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Deaf, underage runaway Jenny Davis (Susan Strasberg) travels to UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco in search of her missing brother Steve (Creator/BruceDern), whom she hasn't seen since he ran away years ago. Her only lead is a postcard that says "Jess Saes: God is alive and well and living in a sugar cube." She befriends the band Mumblin' Jim, consisting of Stoney (Creator/JackNicholson), Ben (Adam Roarke), and Elwood (Max Julien). The band hides her from the police in their hippie commune and helps her search for Steve.
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Deaf, underage runaway Jenny Davis (Susan Strasberg) travels to UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco in search of her missing brother Steve (Creator/BruceDern), whom she hasn't seen since he ran away years ago. Her only lead is a postcard that says "Jess Saes: God is alive and well and living in a sugar cube." She befriends the band Mumblin' Jim, consisting of Stoney (Creator/JackNicholson), Ben (Adam Roarke), and Elwood (Max Julien). The band hides her members hide Jenny from the police in their hippie commune and helps commune, and--along with ex-member Dave (Creator/DeanStockwell)--help her search for Steve.Steve.
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* LooksLikeJesus: [[spoiler:When Steve finally shows up, he has long, tangled brown hair, a short beard, and a wild expression, and wears white robes.]]
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* LooksLikeJesus: [[spoiler:When Steve finally shows up, he has long, tangled brown hair, a short beard, and a wild expression, and wears white robes.]]]] The church father who comments on the hippies' idealism compares them to the early Christians.
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* ThePowerOfLove: The point of the theatrical group's pantomime is that death is merely a passage to eternal life, and that people should be sustained by love, mutual caring and a conscious decision to refrain from violence.
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* ThePowerOfLove: The point of the theatrical group's pantomime is that death is merely a passage to eternal life, and that people should be sustained by love, mutual caring and a conscious decision to refrain from violence.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Was Steve the Seeker rescued from the fire or did he perish?
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Was [[spoiler:Was Steve the Seeker rescued from the fire or did he perish? perish]]?
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Dean Stockwell as Dave is doing an amazing impression of Creator/NeilYoung as he was at that time (the two were good friends). His having quit the band over artistic integrity vs. commercial success reflects Neil's disagreements with his bandmates, especially in Music/BuffaloSpringfield, over same.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Dean Stockwell as Dave is doing an amazing impression of Creator/NeilYoung Music/NeilYoung as he was at that time (the two were good friends). His Dave's having quit the band over artistic integrity vs. commercial success reflects Neil's disagreements with his bandmates, especially in Music/BuffaloSpringfield, over same.
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* CostumeTestMontage: The band members take Jenny to a clothing drop where she can get changed out of her "square" clothes. She tries on a succession of outfits, most of which are vetoed by the band, before settling on a short white dress.
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* CostumeTestMontage: The band members take Jenny to a clothing drop -- the [[https://diggers.org/ Diggers Free Store]] -- where she can get changed out of her "square" clothes. She tries on a succession of outfits, most of which are vetoed by the band, before settling on a short white dress.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Dean Stockwell as Dave is doing an amazing impression of Creator/NeilYoung as he was at that time (the two were good friends). His having quit the band over artistic integrity vs. commercial success reflects Neil's disagreements with his bandmates, especially in Music/BuffaloSpringfield, over same.
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* ThePowerOfLove: The point of the theatrical group's pantomime is that death is merely a passage to eternal life, and that people should be sustained by love, mutual caring and a conscious decision to refrain from violence.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Was Steve the Seeker rescued from the fire or did he perish?
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* BulletTime: Used during [[spoiler:Dave's HeroicSacrifice]].
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* AbusiveParents: Jenny and Steve's mother was a cruel, hate-filled woman who delighted in coming up with creative punishments.
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* BrokenTreasure: [[spoiler:Jenny could hear as a child, but one day her mother threw her box of her personal treasures into the furnace. This traumatized her so badly that she never heard again.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:During her STP trip, Jenny stands in the middle of traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge. Dave pushes her to safety and gets hit by a car in the process, atoning for his mistake in giving her the drug in the first place.]]
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* TimeShiftedActor: Jenny and Steve are played in a {{flashback}} by child actors Susan Bushman and William Gerrity.
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* AttemptedRape: A group of thugs with a grudge against Steve try to rape Jenny to see if she really believes in free love. The band members fight them off.
* BatterUp: Elwood uses a baseball bat to fight the thugs.
* BatterUp: Elwood uses a baseball bat to fight the thugs.
* DownInTheDumps: The protagonists' search leads them to a junkyard full of abandoned cars.
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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: During Warren's bad trip, he sees other people as zombies, and his own arm as rotten and infested with maggots. Later, when Jenny takes STP, she sees everything around her burst into flame.
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** During Warren's bad trip, he sees other people as zombies, and his own arm as rotten and infested withmaggots. Later, when maggots.
** When Elwood fights off Jenny's attempted rapists, he sees himself as a swordsman fighting off knights and a dragon.
** When Jenny takes STP, she sees everything around her burst into flame.
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** When Elwood fights off Jenny's attempted rapists, he sees himself as a swordsman fighting off knights and a dragon.
** When Jenny takes STP, she sees everything around her burst into flame.
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* ForgotTheDisability: The other characters often forget that Jenny is deaf.
-->'''Ben''' (yelling from a car): Hey, Jenny!\\
'''Stoney''': Hey, it's not gonna do you any good to yell, you know.\\
'''Ben''': Oh yeah, that's right.
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'''Stoney''': Hey, it's not gonna do you any good to yell, you know.\\
'''Ben''': Oh yeah, that's right.
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* LooksLikeJesus: [[spoiler:When Steve finally shows up, he has long, tangled brown hair, a short beard, and a wild expression, and wears white robes.]]
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* WesternZodiac: Warren hits on almost every woman he meets, including Jenny, by asking them if they're Geminis.
-->'''Warren''': I'm a Leo, baby! And we are in phase! I mean, that is if you ''really'' are a Gemini.
-->'''Warren''': I'm a Leo, baby! And we are in phase! I mean, that is if you ''really'' are a Gemini.
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* MatchCut: From a furry yellow blanket to a field of wheat and back again.
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* SignsOfDisrepair: [[spoiler:Jenny is baffled by Steve's postcard until she learns that he used to live near a sign that said "JESUS SAVES," where the U and the V had gone dark.]]
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Deaf runaway Jenny Davis (Susan Strasberg) travels to UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco in search of her missing brother Steve (Creator/BruceDern), whom she hasn't seen since he ran away years ago. She befriends the band Mumblin' Jim, consisting of Stoney (Creator/JackNicholson), Ben (Adam Roarke), and Elwood (Max Julien). The band hides her from the police in their hippie commune and helps her search for Steve.
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Deaf runaway Jenny Davis (Susan Strasberg) travels to UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco in search of her missing brother Steve (Creator/BruceDern), whom she hasn't seen since he ran away years ago. Her only lead is a postcard that says "Jess Saes: God is alive and well and living in a sugar cube." She befriends the band Mumblin' Jim, consisting of Stoney (Creator/JackNicholson), Ben (Adam Roarke), and Elwood (Max Julien). The band hides her from the police in their hippie commune and helps her search for Steve.
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* SixtiesHair: From the long, flowing hair many of the male characters have, to Warren (Henry Jaglom)'s impressive sideburns, to the huge afros seen on white men.
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* SixtiesHair: From the long, flowing hair many of the male characters have, to Warren (Henry Jaglom)'s impressive Warren's massive sideburns, to the huge big afros seen on white men.men.
* CostumeTestMontage: The band members take Jenny to a clothing drop where she can get changed out of her "square" clothes. She tries on a succession of outfits, most of which are vetoed by the band, before settling on a short white dress.
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* FreakOut: Warren (Henry Jaglom), who designs Mumblin' Jim's posters, has a bad trip that causes him to try to kill the band members with power tools, then cut his arm off.
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* SingleMaltVision: A frequently used effect, especially when a character is on drugs, shows an image in the middle of the screen with smaller copies circling around it.
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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: During Warren's bad trip, he sees other people as zombies, and his own arm as rotten and infested with maggots. Later, when Jenny takes STP, she sees everything around her burst into flame.
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Deaf runaway Jenny Davis (Susan Strasberg) travels to UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco in search of her missing brother Steve (Creator/BruceDern), whom she hasn't seen since he ran away years ago. She befriends the band Mumblin' Jim, consisting of Stoney (Creator/JackNicholson), Ben (Adam Roarke), and Elwood (Max Julien), and their agent Dave (Creator/DeanStockwell).Julien). The band hides her from the police in their hippie commune and helps her search for Steve.
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* HippieVan: Mumblin' Jim drive a psychedelically painted van with an ankh made of flowers tied to the roof.
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* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: The only place for Jenny to sleep is Stoney's tiny room. Jenny finds sleeping next to him very uncomfortable, especially when he brings other women in. [[spoiler:Although they have sex eventually.]]
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* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Used while Jenny changes in Stoney's room.
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''Psych-Out'' is a 1968 psychedelic film directed by Richard Rush.
Deaf runaway Jenny Davis (Susan Strasberg) travels to UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco in search of her missing brother Steve (Creator/BruceDern), whom she hasn't seen since he ran away years ago. She befriends the band Mumblin' Jim, consisting of Stoney (Creator/JackNicholson), Ben (Adam Roarke), and Elwood (Max Julien), and their agent Dave (Creator/DeanStockwell). The band hides her from the police in their hippie commune and helps her search for Steve.
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!!''Psych-Out'' contains examples of:
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Music/StrawberryAlarmClock song that plays over some scenes is officially called "The Pretty Song from ''Psych-Out''."
* ReadingLips: How Jenny communicates. As usual in fiction, she's unrealistically good at it and never makes a mistake as long as she can see someone's mouth.
* WeNeedADistraction: When the police arrive at the pad looking for Jenny, Ben distracts them by starting a brawl.
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Deaf runaway Jenny Davis (Susan Strasberg) travels to UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco in search of her missing brother Steve (Creator/BruceDern), whom she hasn't seen since he ran away years ago. She befriends the band Mumblin' Jim, consisting of Stoney (Creator/JackNicholson), Ben (Adam Roarke), and Elwood (Max Julien), and their agent Dave (Creator/DeanStockwell). The band hides her from the police in their hippie commune and helps her search for Steve.
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!!''Psych-Out'' contains examples of:
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Music/StrawberryAlarmClock song that plays over some scenes is officially called "The Pretty Song from ''Psych-Out''."
* ReadingLips: How Jenny communicates. As usual in fiction, she's unrealistically good at it and never makes a mistake as long as she can see someone's mouth.
* WeNeedADistraction: When the police arrive at the pad looking for Jenny, Ben distracts them by starting a brawl.
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