History Film / Dutch

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: More like "spoiled, entitled little snobs", but after trading barbs with Dutch for the entire trip, both dishing out and taking insults with maximum smugness, it's Dutch casual suggestion that Doyle hates his mother that manages to get under the kid's skin and genuinely upset him. Of course, by this point Dutch has no sympathy left to give:

* EpicFail: Pissed off at Doyle's taunting, Dutch spins around and attempts to throw out a kick as a gesture of contempt, but in doing so he slips on the icy pavement and falls on his back, in the process splitting the seat of his pants and kicking off his shoe straight up into the air, which clocks him in the face when it comes back down.

* EpicFail: Pissed off at Doyle's taunting, Dutch spins around and attempts to throw out a kick as a gesture of contempt, but in doing so he slips on the icy pavement and falls on his back, in the process splitting the seat of his pants and kicking off his shoe straight up into the air, which clocks him in right the face when comes back down.

* BuxomIsBetter: Brock, the younger of the two hookers who give Dutch and Doyle a lift, is VERY busty, something Doyle immediately notices. It takes a while for him to stop eyeballing her chest.

* BlackComedy: The film ends with Natalie, Dutch and Doyle at the dinner table about to begin the Thanksgiving feast. [[spoiler: Before they commence, Dutch asks Doyle to retrieve Dutch's coat, as it contains a very special gift for Natalie. As Doyle turns to walk away, Dutch pulls the BB gun Doyle originally shot him with and finally gets his revenge on Doyle by shooting him in the butt.]].

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Doyle is introduced being out of place in a fancy dinner party. He even flicks the pate off of a cracker before eating it.

As a favor for his new divorcee girlfriend Natalie (Creator/JoBethWilliams), working-class construction company owner Dutch Dooley offers to pick up her troubled son Doyle (Ethan Embry) from his elite boarding school and take him home for Thanksgiving. Upon arriving at the school, Dutch quickly finds that Doyle is a conceited brat and a snob who instantly looks down on Dutch and stubbornly insists that his rich father will come for him. Through great adversity, Dutch drags Doyle on a road trip home, hoping to find some way of connecting with the kid along the way. HilarityEnsues.

As a favor for his new divorcee girlfriend Natalie (Creator/JoBethWilliams), working-class construction company owner Dutch Dooley offers to pick up her troubled son Doyle (Ethan Embry) from his elite boarding school and take him home for Thanksgiving. Upon arriving at the school, Dutch quickly finds that Doyle is a conceited, brat and a snob who instantly looks down on Dutch and stubbornly insists that his rich father will come for him. Through great adversity, Dutch drags Doyle on a road trip home, hoping to find some way of connecting with the kid along the way. HilarityEnsues.

* BlackComedy: The film ends with Natalie, Dutch and Doyle at the dinner table about to begin the Thanksgiving feast. [[spoiler:Before they commence, Dutch asks Doyle to retrieve Dutch's coat, as it contains a very special gift for Natalie. As Doyle turns to walk away, Dutch pulls the BB gun Doyle originally shot him with and finally gets his revenge on Doyle by shooting him in the butt.]].

* GoodOldFisticuffs: Dutch decides to pit his self-described "good old All-American street fighting" against Doyle's "high brown belt." Doyle gets the better of a couple encounters because Dutch doesn't take him seriously enough. Later Dutch shows him how to form a proper fist when punching... [[TemptingFate Then proceeds to stick his chin out and put his hands in his pockets, urging Doyle to take a swing.]]

* MegatonPunch: After [[spoiler: the incident with the semi]], Doyle picks a fight with Dutch, but with Kung Fu style. Dutch tries to show Doyle how to fight all-American with closed fist and loose stance... he catches on pretty quick. Ow!

** Also, Dutch talks a lot of game about not caring about Doyle, but when [[spoiler: Dutch believes Doyle's been killed in a semi-trailer crash]], he shows a lot of concern. Of course then it's revealed that [[spoiler: [[JerkAss Doyle was pranking Dutch]], getting him back for abandoning him on the side of the road a bit before.]]

* RoadTripPlot: Dutch and Doyle and traveling home for Thanksgiving. [[spoiler:It's an enforced trope, as Dutch is intentionally prolonging the trip in the hopes of bonding with Doyle]].

A 1991 RoadTripPlot comedy written by Creator/JohnHughes, directed by Peter Faiman, and starring Creator/EdONeill in the title role.

As a favor for his new divorcee girlfriend Natalie ([=JoBeth=] Williams), working-class construction company owner Dutch Dooley offers to pick up her troubled son Doyle (Ethan Embry) from his elite boarding school and take him home for Thanksgiving. Upon arriving at the school, Dutch quickly finds that Doyle is a conceited, brat and a snob who instantly looks down on Dutch and stubbornly insists that his rich father will come for him. Through great adversity, Dutch drags Doyle on a road trip home, hoping to find some way of connecting with the kid along the way. HilarityEnsues.

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: When Doyle refuses to leave his (empty) school campus or Thanksgiving, Dutch scoffs, "You gonna stay here? Watch the football game on TV? Make a turkey sandwich and hang yourself in the toilet?"

* PapaWolf: Dutch doesn't particularly like Doyle, but since Doyle is his girlfriend's son (and potentially his step-son), he looks out for him once they're reduced to trying to make it home by hitchhiking. When the diner hostess calls a busboy to 'escort' Doyle from the premises, Dutch immediately squares up with the much younger man, making it obvious that he'll touch Doyle as his peril.

* PapaWolf: Dutch doesn't particularly like Doyle, but since Doyle is his girlfriend's son (and potential step-son), he looks out for him once they're reduced to trying to make it home by hitchhiking. When the diner hostess calls a busboy to 'escort' Doyle from the premises, Dutch immediately squares up with the much younger man, making it obvious that he'll touch Doyle as his peril.

* ChekhovsSkill: Dutch teaches Doyle how to make a proper fist. In the third act, Doyle slugs a bully and knocks him out, causing Doyle to look at his own fist in awe.

* KarmicJackpot: Downplayed. A homeless family bonds with Dutch and Doyle and drives them back home to Chicago. Once there, Dutch hands the father a business card and promises him a good job with Dutch's construction company.

As a favor for his new divorcee girlfriend Natalie ([=JoBeth=] Williams), working-class construction company owner Dutch Dooley offers to pick up her troubled son Doyle (Ethan Embry) from a special school and take him home for Thanksgiving. Upon arriving at his prep school, Dutch quickly finds that Doyle is ''not'' a nice kid, and has unwavering faith (or perhaps just stubbornness) that his father will show up. Dutch quickly gives up on trying to ingratiate himself to the kid, but sticks it out for his girlfriend's sake. HilarityEnsues.

* BunnyEarsPicturePrank: In the movie's poster; see above.

* JerkAss: The two rent-a-cops at the truck depot. [[spoiler: Doyle and Dutch get out of there by pretending to be a schizophrenic killer and his friend.]]

* KarmicJackpot: Downplayed. The aforementioned homeless family bonds with Dutch and Doyle and drives them back home to Chicago. Once there, Dutch hands the father a business card and promises him a good job with Dutch's construction company.