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* AcademicAthlete: Leroy is the only one of the "Double Ds" in whom Sgt. Cass takes an interest, because he was a genuinely gifted athlete - so gifted, in fact, that he resents the fact that his high school teachers gave him passing grades in spite of his sub-par coursework, just to keep him on the team. Leroy himself tells Rago that he plans to steer his young son away from athletics so he'll concentrate on his studies. Rago tells him about Leon Battista Alberti, the archetypal "[[TitleDrop Renaissance Man]]", but admits that the only reason Rago remembers his name is because he could perform at least one athletic prodigy:
-->'''Bill Rago''': They said that he could stand, with his feet together like this, and spring straight over a man's head.\\
'''Pvt. Jackson Leroy''': ''[laughs]'' Really?\\
'''Rago''': If Leon Battista Alberti couldn't have done that, [[IRememberBecause I wouldn't have remembered a thing about him.]]\\
'''Leroy''': So, wait... he was sort of like a smart jock, wasn't he?\\
'''Rago''': That's right.\\
'''Leroy''': Now there's an oxymoron, isn't it?\\
'''Rago''': You got it.
-->'''Bill Rago''': They said that he could stand, with his feet together like this, and spring straight over a man's head.\\
'''Pvt. Jackson Leroy''': ''[laughs]'' Really?\\
'''Rago''': If Leon Battista Alberti couldn't have done that, [[IRememberBecause I wouldn't have remembered a thing about him.]]\\
'''Leroy''': So, wait... he was sort of like a smart jock, wasn't he?\\
'''Rago''': That's right.\\
'''Leroy''': Now there's an oxymoron, isn't it?\\
'''Rago''': You got it.
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* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: As a starting exercise for the "Double Ds", Rago has each of them write an essay about their reasons for joining the Army. As each reads his or her composition, Rago's face shows he is genuinely interested.
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* BreakTheCutie: Davis is convinced his father died a hero thanks to the stories his mother told him. Other trainees bully him mercilessly because of it. Turned around when, at graduation, we learn that Bill's meddling has unearthed the truth: he ''did'' die a hero and Davis is given his posthumously awarded medal.
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** Near the end of the movie, Murdoch congratulates Bill on his excellent results, then asks him ''not'' to give his kids a test. Tests are SeriousBusiness for the army and if they fail, they ''fail''.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Bill and his students all. Bill becomes more caring and involved with them and his daughter, and they are better able to think on their feet and cope with the demands of army life.
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* AbusiveParents: Melvin's father beat up Melvin until he joined the Army and has been doing the same to his biological children since Melvin left.
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* AbusiveParents: Melvin's father stepfather beat up Melvin until he joined the Army and has been doing the same to his biological children since Melvin left.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Most of Bill's class, especially seen in their essays on why they joined the Army: Benitez lost his sister to a drive-by shooting; Melvin became narcoleptic to escape an abusive stepfather; Miranda was abandoned by an unstable mother; Montgomery's home life had no structure or discipline; Leroy was a high school football star who was injured and discovered his school taught him nothing; despite passing him for sports; Hobbs was an intelligent man who got caught up in the drug trade and tried to escape; Davis joined as part of a hero-worship of his father, who died saving his platoon in Vietnam; Haywood grew up in a very rural area surrounded by family and neighbors who have gone absolutely nowhere in their lives.
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* TheWoobie: Most of WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Bill's class, especially seen in their essays on why they joined the Army: Benitez lost his sister old agency partner is shown trying to a drive-by shooting; Melvin became narcoleptic to escape an abusive stepfather; Miranda was abandoned by an unstable mother; Montgomery's home life had no structure or discipline; Leroy was a high school football star who was injured and discovered his school taught help him nothing; despite passing him for sports; Hobbs was an intelligent man who got caught up in the drug trade and tried to escape; Davis joined as part of a hero-worship of his father, who died saving his platoon in Vietnam; Haywood grew up get work in a very rural area surrounded by family and neighbors who have gone absolutely nowhere in their lives.few scenes, but ultimately his character arc doesn't get any resolution.
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A 1994 American comedy film directed by Penny Marshall, starring Creator/DannyDeVito and Creator/GregoryHines.
A down-on-his luck businessman named Bill Rago ([=DeVito=]) ends up applying for and being given a job as a teacher for the U.S. Army. He soon learns that he has to get his group of students to avoid flunking the class (and therefore washing out of basic training.)
A down-on-his luck businessman named Bill Rago ([=DeVito=]) ends up applying for and being given a job as a teacher for the U.S. Army. He soon learns that he has to get his group of students to avoid flunking the class (and therefore washing out of basic training.)
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A 1994 American comedy film directed by Penny Marshall, Creator/PennyMarshall, starring Creator/DannyDeVito and Creator/GregoryHines.
Adown-on-his luck down-on-his-luck businessman named Bill Rago ([=DeVito=]) ends up applying for and being given a job as a teacher for the U.S. Army. He soon learns that he has to get his group of students to avoid flunking the class (and therefore washing out of basic training.)
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* NonGivingUpSchoolGuy: Pretty much a staple of the movie as it came out in 1994, when many movies about teachers were reveling in this trope.
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* NonGivingUpSchoolGuy: Pretty much a staple of the movie as it came out in 1994, 1994 when many movies about teachers were reveling in this trope.
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* TheWoobie: Most of Bill's class, especially seen in their essays on why they joined the Army: Benitez lost his sister to a drive-by shooting; Melvin became narcoleptic to escape an abusive stepfather; Miranda was abandoned by an unstable mother; Montgomery's home life had no structure or discipline; Leroy was a high school football star who was injured and discovered his school taught him nothing; despite passing him for sports; Hobbs was an intelligent man who got caught up in the drug trade and tried to escape; Davis joined as part of a hero worship hero-worship of his father, who died saving his platoon in Vietnam; Haywood grew up in a very rural area surrounded by family and neighbors who have gone absolutely nowhere in their lives.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Rago is confronted by the unit commander over his teaching methods and motivations, he dismisses any prior experience with the military and proudly points out that he carried a sign with a dead soldier's name on it to protest the Vietnam War.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Rago is confronted by the unit commander over his teaching methods and motivations, he dismisses any prior experience with the military [[note]]Danny Devito at 4'9" would have been unable to join the US military[[/note]] and proudly points out that he carried a sign with a dead soldier's name on it to protest the Vietnam War.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Both Captain Murdoch and Colonel James are nice guys who support Rago.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Both Captain Murdoch and Colonel James are nice guys who support Rago. Even Sergeant Cass was fairly reasonable, only confronting Bill when he felt that Bill was upsetting his methods or disrespecting him in front of his troops.
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