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The Dirt Bike Kid

1985 · 91 min · Director: Hoite C. Caston ★ IMDb 5.3 · 1,690 ratings

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When his mother sends Jack off with money to buy groceries, he comes home with a magic supercharged dirt bike instead. His mother is furious, but when Jack uses the magic bike to save the local hot dog stand from the clutches of corrupt big business, he becomes the town hero.

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The Dirt Bike Kid (1985) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Joy 35%, Humor 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Joy
25%Humor
  1. Joy35%
  2. Humor25%
  3. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Joy, Humor, Excitement. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Family. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Joy
  • Excitement

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Joy

Humor
Joy
Excitement
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorJoyExcitement
2.5 %≈ 2′Excitement42 %25 %15 %37 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Excitement44 %25 %19 %39 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Excitement49 %30 %24 %43 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Excitement53 %39 %24 %44 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor50 %41 %25 %40 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor51 %44 %26 %38 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Humor53 %46 %20 %30 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Humor48 %44 %14 %18 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Humor51 %43 %25 %20 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Relief60 %39 %37 %36 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Excitement59 %35 %29 %46 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Excitement53 %32 %19 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 57′Tension50 %31 %16 %30 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Humor51 %40 %18 %26 %
72.5 %≈ 66′Humor55 %49 %19 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Tension61 %46 %18 %39 %
82.5 %≈ 75′Tension66 %44 %19 %48 %
87.5 %≈ 80′Excitement68 %48 %31 %51 %
92.5 %≈ 84′Relief68 %48 %54 %39 %
97.5 %≈ 89′Joy67 %43 %65 %23 %
Cinderella

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

PB
Peter Billingsley

Jack Simmons

AB
Anne Bloom

PC
Patrick Collins

Mike

SP
Sage Parker

Miss Clavell

CS
Chad Sheets

Bo

GA
Gavin Allen

Max

DB
Danny Breen

Flaherty

WF
Weasel Forshaw

Big Slime

JW
John William Galt

Chief

CK
Courtney Kraus

Beth

HS
Holly Schenck

Sue

AE
Al Evans

Mr. Zak

AB
Angie Bolling

Pretty Woman

GS
Gena Sleete

Widow White

BK
Betty King

Secretary

BS
Bill Shaw

Ben

BS
Barnett Shpritz

Little Man

BS
Brian Sadlier

Jimmy

HC
Harvey Christiansen

Security Guard

Details

Directed by
Hoite C. Caston
Written by
David Brandes, Lewis Colick, Julie Corman
Type
Movies
Released
1985
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.3 · 1,690 ratings
Feels mostly
Joy
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