The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club is a 1985 teen film widely considered as the definitive work in the genre. Written and directed by John Hughes, The Breakfast Club storyline follows five teenagers (each representing a different clique in high school) as they spend a Saturday in detention together and come to realize that they are all deeper than their respective stereotypes. The film has become a cult classic and has had a tremendous influence on many coming of age films since then.

Written by John Hughes
Starring Emilio Estevez
Paul Gleason
Anthony Michael Hall
Judd Nelson
Molly Ringwald
Ally Sheedy
Music by Keith Forsey

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The plot follows five students at fictional Shermer High School in the widely used John Hughes setting of Shermer, Illinois (a fictitious suburb of Chicago based on Hughes' hometown of Northbrook, IL, Shermer is a street in Northbrook, and the school in Northbrook, Glenbrook North High School is on Shermer), as they report for A Saturday detention on March 24, 1984. Complete strangers, the five teenagers are all from a different clique or social group:

The five strangers, who seem to have nothing in common at first, come together at A high school library, where they are harangued and ordered not to speak or move from their seats by the antagonistic teacher Mr. Richard Vernon (Paul Gleason) and remain for a period of nine hours (from 7.A.M. to 4.P.M.). He assigns a 1000 word essay (each student must write about who they think they are) and then leaves them mostly unsupervised, returning only occasionally to check on them. Bender, who has a particularly negative relationship with Mr. Vernon, disregards the rules and riles up the other students; mocking Brian and Andy and sexually harassing Claire. Allison remains oddly quiet except for the occasional random outburst.

The students pass the hours in a variety of ways: they dance, harass each other, tell stories, fight, smoke marijuana, and speak on a variety of subjects. Gradually they open up to each other and reveal their inner secrets (for example, Allison kleptomaniac and a compulsive liar and Brian is ashamed of his virginity). They also discover they have strained relationships with their parents and are afraid of making the same mistakes as adults around them. However, despite these developing friendships, the students are afraid once detention is over, they will return to very different cliques and never speak to each other again.

Nevertheless, genuine connections have been made. Andy and Allison are drawn to each other, and Claire and Bender overcome their differences and kiss. Both couples exchange tokens: Allison takes a patch from Andy's letter jacket, and is seen with his sweater around her shoulders at the very end of the movie when they're saying goodbye. Claire gives Bender one of her diamond earrings.

At the request and consensus of the students, Brian is asked to write the essay Mr Vernon assigned earlier (the subject of which was to be a synopsis by each student detailing who you think you are), which challenges Mr. Vernon and his preconceived judgements about all of them. Brian does so, but instead of writing about the actual topic he writes a very motivating letter that is in essence, the main point of the story. He signs the essay as The Breakfast Club and leaves it at the table for Mr. Vernon to read when they leave. There are two versions of this letter, one read at the beginning and one at the end, and they are slightly different; illustrating the change in the student's judgments of one another, and their realization that they truly have things in common.

Main characters
John Bender: (Judd Nelson) The rebel of the group, John Bender provokes many of the happenings throughout the film. While he is hostile at first towards the others in the room with him, he seems to have a more tolerant attitude towards Allison, whom he defends against Principal Vernon. Bender is a detention regular and antagonizes Principal Vernon. At home, he is a victim of child abuse, particularly by his father, who, he says, gave him a carton of cigarettes for Christmas, and administered a cigar burn to his arm for spilling paint in the garage.
Claire Standish: (Molly Ringwald) Claire is the "richie" in detention. She's used to being sheltered by her group of friends and doting parents. She is almost afraid of being there and is quickly made the target of John Bender's taunting, particularly because she outwardly appears spoiled and unworldly. As she gets to know the others in detention with her, she begins to open her mind bit-by-bit. At home, her bickering parents only pamper her in order to spite each other, a fact which she is painfully aware of. Like Brian, she is sensitive about being a virgin.
Andrew Clark: (Emilio Estevez) Andy is the film's "jock". Andy, like Claire, is ashamed of being in detention and is used to the better end of social life at school. But unlike Claire, Andy is constantly pushed beyond his limits, by his coaches, friends and father. He isn't fond of John Bender, but seems to have a soft edge as far as protecting Claire against John's taunting, and is amused by Allison Reynold's strange outbursts, and even warms to her greatly at the end of the film. At home, his father forces him to win, which pressures him pushing him to the limit to commit the crime he committed for ending up in detention (he beat up a boy and then taped his buttocks together which resulted in the boy losing some skin when the tape was torn off), an act he felt a deep sense of guilt over.
Allison Reynolds: (Ally Sheedy) The "basket case" of the group, She is the most socially isolated and claims to have no friends. She hides beneath her hair, (which covers most of her face) and the hood of her parka when frightened and amuses herself by counting the flakes of dandruff drifting from her hair. For the first half of the film she is quiet, save for occasional chipmunk like "squeaks" of fear and a few random outbursts, but later on she opens up, particularly to Andy. She is the least hesitant to talk openly about her home life and isn't afraid of being different. She is the only character who doesn't partake of John Bender's marijuana stash. At home, Allison is a victim of child neglect, and as a result carries a large bag with her in case she feels like running away. She claims to be in therapy, but because of her compulsive lying it is unknown if her claim is true.
Brian Johnson: (Anthony Michael Hall) The group's "brainiac". Brian is one of the more vulnerable characters, as well as the one who doesn't want any trouble. He tries to keep the group quiet so no one gets yelled at, but sometimes gets in the way while trying to be noticed. John points out Brian as the stereotypical "good boy", which offends Brian. He later reveals he got caught with a flare gun in his locker after it accidentally discharged. At home, Brian is pressured by his parents, much like Andy. But Brian's case differs from Andy in the fact that he is forced to be a perfect academic. It is revealed that the flare gun was meant for a suicide attempt after failing a shop project (he claims that shop was the only class he had ever failed a project in.). Like Claire, he is sensitive about his virginity.
Principal Richard "Dick" Vernon: (Paul Gleason) The mean principal who mainly dislikes Bender because of his smart-mouth and threats. In the movie, he is seen reading the private school files, which Carl the janitor blackmails him out of $50.
Carl: (John Kapelos) The school janitor who tells the kids he is the eyes and ears of the school. He hears all of their conversation.

Cast
Each of the film's young stars became part of the Brat Pack (whose other members include Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, and Demi Moore), a group of actors who all hit stardom at the same time and tended to star in movies together. John Hughes appeared in an uncredited role as Brian's father. Of the entire cast, only Hall and Ringwald were actually high school age upon the movie's release; Nelson was twenty-five while Sheedy and Estevez were both twenty-two years old.

Judd Nelson’s performance was influenced by his method style technique of staying in character off set. He was accused of bullying Molly Ringwald off camera due to his insistence on remaining in character off-camera. This behavior almost made John Hughes fire Nelson, but Nelson was defended by Paul Gleason (ironically playing Nelson's on-screen nemesis). Gleason stated that Nelson was just trying to stay in character and didn't mean anything by it.[1]

Ringwald and Hall dated briefly after filming ended.

In 2005, MTV announced that the film would be rewarded with the "Silver Bucket of Excellence Award" in honor of its twentieth Anniversary at the MTV Movie Awards. To coincide with the event, MTV attempted to reunite the original cast. Sheedy, Ringwald, and Hall appeared together on stage, with Kapelos in the audience, and Gleason personally gave the award to his former castmates. Estevez could not attend the reunion because of other commitments, and Nelson appeared earlier in the show but left before the on-stage reunion for reasons unknown. Hall joked that the two were "in Africa with Dave Chappelle." This show was taped on May 28, 2005 and aired on June 9.

Rumors of a sequel where the characters return for a class reunion have been circulating for years alleging that Judd Nelson is the cast member holding out.
Memorable quotes
Bender: (to Principal Vernon) Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?
Bender: (trying to piss the others off by peeing in the room) Don't talk! Don't talk! It makes it crawl back up.
Bender: (to Brian after seeing his lunch) Did your mom marry Mr. Rogers?
Brian: (explaining why he has a fake ID) So I can vote!
Claire: (while she is high) Do you know how popular I am? I am so popular, everybody loves me so much at this school.
Claire: (feeling sorry for herself) Yeah, well if I didn't, nobody else would!
Claire: (to Bender) Why don't you just shut up? Nobody here is interested.
Andy: (to Allison, getting drinks) What's your poison?
(She doesn't answer)
Andy: Ok. Forget I asked.
Allison: Vodka.
Andy: Vodka? When do you drink vodka?
Allison: Whenever.
Andy: How much?
Allison: Tons.
Claire: (to Bender) You know guys like you knock everything?
Bender: Oh, this should be stunning.
Claire: It's because you're afraid.
Bender: Oh, God. You richies are so smart, that's exactly why I'm not heavy in activities.
Claire: You're a big coward.
Brian: I'm in the math club.
Claire: See, you're afraid that they won't take you, you don't belong, so you have to just dump all over it.
Bender: Well, it wouldn't have anything to do with any of you people being assholes, now would it?
Claire: Well, you wouldn't know. You don't know any of us.
Bender: Well, I don't know any lepers, but I'm not going to run out and join one of their fucking clubs.
Andy: Hey, let's watch the mouth, huh?
Brian: I'm in the physics club too.
Bender: Excuse me a sec. (to Brian) What are you babbling about?
Brian: Well, what I had said was I'm in the math club, uh, the latin, and the physics club...physics club.
Bender: (to Claire) Hey Cherry. Do you belong to the physics club?
Claire: That's an academic club.
Bender: So?
Claire: So academic clubs aren't the same as other kinds of clubs.
Bender: Ah, but to dorks like him, they are. What do you guys do in your club?
Brian: Well, in physics, we...we talk about physics, properties of physics...
Bender: So it's sorta social, demented and sad, but social.
Bender: (about Mr. Vernon) That man is a brownie hound.
Bender: (to himself, crawling through the ceiling vent) Naked blonde walks into a bar with a poodle under one arm and a two-pound salami under the other. The bartender says, "I guess you won't be needing a drink." Naked lady says... (ceiling gives way) Oh SHIT!
Allison: Your middle name is Ralph, as in puke. Your birth date's March 12th, you're 5'9" and a half, you weigh 130 pounds, and your Social Security number is 049380913.
Andy: Wow. Are you psychic?
Allison: No.
Brian: Well, would you mind telling me how you know all this about me?
Allison: (pulls out a wallet) I stole your wallet.
Allison: I'll do anything sexual. I don't need a million dollars to do it either.
Claire: You're lying.
Allison: I already have. I've done just about everything there is except a few things that are illegal. I'm a nymphomaniac.
Claire: Lie.
Brian: Are your parents aware of this?
Allison: The only person I told was my shrink.
Andy: And what did he do when you told him?
Allison: He nailed me.
Claire: Very nice.
Allison: I don't think that from a legal standpoint what he did can be construed as rape, since I paid him.
Claire: He's an adult.
Allison: Yeah, he's married too.
Claire: Do you have any idea how completely gross that is?
Allison: Well, the first few times...
Claire: The first few times? You mean you did it more than once?
Allison: Sure.
Claire: Are you crazy?
Brian: Obviously she's crazy if she's screwing a shrink.
Allison: Have you ever done it?
Claire: I don't even have a psychiatrist.
Allison: Have you ever done it with a normal person?
Claire: Didn't we already cover this?
Bender: You never answered the question.
Claire: Look, I'm not going to discuss my private life with total strangers.
Allison: It's kind of a double edged sword isn't it?
Claire: A what?
Allison: Well, if you say you haven't, you're a prude. If you say you have you're a slut. It's a trap. You want to but you can't, and when you do you wish you didn't, right?
Claire: Wrong.
Allison: Or are you a tease?
Andy: She's a tease.
Claire: I'm sure. Why don't you just forget it.
Andy: Oh, you're a tease and you know it. All girls are teases.
Bender: She's only a tease if what she does gets you hot.
Claire: I don't do anything.
Allison: That's why you're a tease.
Claire: OK, let me ask you a few questions.
Allison: I already told you everything.
Claire: No. Doesn't it bother you to sleep around without being in love. I mean, don't you want any respect?
Allison: I don't screw to get respect. That's the difference between you and me.
Claire: It's not the only difference I hope.
Bender: Face it, you're a tease.
Claire: I'm NOT a tease.
Bender: Sure you are. Sex is your weapon. You said it yourself. You use it to get respect.
Claire: No, I never said that she twisted my words around.
Bender: What do you use it for then?
Claire: I don't use it period.
Bender: Oh, are you medically frigid or is it psychological?
Claire: I didn't mean it that way. You guys are putting words into my mouth.
Bender: Well, if you'd just answer the question.
Brian: Why don't you just answer the question?
Andy: Be honest.
Bender: No big deal.
Brian: Yeah answer it.
Andy: Answer the question, Claire.
Bender: Talk to us.
Everyone: C'mon, answer the question. Come on. Answer it.
Bender: C'mon, it's easy. It's only one question.
Claire: NO I NEVER DID IT!!
Allison: I never did it either. I'm not a nymphomaniac. I'm a compulsive liar.
Claire: You are such a bitch. You did that just to fuck me over.
Allison: I would do it though. If you love someone, it's okay.

Cultural impact
The Breakfast Club was ranked number 1 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies and has had a tremendous impact on both the teen film genre and on popular culture since the 1980s. In addition, its theme song titled "Don't You (Forget About Me)", performed by Simple Minds, reached 1 in the US billboards in 1985 and has since then become a symbol of teen films, teen love and teen feelings. Yellowcard performed a cover of the song during a special tribute to the movie The Breakfast Club at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards. It has also been repeatedly used in several teen films as well as television programs.

References in the media
The band Good Riddance: used this quote on their 2003 CD Bound by ties of blood and affection: "God, are we gonna be like our parents?" "It's unavoidable...it just happens..." "What happens?" "When you grow up...Your heart dies..." The song is titled * Bobby Baun
None More Black, a now-defunct punk rock band, put out a previously unreleased song for Rock Against Bush Vol. 1 entitled "Nothing to do when you're locked in a vacancy", which is a quote from Bender to Andrew.
Family Guy: In the episode "Let's Go to the Hop", The scene in which Peter sees Tony the Tiger, Toucan Sam, Trix Rabbit, Lucky the Leprechaun and Cap'n Crunch "The Breakfast Club" - is a parody of a scene from the film in which Judd Nelson's character is talking about what he got for Christmas one year. Also the ending of the episode features Peter posing in a similar manner as John Bender while Don't You (Forget About Me) plays.
American Dad!: In the episode "Failure is not a Factory-installed Option", they show the reading of the letter at the end of the movie in a drive-in movie at the home scene.
Chasing Amy, Dogma: In his graphic novel and then his film, respectively, Kevin Smith has the stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob attempt to visit the fictional town of Shermer, Illinois, where many of Hughes' films (including The Breakfast Club) were set, in order to deal marijuana. Multiple scenes within the graphic novel, including one set in a high school, contain some references of Hughes and Club, as does the diner scene in Dogma.
Futurama: In the episode "The Luck of the Fryrish", Fry hides his lucky clover in the sleeve of The Breakfast Club soundtrack, looks at the cover and comments: "Man I can't wait till I'm old enough to feel ways about stuff". Later his older brother, Yancy, discovers the clover while looking for music to play at his wedding, claiming the soundtrack will "clear out the room at the end of the reception". At the end of the episode, the song "Don't You (Forget About Me)" begins to play after he learns the truth of his nephew. Also, the robot Bender was inspired by John Bender, as admitted by Groening himself, who stated this in the DVD audio commentary of the episode.
Gilmore Girls: Rory once tells her mom that Brendan Lewis "watched the Breakfast Club and decided to tape his own butt cheeks together".
Go: In the film, one of the characters asks Claire if she's a virgin, to which she replies: "What? Oh, The Breakfast Club. Funny."
"'In Love With The 80's", a song by Relient K: A line in the song goes: "When you're the president of The Breakfast Club and you're not hesitant to fall in love."
Grange Hill: A Saturday detention episode of the British children's drama bears a striking resemblance to scenes from the movie, even including the quip "Welcome to the Breakfast Club...!"
Man Research (Clapper) by Gorillaz: The lyrics "This is the Breakfast Club" can be heard in the beginning of the song.
Scrubs: In one of its episodes, Ted finally wins in an argument with Dr. Kelso and imitates the very last scene of the movie, where Bender raises his fist and walks away as "Don't You (Forget About Me)" plays in the background.
The Simpsons: The phrase "Eat my shorts" is used to insult the principal in the film and has since been adopted by its cartoon character Bart Simpson. In addition, The Independent News stated that it is possible that creator Matt Groening based the character of Seymour Skinner on Principal Vernon. Another reference is the detention scene, when Homer is in detention with Marge. The principle increases Homer's detention, similarly to Principal Vernon increasing Bender's number of detentions. An identical situation occurs in an exchange between Skinner and Bart in a different episode. Also Dr. Hibbert recommends or prescribes a "hot beef injection" (Bender asks Molly if she's ever had a hot beef injection in the movie) at a BBQ.
One Tree Hill: During episode 316, the school shooting episode, Jimmy Edwards makes reference to the movie stating "This ain’t… breakfast club! You know, we’re not all gonna… fire up a joint and be pals."
The Office (US): During the episode "The Fight", Michael Scott says to Dwight Schrute, "Two punches: me punching you and you hitting the floor."
Not Another Teen Movie: One scene makes fun of Bender, Andrew and Brian. Also Bender's feud with Principal Vernon is redone and various other lines are repeated. The clock says "20 minutes fast" in the scene too.
The whistling scene is played out in an episode of Lost called Catch-22, while Desmond Hume, Jin-Soo Kwon, Charlie Pace and Hugo "Hurley" Reyes are searching for a cable in the sand.
In the film Along Came Polly, forgotten child star Sandy Lyle has a poster from a (non-existent) movie he was in called "Crocodile Tears". The poster is clearly based upon that of The Breakfast Club. Don't You (Forget About Me) can also be heard playing in the background.
The Bouncing Souls: The song 'Kid' contains the line, "is it true when we get old, our hearts die? I heard it in a movie once, and I think I know why." The Bouncing Souls are known to have a soft spot for 80's movies in general, as evidenced by 'These Are The Quotes From Our Favorite 80's Movies' released on 1994's The Good, Bad, and the Argyle.

Media with a similar plot
Dawson's Creek: In the first season, an episode entitled "Detention" is a takeoff of the movie. In the episode, the characters talk about the actors who had appeared in the movie and the fact that none of them had really done any work recently. Pacey, portrayed by Joshua Jackson says, talking about Emilio Estevez, that "he made those 'Duck' movies. Those were classic!" Jackson and Estevez co-starred in the Mighty Ducks movies.
Degrassi: The Next Generation: The third season episode "Take On Me" borrows from the film, with Jimmy (The Jock), Ellie (The Goth/Basketcase), Sean (The Criminal), Hazel (The Princess), and Toby (The Brain) serving detention.
ER: In the episode "Secrets and Lies", originally aired on March 7, 2002, five of the characters were forced into an "all-day Saturday" detention (actually a sexual harassment sensitivity seminar) to which the instructor arrived over two hours late.
Naturally Sadie: The episode in which Sadie has her first Saturday detention is a parody of the movie.[citation needed]
Lizzie McGuire: One episode of it is based off of the movie, in which Larry, Kate and Lizzie are all stuck in the cafeteria after a food fight. Their principal says that they have to either tell who started the fight or clean up the cafeteria. They make a connection with each other, clean the cafeteria together and write their principal a note signed as "The Lunch Bunch".
The Outer Limits episode Abduction involves a similar set of characters alone in a school albeit with a Science Fiction twist.[4]
Ultimate Spider-Man comic series, issue 65: The issue takes place in Saturday detention as a tribute to The Breakfast Club, where the five in detention are Peter Parker ("The Brain"), Flash Thompson ("The Criminal"), Mary Jane Watson ("The Basket Case"), Liz Allan ("The Princess") and Kenny "Kong" McFarlane ("The Athlete"). Writer Brian Michael Bendis has had homage to other John Hughes movies. At one convention when talking about these references Bendis self-mockingly said "John Hughes is my life". It should be noted that this was about a year before the Breakfast Club issue was published.[citation needed]
X-Play: an episode of the G4TV show parodied the movie, except that the characters were forced to write reviews of "retro" (mid-late '80s, early '90s) video games. Character roles were performed by G4 personalities Adam Sessler ("The Brain"), Morgan Webb ("The Princess"), Kevin Pereira ("The Rebel"), Michael Leffler ("The Jock"), and Sarah Lane ("The Basket Case"). Vernon also appeared in the episode, but the name of his actor is unknown at this point. Instead of leaving at the end of the day, they take pills and kill themselves.
One Tree Hill: In episode 413 "Pictures of You" a class assignment tries to get the students break the stereotypes classified by High School: The Jock, Prom Queen, Geek, Loner, and slut or Friendly. The students pair off by drawing names from a hat and during the 50 minute class they perform tasks in an attempt to redefine how the "world" sees them. The actor playing the teacher in this episode played the part of Carl "the janitor" in the Breakfast Club.
Light It Up: Judd Nelson plays a rogue teacher in an inner city school with a gun crisis that culminates in the library and has distinct parallels to Breakfast Club.

Media that parodies the original

1986 theatrical poster for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: The poster and video box art for the 1980s horror film parodied that of The Breakfast Club.
A Teens: The music video for "Dancing Queen" features a plot very similar to the film, and features a cameo appearance by Paul Gleason.
Short lived punk band Chopper One's video for the song "A Punk Named Josh" features spoofs of the movie, mainly the dancing sequence towards its end.
Along Came Polly: In the movie, Philip Seymour Hoffman's character was a child star who was only in one movie in the '80s called "Crocodile Tears." The poster shown parodies that of The Breakfast Club.
As Told By Ginger: One of its episode in which Ginger has Saturday detention mimics scenes from The Breakfast Club.
Boston Magazine: Its September 2006 issue makes a parody of the film.[citation needed]
Friends: In an early episode of the television series, the cast is sitting in Monica and Rachel's apartment folding envelopes while whistling the tune used in the movie, mimicking the scene in the library.
Family Guy: In the episode where Peter pretends to be a high school student, he mimics the final scene where John Bender is seen leaving the school throwing his hand in the air to the "Don't You (Forget About Me) song. In addition, in the same episode, Peter enters a library and exclaims "Holy crap, it's the Breakfast Club". He sees Tony the Tiger, Cap'n Crunch, the Lucky Charms Leprechaun, the Trix Rabbit, and the Tucan Sam. Tony mimics the scene describing getting cigarettes for Christmas.
Not Another Teen Movie: The comedy features a number of references to The Breakfast Club and its actors. Most significantly, the film features a scene parodying the exchange where Vernon repeatedly increases Bender's detention. The scene is set in a replica of the library where most of The Breakfast Club takes place and even features Paul Gleason reprising his role as Vernon. Also, the school and its cafeteria are named after the director of the film, John Hughes, and Anthony Michael Hall, respectively. Molly Ringwald also has a cameo, and "Don't You (Forget About Me)" is played over the end credits.
Star Wars Tales: In the series of graphic novels, The Breakfast Club was parodied as "The Rebel Club".
That '80s Show: A promotional photo for the short-lived FOX series featured its cast in a parody of the Breakfast Club poster.
X-Play: One episode involved Adam, Morgan and some interns reviewing retro 80's games, while breaks between reviews were paridoies of scenes from the Breakfast Club.

Trivia

Clocks in the schools bounce forward and backward betweens scenes and in some scenes total darkness is seen in windows as filming sometimes ran into night hours.
The opening quote consists of lyrics drawn from David Bowie's song "Changes."
The recording of "Don't You (Forget About Me)" depicted in the beginning of the film is an alternate recording from that of the actual record release. It's use in the film saw the record hit #1 in the US Billboard Top 100 Chart and helped to make Simple Minds well-known outside of their native Britain.
In the scenes of the school in the beginning, John Kapelos' character Carl is listed as one of the "Men of the Year". Ironically, he is now the school's janitor.
Emilio Estevez was originally going to play Bender, but John Hughes couldn't find someone to play Andrew Clark, so Emilio agreed to play Clark.
Anthony Michael Hall's mother and younger sister played his character Brian's mother and sister in the movie. John Hughes made a cameo appearance as his father, who picks him up at the end of the film.
The library in which this movie takes place was actually the gymnasium of Maine North High School. The school closed down in 1982, two years before filming began.
At the end of the movie, John Bender walks through Maine South High School's football field.
Emilio Estevez is the brother of Charlie Sheen who stars in the comedy Two and a Half Men on CBS with Jon Cryer. Jon Cryer stars with Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink.
The license plates of Brian's car read "EMC 2", and Andy's car's "OHIO ST".
The school used in the filming of The Breakfast Club was also used for some of the school based scenes in John Hughes' Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which was released just a year after The Breakfast Club. Some of the posters on the walls during filming of The Breakfast Club were still there when Ferris Bueller was filmed. The giveaway is that the sign on the front of the school reads "Shermer High School" in both films. On the Ferris Bueller's Day Off DVD commentary (featured on the 2004 DVD version) John Hughes reveals that he filmed the two movies back to back to save time and money, and some outtakes of both films feature elements of the film crews working on the other film in each case. Hughes has never disclosed, however, whether Ferris Bueller was implied to be a student at the "same" school as The Breakfast Club students a year on.
The Breakfast Club was released the same day as Vision Quest, February 15, 1985, another coming of age high school movie in which the main character is also a senior varsity wrestler, though Quest is about the character's wrestling journey.
Bender's so-called blond joke was completely ad-libbed to make the scene less boring. There's no actual punchline.
In the episode of the CBS Crime Drama Cold Case named "The Sleepover", there is a clip of The Breakfast Club playing in the background as a tribute to episode director Emilio Estevez.
Two deleted scenes appear in the televised cut of the film, but are not included on the original DVD release, either in the film or as special features.
A continuation of the scene in which Vernon chooses Andrew and Allison to visit the soda machine.
The five students observe Mr. Vernon angrily kicking and punching a vending machine.
The word fuck is said 28 times.
In the edited version of "The Breakfast Club" we do not see Bender pull out marijuana from his locker and we do not see Claire, Bender and Brian get high. In some versions we do not see Andrew break the "Foreign Language" room door.

Taglines
They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.
They were five total strangers, with nothing in common, meeting for the first time: a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse. Before the day was over, they broke the rules, bared their souls, and touched each other in a way they never dreamed possible.
Five strangers with nothing in common, except each other.

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