History Film / RoleModels

* CatchPhrase: "Game Face!"

* CharacterDevelopment: Danny becomes more willing to do stuff he doesn't normally do and starts to enjoy his life, Wheeler becomes more responsible as a person, Augie becomes more confident, and Ronnie becomes less of a foul mouthed douche.

* ActorAllusion: [[Film/AmericanPie Seann William Scott plays a sex-obsessed, rowdy guy who goes on a last name basis, and said last name ends in "-er".]] Subverted a bit in that Stifler is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, while Wheeler is a [[NiceGuy pretty good guy]] at face value (unlike Danny, he tries to make the best of his time with Ronnie from the start) and even likes his job of telling kids to stay off drugs, [[HypocriticalHumor even if he doesn't abide by it himself.]]
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Subverted. [[spoiler: Augie is "king" for about thirty seconds, before Lady Esplin (Sarah) "kills" him and becomes queen instead.]]

* BatmanGambit: Danny and Augie pull this off during the Battle Royale. Danny [[spoiler: pretends to be wounded, knowing King Argotron will want to finish him personally. Augie takes this opportunity to eliminate the rest of Argotron's guards and face him one-on-one.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Augie's parents at first seem like decent enough people who just don't quite understand their son's passion. After Augie is banned from [=LARPing=] however, they reveal themselves to be very selfish, judgmental, and highly dismissive of their son and his interests. It doesn't help that one is a stepdad who clearly sees him as unwanted baggage. They do start to come around in the end after seeing their son participate in a full-scale [=LARPing=] session in the climax of the movie.

* BromanticComedy: Not so much between the main characters but moreover between their respective kids they have to look after.

* CharacterDevelopment: Danny becomes more willing to do stuff he doesn't normally do and starts to enjoy his life, Wheeler becomes more responsible as a person, Augie becomes more confident and Ronnie becomes less of a foul mouthed douche.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Danny won his girlfriend back after he finally began to enjoy his life, Wheeler has a "little brother" of sorts, Augie beat the king of LAIRE and got to be with the girl he liked (who throughout the movie has been getting more and more exasperated in her attempts to be with ''him'') and Ronnie finally has someone to look up to who won't walk out of his life like his dad did. Oh, and neither Danny or Wheeler have to go to jail because Gail used to give the judge assigned to their case blowjobs for drugs.]]

--> '''Kid:''' Hey nice cow outfit. Where can I pick one of those up at, the gay zoo? Homo.

-->'''Wheeler:''' [[IBangedYourMom She let me keep it after I fucked her]].

-->'''Wheeler''': "You ready, pal?"\\
'''Ronnie''': "I ain't your pal, vanilla."
** And then later with Danny and Wheeler
-->'''Wheeler''': "You are a S-H-I-T-T-Y friend.\\
'''Danny''': "I am not your friend."

** Gail as well - despite being arrogant and authoritative, she still sees the best in Danny and Wheeler.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Wheeler]] dives in front of [[spoiler: Danny]] to save him in the battle royale.

* {{LARP}}: Despite the running cracks by the other characters not involved with LARP [[spoiler: until the royale]], it is portrayed as a good, if niche and nerdy, way of social interaction, especially for someone like Augie who doesn't fit in elsewhere.

* PunchClockVillain: The Cassadonian armies. Special mention to Davith of Glencracken, TheDragon of King Argotron. He unfailingly follows Argotron's orders, indulges in his King's lies and schemes, and, when in character, is cruel and heartless. Moment he dies, he is immensely affable.

* SuckECheeses: Chipmunk Charlie’s

* SuckECheeses

* AbusiveParents: Augie's are selfish, judgmental, and highly dismissive of their son and his interests. It doesn't help that one is a stepdad who clearly sees him as unwanted baggage.

* OnlySaneMan: Danny usually plays this role.
** Unfortunately he abdicates this role in the first 20 minutes and becomes simply {{Jerkass}}. For a large part of the movie, he isn't even lovable.

* EstabilishingCharacterMoment: Danny and Wheeler verbally dismantling a kid who heckles them shows you exactly [[{{Manchild}} what kind of adults they are]].

''Role Models'' is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Wain about two energy drink salesmen who are ordered to perform 150 hours of community service as punishment for various offenses. For their service, the two men work at a youth mentoring program designed to pair kids with adult role models. The film stars Seann William Scott, Creator/PaulRudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Jane Lynch, Ken Jeong, and Elizabeth Banks.

* BlandNameProduct[=/=]{{Expy}}: Minotaur, an obvious stand-in for Red Bull.

''Role Models'' is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Wain about two energy drink salesmen who are ordered to perform 150 hours of community service as punishment for various offenses. For their service, the two men work at a program designed to pair kids with adult role models. The film stars Seann William Scott, Creator/PaulRudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Jane Lynch, Ken Jeong, and Elizabeth Banks.

* AbusiveParents: Augie's are selfish, judgmental, and highly dismissive of their son and his interests.
** It doesn't help that one is a stepdad who clearly sees him as unwanted baggage.

* CloudCuckooLander: Gail Sweeny.

* MouthyKid: Ronnie, a middle schooler of hilarious retorts and apparently vast cinematographic knowledge.

"Smell that bush"

** Reverted when [[spoiler:she asks him to be her king. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Danny won his girlfriend back after he finally began to enjoy his life, Wheeler has a "little brother" of sorts, Augie beat the king of LAIRE and got to be with the girl he liked (who throughout the movie has been getting more and more exasperated in her attempts to be with ''him'') and Ronnie finally has someone to look up to who won't walk out of his life like his dad did. Oh, and neither Danny or Wheeler have to go to jail because Gail used to give the judge assigned to their case blowjobs for drugs.
* FreudianExcuse: Ronnie, somewhat. Wheeler uses this to his advantage to bond with him.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Danny and Wheeler get so many of these it's not funny. The biggest one is when Wheeler took Ronnie to a party and left him with a guy playing XBOX to get laid, then Ronnie left and walked all the way home.

* AbusiveParents: Augie's are selfish, judgemental, and highly dismissive of their son and his interests.
** It doesnt help that one is a stepparent who clearly sees him as unwanted baggage

* BlandNameProduct: Minotaur, an obvious stand-in for Red Bull

* DrugsAreBad: The purported PSA behind Minotaur's school marketing campaign. Predictably subverted when we see Wheeler privately smoking a joint.
* DistractedByTheSexy: One thing Wheeler and Ronnie have in common
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Danny won his girlfriend back after he finally began to enjoy his life, Wheeler has a "little brother" of sorts, Augie beat the king of LAIRE and got to be with the girl he liked (who throughout the movie has been getting more and more exasperated in her attempts to be with ''him'') and Ronnie finally has someone to look up to who won't walk out of his life like his dad did. Oh, and neither Danny or Wheeler have to go to jail because Gail used to give the judge assigned to their case blowjobs for drugs.
* FreudianExcuse: Ronnie, somewhat. Wheeler uses this to his advantage to bond with him.

-->'''Wheeler''': "You ready, pal?"
-->'''Ronnie''': "I ain't your pal, vanilla."

-->'''Wheeler''': "You are a S-H-I-T-T-Y friend.
-->'''Danny''': "I am not your friend."

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Danny. The "jerk" part is definitely shown in the barista scene, where he insults the barista who undoubtedly ''didn't come up with the names.''

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Wheeler]] dives in front of [[spoiler: Danny]] to save him in the battle royals.

* {{LARP}}: Despite the running cracks by the other characters not involved with LARP [[spoiler: until the royale]], it is portrayed as a good, if niche/nerdy, way of social interaction, esp. for someone like Augie who doesn't fit in elsewhere.

* NoAntagonist: While King Argotron is considered an antagonist, at least some of his nastiness is him roleplaying. The other characters in the film all have reedeming qualities too.

** The constant gay jokes about the guys who play Laire.
** Ben Affleck.

--> "It's my job to service these boys."
--> "Let us gently touch our tips."
--> "Smell that bush"
* WatchItStoned: When Wheeler and [[spoiler: Connie overdose on Ambien and try to have sex]]