History Film / SchoolTies

The film has mostly been forgotten (outside of tolerance education classes), and is probably best known now for being the originator of an extremely obscure ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_yOXZmS10Y homage]]. Despite the film's relative obscurity, it does have the distinction of being one of Creator/BrendanFraser's first leading roles, his first dramatic leading role, one of Creator/MattDamon's first leading roles, and the film in which Matt Damon and Creator/BenAffleck met each other.

-->'''Sally:''' [[AtLeastIAdmitIt At least their honest.]]

* KarmaHoudini: [=McGoo=] and all the other boys who bullied David and get off scot-free.

* DirtyCoward: The prep school boys, big time. They're used to hiding behind mommy and daddy's big money and big name, rather than face their problems head-on. They also resort to passive-aggressive insults and pranks rather than insult someone to their face. The biggest instance is when David finds a swatstika in his room, and no one comes forward when he issues a public challenge to the culprit.

* FourEyesZeroSoul: Richard "McGoo" Collins is an anti-Semitic JerkAss who picks on David the most once everyone finds out the latter is Jewish.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Most of David's friends abandon him when they find out that he's Jewish.

* GreenEyedMonster: Dillon hates David before he even learns he's Jewish because he's jealous of him for "stealing" his spot as football quarterback, and his girl.

* JerkassRealization: David's roommate, who tries to justify his anti-Semitism when he first learns David's Jewish, but then realizes how wrong he's been when David explains why he didn't tell him.

* NiceJewishBoy: David Greene is the gentlest, most understanding boy you'll ever meet, until you make fun of him for being Jewish.

* TheOneWhoMadeItOut: David is the only person (and Jew) in his working class town to get a scholarship to a feeder school that'll guarantee Harvard. His father and coach often stress for him not to get into fights (or reveal he's Jewish) to mess it up.
-->'''David's Dad:''' Sure, I've gotten into fights, but no one ever handed me Harvard.
* PennyAmongDiamonds: David is one of the few working class students among his rich, privileged classmates, which is another divide between him and them.

* TheScapegoat: The AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil turns David in partly due to Anti-Semitism, partly just to cover for their friend [[spoiler:Dillon]]. They consider David an outsider since he's a working class scholarship recipient who just arrived this year, while they're all of the same socioeconomic class and have been friends for years.

* GreedyJew: Jokes are made to this extent in David's presence; he tries to ignore them with middling success. Given he's also the [[{{PennyAmongDiamonds}} Token Working-Class]] student, it makes even less sense. [[TruthInTelevision Not that bigotry ever needs to make sense.]]

* HonorBeforeReason: The history teacher who insists on making the cheater come forward or fail the entire class, rather than just throw out the old final exam and make a new one. He claims that since someone in his class broke the honor code, the entire class's honor (and his) is impugned by association until the cheater comes forward.
* {{Irony}}: The class claims [[spoiler:Dillon]] couldn't have cheated since "he had no reason to" due to coming from a Harvard legacy family while David just arrived this year, then proceed to explain they "''have''" to get into the Ivy League college their parents went to; completely oblivious to how they ''just spelled out'' why [[spoiler:Dillon]] has more reason to cheat than David.

* MalignedMixedMarriage: Sally breaks up with David when she learns he's Jewish to avoid this.

* TheScapegoat: The AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil turn David in partly due to Anti-Semitism, partly just to cover for their friend [[spoiler:Dillon]]. They consider David an outsider since he's a working class scholarship recipient who just arrived this year, while they're all of the same socioeconomic class who have been friends for years.

* GreedyJew: Jokes are made to this extent in David's presence; he tries to ignore them with middling success. Given he's also the [[{{PennyAmongDiamonds}} Token Working-Class]] student, it makes even less sense.

* SadistTeacher: Most of the teachers are pretty strict but the subtitute French teacher, Mr. Cleary, takes the cake.

* SadistTeacher: Most of the teachers are pretty strict but the French teacher takes the cake.

''School Ties'' is a 1992 film about anti-Semitism in a 1950s prep school, directed by Robert Mandel and co-scripted by [[LawAndOrder Dick Wolf]].

''School Ties'' is a 1992 film about anti-Semitism in a 1950s prep school, directed by Robert Mandel and co-scripted by [[LawAndOrder Dick Wolf]]. The film has mostly been forgotten (outside of tolerance education classes), and is probably best known now for being the originator of an extremely obscure ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_yOXZmS10Y homage]]. Despite the film's relative obscurity, it does have the distinction of being one of Creator/BrendanFraser's first leading roles, his first dramatic leading role, one of Creator/MattDamon's first leading roles, and the film in which Matt Damon and Creator/BenAffleck met each other.

''School Ties'' is a 1992 film about anti-semitism in a 1950s prep school, directed by Robert Mandel and co-scripted by [[LawAndOrder Dick Wolf]]. The film has mostly been forgotten (outside of tolerance education classes), and is probably best known now for being the originator of an extremely obscure ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_yOXZmS10Y homage]]. Despite the film's relative obscurity, it does have the distinction of being one of Creator/BrendanFraser's first leading roles, his first dramatic leading role, one of Creator/MattDamon's first leading roles, and the film in which Matt Damon and Creator/BenAffleck met each other.

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[[caption-width-right:334:RetroactiveRecognition all over the place.]]

[[caption-width-right:334:RetroactiveRecognition all over the place.]] ''School Ties'' is a 1992 film about anti-semitism in a 1950s prep school, co-scripted by [[LawAndOrder Dick Wolf]]. The film has mostly been forgotten (outside of tolerance education classes), and is probably best known now for being the originator of an extremely obscure ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_yOXZmS10Y homage]]. Despite the film's relative obscurity, it does have the distinction of being one of Creator/BrendanFraser's first leading roles, his first dramatic leading role, one of Creator/MattDamon's first leading roles, and the film in which Matt Damon and Creator/BenAffleck met each other.

* JewishHolidays: Rosh Hashanah falls on a day that has an important football game in the first month of David's attendance to a new school that has no accommodations for or understanding of Jewish holidays.

* GreedyJew: Jokes are made to this extent in David's presence; he tries to ignore them with middling success.
** Given he's also the [[{{PennyAmongDiamonds}} Token Working-Class]] student, it makes even less sense.

[[caption-width-right:334:RetroactiveRecognition all over the place.]] ''School Ties'' is a 1992 film about anti-semitism in a 1950s prep school, co-scripted by [[LawAndOrder Dick Wolf]]. The film has mostly been forgotten (outside of tolerance education classes), and is probably best known now for being the originator of an extremely obscure FamilyGuy [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_yOXZmS10Y homage]]. Despite the film's relative obscrutity, it does have the distinction of being one of Creator/BrendanFraser's first leading roles, his first dramatic leading role, one of Creator/MattDamon's first leading roles, and the film in which Matt Damon and Creator/BenAffleck met each other.

* DinerBrawl: David gets into one with some motorcycle punks at the start of the film, which serves as an EstablishingCharacterMoment for David.

[[caption-width-right:334:RetroactiveRecognition all over the place.]] ''School Ties'' is a 1992 film about anti-semitism in a 1950s prep school, co-scripted by [[LawAndOrder Dick Wolf]]. The film has mostly been forgotten (outside of tolerance education classes), and is probably best known now for being the originator of an extremely obscure FamilyGuy [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_yOXZmS10Y homage]]. Despite the film's relative obscrutity, it does have the distinction of being one of Creator/BrendanFraser's first leading roles, his first dramatic leading role, one of MattDamon's first leading roles, and the film in which Matt Damon and Creator/BenAffleck met each other.

[[caption-width-right:334:RetroactiveRecognition all over the place.]] ''School Ties'' is a 1992 film about anti-semitism in a 1950s prep school. The film has mostly been forgotten (outside of tolerance education classes), and is probably best known now for being the originator of an extremely obscure FamilyGuy [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_yOXZmS10Y homage]]. Despite the film's relative obscrutity, it does have the distinction of being one of Creator/BrendanFraser's first leading roles, his first dramatic leading role, one of MattDamon's first leading roles, and the film in which Matt Damon and Creator/BenAffleck met each other.

* OneGenderSchool: The Massachusetts prep school where most of the film takes place.

[[caption-width-right:334:RetroactiveRecognition all over the place.]] ''School Ties'' is a 1992 film about anti-semitism in a 1950s prep school. The film has mostly been forgotten, and is probably best known now for being the originator of an extremely obscure FamilyGuy [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_yOXZmS10Y homage]]. Despite the film's relative obscrutity, it does have the distinction of being one of Creator/BrendanFraser's first leading roles, his first dramatic leading role, one of MattDamon's first leading roles, and the film in which Matt Damon and Creator/BenAffleck met each other.

[[caption-width-right:334:RetroactiveRecognition all over the place.]] ''School Ties'' is a 1992 film about anti-semitism in a 1950s prep school. The film has mostly been forgotten, and is probably best known now for being the originator of an extremely obscure FamilyGuy [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_yOXZmS10Y homage]]. Despite the film's relative obscrutity, it does have the distinction of being one of Creator/BrendanFraser's first leading roles, his first dramatic leading role, one of MattDamon's first leading roles, and the film in which Matt Damon and BenAffleck met each other.