▁genre , ▁show c asing ▁the ▁mur ders ▁( dis gu ised ▁as ▁suic ides ) ▁of ▁several ▁popular ▁students ▁at ▁an ▁American ▁high ▁school . ▁Other ▁notable ▁com ed ies ▁of ▁the ▁de cade ▁include ▁the ▁gender - swap ▁film ▁To ots ie ▁( 1 9 8 2 ), ▁Broadcast ▁News ▁( 1 9 8 7 ), ▁and ▁a ▁brief ▁sp ate ▁of ▁age - re vers al ▁films ▁including ▁Big , ▁ 1 8 ▁Again !, ▁Vice ▁Vers a ▁and ▁Like ▁Father , ▁Like ▁Son . ▁Se qu els : ▁Also ▁notable ▁were ▁the ▁Police ▁Academy ▁series ▁of ▁broad ▁com ed ies , ▁produced ▁between ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁a ▁tr end ▁emer ged ▁toward ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁sequ els ▁based ▁on ▁previously ▁successful ▁produ ctions . ▁Among ▁the ▁sequ els ▁were ▁Dam ien : ▁O men ▁II , ▁Re ven ge ▁of ▁the ▁P ink ▁Pan ther , ▁The ▁Final ▁Conf lict ▁( aka ▁O men ▁III : ▁The ▁Final ▁Conf lict ), ▁Gre ase ▁ 2 , ▁Tra il ▁of ▁the ▁P ink ▁Pan ther , ▁The ▁Great ▁Mu ppet ▁Cap er , ▁P ork y ' s ▁II : ▁The ▁Next ▁Day ▁and ▁P ork y ' s ▁Re ven ge . ▁R ite - of - pass age : ▁Bey ond ▁just ▁the ▁te en ager ▁" coming - of -