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* AddledAddict: Doug begins abusing drugs and alcohol due to the stress of running the magazine, but it doesn't get really bad until he starts producing movies and gets addicted to cocaine.
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* AddledAddict: AddledAddict:
** Doug begins abusing drugs and alcohol due to the stress of running the magazine, but it doesn't get really bad until he starts producing movies and gets addicted tococaine.cocaine.
** Chevy Chase isn't much better; in one scene he's shown carrying around a "cocaine kit" in a metal briefcase, containing not just small bags of coke, but also tools to use it, including straws, mirrors, razor blades, spoons and syringes.
** Doug begins abusing drugs and alcohol due to the stress of running the magazine, but it doesn't get really bad until he starts producing movies and gets addicted to
** Chevy Chase isn't much better; in one scene he's shown carrying around a "cocaine kit" in a metal briefcase, containing not just small bags of coke, but also tools to use it, including straws, mirrors, razor blades, spoons and syringes.
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* BeleagueredBoss: Matt Simmons, after Doug and Henry somehow talked into publishing the ''National Lampoon'' (he was originally just the creator and publisher of ''Weightwatcher's Magazine''). Since he was the publisher, not only did he have to manage the wildly clashing personalities working for the ''Lampoon'', he's also the one who had to deal with all the people the magazine pissed off, especially potential advertisers.
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* BeleagueredBoss: Matt Simmons, after Doug and Henry somehow talked him into publishing the ''National Lampoon'' (he was originally just the creator and publisher of ''Weightwatcher's Magazine''). Since he was the publisher, not only did he have to manage the wildly clashing personalities working for the ''Lampoon'', he's also the one who had to deal with all the people the magazine pissed off, especially potential advertisers.
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* FoodFight: The iconic food fight scene from ''Film/AnimalHouse'' is shown being inspired by one Kenney started on the movie set. The mourners at Kenney's funeral at the end have another one in his honor.
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* ItsSnowingCocaine: During a party at Kenney's Hollywood mansion, he shows one of his friends a small box filled entirerly with cocaine (mentioned to be worth several thousand dollars by 1980's standards) with the justification that he "gotta spend his money on ''something'' ". When Chevy Chase walks by, he promptly dumps the appetizers off his plate, and begins spooning the coke up on it instead.
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* BeleagueredBoss: Matt Simmons, after Doug and Henry somehow talked into publishing the ''National Lampoon'' (he was originally just the creator and publisher of ''Weightwatcher's Magazine''). Since he was the publisher, not only did he have to manage the wildly clashing personalities working for the ''Lampoon'', he's also the one who had to deal with all the people the magazine pissed off, especially potential advertisers.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The original writing staff of the ''Lampoon'' are portrayed this way, consisting of underground comix writers, comedy writers exiled from the mainstream, and former ad designers... most of whom hate each other one way or another.
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** The movie treats Rodney Dangerfield during the production of Caddyshack as awkward and incapable of leading the film. In reality, Dangerfield was merely a supporting character, and his ad-libbing was so hilarious that the crew had to fight the urge to laugh during his scenes to avoid ruining the take. His material was so funny that the movie was recut to make him the protagonist rather than Michael O'Keefe.
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** The movie treats Rodney Dangerfield during the production of Caddyshack ''Caddyshack'' as awkward and incapable of leading the film. In reality, Dangerfield was merely a supporting character, and his ad-libbing was so hilarious that the crew had to fight the urge to laugh during his scenes to avoid ruining the take. His material was so funny that the movie was recut to make him the protagonist rather than Michael O'Keefe.
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* ArtisticLicenseFilmProduction: Brad, the studio executive, is shown getting into a fight with Doug during the makings of both ''Film/AnimalHouse'' and ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' and is depicted as being an executive producer for both films. ''Film/AnimalHouse'' was made by Universal and ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' was made by a joint collaboration between Orion Pictures and Warner Brothers, one of Universal's direct competitors. Even if Brad was fired by Universal due to his brawl with Kenney and immediately got hired by Warner Brothers, there is no way in hell he could've schmoozed his way up the the corporate ladder to being a studio executive again in just two years.
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* ArtisticLicenseFilmProduction: Brad, the studio executive, is shown getting into a fight with Doug during the makings of both ''Film/AnimalHouse'' and ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' and is depicted as being an executive producer for both films. ''Film/AnimalHouse'' was made by Universal and ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' was made by a joint collaboration between Orion Pictures and Warner Brothers, one of Universal's direct competitors. Even if Brad was fired by Universal due to his brawl with Kenney and immediately got hired by Warner Brothers, there is no way in hell he could've schmoozed his way up the the corporate ladder to being a studio executive again in just two years.
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** The movie treats Rodney Dangerfield during the production of Caddyshack as awkward and incapable of leading the film. In reality, Dangerfield was merely a supporting character, and his ad libbing was so hilarious that the crew had to fight the urge to laugh during his scenes to avoid ruining the take. His material was so funny that the movie was recut to make him the protagonist rather than Michael O'Keefe.
** The dancing gopher is also depicted as a major selling point for Caddyshack merchandise. Caddyshack actually flopped during it's initial release (as depicted in the film) and it wasn't until years after Kenney's mysterious demise that Caddyshack and it's goofy dancing gopher began rising in popularity.
** The dancing gopher is also depicted as a major selling point for Caddyshack merchandise. Caddyshack actually flopped during it's initial release (as depicted in the film) and it wasn't until years after Kenney's mysterious demise that Caddyshack and it's goofy dancing gopher began rising in popularity.
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** The movie treats Rodney Dangerfield during the production of Caddyshack as awkward and incapable of leading the film. In reality, Dangerfield was merely a supporting character, and his ad libbing ad-libbing was so hilarious that the crew had to fight the urge to laugh during his scenes to avoid ruining the take. His material was so funny that the movie was recut to make him the protagonist rather than Michael O'Keefe.
** The dancing gopher is also depicted as a major selling point forCaddyshack ''Caddyshack'' merchandise. Caddyshack ''Caddyshack'' actually flopped during it's its initial release (as depicted in the film) and it wasn't until years after Kenney's mysterious demise that Caddyshack and it's its goofy dancing gopher began rising in popularity.
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* HeroicBSOD: Kenney goes through one when the pressures of running ''National Lampoon'' begin to pile up. He ends up taking an extended leave on absence, piling all his responsibilities on top of Henry's.
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* HeroicBSOD: Kenney goes through one when the pressures of running ''National Lampoon'' begin to pile up. He ends up taking an extended leave on of absence, piling all his responsibilities on top of Henry's.
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* MythologyGag: Mark Metcalf plays a character who quotes the best known line of his character from ''Film/AnimalHouse''.
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* MythologyGag: Mark Metcalf plays a character who quotes the best known best-known line of his character from ''Film/AnimalHouse''.
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* TechnicianVsPerformer: Henry is the technician to Doug's performer. While Doug focuses on the creative side of National Lampoon, Henry is more focused on the day to day operations. This leads to a breakdown between the two, as they both agreed to leave when things stopped being fun, and the stress of running the magazine essentially by himself causes Henry to quit the entire operation.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Once Henry Beard leaves, Doug starts hanging out with Chevy Chase more, who is depicted as being more indulgent of Doug's self destructive tendencies and doesn't try to reign him in.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Kenney spent his entire adult life trying to gain the approval of his father Daniel, who never showed the smallest bit of respect, no matter how successfull his son got. In Daniel's eyes, Doug could never live up to his dead older brother, especially not with a career in comedy. [[spoiler: It's not until Doug himself dies that Daniel wisens up.]]
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Once Henry Beard leaves, Doug starts hanging out with Chevy Chase more, who is depicted as being more indulgent of Doug's self destructive tendencies and doesn't try to reign him in.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Kenney spent his entire adult life trying to gain the approval of his father Daniel, who never showed the smallest bit of respect, no matter how successfull his son got. In Daniel's eyes, Doug could never live up to his dead older brother, especially not with a career in comedy. [[spoiler: It's not until Doug himself dies that Daniel wisens up.]]
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* TechnicianVsPerformer: Henry is the technician to Doug's performer. While Doug focuses on the creative side of National Lampoon, Henry is more focused on the day to day day-to-day operations. This leads to a breakdown between the two, as they both agreed to leave when things stopped being fun, and the stress of running the magazine essentially by himself causes Henry to quit the entire operation.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Once Henry Beard leaves, Doug starts hanging out with Chevy Chase more, who is depicted as being more indulgent of Doug'sself destructive self-destructive tendencies and doesn't try to reign him in.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Kenney spent his entire adult life trying to gain the approval of his father Daniel, who never showed the smallest bit of respect, no matter howsuccessfull successful his son got. In Daniel's eyes, Doug could never live up to his dead older brother, especially not with a career in comedy. [[spoiler: It's not until Doug himself dies that Daniel wisens up.]]
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Once Henry Beard leaves, Doug starts hanging out with Chevy Chase more, who is depicted as being more indulgent of Doug's
* WellDoneSonGuy: Kenney spent his entire adult life trying to gain the approval of his father Daniel, who never showed the smallest bit of respect, no matter how
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* AMinorKidroduction: The movie's opening scene takes place in [[TheFifties 1958]] with Doug and his parents attending his older brother's funeral. Then the RealLife Doug Kenney breaks the fourth wall to insult the device, and the story skips forward to Harvard.
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* AMinorKidroduction: The movie's opening scene takes place in [[TheFifties 1958]] with Doug and his parents attending his older brother's funeral. Then the RealLife adult Doug Kenney breaks the fourth wall to insult the device, and the story skips forward to Harvard.
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* AMinorKidroduction: The movie's opening scene takes place in [[TheFifties 1958]] with Doug and his parents attending his older brother's funeral.
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* AMinorKidroduction: The movie's opening scene takes place in [[TheFifties 1958]] with Doug and his parents attending his older brother's funeral. Then the RealLife Doug Kenney breaks the fourth wall to insult the device, and the story skips forward to Harvard.
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** The movie treats Rodney Dangerfield during the production of Caddyshack as awkward and incapable of leading the film. In reality, Dangerfield was merely a supporting character, and his ad libbing was so hilarious that the crew had to fight the urge to laugh during his scenes to avoid ruining the take. His material was so funny that the movie was recut to make him the protagonist rather than Michael O'Keefe's.
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** The movie treats Rodney Dangerfield during the production of Caddyshack as awkward and incapable of leading the film. In reality, Dangerfield was merely a supporting character, and his ad libbing was so hilarious that the crew had to fight the urge to laugh during his scenes to avoid ruining the take. His material was so funny that the movie was recut to make him the protagonist rather than Michael O'Keefe's.O'Keefe.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Creator/MartinMull plays an older Doug Kenney and directly talks to the audience when describing events that happened throughout his life. After Kenney's death, Will Forte's younger version of the character can talk to Mull's, the latter revealing that he's simply an idealized depiction of Kenney had he not died so premature.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Creator/MartinMull plays an older Doug Kenney and directly talks to the audience when describing events that happened throughout his life. After Kenney's death, Will Forte's younger version of the character can talk to Mull's, the latter revealing that he's simply an idealized depiction of Kenney had he not died so premature.prematurely. He is also referred to as a PlotDevice.
