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{{quote|''Gee, Ricky, I'm real sorry your mom blew up.''}}
'''Better Off Dead''' is a 1985 comedy film directed by [[Savage Steve Holland]] and starring [[John Cusack]].
After being dumped by his utterly-unfaithful girlfriend, luckless teen Lane Meyer makes several futile attempts to kill himself, while wandering in and out of a series of encounters with the residents... inmates of his bizarre hometown. These include his super-genius younger brother Badger, his severely-underachieving best friend Charles, a pair of Korean car-racing enthusiasts who learned English by listening to Howard Cosell, and one ''very'' determined paper-boy. Lane's life finally begins to turn around when he meets Monique, a comely French exchange student who has been sentenced to live with Lane's grotesque neighbors.
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{{quote|'''Lane:''' ''Gee, I'm real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky.''}}
* [[Burger Fool]]: Lane has to wear a hideous pig-themed hat, even though he works back in the kitchen.
* [[Cameo]]: Twiki from ''[[Buck Rogers in
* [[Claymation]]: A brief sequence set in the burger joint where Lane works.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Lane's mother Jenny.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Roy ''Stalin''.
* [[Medium Shift Gag]]: There are a couple of gag sequences in both clay and hand-drawn animation, representing Lane's bizarre daydreams about dancing hamburgers and so forth.
* [[My Beloved Smother]]: Ricky's harridan of a mother.
* [[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]] is asking Lane if it would be alright to date his ex.
* [[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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* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]
* [[Totally Radical]]: Lane's father awkwardly attempts to "connect" with him.
* [[Trash Landing]]:
{{quote|[[Acceptable Targets|"Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that!"]]}}
* [[Unkempt Beauty]]: Monique looks surprisingly hot with car grease on her face.
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[[Category:Films of the 1980s]]
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