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* AbusiveParents: Jam's mom never turns down the opportunity to belittle him and tell him how horrible of a son he is simply because he listens to "Satanic" [=KISS=] records.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:While the boys did succeed in their goal of making it to the KISS concert, Jam is going to spend the next 2 years at a religious boarding school where he'll be cut off from his friends and likely miserable.]]

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** Hawk loses it again when his half-witted bandmate [[spoiler: it's Trip]] costs them a set of replacement tickets.



* CoolCar: Averted. The car that the boys steal from Lex's mom to get to the concert is a brown Volvo sedan.

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* CoolCar: Averted. The car that the boys steal "borrow" from Lex's mom to get to the concert is a brown Volvo sedan.



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* TheSeventiesTheSeventies: And how. The opening title sequence is a catalog of every significant media trend of the decade, interlaced with KISS footage.
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* LargeHamAnnouncer: The MC in the strip club, played by adult film star Ron Jeremy.
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* TheSeventies
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* CoolCar: Averted. The car that the boys steal from Lex's mom to get to the concert is a brown Volvo sedan.
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* VomitIndescretionShot: [[spoiler:In an attempt to overcome his stage fright, Hawk drinks a large amount of alcohol before performing his strip tease. This results in him throwing up onstage and filling up ''an entire pitcher''.]]

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* VomitIndescretionShot: VomitIndiscretionShot: [[spoiler:In an attempt to overcome his stage fright, Hawk drinks a large amount of alcohol before performing his strip tease. This results in him throwing up onstage and filling up ''an entire pitcher''.]]

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* VomitIndescretionShot: [[spoiler:In an attempt to overcome his stage fright, Hawk drinks a large amount of alcohol before performing his strip tease. This results in him throwing up onstage and filling up ''an entire pitcher''.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Lex is terrified of dogs, something that he has to overcome to [[spoiler:save Christine]].



* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Lex is terrified of dogs, something that he has to overcome to [[spoiler:save Christine]].
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* ChekovsGun: Trip's stolen wallet.

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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: Trip's stolen wallet.
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* TheDitz: Trip.
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* TorontoDoubling: Most of the movie was filmed in Toronto, despite being set in Detroit.

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* TorontoDoubling: [[CaliforniaDoubling Toronto Doubling]]: Most of the movie was filmed in Toronto, despite being set in Detroit.
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* TorontoDoubling: Most of the movie was filmed in Toronto, despite being set in Detroit.
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* ChekovsGun: Trip's stolen wallet.
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* TheMovie: The working title for ''Detroit Rock City'' was ''The KISS Movie''.
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* InJoke: At one point in the film Christine comments that "Disco is so huge right now it wouldn't surprise me if KISS did a disco song," prompting dismissive laughs from the guys. One year after the

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* InJoke: At one point in the film Christine comments that "Disco is so huge right now it wouldn't surprise me if KISS did a disco song," prompting dismissive laughs from the guys. One year after the film takes place KISS would release the disco song "I Was Made For Loving You", much to the dismay of many of their fans.

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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring EdwardFurlong, Guiseppe Andrews, JamesDeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's and their journey to see the most radical band in the universe [[Music/{{KISS}} KISS]].

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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring EdwardFurlong, Guiseppe Andrews, JamesDeBello, and Sam Huntington following Huntington. Set in January of 1978, the film follows four boys in the late 70's and their journey high school students who are trying to see the most radical band in the universe gain entry to a sold-out [[Music/{{KISS}} KISS]].KISS]] concert. The film was a box office flop and was met with mixed reviews from critics, but among KISS fans it has become a CultClassic.



* BerserkButton: When Kenny and Bobby destroy Hawk's ''Love Gun'' 8-track, it prompts Hawk to retaliate with violence. His friends quickly follow suit.



* InJoke: At one point in the film Christine comments that "Disco is so huge right now it wouldn't surprise me if KISS did a disco song," prompting dismissive laughs from the guys. One year after the
* JerkJock: Chongo - but then again his aggression is understandable since Trip tried to rob his little brother.



* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Hawk does a striptease to Kiss's "Strutter".

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* TestosteronePoisoning: Kenny and Bobby are a pair of cocky, aggressively macho disco fans.
* ThemeNaming: The female characters Beth and Christine both share their names with KISS songs.
* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Hawk does a striptease to Kiss's "Strutter"."Strutter".
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Lex is terrified of dogs, something that he has to overcome to [[spoiler:save Christine]].
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* MyBelovedSmother: Jam's chain-smoking, bible-thumping mom who burns the gang's KISS tickets. She doesn't even let him get dressed in private.
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* MrsRobinson: Shannon Tweed (Gene Simmons' wife) plays a cougar who pays Hawk for sex.
* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: The backstage area of the KISS concert is portrayed as a hive of hedonism and debauchery, complete with a jacuzzi full of beautiful topless women.
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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring EdwardFurlong, Guiseppe Andrews, JamesDeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's and their journey to see the most radical band in the universe ''music/KISS''.

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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring EdwardFurlong, Guiseppe Andrews, JamesDeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's and their journey to see the most radical band in the universe ''music/KISS''.[[Music/{{KISS}} KISS]].
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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring EdwardFurlong, Guiseppe Andrews, JamesDeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's and their journey to see the most radical band in the universe ''KISS''.

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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring EdwardFurlong, Guiseppe Andrews, JamesDeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's and their journey to see the most radical band in the universe ''KISS''.''music/KISS''.
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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring EdwardFurlong, Guiseppe Andrews, JamesDeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's and their journey to see the most radical band in the universe KISS.

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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring EdwardFurlong, Guiseppe Andrews, JamesDeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's and their journey to see the most radical band in the universe KISS.''KISS''.
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* TheStoner: All of them to different degrees.

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* TheStoner: All of them to different degrees.degrees.
* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Hawk does a striptease to Kiss's "Strutter".
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* GarageBand: Mystery
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!! This Movie Contains Examples Of:Of:

* TheStoner: All of them to different degrees.
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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring Edward Furlong, Guiseppe Andrews, James DeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's and their journey to see the most radical band in the universe KISS.

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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring Edward Furlong, EdwardFurlong, Guiseppe Andrews, James DeBello, JamesDeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's and their journey to see the most radical band in the universe KISS.
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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring Edward Furlong, Guiseppe Andrews, James DeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's and their journey to see the most radical band in the universe KISS.

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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring Edward Furlong, Guiseppe Andrews, James DeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's and their journey to see the most radical band in the universe KISS.KISS.
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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring Edward Furlong, Guiseppe Andrews, James DeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's journey to see the most radical band in the universe KISS.

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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring Edward Furlong, Guiseppe Andrews, James DeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's and their journey to see the most radical band in the universe KISS.
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Detroit Rock City is a 1999 comedy film staring Edward Furlong, Guiseppe Andrews, James DeBello, and Sam Huntington following four boys in the late 70's journey to see the most radical band in the universe KISS.

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