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A 1985 SpeculativeFiction comedy written and directed by Creator/JohnHughes, starring Creator/{{Brat Pack}}er Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall and supermodel Creator/KellyLeBrock, and featuring Creator/RobertDowneyJr and Creator/BillPaxton. A typical-[[TheEighties for-its-time]] (if somewhat tame) WishFulfillment teen-sex comedy with a SciFi twist: When a pair of nerds can't get girls on their own, they decide to build themselves the perfect woman in an effort to become popular.

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A 1985 SpeculativeFiction comedy written and directed by Creator/JohnHughes, starring Creator/{{Brat Pack}}er Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall and supermodel Creator/KellyLeBrock, and featuring Creator/RobertDowneyJr and Creator/BillPaxton. A typical-[[TheEighties for-its-time]] (if somewhat tame) WishFulfillment teen-sex comedy with a SciFi [[Main/ScienceFiction Sci-Fi]] twist: When a pair of nerds can't get girls on their own, they decide to build themselves the perfect woman in an effort to become popular.
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* BareYourMidriff: The outfit Lisa is wearing upon being created does this.
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* NerdsArePervs: The film is a WishFulfillment story about Gary and Wyatt, two socially awkward nerds who are so desperate for romantic and sexual female attention, they decide to build a simulation of their [[MsFanservice perfect woman]], Lisa, that ends up coming to life due to a freak thunderstorm. Their main priorities are her physical specs and they raid Wyatt's PornStash for material to base her off of. They also take advantage of Lisa being an InnocentFanserviceGirl to shower with her: them, clothes on, her, completely nude.
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* BuxomIsBetter: While Gary and Wyatt consider giving their girlfriend enormous breasts, Wyatt states that "Anything more than a handful and you risk a sprained tongue." Ian and Mike, however, have no such restraint and request inhumanly large breasts.

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* BuxomIsBetter: BuxomBeautyStandard: While Gary and Wyatt consider giving their girlfriend enormous breasts, Wyatt states that "Anything more than a handful and you risk a sprained tongue." Ian and Mike, however, have no such restraint and request inhumanly large breasts.
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* BigSHUTUP: The scene where Gary's parents meet and confront Lisa. First, Gary tries to stop his dad, Al, and Lisa's heated argument with both's respond by shouting him "shut up!" at the same time. Later, Al shouts "shut up" again when it's Gary and his mom's turn to argue.

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* BigSHUTUP: The scene where Gary's parents meet and confront Lisa. First, Gary tries to stop his dad, Al, and Lisa's heated argument with both's both immediately respond by shouting him "shut up!" at the same time.altogether. Later, Al shouts "shut up" again when it's Gary and his mom's turn to argue.
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* BigSHUTUP: The scene where Gary's parents meet and confront Lisa. First, Gary tries to stop his dad, Al, and Lisa's heated argument with both's respond by shouting him "shut up!" at the same time. Later, Al shouts "shut up" again when it's Gary and his mom's turn to argue.
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Nerd is now a redirect to Indexed And Nerdy and is no longer a trope


A 1985 SpeculativeFiction comedy written and directed by Creator/JohnHughes, starring Creator/{{Brat Pack}}er Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall and supermodel Creator/KellyLeBrock, and featuring Creator/RobertDowneyJr and Creator/BillPaxton. A typical-[[TheEighties for-its-time]] (if somewhat tame) WishFulfillment teen-sex comedy with a SciFi twist: When a pair of {{Nerd}}s can't get girls on their own, they decide to build themselves the perfect woman in an effort to become popular.

Gary (Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) are typical {{Nerd}}s (if [[HollywoodHomely unattractive only by Hughes' standards]]) who are bullied at school. At home, Wyatt's JerkJock older brother Chet (Paxton) makes their lives just as uncomfortable. The guys are desperate for female attention. Unable to work up the nerve to actually talk to real girls, the pair use Wyatt's MagicalComputer to simulate a woman. However, a [[HollywoodHacking hack into a government mainframe]] and a freak [[LightningCanDoAnything thunderstorm]] all come together and bring the woman simulation to [[InstantAIJustAddWater real life]].

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A 1985 SpeculativeFiction comedy written and directed by Creator/JohnHughes, starring Creator/{{Brat Pack}}er Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall and supermodel Creator/KellyLeBrock, and featuring Creator/RobertDowneyJr and Creator/BillPaxton. A typical-[[TheEighties for-its-time]] (if somewhat tame) WishFulfillment teen-sex comedy with a SciFi twist: When a pair of {{Nerd}}s nerds can't get girls on their own, they decide to build themselves the perfect woman in an effort to become popular.

Gary (Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) are typical {{Nerd}}s {{Stereotypical Nerd}}s (if [[HollywoodHomely unattractive only by Hughes' standards]]) who are bullied at school. At home, Wyatt's JerkJock older brother Chet (Paxton) makes their lives just as uncomfortable. The guys are desperate for female attention. Unable to work up the nerve to actually talk to real girls, the pair use Wyatt's MagicalComputer to simulate a woman. However, a [[HollywoodHacking hack into a government mainframe]] and a freak [[LightningCanDoAnything thunderstorm]] all come together and bring the woman simulation to [[InstantAIJustAddWater real life]].

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* BalefulPolymorph: Chet, whom Lisa temporarily transforms into a blob resembling an anthropomorphic pile of feces. The Chet-blob's crew cut hairstyle gives MorphicResonance.


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* ForcedTransformation: Chet, whom Lisa temporarily transforms into a blob resembling an anthropomorphic pile of feces. The Chet-blob's crew cut hairstyle gives MorphicResonance.
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* IncomingHam: "So....what would you little maniacs like to do first?"

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A 1985 SpeculativeFiction comedy written and directed by Creator/JohnHughes, starring Creator/{{Brat Pack}}er Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall and supermodel Creator/KellyLeBrock, and featuring Creator/RobertDowneyJr and Creator/BillPaxton. A typical-[[TheEighties for-its-time]] (if somewhat tame) WishFulfillment teen-sex comedy with a SciFi twist: When a pair of {{Hollywood Nerd}}s can't get girls on their own, they decide to build themselves the perfect woman in an effort to become popular.

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A 1985 SpeculativeFiction comedy written and directed by Creator/JohnHughes, starring Creator/{{Brat Pack}}er Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall and supermodel Creator/KellyLeBrock, and featuring Creator/RobertDowneyJr and Creator/BillPaxton. A typical-[[TheEighties for-its-time]] (if somewhat tame) WishFulfillment teen-sex comedy with a SciFi twist: When a pair of {{Hollywood Nerd}}s {{Nerd}}s can't get girls on their own, they decide to build themselves the perfect woman in an effort to become popular.



* {{Hollywood Nerd}}: Gary and Wyatt are skinny losers who get good grades, have genius level computer skills, and lust after girls but get picked on by bullies.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: This is the red-headed stepchild among John Hughes's 1980s teen oeuvre, having science-fantasy elements and more slapstick comedy than the other movies.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Chett tells Wyatt, "Cover yourself, for God's sake!" and whisks his own towel off to toss it at him, leaving Chett himself standing naked.

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* HypocriticalHumor: Chett Chet tells Wyatt, "Cover yourself, for God's sake!" and whisks his own towel off to toss it at him, leaving Chett Chet himself standing naked.
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-->'''Gary:''' ''(seeing the "new" Chet)'' That's nasty.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Lisa is named after a girl who [[GroinAttack kicked Gary in the nuts]]. ''For saying hello to her''. One can only hope she faced consequences.
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* MamaBear: Lisa gets VERY protective of the boys, especially Wyatt, whose BigBrotherBully she was VERY close to strangling
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Lisa may be nice, but beware that she is the hi-tech equivalent of a Djinn (and djinn are usually not very nice) and ''will'' fuck up your day if you anger her. Chet learned this [[AssholeVictim the hard and humiliating way.]] Could have been worse, however.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Lisa may be nice, but beware that she is the hi-tech equivalent of a Djinn or Fae (and djinn both are usually not very nice) and ''will'' fuck up your day if you anger her. Chet learned this [[AssholeVictim [[BreakTheHaughty the hard and humiliating way.]] Could have been worse, however.
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* GirlfriendInCanada: When Gary comes up the idea of making a woman, Wyatt asks what about his girlfriend in Canada. Gary mumbles something about her being all the way away in Canada and quickly changes the subject.
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%% * WorkoutFanserviceWorkoutFanservice: The film opens with Gary and Wyatt ogling the girls gymnastics practice in the gym, with plenty of [[MaleGaze close-ups on leotard clad butts as the girls straddle the pommel horse, etc.]]
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* ShootOutTheLock: Chet uses his shotgun to blow open the lock on the door to the room when Wyatt and Hilly are having sex. This was probably completely unnecessary.

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* ShootOutTheLock: Chet uses his shotgun to blow open the lock on the door to the room when Wyatt and Hilly are having sex.sleeping. This was probably completely unnecessary.
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* ShootOutTheLock: Chet uses his shotgun to blow open the lock on the door to the room when Wyatt and Hilly are having sex. This was probably completely unnecessary.
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* BarrierBustingBlow: When the bikers start trashing the WildTeenParty, Gary and Wyatt hide in the coat closet. One of the bikers punches through the wall, grabs Wyatt and drags him out.
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* TheNudifier: When all of the furniture starts being pulled up the chimney, the blonde girl playing the piano has first her dress, and then her underwear ripped off her by the same force, before being sucked up the chimney and dumped in the water herself.
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* TappedInTVLand: When things start going haywire at the party, one of the party-goers gets trapped in an episode of ''Series/TheMunsters''. He remains trapped in the TV as people try changing the channel.

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* TappedInTVLand: TrappedInTVLand: When things start going haywire at the party, one of the party-goers gets trapped in an episode of ''Series/TheMunsters''. He remains trapped in the TV as people try changing the channel.
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* TappedInTVLand: When things start going haywire at the party, one of the party-goers gets trapped in an episode of ''Series/TheMunsters''. He remains trapped in the TV as people try changing the channel.
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* SecondFaceSmoke: Wyatt's BigBrotherBully Chet slowly exhales a cloud of smoke into Gary's face when he is threatening them after they come home drunk.
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* PygmalionPlot: Subverted; Gary and Wyatt certainly intend this at first, but end up with something (or someone) far beyond that bounds of this trope.

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