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** Because they'd actually have to PAY for a taxi from the 'burbs into downtown Chicago, and it would be pretty pricey. Not something Ferris could easy charm his way out of.

** Because Ferris follows only one rule: the [[Rule of Cool]].

*** "Headscratchers", apparently. Hey, ''I'' didn't change it.

*** Point still stands, why come on to a page specifically devoted to dealing with issues people have with movies and say 'its just a movie'

** Because Doctor Insano identified, or at least raised, most of the issues. Everyone else just thought "This is a cool movie."

*** Not really. This troper and her friends watched it at her dad's recommendation, and we all thought pretty much everything Insano said, espeically about Ferris being evil (and we only saw his review like 2 year later). There actually are a ''lot'' of people who see Ferris as an insensitive prick and wanted Jeannie (or maybe Rooney, but preferably Jeannie) to drag his butt back to school, prove he had manipulated everyone, and get his butt in trouble. It's mostly modern viewers, or people who identify with Jeannie and Rooney wanting to ''enforce the rules'' and not let Ferris just do as he pleases.

*** Fridge Brilliance, actually. Ferris is so prophet-like that it wouldn't be unusual for someone to make a Ferris mask and wear it. As a culture festival, it would be even more likely. And then there's that even if people DID recognize him, there's that they would probably realize he was faking being sick and cover for him.

*** I don't think a Ferris mask could look quite so lifelike as the real Ferris...

* Why didn't Jeannie give the police Rooney's wallet? After she kicks the crap out of him, you see his wallet drop out of his pants to the floor. At the end of the movie when she saves her brother's ass, you see her take Rooney's wallet out and fling it in the mud. Why in the hell didn't she give it to the police when they came? Also, another one: Why the hell did the police arrest her for calling them? She was obviously hysterical, so why would they assume it was a joke?

** There actually was no scene where she found the wallet, or even enters the kitchen, until the end of the film. It's likely that she didn't find it until after they got home.

** She was also skipping school herself by this point. When they got there, she probably had no good explanation for why she ''just happened'' to be there at the same time there ''just happened'' to be a prowler (who they found no evidence of). The cops probably assumed she was on drugs, had hysterically called them while experiencing a bad trip, and hauled her in for testing (using the false alarm as an reason to do so). When she tested clean, they just gave her a reprimand and called her mom to pick her up.

** Though one wonders what she could have gotten away with if she just said "Ferris suddenly felt a bit worse and begged me to come check on him". If her claim was investigated (by say, the police going to check with Ferris and finding him not there), she'd win because she just wanted Ferris to get busted. If it wasn't, she could probably avoid a lot of trouble (family emergencies typically get leniency).

 

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