History Film / MyDogSkip

* EmbarrassingNickname: The bullies give Willie a couple in the beginning - "Sissy" (for his preference of staying indoors and reading) and "Titty Baby" (supposedly for being a [[MommasBoy momma's boy]].

The film was both a critical and commercial success, grossing over $35 million worldwide and earning itself a solid 73% on the [[RottenTomatoes Tomato-Meter]].

Adapted from the [[TheFilmOfTheBook memoir of the same name]] by Willie Morris, the film tells of Willie (Muniz) growing up in rural Mississippi during WorldWarII, and how his beloved Jack Russell terrier, Skipper (Skip for short), changed his life.

A 2000 family comedy-drama directed by Jay Russell and starring Creator/FrankieMuniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, and Creator/KevinBacon.

A 2000 family comedy-drama directed by Jay Russell, starring Creator/FrankieMuniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, and Creator/KevinBacon.

Adapted from the [[TheFilmOfTheBook memoir of the same name]] by writer Willie Morris, the film tells of Willie (Muniz) growing up in rural Mississippi, during WorldWarII, and how his beloved Jack Russell terrier, Skipper (Skip for short), changed his life.

A 2000 family comedy-drama loosely based on the memoirs of writer Willie Morris, directed by Jay Russell and starring Creator/FrankieMuniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, and Creator/KevinBacon.

The film tells of Willie (Muniz) growing up in rural Mississippi, during WorldWarII, and how his beloved Jack Russell terrier, Skipper (Skip for short), changed his life.

A 2000 family comedy-drama based on the memoirs of writer Willie Morris, directed by Jay Russell and starring Creator/FrankieMuniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, and Creator/KevinBacon.

* DadTheVeteran: Willie's father served in the UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar.

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A 2000 family comedy-drama, based on the memoirs of writer Willie Morris, which tells of Willie (Creator/FrankieMuniz) growing up in rural Mississippi, during WorldWarII, and how his beloved Jack Russell terrier, Skipper (Skip for short), changed his life.

[[caption-width-right:295:Every family needs an optimist]]

-->"I was an only child. He was an only dog."

Fictionalized account, based on the memoirs of Willie Morris, which tells of Willie (Creator/FrankieMuniz) growing up in rural Mississippi, during WorldWarII, and how his beloved Jack Russell terrier, Skipper (Skip for short), changed his life.

* ReadingIsCoolAesop: Inverted, while other boys liked to play outsides, and play sports, among other things, Willie much prefered to stay inside, and read classics like ''HuckleberryFinn''.

* DawsonCasting: Luke Wilson as Dink Jenkins; Wilson was in his late 20s, portraying a high school graduate who enlists in the Army, and plans to attend college when he returns from the war.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Again, because the film is a fictionalized account of the childhood of Willie Morris.

* FiveManBand: Once Willie is considered one of the fellahs, and Rivers hangs out with them as well:
** TheHero: Willie
** TheLancer: Spit
** TheBigGuy: Big Boy
** TheChick: Rivers
** TagalongKid: Henjie
** TeamPet: Skip

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Rivers alone manages to pull this one off: she is generally a girly girl most of the time, though she is able to let her guard to down, and show Willie and the fellahs she can be one of the guys as well.

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* AnachronismStew: Remarks are made of Willie's father receiving a Purple Heart for losing his leg in the Spanish Civil War, however, the U.S. military wasn't involved with said war.

* HotMom: She's played by Diane Lane, so...yeah.

* DawsonCasting: Luke Wilson as Dink Jenkins; Wilson was in his early 30s, portraying a high school graduate who enlists in the Army, and plans to attend college when he returns from the war.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: During the show-and-tell scene at school, one boy reads from his favorite book, which includes these words (that makes all of the kids laugh): [[ItMakesSenseInContext "So they saddled the ass, and mounted it"]].

* ShoutOut: The film was pretty much an amalgam of two of Willie Morris' books: ''My Dog Skip'' and ''My Cat Spit {{=McGhee=}}''.

Fictionalized account, based on the memoirs of Willie Morris, which tells of Willie (FrankieMuniz) growing up in rural Mississippi, during WorldWarII, and how his beloved Jack Russell terrier, Skipper (Skip for short), changed his life.

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