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* [[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."]
** Ohhh Yeaaahhh... (Chig
** 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
* [[Cool People Rebel Against Authority]]
* [[Creative Closing Credits]]
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* [[The Eighties]]: One critic on the Internet Movie Database hails this film as a superb distillation of "the decade of grim optimism."
* [[Eighties Hair]]: and clothes, and music.
* [[Erudite Stoner]]: [[Charlie Sheen]]'s [[One-Scene Wonder|One Scene]] at the police station. He nails
* [[Everything Is an Instrument]]: Ferris uses his sound synthesizer, which had coughing noises on it, to play "The Blue Danube Waltz".
* [[Extremely Short Timespan]]: The whole movie takes place over the course of a day.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: After this movie became hugely successful, many teen shows throughout the next decade or so (particularly those aimed at children) implemented a Ferris Bueller-like character (i.e. Zack Morris from ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'', Ronnie Pinsky from ''[[Salute Your Shorts]]'', Parker Lewis from ''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]'', etc.). Some of these were just shallow/one-dimensional caricatures of Ferris; others weren't.
* [[For the Lulz]]: Why Ferris does anything. Ferris says he's doing it to {{spoiler|give Cameron a fun day.}}
* [[French Cuisine Is Haughty]]: The upscale French restaurant that Ferris and company visit has the requisite snooty maître d’.
* [[Funny Background Event]]: When they go to pick up Cameron's dad's 1961 Ferrari 250GT California at the end of the day, they stand outside the parking garage talking... while, in the corner of the screen, we see the garage attendants bringing the car in through a different entrance after having spent the day joyriding in it.
** You can also see the car pulling out of the garage right after the gang has dropped it off, and the second attendant jumps in and shouts "Go! Go!"
* [[Fun with Subtitles]]: when Ferris is [[No Fourth Wall|explaining to the camera]] the best way to fake an illness to get out of school.
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* [[Gratuitous French]]: ''"Les jeux sont faits."''
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Jeannie is jealous of the fact that Ferris can do whatever he wants, and get away with it, while she ends up getting in trouble for something she didn't even do.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: When Rooney finally nails Ferris at the end, it's
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Cameron undergoes one when, after thinking that maybe things won't go so bad after all, and maybe he's just being a worry wart, he notices the "slightly" increased mileage on the odometer on his dad's car, and proceeds to go catatonic.
* [[High School Hustler]]: Ferris, naturally. (He was once one of the [[Trope Namer]]s for that page.)▼
▲* [[High School Hustler]]: Ferris, naturally.
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: The entire film is one for Rooney.
* [[Impairment Shot]]: Despite the fact that the audience knows Ferris is faking, Jeannie knows Ferris is faking, and Ferris is lampshading that Jeannie knows Ferris is faking -- the ''camera'' still gives an out of focus view of Jeannie as she walks in to complain their parents are letting Ferris stay home.
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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Despite being a pinhead, Grace acts differently around Jeannie.
* [[Naughty Nurse Outfit]]: The singing nurse.
* [[Nice to the Waiter]]: Inverted at Chez Quis, moreso after Ferris pulls off the trick, and partially justified as the maitre
** Subverted with the parking lot staff. Ferris attempts to treat them well to get special treatment for the car, and they go and do the exact opposite.
*** Though perhaps they were just as insulted at being slipped a mere "fin" as the maitre d' was.
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{{quote|Druggie: You oughta spend a little more time worryin' 'bout yourself, and a little less time worryin' 'bout what your brother does...}}
* [[Ordinary High School Student]]
* [[Overly Long Scream]] with [[The Scream]]: Cameron going
* [[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...
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{{quote|''Hey, Mr Rooney! What's goin' on? Did you get in a fight?
''...You want a lift?'' }}
{{quote|"...You're still here? [[That's All Folks|It's over!]] [[Home Page|Go home]]... Go."}}
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