Claire Standish (Molly Ringwald)’s Timeline and Summary
- When Claire arrives in her Dad's BMW, he coddles her, saying it's no big deal to get detention for playing hooky to go shopping.
- In detention, she acts like a snob, saying she's not supposed to be here with these other kids.
- Bender continually harasses her and she acts disgusted.
- But she ends up defending Bender when he removes a screw from the door and Vernon blames him for it.
- After journeying to find Bender's drugs and then smoking pot with him, Claire ends up sitting in a circle with the other kids, and they sometimes dramatically discuss their lives and reveal things about each other.
- In the end, she makes out with Bender and ends up giving him one of her diamond earrings, which he puts in his own ear.