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* [[Cool Car]]: Pickford's GTO is, in the argot of the period, bitchin'.
* [[Cool Car]]: Pickford's GTO is, in the argot of the period, bitchin'.
** Pickford's car is just one of many examples. Let's just say that if you're a fan of classic American muscle cars, you'll probably like this movie.
** Pickford's car is just one of many examples. Let's just say that if you're a fan of classic American muscle cars, you'll probably like this movie.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Mostly averted, as most of the actors were only slightly older than their characters, but played straight for some.
* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: Hazing incoming freshmen on the last day of school was frowned upon in 1993 (as it still is today), and the movie seems to toy with the audience's modern day sensibilities whenever it's depicted. But in the film's 1976 setting, it's seen by the characters as just another traditional rite of passage.
* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: Hazing incoming freshmen on the last day of school was frowned upon in 1993 (as it still is today), and the movie seems to toy with the audience's modern day sensibilities whenever it's depicted. But in the film's 1976 setting, it's seen by the characters as just another traditional rite of passage.
{{quote|...and remember to get plenty of calcium. It's important for pregnant women to get plenty of calcium.|Store clerk, to pregnant customer buying liquor and cigarettes.}}
{{quote|...and remember to get plenty of calcium. It's important for pregnant women to get plenty of calcium.|Store clerk, to pregnant customer buying liquor and cigarettes.}}