History Film / Gus

* AnimalAthleteLoophole: When Gus goes out into the field to make a field goal, Johnny Unitas reads from a booklet of sport rules that there is no set defintion of a "player", only that a "player" is someone the team chooses to represent them on the field. So a player can be a man, a woman, or even a mule. Played with in that Gus only makes the kick, Andy was hired to catch as a player too and sets up the kick, leading to the climax [[spolier:where [[PutMeInCoach Andy scores a touchdown by himself]].]]

* AnimalAthleteLoophole: When Gus goes out into the field to make a field goal, Johnny Unitas reads from a booklet of sport rules that there is no set defintion of a "player", only that a "player" is someone the team chooses to represent them on the field. So a player can be a man, a woman, or even a mule.

''Gus'' is a 1976 live-action comedy film from [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Productions]], starring Creator/EdwardAsner, Creator/DonKnotts, Creator/TimConway, and Gary Grimes.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Andy appears to be this to his father, who only regards Andy's older brother Stjepan as a true hero, due to the fact that Stjepan is a real soccer pro.

* NeckLift: During the grocery store scene, after Crankcase reaches under a shelf and mistakenly grabs the heel of a woman's shoe, her massive husband comes around, lifts him up by the collar of his shirt (prompting a nervous "Am I in your way?" from Crankcase), then dumping him in a cart and sending it crashing into a container of inflatable rubber balls.

* PlayingAgainstType: Tim Conway, best known for his protagonist roles, plays the conniving Crankcase in this film.

The film tells the story of Andy Petrovic, a young Yugoslavian boy who discovers that his mule Gus has the astounding ability to kick any kind of ball up to 100 yards when Andy says the Yugoslavian word "Ojigdz". A newspaper article about the phenomenon soon piques the interest of the California Atoms, an inept pro football team looking for something to draw fans.

The film tells the story of Andy Petrovic, a young Yugoslavian boy who discovers that his mule Gus has the astounding ability to kick any kind of ball up to 100 yards when Andy says the Yugoslavian word "Ojigdz".

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''Gus'' is a 1976 comedy film created by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Productions]], starring Creator/EdwardAsner, Creator/DonKnotts, and Gary Grimes.

Last film appearance for Bob Crane, who plays an announcer.

!Tropes found in ''Gus'' include:

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Spinner and Crankcase

* AnimalAthleteLoophole: When Gus goes out into the field to make a field goal, Johnny Unitas reads from a booklet of sport rules that there is no set defintion of a "player", only that a "player" is someone the team chooses to represent them on the field, so a player can be a man, a woman, or even a mule.

* EpicFail: At the beginning of the film, everything goes wrong during the Atoms' training practice, ranging from a marching band tripping up while a tape recorder was revealed to be playing the music to a group of inept female cheerleaders (known as the "Atomettes") falling down every time they did their pyramid routine. There's also Andy's attempts to try to play soccer like his brother Stjepan, which results in Andy falling down the well.

* AnimalAthleteLoophole: When Gus goes out into the field to make a field goal, Johnny Unitas reads from a booklet of sport rules that a player can be a man, a woman, or even a mule.

* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: At first, it appears that the marching band Coach Venner hired was experienced, [[spoiler:until the baton twirler drops his baton and trips over the dropped baton, knocking over the band members while the music is still playing, before a bass drum rolls over the tape machine that the music was playing on.]]

The film told the story of Andy Petrovic, a young Yugoslavian boy who discovers that his mule Gus has the astounding ability to kick any kind of ball up to 100 yards when Andy says the Yugoslavian word "Ojigdz".

The film told the story of Andy Petrovic, a young Yugoslavian boy who discovers that his mule Gus has the astounding ability to kick any kind of ball up to 100 yards when Andy says the Yugoslavian word "Ojigdz". At the same time, Coach Venner (Knotts), coach of the fictional California Atoms, is conversing with manager Hank Cooper (Asner) who tells Venner that they better improve the team, which is a complete failure at actually winning any games. It is at that moment that Debbie Kovacs, a woman who reads and collects Yugoslavian newspapers, discovers the article about Andy and Gus and when she delivers the news about this discover to Cooper and Venner, Cooper then decides to invite Andy and Gus to California, where Andy and Gus are to be part of the halftime show. However, during the game, when it comes down to one last field goal, it is discovered that Gus can act as the team's place kicker, which results in the Atoms starting to come out on top during the season. However, trouble blooms when conniving Charlie Gwynn makes a bet with Cooper that the Atoms will win seven games before taking part in the Super Bowl, while Charlie secretly plans to make sure that the Atoms do not take part in the Super Bowl. With that, he hires two thugs named Spinner and Crankcase, who have been sprung from jail, to make sure that Andy and Gus do not help the Atoms win. Even though the two flunkies do successfully keep Andy and Gus from attending the game several times (such as taking them on a wrong turn and drugging Gus with alcohol), the Atoms are able to take part in the Super Bowl. Finally, Charlie has Spinner and Crankcase kidnap Gus and replace him with a lookalike mule that had been painted to look like Gus before they smuggle Gus into a hotel. However, Gus suddenly escapes from the hotel after seeing the game on TV in which Andy is using the lookalike mule instead of him. The chase then leads to a supermarket where comical antics ensue. After Andy discovers the false mule, he and Cooper go out to look for Gus via helicopter. After a long while, Gus is finally found after exiting the supermarket so they take him back to the stadium in time for them to make up for lost time. However, because it had been raining during the game, when Gus tries to make a final kick, he ends up slipping on the mud, which leads to Andy acting as a runningback, before making a touchdown, which leads the Atoms to victory, as well as Andy finally gaining the approval of his father.

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'''Gus''' is a 1976 comedy film created by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Productions]], starring Creator/EdwardAsner, Creator/DonKnotts, and Gary Grimes.

'''Gus''' is a 1976 comedy film created by Walt Disney Productions, starring Creator/EdwardAsner, Creator/DonKnotts, and Gary Grimes.

* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: At first, it appears that the marching band Coach Venner hired was experienced, [[spoiler:until the baton twirler drops his baton and trips over the dropped baton, knocking over the band members while the music is still playing, before a bass drum rolls over the tape machine that the music was playing on.]]