What nobody told you about Duckie....;-)

And what they also didn't tell you about Duckie (if he grew up to be so good-looking) is that he ended up with a huge ego, quite self-centered and overly concerned with appearances. (Yes I am experiencing this right now, and let me tell you, it's not fun.)



because we've all had midnights

reply share

add reply

formatting help

Nah, he ends up doing time for stalking.

reply share

add reply

formatting help

Duckie may be better looking.

But rest assured, he is the guy with a huge chip on his shoulders about all the girls who didn't like him in H.S.

He currently stalks Mrs. Steff McKee (formerly Andie Walsh) over the internet.

reply share

add reply

formatting help

I could see that.

Maybe after Andi moves away to college he starts hanging out at the record store to kill time and starts playing guitar/piano and a music industry person comes in and discovers him.

"I'm not crazy M'Lynn, I've just been in a very bad mood for forty years"

reply share

add reply

formatting help

s that he quite possibly grew up to be a hot guy with lots of talent by the time he reached 35 years old, and suddenly had women fighting over him!

I don't have a problem with Andie ending up with Blane, but I think a Duckie ending could have been better.

We KNOW that Duckie is exceptionally bright, that's why he and Andie were allowed to attend Snobatorium Academy from outside their own district. He's young, immature, but totally devoted to Andie.

We see him at the prom suddenly mature; he realizes that Andie loves Blane and any future with her is impossible. So he admits this to himself and in a completely unselfish act, let's her go.

None of this seems wrong. So if we can accept Duckie's maturation during the prom scene, maybe we can accept a wee bit more.

I think Duckie could have been written to have matured a bit more up to and leading into the prom. Perhaps a more reasonable haircut, a decent pair of shoes, and that same mature change. Andie notices these things and looks at Duckie a bit differently. Have Ducky say all the same things at the prom, have Andie go to Blane as she did the original ending, but realize that the now more mature and unselfish Duckie (who now wants to be called Derek or whatever his given name would be) is a better fit for her. She runs back to Duckie who's surprised at this and sees a different look in Andie's eyes as she looks at him. Fade to black.

It would be fun to see this alternate ending even if it didn't make the final cut.

reply share

add reply

formatting help