess]] [...]\\
'''John Bender: '''[...] and [[{{Delinquents}} a criminal]].\\
'''Brian Johnson:''' Does that answer your question? [...] Sincerely yours, [[TitleDrop the Breakfast Club]].

* TheAntiNihilist: More or less the movie's general philosophy.

* BlackComedy: The film's bread and butter.

%%* TheAntiNihilist: More or less the movie's general philosophy. - ZCE

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

** 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.