25. Assume Heckerling got here up with Cher’s signature slam on her personal? As if! One thing of an newbie linguist, the screenwriter is “at all times compiling slang phrases as a result of I’m simply eager about how folks use language,” she explained to The Hollywood Reporter in 2016 of the road’s origins. “At the moment, which was like early ’90s, ‘As if!’ was floating round within the homosexual group. and I assumed it was actually a multiuseful, multipurpose phrase. I assumed it will be factor for youngsters to be saying.”
26. Whereas the phrase ranked within the outlet’s 100 Favourite Film Quotes, Heckerling’s private favourite got here from Cher’s impassioned debate class speech: “I assume, in a goofy manner, I’ve at all times been happy with ‘It doesn’t say RSVP on the Statue of Liberty.'”
27. Crafting the complete lexicon required some considerate analysis. “After I auditioned the children, I might at all times ask for brand new phrases,” she instructed Leisure Weekly. “That is the place I received ‘going postal.'” As for different phrases, “‘Betty’ was based mostly on Betty Rubble, who was very fairly,” she shared. “And ‘Barney’ is like, How did he get her?”