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--->'''Sam:''' "Donger's here for five hours, and he's got somebody. I live here my whole life, and I'm like a disease."
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--->'''Sam:''' "Donger's Donger's here for five hours, and he's got somebody. I live here my whole life, and I'm like a disease."
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* ACupAngst: Sam. Her brother, Mike remarks that she's eating carrots to "increase the size of her breasts". Sam throws her pen at him. Later, she says about her bridesmaid dress: "I don't have one-tenth of the bod to fill the stupid bust up."
** And then her grandparents ''feel her up.''
* {{Adorkable}}: Ted and Long Duk Dong.
* AllAsiansAreAlike: Long Duk Dong is referred to as "Chinese", while he has a Vietnamese name. And he's played by a Japanese-American actor.
* AsianAndNerdy: Long Duk Dong
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Sam's brother, Mike.
** And then her grandparents ''feel her up.''
* {{Adorkable}}: Ted and Long Duk Dong.
* AllAsiansAreAlike: Long Duk Dong is referred to as "Chinese", while he has a Vietnamese name. And he's played by a Japanese-American actor.
* AsianAndNerdy: Long Duk Dong
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* ACupAngst: Sam. Her brother, Mike remarks that she's eating carrots to "increase the size of her breasts". Sam throws her pen at him. Later, she says about her bridesmaid dress: "I don't have one-tenth of the bod to fill the stupid bust up." It doesn't help that her grandparents shamelessly mock her lack of development.
-->'''Helen:''' Look, Fred, she's gotten her boobies!
-->'''Fred:''' I better go get my magnifying glass.
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** Ted is a geeky freshman who comes across as puppy-like and endearing for his earnestness.
** Long Duk Dong, despite being a walking stereotype, is described by his new girlfriend from the school dance as "sweet". Sam is disgusted.
--->'''Sam:''' "Donger's here for five hours, and he's got somebody. I live here my whole life, and I'm like a disease."
** And then her grandparents ''feel her up.''
* {{Adorkable}}: Ted and Long Duk Dong.
* AllAsiansAreAlike: Long Duk Dong is referred to as "Chinese", while he has a Vietnamese name. And name, and he's played by a Japanese-American actor.
*AsianAndNerdy: Long Duk Dong
*AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Sam's brother, Mike.Mike, who cheerfully mocks her and everyone else and is more worldly than their parents are comfortable with.
-->'''Sam:''' Mike thinks I'm a dork.
-->'''Sam's dad:''' Mike ''is'' a dork.
-->'''Helen:''' Look, Fred, she's gotten her boobies!
-->'''Fred:''' I better go get my magnifying glass.
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** Ted is a geeky freshman who comes across as puppy-like and endearing for his earnestness.
** Long Duk Dong, despite being a walking stereotype, is described by his new girlfriend from the school dance as "sweet". Sam is disgusted.
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* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill (poor, ''poor'' Joan Cusack)
* ButtMonkey: Quite a few. Ted, Long Duk Dong, the girl with the braces, and Sam herself.
* DawsonCasting: Averted with Sam and Ted; Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were sixteen when the film was made. Played straight with other characters, and lampshaded with Jake's girlfriend, Caroline (played by 25-year-old Haviland Morris) who, Sam remarks "had to flunk about nine grades."
** Gedde Watanabe was born in 1955 and played a corporate executive in ''GungHo'' a scant two years later.
* ExtravertedNerd: Ted.
* ButtMonkey: Quite a few. Ted, Long Duk Dong, the girl with the braces, and Sam herself.
* DawsonCasting: Averted with Sam and Ted; Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were sixteen when the film was made. Played straight with other characters, and lampshaded with Jake's girlfriend, Caroline (played by 25-year-old Haviland Morris) who, Sam remarks "had to flunk about nine grades."
** Gedde Watanabe was born in 1955 and played a corporate executive in ''GungHo'' a scant two years later.
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* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill (poor, ''poor'' BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill: Joan Cusack)
Cusack wears an orthodontic device that must be seen to be believed. Her attempts to drink from a water fountain and drink from a can of beer are PlayedForLaughs.
* ButtMonkey:Quite a few. The movie doesn't pull any punches in showing teens in humiliating situations, but the two standouts are Ted, Long Duk who is abused by everyone before Sam and Jake finally take pity on him; and Dong, the girl who is treated with the braces, and Sam herself.
every racial stereotype imaginable.
* DawsonCasting: Averted with Sam and Ted; Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were sixteen when the film was made. Played straight with other characters, and lampshaded with Jake's girlfriend, Caroline (played by 25-year-old Haviland Morris) who, Sam remarks "had to flunk about nine grades."
**" Gedde Watanabe was born in 1955 and Watanabe, who played a corporate executive in ''GungHo'' a scant two years later.
Long Duk Dong, was 29 at the time.
* ExtravertedNerd:Ted.Ted is doggedly persistent in his pursuit of Sam, to the degree that he seems less like a geek and more like a puppy who won't leave her alone.
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* DawsonCasting: Averted with Sam and Ted; Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were sixteen when the film was made. Played straight with other characters, and lampshaded with Jake's girlfriend, Caroline (played by 25-year-old Haviland Morris) who, Sam remarks "had to flunk about nine grades.
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* FunnyForeigner: Long Duk Dong takes this UpToEleven.
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* FunnyForeigner: Long Duk Dong takes this UpToEleven.
is a ''blatant'' Asian stereotype: broken English, constant bowing, use of malapropisms, and all.
* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe:Sam, Sam is convinced that Jake would never want anything to do with her and is flabbergasted when Jake eventually manages to reach her.he finally shows up at the church.
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* [[TheHerosBirthday The Hero's Birthday]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: Isn't that JoanCusack AND JohnCusack clutteringTheHerosBirthday: At the background?end of the film, Sam finally gets to celebrate her sixteenth, [[spoiler:with Jake. Awwwwww]].
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* HighSchoolDanceHighSchoolDance: The second act of the film is set at the school dance, where Sam confronts her crush on Jake in a big way, Long Duk Dong finds love, and the "underwear incident" occurs.
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* ImprobablyCoolCar: Jake's Porsche 944. Granted, his family's rich - they have a [[BigFancyHouse mansion]] and his dad has a Rolls-Royce convertible-with [[TechMarchesOn a car phone!]]
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* DudeNotFunny: Love interest Jake gives his drunk girlfriend to some kid he barely know(Ted) as a reward for getting Jake and Sam together,with it being explictly said that Jake expects Ted to have sex with her. An it's PlayedForLaughs.
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*DudeNotFunny: Love interest Jake gives his drunk girlfriend to some kid he barely know(Ted) as a reward for getting Jake and Sam together,with it being explictly said that Jake expects Ted to have sex with her. An it's PlayedForLaughs.
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* ButtMonkey: Quite a few. Ted, Long Duk Dong, the girl with the braces, and Sam herself.
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* RapeAsComedy: Jake gives Ted his blessing to have sex with Caroline while she's unconscious, all [[PlayedForLaughs seen as a reward for Ted]].
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* RapeAsComedy: Jake gives Ted his blessing to have sex with Caroline while she's unconscious, all [[PlayedForLaughs seen as a reward for Ted]].
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Not to be confused with ''SixteenWishes'' - even though that movie does, indeed, have sixteen candles.
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* ImNotPretty: Sam describes herself as "utterly forgettable".
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* OverTheShoulderCarry: Ted carries Caroline to Jake's car like this.
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The movie takes place over less than two days.
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* RiteOfPassage: For Samantha, in the course of two days, her family forgets about her birthday, her sister gets married, she confronts her crush on Jake and Ted's crush on her, she reconciles with her mom and dad, and then finally gets Jake and has a fairy-tale first date, complete with birthday cake.
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* TokenMinority: Dong, for our sins.Long Duk Dong is almost offensively token.
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* RiteOfPassageSexAsRiteOfPassage: Getting laid is Ted's primary motivation throughout the film. He is finally convinced to leave Sam alone after he realizes that she's pining for Jake, and his "reward" for hooking the two of them up is having sex with Caroline.
* ShotgunWedding: It's never explicitly stated that this is happening, but when Ginny has missed a period and the two families are rushing her and her beau to the altar, the conclusion is obvious, as is the chagrin on everyone's faces when she reveals that her period has come after all.
* ShotgunWedding: It's never explicitly stated that this is happening, but when Ginny has missed a period and the two families are rushing her and her beau to the altar, the conclusion is obvious, as is the chagrin on everyone's faces when she reveals that her period has come after all.
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she took advantage of him as vice-versa.
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* AllAsiansAreAlike: Long Duk Dong is referred to as "Chinese", while his name attests he is in fact Vietnamese. And played by Japanese-American Gedde Watanabe.
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* AllAsiansAreAlike: Long Duk Dong is referred to as "Chinese", while his name attests he is in fact Vietnamese. has a Vietnamese name. And he's played by a Japanese-American Gedde Watanabe.actor.
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* PantyShot: Of sorts. Ted asks Samantha if he can borrow her panties, and then shows them off to a group of 9th and 10th graders in the boys' bathroom who each paid $1 to see them.
** Later played straight with Ted and a rather bombed Caroline in the car.
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* PantyShot: Of sorts. PantyShot:
** Ted asks Samantha if he can borrow her panties, and then shows them off to a group of 9th and 10th graders in the boys' bathroom who each paid $1 to see them.
**Later played straight with When Ted and a rather bombed is driving the plastered Caroline in the car.home, he gets a glimpse of her panties. This reduces him to stunned incoherence.
** Ted asks Samantha if he can borrow her panties, and then shows them off to a group of 9th and 10th graders in the boys' bathroom who each paid $1 to see them.
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* RapeIsLove: Caroline gets drunk at Jake's party, so as a favor to Ted, Jake allows him to drive her home. He ends up having sex with her, and the next morning she wakes up in love with him, and breaks up with Jake. A milder example, as she's drunk, but not unconscious, and she was making advances on him during the car trip.
** Ted himself seemed rather wasted and out-of-it when he finally woke up. Given that neither is at their best and her greater experience it is a logical to say she took advantage of him as vice-versa.
** Ted himself seemed rather wasted and out-of-it when he finally woke up. Given that neither is at their best and her greater experience it is a logical to say she took advantage of him as vice-versa.
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''Sixteen Candles'' is a 1984 film written and directed by JohnHughes, the first of his teen comedies. It stars MollyRingwald as Samantha "Sam" Baker, a girl facing numerous emotional challenges on her sixteenth birthday. Her family, focused on the wedding of her older sister, Ginny, forgets her birthday; she's in love with senior Jake Ryan, who doesn't even know she exists; and she's pursued by a geeky freshman, Ted (Anthony Michael Hall).
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''Sixteen Candles'' is a 1984 film written and directed by JohnHughes, Creator/JohnHughes, the first of his teen comedies. It stars MollyRingwald as Samantha "Sam" Baker, a girl facing numerous emotional challenges on her sixteenth birthday. Her family, focused on the wedding of her older sister, Ginny, forgets her birthday; she's in love with senior Jake Ryan, who doesn't even know she exists; and she's pursued by a geeky freshman, Ted (Anthony Michael Hall).
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-->''It's the time of your life that may last a lifetime.''
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-->''"I don't believe it: They [[PrecisionFStrike fucking forgot]] my birthday."''
-->--'''Samantha Baker'''
''Sixteen Candles'' is a 1984 film written and directed by JohnHughes, the first of his teen comedies. It stars MollyRingwald as Samantha "Sam" Baker, a girl facing numerous emotional challenges on her sixteenth birthday. Her family, focused on the wedding of her older sister, Ginny, forgets her birthday; she's in love with senior Jake Ryan, who doesn't even know she exists; and she's pursued by a geeky freshman, Ted (Anthony Michael Hall).
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!!''Sixteen Candles'' provides examples of:
* ACupAngst: Sam. Her brother, Mike remarks that she's eating carrots to "increase the size of her breasts". Sam throws her pen at him. Later, she says about her bridesmaid dress: "I don't have one-tenth of the bod to fill the stupid bust up."
** And then her grandparents ''feel her up.''
* {{Adorkable}}: Long Duk Dong.
* AllAsiansAreAlike: Long Duk Dong is referred to as "Chinese", while his name attests he is in fact Vietnamese. And played by Japanese-American Gedde Watanabe.
* AsianAndNerdy: Long Duk Dong
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Sam's brother, Mike.
* BettyAndVeronica: Jake Ryan is dating the blond cheerleader, Caroline (Veronica) but spends most of the movie trying to hook up with the red-headed plain but not-superficial Sam (Betty). Caroline gets this herself, when she leaves said male love interest (Veronica) for the geeky but sweet Ted whom she went home with while drunk (Betty). And since Ted had a crush on Sam, he himself chose the Veronica over the Betty.
* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill (poor, ''poor'' Joan Cusack)
* DawsonCasting: Averted with Sam and Ted; Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were sixteen when the film was made. Played straight with other characters, and lampshaded with Jake's girlfriend, Caroline (played by 25-year-old Haviland Morris) who, Sam remarks "had to flunk about nine grades."
* ForgottenBirthday
* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Mike about his sister, Ginny, who's getting married:
-->'''Mike:''' She got her period. Should make for an interesting honeymoon, huh?
-->'''His father:''' Where are you learning that stuff?
-->'''Mike:''' School.
-->'''His father:''' Good. Gettin' my money's worth.
* FunnyForeigner: Long Duk Dong takes this UpToEleven.
* [=~I Can't Believe A Guy Like You Would Notice Me!~=]: Sam, when Jake eventually manages to reach her.
* [[TheHerosBirthday The Hero's Birthday]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: Isn't that JoanCusack AND JohnCusack cluttering the background?
* HighSchool: The First Level of Hell version.
* HighSchoolDance
* PantyShot: Of sorts. Ted asks Samantha if he can borrow her panties, and then shows them off to a group of 9th and 10th graders in the boys' bathroom who each paid $1 to see them.
** Later played straight with Ted and a rather bombed Caroline in the car.
* PrecisionFStrike: The only time the word is used is when Sam realizes that her family forgot her birthday.
* RapeIsLove: Caroline gets drunk at Jake's party, so as a favor to Ted, Jake allows him to drive her home. He ends up having sex with her, and the next morning she wakes up in love with him, and breaks up with Jake. A milder example, as she's drunk, but not unconscious, and she was making advances on him during the car trip.
** Ted himself seemed rather wasted and out-of-it when he finally woke up. Given that neither is at their best and her greater experience it is a logical to say she took advantage of him as vice-versa.
* RiteOfPassage
* ShowerScene: Sam and her friend spy on Caroline in the shower. Despite showing her [[NippleAndDimed topless]], the film managed to get a PG rating.
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy
* TokenMinority: Dong, for our sins.
* TitledAfterTheSong
* WildTeenParty: There's one at Jake Ryan's house.
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-->''"I don't believe it: They [[PrecisionFStrike fucking forgot]] my birthday."''
-->--'''Samantha Baker'''
''Sixteen Candles'' is a 1984 film written and directed by JohnHughes, the first of his teen comedies. It stars MollyRingwald as Samantha "Sam" Baker, a girl facing numerous emotional challenges on her sixteenth birthday. Her family, focused on the wedding of her older sister, Ginny, forgets her birthday; she's in love with senior Jake Ryan, who doesn't even know she exists; and she's pursued by a geeky freshman, Ted (Anthony Michael Hall).
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!!''Sixteen Candles'' provides examples of:
* ACupAngst: Sam. Her brother, Mike remarks that she's eating carrots to "increase the size of her breasts". Sam throws her pen at him. Later, she says about her bridesmaid dress: "I don't have one-tenth of the bod to fill the stupid bust up."
** And then her grandparents ''feel her up.''
* {{Adorkable}}: Long Duk Dong.
* AllAsiansAreAlike: Long Duk Dong is referred to as "Chinese", while his name attests he is in fact Vietnamese. And played by Japanese-American Gedde Watanabe.
* AsianAndNerdy: Long Duk Dong
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Sam's brother, Mike.
* BettyAndVeronica: Jake Ryan is dating the blond cheerleader, Caroline (Veronica) but spends most of the movie trying to hook up with the red-headed plain but not-superficial Sam (Betty). Caroline gets this herself, when she leaves said male love interest (Veronica) for the geeky but sweet Ted whom she went home with while drunk (Betty). And since Ted had a crush on Sam, he himself chose the Veronica over the Betty.
* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill (poor, ''poor'' Joan Cusack)
* DawsonCasting: Averted with Sam and Ted; Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were sixteen when the film was made. Played straight with other characters, and lampshaded with Jake's girlfriend, Caroline (played by 25-year-old Haviland Morris) who, Sam remarks "had to flunk about nine grades."
* ForgottenBirthday
* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Mike about his sister, Ginny, who's getting married:
-->'''Mike:''' She got her period. Should make for an interesting honeymoon, huh?
-->'''His father:''' Where are you learning that stuff?
-->'''Mike:''' School.
-->'''His father:''' Good. Gettin' my money's worth.
* FunnyForeigner: Long Duk Dong takes this UpToEleven.
* [=~I Can't Believe A Guy Like You Would Notice Me!~=]: Sam, when Jake eventually manages to reach her.
* [[TheHerosBirthday The Hero's Birthday]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: Isn't that JoanCusack AND JohnCusack cluttering the background?
* HighSchool: The First Level of Hell version.
* HighSchoolDance
* PantyShot: Of sorts. Ted asks Samantha if he can borrow her panties, and then shows them off to a group of 9th and 10th graders in the boys' bathroom who each paid $1 to see them.
** Later played straight with Ted and a rather bombed Caroline in the car.
* PrecisionFStrike: The only time the word is used is when Sam realizes that her family forgot her birthday.
* RapeIsLove: Caroline gets drunk at Jake's party, so as a favor to Ted, Jake allows him to drive her home. He ends up having sex with her, and the next morning she wakes up in love with him, and breaks up with Jake. A milder example, as she's drunk, but not unconscious, and she was making advances on him during the car trip.
** Ted himself seemed rather wasted and out-of-it when he finally woke up. Given that neither is at their best and her greater experience it is a logical to say she took advantage of him as vice-versa.
* RiteOfPassage
* ShowerScene: Sam and her friend spy on Caroline in the shower. Despite showing her [[NippleAndDimed topless]], the film managed to get a PG rating.
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy
* TokenMinority: Dong, for our sins.
* TitledAfterTheSong
* WildTeenParty: There's one at Jake Ryan's house.
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