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{{quote|'''Gang Leader:''' Don't fuck with the Lords of Hell.
[Chris picks up the knife and shoves it in the gang leader's face].
'''Chris:''' [[Precision F-Strike|Don't fuck with the babysitter.]]}}
It was just a simple babysitting job, [[Gone Horribly Wrong]].
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Then Chris' friend, Brenda, calls in a panic about running away from home but then changing her mind and asking Chris to pick her up. Chris can't leave her charges behind, so she takes them and Brad's friend Daryl along with her. She gets a flat on the highway, then realizes she forgot her purse. [[It Got Worse|Things just get more crazy from there.]]
[[Chris Columbus]]' directing debut,
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* [[Avoid the Dreaded G Rating]]: A [[MacGuffin]] being a ''[[Playboy]]'', where Chris is the spitting image of the centerfold, some borderline offensive jokes and a [[Wild Teen Party]] would be enough, but a couple quick exchanges of the "F word"
* [[Bastard Boyfriend]]: Mike. Not abusive, but cold and unfaithful toward a girl who was willing to dance and lip-sync her way through an entire doo-wop song at the prospect of their anniversary date. (And who
* [[Blind Mistake]]: Brenda, stranded in a bus station without her glasses, pets a huge rat thinking it's a lost cat.
* [[Blind Without
* [[Bratty Half
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Brenda.
* [[The Cameo]]: Albert Collins.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Ya think?"
* [[Country Mouse]]: Just suburban, but otherwise the same.
* [[Covers Always Lie|Covers Sort Of Lie]]: They don't scale a skyscraper, as the poster shows, but Sara finds herself stuck on the outside of one in the climax.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: For a good reason. If Elizabeth Shue actually ''was'' 17 when this was made, the whole "looking-like-the-''Playboy''-centerfold" thing would have crossed the line.
** Also, Bradley Whitford was 27 when he played Chris's boyfriend in this film.
* [[Evil Overlooker]]: On the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131026214651/http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_poster/adventures_in_babysitting_1987.htm Japanese poster].
* [[Fan Girl]]: Sara is a big fan of [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]].
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Joe Gipp.
* [[He Knows Too Much]]: That ''Playboy'' issue had a bunch of notes the gangsters scribbled down...so much, in fact, that it would send them to jail.
* [[Hook Hand]]
* [[I Can Explain]]: Yup, Chris's boyfriend was
* [[Jerkass]]: See above descriptions of Mike.
* [[Mama Bear]]: Chris, especially on the train, dealing with the gang members.
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'''Chris''' (yanks the knife out of Brad's foot and points it at the leader): Don't fuck with the BABYSITTER! }}
* [[Precision F
* [[Pretty Fly for
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: A teenage runaway in a white fur jacket, Mrs. Anderson has a black mink coat, and Chris uses a full-length coat with a huge collar to sneak into the office party the Andersons are attending.
* [[Throw It In]]: During the scene where Brenda tries to buy a hot dog, the vendor improvised the line "Then I don't have a fucking
** They got their revenge for that bit of [[Executive Meddling]] by [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|getting some truly
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'''Brenda:''' But I don't have any cash!
'''Vendor:''' Then ''I'' don't have a
** Also the song they improvise to get off the stage.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Let's just repeat a bit of ''Bastard Boyfriend'', above: Mike, who is cold and unfaithful toward an absolutely devoted, loving girl who is [[World's Most Beautiful Woman|a dead ringer for a Playboy centerfold]].
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: The trailer pretty much walked the viewer through the film's main events, including the climax at the Smurfit-Stone building, then actually showed
* [[Urban Legend]]: Chris is telling one to the kids while heading to the bus station. About the guy with the hook. Guess what the helpful tow truck driver who rescues them a few minutes later is sporting.
* [[Worst Aid]]: CHRIS PULLED THE KNIFE OUT OF BRAD'S FOOT!
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