History Film / UpTheCreek

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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Irwin has a stuffed monkey named Mr. Mo-Mo.

* ManChild: Irwin. Our first shot of him has him sleeping in {{Superman}} bedsheets, wearing a onesie and toting a stuffed animal.

A 1984 comedy film, directed by Robert Butler and starring Tim Matheson of ''Film/AnimalHouse'' fame.

Bob [=McGraw=] (Matheson) is in his 12th year of college, a loveable malcontent bouncing from one school to another (currently La Petomane University), coasting by with countless loans and showing no plans of graduating anytime soon... at least, not until he's escorted by campus security -- along with his underachieving peers Irwin (Sandy Helberg), Gonzer (Stephen Furst), and Max (Dan Monahan) -- to a clandestine meeting with Dean Burch (John Hillerman) one morning at dawn.

It's not long before the foursome find themselves on their way to the big race, facing the likes of an unhinged Washington Military Institute squad, a snobbish team from Ivy University with designs to cheat their way to victory, and an all-female co-ed group led by requisite romantic interest Heather Merriweather (Jennifer Runyon). If you expect anything but [[HilarityEnsues hilarity to ensue]] you're probably watching the wrong movie.

This gem of '80s cinematic wackiness is viewable in its entirety on Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ATpCge-sqs starting here]].

* DawsonCasting: Before ''DawsonsCreek'' even existed, this movie cast actors aged 30 to 45 as college students.

* {{Crossover}}: Not so much in terms of characters as actors: Veterans of recent college sex romps ''AnimalHouse'' (Stephen Furst and Tim Matheson) and ''Film/{{Porkys}}'' (Dan Monahan) appeared as main characters here.

It's not long before the foursome find themselves on their way to the big race, facing the likes of an unhinged Washington Military Institute squad, a snobbish team from Ivy University with designs to cheat their way to victory and an all-female co-ed group led by requisite romantic interest Heather Merriweather (Jennifer Runyon). If you expect anything but [[HilarityEnsues hilarity to ensue]] you're probably watching the wrong movie.

A 1984 comedy film directed by Robert Butler and starring Tim Matheson (''Film/AnimalHouse'').

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->''[[DoubleEntendre Who says a bunch of boobs can't win a race?]]''

Bob [=McGraw=] is in his 12th year of college, a loveable malcontent bouncing from one school to another (currently La Petomane University), coasting by with countless loans and showing no plans of graduating anytime soon... at least, not until he's escorted by campus security to a clandestine meeting with Dean Burch - along with his underachieving peers Irwin, Gonzer and Max - one morning at dawn.

It's not long before the foursome find themselves on their way to the big race, facing the likes of an unhinged Washington Military Institute squad, a snobbish team from Ivy University with designs to cheat their way to victory and an all-female co-ed group led by requisite romantic interest Heather Merriweather. If you expect anything but [[HilarityEnsues hilarity to ensue]] you're probably watching the wrong movie.

* {{Crossover}}: Not so much in terms of characters as actors: Veterans of recent college sex romps ''AnimalHouse'' (Stephen Furst and Tim Matheson) and ''[[{{Porkys}} Porky's]]'' (Dan Monahan) appeared as main characters here.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Looks like Irwin got his degree in [[Film/MortalKombat film]].

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: The Ivy University team's MO: Bribe who you can, buy weaponry and gadgets to sabotage everyone else.

* XanatosGambit: Dean Burch's plan: If Bob and company lose he's minus four trouble students; If they win he's minus four trouble students and the school finally gets some positive recognition.

Burch bemoans the school's lack of notoriety (apparently no student or alum of La Petomane has ever accomplished anything of note) and cites the four students, the bottom four in the university, as prime examples. He tells them about an upcoming annual intercollegiate raft race and issues an ultimatum: Win the race and put the school on the map in exchange for immediate graduation with their degree of choice or lose and face expulsion for poor performance and respective shady dealings.

* IvyLeague: Evoked with Ivy University, though obviously not one of the actual Ivy League schools.

* RefugeInAudacity: College students on rafts attacking one another with military-grade weaponry.

--> '''Max:''' That stuff'll kill you! [[{{Casablanca}} Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life!]]

* AdultChild: Irwin. Our first shot of him has him sleeping in {{Superman}} bedsheets, wearing a onesie and toting a stuffed animal.

This gem of '80s cinematic wackiness is viewable in its entirety on YouTube [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ATpCge-sqs starting here]].