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* BoyfriendBlockingDad:
** Giving a nice greeting to male study partner of Chief James Porter's daughter seems to cause him physical pain.
** Doug, who is like two peas in a pod with his daughter, ''tackles'' Wendy’s fiancé at the end of the film.



* OverprotectiveDad: Giving a nice greeting to male study partner of Chief James Porter's daughter seems to cause him physical pain.
** Also Doug, who is like two peas in a pod with his daughter, ''tackles'' Wendy’s fiancé at the end of the film.

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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Averted to a realistic degree. Georgetown and Northwestern are both high profile colleges that, but not Ivy. Melanie is shown to be extremely intelligent, but still gets waitlisted from Georgetown at the beginning of the film and needing a recommendation from an alumni to get an interview to be fully accepted.

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* HousepetPig: Albert the pig even comes along on the family roadtrip.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Averted to a realistic degree. Georgetown and Northwestern are both high profile colleges that, colleges, but not Ivy. Melanie is shown to be extremely intelligent, but still gets waitlisted from Georgetown at the beginning of the film and needing needs a recommendation from an alumni alum to get an interview to be fully accepted.

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* AllSchoolsAreIvy: Averted. Georgetown and Northwestern are both high profile colleges, but not Ivy.


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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Averted to a realistic degree. Georgetown and Northwestern are both high profile colleges that, but not Ivy. Melanie is shown to be extremely intelligent, but still gets waitlisted from Georgetown at the beginning of the film and needing a recommendation from an alumni to get an interview to be fully accepted.
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* AllSchoolsAreIvy: Averted. Georgetown and Northwestern are both high profile colleges, but not Ivy.


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** Also Doug, who is like two peas in a pod with his daughter, ''tackles'' Wendy’s fiancé at the end of the film.
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* TolietPaperTrail: Albert has toilet paper stuck to one of his hooves after using a bathroom.

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A 2008 American comedy directed by Creator/RogerKumble that has an overprotective father (Creator/MartinLawrence) taking his daughter (Creator/RavenSymone) to different colleges on a road trip.

The movie also stars Creator/BrendaSong, Creator/MargoHarshman, Creator/DonnyOsmond, Creator/KymWhitley, Creator/MollyEphraim, Creator/VincentPastore, Creator/LucasGrabeel, and Creator/WillSasso.

It was released on March 7, 2008.

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!Tropes for the film:
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Averted with Albert, the family's pet pig, except for when he whines like a dog when trying to convince James to bring him to the hotel.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Albert, Trey's pet pig can play chess, solve a Rubik's cube, turn on the bathtub, beg, and even knows how to use a toilet.
* OverprotectiveDad: Giving a nice greeting to male study partner of Chief James Porter's daughter seems to cause him physical pain.
* TolietPaperTrail: Albert has toilet paper stuck to one of his hooves after using a bathroom.

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