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'''''The Goonies''''' is one of those ubiquitous films of [[The Eighties]] fans hold fond memories of, even today.
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''The Goonies'' was the brainchild of three well-known directors: [[Steven Spielberg]] (producer/story), [[Chris Columbus]] (screenplay -- though, at the time of this film, he wasn't quite famous yet), and [[Richard Donner]] (director).
The movie was named to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2017.
This film also had [[The Goonies (Video Game)|two successful video games based on it]].▼
Not to be confused with ''[[The Goodies]]''.
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* [[Accidental Kiss]]: Andy accidentally kissed Mikey instead of Brand when they're under the wishing well. She doesn't know until the end, when she asks Brand where his braces went.
* [[Actually Pretty Funny]] Chunk's Confession. It starts out as the Fretellies wanting to know where the other Goonies are and they demand he tell everything. Chunk being a kid and [[Literal Minded]], confesses to all the bad things he did in his life which at first annoys them all. The confession had to cut away to the other scenes twice before it finished, implying it was very long. By the time Chunk tells the fake puke story, Jake is smiling and attentive clearly enjoying the story.
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* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The novelization extends the story further, showing Sloth adapting to his new life as a member of Chunk's family.
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: When Mikey's mom sees Brand all tied up, instead of freeing him she asks why he can't exercise like a normal kid.
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* [[Asian Speekee Engrish]]: Data.
* [[Atomic F-Bomb]]: Mouth screams a curse as he falls down the waterfall into the lagoon where the ship is.
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* [[Avoid the Dreaded G Rating]]: The word shit comes up several times.
* [[Berserk Button]]: First when Mouth tells Chunk he has naked pictures of his mom taking a bath, real cheap, forcing Chunk to break the door open. Second, averted, when Chunk accidentally breaks the water cooler he was drinking from when Mouth thought of putting chocolate on the floor so he can eat through.
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** Sloth has quite an appetite as well, which is how he and Chunk first bond.
* [[Bigger Bad]]: Could be applied to One-Eyed Willy as, having been dead for around 350 years, he plays no direct role in the plot and all that is seen of him is his mortal remains. However the heroes must battle through his traps to reach his treasure and Mikey certainly views their quest as a personal duel between himself and Willy. Also, in his time, Willy was a far greater [[Big Bad]] than the Fratellis (he did [[Authority Equals Asskicking|kill all of his men]]) and Ma Fratelli seems to regard his corpse with a certain mutual criminal reverence.
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'''Mikey''': We've got you now One-Eyed Willy, we're coming up right behind you!
'''Mikey''': I made it, I beat you
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* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: The Fratellis.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: The gangsters are named the Fratellis. Fratelli means "brother" in Italian.
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* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Jake Fratelli sings Italian opera in a few scenes: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgIUsiD-o8M#t=39s "Una furtiva lagrima" from ''L'elisir d'amore''] when feeding Sloth and ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' when Chunk [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB7UwtkAsUQ flags him down on the road]. This was the idea of Robert Davi, who played Jake and trained as an opera singer.
* [[Cave Mouth]]: There is a skull-shaped cave entrance.
* [[Censorship
* [[Chase Scene]]: The film begins with Jake Fratelli breaking out of jail followed by a car chase.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]:
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** Donner's motorhome also appears in a camera shot of Mikey and Brand on their house's patio.
* [[Crying Wolf]]: Chunk.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]:
** This being an 80s movie, pretty much all of the kids had a silver tongue at some point, from Chunk to Data.
** Hell, Mama Fratelli gets in on this as well:
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Mama Fratelli: It's wet, ain't it? ''Drink it!''
* [[Dropped Glasses]]: Stef drops her glasses and Mikey accidentally steps on them.
* [[Durable Deathtrap]]: All those booby traps set by Willie so many years ago still seem to work just fine.
* [[DVD Commentary]]: All of the Goonies reunited many years later for the commentary, alongside Richard Donner. Unfortunately because the commentary recording session started late, Sean Astin had to leave in the middle to attend a function for co-star Joe Pantoliano.
* [[Dynamite Candle]]
* [[Ethnic Menial Labor]]: Rosalita.
* [[Evil Laugh]]:
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* [[Evil Matriarch]]: Mama Fratelli.
* [[Eyeless Face]]: Partially applies to One-Eyed Willy.
* [[The Family for
* [[Fat Camp]]: One of the things Chunk confesses to when caught by the Fratellis was being sent to a fat camp and getting kicked out for pigging out.
* [[First Kiss]]:
* [[Framed Clue]]: The [[Treasure Map]].
* [[Gentle Giant]]: "Sloth love Chunk!"
* [[Good Bad Translation]]: Just read the subtitles when Mouth "translates" to Rosalita for Mrs. Walsh.
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* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: Rosalita.
* [[Groin Attack]]: Data's "Pinchers of Peril" bite onto Francis Fratelli's groin when they confront him on the pirate ship.
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* [[He's Dead, Jim]]: "It's a STIFF!"
* [[Homemade Inventions]]: The gadgets made by Data and his father.
* [[How Much Did You Hear?]]: Mikey to the other Goonies.
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'''Brand''': [[One-Liner, Name. One-Liner.|Long enough, Mikey. Long enough.]]
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'''Mouth''': Long enough to see you need about 400 Roach Motels in this place.
* [[Huddle Shot]]
* [[Hulk Speak]]: Sloth. "Sloth love Chunk!"
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* [[Leave Your Quest Test]]: When Troy offers the Goonies rescue via the well.
* [[Load-Bearing Hero]]: Sloth holds up a boulder to let the Goonies escape.
* [[Madwoman in
* [[Malaproper]]: Mrs. Walsh, Mikey Walsh, Data... Both Mikey and Data are called out on when they mention "booty traps".
** In fact, Brand is the only member of the Walsh clan that ''doesn't'' do this.
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'''Brandon''': That's "[[Seppuku|Harakiri]]", ma.
'''Mrs. Walsh''': That is exactly what I said!
* [[Metaphor Is My Middle Name]]: Mouth invokes this.
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'''Mouth''': "Nice" is my middle name, Mrs. Walsh.
* [[Misfit Mobilization Moment]]: See [[Rousing Speech]].
* [[Mistaken Confession]]: "Okay! I'll talk!"
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* [[One-Liner]]: When Andy worries that Chunk might be dead, Mike retorts with, "Goonies never say die!" and continues his [[Rousing Speech]].
* [[Only Smart People May Pass]]: The Goonies are tested by various booby traps, the most memorable a musical riddle.
* [[The Ophelia]]: Andy flips her shit and begins babbling nonsense about "having a beautiful body" shortly before the group encounters the corpse of Chester Copperpot... which doesn't help the situation.
* [[The Other Rainforest]]: Set and filmed in Astoria, Oregon.
* [[Pipe Maze]]: They run into one of these underground. Banging on the pipes to make noise ends up causing chaos for the country club above them. Sloth causes even more trouble when he pushes a pipe upwards, apparently leading to a traffic accident above.
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** {{spoiler|And the device that collapses the cave and frees the ship at the end.}}
* [[Rousing Speech]]: [[The Hero|Mikey's]] speech convinces the Goonies to continue following the [[Treasure Map]] after the [[Jerk Jock]] offers them a chance to be rescued.
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* [[Running Gag]]: A character will mispronounce something, another character will supply the correct word and the first character will claim that's what they said.
* [[Saving the Orphanage]]: If by orphanage you mean "Goon Docks", then yes, this is motivating factor behind the adventure.
* [[Ship Shape Shipwreck]]: One-Eyed Willie's 350-year-old pirate ship actually sails out onto the open seas at the end. While the ship is not submerged, it has been sitting in water for three centuries in a wet, brackish cavern with lots of moisture dripping from stalactites. Aside from the skeleton of Willie, the ship and even its sails appear to be in fairly good condition.
* [[Shout
** To ''[[Superman]]'', one of director Richard Donner's previous films. A few notes from the famous theme are played when Sloth reveals he's wearing a Superman T-shirt.
** "Just like that last prank about all those [[Gremlins|little creatures that multiply when you throw water at them]]."
** Sloth is first seen wearing a Los Angeles Raiders T-shirt (when the film was shot, the Raiders were based in LA. They have since moved back to Oakland). John Matuszak, who portrayed Sloth, formerly played for the Raiders.
** Sloth's "Hey you guys!" is a literal [[Shout
** Mouth imitates [[Marx Brothers|Groucho Marx]] using his comb in place of a cigar when he delivers the "You wouldn't be here if it wasn't" line.
* [[Slippery Skid]]: Data's "Slick Shoes" lead to some nut-crunching acrobatics by the Fratelli brothers.
* [[Songs in
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: The mere ''sight'' of that candy bar is all Sloth needs to break the chains holding him. Later, he and Chunk raid the restaurant's freezer for ice cream.
* [[Tastes Like Friendship]]: {{spoiler|Sloth's friendship with Chunk is cemented by Baby Ruth candybars.}}
* [[Tentative Light]]
* [[Third Person Person]]: Sloth. Also Data, occasionally.
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* [[This Way to Certain Death]]: The characters run across the long-dead body of treasure hunter Chester Copperpot in their search for One-Eyed Willy's ship. Some of them want to turn back, but Mikey convinces them that this is a ''good'' sign, because it means that they're on the right track, and they have already got farther than a professional treasure hunter.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Steph and Andy.
* [[Treasure Map]]
* [[Tricked
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* [[Undead Author]]: According to the legend, One-Eyed Willie killed off all of his men after making the map; when asked how the map and story got out, Mikey comments that he asked his dad this too, and his dad said one of them must have escaped. The scene of the crime seems to imply that Willie and his top officers all killed each other off fighting over the treasure at the table.
* [[The Unfavourite]]: Mama Fratelli favors Francis over Jake.
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'''Mama Fratelli''': (''Smacks Jake'') That's right!
* [[Vomit Chain Reaction]]: Chunk claims he accidentally started one in a movie theater as a result of a practical joke involving fake puke.
* [[Walk the Plank]]: Mama Fratelli makes Andy walk the plank off the pirate ship.
* [[Workplace
* [[Zillion
** One-Eyed Willy's treasure. Most of the treasure is lost completely, but the handful of gems that Mikey holds onto is enough to save the Goon Docks from being turned into a country club.
** Once the ship makes its escape to sea, though, it's reasonable enough to assume they'd be able to get a convoy together to bring it back in within a couple days and get a massive finder's fee for the Goonies, now that the town was saved. His dad runs the museum, after all.
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