Revenge of the Nerds

Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

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Corrected entry: When Lewis follows Betty into the Fun House, he removes his glasses so he can wear the mask. We then see his point of view from behind the mask, as Betty leads him to the Moon Walk. He has pretty good eyesight. Everything is crystal clear making his eyeglasses seemingly unnecessary. (01:09:15)

djm

Correction: It's seen from his point of view, but not through his eyesight. It's a movie making convention, and not a mistake.

rswarrior

Corrected entry: When Poindexter is dancing to Beat It, an Omega Mu is seen coming down the stairs behind Poindexter. The next shot she is gone. (00:43:05)

Correction: First of all, Poindexter is dancing to "Thriller", not "Beat It". Second, there's plenty of time between the shots for the girl to have moved out of frame.

Obsessive1

I apologize I did mean "Thriller but there wouldn't have been enough time tor the girl to disappear because when he is first seen dancing, she is just seen coming down the stairs. When it does a closeup on his legs. She immediately vanishes. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKoOTRDv9IY&app=desktop.

Corrected entry: In the panty raid scene after the Tri Lambda's party, Watch as LaMar starts climbing the rope to get into the PI's attic. As he starts up the rope, he kicks his partner Wormser in the face.

Correction: Character mistake. As this is something that can easily happen in real life, it is not a movie mistake, even if it was unintentional from the actors.

Twotall

Corrected entry: As Louis approaches the kissing booth to see Betty, Stan's Darth Vader helmet is laying on the table. Betty disses Louis and leaves the table. Louis removes his glasses and puts on the Vader helmet (pretending to be Stan) and follows after Betty into the moon walk. After they have sex (Louis pretending to be Stan) Louis reveals himself to Betty, and he's wearing the glasses again.

oprlvr33

Correction: There is a long cut between the two scenes, more than enough time for him to sneak his glasses back on. Given the thickness of the lenses, he would need them to see.

Corrected entry: In the shot where Booger says to the Mus he's dancing with at the party and says "Damn, you Mus sure can party.", the nerd who wears a brown hat and has curly blonde hair is behind them. In the very next shot where Lewis is dancing with his Mu, the same nerd is dancing behind them.

Correction: The scene is not shown in real time, but in several brief shots throughout the entire party. The nerd with the brown hat simply moved around the dance floor a bit in between the two shots.

Twotall

Corrected entry: In the scene where Gilbert and Lewis are being driven to college. The chest is on the top of the car. When they are shown close-up, there is no chest on top of the car. When the whole car is seen again, the chest is back.

Correction: The chest is on top of the car the entire time. The reason the chest is not seen in close-up shots is because in the close-up shots of Lewis, Gilbert and Mr. Skolnick, the chest is out of the frame.

Corrected entry: In the scene where Takashi crosses the finish line and wins the tricycle race, Ogre is shown lying on his stomach behind him. In the very next shot, Ogre is shown standing up and shaking his head in disbelief.

Correction: This isn't shown in real time. In the scene following Ogre shaking his head in disbelief, the nerds are shown carrying Takashi in victory, which would obviously require a little bit of time to set up, but was not actually shown, in the same way that Ogre climbing to his feet wasn't shown. The fact that they don't show every second of action does not constitute a mistake.

Continuity mistake: In the shot after Gilbert is dipped and gets soaked in the fountain by the Alpha-Betas, when he is up on the podium, you notice that he is almost dry, only his head is wet. (01:21:25 - 01:23:00)

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Stan Gable: Times are changing, Betty. These nerds are a threat to our way of life.
Betty Childs: If they win the Homecoming Carnival, they'll be able to take over the Greek Council.
Stan Gable: Yeah. And we'll be up to our asses in nerd shit.

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Trivia: The University of Arizona agreed to let the filmmakers shoot at the campus but then revoked permission after reading the script and discovering how raunchy it was. Eventually they again changed their minds and let them shoot. They also allowed many of the students to be used as extras.

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Question: Is there an artist and title of the steamy mellow song played when Lewis and Betty start to have sex on the "moon" in the funhouse? Is it a real song or was it just made for the movie only?

Answer: First, Lewis and Betty are not "having sex" - he is raping her, and the writer and director later described it as "not excusable" (https://decider.com/2019/07/26/revenge-of-the-nerds-rape-scene-regret/). Second, the song you hear is "Right Time for Love" by Jill Michaels and Pat Robinson. It was not written for the film.

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