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* IntimidatingRevenueService: arguably the biggest villain in the movie, as they were originally going after the father before Peterjohn convinces them to go after the kids instead. Thanks to the iRS the movie's ending was not entirely happy.
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* SmugSnake: the younger Peterjohn was afraid of Dickie at school, but at the golf course next to hsi father he was quite smug to Dickie and Nene.
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* SmugSnake: the younger Peterjohn was afraid of Dickie at school, but at the golf course next to hsi his father he was quite smug to Dickie and Nene.
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* GradeSchoolCEO: Dickie becomes the President of Kidco at 12 years old.
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* AncestralName: Dickie's real name is Richard Cessna Jr., with his father being Richard Cessna Sr.
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* BlowingARaspberry: when the golf course owner decided to use the children to supply the fertilizer for his golf course, he has Nene (the youngest Cessna sister) give the raspberry to Peterjohn.
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* BlowingARaspberry: when the golf course owner decided to use the children to supply the fertilizer for his golf course, he has had Nene (the youngest Cessna sister) give the raspberry to Peterjohn.Peterjohn.
* CoveredInGunge: happens to Nene when the previous fertilizer company's truck accidentally does it to her. Dickie tries to comfort her by saying it wasn't the poop kind, but she still cries about it.
* CoveredInGunge: happens to Nene when the previous fertilizer company's truck accidentally does it to her. Dickie tries to comfort her by saying it wasn't the poop kind, but she still cries about it.
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* JustAKid: one of the strategies Dickie deploys in his defense. He asks his oldest sister June to hide in the back to shore this up as kid don't have boobs as big as hers.
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* JustAKid: one of the strategies Dickie deploys in his defense. He asks his oldest sister June to hide in the back to shore this up as kid kids don't have boobs as big as hers.hers.
* SmugSnake: the younger Peterjohn was afraid of Dickie at school, but at the golf course next to hsi father he was quite smug to Dickie and Nene.
* SmugSnake: the younger Peterjohn was afraid of Dickie at school, but at the golf course next to hsi father he was quite smug to Dickie and Nene.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: was frequently shown by HBO in the 1980s as R-rated movies were only shown after 8pm, and thus was timeslot friendly for earlier times.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: the movie is set in San Diego County, California but the film was made in Tucson, Arizona.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: was frequently shown by HBO in the 1980s as R-rated movies were only shown after 8pm, and thus was timeslot friendly for earlier times.
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''Kidco'' is a 1984 movie about Dickie Cessna, a boy who, with his sisters, began a fertilizer business, to the ire of the local fertilizer company. The IRS had already targeted their father but with the urging of the owner of the fertilizer company, decides to target the kids instead.
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''Kidco'' is a 1984 movie about Dickie Cessna, a boy who, with his sisters, sisters Nene, Bette, and June, began a fertilizer business, to the ire of the local fertilizer company. company owner, Orville Peterjohn. The IRS had already targeted their father but with the urging of the owner of the fertilizer company, decides Peterjohn, they decide to target the kids instead.
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* BlowingARaspberry: when the golf course owner decided to use the children to supply the fertilizer for his golf course, he has the youngest Cessna sister give the raspberry to the old fertilizer company's owner.
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* BlowingARaspberry: when the golf course owner decided to use the children to supply the fertilizer for his golf course, he has the Nene (the youngest Cessna sister sister) give the raspberry to the old fertilizer company's owner.Peterjohn.
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* FamilyBusiness: Dickie begins Kidco with his sisters' help.
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* FamilyBusiness: Dickie begins Kidco with his sisters' help.help.
* JustAKid: one of the strategies Dickie deploys in his defense. He asks his oldest sister June to hide in the back to shore this up as kid don't have boobs as big as hers.
* JustAKid: one of the strategies Dickie deploys in his defense. He asks his oldest sister June to hide in the back to shore this up as kid don't have boobs as big as hers.
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''Kidco'' is a 1984 movie about Dickie Cessna, a boy who, with his sisters, began a fertilizer business, to the ire of the local fertilizer company. The IRS had already targeted their father but with the urging of the owner of the fertilizer company, decides to target the kids instead.
* AFoolForAClient: the judge reminds Dickie of this adage. Dickie responds that a kid could never trust someone who spent extra years in school.
* BasedOnATrueStory: the real life company was owned by the four Cessna children. This was ''Kidco Limited Ventures''. The real life Cessna children became heirs to the Cessna Aircraft company.
* BlowingARaspberry: when the golf course owner decided to use the children to supply the fertilizer for his golf course, he has the youngest Cessna sister give the raspberry to the old fertilizer company's owner.
* CaliforniaDoubling: the movie is set in San Diego County, California but the film was made in Tucson, Arizona.
* FamilyBusiness: Dickie begins Kidco with his sisters' help.
* AFoolForAClient: the judge reminds Dickie of this adage. Dickie responds that a kid could never trust someone who spent extra years in school.
* BasedOnATrueStory: the real life company was owned by the four Cessna children. This was ''Kidco Limited Ventures''. The real life Cessna children became heirs to the Cessna Aircraft company.
* BlowingARaspberry: when the golf course owner decided to use the children to supply the fertilizer for his golf course, he has the youngest Cessna sister give the raspberry to the old fertilizer company's owner.
* CaliforniaDoubling: the movie is set in San Diego County, California but the film was made in Tucson, Arizona.
* FamilyBusiness: Dickie begins Kidco with his sisters' help.
