What’s Aged the Best?
Fist-pump freeze frame; Niagara Falls girlfriend joke; soundtrack; Bender's slang; Claire's sushi lunch; Vernon's toilet paper; stoned trio; Sheedy's post-makeover entrance; the five archetypes
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- The closing fist pump, said to be improvised by Nelson, matched to the song, is called one of the most memorable 80s freeze frames, with Rambo and Mr. Miyagi at the end compared.
- The soundtrack, with the Simple Minds song and Wang Chung's 'Fire in the Twilight', ages well, though the latter seems unlike Bender's taste.
- Brian's hat-covered erection, 'hot beef injection' and 'neo maxi zoom dweebie' are favorites.
- Brian's girlfriend 'in the Niagara Falls area' became a running joke for 10 to 15 years.
- Claire's sushi and the lunches in general are praised.
- Vernon declaring he won't be made a fool of with toilet paper hanging from his pants, and Estevez's reaction during the 'what do they do to you' parents exchange, are praised.
- The stoned Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall and Sheedy trio, Sheedy's character dumping her bag and 'you never know when you might have to jam' are favorites; 'jam' became a verb for the hosts.
- Anthony Michael Hall's character asking Andy to weigh in on her 'deeply unsatisfying' home life is praised.
- Sheedy's post-makeover entrance and Anthony Michael Hall's stunned reaction are a nice moment.
- The archetypes still feel real even if unrelated to modern high school; one final answer is the fist pump or Niagara Falls.