Three O'Clock High (1987)

"You and me, we're gonna have a fight. Today. After school. Three o'clock. In the parking lot. You try and run, I'm gonna track you down. You go to a teacher, it's only gonna get worse. You sneak home, I'm gonna be under your bed."

Jerry Mitchell is not having a good day. He's late out of bed, he has to dry his clean shirt in the microwave, his car has a flat tyre, he makes a fool of himself in front of the school hot chick... oh yeah, and he has managed to piss off the schools new psycho; and all before 9 A.M. Buddy Revell has just been transferred to the school ahead of some wild rumours regarding how many kids and teachers he put in comas at his previous residence. It doesn't take much to set Buddy off; apparently he has 'touching' issues, and especially doesn't like being talked to whilst standing at a urinal, all of which Jerry finds out the hard way.

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Just One of the Guys (1985)

   

 "It's OK, everybody, it's all right. He has tits."

When it comes to 1980's teen comedies, the battle of the sexes rarely gets beyond the Porkys level of sophistication. Not as if that's a bad thing; guys getting their weiners grabbed through peepholes in the girls showers happens to be hilarious. But it's a pleasant surprise to see that Just One of the Guys does something a little different with its premise, without sacrificing the comedy and boob jokes.

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