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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Ricky and his pursuit of Monique. |
* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Ricky and his pursuit of Monique. |
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* [[The Ace]]: Everyone other than Lane seems to have incredible skill at doing things. Highlighted by Lane's younger brother, who uses his book knowledge to pick up trashy women and build a ''launchable space shuttle'' in the attic. |
* [[The Ace]]: Everyone other than Lane seems to have incredible skill at doing things. Highlighted by Lane's younger brother, who uses his book knowledge to pick up trashy women and build a ''launchable space shuttle'' in the attic. |
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: When Beth (Amanda Wyss) shows up at the dance, there is someone behind her wearing Freddy Krueger's sweater. Wyss played Krueger's first victim in ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]''. |
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* [[Alien Lunch]]: She's not an actual alien, but Lane's mother Jenny is enough of a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] that she might as well be: she's shown on-screen cooking a meal where tentacles and claws wave from the pot; in another scene she serves the family a gelatinous green goo that flees Lane's plate when he pokes it with a fork. |
* [[Alien Lunch]]: She's not an actual alien, but Lane's mother Jenny is enough of a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] that she might as well be: she's shown on-screen cooking a meal where tentacles and claws wave from the pot; in another scene she serves the family a gelatinous green goo that flees Lane's plate when he pokes it with a fork. |
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* [[Ascended Meme]]: "I want my two dollars!" |
* [[Ascended Meme]]: "I want my two dollars!" |
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* [[Mocking Music]]: After Beth has broken up with him, Lane is driving despondently and looking for something cheery to listen to on the radio. ''Every'' station is playing a breakup song; he ends up ripping the radio out of the car and hurling it out the window. |
* [[Mocking Music]]: After Beth has broken up with him, Lane is driving despondently and looking for something cheery to listen to on the radio. ''Every'' station is playing a breakup song; he ends up ripping the radio out of the car and hurling it out the window. |
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* [[My Beloved Smother]]: Ricky's harridan of a mother. |
* [[My Beloved Smother]]: Ricky's harridan of a mother. |
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* [[My Girl Is Not a Slut]]: After the break-up, every guy from the [[One-Scene Wonder|math teacher]] to the rude mailman to [[The Flintstones|Barney Rubble]] |
* [[My Girl Is Not a Slut]]: After the break-up, every guy from the [[One-Scene Wonder|math teacher]] to the rude mailman to [[The Flintstones|Barney Rubble]] ask Lane if it would be all right to date his ex. |
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* [[Naked Freak-Out]]: The roller-skating cheerleader in the cafeteria in her underwear, due to Lane's accidental slip-up. [[It Gets Worse]] as {{spoiler|''all'' of her boyfriends give him a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]}}. |
* [[Naked Freak-Out]]: The roller-skating cheerleader in the cafeteria in her underwear, due to Lane's accidental slip-up. [[It Gets Worse]] as {{spoiler|''all'' of her boyfriends give him a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]}}. |
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* [[Obstacle Ski Course]]: The ski-off with Roy at the climax of the film turns into one. |
* [[Obstacle Ski Course]]: The ski-off with Roy at the climax of the film turns into one. |
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* [[Stalker Shrine]]: Lane has turned his room into one of these, dedicated to his girlfriend. |
* [[Stalker Shrine]]: Lane has turned his room into one of these, dedicated to his girlfriend. |
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* [[Standard Snippet]]: Muddy Waters' "Mannish Boy" as Lane's Camaro rolls out for the first time. Gene Autry's "Here Comes Santa Claus" during the Christmas sequence. |
* [[Standard Snippet]]: Muddy Waters' "Mannish Boy" as Lane's Camaro rolls out for the first time. Gene Autry's "Here Comes Santa Claus" during the Christmas sequence. |
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* [[Stock Shout Out]]: Lane doing Frankenstein-imbuing-the-creature-with-life at the start of the "Everybody Wants Some" sequence. |
* [[Stock Shout Out]]: In-universe, Lane doing Frankenstein-imbuing-the-creature-with-life at the start of the "Everybody Wants Some" sequence. |
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* [[The Stoner]]: Charles. Or he would be, if he could find anything to get stoned on. |
* [[The Stoner]]: Charles. Or he would be, if he could find anything to get stoned on. |
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{{quote|How are we going to get real drugs in this town? We can't even get cable!}} |
{{quote|How are we going to get real drugs in this town? We can't even get cable!}} |