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The Chick is no longer a trope; Five Man Band is ZCE and misused.


* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Anne
** TheLancer: Teresa
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Evie
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Heather
** TheChick: Barb
** TeamDad: Sharp
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* RunForTheBorder: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:Zane attempts to flee to Mexico, only for the border guards to draw their guns on him before Sharp arrests him. Turns out that it is a bad idea to try and cross at an actual border crossing with the authorities in hot pursuit]].
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* Subverted with Palo

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* %%* Subverted with PaloPalo\ZCE How is it subverted?
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[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused]] with the 1995 Disney family comedy/drama ''[[Film/ManOfTheHouse1995 Man of the House]]'', starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Chevy Chase, or TheSeventies BritCom ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse''.

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[[NamesTheSame [[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused]] with the 1995 Disney family comedy/drama ''[[Film/ManOfTheHouse1995 Man of the House]]'', starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Chevy Chase, or TheSeventies BritCom ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse''.



* TokenMinority: Teresa (Paula Garcés) fills the role of the token Latina character, and Anne (Christina Milian) is the token African-American character.

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* TokenMinority: Teresa (Paula Garcés) ([[Creator/PaulaGarces Paula Garcés]]) fills the role of the token Latina character, and Anne (Christina Milian) is the token African-American character.

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* AcademicAthlete: Anne is a pre-med student who is also a cheerleader and probably cares more about her classes than her four house mates combined.



* ClassPrincess: Head cheerleader Anne has a lot of school spirit and says that they have a sense of responsibility to be role models for the community by being cooperating witnesses in Ranger Sharp's investigation. She does act like a BrattyTeenageDaughter around Sharp at first, but this is mainly in response to how stern and unreasonable he comes across in controlling the lives of his bodyguard charges.



* DumbBlonde: [[spoiler: Barb]] starts like one, but it's averted by the end. Eve is also poor at thinking things out, but she's also [[HairOfGOldHeartOfGold arguably the nicest of the group.]]

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* DisappearedDad:
** Sharp divorced his wife six years ago and even before then had trouble making time for his daughter.
** Heather's dad ran out on her family a long time ago.
* DumbBlonde: [[spoiler: Barb]] starts like one, but it's averted by the end. Eve is also poor at thinking things out, but she's also [[HairOfGOldHeartOfGold arguably the nicest of the group.]]



* ReallyGetsAround: Heavily implied with Barb.

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* ReallyGetsAround: Heavily implied with Barb. While talking across the campus, in less than a minute, Barb exchanges flirtatious greetings with three different boys she's implied to have had sex with.



* SpicyLatina: Teresa is arguably the most sexually active of the girls and the one who chafes under Sharp the most.

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* SpicyLatina: Teresa is arguably the most sexually active of the girls and the one who chafes under Sharp the most. She often swears in Spanish, and mocks an AbhorrentAdmirer in a bar before delivering a GroinAttack when he gets rough.
* Subverted with Palo
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* IntimateTelecommunications: One of Sharp's first clashes with his bodyguard charges comes when Teresa wants to accept a phone sex call from her boyfriend.
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* PomPomGirl: The five cheerleaders who witness a murder and require police protection are (initially) shallow but are generally warm-hearted and take cheerleading ''very'' seriously.
--> '''Anne''': As captain of the squad, it is my duty to inform you that if you wanna stop us from cheerleading, you're gonna have to pry the pom-poms from our cold dead hands.
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* DumbBlonde: [[spoiler: Barb]] starts like one, but it's averted by the end and she's also [[HairOfGOldHeartOfGold arguably the nicest of the group.]]

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* DumbBlonde: [[spoiler: Barb]] starts like one, but it's averted by the end and end. Eve is also poor at thinking things out, but she's also [[HairOfGOldHeartOfGold arguably the nicest of the group.]]
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[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused]] with the 1995 Disney family comedy/drama [[Film/ManOfTheHouse1995 Man of the House]], starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Chevy Chase or TheSeventies BritCom ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse''

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[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused]] with the 1995 Disney family comedy/drama [[Film/ManOfTheHouse1995 ''[[Film/ManOfTheHouse1995 Man of the House]], House]]'', starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Chevy Chase Chase, or TheSeventies BritCom ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse''
''Series/ManAboutTheHouse''.
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[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused]] with the 1995 Disney family comedy/drama [[Film/ManOfTheHouse1995 Man of the House]], starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Chevy Chase.

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[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused]] with the 1995 Disney family comedy/drama [[Film/ManOfTheHouse1995 Man of the House]], starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Chevy Chase.
Chase or TheSeventies BritCom ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse''
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Completely averted, thanks to Jones's suggestion it be filmed in his home state. The film was even the first authorized to use the full name and branding of UT, and featured a cameo from the state's governor (see: Real Person Cameo below).
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* AdvertisedExtra: [[spoiler:Cedric the Entertainer (Percy)]] was heavily featured in TV promos, implying that he had a bigger role in the film than he actually does.

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* AdvertisedExtra: An egregious example in terms of [[spoiler:Cedric the Entertainer (Percy)]] as Percy]] was heavily featured in TV promos, implying that he had a bigger role in the film than he actually does. The promos made it seem as if [[spoiler: Sharp and Percy were working together to protect the girls]].


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* NeverTrustATrailer: Again, [[spoiler: Percy’s importance to the film is greatly exaggerated, almost to the point of false advertising]].

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* BrickJoke: Jimmy, [[spoiler: who moves out.]]

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* BrickJoke: Jimmy, Jimmy the drug dealer who introduces himself and, [[spoiler: who moves out.then "moves" out to jail by the time one of his customers comes by looking for him.]]



* DumbBlonde: [[spoiler: Barb]] starts like one, but it's averted by the end.

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* DumbBlonde: [[spoiler: Barb]] starts like one, but it's averted by the end.end and she's also [[HairOfGOldHeartOfGold arguably the nicest of the group.]]



* EatingTheEyeCandy: Ranger Riggs keeps eyeing the girls when they first come to the house and repeatedly thanking Sharp for picking him to come on the protection detail past the point of annoyance.



* PutOnABus: Texas Ranger Swanson is wounded in the shootout early on and spends most of the remaining movie in the hospital.



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%%* * SpicyLatina: Teresa.Teresa is arguably the most sexually active of the girls and the one who chafes under Sharp the most.

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Not to be confused with [[Film/ManOfTheHouse1995 the 1995 film of the same name]] starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Creator/ChevyChase, and Creator/FarrahFawcett.



[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused]] with the 1995 Disney family comedy/drama ''Man of the House'', starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Chevy Chase.

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[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused]] with the 1995 Disney family comedy/drama ''Man [[Film/ManOfTheHouse1995 Man of the House'', House]], starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Chevy Chase.
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Not to be confused with [[ManOfTheHouse1995 the 1995 film of the same name]] starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Creator/ChevyChase, and Creator/FarrahFawcett]].

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Not to be confused with [[ManOfTheHouse1995 [[Film/ManOfTheHouse1995 the 1995 film of the same name]] starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Creator/ChevyChase, and Creator/FarrahFawcett]].
Creator/FarrahFawcett.
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Not to be confused with [[ManOfTheHouse1995 the 1995 film of the same name]] starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Creator/ChevyChase, and Creator/FarrahFawcett]].
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A 2005 action/comedy film centered around a group of very hot and bubbly University of Texas cheerleaders who inadvertently witness a murder in connection with the shooting of a Texas Ranger. The danger of their situation makes their protection the responsibility of [[TypeCasting gruff, by-the-book Ranger]] and Roland Sharp, played by Creator/TommyLeeJones. As a cover for his detail, he [[StrangeCopInAStrangeLand moves into the group's sorority house]] under the guise of being their cheerleading coach. HilarityEnsues.

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A 2005 action/comedy film centered around a group of very hot and bubbly University of Texas cheerleaders who inadvertently witness a murder in connection with the shooting of a Texas Ranger. The danger of their situation makes their protection the responsibility of [[TypeCasting gruff, by-the-book Ranger]] and Roland Sharp, played by Creator/TommyLeeJones. As a cover for his detail, he [[StrangeCopInAStrangeLand moves into the group's sorority house]] under the guise of being their cheerleading coach. HilarityEnsues.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Exaggerated when [[spoiler: Eddie Zane shoots himself in the arm as a cover up for the sniper who inadvertently shot a Texas ranger]].

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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Exaggerated when [[spoiler: Eddie Zane shoots himself in the arm as a cover up for the sniper who inadvertently shot a Texas ranger]].ranger]].

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%% * TheComicallySerious: (This is a Zero Context example. Please do not uncomment until further context has been added.) You have to ask?

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%% * TheComicallySerious: (This is a Zero Context example. Please do not uncomment until further context has been added.) You have It's Tommy Lee Jones, in his usual stone-faced self, surrounded by cheerleaders. Of course this translates to ask?comedy gold!
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A 2005 action/comedy film centered around a group of very hot and bubbly University of Texas cheerleaders who inadvertently witness a murder in connection with the shooting of a Texas Ranger. The danger of their situation makes their protection the responsibility of [[TypeCasting gruff, by-the-book Ranger]] and BadassGrandpa Roland Sharp, played by Creator/TommyLeeJones. As a cover for his detail, he [[StrangeCopInAStrangeLand moves into the group's sorority house]] under the guise of being their cheerleading coach. HilarityEnsues.

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A 2005 action/comedy film centered around a group of very hot and bubbly University of Texas cheerleaders who inadvertently witness a murder in connection with the shooting of a Texas Ranger. The danger of their situation makes their protection the responsibility of [[TypeCasting gruff, by-the-book Ranger]] and BadassGrandpa Roland Sharp, played by Creator/TommyLeeJones. As a cover for his detail, he [[StrangeCopInAStrangeLand moves into the group's sorority house]] under the guise of being their cheerleading coach. HilarityEnsues.
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* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: One cheerleader at one point asks "couldn't you just shoot the gun out of the bad guy's hand?" to which Sharp explains that it doesn't work. [[spoiler: Near the end of the movie, it [[BeyondTheImpossible does]]. As he did not intend to do that, Sharp was more impressed than anybody else who saw it.]]
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* AdvertisedExtra: [[spoiler:Cedric the Entertainer (Percy)]] was heavily featured in TV promos, implying that he had a bigger role in the film than he actually does.
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* TokenMinority: Teresa (Paula Garcés) fills the role of the token Spanish-interjecting Hispanic character, and Anne (Christina Milian) is the token African-American character.

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* TokenMinority: Teresa (Paula Garcés) fills the role of the token Spanish-interjecting Hispanic Latina character, and Anne (Christina Milian) is the token African-American character.
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[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused]] with the 1995 family comedy/drama ''Man of the House'', starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Chevy Chase.

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[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused]] with the 1995 Disney family comedy/drama ''Man of the House'', starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Chevy Chase.



* BareYourMidriff: Naval visibility must be maintained.

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* BareYourMidriff: Naval Navel visibility must be maintained.
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* TheComicallySerious: [[CaptainObvious You have to ask]]?

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%% * TheComicallySerious: [[CaptainObvious (This is a Zero Context example. Please do not uncomment until further context has been added.) You have to ask]]?ask?



* SpicyLatina: Teresa.
* TamponRun: With some help.

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** TheSmartGuy: Evie
** TheBigGuy: Heather

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** TheSmartGuy: [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Evie
** TheBigGuy: [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Heather
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A 2005 action/comedy film centered around a group of very hot and bubbly University of Texas cheerleaders who inadvertently witness a murder in connection with the shooting of a Texas Ranger. The danger of their situation makes their protection the responsibility of [[TypeCasting gruff, by-the-book Ranger]] and BadassGrandpa Roland Sharp, played by TommyLeeJones. As a cover for his detail, he [[StrangeCopInAStrangeLand moves into the group's sorority house]] under the guise of being their cheerleading coach. HilarityEnsues.

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A 2005 action/comedy film centered around a group of very hot and bubbly University of Texas cheerleaders who inadvertently witness a murder in connection with the shooting of a Texas Ranger. The danger of their situation makes their protection the responsibility of [[TypeCasting gruff, by-the-book Ranger]] and BadassGrandpa Roland Sharp, played by TommyLeeJones.Creator/TommyLeeJones. As a cover for his detail, he [[StrangeCopInAStrangeLand moves into the group's sorority house]] under the guise of being their cheerleading coach. HilarityEnsues.
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An action/comedy centered around a group of very hot and bubbly University of Texas cheerleaders who inadvertently witness a murder in connection with the shooting of a Texas Ranger. The danger of their situation makes their protection the responsibility of [[TypeCasting gruff, by-the-book Ranger]] and BadassGrandpa Roland Sharp, played by TommyLeeJones. As a cover for his detail, he [[StrangeCopInAStrangeLand moves into the group's sorority house]] under the guise of being their cheerleading coach. HilarityEnsues.

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An A 2005 action/comedy film centered around a group of very hot and bubbly University of Texas cheerleaders who inadvertently witness a murder in connection with the shooting of a Texas Ranger. The danger of their situation makes their protection the responsibility of [[TypeCasting gruff, by-the-book Ranger]] and BadassGrandpa Roland Sharp, played by TommyLeeJones. As a cover for his detail, he [[StrangeCopInAStrangeLand moves into the group's sorority house]] under the guise of being their cheerleading coach. HilarityEnsues.
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--> '''Sharp''': "One thing you'll learn about me is I do not kid, or jest, or joke, or jape, or quip."

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--> '''Sharp''': "One One thing you'll learn about me is I do not kid, or jest, or joke, or jape, or quip."

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