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* BareYourMidriff: Gang member Mickey (Panchito Gomez) wears half shirts.
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* RichesToRags: Morgan's dad Stuart (Matt Clark) used to be a real estate tycoon. Now he's a taxi driver.

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* RichesToRags: Morgan's dad Stuart (Matt Clark) (Creator/MattClark) used to be a real estate tycoon. Now he's a taxi driver.
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* GroinAttack: When the gang beats up Morgan and steals the car he's driving, one of them gives him a final kick in the crotch before he leaves.


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* StealingFromThieves: Morgan steals a Porsche, which is promptly stolen by the gang.
-->'''Jimmy''': God, I can't believe they took your car.\\
'''Morgan''': I don't own a car, man.
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* ShirtlessScene: Morgan is shirtless when the gang beats him up in the locker room.
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* BigGuyRodeo: Frankie does this to Nick twice: once after [[spoiler:he shoves her father into a display]], and once during [[spoiler:Nick and Morgan's final showdown]].


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* IfICantHaveYou: Nick declares that he'd rather kill Frankie than have her end up with Morgan.
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* PosterGalleryBedroom: Frankie's room is covered in rock posters.
* PottyEmergency: After the gang's been driving around for hours, one of the members complains that he has to pee. Nick tells him to go out the window, which he does.
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* RichesToRags: Morgan's dad Stuart (Creator/MattClark) used to be a real estate tycoon. Now he's a taxi driver.

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* RichesToRags: Morgan's dad Stuart (Creator/MattClark) (Matt Clark) used to be a real estate tycoon. Now he's a taxi driver.
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* BridalCarry: Frankie leaps into Morgan's arms after a dance.


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* RichesToRags: Morgan's dad Stuart (Creator/MattClark) used to be a real estate tycoon. Now he's a taxi driver.
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* BringingRunningShoesToACarChase: Nick's car [[spoiler:driven by Jimmy]] drives after Morgan, who runs down an alley, knocking trash cans in front of it.


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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Morgan's older brother Brian (Bill Beyers) is a responsible student on track to become a lawyer.
* SittingSexyOnAPiano: In the country club, Morgan asks Frankie if she can sing. She says no, so he tells her to sit on the piano and look pretty while he sings a romantic ballad.
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* DeadAnimalWarning: Morgan finds a dead rat hanging by its tail in his locker.


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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Nick almost always wears an unbuttoned shirt.
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''Tuff Turf'' is a 1985 film directed by Fritz Kiersch.

Morgan Hiller (Creator/JamesSpader) is a TroubledTeen who used to go to prep school in Connecticut, but is transplanted to California after his father's business goes under. He quickly runs afoul of Nick Hauser (Paul Mones) and his gang of juvenile delinquents when he pursues Nick's girlfriend Frankie Croyden (Kim Richards). His new friend Jimmy Parker (Creator/RobertDowneyJr) backs him up.
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!!''Tuff Turf'' contains examples of:
* BareYourMidriff: Gang member Mickey (Panchito Gomez) wears half shirts.
* FingerGun: While the teacher plays a documentary about gunfighters, bored students start shooting each other with finger guns.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Jimmy borrows a knife from a girl who smuggled it to school in her bra.
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