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* {{Jerkass with a Heart of Gold}}: What TJ turns into.
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* {{Too Dumb to Live}}: Ned and Janet in the beginning. They were ''about to be released,'' but then they started arguing and ended up causing the rest of the duration of the movie. While its definitely not their fault their kids locked them in the basement, all they had to do was ''pretend'' to get along for a few measly minutes and then punish their kids for what they did!
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* {{Wacky Parent Serious Child}}: Cindy and Brooke Figler. Brooke is always complaining about how her mom is trying to emulate her.
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* * {{The Bully}}: TJ to Grover.
* TropicalEpilogue: [[spoiler:After Janet and Ned rekindle their love, they, Grover, and Stacy take a trip to Hawaii.]]
* TropicalEpilogue: [[spoiler:After Janet and Ned rekindle their love, they, Grover, and Stacy take a trip to Hawaii.]]
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* {{The Bully}}: TJ to Grover.
* TropicalEpilogue: [[spoiler:After Janet and Ned rekindle their love, they, Grover, and Stacy take a trip to Hawaii.]]
* TropicalEpilogue: [[spoiler:After Janet and Ned rekindle their love, they, Grover, and Stacy take a trip to Hawaii.]]
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* {{Big Damn Kiss}}: Grover and [[spoiler: Brooke]] at the end. To applause from the cafeteria.
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* {{All Guys Want Cheerleaders}}: Grover has a crush on the hottest, most popular girl in school.
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* {{Protagonist Centered Morality}}Morality}}: Grover's actions border along sociopathic. He even threatens to ''not feed the parents'' until they start getting along. But we're rooting for him because true love!
* * {{The Bully}}: TJ to Grover.
* * {{The Bully}}: TJ to Grover.
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* {{The Bully}}: TJ to Grover.
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* {{Squick}}: Although Grover can cook fancy meals, he and the other kids feed the parents heart-attack inducing junk food "cookies." Victor actually enjoys them.
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* {{Squick}}: Although Grover can cook fancy meals, he and the other kids feed the parents heart-attack inducing junk food "cookies." Victor actually enjoys them.
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* {{Jerkass Has a Point}}: Seriously, Donald may be a prick, but wouldn't you be angry too if your own kids locked you in a basement ''for days?'' He has every right to be angry and want to sue!
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* {{Jerkass Has a Point}}: Seriously, Donald may be a prick, but wouldn't you be angry pissed too if your own kids locked you in a basement ''for days?'' He has every right to be angry and want to sue!
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* {{Wham Line}}: "Oh, I'm nailing the door shut!" Later on, "Who sent the divorce papers?"papers?"
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* {{Wham Line}}: "Who sent the divorce papers?"
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* {{Discreet Drink Disposal}}: At the dinner table when the kids try alcohol for the first time.
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* {{Wangst}}: Grover.
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* {{Divorce is Temporary}}: Janet and Ned's problems miraculously disappear by the end of the movie and suddenly they love each other again.
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* {{The Woobie}}: Gwenna, Donald's wife. It is subtly hinted that Donald abuses her.
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* {{Jerkass}}: TJ at first, but then he later befriends Grover, gaining respect for his attempts to save his parents' marriage.
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* {{Jerkass}}: TJ at first, but then he later befriends Grover, gaining respect for his attempts to save his parents' marriage. Also, Donald.
* {{Jerkass Has a Point}}: Seriously, Donald may be a prick, but wouldn't you be angry too if your own kids locked you in a basement ''for days?'' He has every right to be angry and want to sue!
* {{Jerkass Has a Point}}: Seriously, Donald may be a prick, but wouldn't you be angry too if your own kids locked you in a basement ''for days?'' He has every right to be angry and want to sue!
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* {{Jerkass}}: TJ at first, but then he later befriends Grover, gaining respect for his attempts to save his parents' marriage.
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''House Arrest'' is a film that stars Creator/JamieLeeCurtis and Kevin Pollak. The film boasts a very thorough supporting cast in Christopher [=McDonald=], Wallace Shawn, Creator/JenniferTilly, Ben Stein, and an up and coming JenniferLoveHewitt.
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''House Arrest'' is a film that stars Creator/JamieLeeCurtis and Kevin Pollak. The film boasts a very thorough supporting cast in Christopher [=McDonald=], Wallace Shawn, Creator/JenniferTilly, Ben Stein, and an up and coming JenniferLoveHewitt.
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''House Arrest'' is a film that stars
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* HeyItsThatGuy: The love interest is played by a young [[Series/GhostWhisperer Melinda Gordon]].
** One of the parents thinks this whole plot is [[Film/ThePrincessBride INCONCEIVABLE!!!]]
** One of the parents thinks this whole plot is [[Film/ThePrincessBride INCONCEIVABLE!!!]]
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The film stars JamieLeeCurtis and Kevin Pollak. The film boasts a very thorough supporting cast in Christopher [=McDonald=], Wallace Shawn, JenniferTilly, Ben Stein, and an up and coming Jennifer Love Hewitt.
High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their problems. Their school friends also decide to do the same with their parents to solve their respective problem
High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their problems. Their school friends also decide to do the same with their parents to solve their respective problem
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The film stars JamieLeeCurtis and Kevin Pollak. The film boasts a very thorough supporting cast in Christopher [=McDonald=], Wallace Shawn, JenniferTilly, Ben Stein, and an up and coming Jennifer Love Hewitt.
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High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their problems. Their school friends also decide to do the same with their parents to solve their respectiveproblem
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High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their problems. Their school friends also decide to do the same with their parents to solve their respective
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The film was shot at various locations in the U.S. states of California and Ohio. Monrovia, California was the location for several exterior house scenes while most interior shots were done at the CBS/Radford lot in Studio City, California. The story was set in Defiance, Ohio, although another town, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, actually doubled for it.
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The film was shot at various locations in the U.S. states of California and Ohio. Monrovia, California was the location for several exterior house scenes while most interior shots were done at the CBS/Radford lot in Studio City, California. The story was set in Defiance, Ohio, although another town, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, actually doubled for it.
it. (However, they really did film the final scenes in Hawaii...)
* DancePartyEnding: Behind most of the end credits (followed by [[TheCastShowoff a song from Jennifer Love Hewitt]]).
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* KarmaHoudini: Averted. [[spoiler:The kids had to spend one night in juvenile hall after locking their parents in the basement and practicing psychotherapy without a license, which isn't really that big a punishment.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Averted. [[spoiler:The kids had to spend one night in juvenile hall after locking their parents in the basement and practicing psychotherapy without a license, which isn't really that big a punishment.punishment (though it's stated they would have remained there longer if T.J's mom hadn't forced his dad to bail them out).]]
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The film stars JamieLeeCurtis and Kevin Pollak. The film boasts a very thorough supporting cast in Christopher [=McDonald=], Wallace Shawn, JenniferTilly, Ben Stein, and an up and coming Brenda Trew.
High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their problems. Their school friends also decide to do the same with their parents to solve their respective problem
The film was released on August 14, 1996 and went on to gross only over six million dollars at the box office. The film was panned by many critics which could explain its low take at the box office.
The film was shot at various locations in the U.S. states of California and Ohio. Monrovia, California was the location for several exterior house scenes while most interior shots were done at the CBS/Radford lot in Studio City, California. The story was set in Defiance, Ohio, although another town, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, actually doubled for it.
!!Tropes found in ''House Arrest'':
* AdultsAreUseless: Enforced by the main character, Grover, after he locks his parents in the basement.
* AirVentPassageway: One of the adults tries to do this. It fails.
* HappilyMarried: Subverted, then played straight at the end.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The love interest is played by a young [[GhostWhisperer Jennifer Love Hewitt]]
** One of the parents thinks this whole plot is [[Film/ThePrincessBride INCONCEIVABLE!!!]]
* KarmaHoudini: Averted. [[spoiler:The kids had to spend one night in juvenile hall after locking their parents in the basement and practicing psychotherapy without a license, which isn't really that big a punishment.]]
* TropicalEpilogue: [[spoiler:After Janet and Ned rekindle their love, they, Grover, and Stacy take a trip to Hawaii.]]
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High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their problems. Their school friends also decide to do the same with their parents to solve their respective problem
The film was released on August 14, 1996 and went on to gross only over six million dollars at the box office. The film was panned by many critics which could explain its low take at the box office.
The film was shot at various locations in the U.S. states of California and Ohio. Monrovia, California was the location for several exterior house scenes while most interior shots were done at the CBS/Radford lot in Studio City, California. The story was set in Defiance, Ohio, although another town, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, actually doubled for it.
!!Tropes found in ''House Arrest'':
* AdultsAreUseless: Enforced by the main character, Grover, after he locks his parents in the basement.
* AirVentPassageway: One of the adults tries to do this. It fails.
* HappilyMarried: Subverted, then played straight at the end.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The love interest is played by a young [[GhostWhisperer Jennifer Love Hewitt]]
** One of the parents thinks this whole plot is [[Film/ThePrincessBride INCONCEIVABLE!!!]]
* KarmaHoudini: Averted. [[spoiler:The kids had to spend one night in juvenile hall after locking their parents in the basement and practicing psychotherapy without a license, which isn't really that big a punishment.]]
* TropicalEpilogue: [[spoiler:After Janet and Ned rekindle their love, they, Grover, and Stacy take a trip to Hawaii.]]
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