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* {{Manchild}}: Mike Hammersmith is a grown man who actively encourages his ten year old son's worst behavior. He goes as far as ordering Spike to injure Junior to take him out of the game when the Little Giants start making a comeback, gets defensive when called out for this by [[EveryoneHasStandards Kevin]] and sobs into his son's shoulders when they lose -- the latter of which causes Spike to tell his ''Dad'' to get a grip.
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* ArtisticLicenseSports: Kevin and Danny are explicitly violating quite a few rules for the Pop Warner league:
** Pop Warner bans tryouts. All kids who show up must make the team up to the limit of 35. Cuts can't be made unless for very specific reasons (bullying, being forced to play, academic failure).

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Kevin and Danny are explicitly violating quite a few rules for the Pop Warner league:
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league. Pop Warner bans tryouts. All kids who show up must make the team up to the limit of 35. Cuts can't be made unless for very specific reasons (bullying, being forced to play, academic failure).



** Spike's blatant attack on Junior should have seen him ejected immediately even in the NFL, much less a Peewee game.

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** Spike's blatant attack on Junior should have seen him ejected immediately even in the NFL, much less a Peewee game.game, not to mention probably charged with assault.
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* HeManWomanHater: Spike is a prepubescent version. In his very first scene with Becky he flat out refuses to play with a girl and from there does nothing make an endless string of sexist comments to her whenever they interact. Becky repeatedly knocking him on his ass during the game only enrages him further.
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** It's a wonder why the referee was even in the game considering what he ignored. He explicitly says "no penalty" after Spike ''stomps another player into the ground repeatedly.'' He later watches Spike shove another player to the ground and doesn't even do anything even though that should have gotten him immediately ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If not for Spike hitting Junior, Becky wouldn't have returned to the Giants. He even ''taunts'' her the moment after the deed was done.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If not for Spike hitting Junior, Becky wouldn't have returned to the Giants. He even ''taunts'' ''taunted'' her the moment after the deed was done.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If not for Spike hitting Junior, Becky wouldn't have returned to the Giants. He even ''taunts'' her the moment after the deed is done.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If not for Spike hitting Junior, Becky wouldn't have returned to the Giants. He even ''taunts'' her the moment after the deed is was done.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If not for Spike hitting Junior, Becky wouldn't have returned to the Giants. He even ''taunts'' her the moment the deed was done.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If not for Spike hitting Junior, Becky wouldn't have returned to the Giants. He even ''taunts'' her the moment after the deed was is done.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: "You'll thank me tomorrow". Kevin not only says this to people who are displeased by his decisions but also uses it as a motto for his car dealership.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: "You'll thank me tomorrow". Kevin not only says this to people who are displeased by his decisions but also uses it as a motto for his car dealership.
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* HateSink: The Hammersmiths. Spike is a JerkJock who insults his teammates to their faces and is openly sexist to Becky because she's a girl, and his father is exactly the same way and is proud of how his son is turning out, talking him up like some sort of football TykeBomb that he's trained to be a football player since before Spike could walk. [[spoiler:And they stoop to purposefully injuring Junior to secure their win, something that infuriates even Kevin]].

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* HateSink: The Hammersmiths. Spike is a JerkJock who insults his teammates to their faces and is openly sexist to Becky because she's a girl, and his father is exactly the same way and is proud of how his son is turning out, talking him up like some sort of football TykeBomb that he's trained to be a football player since before Spike could walk. [[spoiler:And they stoop to purposefully injuring Junior to secure their win, something that infuriates even Kevin]]. Spike does, however, get a small redeeming moment in the end after the Cowboys lose (see GracefulLoser just above), unlike his father (see SoreLoser below).
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* WouldHurtAChild: For extremely petty reasons, no less. Mike Hammersmith orders his son Spike to attack Junior -- a ''preadolescent boy'' -- in order to win a football game.
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When Kevin begins starting a pee-wee football team, he cuts several underperforming kids, including Danny's daughter Becky O'Shea (Shawna Waldron) who was one of the best at the tryout and was cut for being a girl. When the Cowboys try to bully the underdogs, Becky comes to their rescue and improvises the taught that [[StartMyOwn they're forming their own team]], coached by her dad. While both Danny and Kevin are incredulous at the idea, Kevin's condescension gets to Danny, and he and Becky decide to actually do it. However, league rules state a town can only have one team, so the two agree for their teams, Kevin's Cowboys and Danny's Little Giants, to play a game to decide who shall be the town's official team.

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When Kevin begins starting a pee-wee football team, he cuts several underperforming kids, including Danny's daughter Becky O'Shea (Shawna Waldron) who was one of the best at the tryout and was cut for being a girl. When the Cowboys try to bully the underdogs, Becky comes to their rescue and improvises the taught thought that [[StartMyOwn they're forming their own team]], coached by her dad. While both Danny and Kevin are incredulous at the idea, Kevin's condescension gets to Danny, and he and Becky decide to actually do it. However, league rules state a town can only have one team, so the two agree for their teams, Kevin's Cowboys and Danny's Little Giants, to play a game to decide who shall be the town's official team.
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-->'''Kevin:''' Hammersmith? If that kid of yours pulls another stunt like that, you're both out of here.

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-->'''Kevin:''' [[TranquilFury Hammersmith? If that kid of yours pulls another stunt like that, you're both out of here.here]].

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* ChekhovsGunman: Jake. [[spoiler: He scores the winning touchdown for the team]].



-->'''Mr. Hammersmith:''' Hey, come on! I thought you wanted to ''win'' this thing!

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-->'''Mr. Hammersmith:''' Hey, come on! I thought you wanted to ''win'' this thing!''win''!
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If not for Spike hitting Junior, Becky wouldn't have returned to the Giants. He even ''taunts'' her the moment the deed was done afterwards.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If not for Spike hitting Junior, Becky wouldn't have returned to the Giants. He even ''taunts'' her the moment the deed was done afterwards.done.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If not for Spike hitting Junior, Becky wouldn't have returned to the Giants. He even ''taunts'' her moment after the deed was done.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If not for Spike hitting Junior, Becky wouldn't have returned to the Giants. He even ''taunts'' her the moment after the deed was done.done afterwards.
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* TheCameo: Happens when coaches and players from the NFL like John Madden, Emmitt Smith, and Tim Brown show up off a bus and talk to several players of the Little Giants.

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* TheCameo: Happens when CameoCluster: NFL coaches and players from the NFL like including Hall of Famers John Madden, Emmitt Smith, Bruce Smith, and Tim Brown show up off arrive on a bus and talk to several players of teach the Little Giants.Giants about football and inspire them to believe they can win.

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