John Hughes Movies
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Cheese
Sports Teams Before and After
Calvin and Hobbes
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This 1984 coming-of-age comedy (which has not aged well) starring Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and Michael Schoeffling, was John Hughes' directorial debut.

Sixteen Candles

200

Shredder mutated these two goons to make them tougher adversaries for the Turtles by exposing them to a warthog and a rhinocerous.  However, the pair remained bumbling, incompetent simpletons and were inept at stopping the turtles

Bebop and Rocksteady

200

Mild and buttery in flavor, this is one of the few all-American cheeses, often mixted with hot pickled peppers to form a peppered variety

Monterrey Jack

200

NFL expats team up with Harrison Ford to fight Nazis and recover artifacts

Las Vegas Raiders of the Lost Ark

200

The target of most of Calvin's snowballs and water balloons, and likely Calvin's crush, this character is the only character to have both a first and last name.  

Susie Derkins

400

This 1986 film, written in less than a week, was Hughes' love letter to Chicago.

Ferris Buhler's Day Off

400

This alien species, from Dimension X and controlling robots from a pilot's chair in the robot's abdomen, teams up with Shredder to attempt world domination.

Krang

400

This tangy cheese, made from sheep and goat milk, is a protected designation of origin product, and must come from either mainland Greece or Lesbos.

Feta

400

Nicola Vucevic and his NBA teammates take up stripping at the Xquisite Strip Club in this 2012 comedy-drama.

Orlando Magic Mike

400

Calvin frequently envisions himself battling nonhumanoid bizarre monsters representing his perception of his classmates, parents, and teachers as this alter-ego

Spaceman Spiff

600

This 1987 comedy starred Steve Martin and John Candy on a three-day oddessey of misadventures.

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

600

This vigilante had long dark hair, wore a hockey mask, and carried his weapons--includding baseball bats, hockey sticks, golf clubs, and cricket bats-- in a golf bag over his shoulder.

Casey Jones

600

This Dutch cheese is a semi-hard to hard cow's milk cheese, the flavor and texture of which varies wildly depending on age.

Gouda

600

This MLB team searches for a golden medallion in order to end a malison that turns them to skeletons while in moonlight in this 2003 film.

Pirates of the Caribbean:  The Curse of the Black Pearl

600

Calvin goes so far as to attempt to mail himself to Australia to avoid this babysitter who sends him to bed at 6:30.

Rosalyn

800

In this 1985 science fiction comedy, two nerds create the perfect dream woman by hacking a government computer system and attaching electrodes to a doll.  

Weird Science

800

The Turtles have appeared in six films, the most recent of which finds them teaming up with this superhero to defeat the Foot Clan and the League of Assassins.

Batman

800

Younger versions of this Mexican cheese are mild and salty but as it ages it acquires a nuttier, tangier flavor and a drier, coarser texture.

Cojita

800

In this 1993 movie, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan fall in love with a monster from the deep

Sleepless in Seattle Kraken

800

Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside, pre-sweetened, and free of even a single natural ingredient, this breakfast cereal is Calvin's favorite food

Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs

1000

This 1991 comedy-drama, starring Jim Belushi and Alisan Porter as homeless grifters with hearts of gold, was John Hughes' final directorial effort.

Curly Sue

1000

The 1983 comic series parodied some of the hottest comics of its time, including the X-Men spinoff New Mutants and Frank Miller's seminal run on this comic, strongly hinting their origin stories were linked.

Daredevil

1000

This cheese has a sharp, sweet, and nutty flavor and has pockets of blue mold that  are colonies of mold found naturally in this area of France, its namesake.

Roquefort

1000

A basketball team joins forces with secret agent Colin Firth to thwart a villanous Samuel L. Jackson in this 2015 action-comedy.

Sacramento Kingsman: the Secret Service

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Calvin's dad, who remained nameless for the entirety of the comic strip's run, was a run-of-the-mill white collar worker, specifically this type of attorney

Patent Attorney

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