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* HilariousInHindsight: Music/WeirdAl predicted that a former boxing champion would go on to run a restaurant.
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** Music/WeirdAlYankovic predicted that a former boxing champion would go on to run arestaurant.restaurant in "[[Music/WeirdAlYankovicIn3D The Rye or the Kaiser]]":
--->But he's no bum, he works down the street\\
He bought the neighborhood deli\\
Back on his feet, now he's choppin' up meat\\
Come inside, maybe you'll hear him say...\\
"Try the rye or the kaiser, they're our special tonight!\\
If you want you can have an appetizer...\\
You might like our salami and the liver's alright!\\
And they'd really go well with the rye or the kaiser..."
** Music/WeirdAlYankovic predicted that a former boxing champion would go on to run a
--->But he's no bum, he works down the street\\
He bought the neighborhood deli\\
Back on his feet, now he's choppin' up meat\\
Come inside, maybe you'll hear him say...\\
"Try the rye or the kaiser, they're our special tonight!\\
If you want you can have an appetizer...\\
You might like our salami and the liver's alright!\\
And they'd really go well with the rye or the kaiser..."
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* FanNickname: Easy for fans to sometimes still call this movie ''Rocky VI'' as it puts it right at home with the others to do so.
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* {{Narm}}: A black man named after the Mason Dixon line is this at best.
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* EsotericHappyEnding: From Mason's standpoint; he won his match, but the media would have a field day poking a lot of holes in his victory. The main one being that Mason couldn't take down a guy that hasn't been boxing in decades. Rocky was ''60 years old''; maybe if he had been in his mid 40s and had a string of recent victories and good performances like other old legends pulling comebacks like George Foreman, Larry Holmes, or Evander Holyfield, the film's premise would have worked, but he's just way too old and out of practice for Mason's struggle to look anything other than highly embarrassing. Then again Mason got his baptism of fire which really was all that mattered to him; plus he could at least point to having been forced to spend most of the match [[WorfHadTheFlu boxing with his off-hand]] after injuring his main hand early on.
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* EsotericHappyEnding: From Mason's standpoint; he won his match, but the media would have a field day poking a lot of holes in his victory. The main one being that Mason couldn't take down a guy that hasn't been boxing in decades. Rocky was ''60 years old''; maybe if he had been in his mid 40s mid-40s and had a string of recent victories and good performances like other old legends pulling comebacks like George Foreman, Larry Holmes, or Evander Holyfield, the film's premise would have worked, but he's just way too old and out of practice for Mason's struggle to look anything other than highly embarrassing. Then again Mason got his baptism of fire which really was all that mattered to him; plus he could at least point to having been forced to spend most of the match [[WorfHadTheFlu boxing with his off-hand]] after injuring his main hand early on.
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** Shortly after the film's release, heavyweight boxing legend Evander Holyfield made another comeback despite being middle aged. This culminated in him going the distance at the age of 46 against reigning heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev (ended his career 50-2 with 34 knockouts), who was both much younger than him and nearly a foot taller and a hundred pounds heavier. Holyfield only lost via a close majority decision, and many observers were of the opinion that he won. A DavidVsGoliath success to [[AluminumChristmasTrees match any Rocky movie]].
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** Shortly after the film's release, heavyweight boxing legend Evander Holyfield made another comeback despite being middle aged. middle-aged. This culminated in him going the distance at the age of 46 against reigning heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev (ended his career 50-2 50–2 with 34 knockouts), who was both much younger than him and nearly a foot taller and a hundred pounds heavier. Holyfield only lost via a close majority decision, and many observers were of the opinion that he won. A DavidVsGoliath success to [[AluminumChristmasTrees match any Rocky movie]].
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* SignatureScene: Rocky's motivational speech to his son has gone down in legend, and eclipses the actual boxing in the movie.
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** By the time this film was made, Sylvester Stallone had come to regret writing Rocky's post-Apollo opponents as completely one-dimensional {{jerkass}}es. He therefore took care to make Mason Dixon a more layered character, an approach that would carry forward into the ''Film/{{Creed}}'' films.
** The film addresses complaints about the DiabolusExMachina Rocky had experienced in the previous film without [[CanonDiscontinuity ignoring its events]]. While Rocky is still living in his old neighbourhood following his bankruptcy in ''Rocky V'', he's found his footing as a successful restaurateur and lives a relatively happy and comfortable lifestyle.
** A common issue fans had with ''Rocky III'' and especially ''Rocky IV'' was that Rocky's wealth and success made him less relatable than the underdog he was introduced as, something ''Rocky V'' had previously tried to address. While Rocky is once again successful due to the restaurant, he's not presented as obscenely wealthy and is perfectly content living as a normal, down-to-earth everyman as he was in the first two films.
** By the time this film was made, Sylvester Stallone had come to regret writing Rocky's post-Apollo opponents as completely one-dimensional {{jerkass}}es. He therefore took care to make Mason Dixon a more layered character, an approach that would carry forward into the ''Film/{{Creed}}'' films.
** The film addresses complaints about the DiabolusExMachina Rocky had experienced in the previous film without [[CanonDiscontinuity ignoring its events]]. While Rocky is still living in his old neighbourhood following his bankruptcy in ''Rocky V'', he's found his footing as a successful restaurateur and lives a relatively happy and comfortable lifestyle.
** A common issue fans had with ''Rocky III'' and especially ''Rocky IV'' was that Rocky's wealth and success made him less relatable than the underdog he was introduced as, something ''Rocky V'' had previously tried to address. While Rocky is once again successful due to the restaurant, he's not presented as obscenely wealthy and is perfectly content living as a normal, down-to-earth everyman as he was in the first two films.
