Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Difference between revisions

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Insert Cameo]]: In Cameron's first scene, we see his hand press a button on his speakerphone. The hand was actually that of John Hughes; Alan Ruck didn't get the movement ''quite'' right, so Hughes did it himself after everyone else had left for the day.

* [[Inspector Javert]]/[[Lawful Stupid]]: Dean Rooney. Say what you will about Ferris being manipulative, but dropping a flowerpot on a dog's head and breaking into a student's house is taking things ''too far''.

* [[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.

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Cameron is either a diehard Detroit Red Wings fan or just plain asking for it by wearing a Detroit jersey in Chicago.

** Or he's a [[Paul McCartney]] fan (his band [[Wings (band)|Wings]] used the Detroit Red Wings logo for a while as their own).

* [[Love Triangle]]: Does Cameron have a crush on Sloane or not?

* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl|Manic Pixie Dream Boy]]: He does get Cameron to finally stand up for himself.

{{quote|'''Jeannie:''' ''SPEAK-A DE ENGLISH?!'' (slams phone down) DICK-HEAD!}}

* [[Poster Gallery Bedroom]]

* [[Precision F-Strike]]

* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Cameron's fears in leaving the 1961 Ferrari 250GT California at the garage come true when the attendants take it on a joyride.

* [[Standard Snippet]]: This film firmly embedded [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7FFjUpVLg Yello's "Oh Yeah"] in the meme pool.

* [[The Stinger]]: Rooney getting picked up by the school bus during the end credits.

* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: Cameron is the character who experiences the most [[Character Development|development.]]

** To see if he'd do something funny, of course! And he did!

* [[This Is the Part Where]]

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

 

 

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