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* SexGod:
** Ms. [=McGarricle=] spent her inappropriate relationship with Donny training him to be good at sex. By the time they're caught together, she says that Donny's become good at sex and that all their hard work paid off.
** Chad is revealed to be better at having sex [[spoiler: than Todd, as he's heard to be quite good at pleasuring his sister Jamie in the motel.]]

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Ms. [=McGarricle=], big time with her inappropriate relationship with Donny.
** '''You'd Expect:''' For her and Donny to go to a more secret place to have sex, let's say her house. It's implied she's living on her own, so she can easily get away having pleasure with Donny without being caught.
** '''Or For the Matter:''' Not even express mutual feelings for Donny himself. Sure, she may like him back, but she should know all ''too well'' that this is wrong on so many levels, and could easily (and severely) damage her relationship should she be caught in the act. And if she were to internally struggle with her feelings, she mind as well go to some form of therapy to cope with them. Donny flirting with an adult is bad enough — and he's in detention rightfully so, but because Ms. [=McGarricle=] is an adult, she's in position to face bigger consequences given her level of maturity.
** '''Instead''': She and Donny proceed to have sex. On stage. At a ''school assembly''...while laying ''against the '''''very''''' noisy piano.''
** '''The Result''': To no surprise, Ms. [=McGarricle=] is easily caught and apprehended by the authorities. Her being pregnant provides ''bigger'' evidence of her relationship with Donny. While Donny gets to enjoy his life as a minor celebrity, [=McGarricle=] is sentenced to 30 years in prison.



* HotForTeacher: 12-year-old Donny Berger is heavily attraced to [[HotTeacher Miss [=McGarricle=] ]]. The film's conflict is kicked off when he learns she ''reciprocates'' his feelings.

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* HotForTeacher: 12-year-old Donny Berger is heavily attraced attracted to [[HotTeacher Miss [=McGarricle=] ]]. The film's conflict is kicked off when he learns she ''reciprocates'' his feelings.



* ImmodestOrgasm: Jamie, ''loud enough'' for Donny to locate her in the hotel she's staying at.

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** Ms. [=McGarricle=]'s moans of pleasure are audible enough that she and Danny get caught having sex against a piano by the entire school.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Jamie. She's set to marry Todd, but she's revealed to be cheating on him through her incestuous relationship with her twin brother, Chad]].


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* GreaterScopeVillain: While her level of malice is a bit ambiguous, it's clear Ms. [=McGarricle's=] relationship with Donny is wrong on so many levels — and her giving birth to [[spoiler:Han Solo]] "Todd" Berger through her sexual activity with Donny is what sets the plot in motion.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Ms. [=McGarricle=], big time with her inappropriate relationship with Donny.
** '''You'd Expect:''' For her and Donny to go to a more secret place to have sex, let's say her house. It's implied she's living on her own, so she can easily get away having pleasure with Donny without being caught.
** '''Or For the Matter:''' Not even express mutual feelings for Donny himself. Sure, she may like him back, but she should know all ''too well'' that this is wrong on so many levels, and could easily (and severely) damage her relationship should she be caught in the act. And if she were to internally struggle with her feelings, she mind as well go to some form of therapy to cope with them. Donny flirting with an adult is bad enough — and he's in detention rightfully so, but because Ms. [=McGarricle=] is an adult, she's in position to face bigger consequences given her level of maturity.
** '''Instead''': She and Donny proceed to have sex. On stage. At a ''school assembly''...while laying ''against the '''''very''''' noisy piano.''
** '''The Result''': To no surprise, Ms. [=McGarricle=] is easily caught and apprehended by the authorities. Her being pregnant provides ''bigger'' evidence of her relationship with Donny. While Donny gets to enjoy his life as a minor celebrity, [=McGarricle=] is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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* {{Irony}}: Rex Ryan is a die-hard Patriots fan in the film, but in real-life he coached two of the Patriots' biggest division rivals: the Jets and the Bills.


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* WhatAnIdiot: Ms. [=McGarricle=], big time with her inappropriate relationship with Donny.
** '''You'd Expect:''' For her and Donny to go to a more secret place to have sex, let's say her house. It's implied she's living on her own, so she can easily get away having pleasure with Donny without being caught.
** '''Or For the Matter:''' Not even express mutual feelings for Donny himself. Sure, she may like him back, but she should know all ''too well'' that this is wrong on so many levels, and could easily (and severely) damage her relationship should she be caught in the act. And if she were to internally struggle with her feelings, she mind as well go to some form of therapy to cope with them. Donny flirting with an adult is bad enough — and he's in detention rightfully so, but because Ms. [=McGarricle=] is an adult, she's in position to face bigger consequences given her level of maturity.
** '''Instead''': She and Donny proceed to have sex. On stage. At a ''school assembly''...while laying ''against the '''''very''''' noisy piano.''
** '''The Result''': To no surprise, Ms. [=McGarricle=] is easily caught and apprehended by the authorities. Her being pregnant provides ''bigger'' evidence of her relationship with Donny. While Donny gets to enjoy his life as a minor celebrity, [=McGarricle=] is sentenced to 30 years in prison.

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Donny spends one entire evening doing this to Grandma Delores.



* PoorMansPorn: In one scene, Donny has ADateWithRosiePalms over a pair of photographs of [[spoiler:Grandma Delores]]; one as a young woman in a vintage swimsuit, and one from the present day as an elderly woman.

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* PoorMansPorn: In one scene, Donny has ADateWithRosiePalms masturbates over a pair of photographs of [[spoiler:Grandma Delores]]; one as a young woman in a vintage swimsuit, and one from the present day as an elderly woman.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Donny, who has no regrets about sleeping with his teacher as an underage boy, is shocked and disgusted by [[spoiler:Jamie and Chad's incestuous relationship]].
** He willingly goes with the "put money on a fat marathon runner and hope he wins" plan [[spoiler: and it ends up being a good move]], but even ''he'' realizes the chances of it working are slim, and that he should find a plan to fall back on if that falls through.

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Donny, who has no regrets about sleeping with his teacher as an underage boy, is shocked and disgusted by [[spoiler:Jamie and Chad's incestuous relationship]].
relationship]]. Todd's boss Steve, [[spoiler:whom Jamie also slept with, was also visibly disgusted at the revelation]].
** He Donny also willingly goes with the "put money on a fat marathon runner and hope he wins" plan [[spoiler: and it ends up being a good move]], but even ''he'' realizes the chances of it working are slim, and that he should find a plan to fall back on if that falls through.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Deliberately invoked with Chad. His uniforms are a mixup of Marine Corps duty uniform, Army camo and rank devices, and completely fake insignia. He also talks about a "service revolver" (which the US Military hasn't had since 1912) and [[GunsDoNotWorkThatWay "emptying the clip"]] (any real Soldier or Marine knows the difference between a clip and a magazine). [[spoiler: [[PhonyVeteran It turns out that he's lying about being a Marine]], gets away with it for most of the movie because neither Donny nor Todd/Han know any better, and is in fact a Modern Jazz dancer. [[CrossesTheLineTwice Who bangs his sister]].]]

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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Deliberately invoked with Chad. His uniforms are a mixup of Marine Corps duty uniform, Army camo and rank devices, and completely fake insignia. He also talks about a "service revolver" (which the US Military hasn't had since 1912) and [[GunsDoNotWorkThatWay "emptying the clip"]] (any real Soldier or Marine knows the difference between a clip and a magazine). He also refers to himself as a 'soldier'. [[SchmuckBait Go call a Marine 'soldier' someday.]] [[spoiler: [[PhonyVeteran It turns out that he's lying about being a Marine]], gets away with it for most of the movie because neither Donny nor Todd/Han know any better, and is in fact a Modern Jazz dancer. [[CrossesTheLineTwice Who bangs his sister]].]]
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Donny named his son Todd "Han Solo". So that way it sound cool that his full name would actually be Han Solo Berger.

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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Donny named his son Todd "Han Solo". So that way it sound cool that his full name would actually be Han Solo Berger. "Han" understandably didn't see things that way, changing it to "Todd Peterson" as soon as he could after moving out. [[spoiler:He reclaims the Han name by the end of the movie.]]

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* IntendedAudienceReaction: The movie starts in 1984, and when the relationship between Donny and Mary is shown, they play a ''Music/VanHalen'' song from the 80s...you're probably expecting it to be "Hot for Teacher"[[note]]which, on top of coming out in 1984, was released on ''the album'' ''1984''[[/note]], right? Nope, it uses "And the Cradle Will Rock"! Which was foreshadowing the conception of Han.

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* IntendedAudienceReaction: The movie starts in 1984, and when the relationship between Donny and Mary is shown, they play a ''Music/VanHalen'' Music/VanHalen song from the 80s...you're probably expecting it to be "Hot for Teacher"[[note]]which, on top of coming out in 1984, was released on ''the album'' ''1984''[[/note]], right? Nope, it uses "And the Cradle Will Rock"! Which was foreshadowing the conception of Han.


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* TeacherStudentRomance: Donny has one with Miss [=McGarricle=] that results in both the conception of Todd and her getting arrested.
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->'''Han Solo: ''' You know what I do remember? You making me drive you home from the beach because you got too drunk.\\

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->'''Han Solo: ->'''Todd: ''' You know what I do remember? You making me drive you home from the beach because you got too drunk.\\



'''Han Solo:''' ''I WAS '''EIGHT!!!'''''.

''That's My Boy'' is a 2012 comedy film starring Creator/AdamSandler and Creator/AndySamberg. The film centers on the character of Donny Berger (Sandler), a 12-year-old who becomes a national celebrity in the year 1984 after it's discovered that he's in a sexual relationship with his hot 22-year-old teacher, [=Mary McGarricle=]. Mary becomes pregnant from the affair, causing Donny to become a very young single father after she is sentenced to 30 years in prison. Flash forward to present day, where Donny is a washed-up loser who spends most of his time hanging out at the local strip club and is facing prison time for tax evasion (having not paid his taxes since the early 1990s). When he learns that his millionaire son, Han Solo Berger (Samberg) is getting married, he makes a deal with a reality TV show host to reunite Han Solo with his mother so that he'll have enough money to avoid going to jail. But first, Donny must make amends with his son, whom he has not spoken to in years.

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'''Han Solo:''' '''Todd:''' ''I WAS '''EIGHT!!!'''''.

''That's My Boy'' is a 2012 comedy film starring Creator/AdamSandler and Creator/AndySamberg. The film centers on the character of Donny Berger (Sandler), a 12-year-old who becomes a national celebrity in the year 1984 after it's discovered that he's in a sexual relationship with his hot 22-year-old teacher, [=Mary McGarricle=]. Mary becomes pregnant from the affair, causing Donny to become a very young single father after she is sentenced to 30 years in prison. Flash forward to present day, where Donny is a washed-up loser who spends most of his time hanging out at the local strip club and is facing prison time for tax evasion (having not paid his taxes since the early 1990s). When he learns that his millionaire son, Han Solo Berger (Samberg) is getting married, he makes a deal with a reality TV show host to reunite Han Solo with his mother so that he'll have enough money to avoid going to jail. But first, Donny must make amends with his son, son (now known as "Todd Peterson"), whom he has not spoken to in years.
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* AdamWesting: In the film Vanilla Ice is portrayed as a washed-up rapper who now works as a fry cook at an ice skating rink, while in real life he's a successful house flipper and motocross racer who has made considerable amounts of money from both endeavors. His supervisor is Todd Bridges, who's also playing himself in an exaggeration of the washed-up celebrity/child star stereotype.

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* AdamWesting: In the film Vanilla Ice is portrayed as a washed-up rapper who now works as a fry cook at an ice skating rink, while in real life he's a successful house flipper and motocross racer who has made considerable amounts of money from both endeavors. His supervisor is Todd Bridges, Creator/ToddBridges, who's also playing himself in an exaggeration of the washed-up celebrity/child star stereotype.
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* TitleDrop: After [[spoiler: Donny and his son Todd reconcile and he calls off his wedding to his awful fiancée, he says to him "That's my boy!".]]
** In the scene where a seething Todd tells his father Donny "I hate you Dad!", that was also an unintentional title drop since the film's title was originally going to be "I Hate You, Dad".
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** Donny's GagPenis whenever it hangs out. At one point he playfully fights with his son and it smacks him in the face with it.

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** Donny's GagPenis whenever it hangs out. At one point he playfully fights with his son and it smacks him in the face with it.face.
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* NotBloodSiblings: Lampshaded, Discussed and Averted. [[spoiler:After catching them in bed together, Donny asks Jamie if Chad is at least adopted, or at her ''step''-brother or something. Jamie and Chad's shocked silence confirms to Donny that they're indeed ''full-blooded siblings''' having an incestuous affair.]]

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* NotBloodSiblings: Lampshaded, Discussed and Averted. [[spoiler:After catching them in bed together, Donny asks Jamie if Chad is at least adopted, or at her ''step''-brother or something. Jamie and Chad's shocked silence confirms to Donny that they're indeed ''full-blooded siblings''' siblings'' having an incestuous affair.]]
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Elaborated on EBMLTM trope.


* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Despite his bad attitude, Chad has a soft spot for his mother and later on, he is practically begging Jamie and Donny [[spoiler: not to tell her about his incestuous relationship with Jamie.]]

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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Despite his bad attitude, Chad has a soft spot for his mother and later on, he is practically begging Jamie and Donny [[spoiler: not to tell her about his incestuous relationship with Jamie.Jamie, and when the secret is later revealed during the wedding, he tries to convince Helen that Jamie was the one who pushed him into it and asks his mother if he's still her "little soldier".]]
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* BrickJoke: Father [=McNally=] prohibits texting, phone calls, Skyping and ''Angry Birds'' in his church. Later in the film, the replacement pastor is on his phone, grumbling "Fly farther, stupid bird!"

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* BrickJoke: Father [=McNally=] prohibits texting, phone calls, Skyping and ''Angry Birds'' in his church. Later in the film, the replacement pastor is on his phone, grumbling "Fly farther, "Oh, stupid bird!"bird! Come on, fly!"

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* BrickJoke: Father [=McNally=] prohibits texting, phone calls or "that game with the birds" in his church. Later in the film, the replacement pastor is on his phone, grumbling "Fly farther, stupid bird!"
* BringMyBrownPants: Han carries an extra pair of underwear at all times after soiling himself as a child. [[spoiler:Later in the film he soils himself again after being tazed.]]

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* BrickJoke: Father [=McNally=] prohibits texting, phone calls or "that game with the birds" calls, Skyping and ''Angry Birds'' in his church. Later in the film, the replacement pastor is on his phone, grumbling "Fly farther, stupid bird!"
* BringMyBrownPants: Han carries an extra pair of underwear at all times after soiling himself as a child. [[spoiler:Later in the film he ,he soils himself again after being tazed.]]



* {{Twincest}}: [[spoiler: Jamie and Chad Martin]].
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* BedroomAdulteryScene: [[spoiler: Donny goes to the hotel to confront Jamie on her cheating and discovers that she and her twin Chad are having sex in the hotel.]]

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* BedroomAdulteryScene: [[spoiler: Donny goes to the hotel to confront Jamie on her cheating and discovers that she and her twin brother Chad are having sex in the hotel.]]



* BrotherSisterIncest: Donny discovers that [[spoiler:Han's fiancée Jamie is having an affair with her twin brother. He tells Han, who calls off the wedding.]]

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* BrotherSisterIncest: Donny discovers that [[spoiler:Han's fiancée Jamie is having an affair with her twin younger brother. He tells Han, who calls off the wedding.]]



* FaintInShock: At the wedding, one of the guests faints in her chair when [[spoiler: she learns about the Martin twins' incestuous relationship from Han]].

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* FaintInShock: At the wedding, one of the guests faints in her chair when [[spoiler: she learns about the Martin twins' siblings' incestuous relationship from Han]].



** Jamie naked in a hotel room, [[spoiler: riding her twin brother Chad]].

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** Jamie naked in a hotel room, [[spoiler: riding her twin younger brother Chad]].



* InsaneTrollLogic: Jamie drops one to Donny, defending [[spoiler: her incestuous relationship with her twin brother Chad]].

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* InsaneTrollLogic: Jamie drops one to Donny, defending [[spoiler: her incestuous relationship with her twin brother younger brother, Chad]].



* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: When Jamie gets caught having sex with her twin brother Chad, she argues to Donny that she has sex with other good-looking people. Basically saying that she does not find her fiancée Todd to be attractive]].

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* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: When Jamie gets caught having sex with her twin younger brother Chad, she argues to Donny that she has sex with other good-looking people. Basically saying that she does not find her fiancée Todd to be attractive]].



* LoveForgivesAllButLust: Todd forgives Jamie for sleeping around with a bunch of people [[spoiler: but her sleeping with her twin brother is quite the deal breaker for him]].

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* LoveForgivesAllButLust: Todd forgives Jamie for sleeping around with a bunch of people [[spoiler: but her sleeping with her twin younger brother is quite the deal breaker for him]].



* MistakenForCheating: Double {{Subverted}}. When Donny hears Jamie talking on the phone with someone and it sounds like an affair, he calls her out on it at her wedding rehearsal dinner with her family. Jamie insists that it was just an innocent private conversation with Steve Goldstein from the new yorker. Donny feels bad and goes to make up for it. Then it turns out Jamie ''really was'' cheating... [[spoiler: with her twin brother.]]
* NotBloodSiblings: Lampshaded, Discussed and Averted. [[spoiler:After catching them in bed together, Donny asks Jamie if Chad is at least adopted, or at her ''step''-brother or something. Jamie and Chad's shocked silence confirms to Donny that they're indeed ''full-blooded twin siblings''' having an incestuous affair.]]
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Jamie tries to pull this one on Donny when [[spoiler: he catches her in the middle of sleeping with her twin brother. It doesn't work, and it's exactly what it looks like]].

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* MistakenForCheating: Double {{Subverted}}. When Donny hears Jamie talking on the phone with someone and it sounds like an affair, he calls her out on it at her wedding rehearsal dinner with her family. Jamie insists that it was just an innocent private conversation with Steve Goldstein from the new yorker. Donny feels bad and goes to make up for it. Then it turns out Jamie ''really was'' cheating... [[spoiler: with her twin brother.]]
* NotBloodSiblings: Lampshaded, Discussed and Averted. [[spoiler:After catching them in bed together, Donny asks Jamie if Chad is at least adopted, or at her ''step''-brother or something. Jamie and Chad's shocked silence confirms to Donny that they're indeed ''full-blooded twin siblings''' having an incestuous affair.]]
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Jamie tries to pull this one on Donny when [[spoiler: he catches her in the middle of sleeping with her twin brother. It doesn't work, and it's exactly what it looks like]].



* OnlySaneMan: The judge in the courtroom lampshades this as she and the authorities and child protective services were the only people at the time who reacted appropriately to 12-year-old Donny Berger and his teacher's relationship with disgust.

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* OnlySaneMan: The judge in the courtroom lampshades this this, as she and the authorities and child protective services were the only people at the time who reacted appropriately to 12-year-old Donny Berger and his teacher's relationship with disgust.



* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: After being caught with her twin brother Chad in the hotel, Jamie's more than willing to pay Donny a $50,000 check to keep his mouth shut about the twins incestuous affair before her wedding.

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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: After being caught with her twin brother Chad in the hotel, Jamie's more than willing to pay Donny a $50,000 check to keep his mouth shut about the twins incestuous affair before her wedding.



* ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels: Donny's reaction to [[spoiler: finding Jamie in bed with her twin brother Chad in the hotel roo]]. Later, Todd and everyone's reaction at the wedding is this to the news [[spoiler: about Jamie and Chad's incestuous relationship]].

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* ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels: Donny's reaction to [[spoiler: finding Jamie in bed with her twin younger brother Chad in the hotel roo]].room]]. Later, Todd and everyone's reaction at the wedding is this to the news [[spoiler: about Jamie and Chad's incestuous relationship]].



** Chad. [[spoiler: He doesn't know anything about being a Marine. He insists he wouldn't carry on with a married woman, even though Jamie is ''still engaged to be married'' to Todd. He is unaware of the taboo nature regarding his incestuous relationship with his twin Jamie and when Donny spells it out for him, he panics. He still continues to have sex with Jamie, all the while begging her not to tell their relatives about their "secret tickle time". Then he poses for the picture Donny snaps of them together in bed he uses as blackmail.]]

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** Chad. [[spoiler: He doesn't know anything about being a Marine. He insists he wouldn't carry on with a married woman, even though Jamie is ''still engaged to be married'' to Todd. He is unaware of the taboo nature regarding his incestuous relationship with his twin sister Jamie and when Donny spells it out for him, he panics. He still continues to have sex with Jamie, all the while begging her not to tell their relatives about their "secret tickle time". Then he poses for the picture Donny snaps of them together in bed he uses as blackmail.]]



* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler: Twins Chad and Jamie Martin are a pair of rich privileged brats who have sex with each other and don't care about who gets hurt]].

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* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler: Twins Siblings Chad and Jamie Martin are a pair of rich privileged brats who have sex with each other and don't care about who gets hurt]].



** In-universe. Everyone is shocked with the discovery of [[spoiler: incest between the Martin twins]] after Jamie reluctantly tells Todd her big secret.

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** In-universe. Everyone is shocked with the discovery of [[spoiler: incest between the Martin twins]] siblings]] after Jamie reluctantly tells Todd her big secret.



* WhamShot: Donny breaking into the hotel room to find [[spoiler: Jamie having sex with her twin brother. Of all people]].

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* WhamShot: Donny breaking into the hotel room to find [[spoiler: Jamie having sex with her twin younger brother. Of all people]].

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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Jamie tries to pull this one on Donny when [[spoiler: he catches her in the middle of sleeping with her twin brother. It doesn't work, and it's exactly what it looks like]].



* ThisIsNotWhatItLooksLike: Jamie tries to pull this one on Donny when [[spoiler: he catches her in the middle of sleeping with her twin brother. It doesn't work, and it's exactly what it looks like]].
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* DirtyKid: Donny Berger boasted about being experienced in all forms of sex when he was 12. And that was before his teacher Mary McGarricle gave him a lesson or two.

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* DirtyKid: Donny Berger boasted about being experienced in all forms of sex when he was 12. And that was before his teacher Mary McGarricle [=McGarricle=] gave him a lesson or two.



* HotForTeacher: 12-year-old Donny Berger is heavily attraced to [[HotTeacher Miss McGarricle]]. The film's conflict is kicked off when he learns she ''reciprocates'' his feelings.

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* HotForTeacher: 12-year-old Donny Berger is heavily attraced to [[HotTeacher Miss McGarricle]].[=McGarricle=] ]]. The film's conflict is kicked off when he learns she ''reciprocates'' his feelings.



* KavorkaMan: Donny Berger is as sleazy, unattractive and unkempt in appearance as a former celebrity comes to be. And yet he still manages to seduce women (Mrs. McGarricle, Grandma Delores, a 30-something female masseuse, 20-something female guests, Vanilla Ice's mom, etc.) with little to no trouble.

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* KavorkaMan: Donny Berger is as sleazy, unattractive and unkempt in appearance as a former celebrity comes to be. And yet he still manages to seduce women (Mrs. McGarricle, [=McGarricle=], Grandma Delores, a 30-something female masseuse, 20-something female guests, Vanilla Ice's mom, etc.) with little to no trouble.



* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: A 12 year old Donny and Ms. McGarricle get caught having sex on a noisy piano during a school pep rally.

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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: A 12 year old Donny and Ms. McGarricle [=McGarricle=] get caught having sex on a noisy piano during a school pep rally.



* MistakenForCheating: Subverted. When Donny hears Jamie talking on the phone with someone and it sounds like an affair, he calls her out on it at her wedding rehearsal dinner with her family. Jamie insists that it was just an innocent private conversation with Steve Goldstein from the new yorker. Donny feels bad and goes to make up for it. Then it turns out Jamie ''really was'' cheating... [[spoiler: with her twin brother.]]

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* MistakenForCheating: Subverted.Double {{Subverted}}. When Donny hears Jamie talking on the phone with someone and it sounds like an affair, he calls her out on it at her wedding rehearsal dinner with her family. Jamie insists that it was just an innocent private conversation with Steve Goldstein from the new yorker. Donny feels bad and goes to make up for it. Then it turns out Jamie ''really was'' cheating... [[spoiler: with her twin brother.]]



** Add Mrs. [=McGarricle=] to that as well. What did she ''think'' was going to happen when she and Donny had sex om stage at a school assembly...while ''against the '''''very''''' noisy piano''?

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** Add Mrs. [=McGarricle=] to that as well. What did she ''think'' was going to happen when she and Donny had sex om on stage at a school assembly...''school assembly''...while laying ''against the '''''very''''' noisy piano''?



* WouldHitAGirl: Donny doesn't hit women but he's fine with hitting Jamie on the head with a beer bottle. Lampshaded by Donny, who immediately points out that he wouldn't ordinarily do that, but he felt justified considering [[spoiler:she was trying to kill his son.]]

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* WouldHitAGirl: Donny doesn't hit women but he's fine with hitting Jamie on the head with a beer bottle. Lampshaded {{Lampshaded}} by Donny, who immediately points out that he wouldn't ordinarily do that, but he felt justified considering [[spoiler:she was trying to kill his son.]]
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* {{Kidnova}}: After getting caught having sex with his teacher McGarricle, 12-year-old Donny is praised by his school and goes on to become a hollywood star. From his teen years onwards, all sorts of older women, even grandmothers, wanted to have a go at him.

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* {{Kidnova}}: {{Kidanova}}: After getting caught having sex with his teacher McGarricle, [=McGarricle=], 12-year-old Donny is praised by his school and goes on to become a hollywood star. From his teen years onwards, all sorts of older women, even grandmothers, wanted to have a go at him.
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* DirtyKid: Donny Berger boasted about being experienced in all forms of sex when he was 12. And that was before his teacher Mary McGarricle gave him a lesson or two.


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* {{Kidnova}}: After getting caught having sex with his teacher McGarricle, 12-year-old Donny is praised by his school and goes on to become a hollywood star. From his teen years onwards, all sorts of older women, even grandmothers, wanted to have a go at him.


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* ThisIsNotWhatItLooksLike: Jamie tries to pull this one on Donny when [[spoiler: he catches her in the middle of sleeping with her twin brother. It doesn't work, and it's exactly what it looks like]].
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* {{Golddigger}}: [[spoiler: Jamie is revealed to be this as she brags to Donny that she's going to be a very rich woman once she married Todd]].


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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Donny Berger loves to party and drink beer.


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* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler: Jamie]] turns out to be this for Todd.

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* BrotherSisterIncest: Donny discovers that [[spoiler:Han's fiancee Jamie is having an affair with her twin brother. He tells Han, who calls off the wedding.]]

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* BrotherSisterIncest: Donny discovers that [[spoiler:Han's fiancee fiancée Jamie is having an affair with her twin brother. He tells Han, who calls off the wedding.]]



* ChivalrousPervert: Donny may be a washed up has-been tv star who sleeps around with a lot of women, but he still respects women. Even telling Teddy to show some respect to the strippers at the strip club.



* FaintingInShock: At the wedding, one of the guests faints in her chair when [[spoiler: she learns about the Martin twins' incestuous relationship from Han]].

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* FaintingInShock: FaintInShock: At the wedding, one of the guests faints in her chair when [[spoiler: she learns about the Martin twins' incestuous relationship from Han]].



* {{Hypocrite}}: Jamie is disgusted when she learns that Han is the result of an underage boy having an affair with his teacher... [[spoiler: despite the fact that she's involved in an incestuous relationship with her brother.]] Lampshaded by Donny.
** Jamie refuses to have sex with her fiancee before their wedding, [[spoiler: but is not above screwing her own brother before the wedding]].

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Jamie is disgusted when she learns that Han is the result of an underage boy having an affair with his teacher... [[spoiler: despite the fact that she's involved in an incestuous relationship with her own brother.]] Lampshaded by Donny.
** Jamie refuses to have sex with her fiancee fiancée before their wedding, [[spoiler: but is not above screwing her own brother the night before the wedding]].



* InsaneTrollLogic: Jamie drops one to Donny while defending [[spoiler: her incestuous relationship with her twin brother Chad]].
-->'''[[spoiler: Jamie]]''': [[spoiler: It's what good-looking people do! They have sex with other good-looking people! Just that one of those particular good-looking people happens to be my little brother...]]

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* InsaneTrollLogic: Jamie drops one to Donny while Donny, defending [[spoiler: her incestuous relationship with her twin brother Chad]].
-->'''[[spoiler: Jamie]]''': [[spoiler: It's what good-looking people do! They have sex with other good-looking people! Just that one of those particular good-looking people happens to be my little brother...]]



* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: When Jamie gets caught having sex with her twin brother Chad, she argues to Donny that she has sex with other good-looking people. Implying that she does not consider her fiancee Todd to be attractive]].

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* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: When Jamie gets caught having sex with her twin brother Chad, she argues to Donny that she has sex with other good-looking people. Implying Basically saying that she does not consider find her fiancee fiancée Todd to be attractive]].



* LoveForgivesAllButLust: Todd forgives Jamie for sleeping with a bunch of people [[spoiler: but her sleeping with her twin brother is quite the deal breaker for him]].

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* LoveForgivesAllButLust: Todd forgives Jamie for sleeping around with a bunch of people [[spoiler: but her sleeping with her twin brother is quite the deal breaker for him]].



* MistakenForCheating: Subverted. When Donny hears Jamie talking on the phone with someone and it sounds like an affair, he calls her out on it at her wedding rehearsal dinner with her family. Jamie insists that it was just an innocent private conversation with Steve Goldstein from the new yorker. Donny feels bad and goes to make up for it. Then it turns out Jamie ''really was'' cheating... [[spoiler: with her twin brother. And other various people.]]

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* MistakenForCheating: Subverted. When Donny hears Jamie talking on the phone with someone and it sounds like an affair, he calls her out on it at her wedding rehearsal dinner with her family. Jamie insists that it was just an innocent private conversation with Steve Goldstein from the new yorker. Donny feels bad and goes to make up for it. Then it turns out Jamie ''really was'' cheating... [[spoiler: with her twin brother. And other various people.]]



* PhonyVeteran: Just one of the many reasons why Chad is despicable. Turns out Chad is not really a Marine but one in disguise so that way his parents don't find out he is a modern jazz dancer.

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* PhonyVeteran: Just one of the many reasons why Chad is despicable. [[spoiler: Turns out Chad is not really a Marine but one in disguise so that way his parents don't find out he is a modern jazz dancer.]]



* SadisticChoice: Jamie has no choice but to confess to Todd her awful secret in front of everyone she knows at the altar or else Donny will tell it for her.

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* SadisticChoice: Jamie has no choice but to confess to Todd her awful secret in front of everyone she knows at the altar or else Donny will tell it to everyone for her.
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* FaintingFromShock: At the wedding, one of the guests faints in her chair when [[spoiler: she learns about her children's incestuous relationship from Han]].

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* FaintingFromShock: FaintingInShock: At the wedding, one of the guests faints in her chair when [[spoiler: she learns about her children's the Martin twins' incestuous relationship from Han]].

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* {{Bowdlerize}}: When aired on FX channel, the film does a great job at censoring some of the scenes and changing the dialogue.



* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: 12 year old Donny Berger hitting on his teacher, bragging about handjobs and other sexual acts (though all a ruse as he was a virgin), willingly having a sexual relationship with his teacher, and becoming a father at age 12.
** [[spoiler: Jamie and Chad's incestuous relationship is implied to have started when they were at a very young age if Chad's line about their "secret tickle time" is any implication]].



-->'''Donny''': Am I right Mr. Steve Goldstein? ''({{Beat}})'' Wait... are you ser...? What am I seeing? With each other? Am I...? This is... Is he your stepbrother, at least? Or adopted, or something? No reply, so it's real. Oh my God!

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-->'''Donny''': Am I right right, Mr. Steve Goldstein? Goldstein--? ''({{Beat}})'' Wait... are you ser...? What am I seeing? With each other? Am I...? This is... Is he your stepbrother, at least? Or adopted, or something? No reply, so it's real. Oh my God!



* WouldHitAGirl: Donny's fine with hitting Jamie on the head with a beer bottle. Lampshaded by Donny, who immediately points out that he wouldn't ordinarily do that, but he felt justified considering [[spoiler:she was trying to kill his son.]]

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* WouldHitAGirl: Donny's Donny doesn't hit women but he's fine with hitting Jamie on the head with a beer bottle. Lampshaded by Donny, who immediately points out that he wouldn't ordinarily do that, but he felt justified considering [[spoiler:she was trying to kill his son.]]

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Todd was on his way to having this with Jamie. Thankfully Donny prevented it from happening.



* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Jamie at first seems like a sweet, if somewhat neurotic girl. As the film goes on we learn that she is shrill and controlling towards Han, and then we learn that she's having an affair ''with her own brother''.]]

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Jamie Jamie at first seems like a sweet, if somewhat neurotic girl. As the film goes on we learn [[spoiler: that she is shrill and controlling towards Han, and then we learn that she's having an affair ''with her own brother''.]]



* FaintFromShock: At the wedding, Mrs. Martin can be seen fainting in her chair when [[spoiler: she learns about her children's incestuous relationship from Han]].

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* FaintFromShock: FaintingFromShock: At the wedding, Mrs. Martin can be seen fainting one of the guests faints in her chair when [[spoiler: she learns about her children's incestuous relationship from Han]].



** 90-year-old grandma Delores. In her 1920s swimsuit seducing Donny.

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** 90-year-old grandma Delores. Wrinkly skin. In her 1920s swimsuit seducing Donny.


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* ShipTease: Todd and Brie bond at his bachelor party at Bacon N' Legs.

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** Jamie refuses to have sex with her fiancee before their wedding, [[spoiler: but is not above screwing her own brother before the wedding]].



* RunningGag: Every time Donny doesn't spill his beer.



* VillainousIncest: Near the end of the film, Donny walks in on Jamie having sex with her brother, Chad.

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* VillainousIncest: Near the end of the film, Donny walks in on [[spoiler: Twins Chad and Jamie having Martin are a pair of rich privileged brats who have sex with her brother, Chad.each other and don't care about who gets hurt]].
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** A young Donny and his teacher get caught having sex on a piano.


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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: A 12 year old Donny and Ms. McGarricle get caught having sex on a noisy piano during a school pep rally.

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