Stand by Me: Difference between revisions

* [[Pinky Swear]]: Chris really ''really'' didn't know the gun was loaded.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Sorta. He doesn't ACTUALLY say a swear, but the line is so spot-on that it FEELS like one of these.

** Also see [[Your Mom]] below.

* [[Railroad Tracks of Doom]]: The bridge.

* [[Sadist Teacher]]

* [[Seinfeldian Conversation]]: Half the conversations the boys have.

Teddy: What are you, cracked?...Mighty Mouse is a cartoon. [[Comically Missing the Point|Superman is a real guy.]] }}

* [[Space Whale Aesop]]: The book definitely has this. Don't go looking for dead bodies or you will acquire a death curse. But then, the book ''The Body'' was written by [[Stephen King]]. The film ''[[Stand by Me]]'' would cause you to forget that it is based on a book written by the horror master himself.

** While it's not depicted in the film, King's original story has Ace and his gang giving each of the boys a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] after they return to town.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: While Ace has no problem threatening kids Gordie's age with knives, he thinks Gordie holding him and his friends at gunpoint is taken things too far.

* [[Where Are They Now]]

** The "[[You Should Have Died Instead]]" factor is only implied in a dream sequence. True, they both criminally ignore Gordie after the accident, but they never go that far.

* [[You Know I'm Black, Right?|You Know I'm French, Right?]] At the beginning of the movie, Chris, Teddy, and Gordie are sitting in their tree-house, playing cards, when Chris decides to tell a joke.

'''Teddy:''' Didn't I just say I was French? }}

* [[Your Mom]]: Lampshaded by the adult Gordie's narration, in which he comments that "finding new and disgusting ways to insult a friend's mother was always held in high regard." Also played straight:

'''Ace:''' ''[pulls out a knife]'' You're dead. }}

** Gordie pulls out a nice one to smack a children's rhyme in the face.

'''Gordie:''' And then your mother comes and licks it up. }}