John Bender

John Bender is a character from John Hughes' 1985 film The Breakfast Club. Played by Judd Nelson, he is the stereotypical bad boy: long hair, leather boots, biting sarcasm and a serious attitude problem. He was supposedly sent to detention for pulling the fire alarm on purpose, only it's never made absolutely certain why he's there and the movie makes it pretty clear that it isn't unusual for him to be there. More so than any of the other characters, he provides the catalyst for the group's path toward solidarity and self-discovery; there are several instances in which he gets one of the others to admit to something they don't want to simply by badgering it out of them, and he has a peculiarly sporadic sort of wisdom. He often defies...