Don’t You Forget About This ‘Breakfast Club’ Quiz

Director Hughes encouraged his cast to improvise, and Anthony Michael Hall’s “so I can vote” line made it into the final cut. However, Brian (Hall’s character) might not have had much luck at the polling place. As Andrew points out to him, his fake ID lists him as 68 years old.

The sushi is actually Claire’s lunch, which Andrew finds just as mystifying. Coincidentally, if you’re tempted to try Allison’s bizarre sandwich, you might want to think again. The fine folks at NPR attempted to recreate the recipe back in 2010, and as they reported, it “was way worse than any of us expected.”

Although director John Hughes was “ecstatic” to have Rick Moranis in the cast — the SCTV alum signed on to play Carl the Janitor — he was less than thrilled when Moranis decided to give his character an over-the-top Russian accent. It was up to producer Ned Tanen to fire the actor after deciding that “the Russian caricature would pull the audience completely out of what was really a serious movie.” Both John Cusack and Nicolas Cage were also briefly considered for roles, but ultimately never cast.

It all starts going badly for Bender when he tells vice principal Vernon to "eat my shorts." The detentions keep rolling in, finally ending at eight. “The next time I have to come in here,” Vernon warns the students, “I'm crackin' skulls!”

Bryan Ferry thought an early demo of the song “sounded like a hit to me,” but he “didn’t want the distraction” from his own album. There were rumors that Billy Idol also passed on the chance to record it (which he eventually did in 2001), but Billy himself has denied this. Chrissie Hynde loved the song, but she was pregnant at the time and didn't want to shoot a video to help promote it. So she talked her husband, Simple Minds’ lead singer Jim Kerr, into recording it instead.

When Andy gets dropped off at school in the opening scenes, it’s Anthony Michael Hall's real mother and sister in the car. However, when he gets picked up at the end, Hughes himself is behind the wheel, playing Andy’s dad. He also makes a brief appearance in Ferris Bueller's Day Off as a pedestrian pushing his way between two taxi cabs.

Early in the movie, Bender memorably berates Claire for wearing expensive earrings likely bought by her rich father. “Are those real diamonds, Claire?” Bender asks with derision. But their relationship changes over the course of the movie, and in the final moments, before they go their separate ways, Claire places one of her earrings in Bender’s hand. What does it all mean? Is this symbolism for how they aren’t so different after all? The mystery is just part of what makes the movie so compelling.