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- Alternate Character Interpretation:
- Ferris is a sociopathic Manipulative Bastard who only cares about toying with others. The Spoony Experiment has fun with this one. Word of God confirms this, listen to the commentary track on the DVD.
- Why did Jeannie cover for Ferris at the end? Did she Know When to Fold'Em? Did she want to get revenge on Mr. Rooney for causing her to get in trouble with the police when he broke into her house? Or did Charlie Sheen convince her that a fixation on Ferris isn't worth it?
- Crowning Moment of Awesome: The "Twist and Shout" scene.
- Crowning Music of Awesome: The Dream Academy's cover of "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" played during the Art Institute scene.
- "March Of The Swivelheads" by the English Beat.
- "Oh Yeah" by Yello.
- "Twist And Shout" by (who else?) The Beatles.
- "The Edge of Forever." Also by Dream Academy.
- Radio People - Zapp (The Talkbox!)
- Designated Hero: Alternate Character Interpretation (and Word of God) holds that Ferris is spoiled, immature, selfish, obnoxious, and manipulates close friends and family for no reason beyond his own amusement. Despite his near lack of redeeming qualities, his name's in the title, so you're supposed to root for him.
- Alternately, regardless of any real or imaginary traits in Ferris's moral character, he is still the designated hero simply because, if you think about it, Cameron is the real protagonist.
- Designated Villain / Informed Wrongness: Rooney is depicted as a Dean Bitterman-type who's seemingly trying to stop Ferris and his friends from having fun for no good reason. Except he does have good reason: it's his job to enforce school regulations, and Ferris has been breaking said regs by skipping school at least nine times before he hacks into the school computer to alter the records, and does so by blatantly exploiting the good will of everyone around him, including his parents. Yet, the movie turns the audience against him by having him go way too far in trying to catch Ferris; breaking into his house and assaulting his dog and having him act as though he's trying to catch Ferris out of spite instead of trying to enforce the rules.
- Ear Worm: The aforementioned "Oh Yeah" by Yello.
- Epileptic Trees:
- A common theory is that Ferris is only in Cameron's head, being the part of Cameron that seeks to rebel against his father, Sloane is actually Cameron's girlfriend and the whole film is Through the Eyes of Madness. Though to make this work, viewers would have to accept that the subplot of Mr. Rooney and Jeannie are also, for some reason, taking place in Cameron's head.
- This has led to a theory that Cameron is actually in Ferris's head, Cameron being how Ferris copes with actually having Abusive Parents. Further lending credit to this is that no one aside from Ferris and Sloane actually mentions or talks to Cameron. And we never do see Cameron's father.
- Family-Unfriendly Aesop: Living life to the fullest means defying people who refuse to do so. This can mean lying, cheating and stealing.
- Also, on Jeannie's end, her Aesop in the end is not to be concerned with anyone else but herself, not even for her brother, after she tried to prove to her parents that he was faking sick and she got arrested for making a call to the police for a faked robbery despite the robbery being real. This can also mean doing self-destructive behaviors such as drugs. The one who gave her that lesson, BTW, is a druggie (who's conveniently played by a young Charlie Sheen).
- Fountain of Memes: Virtually every scene is a meme in the right circles.
- Funny Aneurysm Moment:
- Jeffery Jones as Ed Rooney is kind of uncomfortable to watch today.
- Also see Charlie Sheen's Hilarious in Hindsight moment below.
- And this news story, which really makes you realize that a principal breaking into a student's house would be incredibly disturbing. (In this case, the kids actually were sick.)
- Hilarious in Hindsight:
- The biker Jeannie meets at the police station is played by a very young Charlie Sheen, whose first three lines include the word "drugs"; the first and third lines simply are the word "drugs".
- The two parking garage attendants who steal the Ferrari do so to the Star Wars theme. And they bear a great resemblance to Finn and Ben Solo from the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy.
- Magnificent Bastard: Ferris, if one believes him to be a villain.
- Memetic Mutation: How many Tropers have had a class where the teacher didn't say "Bueller? Bueller?" at least once during attendance?
- Ron the Death Eater: Ferris Bueller is a trouble maker who only sought to skip school so he and his friends could have one last good day. Less than flattering fanon portrayals have him as a Manipulative Bastard and borderline sociopath, ignoring his love for Cameron and Sloane and how he offered to take the blame for the Ferrari being totalled.
- Strawman Has a Point: See Designated Villain.
- Unintentionally Sympathetic: Jeannie. How many siblings know that they're the Unfavourite and are held to higher standards than their siblings?
- What an Idiot!: Driving a car in reverse does not in fact reverse the odometer.
- The Woobie: Cameron. Jeannie counts as one, too, though its more of a Jerkass Woobie.
- Not too much though. A lot of modern teens (especially ones who understand rules) saw her as more The Chew Toy. She could either A) right a wrong (her brother manipulating her parents and the whole school, which he had done before--9 times) and stand up for what she saw as right and wrong or B) give up. Her giving up was supposed to be a good thing.
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