Buckaroo Banzai End Credits

[Berin Kinsman]

[Lon Sarver]

I always read that as the end credits being about the actors more than the characters.

[Berin Kinsman]

John Parker, played by Carl Lumley (and I know this off the top of my head, having seen BB about 300 times). The real question is why John Parker was sitting in with the band earlier in the movie, before they'd even met. Yes. Go back and look.

[Berin Kinsman]

[Sir Golgotha, KEoPS]

I always took that to mean that he didn't die after all & got better. Okay, I admit I wanted that to be true.

[Berin Kinsman]

Of course, there are two dead characters in the end credits: John Parker and Rawhide.

[Lon Sarver]

It's a message that camraderie never truly ends, that our friends are with us as long as we remember them.

Or, maybe, someone just thought it would be neat.

[Sir Golgotha, KEoPS]

No! No! They are all right! They didn't die! Buckaroo somehow made it all better. He just has to.

"No, not Blackleaf!"

[Xose Lucero]

"John and Rawhide, get out of here. YOU'RE DEAD! You don't exist any more."

[Sir Golgotha, KEoPS]

"Hey Buckaroo, Penny's on the phone. She wants to talk to you. She's really upset."

"I can't. I'm fighting the Lectroid. Tell her I'll see her tonight."

[Xose Lucero]

Okay, you convinced me; it's time to do a full-on Buckaroo Banzai / Jack Chick mashup for the whole world, by which I mean probably just you and me, to enjoy. As soon as I actually see the movie...

*scuttles away in shame like an insect*

[Sir Golgotha, KEoPS]

You make my little tail wag with excitement.

[Deidzoeb]

I thought Buckaroo parachuted out of the little fighter-ship at the end and John Parker piloted it away, presumably back to the mothership. Where did John Parker die? I admit I wasn't watching very closely last night. Now I want to watch the club scene again and see if it is John Parker playing drums. They didn't offer a No-Prize winning explanation for that continuity error.