History Film / Hounded

* BrickJoke: While giving announcements in the schoolyard, Ward announces that if anyone had the Spanish rice for the previous day they should the nurse if they are feeling "different". Later he advises Ronny to make a better presentation, like Jay’s, he leaves because needs meet with the people in food services because of the Spanish rice predicament.

* CheatersNeverProsper: Ward somewhat inadvertently helps Ronny cheat in the scholarship competition by confiscating Jay's presentation for a petty reason and demanding that he use the presentation as a reference to come up with a better speech, but Ronny, being lazy, instead copies Jay's presentation word-for-word and presents it ahead of Jay; as such, Jay doesn't give his presentation, as doing so at the current point would make it look like ''he'' is the cheater. [[spoiler:However, by the end of the film, Ward's father-in-law, Armand Columbus, exposes everything, then retakes his old position as headmaster while demoting Ward to secretary and sends Ronny to Starkwell while rightfully awarding Jay the Peterson scholarship.]]
* DestroyTheEvidence: When Jay tells Ward that Ronny cheated, he tells him he will look into it, at first, but then, Jay overhears him instructing Ronny to remove any and all evidence that he cheated. It seems as though all the evidence had been removed when Jay breaks into the Van Dusens' pool house to recover his presentation while the family is at the award ceremony, only for Camille to find him and follow him home.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Armand Columbus, Eliza Van Dusen's father and Ronny's maternal grandfather, who formerly served as the headmaster of Columbus Hall before passing over the job to Ward after his retirement. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, after he exposes Ward's attempt at helping Ronny cheat to obtain the Peterson scholarship, he comes out of retirement and retakes his former position, demotes Ward to secretary and sends Ronny to Starkwell while rightfully awarding Jay the Peterson scholarship.]]

* CheatersNeverProsper: Ward somewhat inadvertently helped Ronny cheat in the scholarship competition by confiscating Jay's presentation for a petty reason and demanding that he use the presentation as a reference to come up with a better speech, but Ronny, being lazy, instead copies Jay's presentation word-for-word and presents it ahead of Jay; as such, Jay doesn't give his presentation, as doing so at the current point would make it look like ''he'' is the cheater. [[spoiler:However, by the end of the film, Ward's father-in-law, Armand Columbus, exposes everything, then retakes his old position as headmaster while demoting Ward to secretary and sends Ronny to Starkwell while rightfully awarding Jay the Peterson scholarship.]]
* DestroyTheEvidence: When Jay tells Ward Ronny cheated, he tells him he will look into it, at first, but then, Jay overhears him instructing Ronny to remove any and all evidence that he cheated. It seems as though all the evidence had been removed when Jay breaks into the Van Dusens' pool house to recover his presentation while the family is at the award ceremony, only for Camille to find him and follow him home.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Ward's father-in-law, Armand Columbus, was this to his son-in-law upon his retirement as headmaster of Columbus Hall. Upon succeeding Armand as headmaster, Ward was all about nepotism throughout his tenure.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After years of thriving on privilege and nepotism, Ward and Ronny Van Dusen both get what they deserve at the end of the film: the Martin brothers frame Ronny for kidnapping and trying to ransom Camille, which prompts Armand Columbus to do some further investigation and subsequently discover the full extent of his son-in-law and grandson's misdeeds, including the latter's theft and plagiarism of Jay's speech and the former's attempted cover up of it. He immediately steps in and takes control by coming out of retirement, taking his former position as headmaster back, and re-opening the scholarship competition. As a result, Ward is demoted to a secretary position and is later forced to move into his mansion's pool house (formerly Ronny's bedroom) after Camille has puppies due to his allergies, while Ronny is stripped of the Peterson scholarship (which is then rightfully awarded to Jay) and sent to Starkwell Military Academy as punishment for his plagiarism and his "kidnapping" of Camille, [[spoiler:where he ends up under the command of Jay's brother Mike, who clearly intends to come down on him much harder than the other cadets]].

13-year-old Jay Martin (Mowry), a student at Columbus Hall, is competing for a scholarship to the prestigious Donald Peterson Academy so he can study art, with his main competitor being Ronny Van Dusen ([=LaBeouf=]), the lazy son of the school's corrupt headmaster, Ward Van Dusen (Begley). With the scholarship being the only one of its kind available, if Jay doesn't obtain it, he will be sent to the all-boys Starkwell Military Academy his older brother, Mike (Kirkwood), attends upstate, where their deceased father had been a former student and teacher. Jay has prepared a presentation that he hopes would help him obtain the scholarship, but his dreams to attend Peterson just might be all for nothing when Ward confiscates his presentation for a petty reason, and then Ronny copies it word-for-word and obtains the scholarship. Ward intends to look into this matter, at first, when Jay brings this up with him, only for him to overhear him telling Ronny to remove any and all evidence that he cheated.

* DrillSergeantNasty: Mike Martin, during his time at Starkwell, rose to the rank of drill sergeant, carrying on the tradition for their late father. Through those years, it caused him and Jay to develop a sibling rivalry, but Camille likely helped the two learn to put aside their differences. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, after Ronny is sent to Starkwell as punishment for stealing Jay's presentation and "kidnapping" Camille, Mike becomes Ronny's instructor.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: After years of thriving on privilege and nepotism, Ward and Ronny Van Dusen both get what they deserve at the end of the film: the Martin brothers frame Ronny for kidnapping and trying to ransom Camille, which prompts Armand Columbus to do some further investigation and subsequently discover the full extent of his son-in-law and grandson's misdeeds, including the latter's theft and plagiarism of Jay's speech and the former's attempted cover up of it. He immediately steps in and takes control by coming out of retirement, taking his former position as headmaster back, and re-opening the scholarship competition. As a result, Ward is demoted to a secretary position and is later forced to move into his mansion's pool house (formerly Ronny's bedroom) after Camille has puppies due to his allergies, while Ronny is stripped of the Peterson scholarship (which is then rightfully awarded to Jay) and sent to Starkwell Military Academy as punishment for his plagiarism and his "kidnapping" of Camille, where he ends up under the command of Jay's brother Mike, who clearly intends to come down on him much harder than the other cadets.

13-year-old Jay Martin (Mowry), a student at Columbus Hall, is competing for a scholarship to the prestigious Donald Peterson Academy so he can study art, with his main competitor being Ronny Van Dusen ([=LaBeouf=]), the lazy son of the school's corrupt headmaster, Ward Van Dusen (Begley). With the scholarship being the only one of its kind available, if Jay doesn't obtain it, he will be sent to the all-boys Starkwell Military Academy his older brother, Mike (Kirkwood), attends upstate, where their deceased father had been a former student and teacher. Jay has prepared a presentation that he hopes would help him obtain the scholarship, but his dreams to attend Peterson just might be all for nothing when Ward confiscates his presentation, then Ronny copies it word-for-word and obtains the scholarship. Ward intends to look into this matter, at first, when Jay brings this up with him, only for him to overhear him telling Ronny to remove any and all evidence that he cheated.

* CheatersNeverProsper: Ward helped Ronny cheat in the scholarship competition by stealing Jay's presentation and demanded that he use the presentation as a reference to think of a better speech, but Ronny, being lazy, copies Jay's presentation word-for-word and presents it ahead of Jay, making it look like he's the cheater. [[spoiler:However, by the end of the film, Ward's father-in-law, Armand Columbus, exposes everything, then retakes his old position as headmaster while demoting Ward to secretary and sends Ronny to Starkwell while rightfully awarding Jay the Peterson scholarship.]]

* DrillSergeantNasty: Mike Martin, during his time at Starkwell, rose to the rank of drill sergeant, carrying on the tradition for their late father. Through those years, it caused him and Jay to develop a sibling rivalry, but Camille likely helped the two learn to put aside their differences. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, after Ronny is sent to Starkwell as punishment for stealing Jay's scholarship, Mike becomes Ronny's instructor.]]

* {{Nepotism}}: Ward has embodied this nature throughout his tenure as headmaster of Columbus Hall. When Mike was a student at Columbus, Ward cut him from the baseball team to make room for his nephew, who never even played the sport in his life. Now, with Ronny having stolen Jay's presentation, the Martin brothers now seek to avenge their family's honor.

* DisappearedDad: Jay and Mike’s father who was a teacher at Starkwell, died before the events of the film.

13-year-old Jay Martin (Mowry) attends Columbus Hall, a private middle school, and is competing for the only scholarship available to the prestigious Donald Peterson Academy so he can study art, otherwise he will be sent to the all-boys Starkwell Military Academy his older brother, Mike (Kirkwood), attends upstate, where their deceased father had been a former student and teacher. Jay has prepared a presentation that he hopes would help him obtain the scholarship, but his dreams to attend Peterson just might be all for nothing when the school's corrupt headmaster, Ward Van Dusen (Begley), confiscates his presentation, then his son, Ronny ([=LaBeouf=]), copies it word-for-word and obtains the scholarship with it. Ward intends to look into this matter, at first, when Jay brings this up with him, only for him to overhear him telling Ronny to remove any and all evidence that he cheated.

* BabiesEverAfter: In this case, "Puppies Ever After". Camille is revealed to be expecting puppies at the end of the film. While Eliza plans to keep most of the puppies, with Ward being forced to move into the pool house due to his allergies while Ronny is away at school, she offers Jay one of them.

* DestroyTheEvidence: When Jay tells Ward Ronny cheated, he tells him he will look into it, at first, but then, Jay overhears him instructing Ronny to remove any and all evidence that he cheated. It seems as though all the evidence had been removed when Jay sneaks into the pool house to recover his presentation while the family is at the award ceremony, only for Camille to find him.

13-year-old Jay Martin (Mowry) attends Columbus Hall, a private middle school, and is competing for the only scholarship available to the prestigious Donald Peterson Academy so he can study art, otherwise he will be sent to the all-boys Starkwell Military Academy his older brother, Mike (Kirkwood), attends upstate, where their deceased father had been a former student and teacher. Jay has prepared a presentation that he hopes would help him obtain the scholarship, but his dreams to attend Peterson just might be all for nothing when the school's corrupt headmaster, Ward Van Dusen (Begley), confiscates his presentation, then his son, Ronny ([=LaBeouf=]), copies it word-for-word and obtains the scholarship. Ward intends to look into this matter, at first, when Jay brings this up with him, only for him to overhear him telling Ronny to remove any and all evidence that he cheated.

* CheatersNeverProsper: Ward helped Ronny cheat in the scholarship competition by stealing Jay's presentation and demanded that he use the presentation as a reference to think of a better speech, but Ronny, being lazy, copies Jay's presentation word-for-word and presents it ahead of Jay, making it look like he's the cheater. [[spoiler:However, by the end of the film, Armand exposes this and retakes his old position as headmaster while demoting Ward to secretary and Ronny is shipped off to Starkwell while Jay is rightfully awarded the Peterson scholarship.]]

* CheatersNeverProsper: Ward helped Ronny cheat in the scholarship competition by stealing Jay's presentation, but this is soon exposed by his father-in-law, Armand Columbus. Ward, as a result, is demoted to secretary [[spoiler:with Armand retaking his old position as the school headmaster]], and Ronny is shipped off to Starkwell while Jay is rightfully awarded the Peterson scholarship.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Armand Columbus, Eliza Van Dusen's father, who formerly served as the headmaster of Columbus Hall before passing over the job to Ward after his retirement. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, after he exposes Ward's attempt at helping Ronny cheat to obtain the Peterson scholarship, he comes out of retirement and retakes his former position, demotes Ward to secretary and sends Ronny to Starkwell while rightfully awarding Jay the Peterson scholarship.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Armand Columbus, Eliza Van Dusen's father, who formerly served as the headmaster of Columbus Hall before passing over the job to Ward after his retirement. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, after he exposes Ward's attempt at helping Ronny cheat to obtain the Peterson scholarship, he comes out of retirement and retakes his former position, demotes Ward to secretary and sends Ronny to Starkwell.]]

While the Van Dusens are at the award ceremony, Jay breaks into the pool house of their mansion-- which Ronny uses as his bedroom-- to steal back his presentation and prove to the judges Ward helped Ronny cheat, but it quickly goes south when Camille, the prized show dog belonging to Ward's wife, Eliza (Rachelle Carson), discovers him and follows him home, and then wreaks havoc in the Martin household when she goes too long without her anti-anxiety medication. Soon enough, when Mike comes home from Starkwell, he becomes involved and in spite of their ongoing rivalry, the two brothers have to work together to get Camille home and give the Van Dusens their just desserts for their corruption.

While the Van Dusens are at the award ceremony, Jay breaks into the pool house of their mansion to steal back his presentation and prove to the judges Ward helped Ronny cheat, but it quickly goes south when Camille, the prized show dog belonging to Ward's wife, Eliza (Rachelle Carson), discovers him and follows him home, and then wreaks havoc in the Martin household when she goes too long without her anti-anxiety medication. Soon enough, when Mike comes home from Starkwell, he becomes involved and in spite of their ongoing rivalry, the two brothers have to work together to get Camille home and give the Van Dusens their just desserts for their corruption.

* {{Bookends}}: For Camille. It started with her going into the pool house and being "dognapped" while Jay snuck in there to find his stolen presentation, and it ended with her being found in the pool house when the Martin brothers sneak her back in there and frame Ronny for her disappearance.

''Hounded'' is a 2001 Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie starring Creator/TahjMowry as Jay Martin, a student attending a private middle school who seeks to obtain a scholarship to a prestigious school, but accidentally kidnaps his corrupt principal's (Creator/EdBegleyJr) show dog while trying to prove that he helped his lazy son (Creator/ShiaLaBeouf) cheat to obtain said scholarship.

13-year-old Jay Martin (Mowry) attends Columbus Hall, a private middle school, and is competing for the only scholarship available to the prestigious Donald Peterson Academy so he can study art, otherwise he will be sent to the all-boys Starkwell Military Academy his older brother, Mike (Craig Kirkwood), attends upstate, where their deceased father had been a former student and teacher. Jay has prepared a presentation that he hopes would help him obtain the scholarship, but his dreams to attend Peterson just might be all for nothing when the school's corrupt headmaster, Ward Van Dusen (Begley), confiscates his presentation, then his son, Ronny ([=LaBeouf=]), copies it word-for-word and obtains the scholarship. Ward intends to look into this matter, at first, when Jay brings this up with him, only for him to overhear him telling Ronny to remove any and all evidence that he cheated.

* DrillSergeantNasty: Mike Martin, during his time at Starkwell, rose to the rank of drill sergeant, carrying on the tradition for their late father. Through those years, it caused him and Jay to develop a sibling rivalry, but Camille likely helped the two learn to put aside their differences. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, after Ronny is sent to Starkwell as punishment for stealing Jay's scholarship, he becomes Ronny's instructor.]]

* DrillSergeantNasty: Mike Martin, during his time at Starkwell, rose to the rank of drill sergeant. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, he becomes Ronny's instructor after he is sent there as punishment for stealing Jay's scholarship.]]