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* GlassCannon: Shane recalls wrestling the hulking Carmichael brothers in high school and says that they always crumbled under pressure.
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AJ and Moose are two 14-year-old best friends who can't stop coming up with schemes to make money, from betting on dog races during field trips to brewing their own beer to sell at parties. This summer, they buy the rights to run a snack shack at their community pool, but when a beautiful girl moves in next door to AJ, their friendship and business are sorely tested.
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AJ and Moose are two 14-year-old best friends who can't stop coming up with schemes to make money, from betting on dog races during field trips to brewing selling their own home-brewed beer to sell at parties. This summer, they buy the rights to run a snack shack at their community pool, but when a beautiful girl moves in next door to AJ, their friendship and business are sorely tested.
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* CannotSpitItOut: AJ is smitten by Brooke but cannot bring himself to make a move. Shane has to give him a pep-talk to take the plunge.
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* AuthorAppeal: AJ and Moose's schemes are all based on Rehmeier's actual exploits with his own best friend in Nebraska City in the early 90s.
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* CreatorProvincialism: The film takes place in Nebraska City, where Rehmeier grew up and did many of the things that AJ and Moose do. The film was shot on location in Nebraska City.
* DramaticIrony: AJ and Moose chat away obliviously while we see the Carmichael brothers sneaking up on them in the background before ambushing our heroes.
* DramaticIrony: AJ and Moose chat away obliviously while we see the Carmichael brothers sneaking up on them in the background before ambushing our heroes.
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* GroinAttack: AJ hits a Carmichael brother in the groin with a garden hose to protect Shane while Shane is dealing with the other brother.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: AJ and Moose are best friends and do everything together. They describe each other as a "package deal." When AJ admits that he's planned a five-week hiking trip with Shane, Moose objects that it wasn't cleared with him.
* InsultOfEndearment: Brooke starts calling AJ "Shit Pig" from the moment she befriends him. AJ objects several times, and even Moose reacts with confusion when he hears her call him that for the first time. In the end, [[spoiler:she has it embroidered on a hanky for him as a going-away present, and he seems to have made his peace with it]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: AJ and Moose are best friends and do everything together. They describe each other as a "package deal." When AJ admits that he's planned a five-week hiking trip with Shane, Moose objects that it wasn't cleared with him.
* InsultOfEndearment: Brooke starts calling AJ "Shit Pig" from the moment she befriends him. AJ objects several times, and even Moose reacts with confusion when he hears her call him that for the first time. In the end, [[spoiler:she has it embroidered on a hanky for him as a going-away present, and he seems to have made his peace with it]].
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: The Carmichaels get AJ and Moose alone and pummel them in retribution for tossing trash in their car.
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* RunningGag: AJ and Moose are prone to getting into playful wrestling matches over random quarrels.
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''Snack Shack'' is a 2024 ComingOfAge film written and directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier (''Film/DinnerInAmerica''). It stars Conor Sherry, Gabriel [=LaBelle=], and Mika Abdalla.
AJ and Moose are two 14-year-old best friends who can't stop coming up with schemes to make money, from betting on dog races during field trips to brewing their own beer to sell at parties. This summer, they buy the rights to run a snack shack at their community pool, but when a beautiful girl moves in next door to AJ, their friendship and business are sorely tested.
!!''Snack Shack'' provides examples of:
* TheBully: AJ and Moose are routinely preyed upon by the Carmichaels, two juiced-up athletes.
* BullyHunter: Shane, a Gulf War veteran, protects AJ from the Carmichaels and other bullies.
* CallingParentsByTheirName: When out of the home, AJ calls his mother "Jean" and his father "the Judge."
* CerebusSyndrome: The film is mostly a comedy but takes a more serious and dramatic turn in the third act.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Shane's reckless driving is the subject of jokes throughout the film. He's seen drinking a beer at the wheel, doing donuts, peeling out, and running red lights. In the end [[spoiler:he's killed in a car accident]].
* KarmaHoudini: The Carmichaels get the last laugh against our heroes by [[spoiler:trashing the snack shack]].
* LoveTriangle: Both AJ and Moose are smitten by Brooke. She dates Moose because he makes the first move but is more interested in AJ.
* TheMagicPokerEquation: AJ wins a vital poker game with five aces.
* OddFriendship: AJ is a 14-year-old who gets bullied, while Shane is an adult Gulf War veteran and former jock, but the two hang out quite a lot, and Shane even convinces AJ to come on a five-week hike in Alaska with him.
* PeriodPiece: Released in 2024, the film takes place in 1991. Characters reference the recent end of the Gulf War, and yellow ribbons are still seen strung up around town.
* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: AJ and Moose fall out because Moose catches AJ on a date with Brooke, who had been dating him.
* SirSwearsALot: AJ and Moose swear profusely when away from their parents, even when manning the snack shack around little kids and parents. At home, AJ gets reprimanded for saying "frick."
* SmokingIsCool: AJ and Moose smoke as one of the many very adult things they do while away from their parents despite being only 14.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Shane's reckless driving is played for laughs throughout the film. In the end, [[spoiler:he's killed in a car accident]].
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: AJ rejects Brooke because he saw her with some jarhead, only to find out from Shane later that he's her brother.
* YoungEntrepreneur: A defining trait of the teenage AJ and Moose is their inexhaustible appetite for moneymaking schemes.
AJ and Moose are two 14-year-old best friends who can't stop coming up with schemes to make money, from betting on dog races during field trips to brewing their own beer to sell at parties. This summer, they buy the rights to run a snack shack at their community pool, but when a beautiful girl moves in next door to AJ, their friendship and business are sorely tested.
!!''Snack Shack'' provides examples of:
* TheBully: AJ and Moose are routinely preyed upon by the Carmichaels, two juiced-up athletes.
* BullyHunter: Shane, a Gulf War veteran, protects AJ from the Carmichaels and other bullies.
* CallingParentsByTheirName: When out of the home, AJ calls his mother "Jean" and his father "the Judge."
* CerebusSyndrome: The film is mostly a comedy but takes a more serious and dramatic turn in the third act.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Shane's reckless driving is the subject of jokes throughout the film. He's seen drinking a beer at the wheel, doing donuts, peeling out, and running red lights. In the end [[spoiler:he's killed in a car accident]].
* KarmaHoudini: The Carmichaels get the last laugh against our heroes by [[spoiler:trashing the snack shack]].
* LoveTriangle: Both AJ and Moose are smitten by Brooke. She dates Moose because he makes the first move but is more interested in AJ.
* TheMagicPokerEquation: AJ wins a vital poker game with five aces.
* OddFriendship: AJ is a 14-year-old who gets bullied, while Shane is an adult Gulf War veteran and former jock, but the two hang out quite a lot, and Shane even convinces AJ to come on a five-week hike in Alaska with him.
* PeriodPiece: Released in 2024, the film takes place in 1991. Characters reference the recent end of the Gulf War, and yellow ribbons are still seen strung up around town.
* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: AJ and Moose fall out because Moose catches AJ on a date with Brooke, who had been dating him.
* SirSwearsALot: AJ and Moose swear profusely when away from their parents, even when manning the snack shack around little kids and parents. At home, AJ gets reprimanded for saying "frick."
* SmokingIsCool: AJ and Moose smoke as one of the many very adult things they do while away from their parents despite being only 14.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Shane's reckless driving is played for laughs throughout the film. In the end, [[spoiler:he's killed in a car accident]].
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: AJ rejects Brooke because he saw her with some jarhead, only to find out from Shane later that he's her brother.
* YoungEntrepreneur: A defining trait of the teenage AJ and Moose is their inexhaustible appetite for moneymaking schemes.
