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* [[Karma Houdini]]: Arguably, Tony's friends apart from Bobby C. Yes, they lose Bobby after he jumps off the bridge and Tony after he decides to move out of Bay Ridge and start over, but nothing directly happens to them.
* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: At least Tony's friends think so.
* [[Memetic Outfit]]: Travolta's white outfit became synonymous with disco culture and a sort of a uniform for [[Disco Dan
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The film alternates between dreamy, mesmerizing disco sequences and [[Brooklyn Rage|shallow and violent everyday life of Brooklyn youth]].
* [[Nobody Touches the Hair]]: Tony.
* [[Only the Leads Get a Happy Ending]]: Tony leaves behind his phony life in Brooklyn, and heads to Manhattan to start over. He even gets back together with Stephanie! Unrequited love interest Annette, meanwhile, ends up having been treated like dirt, raped, and forgotten about. And Bobby C. has accidentally jumped to his death, leaving behind his Catholic girlfriend whom he wasn't going to marry that is carrying his child. Whew.
* [[Rape as Drama]]: Annette is raped by two of Tony's friends
** Subverted, though, since her rape is more or less treated as a [[
* [[Rock Me, Amadeus]]: "A Fifth of Beethoven" and "Night on Disco Mountain" are based on classical pieces by Beethoven and Mussorgsky, respectively.
* [[The Seventies]]: And ''how''. You can't help but think of the 1970s when you see the film, and you can't help but think of the film when you remember the 1970s.
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