Some scenes from the screenplay (final draft, dated March 1, 1985) do not appear in the finished movie, or were substantially revised. Likewise, some scenes from the film did not appear in that version of the screenplay. All important changes are summarized in the chart below.

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We see the Walsh residence, located in a lower-income area. It is morning. Andie, a high-school senior, awakens her father, Jack, reminding him that he has something to do today. It is obvious that Andie's mother is out of the picture. Andie leaves for school.   No significant changes

Arriving at school, Andie leaves her car in the "freak" parking lot, which is where the poorer, misfit students gather. She cuts across the "richie" lot to get to the school. The "richies" are the wealthy students, most of whom look down upon the "freaks." One girl, Holly, is nice to Andie, and thanks her for lending her notes from sociology class. 		 
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Andie enters the school and runs into her "freak" friend, Duckie. They talk briefly before school begins. 		 
Change: A rich boy, Blane, watches Andie from a distance when she enters.

Andie goes to class, where two wealthy classmates laugh at her handmade clothing. The rest of the class finds this incident amusing, as well. The teacher notices, and assigns extra homework to the troublemakers. 		 
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Jack goes to an employment counselor in search of a job. He talks about his wife, who walked out on him 17 years ago. 		 
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After school, Andie goes to her car. Another "richie," Steff, is waiting for her. He wants to "get together" with her, but Andie tells him to get lost. She wants nothing to do with him. Steff is angered by her rejection. 		 
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Andie goes to Trax, the mall record store where she works. Here, we meet her employer, Iona, a thirtysomething woman whose hair color, hairstyle, and manner of dress change throughout the movie. Iona is very outspoken, and serves as a confidante to Andie. Steff and his best friend, Blane, enter Trax together. Steff selects and pays for a record Andie says is horrible. 		 
Changes: Blane enters alone, sneaks several looks at Andie while shopping, and selects a record. He obviously wants to do more than talk about music but he can't work up the courage. He pays for the record and leaves.

Andie, Duckie, and Iona go to an upscale mall restaurant for lunch. Andie and Iona feel out of place. Duckie gets a table by taking off his shoe and placing it on the table of several women who are lingering over their coffee. 		 
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Andie and Duckie walk through the "richie" lot at school. Blane watches Andie from his car. 		 
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Andie goes to Cats, a nightclub, with two "freak" friends, Jena and Simon. Jena reacts negatively when Andie sounds her out about whether she would be willing to go out with someone who had money. Andie leaves the nightclub and finds Duckie outside; the bouncer wouldn't let him in. Andie offers Duckie a ride home. On the way, she detours to look at some of the "richie" houses.

Andie is working on a computer at school when a message pops up from an unknown person who wants to talk. She assumes it is Duckie, then finds out it is not. Andie has to leave for work before learning who she is talking to. The audience, however, can see that it is Blane. 		 
Changes: When Andie asks if the person knows who she is, a photo of her flashes up on the screen. She wonders who he is; a picture of Blane appears. Andie stands up and looks around. Blane stands up from the terminal across from hers.

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Duckie tells Jack he wants to marry Andie someday. Jack cautions him that it is possible Andie does not love him.

Prom committee meeting. Kate wants the prom to be an invitational event so as to weed out the "misfits," but Holly objects. 		 
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Jack learns that the employment counselor has found a job for him. 		 
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Andie is working at Trax when Blane arrives. He seems about to ask her out when the burglar alarm goes off. Andie goes into the backroom to check it out and finds Duckie, who triggered the alarm. By the time she returns to the front of the store, Blane is gone. 		 
Changes: While Andie is in the back, Steff sees Blane in the store and reminds him that they were supposed to do something together. Andie returns to the front of the store just in time to see Blane and Steff leaving.

Andie is working on a school computer when the mystery person sends her another message. Annoyed because he has interrupted her work, she replies in a curt manner. When he types something that Blane had recently said to her, she realizes who he is and apologizes. 		 
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Andie goes home and checks her answering machine, hoping Blane called. He did not. There are several messages from Duckie, though.

The next morning: Jack gets up before Andie and cooks breakfast. He tells Andie he has a new job, but doesn't reveal what kind. She is proud of him. 		 
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Andie/Duckie/Jena eat lunch at school. Two rich girls are rude to them. 		 
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At school, Andie is in the courtyard, which is the domain of the "freaks." Blane goes to find her, and is greeted with nasty looks from the students who feel he is invading their turf. He finally manages to ask Andie out for Friday; she accepts, and asks him to pick her up at Trax, since she is working that night 		 
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Blane goes back inside the school. Steff stops him, asking why Blane was out in the courtyard. He can't believe his best friend is interested in a "mutant" like Andie. Blane gets upset; Steff backs down, but manages to leave Blane with the impression that his friends will reject him if they learn about his relationship with Andie. 		 
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Jack begins his new job, which is as chauffeur to a businessman. 		 
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Andie asks Iona if she can work on Friday, and tells her about her date with Blane. Andie worries about Blane's motives in asking her out. 		 
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Jack drives his employer's son to pick up his car at the dealership. The son is Blane, who is much friendlier to Jack than his father was. Neither Jack nor Blane is aware of the other's relationship to Andie. 		 
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Andie and Duckie study in her room. Andie accuses Duckie of deliberately failing his classes so he won't graduate, and thus can avoid facing the future. She goes to the kitchen to get drinks. Duckie agonizes over how to tell Andie he is in love with her, and reaches the conclusion that she will laugh in his face. He grabs his homework and leaves. 		 
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Andie and Jena are in gym class. The other girls are rude to them. Jena tells one, Benny, that she hopes her breasts "shrivel up and fall off." The teacher hears, and sends Jena to the principal's office. When the teacher asks Andie if she shares Jena's attitude, Andie says she does not. Benny mouths an insult at her. Andie raises her hand. 		 
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We next see Andie in the principal's office. Mr. Donnelly wonders why such a good student, who only has a short time until graduation and who has an excellent chance at a scholarship, would endanger her standing. Andie replies that she is tired of the attitude she and her friends are constantly treated to. Mr. Donnelly lets both Jena and Andie off the hook. 		 
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Andie leaves the office. Duckie, who heard what happened, catches up with her. He says he wants to take her out tonight. Andie brushes him off. Another student shoves Duckie aside. 		 
Change: After the student bumps into Duckie, he mouths off. Three students grab him and throw him into the girls' bathroom.

Andie asks Holly if Blane is an okay guy. Holly vouches for him, though she says he has bad taste in friends. 		 
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Andie is at Trax with Iona, waiting for Blane to arrive for their date. Iona puts on some music. Suddenly, Duckie enters and lip-synchs to the song. Afterwards, Andie goes to touch up her makeup. Iona doubts that her date will show, since he is already late. Duckie is confused; he thinks Andie is supposed to be going out with him. Just then, Blane arrives. Duckie is hurt. Andie tries to apologize to him. Duckie insists that Blane only wants to use her. They argue, and Duckie rushes out, angry. 		 
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Blane and Andie head for his car. Almost immediately, Blane puts his foot in his mouth when he asks if Andie wants to go home to change (she already did). Matters become worse when he says he planned for them to go to a friend's party. Andie believes his friends won't accept her, but Blane thinks she is wrong. Andie agrees to go to the party. 		 
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Blane and Andie arrive at the party. Nearly everyone is drunk, and they react badly to Andie's presence. Blane suggests they go upstairs--it's quieter, and he promises he won't try anything. They enter a room that is already occupied. Steff is there with his girlfriend, Benny. Both are drunk. Benny is nasty to Andie. Steff finally gets her out of the room. Blane apologizes for the disastrous evening. 		 
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Blane and Andie go to Cats. Blane is as out of place in Andie's milieu as she was in his. Andie sees Iona and Duckie at a table, and joins them. Duckie is rude to Blane, so Andie and Blane decide to leave. Duckie kisses Iona in an attempt to make Andie jealous. 		 
Change: The bouncer cards Andie and Blane; they show him fake IDs.

Upon leaving Cats, Blane and Andie run into Jena and her boyfriend, both of whom act coldly toward Blane. 		 
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On the way back to Blane's car, he asks Andie what she would like to do. She doesn't want to go anywhere else, but she also doesn't want to go home. She asks Blane to drop her off at Trax. He wants to know what's wrong. Growing increasingly upset, Andie finally admits that she doesn't want him to see where she lives. 		 
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Blane drives Andie home. She apologizes for ruining the evening for him, which he denies. He then asks her to the prom. Andie happily accepts, and kisses him. 		 
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Blane enters Andie's house and meets Jack. He recognizes Jack as his father's chauffeur but doesn't mention that fact. Jack also doesn't let on to Andie that he already knows Blane. 		 
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Andie goes inside her house, and tells her father that Blane asked her to the prom. She worries that he won't be able to accept her because of their class differences; Jack thinks there shouldn't be a problem as long as they feel the same way about each other.

The next morning, Steff tells Blane that he shouldn't have brought Andie to the party. She doesn't belong around their kind. Blane tries to defend his decision, but Steff warns him that his friends will reject him if he continues to see Andie. 		 
In the movie, this scene takes place AFTER the following one, in which Andie goes to Iona's apartment.

At Trax, Andie briefly recaps her date with Blane to Iona. 		 
Changes: The scene is set at Iona's apartment. Wearing her old prom dress, Iona reminisces about the dance. She says Andie can have the dress (which is pink) if she would like it.

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Blane and Andie go out to the hunt-club stables. They talk about their differences; Andie says she can't believe in someone who doesn't believe in her.

Andie goes shopping for a prom dress, but is shocked by the prices. 		 
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Blane is at his friends' party. He gives in to peer pressure and kisses Kate. 		 
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Jack goes to a cheap clothing store to buy a prom dress for Andie. He makes a poor choice, but doesn't realize it. 		 
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Jack goes to the mall and meets Iona for the first time. They talk about Andie. 		 
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Andie phones Blane's house, but is unable to reach him, and realizes something is wrong. 		 
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Jack gives Andie a pink dress to wear to the prom.
Changes: Andie asks how Jack got the money to pay for the dress. She knows he lied about having a job. In the ensuing discussion, it becomes clear that Jack is still depressed over the fact that his wife walked out on him and Andie three years ago. Andie thinks it is time he got over her. Jack realizes she is right, and he has to move on with his life.

Andie goes to school determined to talk to Blane. She corners him in the hall. He lies that he didn't get any of her phone messages. She asks him about the prom, and he makes up the excuse that he had already asked someone else to go. Andie screams at him, trying to make him admit that he doesn't think she is good enough for him. Teachers and students come out of the classrooms to see what is going on. Andie finally runs away. Blane also leaves.
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Duckie, who observed the scene with Andie, follows Blane. On the stairs, Blane runs into a triumphant Steff, who tells him that Andie is nothing. Steff continues up the stairs to the hallway, where Duckie attacks him. Duckie is winning the fight when teachers arrive to break it up. 		 
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At Trax, Andie tells Iona that despite Blane backing out on her, she still wants to go to the prom. 		 
Changes: Andie goes to Iona's apartment and tells her about Blane backing out of the prom. She asks Iona for her prom dress.

Jack tells the employment counselor that he quit his job. He didn't want to embarrass Andie by working for her boyfriend's father. The counselor understands, and says she will try to find Jack another job. 		 
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Andie remakes the dress her father gave her, then models it for him on prom night. She says Blane is not taking her. Jack thinks that Blane backed out because of embarrassment over Jack being his father's driver. Jack admits to Andie that he had met Blane before Andie introduced them. Andie says Jack is not to blame for Blane's actions. She is still going to the prom as a matter of pride. She plans to walk in, walk out, and return home. 		 
Changes: Andie redesigns Iona's dress and the one her father gave her into a beautiful prom outfit. Since in the movie, Jack never worked for Blane's father, there is no mention of this job.

Blane is at the prom with Kate; Steff is with Benny. Andie arrives at the hotel where the prom is being held. She heads toward the entrance, then hesitates. She stops walking, and is about to chicken out, when she looks toward the stairs and sees someone waiting for her. It is Duckie, all dressed up. Andie runs to him. They enter the ballroom together. 		 
Changes: Blane is alone at a table--no date. Steff is at another table with Benny.

Andie and Duckie enter the ballroom. Blane goes over to shake Duckie's hand. Andie says he doesn't need to apologize to her. She and Duckie step onto the dance floor. They both admit that they cannot dance, but they begin to anyway. They don't care what anyone else thinks of them. Watching them dance, Steff and Benny feels like the prom has been ruined for them, but Blane is happy. 		 
Changes: When Andie and Duckie enter, Blane starts toward them. Steff stops him and attempts to salvage the situation by casting a slight on Andie's choice of a date. Blane tells him off, then goes up to Andie and Duckie. He shakes hands with Duckie, then apologizes to Andie. He tells her that he always believed in her, but he didn't believe in himself. Telling Andie he loves her, he kisses her on the cheek and leaves. Duckie encourages Andie to go after Blane. She leaves; Duckie glances around the ballroom and notices a girl smiling in his direction. Once he is sure she is looking at him, Duckie goes toward her. Meanwhile, outside, Andie catches up with Blane. They kiss.

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