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* EverythingIsRacist: During the championship game, Young Kurt gets caught double dribbling. He immediately accuses the referee of only calling a violation on him because he's black.


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* LikeFatherLikeSon: Several examples.
** During the championship celebration in 1978, Marcus's dad gets drunk and makes a scene. Marcus himself does the same thing 32 years later when everyone is hanging out at the lake house.
** Greg and Andre form a close friendship just like Lenny and Kurt.
** The group used to do dangerous stunts when they were kids such as go racing in shopping carts. Late in the film, their kids are seen using an air mattress to go blobbing in the lake.
** Greg develops a rivalry with Dickie's son not unlike their fathers'.

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* AmbiguousSyntax: Rob's three ex-wives (each the mother of one of his daughters) are referred to as "the eater, the beater and the cheater", but it's unclear whether or not that was in the order they'd married Rob or reverse order, especially considering that [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe multiple characters question how the older two girls could be Rob's daughters]], while Bridget the youngest is [[StrongFamilyResemblance clearly his kid]].



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* CoolBigSis: Rob's two older daughters get along well with their (less attractive) younger half-sister and are clearly offended on her behalf when a ride attendant calls her fugly.
* TheCutie: BeckyBecky, the most sweet-natured of the kids who is introduced trying to use Lenny's GPS to find ''Heaven'' so he can go visit the coach.
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* HumbleParentSpoiledKids: Lenny is a wealthy Hollywood talent agent, but remains the same humble guy he was when he left the group's small New England town. Most of the reason he rents the lake house with his old friends and their families is because he hates how spoiled his kids are and wants to teach them how to have fun like normal kids.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Dickie claims that Lenny's game winning shot shouldn't have counted because his foot was on the out of bounds line while Lenny says otherwise. The way the scene of the shot is filmed makes it ambiguous, so it's impossible to tell who's right.
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** Happens to Lenny when a deer walks into his house, and stands up in fright, after his wife screamed, seeing the deer, which then proceeded to unleash a yellow stream of urine all over poor Lenny.

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* BerserkButton: Do not touch [[strike:either]] any of Rob's daughters.
* BestialityIsDepraved: [[spoiler:Marcus waking up in the closet ''with Eric's dog''. After bragging that he spend the night with a "short blonde."]]
* BigBadassBattleSequence: [[spoiler: In the second film, between all the grown ups and the cruel army of teens.]]
* BrattyHalfPint: ALL THE KIDS, except for maybe Becky

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* BerserkButton: Do not touch [[strike:either]] any of Rob's daughters.
daughters. Don't make fun of them either.
* BestialityIsDepraved: [[spoiler:Marcus waking up in the closet ''with Eric's dog''. After bragging that he spend spent the night with a "short blonde."]]
* BigBadassBattleSequence: [[spoiler: In the second film, between all the grown ups and the cruel army of teens.frat members.]]
* BigLittleBrother: Officer Fluzoo in the second film is Malcolm's younger brother, though he is much taller than him.
* BrattyHalfPint: ALL THE KIDS, except for maybe BeckyBecky.


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* TheDanza:
** Nick Hilliard, played by Nick Swardson.
** Officer Dante, played by Peter Dante.


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* SimilarSquad: Dickie and his team are this to Lenny and the gang.


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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Nick in the second film is one to


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Rita, the Feder's nanny, is absent from the second film. She isn't even mentioned.
** The same goes for Curly, the Lamonsoff family dog.
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* RealityEnsues: In the first film, the friends agree to a rematch against their old basketball rivals and begin to play a full court match to 21 points in what seems to be a climatic BigGame unfolding. However it's eventually subverted as, since they're all over 30 years older, most of them are out of shape and have various ailments that cause all but Lenny and Dickie to eventually have to sit out.

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--> '''Greg''': That was
That was a squeeze test.These cones failed.We're gonna try cardboard cones next....You have such a nice smile...Go out with me tonight before your friends say I'm fugly.

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--> '''Greg''': That was
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was a squeeze test.test. These cones failed.We're gonna try cardboard cones next....You have such a nice smile...Go out with me tonight before your friends say I'm fugly.
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* MeetCute: IN the sequel, when Greg's crush Nancy Arbuckle comes over to the ice cream stand he's working at, just seeing her makes him crush the cones in his hands, then tries to cover up his gaffe, while distractedly trying to recite advise that his dad had given him (most of which wasn't meant to be said out loud). Nancy finds it adorable and agrees to go to the party with him.
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That was a squeeze test.These cones failed.We're gonna try cardboard cones next....You have such a nice smile...Go out with me tonight before your friends say I'm fugly.
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''Grown Ups'' is a 2010 American comedy film starring Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/KevinJames, Creator/ChrisRock, Creator/DavidSpade and Creator/RobSchneider. Rock, Schneider, Spade and Sandler (as well as co-star Tim Meadows) all joined the cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in the 1990-91 season; other actors Colin Quinn, Creator/MayaRudolph, and Norm [=MacDonald=] have also been SNL cast members. Sandler and Fred Wolf wrote the script and Dennis Dugan directed. The film was produced by Sandler's production company Creator/HappyMadisonProductions and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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''Grown Ups'' is a 2010 American comedy film starring Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/KevinJames, Creator/ChrisRock, Creator/DavidSpade and Creator/RobSchneider. Rock, Schneider, Spade and Sandler (as well as co-star Tim Meadows) all joined A reunion/vehical of sorts for the cast "Bad Boys of SNL,"[[note]]Bar James, the above-listed actors were famous in the early 90s for introducing a then-fresh brand of crass, sophomoric humor to ''Saturday Night Live'', bringing the show out of a brief slub in the 80s. James's role was originally intended for fellow "Bad Boy" Creator/ChrisFarley, but the film fell into DevelopmentHell when Farley died in 1997.[[/note]] the film also stars fellow 90s ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in the 1990-91 season; other actors Colin Quinn, Creator/MayaRudolph, alums Tim Meadows and Norm [=MacDonald=] have also been SNL cast members.[=MacDonald=], as well as future ''SNL'' stars Colin Quinn and Creator/MayaRudolph. Sandler and Fred Wolf wrote the script and Dennis Dugan directed. The film was produced by Sandler's production company Creator/HappyMadisonProductions and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Boys will be boys. Some longer than others.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Boys will be boys. Some longer than others.[[caption-width-right:350:Some guys need a little extra time to mature.]]
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Rob and his wife and daughters do not appear nor are even mentioned in the sequel. Instead, his long-lost baby brother nick shows up in his place.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Rob and his wife and daughters do not appear nor are even mentioned in the sequel. Instead, his long-lost baby brother nick Nick shows up in his place.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Rob's brother Nick Hilliard who admits to the guys that his wife left him after catching him eating a banana suggestively, admits to having trouble holding on to an attraction to women and finds himself drawn and being flirtatious to a gay man named Kyle at the 80's party, all while dressed up as Boy George from Culture Club.
* AMistakeIsBorn: In "Grown Ups 2", Lamonsoff is revealed to being a unplanned child due to being concieved in a bathroom during a football game. Despite this, his parents still loved him. Meanwhile, Lenny tries to argue with Roxanne over not wanting another baby only to be dumbfounded when she reveals to him that she's already pregnant.



* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Rob does not appear nor is even mentioned in the sequel.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Rob does and his wife and daughters do not appear nor is are even mentioned in the sequel. Instead, his long-lost baby brother nick shows up in his place.
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* Expy: Marcus is a sex hound and the only member of the group who isn't married, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything kind of like a certain sexually active and unmarried character]] from a [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy certain adult cartoon series]].

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* Expy: {{Expy}}: Marcus is a sex hound and the only member of the group who isn't married, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything kind of like a certain sexually active and unmarried character]] from a [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy certain adult cartoon series]].
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* Expy: Marcus is a sex hound and the only member of the group who isn't married, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything kind of like a certain sexually active and unmarried character]] from a [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy certain adult cartoon series]].
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* TheCutie: Becky
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*TheChewToy: Wiley
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A sequel was released in July 2013, where only Sandler, James, Rock and Spade returned (Schneider was unable to reprise his role due to scheduling conflicts and his wife was pregnant during production). The sequel got extremely negative reviews and was a box office bomb.

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A sequel was released in July 2013, where only Sandler, James, Rock and Spade returned (Schneider was unable to reprise his role due to scheduling conflicts and his wife was pregnant during production). The sequel got extremely negative reviews and was a box office bomb. \n But it kicked off the ''Podcast/TheWorstIdeaOfAllTime'' podcast by the New Zealand comedians Guy Montgomery and Tim Batt, who took on the challenge of watching the movie and reviewing it once a week for a year.
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''Grown Ups'' is a 2010 American comedy film starring Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/KevinJames, Creator/ChrisRock, Creator/DavidSpade and Creator/RobSchneider. Rock, Schneider, Spade and Sandler (as well as co-star Tim Meadows) all joined the cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in the 1990-91 season; other actors Colin Quinn, Creator/MayaRudolph, and Norm [=MacDonald=] have also been SNL cast members. Sandler and Fred Wolf wrote the script and Dennis Dugan directed. The film was produced by Sandler's production company Happy Madison and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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''Grown Ups'' is a 2010 American comedy film starring Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/KevinJames, Creator/ChrisRock, Creator/DavidSpade and Creator/RobSchneider. Rock, Schneider, Spade and Sandler (as well as co-star Tim Meadows) all joined the cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in the 1990-91 season; other actors Colin Quinn, Creator/MayaRudolph, and Norm [=MacDonald=] have also been SNL cast members. Sandler and Fred Wolf wrote the script and Dennis Dugan directed. The film was produced by Sandler's production company Happy Madison Creator/HappyMadisonProductions and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
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Not to be confused with [[Series/FamilyMatters Jaleel White's]] short-lived UPN show.

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Not to be confused with [[Series/FamilyMatters Jaleel White's]] White]]'s short-lived UPN show.
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* ChuckCunninghamSydrome: Rob does not appear nor is even mentioned in the sequel.

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* ChuckCunninghamSydrome: ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Rob does not appear nor is even mentioned in the sequel.

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Thirty years after graduating from high school, five former basketball teammates gather at the lake house where they celebrated their biggest victory to mourn the passing of their late coach. Over the course of the Fourth of July weekend, the five friends realize that just because they've all grown up and started families doesn't mean that they've lost that old spark. Adulthood is what you make of it, and no one at the lake house is eager to be the grown-up of the gang.

A sequel was released in July 2013 where only Sandler, James, Rock, and Spade returned (Schneider was unable to reprise his role due to scheduling conflicts and his wife was pregnant during production). The sequel got extremely negative reviews and was a box office bomb.

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Thirty years after graduating from high school, five former basketball teammates Lenny Feder (Sandler), Eric Lamonsoff (James), Kurt [=McKenzie=] (Rock), Marcus Higgins (Spade) and Rob Hilliard (Schneider) gather at the lake house where they celebrated their biggest victory to mourn the passing of their late coach. Over the course of the Fourth of July weekend, the five friends realize that just because they've all grown up and started families doesn't mean that they've lost that old spark. Adulthood is what you make of it, and no one at the lake house is eager to be the grown-up of the gang.

A sequel was released in July 2013 2013, where only Sandler, James, Rock, Rock and Spade returned (Schneider was unable to reprise his role due to scheduling conflicts and his wife was pregnant during production). The sequel got extremely negative reviews and was a box office bomb.



* CatchPhrase: the buzzer noise (he's even called Coach Buzzer) is treated like this in-universe.

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* CatchPhrase: the buzzer noise (he's even called nicknamed Coach Buzzer) is treated like this in-universe.


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* ChuckCunninghamSydrome: Rob does not appear nor is even mentioned in the sequel.
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''Grown Ups'' is a 2010 American comedy film starring Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/KevinJames, Creator/ChrisRock, Creator/DavidSpade and Rob Schneider. Rock, Schneider, Spade and Sandler (as well as co-star Tim Meadows) all joined the cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in the 1990-91 season; other actors Colin Quinn, Creator/MayaRudolph, and Norm [=MacDonald=] have also been SNL cast members. Sandler and Fred Wolf wrote the script and Dennis Dugan directed. The film was produced by Sandler's production company Happy Madison and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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''Grown Ups'' is a 2010 American comedy film starring Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/KevinJames, Creator/ChrisRock, Creator/DavidSpade and Rob Schneider.Creator/RobSchneider. Rock, Schneider, Spade and Sandler (as well as co-star Tim Meadows) all joined the cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in the 1990-91 season; other actors Colin Quinn, Creator/MayaRudolph, and Norm [=MacDonald=] have also been SNL cast members. Sandler and Fred Wolf wrote the script and Dennis Dugan directed. The film was produced by Sandler's production company Happy Madison and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
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A sequel was released in July 2013 where only Sandler, James, Rock, and Spade returned. (Schneider was unable to reprise his role due to scheduling conflicts and his wife was pregnant during production). The sequel got extremely negative reviews and was a box office bomb.

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A sequel was released in July 2013 where only Sandler, James, James, Rock, and Spade returned. returned (Schneider was unable to reprise his role due to scheduling conflicts and his wife was pregnant during production). The sequel got extremely negative reviews and was a box office bomb.
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A sequel was released in July 2013 where only Sandler, James, Rock, and Spade returned. (Schneider was unable to reprise his role due to scheduling conflicts and his wife was pregnant during production). The sequel got extremely negative reviews and was a box office bomb.
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* AmusingInjuries: A game of "arrow roulette", where the five compete to be the last to avoid a falling arrow, ends when it goes into Rob's foot. This goes UpToEleven later with [[spoiler:Steve Buscemi, who gets stuck on a zipline and crashes into a hut... and ''later'' [[BrickJoke "wins" another round of "arrow roulette"]].]]

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* AmusingInjuries: A game of "arrow roulette", where the five compete to be the last to avoid a falling arrow, ends when it goes into Rob's foot. This goes UpToEleven later with [[spoiler:Steve Buscemi, [[spoiler:Wiley, who gets stuck on a zipline and crashes into a hut... and ''later'' [[BrickJoke "wins" another round of "arrow roulette"]].]]



* ButtMonkey: Rob. [[spoiler:Steve Buscemi is this for the JerkJock posse.]]

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* ButtMonkey: Rob. [[spoiler:Steve Buscemi [[spoiler:Wiley is this for the JerkJock posse.]]



* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: [[spoiler:Steve Buscemi, despite being put in the body cast after the midpoint of the movie. [[RuleOfThree The third jibe from Marcus]] is new to him, though.]]

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* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: [[spoiler:Steve Buscemi, [[spoiler:Wiley, despite being put in the body cast after the midpoint of the movie. [[RuleOfThree The third jibe from Marcus]] is new to him, though.]]

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''Grown Ups'' is a 2010 American comedy film starring Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/KevinJames, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider. Rock, Schneider, Spade and Sandler (as well as co-star Tim Meadows) all joined the cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in the 1990-91 season; other actors Colin Quinn, Creator/MayaRudolph, and Norm [=MacDonald=] have also been SNL cast members. Sandler and Fred Wolf wrote the script and Dennis Dugan directed. The film was produced by Sandler's production company Happy Madison and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Boys will be boys. Some longer than others.]]
''Grown Ups'' is a 2010 American comedy film starring Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/KevinJames, Chris Rock, David Spade Creator/ChrisRock, Creator/DavidSpade and Rob Schneider. Rock, Schneider, Spade and Sandler (as well as co-star Tim Meadows) all joined the cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in the 1990-91 season; other actors Colin Quinn, Creator/MayaRudolph, and Norm [=MacDonald=] have also been SNL cast members. Sandler and Fred Wolf wrote the script and Dennis Dugan directed. The film was produced by Sandler's production company Happy Madison and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: The end result of Arrow Roulette.
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''Grown Ups'' is a 2010 American comedy film starring Creator/AdamSandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider. Rock, Schneider, Spade and Sandler (as well as co-star Tim Meadows) all joined the cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in the 1990-91 season; other actors Colin Quinn, Creator/MayaRudolph, and Norm [=MacDonald=] have also been SNL cast members. Sandler and Fred Wolf wrote the script and Dennis Dugan directed. The film was produced by Sandler's production company Happy Madison and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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''Grown Ups'' is a 2010 American comedy film starring Creator/AdamSandler, Kevin James, Creator/KevinJames, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider. Rock, Schneider, Spade and Sandler (as well as co-star Tim Meadows) all joined the cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in the 1990-91 season; other actors Colin Quinn, Creator/MayaRudolph, and Norm [=MacDonald=] have also been SNL cast members. Sandler and Fred Wolf wrote the script and Dennis Dugan directed. The film was produced by Sandler's production company Happy Madison and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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