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YMMV: The Wrestler
  • Award Snub:
  • Crowning Moment of Funny:
    • "The Nineties fuckin' sucked" conversation between Randy and Cassidy.
    • Also, Ram playing video games with the neighbor kid: "Call it doody four?"
    • There is a scene where Ram is working in a deli at a supermarket. It's quite subtle, but with his plastic gloves on he picks his nose right in front of an old woman (and a customer to boot).
  • Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: Randy's conversation on the pier with his daughter.
    Ram: You're my girl. You're my little girl. And now, I'm an old broken down piece of meat... and I'm alone. And I deserve to be all alone. I just don't want you to hate me.
  • Fan Disservice: The butt shot where Randy injects steroids on himself. Which, to make matters worse, shows up on the DVD menu.
  • Genius Bonus:
    • Randy uses the Diving Headbutt as his finisher, the move that caused a lot of Chris Benoit's brain damage.
    • In the very first scene, someone praises Randy backstage because he "put [his opponent] over", implying that Randy lost in a way that made his opponent look good.
  • Tear Jerker: The film is a manly example of this trope. At a private screening for the legends of wrestling, Roddy Piper reportedly broke down crying.
  • The Woobie: Randy, for his struggles with the world outside of pro wrestling.

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