Line #112 Film/Baseketball


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3	->''"...The spirit of athletic competition, however, indeed was not dead. Its seed merely laid dormant in the dreams of the young."''
4	-->-- '''Narrator'''
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6	''[=BASEketball=]'' is a 1998 comedy film telling the story of two unemployed losers (''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' creators Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone, just as ''South Park'' was starting to skyrocket in popularity) who invent a game combining baseball and basketball, but requiring no real athletic skills, and banning controversial sports practices like massive sponsorship and multiple player transfers. The game rapidly evolves in popularity becoming an actual professional sport, thanks to the backing of billionaire Ted Denslow (Creator/ErnestBorgnine).
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8	Five years later, Joe "Coop" Cooper (Parker) and Doug Remer (Stone) are the star players of the Milwaukee Beers team in the National [=BASEketball=] League, playing against their arch-rivals, the Dallas Felons, in the fourth Denslow Cup. Tragically, Denslow chokes on a hot-dog and dies just as Coop comes up to shoot for the team, causing the Beers to lose. A few days later, at the reading of Denslow's VideoWill, Coop learns that he's inherited ownership of the Beers, meaning he's now the only person standing in the way of Baxter Cain's (Creator/RobertVaughn) plans to bring in all the things Coop and Denslow hated about other professional sports. That is, unless the Beers fail to win the next Denslow Cup, in which case ownership reverts to Denslow's widow Yvette (Creator/JennyMcCarthy). Cain promptly cozies up to Yvette, and makes plans to get Coop out of the way, while Coop struggles to keep baseketball the game it was meant to be, while wooing Jenna (Yasmine Bleeth), the attractive director of a local kids charity.
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10	Based on an actual game created by director and ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' co-creator [[Creator/ZuckerAbrahamsAndZucker David Zucker]].
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12	[[folder: Teams included, but not limited to, in the National Baseketball League (NBL)]]
13	Going in order of film appearance, all of the teams listed represent and/or parody stereotypes and include references to their respective areas.
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15	* '''Milwaukee Beers''': The team our protagonists play on referencing the numerous local beer breweries and the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team. Their mascot is a walking keg of beer (who can use his "tap" to urinate).
16	** Fans wear beer mug "foam heads" (a spoof of the "Cheese Heads" worn by Green Bay Packers' fans) and perform "the chug" (similar to the "tomahawk chop" used by the Florida State Seminoles and Atlanta Braves).
17	** The cheerleaders wear highly revealing attire, like all of the cheerleaders in the league, with the most range of attire (since we see them the most often) -- from lacy white lingerie, to lacy black lingerie (when in mourning) to cutoffs and short-shorts, to [[Main/CatholicSchoolGirlsRule sexy schoolgirl outfits.]] They generally project a "sexy {{girl next door}}" vibe, suitable for the Hero Team.
18	** Beers Garden, the team's home arena, features a neon sign animation of a man chugging beer and then turning his head to vomit immediately after. Among their home game promotions are "dozen-egg night" and "free-range chicken night".
19	* '''Dallas Felons''': Huge muscle types who are probably ex-convicts (a reference to numerous players on the Dallas Cowboys who had major legal problems in the mid-1990s). Of all the teams in the league, they're the rival Villain Team to contrast the Beers similar to how many professional sports teams can have rivalries with one another.
20	** Owner Baxter Cain (Vaughn) is based on Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. He's the main antagonist, trying to manipulate Coop and Remer towards his own ends.
21	** The cheerleaders dress in black leather dominatrix outfits.
22	* '''Miami Dealers''': Predominantly Cuban, Puerto Rican (or other Hispanic/Latino) drug-dealer types. They wear old-school pagers [[Main/TechnologyMarchesOn which were less out of place in the late '90s.]][[invoked]] One of the players ran away when Coop performed a psyche-out wearing a DEA jacket with the logo facing him.
23	** Their logo is a chainsaw-wielding man reminiscent of ''[[Film/Scarface1983 Scarface]]''.
24	* '''New Jersey Informants''': Italian-American[=/=]{{Joisey}} mafia stereotypes. Their rallying calls include "fuggedaboutit" and "In the river, baby!" - the latter referencing Mafiosos disposing of bodies by dumping them into a large river. One of the team members is played by Creator/GregGrunberg, of subsequent ''[[Series/{{Heroes}} Heroes]]'' fame.
25	** Psych-Out: "Your mom's a terrible cook!" (which failed to work on Coop)
26	** Cheerleaders wear red lingerie and have perms and also perform some Italian hand gestures.
27	* '''San Francisco Ferries''': Referencing San Francisco's status as America's best known {{Gayborhood}}. The word Ferries, mainly referring to ferryboats, is also a play on "[[CampGay fairy]]", a slur towards gay men. The players wear white, pastel pink, and blue uniforms.
28	** The team seemingly has the only all-male cheerleader squad in the league.
29	** Interestingly, it's considered a foul to attempt a psych-out using humor at the expense of homosexuality. During an away game in San Francisco, Coop gets booked with a "pink flag" for flouting the rule (even though he protests [[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext he was making an Australian joke, not a gay joke.]])
30	* '''San Antonio Defenders''': Rednecks; their home field includes a giant recreation of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas (which they, as Texans, would defend). Apparently, at least one of their rallying cries is "Fuck the Mexicans!".
31	** Cheerleaders all wear Davy Crockett coonskin caps and cowgirl thong two-pieces.
32	* '''Detroit Lemons''': Reference to the home of American auto makers as well as the slang term often given to defective automobiles (their logo is a lemon with wheels).
33	* '''Roswell Aliens''': Reference to the RoswellIncident where a UFO supposedly crashed in a location near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 and the surrounding conspiracy theories that developed thereafter.
34	** Their mascot is a grey alien who is accompanied by the cheerleaders wearing translucent unitards and perform bizarre dance routines.
35	** The home arena, Roswell Stadium, is shaped to look like a flying saucer and has a backboard resembling a restricted government warehouse reminiscent of {{Area 51}}.
36	** There's also an "Anal Probe Night" promotion.
37	* '''Los Angeles Riots''': Reference to the 1992 [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles L.A.]][=/=]Rodney King riots (and possibly the 1965 Watts Riots).
38	** Cheerleaders strip to cutoffs on the field, and perform on stripper poles while the mascot appears to be chubby looter holding a stolen TV set.
39	** Their logo is a city skyline on fire.
40	* And the rest are:
41	** Atlanta Plantations
42	** Baltimore Burners
43	** Boston Mobsters
44	** Buffalo Bums
45	** Charlotte Biscuits
46	** Denver Cavemen
47	** Oakland Bandits
48	** Pittsburgh Factories
49	** San Diego Whalers
50	** Toronto Sorrys
51	[[/folder]]
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53	!!This movie provides examples of:
54	* AdamWesting: Creator/RobertStack presents an in universe episode of ''Series/UnsolvedMysteries'' about Coop's disappearance, lampooning the series and his role in it.
55	* AffectionateParody: Of inspirational sports movies.
56	* AllWomenAreLustful: Yvette. And Britney's mom apparently, [[spoiler: if the dildo in her drawer is any indication.]]
57	* AmbiguousGender: It is unknown if the girl Squeak is attracted to is a trans woman or a crossdresser, as it is never specified
58	* AnalogyBackfire:
59	-->'''Cain:''' But until we allow teams to move cities and players to change teams, and take advantage of lucrative corporate tie-ins, I'm afraid you and your colleagues are gonna have to continue working for... ''[Cain reaches down where a chicken is eating some feed]''
60	-->'''Coop:''' ''[looks at Cain's hand]'' Chicken poo?
61	-->'''Cain:''' Ugh! Feed. Chicken feed.
62	* ArcWords:
63	-->'''Coop:''' ''One day, I'm gonna be a big sports star!''
64	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
65	--> ''"Continued expansion diluted the talent pool, forcing [sports team] owners to recruit heavily from forcing prisons, mental institutions, and [[PlaceWorseThanDeath Texas]]"''.
66	* ArtifactName: Several real-life examples are cited for the decline of pro sports:
67	--> "The Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles, where there are no lakes. The (Houston) Oilers moved to Tennessee, where there is no oil. The (New Orleans) Jazz moved to Salt Lake City, where they don't allow music."
68	* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Reggie Jackson's third home run ball (The one Coop caught) was famously hit into an ''empty'' set of bleachers.
69	* AsHimself: A dozen people, notably Bob Costas and Al Michaels, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Victoria Silvstedt ([[InsistentTerminology Playmate of the Year]]), Dale Earnhardt, and Reggie Jackson.
70	* AskAStupidQuestion: Denslow's will involves an obviously rhetorical question, ''to which Coop responds.''
71	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Remer
72	-->'''Denslow:''' People today have attention spans that can only be measured in ''nanoseconds!''\
73	''[Coop looks over to see Remer staring at a bird]''\
74	'''Coop:''' I hear you.
75	* AuthorCatchphrase: Early appearances of "Derp," which later appeared in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
76	* AwesomeButImpractical: Many of the psyche-outs require lots of planning, and even some props. Each psyche-out can be used only once, or it loses its shock value. There's no guarantee that they'll even work, such as with the "Fat from Creator/MarlonBrando's ass" psyche-out.
77	* BenevolentBoss: Ted Denslow.
78	* TheBigDamnKiss: Parodied with Coop and Remer.
79	* BlackComedy: Remer suggests Squeak say this to psyche-out the L.A. Riots MVP...and it works.
80	-->'''Squeak''': Hey Tuttle\
81	'''Tuttle''': Yeah?\
82	'''Squeak''': ''[reading his hand]'' Your mother's deaf!\
83	'''Tuttle''': My mother's '''''dead''''', you little twerp.\
84	'''Squeak''': ''[continues reading]'' [[ILoveTheDead I guess that's why she didn't move around a lot]].
85	* BookEnds: We open with a narrator talking about the majesty of sportsmanship in its decline and we close with that same narrator.
86	* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Played with between Coop's control over the NBL and Remer wanting more from it.
87	-->'''Remer''' Dude, quit thinking about yourself for a change!\
88	'''Coop''' Dude, I'm not gonna cave in! End of story, dude!\
89	'''Remer''': Duuude??\
90	'''Coop''': Dude!\
91	'''Remer''': Dude!!\
92	'''Coop''': Dude.\
93	'''Remer''': Dude!\
94	'''Coop''': DUDE!\
95	'''Remer''': DUDE!! ''[Coop is aghast]'' ''Dude.''\
96	'''Coop''': ''[speechless]'' I guess you got a point there.
97	* BrainlessBeauty: Denslow's widow Yvette, she's not very smart
98	* BreadEggsMilkSquick:
99	-->'''Coop:''' ''He goes home, does some push-ups, fucks the sleeve of his favorite jacket...''\
100	'''Jenna:''' ''WHAT?!''
101	* BrickJoke: ''Road Kill: Caught on Tape''.
102	* ButtMonkey: Poor Squeak.
103	* {{Calvinball}}: Coop and Remer originally make the rules up as they go along to beat the two guys at the party. From there it mutates into an actual sport.
104	** The playoff format, after the NBL expands.
105	* CampGay: The San Francisco Ferries, team and fans alike.
106	* CaptainObvious:
107	--> '''Bob Costas:''' And so it all comes down to this; one shot. Coop makes it? The Beers win the cup and get to keep the team.\
108	'''Al Michaels:''' Or...''he misses!''\
109	(Bob looks at him weird and shakes his head)
110	* ChekhovsGag:
111	--> ''"Hey, I heard your (female relative)'s going out with Squeak!"''
112	* ChewToy: Squeak, again.
113	* CloudCuckooLander: Remer
114	* CoincidentalBroadcast: Coop listening to the radio:
115	--> ''♫ Look out ahead, there's a truck changing lanes\
116	And you've got some yellow crumbs on your upper lip...♫''
117	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Joey's first wishes include big game hunting a bald eagle or a giant panda, before choosing ''poisoning a reservoir and throwing flesh-eating fish into a public swimming pool.''
118	** Also, Squeak with his admiring fan. She can't be a dude - she's got the cutest little [[DisguisedInDrag Adam's apple]]!
119	** Remer thinks he has to quit baseketball to get rich.
120	** This happens every time Cain meets with Coop and/or Remer. He'll discuss his ideas regarding lucrative opportunities, but they'll greatly misinterpret what's Cain is talking about much to his chagrin.
121	* DelayedReaction:
122	-->'''Coop:''' I hear your sister's going out with Squeak!\
123	'''Squeak:''' ''(confused)'' I'm not going with his sister.\
124	'''Coop:''' That's the defense, you gotta psych him out.\
125	'''Remer:''' Yeah, we gotta say totally fucked up shit to make the other guy misses.\
126	'''Squeak:''' Oh, okay. ''({{beat}})'' Wait a minute, why is me going out with his sister totally fucked up?!
127	* DistractedByTheSexy: Al Michaels seems to be really fond of the Beers cheerleaders.
128	--> '''Bob Costas:''' Hard to believe that just five years ago, this game was played only on driveways.\
129	'''Al Michaels:''' And it's hard to believe just five years ago, [[DirtyOldMan those girls were only in grade school.]]\
130	'''Bob Costas:''' ''[speechless]''
131	* DirtyOldMan: [[spoiler:Denslow]] reveals he's this in his video will.
132	** Al Michaels has shades of this, particularly when the Beers cheerleaders are performing.
133	* DoingItForTheArt: In-universe example. Coop's philosophy while building the NBL; He wants to create an environment where passion for the sport, not franchising, is the main motivating factor for the players. Even billionaire Ted Denslow agrees. After Coop was given ownership of the sport by Denslow's will, he makes sure it stays that way. However, Coop is so determined to keep it from becoming commercialized that he soon becomes obsessed with control over the sport.
134	-->'''Coop:''' This is not about the money. It's about tradition. Look, think about the greats who have played this game. It's because of them. It's because of us, that I can't bow down to a guy like Cain.\
135	'''Remer:''' Dude, that's easy for you to say! You got the team, we got jack-shit!
136	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Squeak. His real first name is Kenny, but his teammates use his nickname so exclusively that it's assumed to be his given name.
137	** It gets even better when everyone is referred to by full name and nickname and we get to "Squeak 'Little Bitch' Scolari."
138	* EveryoneMustBePaired: Coop ends up with his love interest Jenna, and Squeak embraces the possible transgender person he has been sharing looks with. Remer on the other hand looks despondent until he meets gazes with Yvette, a character he has had no interaction with throughout the movie. They immediately begin making out.
139	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Cain doesn't understand why a fellow billionaire like Denslow wouldn't want to commercialize baseketball to make even more money.
140	* FaceFault: Common result of the psych-outs.
141	* {{Fanservice}}: Any Baseketball cheerleader from any team (in-universe and out). They're practically half-naked most of the time.
142	** In the season opener after Denslow's death, the cheerleaders for the Beers wear black lingerie.
143	* FauxYay: Coop and Remer have a full-on snog session toward the end of the film.
144	* FictionalSport
145	* {{Fingore}}: One psyche-out has Coop flip off the opposing player, slowly creep a pair of wire-cutters towards his finger and tear it off. It's a fake, but still...
146	* FreudianSlipperySlope: Jenna after seeing Coop and Remer naked in the locker room.
147	-->This is going to be the end of the foundation; it's not endowed like- ''[{{beat}}]'' well, like- [...] Enough! Look at yourselves! You're just typical men with humongous... ''egos''. You're like every other pro-athlete, I should have kept those kids away from you, now their little lives are ruined and all you can do is argue over who is the bigger penis- ''[[VerbalBackspace I mean child]]''. ''[sigh]'' Long wanger. ''[gasp]'' Throbbing cock. ''[screams]''
148	* FullNameBasis: "Victoria Silvstedt, [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} Playmate of the Year]]!"
149	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The movie is ''full'' of them. (It is a David Zucker film, after all.)
150	* GagPenis: Coop and Remer in the locker room with Jenna. They are ''as long as the legs they hang between.''
151	* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Remer early on gives Squeak a pep talk that amounts to him threatening Squeak. When he's done, Squeak slaps him.
152	* GoldDigger: Yvette is all but stated to have been this. After Denslow leaves the team to Coop, she laments that she gave him "the best three weeks of her life". After hearing Squeak's speech, she may no longer be this.
153	* HappyDance: Inverted, Coop does his happy dance whenever he's pissed off, with varying results.
154	* HeroWorshipper: Coop is one to Reggie Jackson. In turn, Joey is to Coop.
155	* HumbleBeginnings: In-universe. Baseketball was made up on the spot by Coop and Remer one night. Soon it was being played on suburban driveways [[MemeticMutation even going as far as developing entire amateur leagues within neighborhoods]]. With the support and financial sponsorship of a billionaire fan and a rapidly growing base, it became a professional league sport. As a nod to the game's roots, many baseketball arenas have backboard façades that resemble suburban garage doors each themed to the arena's home team.
156	-->'''Bob Costas:''' Hard to believe that just five years ago, this game was played only on driveways.
157	* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Remer was offended when Coop tells him he doesn't really care about Jenna just because he was in the hot tub with Victoria Silvstedt, "Playmate of the Year!".
158	-->'''Remer:''' That hurts, man! That really hurts! My clothing line is singlehandedly saving Jenna's foundation!\
159	'''Coup:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot how much Doug Remer cares about kids.]]
160	* IWillShowYouX: After Squeak acts professionally at his job.
161	-->'''Remer:''' Dude, does it just suck being you?\
162	'''Squeak:''' ''(mutters)'' I'll show ''those'' guys what sucks.
163	* IfIHadANickel:
164	--> ''"If I had a nickel for every time this ball's gotten me out of a tight spot, I'd have a shitload of nickels!"''
165	* InnocentlyInsensitive : A news reporter asks Coop how he's feeling in regards to losing the game and the death of Denslow.
166	-->'''Coop:''' Today I lost the game and a dear friend, and I'm... feeling pretty vulnerable right now. I don't think I should be by myself. I need someone to talk to...\
167	'''Reporter:''' It does certainly seem to be raining shit on Joe Cooper.
168	* InstantSedation: For one of his psych-outs Remer plays a droning, monotonous book-on-tape in a player's ear, lulling him to sleep in seconds. Doubles as a Main/TakeThat: if you listen carefully to the words, you can figure out the book is ''Film/TheHorseWhisperer'', even if you've not read it.
169	* LampshadeHanging: Coop (Creator/TreyParker) to Remer (Creator/MattStone):
170	--> ''"Oh, now you're such a big shot, you're gonna act in a Hollywood movie? Fuckin' sellout."'' ''[awkward pause]''
171	* LittlestCancerPatient: Joey. Actually, it's liver recipient to be precise, but this still applies.
172	* MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler:The Beers win the final championship game using the exact same play that they won the driveway league championship with at the beginning, complete with identical commentating from the announcers.]]
173	* MomentKiller: Remer barges into Coop's apartment in [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Kramer]] fashion just as he and Jenna are about to kiss.
174	-->'''Remer:''' Hey Coop, check out all this cool shit we got in the hospital!
175	* NeverMyFault: After the villain blackmails them into forfeiting the Denslow Cup, Remer blames the entire mess on Coop because he wouldn't share control of the NBL and for saying no to Cain's first proposition (thus forcing Cain to take drastic measures in order to change Coop's mind). When Jenna comes down to tell them they've destroyed her foundation, Remer quickly pins the blame on Coop.
176	-->'''Coop:''' Jenna, I can explain...\
177	'''Remer:''' Yes, it was his fault.\
178	''[Jenna leaves]''\
179	'''Remer:''' You gotta believe me, it's all Coop's fault!
180	** After the Beers are starting to lose the Denslow Cup, resulting in a fight:
181	-->'''Remer:''' Thanks for coming back, you really made a big difference in the game.\
182	'''Coop:''' Dude, if I haven't been cleaning up ''your'' mess, I wouldn't be jet-lagging, shitting curry!
183	* OhCrap:
184	** Coop and Remer, when Cain tells them he's blackmailing them.
185	** Britney's boyfriend Ted, when Coop and Remer tell her he told them about her party. Though his expression is more subdued.
186	* OnlySaneMan:
187	** Despite being the movie's villain, Baxter Cain is this, mainly because all the heroes (and some of the supporting characters) are complete morons.
188	** Also Jenna, due to watching over the "health-challenged and survival-impaired" kids and keeping them away from bad influences.
189	* OpposingSportsTeam[=/=]TheRival: The Dallas Felons to the Milwaukee Beers.
190	* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: True to form, Coop and Remer have a huge falling out over Coop's refusal to let baseketball be commercialized, as well as their rivalry over Jenna. Which gets worse when they're being blackmailed and blame each other. During the halftime show, while pretending to shake hands, Remer wouldn't let go of Coop's hand, escalating into a fight until Squeak stops them.
191	* PrisonersLastMeal: Referenced. Coop and Doug visit a sick kid in a hospital on behalf of the "Dream-Come-True Foundation," and Coop suggests that the kid's opportunity to have a personal request granted to him is better than the meal that people on death row get.
192	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After infighting between Coop and Remer threatens their shot at winning the championship game, Squeak delivers one to them at halftime [[ItMakesSenseInContext while dressed as a pineapple]].
193	* RightBehindMe: At the house party near the beginning of the movie, Brittany is standing right behind Coop and Remer when she catches them going through her [[spoiler:mom's]] underwear drawer.
194	* RightInFrontOfMe:
195	-->''[Remer rings the doorbell]''\
196	'''Coop:''' I don't wanna go to a party with a bunch of losers from high school!\
197	'''Remer:''' This is Britney Kaiser's house, and I really really wanna fuck her.\
198	''[notices Britney's dad just opened the door and overheard them]''\
199	'''Coop and Remer:''' Dr. Kaiser!
200	* RunningGag:
201	** Cain's headaches. Of course, he's SurroundedByIdiots.
202	** Also, the "I hear your _____'s going out with ''Squeak!''" psyche-out. Taken to its logical conclusion [[SelfDeprecation when Squeak himself uses it]].
203	** The facial expression Jenna makes when she's surprised or weirded out by something.
204	* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: After winning the fourth Denslow Cup in the beginning of the film, the Felons are shown wearing WINNERS hats and T-shirts as they are interviewed while celebrating. Cut to the Beers locker room - who are wearing matching LOSERS hats and T-shirts.
205	* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Ted Denslow is already rich, but he made Baseketball into a real sport because he wanted a national sport that focuses more on the spirit of the game than the franchising.
206	* ShoutOut:
207	** La-Z-Boy, to Roy Hobbs' Wonderboy (a bat he carved himself from a fallen tree) in ''Film/TheNatural''.
208	** The salute Coop, Remer and Squeak give at the end was copied from a touchdown celebration ("The Mile High Salute") the Denver Broncos were known for at the time.
209	** ''Franchise/StarTrek'' jokes during the second hospital scene (Matt and Trey being huge ''Star Trek'' fans).
210	-->'''Coop''': Dammit, man! I'm trying to save an innocent life!
211	-->'''Remer''': I'm giving it all I've got, Captain!
212	** ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
213	*** Coop psyches a guy who never misses using his [[TheCastShowOff Eric Cartman]] voice to throw him off.
214	*** While talking to Remer in the locker room, Coop dips into Mr. Garrison's voice when he sarcastically quips about "how much Doug Reemer cares about kids."
215	*** Earlier, he also talked to Denslow briefly in a voice similar to Tweek's dad.
216	** [[{{Film/Titanic 1997}} "I'm the king of the world!"]]
217	*** "Remember to hold your breath just before we hit-NEVER LET GO!!!"
218	** An in-universe example; Coop's number 44 pays homage to his sports hero Reggie Jackson who was number 44 on the Yankees.
219	** "[[Film/{{Braveheart}} FREEDOM!! FREEEEDOM!!]]"
220	* SmallRoleBigImpact: Ted Denslow barely has 10 minutes of screentime, but it's because of his financial backing that Baseketball became a national pasttime.
221	* [[NewscasterCameo Sportscaster Cameo]]: Creator/BobCostas and Al Michaels ([[AsHimself as themselves]]) do the play-by-play for the Beers, and it's more than a cameo -- in fact they probably get more screen time than Ernest Borgnine as Ted Denslow. Other sportscasters turn up briefly, including Dan Patrick, Kenny Mayne, Tim [=McCarver=], and Jim Lampley.
222	* StrangeMindsThinkAlike:
223	** Both Coop and Remer think Shaq got rich from playing in college. Coop believes that's common knowledge.
224	** "Did I just fart?"
225	* StrawLoser: At the start of the movie, Coop and Remer face the fact that they've done nothing with their lives since high school, especially since it seems like ALL their former classmates are successful.
226	* StuntDouble: In-universe. Remer has one running the bases for him.
227	* TakeThat: It's a movie by the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' crew; The list could fill its own page.
228	* TakeThatUs: See Lampshade Hanging above.
229	* ThoseTwoGuys: Coop and Remer before the NBL was established.
230	* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Squeak and his "female" fan are the extreme of this.
231	* TrashTalk: "Psyche-Outs"; an official part of the game.
232	* TwoDecadesBehind: Pop culture-wise. Minor example with Denslow PlayedForLaughs to show how out of touch he is the youth.
233	-->'''Ted Denslow:''' Now you kids with your loud music and your Dan Fogelberg, your Zima, hula hoops and VideoGame/PacMan video games...'''(note it's the late [[TheNineties 90s]] when he says this)'''.
234	* VaporWear: The cheerleaders' "uniforms", from any team tend to be lingerie of some sort.
235	* VerbalTic: Coop and Remer mutter "cock" randomly on occasion. Notably at the party in the beginning, every time they've been insulted.
236	* VideoWills: How Denslow leaves the team to Coop.
237	* WeHardlyKnewYe: Ted Denslow
238	* WhatTheHellHero: Squeak gives one to both Coop and Remer during his RousingSpeech, for the team's near-losing because they only cared about money (Remer) and power (Coop).
239	* YouAreFat: Coop gets a critical psyche out at the top of the 9th inning during the Denslow Cup by using his "Cartman" voice.
240	* YourMom: A lot of the psyche-outs worked out this way. But the one that got the Beers back to the Denslow Cup scored Squeak an ass-kicking from a rather large Los Angeles Riots player. Said beatdown becomes a FunnyBackgroundEvent during one of Coop and Remer's later arguments. The funny part is that Remer wrote the script on the palm of Squeak's hand:
241	-->'''Squeak:''' (''reading the palm of his hand'') "Your mother's deaf."\
242	'''Ed Tuttle:''' My mother's dead, you little twerp.\
243	'''Squeak:''' (''keeps reading'') "I guess that's why she didn't move around a lot."
244	* YoureNothingWithoutYourPhlebotinum: Coop and his La-Z-Boy ball. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted]].

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