Does Bender like Claire?

Even aside from the fact that Bender very explicitly harasses and antagonizes Claire for the entire movie, making the scene where they finally make out seem mildly toxic at best, neither of their character arcs seem to build toward a relationship in any way.
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How does Bender feel about Claire?

Bender also takes out all his anger towards the popular crowd on Claire since she represents everything he hates about the 'riches'. In reality, Claire is quite soft at heart and very emotionally vulnerable.
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Did John Bender like Claire?

What We Think Happened Next: Bender fell hard for Claire, or at least, he fell for the way she made him feel about himself. She was one of the richest, prettiest girls in school and she liked him. She had kissed him and held him and given him an actual diamond earring.
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What did Bender do to Claire?

What's more, as I can see now, Bender sexually harasses Claire throughout the film. When he's not sexualizing her, he takes out his rage on her with vicious contempt, calling her “pathetic,” mocking her as “Queenie.” It's rejection that inspires his vitriol.
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Why does Claire give Bender her earring?

He'd been mocking those earrings earlier; with this gesture she shows him she isn't as materialistic as he accused her of being. John said that "you got everything and I got shit"; by giving him her earring she negates that accusation. From the script: Bender: Don't you ever...
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What did Bender and Claire do in the closet?

He is seen peeking under Claire's skirt, and the camera flashes to a shot of her underwear. It's implied that Bender then touches her inappropriately. Claire squeals, squeezing Bender's head between her knees. As he emerges from under the desk, Claire slaps him and cusses at him, but keeps a straight face.
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How does Bender feel about Allison?

He has seen her around, all by herself, looking sad and lonely. He feels for her, but can't talk to her because of his friends, which is why when asked whether he would be friendly to them all on Monday, Allison gives that half cry half laugh as soon as he says her name.
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Who ends up together in Breakfast Club?

Andrew and Allison, Claire and Bender

Four out of the five Breakfast Club members pair off romantically at the end of the movie, leaving Brian Johnson to function as their fifth wheel, as it were.
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How does Bender feel about Andy?

Bender clearly hates his father as much as Andrew does his and becomes very upset when Andrew assumes that Bender's reenactment of his home life—which involves his father abusing him—is all an act.
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What was Claire in detention for?

The popular girl at school, Claire Standish, was played by Molly Ringwald. Claire ended up in detention because she skipped class so she could go shopping.
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How do The Breakfast Club characters feel about each other?

All of the characters face the fear of rejection from both their parents and their peers. This is part of the reason each character isolates him or herself to a specified "clique" or stereotype. The characters also fear that their friendships made within the Breakfast Club will not continue outside of detention.
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What is John Bender stereotype?

Edit. Name: John Bender ( played by Judd Nelson) Stereotype: John Bender first comes off as a very stereotypical character, the reckless out of control bad boy who doesn't care what people think and loves to cause problems with both his authorities and class mates.
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How does breakfast club end?

Claire gives one of her diamond earrings to Bender, and Allison takes Andrew's athletic patch from his letter jacket as a token. They're solidifying the bonds they've formed with each other, taking tokens and giving gifts because they want them to last.
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How old are they supposed to be in The Breakfast Club?

19 Anthony Michael Hall Hit a Serious Growth Spurt on Set

As the only actors on set actually within the age group of their characters, sixteen year olds Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald reportedly became so inseparable during production that they briefly dated while shooting.
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What did Bender learn in Breakfast Club?

Self-Knowledge. As the movie goes on, Bender seems to realize more about himself. He understands that, in a different way, Andrew's dad abuses Andrew too by forcing him to compete so intensely and against his will. (They all bond over hating on their parents.)
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Is there a Breakfast Club 2?

Sadly, following the death of John Hughes in 2009, The Breakfast Club 2 never came to be, but this is not the first time that one of the original cast has discussed the idea of a sequel.
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What are the 5 stereotypes in The Breakfast Club?

The movie introduces us to the characters as the stereotypes that each student considers the other: the Nerd (Hall), the Beauty (Ringwald), the Jock (Estevez), the Rebel (Nelson), and the recluse (Sheedy). Also, we are introduced to another stereotype; the mean overbearing teacher.
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What is Claire's stereotype in The Breakfast Club?

Each character assumes a stereotypical role in order of high school social ranking. The five different sub cultural school groups include: Brian Johnson – “the geek”, Andrew Clark – “the jock”, Claire Standish – “the princess”, John Bender – “the criminal” and Allison Reynolds – “the basket case”.
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Why did Bender raise his fist?

Lastly, Bender gave that triumphant fist pump because he had at last built the personal connection that he so surreptitiously wanted and desperately needed, a relationship that he was originally convinced could never happen.
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Why was there no Breakfast Club 2?

The director

Hughes told The Hartford Courant in 1999, "I know everybody would love to watch it, but I'm too fond of those characters ... there's no excuse that could ever put them in the same room ever again. There isn't anything in their lives after high school relevant to that day."
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Why did Allison get detention in The Breakfast Club?

Brian is under such pressure from his parents to get good grades that he contemplated suicide after getting an F in shop class; he was sent to detention for bringing a flare gun to school for that purpose. Allison claims that she wasn't actually sent to detention, and merely showed up for lack of anything better to do.
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Does Renee get with Allison?

Renee Walker

Nora Sakavic has confirmed that they do not having feelings for each other.
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Who was the Goth girl in Breakfast Club?

As The Breakfast Club returns to theaters after 30 years, the movie's breakout star, Ally Sheedy, spoke to us about the teen classic and how it gave her cred with her genderqueer daughter.
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