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* GoneHorriblyRight: Gordon's goal was always to make the one-time jokes the Ducks into winners. He succeeded...only to watch the Ducks turn into exactly the "win at all costs" team they had once fought against.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Alex is one for Gordon: While both are minnesotan paralegals, Gordon was an ex-player and a hot shot attorney who only got into coaching when pressed into doing so after getting caught drunk-driving, whereas Alex is a put upon cog in her firm's machine and ex-ice dancer who gets into coaching because she wants to show up the Mighty Ducks.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Alex is one for Gordon: While both are minnesotan paralegals, legal professionals, Gordon was an ex-player and a hot shot attorney who only got into coaching when pressed into doing so after getting caught drunk-driving, whereas Alex is a put upon cog in her firm's machine and ex-ice dancer who gets into coaching because she wants to show up the Mighty Ducks.Ducks.
* CynicismCatalyst: Bombay reveals he soured toward hockey after he gave some money to a young player to buy some tape, only to learn that his act of kindness violated state law regarding recruiting players for college programs and resulted in the end of his coaching career.
* CynicismCatalyst: Bombay reveals he soured toward hockey after he gave some money to a young player to buy some tape, only to learn that his act of kindness violated state law regarding recruiting players for college programs and resulted in the end of his coaching career.
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* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler:Jan]] from the second movie is dead, and he left Gordon the Ice Palace.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Koob is far from a model goaltender in terms of weight (and the fact that he's never officially played), but can block and catch things being thrown (and shot) at him with near-precognitive skill.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Koob is far from a model goaltender in terms of weight (and the fact that he's never officially played), but can block and catch things being thrown (and shot) at him with near-precognitive skill. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, as of episode 3, this has yet to translate to the hockey rink.]]
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Gordon reveals to Alex that he was forced out of his job as a college hockey coach because he gave one of his players some money to buy some equipment, which violated NCAA rules.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Gordon reveals to Alex that he was forced out of his job as a college hockey coach because he gave one of his players a player he was recruiting from a poor household some money to buy some equipment, which violated NCAA rules.
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* StillGotIt: Gordon proves he still has a knack for creating trick plays where he creates one for Alex that incorporates Logan and Sam's poor skating skills to give Evan a breakaway and score.
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* ConfusionFu: The Don't Bothers manage to score a single point in their first game against the Ducks, thanks to a trick play Gordon slipped into Alex's notebook. Logan's terrible skating is put to use when he falls onto the puck and everyone has to help him back up to get to it...except he actually covertly slid it over to Evan who easily scores while everyone's distracted.
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* JerkJock: Coach T isn't exactly a ''complete'' asshole, but he's definitely worn off on the kids who stuck around, as every single one of them lets Evan have it for his mother's outburst.
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* JerkJock: Coach T isn't exactly a ''complete'' asshole, but he's it's clear he bears some responsibility for the Ducks hyper-competitive culture and he holds the team to ridiculous standards. After the Duck let Evan score a goal against them on a trick play, he forces them to practice immediately after the game even though the team still won by 16 goals.
** Coach T's attitude has definitely worn off on the kids who stuck around, as every single one of them lets Evan have it for his mother'soutburst.outburst. Special mention goes to Stephanie's son who repeatedly mocks Evan and the Don't Bothers and then illegally body checks him after Evan scores against the Ducks.
** Coach T's attitude has definitely worn off on the kids who stuck around, as every single one of them lets Evan have it for his mother's
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Unlike the films where the referees often fell into EasilyDistractedReferee territory, the referee for the Don't Bothers/Ducks game is much less lenient when it comes to hits. When two Ducks body check Evan after he scores, the referee immediately gives them 5 minute major penalties. Then when Evan points out the game's over, the referee declares the penalties will still apply to the Ducks players at the beginning of their next game.
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* CharacterTic: Alex tends to overshare and speak dramatically faster when she's nervous or stressed out, as she ends up catching herself several times.
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* KnightInSourArmor: The last 20 years were apparently so rough for Gordon that he swore off the game altogether...again, banning hockey from the Ice Palace, and only changing his mind when Alex reveals the sum of money that will keep it open through the year.
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* RebelWithoutACause: Steve initially doesn't want to get into hockey because it might be hard, but because for him, there are too many ''rules''.
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* {{Determinator}}: The Ducks seemingly had no idea what Alex would turn into after cutting her son, because once she is on the warpath, she is ''on'' the warpath, getting a team together and registered in only three days, up to and including finding unclaimed city funds for youth hockey.
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** The Ducks seemingly had no idea what Alex would turn into after cutting her son, because once she is on the warpath, she is ''on'' the warpath, getting a team together and registered in only three days, up to and including finding unclaimed city funds for youthhockey.hockey.
** Evan has clearly inherited this trait from Alex. After the Don't Bothers get humiliated by the Cardinals in their first game, Evan immediately leads the team back on the ice afterwards so they can improve their skating rather than sulk.
** The Ducks seemingly had no idea what Alex would turn into after cutting her son, because once she is on the warpath, she is ''on'' the warpath, getting a team together and registered in only three days, up to and including finding unclaimed city funds for youth
** Evan has clearly inherited this trait from Alex. After the Don't Bothers get humiliated by the Cardinals in their first game, Evan immediately leads the team back on the ice afterwards so they can improve their skating rather than sulk.
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* HasTwoMommies: Nick mentions during the team's introductions to each other that he has two moms.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: As Gordon explains to Alex and Evan, Evan is right that Alex, while not as obsessed with hockey as the other Ducks parents, is still a MeddlingParent who needs to stop trying to fix all of his problems. However, Evan in turn needs to realize she's doing it out of love and she's giving him a chance to continue playing hockey when the Duck program won't.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: As Gordon explains to Alex and Evan, Evan is right that Alex, while not as obsessed with hockey as the other Ducks parents, is still a MeddlingParent [[MeddlingParents meddling parent]] who needs to stop trying to fix all of his problems. However, Evan in turn needs to realize she's doing it out of love and she's giving him a chance to continue playing hockey when the Duck program won't.
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* EqualOpportunityEvil: ''Evil'' is too strong a word, but the one thing about the Ducks that hasn't changed since the '90's is that the team still accepts kids from all ethnic and racial backgrounds regardless of their gender. Sophie, a girl of South Asian descent, is one of the team stars.
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** Evan later gives one to his ex-teammates for the fact that they all ended their friendships with him the second he was cut from the team and acknowledges his mom was completely right with her earlier dressing down.
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* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: The Mighty Ducks organization, after two decades of sustained success, has essentially become the new Hawks, inheriting all the antagonistic SeriousBusiness aspects and framed as the OpposingSportsTeam for this story.
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** The jerseys however still have the original purple and jade road coloring (the Anaheim Ducks changed their colors to orange, black and gold following the Disney sale).
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* ContinuityNod: Two of the youth hockey programs that participate in the league's team day are the Edina Hawks and the Coon Rapids Cardinals from the first film.
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* CanadianEqualsHockeyFan: Logan is introduced wearing Maple Leafs gear and pulling out a bag of pricey hockey equipment. Sure enough, he and his parents have just moved to Minnesota from Toronto.
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* TruthInTelevision: Dylan Playfair (Coach T) played in Canada's junior ice hockey circuit when he was younger and [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/3/23/22345413/mighty-ducks-game-changers-reboot-bad-guys acknowledged]] that a lot of what the series portrays about the current culture of youth hockey is not too far from reality.
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* StereotypeFlip: Logan is a native of Canada who stinks at hockey and can't even ice skate.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Logan looks for all the world like a youth hockey prodigy when he moves in from Toronto, having a nearly all-Leafs look and bag. [[spoiler:And then it becomes abundantly clear he can't skate at all.]]
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20 years have passed since the Mighty Ducks were first brought back from the brink, and in that time they have gone from plucky underdogs without a name to one of the most successful, and most cutt-throat cutthroat youth hockey programs in Southeast Minnesota, with their own arena, their own fan-press, and division system. system.
When Alex Morrow's son, Evan, is cut by the Ducks after his first practice back from summer vacation, she vows to start her own youth hockey team to directly compete with the Ducks right to his coach's face, and she gets to work (along with Evan and next door neighbor, Nick) building their team, and entering the league with nothing but a wing, a prayer, and a broken down arena, managed by a certain Gordon Bombay.
When Alex Morrow's son, Evan, is cut by the Ducks after his first practice back from summer vacation, she vows to start her own youth hockey team to directly compete with the Ducks right to his coach's face, and she gets to work (along with Evan and next door neighbor, Nick) building their team, and entering the league with nothing but a wing, a prayer, and a broken down arena, managed by a certain Gordon Bombay.
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* WritingAroundTrademarks: The Mighty Ducks logo has been altered, as the original is still in use with the real-life Anaheim Ducks who are no longer owned by The Walt Disney Company.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Logan looks for all the world like a youth hockey prodigy when he moves in, having a nearly all-Leafs look and bag. [[spoiler:And then it becomes abundantly clear he can't skate at all.]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: Logan looks for all the world like a youth hockey prodigy when he moves in, in from Toronto, having a nearly all-Leafs look and bag. [[spoiler:And then it becomes abundantly clear he can't skate at all.]]
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: As Gordon explains to Alex and Evan, Evan is right that Alex, while not as obsessed with hockey as the other Ducks parents, is still a MeddlingParent who needs to stop trying to fix all of his problems. However, Evan in turn needs to realize she's doing it out of love and she's giving him a chance to continue playing hockey when the Duck program won't.
* FamedInStory: While Gordon has stepped away from hockey in the years since the original trilogy, he's still famous enough in the youth hockey circuit that Evan immediately recognizes him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Objectively speaking, Coach T is right that Evan lags behind the other Ducks in terms of physical development and it was clearly hindering his play at tryouts. Even Alex's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech focuses more on the fact that today's ultra competitive youth hockey culture is forcing kids like Evan out, even though the odds are none of the players will become pros, than Evan's performance.
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* SportsDad: All of the Ducks program parents are this, having splurged on expensive gear, private coaching sessions, etc. to try to get their middle school aged kids to the highest competitive levels of hockey. Stephanie in particular has hired a ''pediatric sports psychologist''.
* TookALevelInCynic: Gordon Bombay hates hockeynow.now, seemingly having become disillusioned by the number of MeddlingParents trying to get their kids to the pros hijacking the sport from the coaches.
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'''The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers''' is a 2021 Sports Drama SequelSeries airing on Creator/DisneyPlus, continuing the story of the Film/TheMightyDucks franchise.
20 years have passed since the Mighty Ducks were first brought back from the brink, and in that time they have gone from plucky underdogs without a name to one of the most successful, and most cutt-throat youth hockey programs in Southeast Minnesota, with their own arena, their own fan-press, and division system. When Alex Morrow's son, Evan, is cut by the Ducks after his first practice back from summer vacation, she vows to start her own youth hockey team to directly compete with the Ducks right to his coach's face, and she gets to work (along with Evan and next door neighbor, Nick) building their team, and entering the league with nothing but a wing, a prayer, and a broken down arena, managed by a certain Gordon Bombay.
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!!''The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers'' Provide examples of:
* {{Acrofatic}}: Koob is far from a model goaltender in terms of weight (and the fact that he's never officially played), but can block and catch things being thrown (and shot) at him with near-precognitive skill.
* AscendedFanboy: Nick is a massive fan of hockey, but previously couldn't hack it out of the [=PeeWee=] circuit, and gets a second chance with Alex and Evan.
* AppropriatedAppellation: [[spoiler:Alex chooses to call their new team the "Don't Bothers" as a direct reference to Coach T's remarks on Evan.]]
* BaitAndSwitch: Logan looks for all the world like a youth hockey prodigy when he moves in, having a nearly all-Leafs look and bag. [[spoiler:And then it becomes abundantly clear he can't skate at all.]]
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: The Mighty Ducks as a team have become what historically they've always faced: a powerhouse team with all the advantages that could possibly be afforded to them, charged by a ruthless youth hockey culture that turned them into the best team in the state, at the cost of the heart and scrappiness that built it.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Alex is one for Gordon: While both are minnesotan paralegals, Gordon was an ex-player and a hot shot attorney who only gets into coaching when he's pressed into doing so after getting caught drunk-driving, whereas Alex was a put upon cog in her firm's machine and ex-ice dancer who got into coaching because she wanted to show up the Mighty Ducks.
* {{Determinator}}: The Ducks seemingly had no idea what Alex would turn into after cutting her son, because once she is on the warpath, she is ''on'' the warpath, getting a team together and registered in only three days, up to and including finding unclaimed city funds for youth hockey.
* DentedIron: Sophie is struggling with a knee injury because her parents refuse to let up on her.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Sophie's slapshot is so accurate it actually fools Evan into thinking she's missing the cones she's supposed to shoot, when in reality she's knocking golfballs ''off'' the cones with the puck without knocking the cone over.
* JerkJock: Coach T isn't exactly a ''complete'' asshole, but he's definitely worn off on the kids who stuck around, as every single one of them lets Evan have it for his mother's outburst.
* KnightInSourArmor: The last 20 years were apparently so rough for Gordon that he swore off the game altogether...again, banning hockey from the Ice Palace, and only changing his mind when Alex reveals the sum of money that will keep it open through the year.
* MeddlingParents: Pretty much every kid's parent who stays in the Ducks program is '''The Agent'''; practically programming their kids lives in order to make sure they have every advantage possible, even cutting into how they eat and bringing pediatric psychologists to their practices.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: As per franchise tradition: the team the Morrows put together is comprised of a kid too small to hack it on the Ducks, an injured sniper, a daredevil skateboarder, a popular girl, a podcaster, and a kid who can't even skate, all coached by someone who's never even played.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Evan gets cut, Alex lays into the ''entire'' Ducks culture for being insane, expensive, and controlling at center ice. Naturally, [[RealityEnsues she has to wobble her way back to the bench, and becomes a viral embarrassment for Evan at school]].
** And then it gets turned right back around on her when Gordon points out that she really isn't all that different from the other parents, she's just better at hiding it.
* WeakButSkilled: Evan is a good player, but struggles in his first practice in his new division because he's too small.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: The Mighty Ducks logo has been altered, as the original is still in use with the real-life Anaheim Ducks.
20 years have passed since the Mighty Ducks were first brought back from the brink, and in that time they have gone from plucky underdogs without a name to one of the most successful, and most cutt-throat youth hockey programs in Southeast Minnesota, with their own arena, their own fan-press, and division system. When Alex Morrow's son, Evan, is cut by the Ducks after his first practice back from summer vacation, she vows to start her own youth hockey team to directly compete with the Ducks right to his coach's face, and she gets to work (along with Evan and next door neighbor, Nick) building their team, and entering the league with nothing but a wing, a prayer, and a broken down arena, managed by a certain Gordon Bombay.
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!!''The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers'' Provide examples of:
* {{Acrofatic}}: Koob is far from a model goaltender in terms of weight (and the fact that he's never officially played), but can block and catch things being thrown (and shot) at him with near-precognitive skill.
* AscendedFanboy: Nick is a massive fan of hockey, but previously couldn't hack it out of the [=PeeWee=] circuit, and gets a second chance with Alex and Evan.
* AppropriatedAppellation: [[spoiler:Alex chooses to call their new team the "Don't Bothers" as a direct reference to Coach T's remarks on Evan.]]
* BaitAndSwitch: Logan looks for all the world like a youth hockey prodigy when he moves in, having a nearly all-Leafs look and bag. [[spoiler:And then it becomes abundantly clear he can't skate at all.]]
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: The Mighty Ducks as a team have become what historically they've always faced: a powerhouse team with all the advantages that could possibly be afforded to them, charged by a ruthless youth hockey culture that turned them into the best team in the state, at the cost of the heart and scrappiness that built it.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Alex is one for Gordon: While both are minnesotan paralegals, Gordon was an ex-player and a hot shot attorney who only gets into coaching when he's pressed into doing so after getting caught drunk-driving, whereas Alex was a put upon cog in her firm's machine and ex-ice dancer who got into coaching because she wanted to show up the Mighty Ducks.
* {{Determinator}}: The Ducks seemingly had no idea what Alex would turn into after cutting her son, because once she is on the warpath, she is ''on'' the warpath, getting a team together and registered in only three days, up to and including finding unclaimed city funds for youth hockey.
* DentedIron: Sophie is struggling with a knee injury because her parents refuse to let up on her.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Sophie's slapshot is so accurate it actually fools Evan into thinking she's missing the cones she's supposed to shoot, when in reality she's knocking golfballs ''off'' the cones with the puck without knocking the cone over.
* JerkJock: Coach T isn't exactly a ''complete'' asshole, but he's definitely worn off on the kids who stuck around, as every single one of them lets Evan have it for his mother's outburst.
* KnightInSourArmor: The last 20 years were apparently so rough for Gordon that he swore off the game altogether...again, banning hockey from the Ice Palace, and only changing his mind when Alex reveals the sum of money that will keep it open through the year.
* MeddlingParents: Pretty much every kid's parent who stays in the Ducks program is '''The Agent'''; practically programming their kids lives in order to make sure they have every advantage possible, even cutting into how they eat and bringing pediatric psychologists to their practices.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: As per franchise tradition: the team the Morrows put together is comprised of a kid too small to hack it on the Ducks, an injured sniper, a daredevil skateboarder, a popular girl, a podcaster, and a kid who can't even skate, all coached by someone who's never even played.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Evan gets cut, Alex lays into the ''entire'' Ducks culture for being insane, expensive, and controlling at center ice. Naturally, [[RealityEnsues she has to wobble her way back to the bench, and becomes a viral embarrassment for Evan at school]].
** And then it gets turned right back around on her when Gordon points out that she really isn't all that different from the other parents, she's just better at hiding it.
* WeakButSkilled: Evan is a good player, but struggles in his first practice in his new division because he's too small.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: The Mighty Ducks logo has been altered, as the original is still in use with the real-life Anaheim Ducks.
