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* IdiotHero: Eddie's boundless optimism is unquenchable, even in the face of overwhelming evidence that he's completely unsuited to Olympic competition and his pig-headed refusal to accept that might get him killed. He also thinks that he's ready for the next level of competition the instant he has any success at all at a lower level. It's as if he's immune to common sense.
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''Eddie the Eagle'' is a comedy drama sports biopic released in 2016, directed by Dexter Fletcher and fearing a screenplay by Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton. It stars Creator/TaronEgerton as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, Creator/HughJackman as Bronson Peary, Creator/ChristopherWalken as Warren Sharp, and Jo Hartley as Janette Edwards.
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''Eddie the Eagle'' is a comedy drama sports biopic released in 2016, directed by Dexter Fletcher and fearing featuring a screenplay by Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton. It stars Creator/TaronEgerton as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, Creator/HughJackman as Bronson Peary, Creator/ChristopherWalken as Warren Sharp, and Jo Hartley as Janette Edwards.
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Eddie the Eagle is a comedy drama sports biopic released in 2016 directed by Dexter Fletcher and a screenplay by Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton. It stars Creator/TaronEgerton as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, Creator/HughJackman as Bronson Peary, Creator/ChristopherWalken as Warren Sharp, and Jo Hartley as Janette Edwards. The film follows Edwards' life as he attempts to become an Olympic athlete, culminating in his participation in the 1988 Winter Olympics as the sole ski jumping applicant from Great Britain.
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The film follows Edwards' life as he attempts to become an Olympic athlete, culminating in his participation in the 1988 Winter Olympics as the sole ski jumping applicant from Great Britain.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Eddie's father never supports his Olympic aspirations as a boy, but comes around once his son starts setting national records.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Eddie's father never supports his Olympic aspirations as a boy, but comes around once his son starts setting national records.records.
** This also applies to Bronson Peary, who coaches Eddie in part from a book written by his former coach Warren Sharp, who isn't shy about badmouthing him as a disgrace to the sport before the 90m. After Eddie's final jump, Sharp approaches them both in the locker room, autographs the book for Peary, and offers a heartfelt handshake. On the plane ride home, Peary shows Eddie the message Sharp left him: "Now the real work begins."
-->''Sharp (to Peary): "I was wrong... about you."''
** This also applies to Bronson Peary, who coaches Eddie in part from a book written by his former coach Warren Sharp, who isn't shy about badmouthing him as a disgrace to the sport before the 90m. After Eddie's final jump, Sharp approaches them both in the locker room, autographs the book for Peary, and offers a heartfelt handshake. On the plane ride home, Peary shows Eddie the message Sharp left him: "Now the real work begins."
-->''Sharp (to Peary): "I was wrong... about you."''
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* SpitTake: Bronson sprays his beer everywhere when Eddie announces, live on TV, that he'll be competing in the 90 meter jump.
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Eddie the Eagle is a comedy drama sports biopic to be released in 2016 directed by Dexter Fletcher and a screenplay by Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton. It stars Creator/TaronEgerton as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, Creator/HughJackman as Bronson Peary, Creator/ChristopherWalken as Warren Sharp, and Jo Hartley as Janette Edwards. The film follows Edwards' life as he attempts to become an Olympic athlete, culminating in his participation in the 1988 Winter Olympics as the sole ski jumping applicant from Great Britain.
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Eddie the Eagle is a comedy drama sports biopic to be released in 2016 directed by Dexter Fletcher and a screenplay by Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton. It stars Creator/TaronEgerton as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, Creator/HughJackman as Bronson Peary, Creator/ChristopherWalken as Warren Sharp, and Jo Hartley as Janette Edwards. The film follows Edwards' life as he attempts to become an Olympic athlete, culminating in his participation in the 1988 Winter Olympics as the sole ski jumping applicant from Great Britain.
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted. Eddie is pretty clearly uncomfortable with female attention.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: More like Arrogant Ski Jumping Guy but Matti Nykänen the world champion, is portrayed as this. He refuses to sign an autograph for Eddie and looks down on him. The Norwegian ski jumping team is full of these types. Ultimately subverted by the end since Matti comes to respect Eddie and tells him so.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: More like Arrogant Ski Jumping Guy but Matti Nykänen the world champion, is portrayed as this. He refuses to sign an autograph for Eddie and looks down on him.acts aloof towards him when they first meet. The Norwegian ski jumping team is full of these types. Ultimately subverted by the end since Matti comes to respect Eddie and tells him so.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: At the Calgary Olympics an announcer says the [[CoolRunnings Jamaican bobsleigh team]] will be competing.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: At the Calgary Olympics an announcer says the [[CoolRunnings Jamaican bobsleigh team]] will be competing.
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* FailureMontage:
** It starts with young Eddie trying out different sports in preparation for his Olympic career and failing miserably at each, eventually completely filling a box with pairs of glasses he's broken in the process.
** Later there's one of his attempts on the ski jump with crash after crash after crash.
** It starts with young Eddie trying out different sports in preparation for his Olympic career and failing miserably at each, eventually completely filling a box with pairs of glasses he's broken in the process.
** Later there's one of his attempts on the ski jump with crash after crash after crash.
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* JerkJock: Pretty much every other athlete in the film makes fun of Eddie and laugh at his likely impending death. Of special note are the Norwegian ski team, and even the other Olympic athletes from Great Britain.
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* JerkJock: Pretty much every other athlete in the film makes fun of Eddie and laugh at his likely impending death. Of special note are the Norwegian ski team, and even the other Olympic athletes from Great Britain. Averted in the case of Matti "The Flying Finn" Nykänen, the gold medal favorite, who sees Eddie as a kindred spirit and gives him some encouragement before the final jump.
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* ExperiencedProtagonist: Eddie was already a gifted downhill skier and held a number of British speed records. He decided to switch to ski jumping because there hadn't been a British jumper in a long time and he felt that being Britain's only jumper would make it easier for him to achieve his Olympic dreams.
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* {{Badass}}: Bronson Peary, a former Olympic medalist played by Creator/HughJackman.
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* CompositeCharacter: Bronson Peary represents the group of coaches who helped train the real Eddie for the Olympics.
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* GiftedlyBad: Eddie. Despite having impossible odds placed against him, and coming in dead last at the Olympics, he's loved for his determined nature and relatability.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Eddie's father never supports his Olympic aspirations as a boy, but comes around once his son starts setting national records.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Eddie's father never supports his Olympic aspirations as a boy, but comes around once his son starts setting national records.
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* BlondeGuysAreEvil: Averted; though Matti is rude to Eddie the first time he meets him, ultimately he respects him and tells him so.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: More like Arrogant Ski Jumping Guy but Matti Nykänen the world champion, is portrayed as this. He refuses to sign an autograph for Eddie and looks down on him. The Norwegian ski jumping team is full of these types. Ultimately subverted by the end since Matti comes to respect Eddie and tells him so.
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* BlondesAreEvil: Averted; though Matti is rude to Eddie the first time he meets him, ultimately he respects him and tells him so.
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* AlliterativeName: Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards.[[labelnote:Of course, his real name is Michael Edwards, but you'll rarely hear his actual first name in the film.[[/labelnote]]
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* AlliterativeName: Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards.[[labelnote:Of [[note]] Of course, his real name is Michael Edwards, but you'll rarely hear his actual first name in the film.[[/labelnote]][[/note]]
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* BlondesAreEvil: Averted; though Matti is rude to Eddie the first time he meets him, ultimately he respects him and tells him so.
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* InstantExpert: Realistically averted. Determination and pluck are not enough to overcome a lifetime's worth of professional practice. At best Eddie's performance is terrible.
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* InstantExpert: Realistically averted. Determination and pluck are not enough to overcome a lifetime's worth of professional practice. At best Eddie's performance is terrible.terrible, but the fact that he managed to survive doing jumps that would have killed other amateurs is still worth noting.
* JerkAss: Out of all of Eddie's detractors, Dustin Target never really changes his opinion of him.
* JerkAss: Out of all of Eddie's detractors, Dustin Target never really changes his opinion of him.
** The Norwegian ski team wastes no time in bullying and intimidating Eddie the first few times they meet, but when he gets seriously injured in a jump, they're genuinely alarmed and rush to help him while berating Bronson on not caring enough about his safety; on Eddie's final jump they're also seen pulling for him.
* MadeOfIron: Eddie gets up after so many crashes that he seems more a ragdoll than anything; notably averted on the one time he actually does have to go to the hospital.
* NiceGuy: Eddie is extremely sweet and earnest about everything he does, which is a part of what makes him such a PR darling at the Olympics.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We hear Matti breaking a world record over the announcements, but we don't get to actually see it.
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* GiftedlyBad: Eddie. Despite having impossible odds placed against him, and coming in dead last at the Olympics, he's loved for his determined nature and relatability.
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* TallDarkAndHandsome: It's Hugh Jackman. Enough said.
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* {{Badass}}: Bronson Peary, a former Olympic medalist played by Creator/HughJackman.
* BadassAdorable: Arguably Eddie. Despite ending up in last place, he still managed to become an Olympic athlete capable of performing a 90m ski jump with only a year's worth of practice and some LoopholeAbuse.
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* JerkJock: Pretty much every other athlete in the film makes fun of Eddie and laugh at his likely impending death. Of special note are the Norwegian ski team, and even the other Olympic athletes from Great Britain.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bronson may be an abrasive alcoholic, but he does coach Eddie and help him get to the Winter Olympics without asking or expecting anything in return.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bronson may be an abrasive alcoholic, but he does coach Eddie and help him get to the Winter Olympics without asking or expecting anything in return.
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* TheKlutz: Eddie is very accident prone; managing to knock over an entire ski team, as well as catching his skis on a fence, and falling down a 70m ski slope. Notably, the real life Eddie Edwards was nicknamed Mr. Magoo by the press.
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* SmokingIsCool: Bronson lights up a cigarette and smokes it while doing a 90m jump! Lampshaded later by Eddie who says smoking is way more dangerous than ski jumping.
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* Adorkable: Eddie Edwards. He wears glasses, is clumsy, and drinks milk.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: More like Arrogant Ski Jumping Guy but Matti Nykänen is this. He refuses to sign an autograph for Eddie and looks down on him.
* TheAlcoholic: Bronson Peary, Eddie's mentor, is this. He's constantly seen with his flask or a drink in his hand.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: More like Arrogant Ski Jumping Guy but Matti Nykänen is this. He refuses to sign an autograph for Eddie and looks down on him.
* TheAlcoholic: Bronson Peary, Eddie's mentor, is this. He's constantly seen with his flask or a drink in his hand.
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* TheAlcoholic: Bronson Peary, Eddie'smentor, is this.mentor. He's constantly seen with his flask or a drink in his hand.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: More like Arrogant Ski Jumping Guy but Matti Nykänen the world champion, is portrayed as this. He refuses to sign an autograph for Eddie and looks down on
* TheAlcoholic: Bronson Peary, Eddie's
* ICallItVera: Bronson refers to his flask as "his jacket".
* InstantExpert: Realistically averted. Determination and pluck are not enough to overcome a lifetime's worth of professional practice. At best Eddie's performance is terrible.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Rude though they might be, Eddie's naysayers (including his father) do have reasonable doubts about his competence. For the most part he is a total amateur participating in an extremely dangerous sport that could cripple or even kill him.
* InstantExpert: Realistically averted. Determination and pluck are not enough to overcome a lifetime's worth of professional practice. At best Eddie's performance is terrible.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Rude though they might be, Eddie's naysayers (including his father) do have reasonable doubts about his competence. For the most part he is a total amateur participating in an extremely dangerous sport that could cripple or even kill him.
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* NerdGlasses: Eddie wears these. And breaks several in his practice sessions.
* ObviousRulePatch: Following Eddie's LoopholeAbuse above, the British Olympic Association makes a new rule declaring that all Olympic Ski Jump contestants must have jumped a minimum of 61 meters at a sanctioned competition. This nullifies Eddie's right to participate because his previous record was 35 meters. In real life the Eddie The Eagle rule was implemented soon after to prevent anyone from being able to compete in the Olympics the way Eddie did.
* ObviousRulePatch: Following Eddie's LoopholeAbuse above, the British Olympic Association makes a new rule declaring that all Olympic Ski Jump contestants must have jumped a minimum of 61 meters at a sanctioned competition. This nullifies Eddie's right to participate because his previous record was 35 meters. In real life the Eddie The Eagle rule was implemented soon after to prevent anyone from being able to compete in the Olympics the way Eddie did.
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Eddie the Eagle is a comedy drama sports biopic to be released in 2016 directed by Dexter Fletcher and a screenplay by Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton. It stars Creator/TaronEgerton as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, Creator/HughJackman as Bronson Peary, Creator/ChristopherWalken as Warren Sharp, and Jo Hartley as Janette Edwards. The film follows Edward's Edwards' life as he attempts to become an Olympic athlete, culminating in his participation in the 1988 Winter Olympics as the sole ski jumping applicant from Great Britain.
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* Adorkable: Eddie Edwards. He wears glasses, is clumsy, and drinks milk.
*ArrogantKungFuGuy: More like Arrogant Ski Jumping Guy but Matti Nykänen is this. He refuses to sign an autograph for Eddie and looks down on him.
*TheAlcoholic: Bronson Peary, Eddie's mentor, is this. He's constantly seen with his flask or a drink in his hand.
*ArrogantKungFuGuy: More like Arrogant Ski Jumping Guy but Matti Nykänen is this. He refuses to sign an autograph for Eddie and looks down on him.
*TheAlcoholic: Bronson Peary, Eddie's mentor, is this. He's constantly seen with his flask or a drink in his hand.
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* TheDeterminator: Eddie might suck at a lot of sports, but he never ever quits. Injuries, rules, disparaging father, lack of money, nothing will keep Eddie from competing at the Olympics.
* LoopholeAbuse: Eddie manages to participate in the Winter Olympics as the ski jumper from Great Britain because he is the only ski jumper from Great Britain. As he points out, the rules hadn't been updated for 52 years.
* ObviousRulePatch: Following Eddie's LoopholeAbuse above, the British Olympic Association makes a new rule declaring that all Olympic Ski Jump contestants must have jumped a minimum of 61 meters at a sanctioned competition. This nullifies Eddie's right to participate because his previous record was 35 meters.
*TheTeetotaler: Eddie only drinks milk while practicing, in contrast to Bronson who is TheAlcoholic.
* LoopholeAbuse: Eddie manages to participate in the Winter Olympics as the ski jumper from Great Britain because he is the only ski jumper from Great Britain. As he points out, the rules hadn't been updated for 52 years.
* ObviousRulePatch: Following Eddie's LoopholeAbuse above, the British Olympic Association makes a new rule declaring that all Olympic Ski Jump contestants must have jumped a minimum of 61 meters at a sanctioned competition. This nullifies Eddie's right to participate because his previous record was 35 meters.
*TheTeetotaler: Eddie only drinks milk while practicing, in contrast to Bronson who is TheAlcoholic.
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Eddie the Eagle is a comedy drama sports biopic to be released in 2016 directed by Dexter Fletcher and a screenplay by Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton. It stars Creator/TaronEgerton as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, Creator/HughJackman as Bronson Peary, Creator/ChristopherWalken as Warren Sharp, and Jo Hartley as Janette Edwards. The film follows Edward's life as he attempts to become an Olympic athlete, culminating in his participation in the 1988 Winter Olympics as the sole ski jumping applicant from Great Britain.
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*BasedOnATrueStory: As a biopic, this film is based on Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards' life story.
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*BasedOnATrueStory: As a biopic, this film is based on Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards' life story.
