- Director Displacement: This is a John Hughes film, although he didn't direct it (he wanted to make films in Chicago rather than Hollywood).
- Harsher in Hindsight: The Happy Ending revolves around Jack getting his job back, in the 1980s era Detroit Automobile Industry. It is likely that his re-employment will be a temporary situation at best.
- Memetic Mutation: "You're doing it wrong."
- Retroactive Recognition: Kenny, aka the kid with the woobie, is played by Taliesin Jaffe. Hilarious in Hindsight, considering he became incredibly involved in goth subculture not long after, and grew up to write awesomely violent anime dubs and play Dungeons and Dragons live online.
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