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* Creator/Backlash: Creator/KenanThompson admitted in his memoir that, while he doesn't ''hate'' the film, he feels he and the other overweight child actors were exploited for too many fat jokes and that the film should've been more clear about the unhealthy aspects of being overweight in its resolution.

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* Creator/Backlash: CreatorBacklash: Creator/KenanThompson admitted in his memoir that, while he doesn't ''hate'' the film, he feels he and the other overweight child actors were exploited for too many fat jokes and that the film should've been more clear about the unhealthy aspects of being overweight in its resolution.
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* Creator/Backlash: Creator/KenanThompson admitted in his memoir that, while he doesn't ''hate'' the film, he feels he and the other overweight child actors were exploited for too many fat jokes and that the film should've been more clear about the unhealthy aspects of being overweight in its resolution.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete Danny]] [[Series/AllThat Tamberelli]] screen-tested for the film, but [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/wc33h/comment/c5c2kf4/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 the creators decided that he wasn't overweight enough to be cast]].
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* DuelingWorks: Released the same year/season as ''Film/MajorPayne'' and features a loosely similar plot.
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* ActingForTwo: Ben Stiller plays Tony and near the end, his father.

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* ActingForTwo: Ben Stiller Creator/BenStiller plays Tony and near the end, his father.



* RealLifeRelative: Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, and Creator/BenStiller.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece
** The campers are isolated with no way to reach out to find help, and their parents don't believe them when they call. With the advent of smartphones and social media, a few videos of what Tony was doing to them would certainly have gotten some sort of attention. Even if Tony confiscated the campers' phones, he surely wouldn't have taken them from his staff who empathize with the campers. For that matter there would be no need to ask Kenny the cameraman for his footage.
** During the Apache Relay, a Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name every Vice-President back to Al Gore under Bill Clinton, and possibly know of Quayle as well. Though unintentionally this means the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is that he can't even name one correctly, and how smart Nicholas is that he can name five ''historical'' Vice-Presidents, not just the most recent ones.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete Danny]] [[Series/AllThat Tamberelli]] screen-tested for the film, but the producers decided that he wasn't overweight enough to be cast.

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* RealLifeRelative: Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Creator/JerryStiller, Creator/AnneMeara, and Creator/BenStiller.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece
** The campers are isolated with no way to reach out to find help, and their parents don't believe them when they call. With the advent of smartphones and social media, a few videos of what Tony was doing to them would certainly have gotten some sort of attention. Even if Tony confiscated the campers' phones, he surely wouldn't have taken them from his staff who empathize with the campers. For that matter there would be no need to ask Kenny the cameraman for his footage.
** During the Apache Relay, a Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name every Vice-President back to Al Gore under Bill Clinton, and possibly know of Quayle as well. Though unintentionally this means the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is that he can't even name one correctly, and how smart Nicholas is that he can name five ''historical'' Vice-Presidents, not just the most recent ones.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete Danny]] [[Series/AllThat Tamberelli]] screen-tested for the film, but the producers decided that he wasn't overweight enough to be cast.
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** During the Apache Relay, a Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name Quayle ''and'' each Vice-President who has served since him. Though unintentionally this means the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is that he can't even name one correctly, and how smart Nicholas is that he can name five ''historical'' Vice-Presidents, not just the most recent ones.

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** During the Apache Relay, a Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name Quayle ''and'' each every Vice-President who has served since him.back to Al Gore under Bill Clinton, and possibly know of Quayle as well. Though unintentionally this means the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is that he can't even name one correctly, and how smart Nicholas is that he can name five ''historical'' Vice-Presidents, not just the most recent ones.
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** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name Quayle ''and'' each Vice-President who has served since him. Though unintentionally this means the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is that he can't even name one correctly, and how smart Nicholas is that he can name five ''historical'' Vice-Presidents, not just the most recent ones.

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** During the Apache Relay, the a Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name Quayle ''and'' each Vice-President who has served since him. Though unintentionally this means the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is that he can't even name one correctly, and how smart Nicholas is that he can name five ''historical'' Vice-Presidents, not just the most recent ones.
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** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name Quayle ''and'' each Vice-President who has served since him. Though unintentionally this means the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is that he can't, and how smart Nicholas is that he can name five ''historical'' Vice-Presidents, not just the most recent ones.

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** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name Quayle ''and'' each Vice-President who has served since him. Though unintentionally this means the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is that he can't, can't even name one correctly, and how smart Nicholas is that he can name five ''historical'' Vice-Presidents, not just the most recent ones.
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** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name Quayle ''and'' each Vice-President who has served since him. Though unintentionally this means the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is and how smart Nicholas is that he can name five ''historical'' Vice-Presidents, not just the most recent ones.

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** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name Quayle ''and'' each Vice-President who has served since him. Though unintentionally this means the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is that he can't, and how smart Nicholas is that he can name five ''historical'' Vice-Presidents, not just the most recent ones.
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** The campers are isolated with no way to reach out to find help, and their parents don't believe them when they call. With the advent of smartphones and social media, a few videos of what Tony was doing to them would certainly have gotten some sort of attention (unless Tony took their phones). For that matter there would be no need to ask Kenny the cameraman for his footage.

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** The campers are isolated with no way to reach out to find help, and their parents don't believe them when they call. With the advent of smartphones and social media, a few videos of what Tony was doing to them would certainly have gotten some sort of attention (unless attention. Even if Tony took their phones).confiscated the campers' phones, he surely wouldn't have taken them from his staff who empathize with the campers. For that matter there would be no need to ask Kenny the cameraman for his footage.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Tim is played by Paul Feig who many know as the director of ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'', ''Film/{{Spy}}'', and the 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]]'' reboot.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete Danny]] [[Series/AllThat Tamberelli]] screen-tested for the film, but the producers decided that he wasn't overweight enough to be cast.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete Danny]] [[Series/AllThat Tamberelli]] screen-tested for the film, but the producers decided that he wasn't overweight enough to be cast.cast.
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** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name Quayle ''and'' each Vice-President who has served since him. Though this does mean the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is.

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** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name Quayle ''and'' each Vice-President who has served since him. Though unintentionally this does mean means the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is.is and how smart Nicholas is that he can name five ''historical'' Vice-Presidents, not just the most recent ones.
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** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name Quayle ''and'' the three Vice-Presidents who have served since him. Though this does mean the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is.

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** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name Quayle ''and'' the three Vice-Presidents each Vice-President who have has served since him. Though this does mean the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/JuddApatow and the rest of the crew ''[[https://twitter.com/juddapatow/status/982854448727769088?lang=en hated]]'' the poster that was made featuring Lars in a hot dog bun (as seen on the main page). The marketing team ignored their protests and used it anyway.
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* DeletedScene: The Blu-Ray release has over an hour of them, some of which explicitly explain things that were only hinted at in the final film, such as [[spoiler:Camp MVP protesting Camp Hope's victory because they discovered Camp Hope stole their boat engine for Gerry's go-kart]].
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** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents. With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name at least the three or four most recent ones since Bill Clinton. Though this does mean the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is.

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** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents. Vice-Presidents and only comes up with one (and he mispronounces Dan Quayle's name as "Quill"). With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name at least Quayle ''and'' the three or four most recent ones Vice-Presidents who have served since Bill Clinton.him. Though this does mean the joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is.
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** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents. With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name at least the three most recent ones. Though this does mean the hole has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is.

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** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents. With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name at least the three or four most recent ones. ones since Bill Clinton. Though this does mean the hole joke has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece
** The campers are isolated with no way to reach out to find help, and their parents don't believe them when they call. With the advent of smartphones and social media, a few videos of what Tony was doing to them would certainly have gotten some sort of attention (unless Tony took their phones). For that matter there would be no need to ask Kenny the cameraman for his footage.
** During the Apache Relay, the Camp MVP camper struggles to name five American Vice-Presidents. With how much more prominent politics is in today's media, most people could name at least the three most recent ones. Though this does mean the hole has aged well to further emphasize how dumb the MVP camper is.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Tim is played by Paul Feig who many know as the director of ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'', ''Film/{{Spy}}'' and the 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]]'' reboot.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Tim is played by Paul Feig who many know as the director of ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'', ''Film/{{Spy}}'' ''Film/{{Spy}}'', and the 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]]'' reboot.reboot.
* RealLifeRelative: Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, and Creator/BenStiller.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Tim is played by Paul Feig who many know as the director of ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'', ''Film/{{Spy}}'' and the 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]]'' reboot.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Tim is played by Paul Feig who many know as the director of ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'', ''Film/{{Spy}}'' and the 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]]'' reboot.reboot.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete Danny]] [[Series/AllThat Tamberelli]] screen-tested for the film, but the producers decided that he wasn't overweight enough to be cast.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Tim is played by Paul Feig who many know as the director of ''Film/Bridesmaids'', ''Film/{{Spy}}'' and the 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]] reboot.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Tim is played by Paul Feig who many know as the director of ''Film/Bridesmaids'', ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}'', ''Film/{{Spy}}'' and the 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]] Ghostbusters]]'' reboot.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Tim is played by Creator/PaulFeig who many know as the director of ''Film/Bridesmaid'', ''Film/Spy'' and the 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]] reboot.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Tim is played by Creator/PaulFeig Paul Feig who many know as the director of ''Film/Bridesmaid'', ''Film/Spy'' ''Film/Bridesmaids'', ''Film/{{Spy}}'' and the 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]] reboot.
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* ActingForTwo: Ben Stiller plays Tony and near the end, his father.

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* ActingForTwo: Ben Stiller plays Tony and near the end, his father.father.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Tim is played by Creator/PaulFeig who many know as the director of ''Film/Bridesmaid'', ''Film/Spy'' and the 2016 ''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]] reboot.
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* ActingForTwo: Ben Stiller plays Tony and near the end, his father.

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