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** Ten minutes later, Gilbert gets one when he interrupts the Homecoming pep rally to call out the Alpha Betas (probably at risk to his own life).
*** Thirty seconds after that, Dean Ulich gets one when he stands up to Coach Harris for what is obviously the first time in his career.
*** Lewis at the end of the second movie when, after Roger give his [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]], he responds by [[Talk to
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Again, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mRG2oAQhso the musical number] at the Talent Show.
** The use of Queen's "We Are The Champions" at the end of the first movie, arguably the most effective use of the song in any media.
* [[Hollywood Homely]]: Both the Triple Lambda guys themselves and [[Distaff Counterpart|the Omega Mu girls]]. Lampshaded by Booger:
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* [[Life Imitates Art]]: While the film series as a whole still has a devoted following; younger, casual movie fans may see the premise as outdated, now that Bill Gates and Paul Allen masterminded the true "Revenge Of The Nerds" in real life. Nerd/geek culture is far more mainstream among men and women today than in the 1980's and early 1990's.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]:
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* [[Retroactive Recognition]]: Gilbert became [[ER|Doctor Mark Greene]].
** Yeah, but that was after he [[Top Gun|flew with Maverick]].
** Booger later [[Moonlighting|tried solving mysteries]] and [[Dan Vs.|enacting revenge]].
*** And likewise hanging out with a [[American Dad
* [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]]: The "humor" in this movie has not aged well, as the characters viewers are supposed to sympathize with would be considered perverts and felons nowadays. Taking non-consensual nude photos of sorority girls? Modern authorities consider that to be revenge porn. Dressing up as a girl's boyfriend to fool her into having sex with him? As the Trope page for [[Bed Trick]] says, that is rape. And viewers at the time thought Sheldon was bad...
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