History Film / TheGoonies

* HumiliationConga: In the novelization, the Goonies do more than just save their homes. There's enough money from the treasure left over that they [[KickTheSonOfABitch buy the country club and then raze it]], putting in a new museum, affordable housing, and other buildings.

* ZillionDollarBill: In the novelization, the results of the adventure result in enough funds -- even after everyone pays off their leases -- to not only buy the (now-unfinishable and worthless) country club and [[KickTheSonOfABitch raze it]] to build affordable housing, but add numerous local fixtures (such as a brand new museum for Mikey's dad to chair).

* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Mouth, Data, and Chunk.

** According to Quan, his mom wouldn't allow him to curse in the movie.

-->''(after getting around an obstacle that briefly stops the police, Ma abruptly stops and laughs manically)''
-->'''Jake Fratelli:''' What the hell are we doing here?!
-->'''Mama Fratelli:''' Aw, trust in your old mother boys! ''(to Francis)'' Throw 'er into four-wheel-drive and hold onto your hats!
-->''(Ma takes off with all four of the Jeep's tires easily gripping the sandy wet surface. Cut to the reveal that they're at the Astoria Annual ORV Rally with several trucks and [=SUVs=] participating, enabling them to blend in with the crowd and escape)''

* CreepyBasement: The basement of the old restaurant Where Sloth is held.

* {{Cyclops}}: When the Goonies eventually find One-Eyed Willy's treasure, they also find a skeleton with an eyepatch, which they reason must be Willy's remains. When the eyepatch is lifted, however, ''there is no socket underneath'', suggesting that he was born with only one eye. The kids realize that Willy was a misfit like them, and decide to leave some of the treasure as a tribute to him.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Multiple liberties seem to have been taken with the geography of northwetern Oregon. Though it can probably be chalked up to being an 80's kids/teen movie.

* AlmostKiss: While the protagonists are exploring a building, Brandon and Andrea ("Andy") are thrown together on a couch. As they hug each other and lean in to kiss, one of the other Goonies makes a comment and breaks the mood.

'''Mikey:''' I have an idea. I saw this in an old [[Series/TheHardyBoys Hardy Boys]] episode. We leave a trail of gems leading into one cave while we hide out in another. And when they go into that cave, we'll make a run for it.\\

* SawItInAMovieOnce: Mikey's suggested plan to escape from the pursuing villains is based on a ''Literature/HardyBoys'' story.

* LeaveYourQuestTest: When Troy offers the Goonies rescue via the well. After Mikey's RousingSpeech, Andie responds by sending Troy his letterman's jacket up with the bucket he sent down.
-->'''Troy:''' [[SayMyName ANDIE]]! YOU GOONIE!!!

* LeaveYourQuestTest: When Troy offers the Goonies rescue via the well. After Mikey's RousingSpeech, Andie responds by sending Troy his letterman's jacket up with the bucket he sent out.

* LeaveYourQuestTest: When Troy offers the Goonies rescue via the well. After Mikey's RousingSpeech, Andie responds by sending Troy his letterman's jacket up the bucket he sent out.

* LeaveYourQuestTest: When Troy offers the Goonies rescue via the well.

* CheatedAngle: Rare live-action version. When Mikey is around, One-Eyed Willie's skeleton is always shot from an angle that makes the skeleton look like it's smiling. At the end, when Mama Fratelli is sarcastically thanking him, the skeleton is shot from a position where it very definitely does ''not'' look like it's smiling.

* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: The foreclosure framework the plot is based around is really confusing. The kids are going to lose their childhood homes due to them being foreclosed upon by a banker who's planning on demolishing the development to build an expansion to a local private golf course, which appears to be a weird muddling of foreclosure and eminent domain. Foreclosure is a proceeding when a mortage is defaulted upon; the bank can't just unilaterally foreclose your loan legally with no just cause. So, are all of the houses in foreclosure at the same time (what a coincidence!), or is it just Mikey's family being in foreclosure as the last holdout in the development unwilling to sell to the developer? If the latter, why is his family having trouble paying the mortgage now (it's mentioned that his father works at a museum and doesn't make a lot of money, but there's nothing to indicate that it's a recent change so why is he unable to pay the mortgage ''now''? Also, if Mikey's family ''are'' the last holdouts from the developer's plans to buy the land, wouldn't that mean that every other family that accepted an offer to buy out their homes (presumably for above market value) now lost out because the development will not be going through? At the end, it can all be chalked up to being an 80's kids movie.
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The Oregon coast seen in the movie is either on the Washington side of the Columbia River or some two dozen miles to the south. Neither is likely to be accessible to a gang of teens and pre-teens on bicycles.
** Putting the final scene on the river keeps it within bicycle range, but then Washington would show up on the other side of what would clearly be a river, rather than the ocean.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: The RunningGag where Mikey constantly uses his inhaler was PlayedForLaughs but those kind of emergency use inhalers are only meant to be used a couple of times per day with serious side effects such as heart palpatations and nervous shaking if overused.

* BaitAndSwitchSuicide: Invoked. The opening scene shows a man in the county jail hanging in his cell with a note attached. The jail guard approaches and reads the note, only for the man (of the infamous Fratelli gang) to knock him out and escape.

* BladeBrake: Having watching a hero do it on TV earlier in the film, Sloth comes sliding down the sail in the same way.