Weird Science (1985) is a movie written and directed by John Hughes.

The title song was written and performed by Oingo Boingo.

Taglines:

• It's all in the name of science. Weird Science.
• It's purely sexual. (UK)
• If you can't get a date, make one!
• They went from zeroes to heroes in one fantastic weekend.

Plot summary

Two super-nerds, Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith), unable to find girls on their own, hack into the Pentagon's mainframe and use government technology to create a computer simulation of "the perfect woman" in order to place her in "real life sexual situations" and see how she reacts. Mysteriously, the result is "Lisa" (Kelly LeBrock), a real-life woman and sexed-up but deeply caring "80's babe" with Einstein's IQ, David Lee Roth's attitude and inexplicable sci-fi powers. Self-aware from the moment of her creation, Lisa sets about revealing their inner coolness, transforming Gary and Wyatt from nerds into men through a series of wacky and bizarre adventures, which include summoning the cast of The Road Warrior to crash a party at Wyatt's house, turning Wyatt's abusive brother Chet (Bill Paxton) into a gigantic, anthropomorphic toad, and summoning a full-size Russian missile to the middle of the house.

TV series

''Main article: Weird Science (TV series)

A television show based on the film debuted in 1994 and ran for 88 episodes. Following the same basic plot as the movie it starred Vanessa Angel as Lisa, Michael Manasseri as Wyatt, John Mallory Asher as Gary, and Lee Tergesen as Chet.

External links

• The Weird Science DVD Official Universal Studios Site

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