History YMMV / TheWaterboy

** An {{Adorkable}} Louisianan football player leads an underdog team to an upset win against an undefeated team. Are we talking about Bobby Boucher and the Mud Dogs beating the Cougars at the Bourbon Bowl or Eli Manning and the New York Giants beating the New England Patriots at Super Bowl XLII? What's more, both teams won by 3 points (the Mud Dogs winning 30-27, and the Giants winning 17-14).

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Creator/HenryWinkler [[https://youtu.be/32ZltylPe6w?si=SiEMZuWOqvYy2SrC has said]] that many college football players have told him about their coaches playing the movie during bus rides to games.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:

* HilariousInHindsight

* MemeticMutation

* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Jennifer Taylor (Chelsea from ''[[Series/TwoAndAHalfMen Two and a Half Men]]'') tries to hit on Bobby.

** It only gets better come the Bourbon Bowl championship game, where Bobby gets payback against Meaney, the Cougar player who tormented Bobby for his amusement while he was his teams' waterboy by giving him a Powerbomb tackle that really knocks the hell of out of Meaney, who definitely felt that hit.
** Coach Klein, who was intimidated by Coach Red into giving him the playbook and is then fired by him, starts creating new original plays that totally catches Red off guard and Red can only do nothing but express in frustration as the tide of the game shifts in the Muddog's favor because of those then the finisher is where Red cries in defeat like a baby after Klein defeats him in the last seconds of the game with Bobby doing the final play is icing on the cake.

** It only gets better come the Bourbon Bowl championship game, where Bobby gets payback against Meaney, the Cougar player who tormented Bobby for his amusement while he was his teams' waterboy by giving him a Powerbomb tackle that really knocks the hell of Meaney, who definitely felt that hit.
** Coach Klein, who was intimidated by Coach Red into giving him the playbook and is fired by him, starts creating new plays that totally catches Red off guard and Red can express in frustration as the tide of the game shifts in the Muddog's favor then the finish is Red crying like a baby after Klein defeats him in the last seconds of the game with Bobby doing the finisher as icing on the cake.

** It only gets better come the Bourbon Bowl championship game, where Bobby gets payback against Meaney, the Cougar player who tormented Bobby for his amusement while he was his teams' waterboy by giving him a Powerbomb tackle that really hurt Meaney and Coach Klein who was intimidated by Coach Red, who stolen his playbook and fires him starts creating new plays that totally catches Red off guard and made him cry after Klein wins and defeats him.

** "[[MadLibsCatchPhrase _____ is the DEVIL!]]"

* CompositeCharacter: The character of Bobby Boucher shares character tics with two of Sandler's characters on Saturday Night Live. Boucher seems to be a combination of Canteen Boy's lisp, Woobie status and child-like naivety with Cajun Man's origin and a less exaggerated version of his accent.

* CompositeCharacter: The character of Bobby Boucher shares character tics with two of Sandler's characters on Saturday Night Live. Seeming to be a combination of Canteen Boy's lisp, Woobie status and child-like naivety with Cajun Man's origin and a less exaggerated version of his accent.

* CompositeCharacter: The character of Bobby Boucher shares character tics with two of Sandler's characters on Saturday Night Live, seeming to be a combination of Canteen Boy's lisp, Woobie status and child-like naivety with Cajun Man's origin and a less exaggerated version of his accent.

* CompositeCharacter: The character of Bobby Boucher shares traits with two of Sandler's roles on SNL, having Canteen Boy's lisp and child-like innocence, and sharing Cajun Man's origin and a less exaggerated version of his accent.

** "Waaaaaaaaater sucks! It really, really sucks! Waaaaaaaaaater sucks! It really, really suuuuuuucks, suuuuuuuuuuuucks, suuuuuuuuuuuucks!"

** "[[MadLibsCatchPhrase Memes are the debil!]]"

** Bobby spent his whole life taking so much crap from everyone, that it shouldn't be surprising that there's so much built-up rage which helps him play football.

* CriticalDissonance: As usual for Sandler, the film was slammed hard by critics but was a huge hit with audiences.

* HilariousInHindsight: During the instant replay of Bobby's tackle, you can hear his opponent cry out [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants "My leg!"]]

* MemeticMutation: "Waaaaaaaaater sucks! It really, really sucks! Waaaaaaaaaater sucks! It really, really suuuuuuucks, suuuuuuuuuuuucks, suuuuuuuuuuuucks!"

** An {{Adorkable}} Louisianan football player leads an underdog team to an upset victory against an undefeated football team. Are we talking about Bobby Boucher and the Mud Dogs beating the Cougars at the Bourbon Bowl or Eli Manning and the New York Giants beating the New England Patriots at Super Bowl XLII? What's more, both teams won by 3 points (the Mud Dogs winning 30-27, and the Giants winning 17-14).

** An {{Adorkable}} Louisianan football player leads an underdog team to an upset victory against an undefeated football team. Are we talking about Bobby Boucher and the Louisiana Mud Dogs at the Bourbon Bowl or Eli Manning and the New York Giants at Super Bowl XLII?