Are we ready to talk about howSixteen Candlesplayed a gong sound every clock time Long Duk Dong come along onscreen …
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1.InEarth Girls Are Easy, when Mac uses his love touch to make the police officers fall in love…and they quickly take on stereotypical caricatures of gay people:
2.InSixteen Candles, when Jake says this about Caroline, then “gives” her to Farmer Ted, basically telling him to do whatever he wants with her:
3.And when Farmer Ted continually tries to force himself on Sam:
4.Also, everything about Long Duk Dong:
5.InRevenge of the Nerds, when Lewis tricked Betty into sleeping with him by making her think she was his boyfriend:
6.Also inRevenge of the Nerds, when the nerds install cameras in the sorority house:
7.InThe Breakfast Club, when Bender sticks his head between Claire’s thighs while he’s hiding under the table.
8.InWeird Science, when Gary and Wyatt get drunk at a blues bar and start speaking in an imitation of the Black men they’re hanging out with:
If you want to hear his voice for yourself, check it out here:
9.The St. Louis scene inNational Lampoon’s Vacation:
10.All the racist jokes and caricatures inCaddyshack:
11.Basically just the whole premise ofBetter Off Dead:
12.Relatedly, the scene where Cameron pretends to try to kill himself inFerris Bueller’s Day Off:
13.InHeathers, when J.D. plots to blow up the school:
14.And also when Veronica and J.D. plot to make people think Ram and Kurt are gay in order to humiliate them:
15.The twist ending ofSleepaway Camp:
16.InBill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, when Bill and Ted pull out of a hug and say a homophobic slur:
17.And the casual homophobic slurs, insults, and moments inFast Times at Ridgemont High, like the scene below:
18.InSt. Elmo’s Fire, when Kirby spends the entire movie stalking Dale — including threatening her roommate’s life so that she’ll tell him where Dale is — and this is how Dale reacts:
19.And finally, inWhen Harry Met Sally, when Harry asserts that men are incapable of being friends with women:
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