 After being physically abused by his father Emilio , Joey decides to spend the night at Perry 's apartment . Perry tells Joey he is planning to leave the Bronx and move back to New Jersey . Joey asks Perry if he can go with him ; after an initially skeptical response , Perry agrees . Emilio , drunk , enters Perry 's apartment and fights with him ; Joey knocks Emilio unconscious with a glass bottle . Joey and Perry quickly leave the apartment and head to Richie 's engagement party . They say an emotional goodbye to Richie ; when they leave , Richie realizes things will not be the same . At Richie 's party , members of the Wanderers , the Del Bombers and the Wongs embrace one another while singing " The Wanderer " . The movie ends with Joey and Perry traveling to California . 
