History Film / TheBigGreen

Miss Montgomery is assigned to teach the big kids, but soon learns that the kids have no interest whatsoever in anything, because they feel they're losers. Miss Montgomery decides to try and get the kids involved in an activity that will help boost their confidence, as well as bring them together, so she forms a soccer team with them. Aided by local town Deputy Sheriff Tom Palmer (Creator/SteveGuttenberg), who has a crush on her, Miss Montgomery and Deputy Tom try to whip the new team into shape, and sign them up in the junior soccer league, pitting them against top contenders and current state champions, the Austin Knights, coached by Jay Hoffer (Jay O. Sanders).

Miss Montgomery is assigned to teach the big kids, but soon learns that the kids have no interest whatsoever in anything, because they feel they're losers. Miss Montgomery decides to try and get the kids involved in an activity that will help boost their confidence, as well as bring them together, so she forms a soccer team with them. Aided by local town Deputy Sheriff Tom Palmer (Steve Guttenberg), who has a crush on her, Miss Montgomery and Deputy Tom try to whip the new team into shape, and sign them up in the junior soccer league, pitting them against top contenders and current state champions, the Austin Knights, coached by Jay Hoffer (Jay O. Sanders).

''The Big Green'' is a 1995 live action sports movie from Creator/{{Disney}}, starring [[Creator/OliviaDabo Olivia d'Abo]] as Anna Montgomery, a teacher who had been transfered from London, England to the incredibly sleepy little (fictional) town of Elma, Texas, a town so small, there's only one school, and the school is divided into two classes - little kids and big kids.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: At first, the principal pronounces Juan's name the way it's spelled: "Joo-wan Mor-ray-lees".

** Also after Jeffrey, Newt and Tak hve cows eat the overgrown grass on the school's field. When Larry comes to meet them, he steps on some cow dung and starts to chase them in anger, with the chase being filmed like this.

* ConspicuousCG: The main title of the movie consists of a black screen, with a CG goat (probably meant to be Ernie) butting a green and white soccer ball around.
** At one point during the movie, a progress report of the number of wins the Big Green is gaining up against other teams in displayed in the form of a CG soccerball bouncing across a sidewalk in the grass, with the Big Green's wins tally marked onto the sidewalk with chalk.

* HelloNurse: Both Deputy Tom and Jay have this reaction when they see Miss Montgomery for the first time.
--> '''Deputy Palmer:''' Bingo! That's a Code Red! (''Approaches Miss Montgomery from behind with his lights and siren on'')

* WhoNeedsOvertime: Regulation time in the championship game ends with the score tied at 2-2, but the decision is made to forego overtime and go directly to a shootout.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Kate gives her dad an earful when she realizes he was partly responsible for Juan and his mother fleeing. It's one of the things that makes me want to leave home as soon as she grows up.

* DavidVersusGoliath: The Big Green is composed of a bunch of misfits, including girls and
a little kid, who go up against trained players on the Knights' team.

Miss Montgomery is assigned to teach the big kids, but soon learns that the kids have no interest whatsoever in anything, because they feel they're losers (living in a dull small town, can you really blame them?) Miss Montgomery decides to try and get the kids involved in an activity that will help boost their confidence, as well as bring them together, so she forms a soccer team with them. Aided by local town Deputy Sheriff Tom Palmer (Steve Guttenberg), who has a crush on her, Miss Montgomery and Deputy Tom try to whip the new team into shape, and sign them up in the junior soccer league, pitting them against top contenders and current state champions, the Austin Knights, coached by Jay Hoffer (Jay O. Sanders).

* CallingTheOldManOut: Kate giving her dad an earful when she realizes he was partly responsible for Juan and his mother fleeing. It's one of the things that makes me want to leave home as soon as she grows up.

* AffectionateNickname: The kids refer to Deputy Tom as Deputy Dawg, while he calls them as midgets (this was before it was recognized as a slur).

* WhoNeedsOvertime: regulation of the championship game ends in a 2-2 tie, but the decision is made to forego overtime and go directly to a shootout