Fridge / Grease 2

• Fridge Brilliance: Johnny and Stephanie are on the outs as a couple. When you consider that Stephanie wants a Badass Biker and doesn't want him, it only stands to reason that Johnny's really a nice guy underneath, and Stephanie knows it.
  • Except it seemed to me that Stephanie was attracted to Michael's nice-guy bookworm persona, but couldn't act on it because of both the Pink Lady code and her own desire for a badass biker. Hence her line at the end about getting both in one.
  • Johnny also shows throughout the movie that he's Boisterous Weakling who talks big but would never dare take on a real Badass Biker in a straight fight. Stephanie probably knows that too, and broke up with him in disgust. The first thing Michael does in his Cool Rider persona is stand up to the Scorpions after Johnny had run off, catching her eye.
  • Stephanie was showing signs of growing up and taking responsibility—she had an after-school job at the gas station, for example, and Johnny just seemed to do nothing but hang out. Also, when it came to schoolwork, they both approached Michael for help, but Johnny paid Michael outright to do his work for him, Stephanie asked Michael to help her rephrase it in a way more acceptable to the teachers (Michael himself said she had the right idea when it came to her analysis of "Hamlet", it was how she worded it that was the issue.) Stephanie simply outgrew Johnny.

• Fridge Horror: Michael allowed Stephanie to believe he was dead for about 24 hours. Then, he rides to the luau, parks his motorcycle, climbs to the top of the hut so he can make a grand entrance and beat the Cycle Lords. In fact, one could suspect he arranged the attack to appear the hero.
  • Add in that there was no mention of Michael NOT showing up to play piano at the talent show means he may have watched her breakdown and did/said nothing.
    • According to the Trivia section there was a scene shot of Michael seeing Stephanie after the talent show. It was likely cut for this exact reason.

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