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* KillerRabbit: Escaping from the gorilla, Dan and Charlie end up in the [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguin]] habitat - which, despite their cute look, are even more dangerous than the gorilla, [[ZergRush swarming]] and pecking at Charlie.

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* KillerRabbit: Escaping from the gorilla, Dan and Charlie end up in the [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguin]] penguin habitat - which, despite their cute look, are even more dangerous than the gorilla, [[ZergRush swarming]] and pecking at Charlie.
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''Old Dogs'' is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Creator/WaltBecker and starring Creator/JohnTravolta and Creator/RobinWilliams as two businessman named Charlie (Williams) and Dan (Travolta), dealing with two children, Emily and Zach, who are Dan's after a short-lived marriage to Vicki (Creator/KellyPreston). Dan and Charlie try to take care of the kids while she goes to prison, while simultaneously preparing for the biggest business deal of their career.

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''Old Dogs'' is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Creator/WaltBecker and starring Creator/JohnTravolta and Creator/RobinWilliams as two businessman named Charlie (Williams) and Dan (Travolta), dealing with two children, Emily and Zach, who are Dan's after a two children from his short-lived marriage to Vicki (Creator/KellyPreston).(Creator/KellyPreston), Emily and Zach. Dan and Charlie try to take care of the kids while she goes to prison, while simultaneously preparing for the biggest business deal of their career.
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* FrozenFace: Due to a mixup of pills, Charlie ends up having his face freezing at times while trying to flirt with Amanda, a LoveInterest of his. And by the end, ''the whole family'' has this due to another mixup.
* TheFunInFuneral: At a funeral for Amanda's relative, she is making a eulogy, but she sees Charlie (whose frozen face is currently in a comical grin). She furiously asks him if he finds this funny, which causes the other offended guests to stare at him.


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* HyperventilationBag: Dan does this when he finds out that not only is he the father to a pair of twins, but he also has to take care of them for a couple of weeks.


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* MistakenForGay: The head counselor at the twins' camp seems to believe that Charlie and Dan are a homosexual couple, given that they're taking care of two children together and seem rather close.

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* HilarityInZoos: To get to Emily & Zach's birthday party, Dan, Charlie and Craig break into a zoo and encounter an aggressive gorilla and a flock of even more aggressive penguins.



* KillerRabbit: Escaping from the gorilla, Dan and Charlie end up in the [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguin penguin]] habitat - which, despite their cute look, are even more dangerous than the gorilla, [[ZergRush swarming]] and pecking at Charlie.

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* KillerRabbit: Escaping from the gorilla, Dan and Charlie end up in the [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguin [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguin]] habitat - which, despite their cute look, are even more dangerous than the gorilla, [[ZergRush swarming]] and pecking at Charlie.
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* KillerGorilla: When they break into the zoo, Charile, Dan and Craig end up in the habitat of a large silverback gorilla. Dan believes he should act aggressive toward the gorilla to intimidate it - which, instead, enrages the ape that charges at the three men.
* KillerRabbit: Escaping from the gorilla, Dan and Charlie end up in the [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguin penguin]] habitat - which, despite their cute look, are even more dangerous than the gorilla, [[ZergRush swarming]] and pecking at Charlie.

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''Old Dogs'' is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Creator/WaltBecker and starring Creator/JohnTravolta and Creator/RobinWilliams as two businessman named Charlie (Williams) and Dan (Travolta), dealing with two children who are Dan's after a short-lived marriage to Vicki (Creator/KellyPreston). Dan and Charlie try to take care of the kids while she goes to prison, while simultaneously preparing for the biggest business deal of their career.

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''Old Dogs'' is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Creator/WaltBecker and starring Creator/JohnTravolta and Creator/RobinWilliams as two businessman named Charlie (Williams) and Dan (Travolta), dealing with two children children, Emily and Zach, who are Dan's after a short-lived marriage to Vicki (Creator/KellyPreston). Dan and Charlie try to take care of the kids while she goes to prison, while simultaneously preparing for the biggest business deal of their career.


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* PeoplePuppets: To help Dan communicate with Emily, Charlie enlists his friend, a children's entertainer named Jimmy Lunchbox, to use his motion capture suit so than Charlie can control Dan's body movements. Unfortunately, the suits get broken, causing chaos.

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''Old Dogs'' is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Creator/WaltBecker and starring Creator/JohnTravolta and Creator/RobinWilliams as two men dealing with two children who are Dan's (Williams) after a short-lived marriage to Vicki (Creator/KellyPreston) and try to take care of the kids while she goes to prison.

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''Old Dogs'' is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Creator/WaltBecker and starring Creator/JohnTravolta and Creator/RobinWilliams as two men businessman named Charlie (Williams) and Dan (Travolta), dealing with two children who are Dan's (Williams) after a short-lived marriage to Vicki (Creator/KellyPreston) (Creator/KellyPreston). Dan and Charlie try to take care of the kids while she goes to prison.
prison, while simultaneously preparing for the biggest business deal of their career.


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* BigEater: Charlie turns into one after taking the wrong pills.
* HereWeGoAgain: At the end of the movie, the child-proofers return to childproof Charlie's boat. While inspecting the medicine cabinet, they accidentally knock out the pills and rearrange them, causing the pills to (once again) get messed up.
* JetPack: Vicki has hired a stuntman to fly into Emily's birthday party dressed as a superhero because Emily wanted a superhero at her party. Dan, in an attempt to get to the party, bribes the stuntman, takes the jetpack, and flies in there himself.
* SideEffectsInclude: Dan and Charlie have several pills in their medicine cabinet, with various side effects, including uncontrollable smiling, amplified hunger, and distorted vision. When the kids get in the medicine cabinet, they accidentally knock over the pills and spill them all over the counter. Instead of calling for help, they decide to put them back in the correct containers from what they remember. Charlie and Dan consequently take the wrong pills, and chaos ensues.

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A 2009 American comedy directed by Creator/WaltBecker and starring Creator/JohnTravolta and Creator/RobinWilliams as two men dealing with two children who are Dan's (Williams) after a short-lived marriage to Vicki (Creator/KellyPreston) and try to take care of the kids while she goes to prison.

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''Old Dogs'' is a
2009 American comedy film directed by Creator/WaltBecker and starring Creator/JohnTravolta and Creator/RobinWilliams as two men dealing with two children who are Dan's (Williams) after a short-lived marriage to Vicki (Creator/KellyPreston) and try to take care of the kids while she goes to prison.



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* AccidentalMarriage: Dan and Vicki got married while they were both drunk and managed to get the marriage annulled and resulted in them having twins.

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!Tropes !!Tropes for the film:
* AccidentalMarriage: Dan and Vicki got married while they were both drunk and managed to get the marriage annulled and annulled. However, it later turned out that it resulted in them having twins.
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* SinkOrSwimFatherhood: Dan discovers that his short marriage resulted in twins when his ex-wife dumps them on his doorstep and asks to take care of them while she faces jail time for an environmental protest.
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A 2009 American comedy directed by Creator/WaltBecker and starring Creator/JohnTravolta and Creator/RobinWilliams as two men dealing with two children who are Dan's (Williams) after a short-lived marriage to Vicki (Creator/KellyPreston) and try to take care of the kids while she goes to prison.

The film also stars Creator/SethGreen, Creator/LoriLoughlin, Creator/BernieMac, and Creator/MattDillon.

It was released on November 25, 2009.

!Tropes for the film:
* AccidentalMarriage: Dan and Vicki got married while they were both drunk and managed to get the marriage annulled and resulted in them having twins.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: The previously mentioned short marriage happened while they both were drunk as Dan was dealing with a divorce.

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