Robin Crew

Robin Crew is a main protagonist of the 1986 sport drama film Flying.
She was portplayed by Olivia d'Abo.
== Biography ==
Robin was born in San Francisco.
Before the accident (where she lost her father and was left physically compromised), she was a gymnastics champion and had already won several competitions. After the accident and mourning, he can no longer compete and, due to his mother's second marriage to a laundry manager, Jack Crew. She is forced to move to Buffalo, where she begins attending Jefferson High School and, since she has never lost her passion for gymnastics, to become coach Jean Stoller's assistant for the school gymnastic team,"The Buffalo Flyers".
Here Robin is seen as a dork, being bullied by the best gymnast on the team, Leah Kilbourne and her best friend, Stacy (who also prevent her from having friendships) and an unreciprocated crush on Mark Sanderson, the most handsome gymnast of the team and Leah's boyfriend.
But, Tommy Warnecki, a boy from her school, falls in love with her, even though for her, he is just a friend.
After school, Robin and her mother are forced to work in the laundry of Jack, her stepfather. While he and his daughter do secretarial work, the two do hard manual labor and Jack always scolds Robin for spending too much time in the Buffalo Flyers gym and dressing like a "lesbo" and not dressing as cute as her sister (stepsister, but Robin s too much scared to say this to him.).
But, since she moved to Buffalo, every night, Robin takes her mop and thanks to two of her friends, the bus driver Roy Teler and the security guard Fred Stoner, Robin uses an old abandoned building to train in gymnastics, showing Fred, every time, what she is capable of doing.
The next day, in the cafeteria, Robin is sitting alone at a table eating her lunch while watching Leah and Stacy having fun on the school juxebox with Mark (and mouth-watering for him), when a gymnast from the team is about to sit down with her, she is called back by Leah and Stacy to sit with the two of them instead, taking away Robin's opportunity to make friends in the team.
But when Carly Simmons, a rich gymnast with an eating disorder, asks her if she can sit with her and tells her not to be scared by Leah, being a huge egomaniac who stuffs herself like a pig and never gets fat. Then, Carly asks her if she was a gymnast before, having always observed that when she works she feels like she belongs in her environment, befriending her and asking her for her next class.
Later on, while Robin is preparing the cast, Carly asks Mrs. Stoller that Robin would like to show her some barre exercises and if she can, convincing her, but Robin, nervous, fell from the bars and hurt her knee causing to Leah and Stacy laughing and say "So pathetic!" and running away embarassed, when Tommy asked her for a date, but Robin silences him by telling him that it is not the right time and she would like to be left alone.
That night, Robin is sitting on the sofa while her mother is checking her knee crying about this embarassing moment and that no one likes her in team because they think that she is a geek. But her mother reveals to her that when she and her father had the accident and were rushed to the emergency room, she prayed to God that if one of them were to survive, it had to be Robin because she had something to live for, so she decides that she must do gymnastics so that her father's death was not in vain. Motivated by these words, Robin goes to her hideout to train but discovers that Fred has been fired and that she has lost her refuge, so she is forced to train hard in the living room of her house.
The next day, Robin appeared in a gymnastic suit, talking about wanting to repeat the exercise when Leah blocked her path but the coach ordered her to get off, so she showed her true potential, amazing everyone and became part of the team. Later that day, with her mop, she and Carly goes to Carly's mansione where she finds out that Carly's father is a doctor and built a gym for her to train in. Later, during a break, Robin opens up to her about how her father's death has affected her life and every time she does gymnastic, she feels him next to her cheering for her.
That evening, at the laundry, working behind the counter, Robin receives a visit from Roy and Fred, showing regret for the latter's dismissal and informing them that she is now a full member of the Buffalo Flyers.
But when Roy asks to pick up some clothes, Robin realizes she made the reservation wrong, making Jack furious in front of them. But when he is about to slap her, her mother intervenes and calls him back and stops him.
The next day, in the locker room, Leah nastily tells her that, to her, she will never be part of the "Buffalo Flyers". Robin tries to tell her that she doesn't want war between them, but she says they're already on. Then, Robin is seen, sitting next to Carly, with the rest of the team while Mrs. Stoller telling to all of them that there will be a competition so they will be studied to clarify who will participate at it.
Later, Robin is seeing by Leah and Stacy helped by Mark with some plank exercises, laughing and joking with him, making them furious as they plot revenge against her.
They put a fake invitation in her locker making her believe that Mark invited her to a party with the theme, "Funky Night", when Robin finds the invitation she runs to Carly and saying to her that they will go to shopping to get some clothes and Carly is surprised when Robin takes her to "The Salvation Army", but they have fun anyways.
That night, Robin shows up at the Sanderson mansion with her funky look. When the maid opens the door she is confused, Robin, to avoid that embarrassment, explains to her that she has been invited by showing her the "invitation". Not knowing what to do, the woman accompanies Robin into the dining room, while the latter is enchanted by the magnificence of the house. But when the two arrive, the girl discovers that it was actually a fancy dinner among wealthy people (and Leah and Stacy are also among the guests). When Mr. Sanderson, Mark's father, demands explanations. Robin shows him her invitation, the man explains that this is not the invitation for this party, Leah and Stacy laugh at her by telling her that she is a crasher making her running away humiliated. When she leaves the house she discovers that her mop won't start and she is devastated. That same night, when her mother comes to her room to say goodnight, she notices a crumpled gymnastics drawing of hers and realizes what happened and that she doesn't want to talk about it.
The next day, Robin, realizing that Mark will never love her, she decides to accept Tommy's love, but realizes that he moved on, so, she will try anything to get him back.
That night, at the drive in, Carly and Robin notice Tommy flirting with a girl and, while Carly goes home to study so as not to eat junk food, Robin decides to make herself noticed by hanging upside down on a bar, calling him and making grimaces. But Leah and Stacy notice her and laugh at her, mistaking her for a monkey and asking her if she trained at the zoo. But Robin confronts her and Leah replies that she and Stacy are better than her and can even beat her with their eyes closed and that she is just a joke. But she replies that she is crazy so the two start a gymnastics-off but Robin wins by managing to do a leap that also manages to overtake a parked car, leaving everyone surprised.
But when Mrs. Stoller intervenes, Leah and Stacy lie that it was all Robin's idea. But the coach doesn't want to know and says she is disappointed in all three. The two leave Robin, threatening her that next time they will beat her. When she goes to her mop, she finds that the two have punctured her tire while they leave in Mark's car, laughing at her. Robin imagines he has a gun to shoot them.
The next day, while exercising, Carly faints and bleeds from her nose. Later, in the locker room, Robin and Mrs. Stoller discover that Carly was taking steroids to help her with the stress of the examamination. The coach threatens to call the girl's parents but Carly replies that she stole those medicines from her father, who is a doctor. As a result, Carly is kicked off the team, leaving Robin without her best friend.
That evening, Robin and her stepsister Gillian, being at the counter, without customers, discuss the future of the place when the woman asks why Robin is so passionate about gymnastics, Robin explains that when she is up there, for her, it is as if she was far from everything and everyone, no one can reach her, no one can bother her and she wonders if birds feel this when they fly, leaving Gillian surprised. 
The next day, standing in line at the cafeteria, Robin sadly watches Tommy flirt with other girls. Leah and Stacy, noticing her, decide to annoy her by saying that Tommy is really cute today and Stacy, doing so on purpose, sprays ketchup on Robin's hand, leaving her laughing. But Tommy, witnessing the whole scene, puts two milk cartons on the chairs where they were about to sit, making them humiliate in front of everyone. Tommy justifies himself by believing that pussies liked milk, making Robin smile and understanding that he still has feelings for her. 
Later, at the Buffalo Flyers gym, Robin discovers that she has been selected for Nationals along with Leah and Tami, to Stacy's disappointment. That evening, she breaks the news to her mother who declares that she is proud of her. Robin notices that she didn't show up for work that day, but the woman justifies that she felt tired and took the opportunity to work on a surprise for her daughter. 
The next day, in the locker room, Robin notices Carly clearing out her locker. She tells her that she is very sorry that she is no longer part of the team and that she also deserved to participate in the competition with her. But Carly reassures her that it's a relief to be done with the team and she really wants a cheeseburger. 
While Robin is going home the bus, Tommy gets on and says he wants to talk to her. In the park, Tommy scolds her for not wanting him as a boyfriend because he was neither rich nor handsome like Mark Sanderson but Robin tries to reassure him that this is no longer the case. After a while, Tommy makes up with her and officially becomes her boyfriend by kissing her. 
That evening, in the laundry, Gillian helps Robin get ready for her date with Tommy, but Jack interrupts them by saying that she can't go out tonight because she has to work but Robin, having had enough of her stepfather's tyranny, quits, leaving the place among the applause from the workers and humiliating their boss. Tommy and Robin go dancing at a club with a live band playing. But they announce that there is a phone call for her, she goes to answer it and discovers that her mother has been urgently admitted to hospital so she and Tommy immediately leave the place to go to her. 
The following day, Robin's mother has died and there is a funeral at home.After the condolences, Robin takes refuge in her room and Gillian arrives, in tears over her stepmother's death, gives her a package telling her that Marge, when she died, said to her to give it to her daughter. Robin opens the package and finds that her mother made her a gymnastics leotard for the competition, with her babies's shoes, her old stuffed animal and a photo of the two of the and her father after she won a competition. 
The next day, Robin decides to leave her stepfather's house. The latter asks her if this is what she really wants and she is very sure. Before she leaves, Jack asks her why she never called him "Dad" and she simply replies that he never gave her a reason to call him that. 
Later, in the park, Robin meets with Tommy to decide where she will live from now on. Robin tells him that she was thinking of going to stay with Carly for a while, but Tommy informs her that his parents are away for the weekend and that his house is empty, so she can stay with him and she agrees. That evening, at Tommy's house, he tells her she can sleep on the sofa but they end up making love in Tommy's room and spend a romantic weekend together. 
Later, Robin has a private meeting with Mrs. Stoller at their gym and notices her giving Stacy private lessons.
The woman explains to her why she selected her for the Nationals, as Leah is an excellent gymnast but too confident in her abilities, she had thought of bringing Robin to the competition to encourage her to do more, but since Robin is having a hard time difficult now, she thinks of sending Stacy to the duo place. 
Robin, even being surprised that the coach selected her just to spite her rival, reassures her that, even if she is having a difficult time, she will work twice as hard to show to her that she deserves to go to the competition too. After much effort and hard training (also helped by her friends), Robin manages to keep her place in the competiton while also managing to take away Stacy's only opportunity to participate in her place. 
Arriving at the place where the competition will be held, Tommy wishes Robin good luck and she replies that she loves him too. Looking at the competition, Robin notices that there are a lot of people, Leah tries to appear confident and that she will win but she understands that the girl is just as nervous as her. 
The competition is tough, after various tests, Robin, Leah and Rhonda Hamilton, a rival gymnast of their team, manage to get to the bars test. But Robin comes second to Leah while Rhonda loses after a fall, hurting herself badly. 
Robin, knowing she is in the final against Leah and shaken by Rhonda's accident, hears from Leah believing she has already won. She tells her it's not the right way to win but Leah says she knows about winning, laughing off with Stacy while Mark just says, "Nice try, Robin." 
But the girl receives a surprise visit from Fred and Roy. When she explains to them what is happening, the two take her to Niagara Falls telling her about the story of a man who crossed a wire across them. Robin asks why he did it, Roy just explains why he wanted to do it.Later, Robin, motivated by her friend's words, decides to face the final against Leah but is stopped by Jack and Gillian. Jack, drunk, attacks Robin, but is saved by her friends. After Leah's test on the floor, Robin decides to face her fears and face her opponent, surprising everyone (including Jack) and winning the competition with all 10 votes. While she is savoring the victory, Leah, along with Mark, approaches her and tells her that it looks like she won but Robin only says that she crossed Niagara Falls, leaving them stunned. 
In the final scenes, Robin is gleefully leaving the building with her boyfriend Tommy and her best friend Carly 
== Personality ==
Robin is an hard-worker, kind and loyal. When she in gymnastic, she is passionate about that. She can be a little be oblivious about love.
== Trivia ==
* In some photos in Crew's house, there is a photo about younger Robin with her father with a mop, maybe that's why Robin has a passion in mechanic or maybe her mop was her father's.
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