We barely get to see Q's parents in Paper Towns, and the only time we meet Margo's folks is when they barely care to file a police report that their daughter is gone. At one point, Q (who is still in high school) calls up his parents and tells them he's gone on a road trip and will be back in two days. Adults are all but absent, as they are in a handful of Hughes's movies. Sam's parents forget her birthday in Sixteen Candles, the parents are only seen for a few seconds in The Breakfast Club, and Ferris Bueller's parents are just dummies.
