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** And on the topic of Titans, many jokes have been made comparing it to ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' and how ''Remember the Titans, Attack on Titan and'' ''[[Film/ClashOfTheTitans]]'' is "the weirdest trilogy ever".

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** And on the topic of Titans, many jokes have been made comparing it to ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' and how ''Remember the Titans, Attack on Titan and'' ''[[Film/ClashOfTheTitans]]'' ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans'' is "the weirdest trilogy ever".

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* MemeticMutation: "Girls can love Creator/RyanGosling all they want, but let's not forget he was a liability at cornerback in ''Remember the Titans''." Doubles as a MandelaEffect; Gosling's character actually plays ''linebacker'' in the movie.

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"Girls can love Creator/RyanGosling all they want, but let's not forget he was a liability at cornerback in ''Remember the Titans''." Doubles as a MandelaEffect; Gosling's character actually plays ''linebacker'' in the movie.movie.
** The iconic speech of Coach Boone about the Titans, being "greater than the gods themselves," is widely mocked and memed online due to how [[SadlyMythtaken utterly inaccurate it is]] to anyone with a more than casual knowledge of Greek Mythology. Many joke about how the Titans ''lost'' the war and were overthrown and imprisoned by Zeus, and how their leader Cronos was a literal [[EatsBabies child-eater]], prompting many to point out how the Titans are not exactly very good role models to give an inspirational speech about.
** And on the topic of Titans, many jokes have been made comparing it to ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' and how ''Remember the Titans, Attack on Titan and'' ''[[Film/ClashOfTheTitans]]'' is "the weirdest trilogy ever".
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* GrowingTheBeard: Disney's first attempt at a more serious sports film. They carved a niche in the '90s of RagtagBunchOfMisfits sports-themed comedies such as ''Film/TheMightyDucks'', ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'', and ''Film/TheBigGreen'', but here is a more straight-told dramatic film aimed at an older audience. The film was such a success that Disney's sports films followed in this pattern with ''[[Film/TheRookie2002 The Rookie]]'', ''Film/{{Miracle}}'', ''Film/{{Invincible|2006}}'', ''Film/GloryRoad'', ''Film/TheGreatestGameEverPlayed'' and ''Film/McFarlandUSA.''

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* GrowingTheBeard: Disney's first attempt at a more serious sports film. They carved a niche in the '90s of RagtagBunchOfMisfits sports-themed comedies such as ''Film/TheMightyDucks'', ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'', and ''Film/TheBigGreen'', but here is a more straight-told dramatic film aimed at an older audience. The film was such a success that Disney's sports films followed in this pattern with ''[[Film/TheRookie2002 The Rookie]]'', ''Film/{{Miracle}}'', ''Film/{{Invincible|2006}}'', ''Film/GloryRoad'', ''Film/TheGreatestGameEverPlayed'' ''The Greatest Game Ever Played'' and ''Film/McFarlandUSA.''
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* ValuesDissonance: The film presents Boone as in the right when he calls out Yoast for treating Petey kinder and gentler than the white players as "patronizing" him. These days, with mental health now considered just as important as physical, Yoast's style of "I teach them what they need to know, but I don't humiliate them" is seen as the correct way to coach, and Boone's method would likely get a modern coach disciplined and possibly fired.

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* ValuesDissonance: The film presents Boone as in the right when he calls out Yoast for treating Petey kinder and gentler than the white players as "patronizing" him. These days, with mental health now considered just as important as physical, Yoast's style of "I teach them what they need to know, but I don't humiliate them" is seen as the correct way to coach, and Boone's method would likely get a modern coach disciplined and possibly fired.fired (the real Boone was actually fired in 1979 for allegations of verbal and physical abuse of players).
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** Boone's treatment of his players at camp also qualifies, specifically when he makes the Titans do up-downs as punishment when Blue asks for a water break. Since the 2001 death of NFL offensive lineman Korey Stringer from heat stroke, football teams at every level take heat stroke ''much'' more seriously than in 1971. Today, any high school coach who denied his players a water break, especially in the middle of summer, would find himself out of a job before he ever got the chance to coach a game.

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** Boone's treatment of his players at camp also qualifies, specifically when he makes the Titans do up-downs as punishment when Blue asks for a water break. Since the 2001 death of NFL offensive lineman Korey Stringer from heat stroke, football teams at every level take heat stroke ''much'' '''much''' more seriously than in 1971. Today, any high school coach who denied his players a water break, especially in the middle of summer, would find himself out of a job before he ever got the chance to coach a game.

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----* ValuesDissonance: The film presents Boone as in the right when he calls out Yoast for treating Petey kinder and gentler than the white players as "patronizing" him. These days, with mental health now considered just as important as physical, Yoast's style of "I teach them what they need to know, but I don't humiliate them" is seen as the correct way to coach, and Boone's method would likely get a modern coach disciplined and possibly fired.
** Boone's treatment of his players at camp also qualifies, specifically when he makes the Titans do up-downs as punishment when Blue asks for a water break. Since the 2001 death of NFL offensive lineman Korey Stringer from heat stroke, football teams at every level take heat stroke ''much'' more seriously than in 1971. Today, any high school coach who denied his players a water break, especially in the middle of summer, would find himself out of a job before he ever got the chance to coach a game.
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* MemeticMutation: "Girls can love Creator/RyanGosling all they want, but let's not forget he was a liability at cornerback in ''Remember the Titans''."

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* MemeticMutation: "Girls can love Creator/RyanGosling all they want, but let's not forget he was a liability at cornerback in ''Remember the Titans''."" Doubles as a MandelaEffect; Gosling's character actually plays ''linebacker'' in the movie.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkAeSl3CXfs Titans Spirit]] from Trevor Rabin's score.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkAeSl3CXfs Titans Spirit]] from Trevor Rabin's score.score, which has since been reused for several different sports broadcasts, including NBC's coverage of the Olympic closing ceremonies. The section starting at 3:15 was also used for the 2018 Stanley Cup award ceremony.
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** However, the meme gets the movie's details wrong: Gosling's character played ''linebacker'', not cornerback.
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* RetroactiveRecognition:

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* RetroactiveRecognition: This movie is a Retroactive Recognition bonanza.



** The movie is a Retroactive Recognition bonanza — in addition to little Gosling and Panettiere, there's Creator/WoodHarris as Julius, Creator/DonaldFaison as Petey, Creator/RyanHurst as Gerry, Creator/KateBosworth as Emma and Creator/EthanSuplee as Louie.

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** The movie is a Retroactive Recognition bonanza — in In addition to little Gosling and Panettiere, there's Creator/WoodHarris as Julius, Creator/DonaldFaison as Petey, Creator/RyanHurst as Gerry, Creator/KateBosworth as Emma and Creator/EthanSuplee as Louie.
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** The movie is a Retroactive Recognition bonanza — in addition to little Gosling and Panettiere, there's Wood Harris as Julius, Donald Faison as Petey, Creator/RyanHurst as Gerry, Creator/KateBosworth as Emma and Ethan Suplee as Louie.

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** The movie is a Retroactive Recognition bonanza — in addition to little Gosling and Panettiere, there's Wood Harris Creator/WoodHarris as Julius, Donald Faison Creator/DonaldFaison as Petey, Creator/RyanHurst as Gerry, Creator/KateBosworth as Emma and Ethan Suplee Creator/EthanSuplee as Louie.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The movie was intended as a period piece, but as of 2021, T.C. Williams High School is no more. The school is now known as Alexandria City High School. Ironically, the real T.C. Williams for whom the school was initially named for was an ardent supporter of school segregation. Following the killing of George Floyd, people in Alexandria renewed petitions to remove Williams' name from the school, which was approved in 2021.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The movie was intended as a period piece, but as of 2021, T.C. Williams High School is no more. The school is now known as Alexandria City High School. Ironically, the real T.C. Williams for whom the school was initially named for was an ardent supporter of school segregation. Following the killing of George Floyd, people in Alexandria renewed petitions to remove Williams' name from the school, which was approved in 2021.----

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** However, the meme gets the movie's details wrong: Gosling's character played ''linebacker'', not cornerback.



** The movie is a Retroactive Recognition bonanza — in addition to little Gosling and Panettiere, there's Wood Harris as Julius, Donald Faison as Petey, Creator/RyanHurst as Gerry, Creator/KateBosworth as Emma and Ethan Suplee as Louie.

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** The movie is a Retroactive Recognition bonanza — in addition to little Gosling and Panettiere, there's Wood Harris as Julius, Donald Faison as Petey, Creator/RyanHurst as Gerry, Creator/KateBosworth as Emma and Ethan Suplee as Louie.Louie.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The movie was intended as a period piece, but as of 2021, T.C. Williams High School is no more. The school is now known as Alexandria City High School. Ironically, the real T.C. Williams for whom the school was initially named for was an ardent supporter of school segregation. Following the killing of George Floyd, people in Alexandria renewed petitions to remove Williams' name from the school, which was approved in 2021.
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* GrowingTheBeard: Disney's first attempt at a more serious sports film. They carved a niche in the '90s of RagtagBunchOfMisfits sports-themed comedies such as ''Film/TheMightyDucks'', ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'', and ''Film/TheBigGreen'', but here is a more straight-told dramatic film aimed at an older audience. The film was such a success that Disney's sports films followed in this pattern with ''[[Film/TheRookie2002 The Rookie]]'', ''Film/{{Miracle}}'', ''Film/{{Invincible}}'', ''Film/GloryRoad'', ''Film/TheGreatestGameEverPlayed'' and ''Film/McFarlandUSA.''

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* GrowingTheBeard: Disney's first attempt at a more serious sports film. They carved a niche in the '90s of RagtagBunchOfMisfits sports-themed comedies such as ''Film/TheMightyDucks'', ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'', and ''Film/TheBigGreen'', but here is a more straight-told dramatic film aimed at an older audience. The film was such a success that Disney's sports films followed in this pattern with ''[[Film/TheRookie2002 The Rookie]]'', ''Film/{{Miracle}}'', ''Film/{{Invincible}}'', ''Film/{{Invincible|2006}}'', ''Film/GloryRoad'', ''Film/TheGreatestGameEverPlayed'' and ''Film/McFarlandUSA.''
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* GrowingTheBeard: Disney's first attempt at a more serious sports film. They carved a niche in the '90s of RagtagBunchOfMisfits sports-themed comedies such as ''Film/TheMightyDucks'', ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'', and ''Film/TheBigGreen'', but here is a more straight-told dramatic film aimed at an older audience. The film was such a success that Disney's sports films followed in this pattern with ''Film/{{Miracle}}'', ''Film/{{Invincible}}'', ''Film/GloryRoad'', ''Film/TheGreatestGameEverPlayed'' and ''Film/McFarlandUSA.''

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* GrowingTheBeard: Disney's first attempt at a more serious sports film. They carved a niche in the '90s of RagtagBunchOfMisfits sports-themed comedies such as ''Film/TheMightyDucks'', ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'', and ''Film/TheBigGreen'', but here is a more straight-told dramatic film aimed at an older audience. The film was such a success that Disney's sports films followed in this pattern with ''[[Film/TheRookie2002 The Rookie]]'', ''Film/{{Miracle}}'', ''Film/{{Invincible}}'', ''Film/GloryRoad'', ''Film/TheGreatestGameEverPlayed'' and ''Film/McFarlandUSA.''
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* MemeticMutation: "Girls can love Creator/RyanGosling all they want, but let's not forget he was a liability at cornerback in ''Remember the Titans''."

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** The movie is a Retroactive Recognition bonanza — in addition to little Gosling and Panettiere, there's Wood Harris as Julius, Donald Faison as Petey, Creator/RyanHurst as Gerry, Creator/KateBosworth as Emma and Ethan Suplee as Louie.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Coach Boone's speech to the team at the Gettysburg battlefield.

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** The movie is a Retroactive Recognition bonanza — in addition to little Gosling and Panettiere, there's Wood Harris as Julius, Donald Faison as Petey, Creator/RyanHurst as Gerry, Creator/KateBosworth as Emma and Ethan Suplee as Louie.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Coach Boone's speech to the team at the Gettysburg battlefield.
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** Also, this is Creator/HaydenPanetierre's third appearance in a feature film.

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** Also, this is Creator/HaydenPanetierre's Creator/HaydenPanettiere's third appearance in a feature film.
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** Also, this is Hayden Panetierre's third appearance in a feature film.

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** Also, this is Hayden Panetierre's Creator/HaydenPanetierre's third appearance in a feature film.
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** The movie is a Retroactive Recognition bonanza — in addition to little Gosling and Panettiere, there's [[Series/TheWire Wood Harris]] as Julius, [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Donald Faison]] as Petey, Creator/RyanHurst as Gerry, Creator/KateBosworth as Emma and [[Series/MyNameIsEarl Ethan Suplee]] as Louie.

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** The movie is a Retroactive Recognition bonanza — in addition to little Gosling and Panettiere, there's [[Series/TheWire Wood Harris]] Harris as Julius, [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Donald Faison]] Faison as Petey, Creator/RyanHurst as Gerry, Creator/KateBosworth as Emma and [[Series/MyNameIsEarl Ethan Suplee]] Suplee as Louie.
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Actor garbage.


* HilariousInHindsight: More than a few people (particularly guys) who've seen the movie have noticed how very dissimilar the grownup version of Sheryl Yoast in the movie and the grownup version of Creator/HaydenPanettiere (who played Sheryl) turned out to look. (See also Creator/HilarySwank, whose younger version in ''Film/TheAffairOfTheNecklace'' was played by Miss Panettiere.)
** And speaking of the lovely Miss P, in the pilot for ''{{Series/Nashville}}'' she makes out with her producer Randy, played by Burgess Jenkins… who plays a racist football player in this movie. See also {{Squick}}.
** Louis, the first white student to get along with the black students, played a [[Film/AmericanHistoryX White Nationalist]] only a couple years before.
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Two unrelated films using the same song is not a connection.


** [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy A Disney-produced film]] with "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" in its soundtrack.

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