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** The film ends with a third when the crowd gets upset that School of Rock didn't win and demand an encore.

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* NoFullNameGiven: All of the kids except for Freddy, Summer and Zack.
** Also Theo and Spider, Dewey's old bandmate and the one who replaced him.



* OnlyOneName: All of the kids except for Freddy, Summer and Zack.
** Also Theo and Spider, Dewey's old bandmate and the one who replaced him.

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the trope Berserk Button does not just mean "someone gets angry about something"


* BerserkButton: A subtle one for Dewey. When he sees Zack's father angrily scolding him and trying to control his schedule, he clearly gets riled up and is inspired to give the kids a lesson on "sticking it to the Man." Later, [[PapaWolf harming the kids in general]] becomes one for Dewey, as demonstrated when he nearly tears the heads off the older rockers who took Freddie into their van.
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->'''Kids:''' Amen.

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->'''Kids:''' -->'''Kids:''' Amen.
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->'''Dewey:''' God of Rock, thank you for this chance to kick ass. We are your humble servants. Please give us the power to blow people's minds with our high-voltage rock. In your name we pray. Amen.

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->'''Dewey:''' -->'''Dewey:''' God of Rock, thank you for this chance to kick ass. We are your humble servants. Please give us the power to blow people's minds with our high-voltage rock. In your name we pray. Amen.
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* FlippingTheBird: When No Vacancy tell Dewey he's out of the band he responds by holding up three fingers and telling the lead singer to "read between the lines!"
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* ChildrenRaiseYou: A non-parental variant. Dewey is kind of a loser asshole and leech at the start of the movie. But being a teacher to the kids brings out the best side of himself, and leads him to try to clean himself up a bit to be a better role model on top of trying to help them deal with their insecurities and problems as much out of genuine friendship as self-interest.
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* ShipTease: Dewey gets a lot with Ros, taking her on not a date and getting her to open up by getting her a little drunk and playing ''Music/FleetwoodMac''. Later she asks him to come to Parent's Night to support her and says "It's not a ''date''...".

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* ShipTease: Dewey gets a lot with Ros, taking her on not a date and getting her to open up by getting her a little drunk and playing ''Music/FleetwoodMac''.''Music/StevieNicks''. Later she asks him to come to Parent's Night to support her and says "It's not a ''date''...".
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*ProfoundByPopSong: Dewey convinces the school faculty that he doesn't believe in standardized testing by quoting Music/WhitneyHouston's "Greatest Love of All": "I believe the children are our future, but you've got to let them lead the way! Let the children's laughter remind us of how we used to be. That's what I decided long ago." Only one teacher gets suspicious that those may be song lyrics.
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** Dewey gives each of the band members a CD to listen to for homework to inspire them. He gives Zack ''Music/AxisBoldAsLove'' by Music/JimiHendrix, Freddy gets ''Music/TwentyOneTwelve'' by Music/{{Rush|Band}}, Lawrence gets ''Music/{{Fragile}}'' by Music/{{Yes}}, Katie gets ''Music/LedZeppelin1969'' by Music/LedZeppelin, Marta (aka Blondie) gets ''Music/ParallelLines'' by Music/{{Blondie}} (appropriately), and he gives Tomika ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' by Music/PinkFloyd (instructing her to listen to "The Great Gig In The Sky").

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** Dewey gives each of the band members a CD to listen to for homework to inspire them. He gives Zack ''Music/AxisBoldAsLove'' by Music/JimiHendrix, Freddy gets ''Music/TwentyOneTwelve'' by Music/{{Rush|Band}}, Lawrence gets ''Music/{{Fragile}}'' by Music/{{Yes}}, Katie gets ''Music/LedZeppelin1969'' by Music/LedZeppelin, Marta (aka Blondie) gets ''Music/ParallelLines'' by Music/{{Blondie}} Music/{{Blondie|Band}} (appropriately), and he gives Tomika ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' by Music/PinkFloyd (instructing her to listen to "The Great Gig In The Sky").
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* CoolLoser: Freddy seems to be openly despised by most of his fellow students except Frankie, but it's likely justified in that he's a wannabe tough guy and the only "cool kid" (a term used ''very'' loosely here) in a class full of nerds.
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** Dewey gives each of the band members a CD to listen to for homework to inspire them. He gives Zack ''Music/AxisBoldAsLove'' by Music/JimiHendrix, Freddy gets ''Music/TwentyOneTwelve'' by Music/{{Rush}}, Lawrence gets ''Music/{{Fragile}}'' by Music/{{Yes}}, Katie gets ''Music/LedZeppelin1969'' by Music/LedZeppelin, Marta (aka Blondie) gets ''Music/ParallelLines'' by Music/{{Blondie}} (appropriately), and he gives Tomika ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' by Music/PinkFloyd (instructing her to listen to "The Great Gig In The Sky").

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** Dewey gives each of the band members a CD to listen to for homework to inspire them. He gives Zack ''Music/AxisBoldAsLove'' by Music/JimiHendrix, Freddy gets ''Music/TwentyOneTwelve'' by Music/{{Rush}}, Music/{{Rush|Band}}, Lawrence gets ''Music/{{Fragile}}'' by Music/{{Yes}}, Katie gets ''Music/LedZeppelin1969'' by Music/LedZeppelin, Marta (aka Blondie) gets ''Music/ParallelLines'' by Music/{{Blondie}} (appropriately), and he gives Tomika ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' by Music/PinkFloyd (instructing her to listen to "The Great Gig In The Sky").
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** Dewey has to reassure George that he can improvise the light show to match the changed song at the end.

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** Dewey has to reassure George Gordon that he can improvise the light show to match the changed song at the end.
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** Dewey has to reassure George that he can improvise the light show to match the changed song at the end.
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* RefugeInAudacity: A bunch of kids break out of school, hijack a bus, convince their worthless drunk of a teacher to fulfill his ''felony'', then scream at an audience that this week's ASSignment is to KICK SOME ASS. If it wasn't rock, this wouldn't work.

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* RefugeInAudacity: A bunch of kids break out of school, hijack a bus, convince their worthless drunk of a teacher to fulfill his ''felony'', then scream at an audience that this week's ASSignment [=ASSignment=] is to KICK SOME ASS. If it wasn't rock, this wouldn't work.



* ThePeteBest: Dewey is this to No Vacancy but subverted when he forms a band with the kids..

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* ThePeteBest: InUniverse, Dewey is this to No Vacancy but subverted when he forms a band with the kids..
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* RefugeInAudacity: A bunch of kids break out of school, hijack a bus, convince their worthless drunk of a teacher to fulfill his ''felony'', then scream at an audience that this week's ASSignment is to KICK SOME ASS. If it wasn't rock, this wouldn't work.
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** Zach's dad is shocked to learn that his son, who has been talking about music non-stop since Dewey showed up, ''wrote a rock song being played at the Battle of the Bands''. He previously berated his son for focusing on music, but now...

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