Things Only Adults Notice In The Goonies

From its ignorant adults to some blatant body-shaming to a handful of dead bodies, violence, and innuendos that are hard to ignore, The Goonies features story components that made no sense for the young audience the movie was geared towards. Here are things only adults notice about The Goonies.

The Goonies doesn't waste any time in grabbing your attention. In the movie's opening scene, audiences are immediately introduced to the Fratellis - a crime family led by the ruthless Mama Fratelli. In the film's opening seconds, viewers bear witness to the unfortunate scene of a prisoner hanging in the county jail as an officer releases the inmates for lunch. Turns out the joke was on that cop... and us! The prisoner is Jake Fratelli, and he lures the cop in only to reveal he wasn't actually dead. With a wry smile, Jake clobbers the man and unhooks himself from the make-shift noose he created.

With his brother Francis pouring gasoline all around the building, and Mama waiting in the getaway car, things are kicked off as Jake emerges - donning a scarf and fedora, for good measure. Because, really, what's the point of conducting the perfect getaway if you can't do it decked out in your Sunday best?

Needless to say, this introduction is necessary in painting the Fratellis as a gang to be reckoned with. But between Jake's fake-out and Francis' taste for setting fire to things, this sure was a jarring way to begin a kids movie.

Lawrence "Chunk" Cohen is one of the members of the Goonies. Chunk is an unfortunate nickname, for sure, and one that is perpetuated throughout the film, what with the kid's love for ice cream and pizza.

After the jailbreak, a chaotic police chase ensues. And wouldn't you know it, Chunk witnesses the whole thing. Instead of listening to his story, though, fellow Goonie Mouth forces the kid to do the embarrassing "Truffle Shuffle" in order to grant him entry to the house. But this sort of fat-shaming wouldn't fly today. Richard Donner told Uproxx in 2015.

"So much humor comes from pain. Although, I'm sure he was too young to be analytical about it, but I'm sure that was part of his instincts. It was a painful scene."

Painful or not, that scene really painted a picture as to who Chunk was. He ended up spending most of the film separated from the group, leading to the inevitable relationship he created with Sloth. Keep watching the video to see all the things only adults notice in The Goonies.

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Death is comedy | 0:15
Chunk's serious problems | 1:03
One big innuendo | 2:13
Brand steals from a child | 3:02
Money over all things | 3:59
The only way out | 4:41
A convenient end | 5:46
Parents just don't understand | 6:54
Troy is a massive creep | 7:52
Victim of abuse | 8:54
Weapons are no match for science | 9:51

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