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{{quote|Dakin: "Are we scarred for life, do you think?"
Scripps: "We must hope so."
A stage play by Alan Bennett and later a 2006 film, ''The History Boys'' follows a group of mostly bright students from a Sheffield [[British Education System|grammar school]] as they prepare to sit the [[Oxbridge]] examinations, all hoping to study history. Taught their facts by Mrs. Lintott and culture by the inspirational Mr. Hector, they suddenly find things shaken up by the arrival of the temporary contract teacher Mr. Irwin, who aims to get them through their exams by cheating.<ref>Possibly.</ref> Throughout the term, issues arise between the different teachers and [[Dean Bitterman|the headmaster]] about how and what the boys should be taught, while the boys themselves grapple with their relationships to their classmates, their goals and their teachers. The movie deals frankly with both student-teacher relationships and the perceptions of homosexuality in the 1980s, but despite its serious moments, it never loses its razor wit, ultimately managing to be both thought-provoking and fun.
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* [[The Ace]]: Dakin.
* [[All Gays Are Pedophiles]]: The Headmaster displays this attitude when he reprimands Mr. Hector for groping his pupils.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Mrs Lintott takes the revelation that Hector has been molesting her students relatively well, but it's easy to see her horror.
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** Don't dismiss the Holocaust in front of Scripps or Posner.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: The completely hilarious french class scene is left untranslated, and is not terribly short either. There isn't one on the DVD, but some productions will include one in the program.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|The death of Hector and the fate of some of the boys}}.
* [[But This Is Ridiculous]]:
{{quote|"'You can suck me off next week'! I've heard of a busy schedule but this is ridiculous."}}
* [[Country Matters]]: Done through an extended war metaphor of all things. Other times, the characters state it directly.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Being [[Alan Bennett]], you're in for a World of Snark, but Scripps stands out for sheer
* [[Deconstruction]]: Oh yes. Following the strange ideas of the new teacher actually benefits the boys, the gay pedophile teacher is actually a very tragic figure, and not everything comes to a happy ending.
* [[Ephebophile]]: Hector.
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* [[Someday This Will Come in Handy]]:
{{quote|Timms: Most of the stuff poetry's about hasn't happened to us yet!
Hector: But it will, Timms, it will. And when it does you'll have the antidote ready.
* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: It's an uplifting coming-of-age drama where a good-looking teenage boy and his friends chase girls while struggling to get into Oxford! Meanwhile, their inspirational teacher is persecuted by the stuffy headmaster for his progressive teaching style! Also, judging by the Blur soundtrack, it's the mid-90s... (
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: In the film, there is a [[Bittersweet Ending|bittersweet]] one. In the play, it's just depressing.
* [[You Make Me Sic]]: A variation: "Actually Hector would like that — 'your sucking me off'. It's a gerund. He likes gerunds."
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