Two losers (South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone) invent a sport combining baseball and basketball, but requiring no real athletic skills. Based on an actual game created by director David Zucker.This movie provides examples of:
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)
Awesome, but Impractical: 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.
Both Sides Have a Point: Played with between Coop's control over the NBL and Remer wanting more from this.
Remer Dude, quit thinking about yourself for a change! Coop Dude, I'm not gonna cave in! End of story, dude! Remer: Duuude?? Coop: Dude! Remer: Dude!! Coop: Dude. Remer: Dude! Coop: DUDE! Remer: DUDE!! (Coop is aghast) Dude. Coop: (speechless) I guess you got a point there.
Look out ahead, there's a truck changing lanes And you've got some yellow crumbs on your upper lip...
Comically Missing the Point: 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.
Also, Squeak with his admiring fan. She can't be a dude - she's got the cutest little Adam's apple!
Doing It for the Art: 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.
Everyone Calls Him Barkeep: Squeak. His real first name is Kenny, but his teammates use his nickname so exclusively that it's assumed to be his given name.
It gets even better when everyone is referred to by full name and nickname and we get to "Squeak 'Little Bitch' Scolari."
Faux Yay: Coop and Remer have a full-on snog session toward the end of the film.
Feud Episode: Coop and Remer, after they've been blackmailed and blame each other.
Fingore: One psych-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...
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- I mean child. (sigh) Long wanger. (gasp) Throbbing cock. (screams)
Meaningful Echo: The Beers win the final championship game using the exact same play that they won the backyard league championship with at the beginning, complete with identical commentating from the announcers.
Moment Killer: Remer barges into Coop's apartment in Kramer fashion just as he and Jenna are about to kiss.
Second Place Is For Losers: After losing the championship game at the beginning, the Beers are met with hats and assorted merchandise labeled "LOSERS."
La-Z-Boy, to Roy Hobbs' Wonderboy (a bat he carved himself from a fallen tree) in The Natural.
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.
Trash Talk: Psych-outs, an official part of the game.
Troll: The object of a psych-out is to make your opponent miss his shot without physical interference, so most people take this route. Coop and Remer are masters, employing everything from the conventional Trash Talk to fake self-mutilation and books-on-tape.
Un Entendre: Yvette, being a trophy wife, frequently mistakes Baxter's unconventional requests as sexual come-ons:
Baxter: But you know, my (glances at groin) lobby could use a good buffing, if you know what I mean. Yvette: I know exactly what you mean. (Cut to Yvette struggling to use a janitor's buffer in the lobby)
Two losers (South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone) invent a sport combining baseball and basketball, but requiring no real athletic skills. Based on an actual game created by director David Zucker.
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