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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Ricky and his pursuit of Monique.
* [[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.
* [[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
* [[Ascended Meme]]: "I want my two dollars!"
* [[Animated Credits Opening]]
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* [[Funny Foreigner]]: [[Foreign Exchange Student|Monique]] mostly avoids this, except {{spoiler|for one or two ''slight'' problems with English.}}
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[MASH|Charles Emerson Winchester]] is Lane's father. [[True Grit|Mattie Ross]] is his mother. His best bud Charles is [[Revenge of the Nerds|Dudley Dawson]]!
** Vincent Schiavelli as his math teacher, and didn't that truck driver own a [[
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Powerpuff Girls|Buttercup]] is singing at the dance.
** Subversion: [[Rich Little]] as the voice of the Korean guy who learned to speak English from [[Howard Cosell]].
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* [[Insult Backfire]]: Played with when Stalin insults Lane and Charles at one point during the New Years dance; Lane is insulted, but Charles finds it hilarious, even interrupting Stalin's dance with Beth because he's still laughing.
* [[Interrupted Suicide]]
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Of course, {{spoiler|Lane comes to his senses in time.}}
* [[Jerk Jock]]: The villain, such as he is.
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** Badger's mail-order purchases
** The garage door window's getting broken.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: John Cusack recently traveled back in time to a 1980s ski resort in ''[[
** This is despite the fact that Cusack evidently considers this film to be an [[Old Shame]].
** Cusack's protagonist in ''[[Grosse Pointe Blank]]'' also grew up in the 1980s and also had a [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]. He ended up becoming a [[Hitman
* [[Stalker Shrine]]: Lane has turned his room into one of these, dedicated to his girlfriend.
* [[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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** Snorting ''real snow'' seems to work for him.
{{quote| This is pure snow! Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?}}
* [[Suicide
{{quote| And dying when you're not really sick is really sick, you know. Really!}}
* [[Title Drop]]: The singer at the school dance.
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