Better Off Dead: Difference between revisions

Probably doesn't ''quite'' make it to classic status, especially the ending which {{spoiler|veers off into painfully straight teen-movie win-the-athletic-competition territory}}, but mentioning this film or quoting from it is very likely to bring a smile to the face of Tropers of a certain age. It does have a pretty strong cult following due to the fact that aside from that ending, it has a different sense of humor than most 80's teen comedies and seems far less dated than other films of its type.

 

 

* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Ricky and his pursuit of Monique.

* [[Evil Genius]]: Badger possibly qualifies.

* [[Funny Foreigner]]: [[Foreign Exchange Student|Monique]] mostly avoids this, except {{spoiler|for one or two ''slight'' problems with English.}}

** Vincent Schiavelli as his math teacher, and didn't that truck driver own a [[Porkys|strip joint]] near Angel Beach?

** Subversion: [[Rich Little]] as the voice of the Korean guy who learned to speak English from [[Howard Cosell]].

* [[Homemade Sweater From Hell]]: Jenny wears a reindeer outfit which comes complete with an antler-headpiece, and gives one to her husband which is aardvark-themed.

* [[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.

* [[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]]}}.

* [[Reverse Harem]]: Chris Cummins is a cheerleader who dates the basketball team. The ''entire'' team.

* [[Running Gag]]: "I want my two dollars!!"