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A 2006 dramatic film, ''Off the Black'' features Nick Nolte as Ray Cook, an irascible umpire unhappy with life. At the game to decide state play-offs, Ray calls a fourth ball on the pitcher, Dave Tibbel (Trevor Morgan), clinching a loss. In revenge, Dave and his friends vandalize Ray's house. Ray catches Dave, and forces him to clean up, as well as making a proposition that Dave come along to Ray's 40th high school reunion as a means to show off how good Ray wishes his life was. In the process, Dave and Ray strike up an odd friendship.
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A 2006 dramatic film, ''Off the Black'' features Nick Nolte as Ray Cook, an irascible umpire unhappy with life. At the game to decide state play-offs, Ray calls a fourth ball on the pitcher, Dave Tibbel (Trevor Morgan), (Creator/TrevorMorgan), clinching a loss. In revenge, Dave and his friends vandalize Ray's house. Ray catches Dave, and forces him to clean up, as well as making a proposition that Dave come along to Ray's 40th high school reunion as a means to show off how good Ray wishes his life was. In the process, Dave and Ray strike up an odd friendship.
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* YourDaysAreNumbered: Early in the film, [[spoiler:Ray]] is told that it's not a matter of whether to operate, it's where to start...
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* YourDaysAreNumbered: Early in the film, [[spoiler:Ray]] is told that it's not a matter of whether to operate, it's where to start...start...
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[[caption-width-right:220:Would You Let This Man Be Your Father?]]you let this man be your father?]]
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* ToiletPaperPrank: Dave being caught in the middle of vandalization that involves this kicks off the plot.
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A 2006 dramatic film, ''Off the Black'' features Nick Nolte as Ray Cook, an irascible umpire unhappy with life. At the game to decide state play-offs, Ray calls a fourth ball on the pitcher, Dave Tibbel (Trevor Morgan), clinching a loss. In revenge, Dave and his friends vandalize Ray's house. Ray catches Dave, and forces him to clean up, as well as making a proposition that Dave come along to Ray's 40th high school reunion as a means to show off how good Ray wishes his life was. In the process, Dave and Ray strike up an odd friendship.
!!This film exhibits the following tropes:
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* ClassReunion: Ray convinces Dave to pose as his son for his 40th high school reunion.
* Cranky Neighbor: Ray, although it's played oddly, because he implies that no one knows him and no one really cares that he is this.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:Ray]] is in poor health, [[spoiler:likely due to his years of flying Agent Orange during Vietnam]], and this eventually leads to his death.
* Intergenerational Friendship: Ray and Dave.
* MissingMom: Dave's mother left them two years ago with no explanation.
* ParentalNeglect:
** [[spoiler:Ray to his real son. He tries to reconnect by sending videos of him talking, but most are returned unopened]].
** [[spoiler:Dave's father is distant, and is implied to have become emotionally crippled by his wife leaving him.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:Ray eventually comes into this role for Dave]]. It makes the final rejection that much more painful.
* TitleDrop: Held back until the end of the movie, where Ray admits that Dave's final pitch was "just off the black", i.e. that it just missed the corner of home plate.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Early in the film, [[spoiler:Ray]] is told that it's not a matter of whether to operate, it's where to start...
[[caption-width-right:220:Would You Let This Man Be Your Father?]]
A 2006 dramatic film, ''Off the Black'' features Nick Nolte as Ray Cook, an irascible umpire unhappy with life. At the game to decide state play-offs, Ray calls a fourth ball on the pitcher, Dave Tibbel (Trevor Morgan), clinching a loss. In revenge, Dave and his friends vandalize Ray's house. Ray catches Dave, and forces him to clean up, as well as making a proposition that Dave come along to Ray's 40th high school reunion as a means to show off how good Ray wishes his life was. In the process, Dave and Ray strike up an odd friendship.
!!This film exhibits the following tropes:
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* ClassReunion: Ray convinces Dave to pose as his son for his 40th high school reunion.
* Cranky Neighbor: Ray, although it's played oddly, because he implies that no one knows him and no one really cares that he is this.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:Ray]] is in poor health, [[spoiler:likely due to his years of flying Agent Orange during Vietnam]], and this eventually leads to his death.
* Intergenerational Friendship: Ray and Dave.
* MissingMom: Dave's mother left them two years ago with no explanation.
* ParentalNeglect:
** [[spoiler:Ray to his real son. He tries to reconnect by sending videos of him talking, but most are returned unopened]].
** [[spoiler:Dave's father is distant, and is implied to have become emotionally crippled by his wife leaving him.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:Ray eventually comes into this role for Dave]]. It makes the final rejection that much more painful.
* TitleDrop: Held back until the end of the movie, where Ray admits that Dave's final pitch was "just off the black", i.e. that it just missed the corner of home plate.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Early in the film, [[spoiler:Ray]] is told that it's not a matter of whether to operate, it's where to start...
