Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Difference between revisions

* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Ben Stein as the economics professor never says, "Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?" He does say these lines but separately. He first says, "Bueller? Bueller?" while taking attendance and then later during his lecture asks, "Anyone? Anyone?"

* [[Berserk Button]]: The car, for Cameron, who blows his gasket twice. Ferris lampshades the first incident.

* [[Brick Joke]]: At the beginning, we see Ferris preparing something with his trophy, and start singing "Danke Schoen." Later, we see that he has used his trophy in a Rube Goldberg device to deceive his parents, and even later, he sings Danke Schoen in one of the great scenes of the movie.

* [[Butt Monkey]] / [[The Chew Toy]]: Rooney and Jeannie.

* [[Coming of Age Story]]: Arguably for ''Cameron'', who (at the beginning) is an emotional wreck because of his home life, is shown a good time by Ferris, and in the end finally decides to [[Calling the Old Man Out|stand up to his father]]<ref>who, if you recall, loved the 1961 Ferrari 250GT California more than his own family</ref>.

* [[Cool Car]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Y1ww57r4Y "The 1961 Ferrari 250GT California."]

** Actually, it was a kit car replica (with a back seat, something the real Ferraris lacked) built in [[The Eighties]], [[Truth in Television|with government mandated anti-tamper odometer.]]

* [[Cool People Rebel Against Authority]]

* [[Crowd Song]]: "Twist and Shout"

* [[Curse Cut Short]]

Cause I'm the nurse who likes to ''[door slams]'' }}

* [[Dawson Casting]]: Alan Ruck, who plays the 17-year-old Cameron, was 29 when the movie was filmed.

* [[It's All About Me]]: "They could be fascist anarchists and that still wouldn't change the fact that I don't have a car."

* [[Jerkass]]: Rooney and Jeannie.

* [[Jerkass Has a Point]]: Yes, Rooney goes too far by breaking into the Bueller home and attacking their dog, but he has every right to be bothered by the fact that Ferris has skipped school at least nine times before.

** Also, Jeannie gets arrested by the police for making a legitimate call about an actual intruder in her house.

* [[Non-Giving-Up-School Guy]]: Rooney. It's a bit of a [[Deconstructed Trope]] though, since his single-minded mission to bring back Ferris led him to commit things like breaking and entering.

* [[Obviously Evil]]: The parking attendant who took Cameron's car for a joyride.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Rooney, when Grace tells him that Ferris is on Line 2.

** Again Rooney, when Jeannie produces his wallet.

** "Bueller? Bueller"?

** [[Charlie Sheen]] as the druggie in the police station.

* [[Ordinary High School Student]]

* [[Overly Long Scream]] with [[The Scream]]: Cameron going berzerk.

* [[Playing Sick]]

* [[Police Are Useless]]: They arrest Jeannie when she calls to report a "prowler" in her home and they find no one there. Perhaps they are suspicious since she's skipping school, but a halfhearted search would have immediately turned up Rooney's wallet...

* [[Poster Gallery Bedroom]]

* [[Precision F-Strike]]

* [[Villain Protagonist]]: The alternative character interpretation (and most likely canon, according to [[Word of God]]) puts Ferris as a selfish, spoiled, manipulative ([[Affably Evil|if extremely likable]]) jerk. Jeannie certainly sees him as this in-universe. {{spoiler|That is, until the end.}}

* [[Watch the Paint Job]]: The 1961 Ferrari 250GT California.

'''Ferris:''' It is his fault he didn't lock the garage. }}

* [[What Are You in For?]]:

"No, thank you." }}

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: It's a [[Fridge Logic|good thing]] the ''real'' Abe Frohman never showed up to claim his reservation...

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...You want a lift?'' }}

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