Baby's Day OutFrances "Baby" Houseman is the type of girl everyone wishes they could be: intelligent, compassionate, and able to read in the backseat without getting carsick. Although her nickname...

Castle in the CloudsJohnny Castle isn't just the best name in 1980s movies; he's also one of the best leading men you can ask for. When we first see Johnny, he's all swagger and machismo. During th...

Our Two CentsPenny Johnson is the female version of Johnny Castle. She's a killer dancer, and she's been dancing for many years because she has to in order to survive. As she explains to Baby:PENNY...

Law and OrderJake is a hard-working doctor and the type of supportive father everyone wishes they had. We never learn how Baby got her nickname, but we bet it's because she's daddy's little girl. U...

She Feels PrettyBaby's the sister who thinks about joining the Peace Corps. Lisa's the sister who says:LISA: I should've brought those coral shoes. Doesn't Lisa realize that there are starving...

Marge in ChargeDirty Dancing is a movie about Baby's relationship with two men: Johnny Castle and her dad. Her mom doesn't factor into any of these. It's not that they don't dislike each other; the...

Middle ManagementNeil and Johnny Castle are as different as hot and cold, as up and down, as Lance Armstrong and honesty. One of them has struggled up from the bottom to get where he is today. The...

Robbie GhoulRobbie Gould is the closest thing Dirty Dancing has to a villain. He's not evil, he's just awful and annoying, like the parrot from Aladdin or that evil steering wheel from Wall-E. Here...

A fun part of family vacations is meeting people you might never get to know otherwise. Baby bumps into a few of them during her stay at Kellerman's. Most important is Johnny's cousin, Billy Kostec...