History Film / Swindle

%%* FoodFight: During the wedding scene. Those poor Greek newlyweds...

%%* TeamPowerWalk: At the end with the team. Parodied when [[BookEnds Ben slips and throws away his slushie again as he did at the beginning of the movie]].

* AirVentPassageway: Amanda uses this to get all the way to the basement from the roof.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Wouldn't charging the Crown Suite to Swindell be fraud?
* AssholeVictim: Swindell is completely amoral, going so far as to push a nun (Savannah in disguise) in a wheelchair down a hill.

* CaperCrew: The kids fall into several of these roles.
* CaperRationalization: DoublySubverted. At first the group tries to steal the card back from Swindell, but after realizing that even if they pulled it off, they would never be able to sell it, plot to get him to give it back to them... and their pursuit of this goal is still in a highly illegal manner, but the audience doesn't mind since [[JerkAss Swindell]] well, [[MeaningfulName swindled]] Ben, who really needs the money.

* ClosetGeek: Amanda.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Eddie toward Amanda.
* EverythingIsOnline: Melissa manages to take control of an elevator.
* HighSchoolHustler: Griffin, though he isn't that way in the book.
* FoodFight: During the wedding scene. Those poor Greek newlyweds...
* FunnyForeigner: Savannah and Darren's disguise as Swedish children is this.
-->'''Savannah:''' "We heard it was worth the monies."\\

* GagNose: Anton Leferve has one.
* HollywoodHacking: Melissa.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Darren. [[{{Disneyfication}} Not so much in the book.]]

* {{Macguffin}}: The Honus Wagner card.
* MeaningfulName: Swindle is a conman.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The initial reason why Amanda, Savannah and Darren decided to join Griffin in getting the card back. Nothing else could convince them to join.
* PaperThinDisguise: Savannah could give Team Rocket a run for their money.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Griffin's team created to get the card back.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Melissa is actually Griffin's younger sister.]]
** Also, [[spoiler:Ivan Volkov is Savannah's father.]]

* [[DubNameChange Screenplay Name Change]]: Antonia "Pitch" Benson to Amanda Benson (hey, at least she kept her last name), Ben Slovak to Ben Dupree, Savannah Drysdale to Savannah Westcott, and S. Wendell Palomino to Paul Swindell. The [=SmartPick=] is also renamed the [[IProduct iGotIt]].

* SpyCatsuit: Amanda wears one while confronting Swindell during the wedding.
* TeamPowerWalk: At the end with the team. Parodied when [[BookEnds Ben slips and throws away his slushie again as he did at the beginning of the movie]].
* TheNamesake: Dropped by Ben when the gang performs TheReveal on Swindell.
* YouOweMe: One of the tactics Griffin uses to recruit Amanda, Savannah, and Darren to the team. It doesn't work.

* PowerWalk: At the end with the team. Parodied when [[BookEnds Ben slips and throws away his slushie again as he did at the beginning of the movie]].

* InNameOnly: The plot of the movie is drastically different from that of the book, as are the characters. [[CompositeCharacter Logan, the actor, is played by a girl and named Savannah, whose role is removed.]] [[AdaptationalHeroism Darren is in on it from the beginning,]] while Melissa, a [[ShrinkingViolet shy tech geek]] in the books, [[AdaptationalJerkass bullies her way onto the team during the failed first plan.]] [[spoiler:Melissa is also {{Retcon}}ned as [[RelatedInTheAdaptation Griffin's sister]], while in the book she was part of the separate Dukakis family.]] The Babe Ruth card is changed to a Honus Wagner card for some reason. And Luthor, the TeamPet in the books whose image is depicted on every cover of each book in the series, [[AdaptedOut is nowhere to be seen]].

''Swindle'' is a 2013 made for TV movie by Nickelodeon, released on August 24th. It is an [[FilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of a book of the same name by Gordon Korman. The film's main cast is comprised almost entirely of stars from Nickelodeon's recent LiveActionTV block- Noah Crawford and Chris O'Neal from ''Series/HowToRock'', Creator/JennetteMcCurdy from ''{{Series/iCarly}}'' and its SpinOff ''Series/SamAndCat'', Creator/NoahMunck from ''iCarly'', Music/ArianaGrande from ''{{Series/Victorious}}'' and ''Sam & Cat'' and Creator/CiaraBravo from ''Series/BigTimeRush''.

-->'''Savannah:''' "We heard it was worth the monies."
-->'''Darren:''' "Ya, the monies!"

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Melissa is actually Griffin's younger sister.]]

* [[DubNameChange Screenplay Name Change]]: Antonia "Pitch" Benson to Amanda Benson (hey, at least she kept her last name), Ben Slovak to Ben Dupree, Savannah Drysdale to Savannah Westcott, and S. Wendell Palomino to Paul Swindell. The [=SmartPick=] is also renamed the [[Main/IProduct iGotIt]].

* YouOweMe: One of the tactics Griffin uses to recruit Amanda, Savannah, and Darren to the team. It doesn't work.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Griffin
** TheLancer: Ben
** TheBigGuy: Darren
** TheHeart: Savannah
** TheChick: Amanda
** TheSmartGuy / TheSixthRanger: [[spoiler:Melissa]]

* InNameOnly: The plot of the movie is drastically different from that of the book, as are the characters. [[CompositeCharacter Logan, the actor, is played by a girl and named Savannah, whose role is removed.]] [[AdaptationalHeroism Darren is in on it from the beginning,]] while Melissa, a [[ShrinkingViolet shy tech geek]] in the books, [[TookALevelinJerkass bullies her way onto the team during the failed first plan.]] [[spoiler:Melissa is also {{Retcon}}ned as Griffin's sister, while in the book she was part of the separate Dukakis family.]] The Babe Ruth card is changed to a Honus Wagner card for some reason. And Luthor, the TeamPet in the books whose image is depicted on every cover of each book in the series, [[AdaptedOut is nowhere to be seen]].

* InNameOnly: The plot of the movie is drastically different from that of the book, as are the characters. [[CompositeCharacter Logan, the actor, is played by a girl and named Savannah, whose role is removed.]] [[AdaptationalHeroism Darren is in on it from the beginning,]] while Melissa, a [[ShrinkingViolet shy tech geek]] in the books, [[TookALevelinJerkass bullies her way onto the team during the failed first plan.]] [[spoiler:Melissa is also {{Retcon}}ned as Griffin's sister, while in the book she was part of the separate Dukakis family.]] The Babe Ruth card is changed to a Honus Wagner card for some reason.

* ItIsPronouncedTropay: Swindle repeatedly corrects people, saying his name is pronounced "Swin-dell", with an emphasis on the E.

* RunningGag[=/=]ItsPronouncedTropay[=/=]AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Let's just say Swindell has to spend a lot of time correcting people on his last name.

''Swindle'' is a 2013 made for TV movie by Nickelodeon, released on August 24th. It is an [[FilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of a book of the same name by Gordon Korman. The film's main cast is comprised almost entirely of stars from Nickelodeon's recent LiveActionTV block- Noah Crawford and Chris O'Neal from ''Series/HowToRock'', Creator/JennetteMcCurdy from ''{{Series/iCarly}}'' and its SpinOff ''Series/SamAndCat'', Creator/NoahMunck from ''iCarly'', Music/ArianaGrande from ''{{Series/Victorious}}'' and ''Sam & Cat'' and Ciara Bravo from ''Series/BigTimeRush''.

''Swindle'' is a 2013 made for TV movie by Nickelodeon, released on August 24th. It is an [[FilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of a book of the same name by Gordon Korman. The film's main cast is comprised almost entirely of stars from Nickelodeon's recent LiveActionTV block- Noah Crawford and Chris O'Neal from ''Series/HowToRock'', Creator/JennetteMcCurdy from ''{{Series/iCarly}}'' and its SpinOff ''Series/SamAndCat'', Noah Munck from ''iCarly'', Music/ArianaGrande from ''{{Series/Victorious}}'' and ''Sam & Cat'' and Ciara Bravo from ''Series/BigTimeRush''.

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* BlackBestFriend: Ben is this to Griffin. His code-name is "The Best Friend".

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Griffin
** TheLancer: Ben
** TheBigGuy: Darren
** TheHeart: Savannah
** TheChick: Amanda
** TheSmartGuy / TheSixthRanger: [[spoiler:Melissa]]