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Aloha, Mr. Hand.
— Fast Times at Ridgemont High ‧ 1982
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Aloha is the surfer's hello and goodbye, and here it is also a truce: the class clown and the teacher who spent a year fighting him part with mutual, grudging respect. The line gets quoted as a casual hello or goodbye with a stoner drawl, and as shorthand for the film's idea that even the world's most laid-back kid gets to the end of school.
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In context
Spoilers for Fast Times at Ridgemont HighShow the scene
At Ridgemont High, history teacher Mr. Hand opens the school year by turning on a stoned surfer, Jeff Spicoli, for being late to his class, and spends the rest of the film trying to make him care about the subject. By the end he has even tutored Spicoli at home. Spicoli says the line as the school year ends, near graduation, when Mr. Hand tells him he'll probably squeak by. Mr. Hand replies in kind, then introduces his wife to his "two star students". Ray Walston played Hand, and Sean Penn played Spicoli.
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- Wikipedia: Fast Times at Ridgemont HighPlot sectionReference checked
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High transcript, Springfield! Springfield!Mi-T-Mart scene and graduation sceneReference checked
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