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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The principle of the high school, who is able to recognize that they shouldn't punish all teens for the crimes of a few, and even invites several of his students who approached him to speak at the city council meeting to give the regular teens a voice.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The principle principal of the high school, who is able to recognize that they shouldn't punish all teens for the crimes of a few, and even invites several of his students who approached him to speak at the city council meeting to give the regular teens a voice.
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* GangOfHats: A more realistic example. The gang all wear the same jacket with a patch identifying them as part of the gang. Jamie's fsther even realises Jamie had been part of the gang when he notices the threads left on Jamie's jacket from when he tore off his patch. Despite this, the gang has somehow gotten away with their crimes for so long that the city council is resorting to punishing ''all'' teens.

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* GangOfHats: A more realistic example. The gang all wear the same jacket with a patch identifying them as part of the gang. Jamie's fsther father even realises Jamie had been part of the gang when he notices the threads left on Jamie's jacket from when he tore off his patch. Despite this, the gang has somehow gotten away with their crimes for so long that the city council is resorting to punishing ''all'' teens.
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* GangOfHats: A more realistic example. The gang all wear the same jacket with a patch identifying them as part of the gang. Jamie's fsther even realises Jamie had been part of the gang when he notices the threads left on Jamie's jacket from when he tore off his patch. Despite this, the gang has somehow gotten away with their crimes for so long that the city council is resorting to punishing ''all'' teens.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: One of the city council members, in response to the gang's mischief, decides to punish ''all'' teens by eliminating all events for teens.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: One of the city council members, in response to the five-man gang's mischief, decides to punish ''all'' teens by eliminating all events for teens.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The principle of the high school, who is able to recognize that they shouldn't punish all teens for the crimes of a few, and even invites several of his students who approached him to speak at the city council meeting to give the regular teens a voice.
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Assault and numerous incidents of vandalism aren't really a misdemeanour


* FelonyMisdemeanor: A lesser example than ''Film/{{Cheating}}'', and one without any actual in-universe resolution.

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* FelonyMisdemeanor: A lesser example than ''Film/{{Cheating}}'', and EvilCannotComprehendGood: The gang doesn't seem to get that Jamie actually cares about his dad, trying to talk him into rejoining on the basis that it could have been one without any actual in-universe resolution.of their dad's. They also don't get that Jamie had legitimately realised what they were doing was wrong, so simply saying they didn't know the man they beat up was his dad isn't a good apology.
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Implied; when the gang hears about a statue being vandalized, one says "We didn't kick over any statue!" and the leader gives him an annoyed look. Nothing comes of it though.
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A band of no-good punks beat a guy for driving too slow and steal his mechanical pencil, before arriving to pick up their missing member Jamie, the son of the man they've just beaten. Twist! Has the Rare honor of being riffed by both Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax.

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A band of no-good punks beat a guy for driving too slow and steal his mechanical pencil, before arriving to pick up their missing member Jamie, the son of the man they've just beaten. Twist! Has the Rare rare honor of being riffed by both Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax.
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* QuestioningTitle: ''What About Juvenile Delinquency?''
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** They also plan on "visiting" the city council, seemingly thinking that all four of them can somehow intimidate the local government, despite the fact that the council controls ''the police''. Even beyond that, the council and the others adults at the meeting easily outnumber them.

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* FelonyMisdemeanor: A lesser example than ''Film/{{Cheating}}''
* HeelFaceTurn: Jaime was one of the members of the group and possibly did some bad stuff, but when his father got beaten up, that was enough.
* InsigniaRipOffRitual: When Jaime pulls off his HeelFaceTurn, he tears off the gang's insignia from his jacket.

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* DumbMuscle: The other punks don't seem able to comprehend just ''what'' exactly made Jamie quit the gang and storm off, despite him all but confirming that they just rolled his dad, and are only shown to have understood the situation by the following school day.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: A lesser example than ''Film/{{Cheating}}''
''Film/{{Cheating}}'', and one without any actual in-universe resolution.
* HeelFaceTurn: Jaime Jamie was one of the members of the group and possibly did some bad stuff, but when his father got beaten up, that was enough.
* InsigniaRipOffRitual: When Jaime Jamie pulls off his HeelFaceTurn, he tears off the gang's insignia from his jacket.jacket.
* MementoMacGuffin: The mechanical pencil, which Jamie knows well enough to immediately recognize as "just like" the one his dad has.
* NoEnding: Being an educational short, it breaks off suddenly and leaves the ending up to the class for group discussion.
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* CarChase: A very, very minor one, but when Jamie and the other students race to the Mayor's office, the gang chases after them, getting into their own cars to do so.

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* FelonyMisdemeanor: A lesser example than ''Film/{{Cheating}}''



* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: A lesser example than ''Film/{{Cheating}}''
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* TeensAreMonsters: One of the City Council members thinks this and wants them all punished.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: One of the city council members, in response to the gang's mischief, decides to punish ''all'' teens by eliminating all events for teens.
* HeelFaceTurn: Jaime was one of the members of the group and possibly did some bad stuff, but when his father got beaten up, that was enough.
* InsigniaRipOffRitual: When Jaime pulls off his HeelFaceTurn, he tears off the gang's insignia from his jacket.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: A lesser example than ''Film/{{Cheating}}''
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For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode see ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E18TheAtomicBrain here]]''.

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For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode see ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E18TheAtomicBrain here]]''.here]]''.
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MST recap split


A band of no-good punks beat a guy for driving too slow and steal his mechanical pencil, before arriving to pick up their missing member Jamie, the son of the man they've just beaten. Twist! Has the Rare honor of being riffed by both Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax.

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A band of no-good punks beat a guy for driving too slow and steal his mechanical pencil, before arriving to pick up their missing member Jamie, the son of the man they've just beaten. Twist! Has the Rare honor of being riffed by both Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax.Rifftrax.

For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode see ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E18TheAtomicBrain here]]''.

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