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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in one scene with Peyton and some of Joe's teammates. They're right that she's this trope but (naturally) assume her namesake is a football player, with one guessing Peyton Manning and the other suggesting Walter Payton, before she tells them she's actually named for Nobel Prize-winning pathologist Peyton Rous.

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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in one scene with Peyton and some of Joe's teammates. They're right that she's this trope but wrong on the details, as they (naturally) assume her namesake is a football player, with one guessing Peyton Manning and the other suggesting Walter Payton, before she tells them she's actually named for Nobel Prize-winning pathologist Peyton Rous.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in one scene with Peyton and some of Joe's teammates. They (naturally) assume her namesake is a football player, with one guessing Peyton Manning and the other suggesting Walter Payton, before she tells them she's actually named for Nobel Prize-winning pathologist Peyton Rous,

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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in one scene with Peyton and some of Joe's teammates. They They're right that she's this trope but (naturally) assume her namesake is a football player, with one guessing Peyton Manning and the other suggesting Walter Payton, before she tells them she's actually named for Nobel Prize-winning pathologist Peyton Rous,Rous.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in one scene with Peyton and some of Joe's teammates. They (naturally) assume her namesake is a football player, with one guessing Peyton Manning and the other suggesting Walter Payton, before she tells them she's actually named for Nobel Prize-winning pathologist Peyton Rous,

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* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Peyton at one point overhears Joe's agent, Stella talking about how [[spoiler: Joe and her aunt Karen going into a custody battle over her might ruin his chances with his sponsors. Since Peyton knows how much football means to him, she then pretends she wants to go home with Karen.]]

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* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Peyton at one point overhears Joe's agent, Stella talking about how [[spoiler: Joe and her aunt Karen going into a custody battle over her might ruin his chances with his sponsors. Since Peyton knows how much football means to him, she then pretends says she wants to go home with Karen.Karen. However, when she realizes that he's just as miserable over the separation as she is, she returns just in time to save his Super Bowl.]]


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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Karen concedes to letting Joe have custody of Peyton (whether this is a total shift or some kind of custody-sharing arrangement is presumably to be worked out later) after realizing how unhappy Peyton is to be separated from him.]]
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NFL quarterback Joe Kingman (Wrestling/DwayneJohnson) is living the perfect bachelor lifestyle when he discovers that he has an 8-year-old daughter he's never known about named Peyton (Creator/MadisonPettis). HilarityEnsues when she comes to stay with him as Joe struggles to be a parent while also juggling his sports career.

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NFL quarterback Joe Kingman (Wrestling/DwayneJohnson) (Creator/DwayneJohnson) is living the perfect bachelor lifestyle when he discovers that he has an 8-year-old daughter he's never known about named Peyton (Creator/MadisonPettis). HilarityEnsues when she comes to stay with him as Joe struggles to be a parent while also juggling his sports career.

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* TheCastShowoff: The Rock is quite the singer, guitarist, and [[spoiler: ballet dancer.]]



-->'''[[spoiler: Karen]]:''' Please tell me Peyton's alright. You're lucky I haven't called the police. I get back and I see Peyton -- your faces plastered all over the front news. I called Peyton three times yesterday, she didn't answer. I get back and I see all of this.

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-->'''[[spoiler: Karen]]:''' Please tell me Peyton's alright.
-->'''Joe:''' She's going to be...
-->'''Monique:''' She's going to be fine. The doctor says that she's going to be fine.
-->'''[[spoiler: Karen]]:'''
You're lucky I haven't called the police. I get back and I see Peyton -- your faces plastered all over the front news. I called Peyton three times yesterday, she didn't answer. I get back and I see all of this.



-->'''[[spoiler: Karen]]:''' I got home early and I see you and Peyton. Your faces plastered on the front of every magazine. I called Peyton a hundred times yesterday. She didn't answer. I flew out here, got off the plane, and I see all of this on the news.
-->'''Joe:''' [[spoiler: Karen?]]



-->'''Joe:''' [[spoiler: But... you're dead?]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Karen]]:''' [[spoiler: I can assure you I'm not dead!]] How did you find her?
-->'''Joe:''' I didn't. She found me. [[spoiler: Wait, is Peyton's mom still in Africa?]]

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-->'''Joe:''' [[spoiler: But... you're dead?]]
I... I thought you were dead.]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Karen]]:''' [[spoiler: I can assure you I'm not dead!]] dead.]] How did you find her?
-->'''Joe:''' I didn't. She found me. [[spoiler: Wait, is Wait a minute. Is Peyton's mom still in Africa?]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Karen]]:''' [[spoiler: She didn't tell you? Did she?]]
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* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Peyton at one point overhears Joe's agent talking about how [[spoiler: Joe and her aunt Karen going into a custody battle over her might ruin his chances with his sponsors. Since Peyton knows how much football means to him, she then pretends she wants to go home with Karen.]]

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* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Peyton at one point overhears Joe's agent agent, Stella talking about how [[spoiler: Joe and her aunt Karen going into a custody battle over her might ruin his chances with his sponsors. Since Peyton knows how much football means to him, she then pretends she wants to go home with Karen.]]
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** Throughout the movie, Peyton calls a woman and sends her photos whenever Joe is absent. At first, it looks like she's calling her mother who likely doesn't want to speak with her ex. However, notice Peyton never refers to woman as "Mom".

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** Throughout the movie, Peyton calls a woman and sends her photos whenever Joe is absent. At first, it looks like she's calling her mother who likely doesn't want to speak with her ex. However, notice Peyton never refers to the woman as "Mom".

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: During their first father-daughter fight, when Joe asks Peyton what does she want, Peyton is tearing up when she shouts "My Mom!".

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
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During their first father-daughter fight, when Joe asks Peyton what does she want, Peyton is tearing up when she shouts "My Mom!".Mom!".
** Throughout the movie, Peyton calls a woman and sends her photos whenever Joe is absent. At first, it looks like she's calling her mother who likely doesn't want to speak with her ex. However, notice Peyton never refers to woman as "Mom".



-->'''[] spoiler: Karen]]:''' [[spoiler: I can assure you I'm not dead!]] How did you find her?

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-->'''[] spoiler: -->'''[[spoiler: Karen]]:''' [[spoiler: I can assure you I'm not dead!]] How did you find her?

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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: When Joe says he's allergic to cinnamon, Peyton says she's allergic to nuts. She accidentally ingests nuts in a dessert, which provides the impetus for the film's final act.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
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[[spoiler: When Joe says he's allergic to cinnamon, Peyton says she's allergic to nuts. She accidentally ingests nuts in a dessert, which provides the impetus for the film's final act.]]

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%%* ActorAllusion: This time he plays [[Film/GridironGang football]].

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This time isn't the first American football-related film that Dwayne Johnson has starred in, as he plays [[Film/GridironGang football]].previously appeared in ''Film/GridironGang'', the year before.
** Creator/MorrisChestnut previously played a football player in ''Film/BoyzNTheHood'' and ''Film/TheBestMan''.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: During their first father-daughter fight, when Joe asks Peyton what does she want, she's tearing up when she shouts "My Mom!".

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: During their first father-daughter fight, when Joe asks Peyton what does she want, she's Peyton is tearing up when she shouts "My Mom!".
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: During their first father-daughter fight, when Joe asks Peyton what does she want, she's tearing up when she shouts "My Mom!".
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* WhamShot: Everything changes once Karen arrives at the hospital asking for Peyton.
-->'''Karen:''' Please tell me Peyton's alright. You're lucky I haven't called the police. I get back and I see Peyton -- your faces plastered all over the front news. I called Peyton three times yesterday, she didn't answer. I get back and I see all of this.
-->'''Joe:''' Karen?
-->'''Karen:''' Is that all you can say for yourself is "Karen"?

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* WhamShot: Everything changes once Karen [[spoiler: Karen]] arrives at the hospital asking for Peyton.
-->'''Karen:''' -->'''[[spoiler: Karen]]:''' Please tell me Peyton's alright. You're lucky I haven't called the police. I get back and I see Peyton -- your faces plastered all over the front news. I called Peyton three times yesterday, she didn't answer. I get back and I see all of this.
-->'''Joe:''' Karen?
-->'''Karen:'''
[[spoiler: Karen?]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Karen]]:'''
Is that all you can say for yourself is "Karen"?



-->'''Karen:''' [[spoiler: I can assure you I'm not dead!]] How did you find her?

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-->'''Karen:''' -->'''[] spoiler: Karen]]:''' [[spoiler: I can assure you I'm not dead!]] How did you find her?

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* WhamShot: Everything changes once Karen arrives at the hospital asking for Peyton.
-->'''Karen:''' Please tell me Peyton's alright. You're lucky I haven't called the police. I get back and I see Peyton -- your faces plastered all over the front news. I called Peyton three times yesterday, she didn't answer. I get back and I see all of this.
-->'''Joe:''' Karen?
-->'''Karen:''' Is that all you can say for yourself is "Karen"?
-->'''Joe:''' [[spoiler: But... you're dead?]]
-->'''Karen:''' [[spoiler: I can assure you I'm not dead!]] How did you find her?
-->'''Joe:''' I didn't. She found me. [[spoiler: Wait, is Peyton's mom still in Africa?]]
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''The Game Plan'' is a 2007 Creator/{{Disney}} family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman, starring [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]].

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''The Game Plan'' is a 2007 Creator/{{Disney}} family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman, starring [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]].with the screenplay by Nichole Millard and Kathryn Price, and the story by Millard, Price and Audrey Wells.
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''The Game Plan'' is a 2007 Creator/{{Disney}} family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman starring [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]].

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''The Game Plan'' is a 2007 Creator/{{Disney}} family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman Fickman, starring [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]].
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* BookEnds: The first game of the film and the last game features the Boston Rebels playing against the New York Dukes.

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%%* The Autographed Ball: Peyton bedazzles Joe's MVP football. - unlaunched
* BackToBackPoster: One poster has buff footballer Joe back to back with his tiny ballerina daughter for humor.

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%%* The Autographed Ball: Peyton bedazzles Joe's MVP football. - unlaunched
* BackToBackPoster: One poster has buff footballer Joe back to back back-to-back with his tiny ballerina daughter for humor.humor.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Peyton at one point overhears Joe's agent talking about how [[spoiler: Joe and her aunt Karen going into a custody battle over her might ruin his chances with his sponsors. Since Peyton knows how much football means to him, she then pretends she wants to go home with Karen.]]



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** When Joe and his agent are discussing other potential caregivers for Peyton, he remembers that Sara had a sister named Karen, but Peyton tells them Karen is dead, and this is quickly forgotten. [[spoiler:At the film's climax, it's revealed that Karen is not only alive, but ''she's'' the woman that Peyton had been talking to throughout the film, as she became Peyton's legal guardian after ''Sara'' died.]]
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* ScaryBlackMan: Subverted with the one of Joe's teammates, Clarence Monroe. He scares Peyton at first, but softens up throughout the course of the movie, giving her high fives and crying during her ballet recital.

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* ScaryBlackMan: Subverted with the one of Joe's teammates, Clarence Monroe. He scares Peyton at first, but softens up throughout the course of the movie, he turns out to be a GentleGiant under his tough exterior, as he's later seen playing dolls with Peyton in a club, giving her high fives fives, and crying during her ballet recital.
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* MeaningfulName: Hmm, a football movie with a character named Peyton... One can only wonder if she was born on the 18th.

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* MeaningfulName: Hmm, a football movie with a character named Peyton... One can only wonder if she was born on the 18th. (At least according to her, however, this is actually a coincidence, as she says she was named after a Nobel Prize-winning doctor.)
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The film also stars Kyra Segdwick as Stella Peck, Morris Chestnut as Travis Sanders and Roselyn Sanchez as Monique Vasquez.

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The film also stars Kyra Segdwick Creator/KyraSedgwick as Stella Peck, Morris Chestnut Creator/MorrisChestnut as Travis Sanders Sanders, and Roselyn Sanchez Creator/RoselynSanchez as Monique Vasquez.
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The film also stars Kyra Segdwick as Stella Peck, Morris Chestnut as Travis Sanders and Roselyn Sanchez as Monique Vasquez.
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* GrowlingGut: Happens to Stella during Joe's big game, where her stomach growls right before a loud fart. [[BrickJoke Looks like Fanny Burgers really do give you gas!]]
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-->'''Joe''': [He and his ex-wife] got the separation, the divorce was final, she came by to pick up a few of her things and then we... We -- [[GoLookAtTheDistraction Is anyone else hungry]]?

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-->'''Joe''': [He and his ex-wife] got the separation, the divorce was final, she came by to pick up a few of her things and then we... We -- [[GoLookAtTheDistraction Is anyone else hungry]]?hungry?
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_game_plan.jpg]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:He had the perfect game plan. There's just one little problem...]]
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: When Joe and his agent are trying to figure out if Peyton's claim of being Joe's daughter has any chance of being legitimate.
-->'''Joe''': We got the separation, the divorce was final, she came by to pick up a few of her things and then we... We -- [[GoLookAtTheDistraction Is anyone else hungry]]?

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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: When Joe and his agent are trying to figure out if Peyton's claim of being Joe's daughter has any chance of being legitimate.
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-->'''Joe''': We [He and his ex-wife] got the separation, the divorce was final, she came by to pick up a few of her things and then we... We -- [[GoLookAtTheDistraction Is anyone else hungry]]?
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: When Joe and his agent are trying to figure out if Peyton's claim of being Joe's daughter has any chance of being legitimate.
-->'''Joe''': We got the separation, the divorce was final, she came by to pick up a few of her things and then we... We -- [[GoLookAtTheDistraction Is anyone else hungry]]?
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* TheAutographedBall: Peyton bedazzles Joe's MVP football.

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* TheAutographedBall: %%* The Autographed Ball: Peyton bedazzles Joe's MVP football.football. - unlaunched

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