# Not Another Teen Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836 "2010-08-20T04:32:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/1 "2010-08-20T04:32:28Z")
This is a movie that has been out a while, but I forgot how much I enjoyed it, and how funny it really is. They did a masterful job of blending scenes in from all the famous 80’s John Hughes’ movies, as well as the other movies from the 90’s. I’m curious as to what your favorite scene was. Mine has to be the take off of Rudy. I really didn’t pick up the reference until recently, when both movies were on the cable movie channels at the same time. The kid in NATM even wore the same number (45) as Rudy. When the kid got tackled in the end zone, I literally laughed out loud. One of my greater cinematic laughs. Totally unexpected. The movie was much better than I ever expected whish is always a nice surprise. So, what’s your favorite scene and from what movie did they steal it from? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/2 "2010-08-20T14:56:13Z")
I love this movie! All of the modern “Airplane” wannabe movies stink like hot garbage but somehow this one is actually good. My favorite is the entire running gag about the slow clap. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/3 "2010-08-20T16:27:39Z")
> [@](#): > > So, what’s your favorite scene and from what movie did they steal it from? My favorite was Cerina Vincent’s wardrobe. Funniest was Molly Ringwald’s cameo. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/4 "2010-08-20T16:30:27Z")
Molly Ringwald’s cameo and the kid yelling “I want my $3” and then getting pasted in traffic. The latter stolen from “Better Off Dead.” ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/5 "2010-08-20T17:19:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > My favorite was Cerina Vincent’s wardrobe. I’m assuming she was the naked foreign exchange student? Areola? There were two quick site gags I loved, the bologna falling from the ceiling in the library, and the cafeteria being called the “Anthony Michael Dining Hall.” ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/6 "2010-08-20T17:23:21Z")
I have no illusions that NATM is a quality film, but damned if it’s not one of my all-time favorites. I’m always surprised that Chyler Leigh hasn’t gone on to be more famous; she;'s super hot and displayed some damn good comic timing, IMO. Same with Mia Kirshner, the only “straight man” in the movie. On the flip side, I have no idea how Samm Levine keeps getting work. He wasn’t funny in F&G and he’s not funny now. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/7 "2010-08-20T17:53:15Z")
I love pretty much every minute of this movie. I guess my favorite part is the entire Breakfast Club scene, when it’s revealed that with his hair down that one guy actually looked like Judd Nelson. And they even brought back the original teacher. They also got Ferris Bueller’s dad. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/8 "2010-08-20T20:50:34Z")
the musical number. “I just jerked offf in your french toaaasst!” I love the hell out of that movie. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/9 "2010-08-20T21:08:00Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#): > > I have no illusions that NATM is a quality film, but damned if it’s not one of my all-time favorites. I’m always surprised that Chyler Leigh hasn’t gone on to be more famous; she;'s super hot and displayed some damn good comic timing, IMO. Same with Mia Kirshner, the only “straight man” in the movie. > > On the flip side, I have no idea how Samm Levine keeps getting work. He wasn’t funny in F&G and he’s not funny now. On the other other hand, the movie pretty much launch Chris Evans career. He went almost no experience to being the future Captain America. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/10 "2010-08-20T21:08:07Z")
"Good night, Pumpkin Tits. " Randy Quaid OWNED that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/11 "2010-08-20T21:10:32Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > > My favorite was Cerina Vincent’s wardrobe. > > I’m assuming she was the naked foreign exchange student? Areola? > > There were two quick site gags I loved, the bologna falling from the ceiling in the library, and the cafeteria being called the “Anthony Michael Dining Hall.” Yes, Vincent was Areola. And she was responsible for another sight gag - her bookbag is made of see-through plastic. That wasn’t in the script - it was Vincent’s idea. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/12 "2010-08-20T21:19:10Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#): > > I have no illusions that NATM is a quality film, but damned if it’s not one of my all-time favorites. I’m always surprised that Chyler Leigh hasn’t gone on to be more famous; she;'s super hot and displayed some damn good comic timing, IMO. She was on a string of TV shows that crashed and burned and got a bit of a reputation as a show-killer for a while there. But she’s stabilized things with her lengthy stay on _Grey’s Anatomy_, so maybe she’ll start making some noise. ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/13 "2010-08-20T21:24:18Z")
I’m glad I’m not the only one who liked this movie! I love the scene in which that “undercover” old lady and Mia Kerschner spoof the famous makeout scene in Cruel Intentions and play up that little string of saliva at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/14 "2010-08-20T21:26:47Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > She was on a string of TV shows that crashed and burned and got a bit of a reputation as a show-killer for a while there. But she’s stabilized things with her lengthy stay on _Grey’s Anatomy_, so maybe she’ll start making some noise. Oh yeah, I forgot she was on that. (I also thought _Reunion_ had some potential.) BONUS: She was on _That 80’s Show_ with who is now Dennis Reynolds on _Always Sunny_. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/15 "2010-08-21T16:23:29Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > the musical number. > > “I just jerked offf in your french toaaasst!” > > I love the hell out of that movie. That was probably the funniest one-liner. Totally didn’t expect that! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/16 "2010-08-21T16:39:35Z")
“What are you doing here?” “What do you mean?” “I’m supposed to be the only black guy at this party.” “Oh, damn. Shit.” “I know, I know.” “It’s whack.” ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-another-teen-movie/550836/17 "2010-08-21T23:14:01Z")
"Well, you guys really should hit the road, huh? Because I’m about to take your antique Ferrari to the inner-city to buy some hookers. "