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* GreaserDelinquents: The Wanderers are stereotypical Greasers, although they forgo leather coats for custom Bomber Jackets. On his first appearance however, Perry fits this to a T.
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*** Averted by members of the Wongs, who join in with the remaining Wanderers and Del-Bombers even when it wasn't their fight.
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* KarmaHoudini: The Fordham Baldies never really get any kind of comeuppance for their antics. The closet they get to any kind of comeuppance is being tricked into joining the Marines while drunk, but even they end up accepting it fast.
** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: But given how messed up the Vietnam War was? That acceptance is eventually gonna go away ''real quick'' for some.
** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: But given how messed up the Vietnam War was? That acceptance is eventually gonna go away ''real quick'' for some.
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''The Wanderers'' is a 1979 American comedy-drama film, directed by Philip Kaufman and [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from]] a novel of the same name by Richard Price, centering on the members of a Bronx youth gang in 1963, and their interactions with other local gangs.
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''The Wanderers'' is a 1979 American comedy-drama film, directed by Philip Kaufman and [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from]] a novel of the same name by Richard Price, centering on the members of a Bronx [[BigApplesauce Bronx]] youth gang in 1963, and their interactions with other local gangs.
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When a high school teacher accidentally sparks a race war between the Italian gang the Wanderers and the Black gang the Del-Bombers, the Wanderers--looking to gather allies for their fight to augument their smaller numbers--are rejected (humiliatingly) by the Fordham Baldies and by the Chinese Wongs. But they do get a new member with the arrival of bulky [[TheStoic Perry [=LaGuardia=]]], a newcomer to the neighborhood who proves himself in a fight. Just as things look bleak for the gang, the local mafia hoods led by 'Chubby' Galasso intervene and negotiate to replace the rumble with a football game.
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When a high school teacher accidentally sparks a race war between the Italian gang the Wanderers and the Black gang the Del-Bombers, the Wanderers--looking to gather allies for their fight to augument their smaller numbers--are rejected (humiliatingly) by the Fordham Baldies and by the Chinese Wongs. But they do get a new member with the arrival of bulky [[TheStoic Perry [=LaGuardia=]]], a newcomer to the neighborhood who proves himself in a fight. Just as things look bleak for the gang, the local mafia hoods led by 'Chubby' "Chubby" Galasso intervene and negotiate to replace the rumble with a football game.
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When a high school teacher accidentally sparks a race war between the Italian gang the Wanderers and the Black gang the Del-Bombers, the Wanderers--looking to gather allies for their fight to augument their smaller numbers--are rejected (humiliatingly) by the Fordham Baldies and by the Chinese Wongs. But they do get a new member with the arrival of bulky [[TheStoic Perry [=LaGuardia=]]], a newcomer to the neighborhood who proves himself in a fight. Just as things look bleak for the gang, the local mafia hoods led by 'Chubby' Galasso intervene and negotiate to have the rumble changed into a football game.
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When a high school teacher accidentally sparks a race war between the Italian gang the Wanderers and the Black gang the Del-Bombers, the Wanderers--looking to gather allies for their fight to augument their smaller numbers--are rejected (humiliatingly) by the Fordham Baldies and by the Chinese Wongs. But they do get a new member with the arrival of bulky [[TheStoic Perry [=LaGuardia=]]], a newcomer to the neighborhood who proves himself in a fight. Just as things look bleak for the gang, the local mafia hoods led by 'Chubby' Galasso intervene and negotiate to have replace the rumble changed into with a football game.
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''The Wanderers'' is a 1979 comedy-drama film, directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from a novel of the same name by Richard Price, that centers on the members of a Bronx youth gang in 1963, and their interactions with the other local gangs.
At school, a high school teacher accidentally sparks a race riot between the Italian gang the Wanderers and the Black gang the Del-Bombers. Looking to gather allies to their fight as the Del-Bombers have bigger numbers, The Wanderers get rejected (humiliatingly) by the Fordham Baldies and by the Chinese Wongs. But they do get a new member with the arrival of bulky [[TheStoic Perry]], a newcomer to the neighborhood who proves himself in a fight. Just as it looks bleak for the gang, the local mafia hoods led by 'Chubby' Galasso intervene and negotiate to have the rumble changed into a football game.
At school, a high school teacher accidentally sparks a race riot between the Italian gang the Wanderers and the Black gang the Del-Bombers. Looking to gather allies to their fight as the Del-Bombers have bigger numbers, The Wanderers get rejected (humiliatingly) by the Fordham Baldies and by the Chinese Wongs. But they do get a new member with the arrival of bulky [[TheStoic Perry]], a newcomer to the neighborhood who proves himself in a fight. Just as it looks bleak for the gang, the local mafia hoods led by 'Chubby' Galasso intervene and negotiate to have the rumble changed into a football game.
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''The Wanderers'' is a 1979 American comedy-drama film, directed by Philip Kaufman and [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from from]] a novel of the same name by Richard Price, that centers centering on the members of a Bronx youth gang in 1963, and their interactions with the other local gangs.
At school, When a high school teacher accidentally sparks a race riot war between the Italian gang the Wanderers and the Black gang the Del-Bombers. Looking Del-Bombers, the Wanderers--looking to gather allies to for their fight as the Del-Bombers have bigger numbers, The Wanderers get to augument their smaller numbers--are rejected (humiliatingly) by the Fordham Baldies and by the Chinese Wongs. But they do get a new member with the arrival of bulky [[TheStoic Perry]], Perry [=LaGuardia=]]], a newcomer to the neighborhood who proves himself in a fight. Just as it looks things look bleak for the gang, the local mafia hoods led by 'Chubby' Galasso intervene and negotiate to have the rumble changed into a football game.
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* BullyHunter: Perry singlehandly decks all the Baldies when they're about to beat up Joey. When he talks to Joey in their apartment, he admits hating to see "big guys pick on little guys".
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* OneManArmy: Perry goes through the entire Baldies gang (sans Terror and Peewee) and scares them off before they can lay one hand on Joey.
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* BrokenPedestal: The Baldies, especially Terror, become this to Peewee in the end of the film when they head out for Vietnam, basically acting as if she ''never'' existed.
--> '''Peewee''': ''*sobbing*'' All that time I was with the Baldies...and not ''one'' of them even drops me a card...
--> '''Peewee''': ''*sobbing*'' All that time I was with the Baldies...and not ''one'' of them even drops me a card...
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** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: But given how messed up the Vietnam War was? That acceptance is eventually gonna go away ''real quick'' for some.
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* TheCavalry: Downplayed; Joey's father ends up wanting to get in on the action [[spoiler: when the Ducky Boys invade the school]], and the Wongs keep their word on "taking a side when the time was right". While a few of the Wongs get trashed, most of them fight the enemy off and Joey's father is almost unstoppable.
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** The Wanderers and Del-Bombers who split before the fight with the Ducky Boys.
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** The one member of the Wanderers and Del-Bombers who split before the fight with the Ducky Boys. Boys.
