Perry and Joey at the dance.
- At the beginning of the movie, Joey provokes the Baldies, and they chase him into a dead end alley. Just as they are about to beat him up, Perry appear out of thin air and saves him. But before Joey gets a chance to thank him, he vanishes as suddenly as he appeared.
- When Joey gets back to his apartment, he goes to push the button for the elevator. The camera focuses in on his hand reaching for the button, when suddenly, another hand appears reaching for the same button. The fingers hit the button at the same time, and brush against each other. The camera pans out, and reveals that the other finger belongs to Perry, who turns out to be Joey's new neighbor. Its all very romantic comedy
- At the party, while all the characters are dancing with their girlfriends, Perry is carrying Joey around on his back and dancing around.
- This movie seems to make a point of drawing unspoken parallels between Perry and Joey and other couples.
- At the end of the movie, Richie gets married to his girlfriend. Joey and Perry run away together. To San Francisco.
- At the beginning of the movie, Richie and Joey both like the same girl. Part of their stories revolve around unsuccessful attempts to court her. Neither of them are successful, and Richie ends up with his girlfriend. If you draw parallels between Joey and Richie's character arcs, Perry is Joey's other love interest.
