History Film / WaynesWorld

* UrExample: ''Wayne's World'' was the very first film based on a SNL sketch, and its success led to other SNL sketches receiving film adaptations.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: If ''Wayne's World'' were made today, Wayne and Garth would probably be putting the episodes on YouTube rather than broadcasting on a public access television channel.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The NES version of ''Wayne's World'' toned down the language from the movie. One example (even discussed by WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd) had Wayne and Garth say that they're going to see "the ''Lousy'' [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]," whereas they said they're seeing "the ''Shitty'' Beatles" in the film.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The NES version of ''Wayne's World'' toned down the language from the movie. One example (even discussed by WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd) had Wayne and Garth say that they're going to see "the ''lousy'' [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]," whereas they said they're seeing "the ''shitty'' Beatles" in the film.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The NES version of ''Wayne's World'' toned down the language from the movie. One example (even discussed by WebOriginal/TheAngryVideoGameNerd) had Wayne and Garth say that they're going to see "the ''lousy'' [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]," whereas they said they're seeing "the ''shitty'' Beatles" in the film.

* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: In the ShoutOut to ''TheGraduate'' above, Simon and Garfunkel cut out when the car travels through a tunnel.

* {{Spinoff}}: The movie is an example of a segment spinoff. ''Wayne's World'' was originally a reoccurring sketch on ''SaturdayNightLive''

* MultipleEndings: A DownerEnding, a ScoobyDoo Ending (it was [[spoiler:Old Man Withers, the guy who runs the haunted amusement park]]) and a [[HappilyEverAfter Mega-Happy Ending]]. The sequel replaces the ScoobyDoo ending with a ''Thelma & Louise'' ending. The scene cuts to the happy ending as Wayne and Garth drive off a cliff into the Grand Canyon.

* RevivalByCommercialization: Music/{{Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody" disappeared from the charts for almost two decades; after the first movie, it was back in the Top 10.
** Freddie Mercury's then-recent death helped as well.

* ShoutOut: The series is littered with them, especially in the sequel: Jim Morrison and the "weird naked indian" are references to ''The Doors.'' Wayne driving the Alfa Romeo Spider to Simon and Garfunkel music and breaking up a wedding are references to ''TheGraduate''. Ralph Brown plays basically the same character as he did in ''WithnailAndI''. The character refer to a number of works by name, such as ''ScoobyDoo'' and ''ThelmaAndLouise''.

* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: In the ShoutOut to ''TheGraduate'' above, Simon and Garfunkel cut out when the car travels through a tunnel.

* BitingTheHandHumour: Wayne doesn't pull any punches in mocking his sponsor, Noah Vanderhoff.

* SorryILeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: In the ShoutOut to ''TheGraduate'' above, Simon and Garfunkel cut out when the car travels through a tunnel.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The NES version of ''Wayne's World'' toned down the language from the movie. One example (even discussed by TheAngryVideoGameNerd) had Wayne and Garth say that they're going to see "the ''lousy'' [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]," whereas they said they're seeing "the ''shitty'' Beatles" in the film.

* TheJimmyHartVersion: "Stairway To Heaven," after they were unable to secure the rights to the song on television or video.

* MetalHead: Wayne, Garth, and several of the supporting characters.

The film also featured Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Lara Flynn Boyle, Brian Doyle-Murray, Robert Patrick ([[AdamWesting spoofing his role in]] ''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgment Day''), Ed O'Neill, Ione Skye, MeatLoaf, and Alice Cooper.

* BeAllMySinsRemembered: parodied in, "We're not worthy!"
* [=~Beat Still, My Heart~=][=/=]AndShowItToYou: When one of the patrons of the donut shop complains about being laid off, Glenn (Ed O'Neill) says that he should "...find the guy that did it, rip out his still-beating heart, and then hold it in front of his face, so he can see how black it is before he dies!" The patron decides to simply file a grievance with the union. The world is, after all, a twisted place.

* [=~Chekhov's Gun~=]: The helpful security guard.
* [=~Chekhov's Gunman~=]: [[spoiler:Old Man Withers]], who is introduced early on; this comes to fruition in the ScoobyDoo Ending.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In the second movie, after Wayne & Garth crowd-surf to the front of an Aerosmith concert, they are shortly followed by a pizza-delivery boy, a refrigerator, and a goat.

* GenreSavvy: Wayne and Garth, revealed in their discussions with the camera. Garth in particular has reservations about signing a contract due to a ''TwilightZone'' episode, [[DidNotDoTheResearch though the episode in question doesn't actually exist]].

* TheOtherDarrin: [[invoked]] The TropeNamer is {{discussed|Trope}}, which is when Wayne realized that both actors were named "Dick", and their last names combined equal "SergeantYork," an honored military officer and among the most decorated American soldiers in World War I.

* SeinfeldianConversation: "Did you ever find Characters/BugsBunny attractive when he [[WholesomeCrossdresser put on a dress and played Girl Bunny]]?"

* ShoutOut: The series is littered with them, especially in the sequel: Jim Morrison and the "weird naked indian" are references to ''The Doors.'' Wayne driving the Alfa Romeo Spider to Simon and Garfunkle music and breaking up a wedding are references to ''TheGraduate''. Ralph Brown plays basically the same character as he did in ''WithnailAndI''. The character refer to a number of works by name, such as ''ScoobyDoo'' and ''ThelmaAndLouise''.

* She'sGotLegs: Stacy is described as having "Very nice legs, but no self-esteem."

* BlandNameProduct: The film's fictional Stan Mikita's Donuts is a stand-in for ubiquitous Canadian restaurant Tim Horton's Donuts. Mikita and Horton are both Hockey Hall-of-famers. Horton played for Toronto, actor-writer Mike Myers hometown; Mikita, played his entire NHL career in Chicago, an hour from Wayne's hometown of Aurora.

* ProductPlacement: Mocked in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsjU6SUVudw this scene]]

The movie follows the adventures of Wayne and Garth, the co-hosts of a cable access show, in their quest for fame and fortune, battling a crooked network executive who [[ExecutiveMeddling tries to undermine both their control over their show]] and Wayne's attempts to woo Cassandra Wong (Tia Carrere), a rock singer and bassist who also seeks to make her fortune in show business.

* NoFourthWall: A hallmark of the films. Wayne and Garth speak directly to the camera and comment on the progress of the film throughout. Wayne claims than only he and Garth are allowed to talk to the camera, but many other characters end up doing so throughout the film. Some university/college courses actually examine the film's use of the audience as a separate character.