History YMMV / ThatsMyBoy

%% * TheWoobie: Todd.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Incest, statutory rape, pedophilia, parental neglect and abuse all rolled into one. The fact that it's a ''comedy'' makes it even worse. The film's depicting these subjects for laughs all cause it to be panned by critics and becoming a BoxOfficeBomb.

* TheScrappy: Uncle Donnie from [[Recap/AdamSandlerS3E7ThePsychoticLegendOfUncleDonnie The Psychotic Legend Of Uncle Donnie]] became this in the movie.

* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/JamesCaan and Creator/SusanSarandon, most especially.
** Andy Samberg also counts, as he was cast to play a fairly generic OnlySaneMan despite being famous for playing [[LargeHam over the top]] characters so well.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Incest, statutory rape, pedophilia, parental neglect and abuse all rolled into one. The fact that it's a ''comedy'' makes it even worse.

%%* TheWoobie: Todd.

* MoralEventHorizon: Ms. McGarricle willingly starting a sexual relationship with a minor. Even though Donny was a willing participant, he had neither the mental or emotional maturity to fully process and handle what was going on and could have done irreparable long term damage to his psyche.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[Series/GossipGirl Leighton Meester]] portrays [[spoiler:an apparently, quirky but actually a complete jerkoff of a bride-to-be that cheats on her husband-to-be [[BrotherSisterIncest with her brother]] ]] and in the series finale of her show, ''Series/GossipGirl'', [[spoiler:a half-brother and sister (they share a brother) get married]].

** Music/VanillaIce.
** [[OnlySaneMan The Judge]]; see UnfortunateImplications.

* OneSceneWonder: Rex Ryan.

* UnfortunateImplications: As Creator/NathanRabin of [[http://www.avclub.com/article/stooping-to-stumble-case-file-29-ithats-my-boyi-89167 ''My Year of Flops'' pointed out]], Donny and [=McGarricle=]'s student-teacher sexual relationship is treated like the ultimate teen fantasy, complete with Donny being cheered on by the whole school assembly when he's discovered in the act, so the implication is that sexual abuse of young boys isn't evil [[PaedoHunt pedophilia]], it's ''[[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale a blessing]]'' that every guy would (and should) want.

** Hell, starting a sexual relationship with a minor alone was stupid. Even though Donny was a willing participant, he had neither the mental or emotional maturity to fully process and handle what was going on and could have done irreparable long term damage to his psyche.
* TheWoobie: Todd.

** [[StrawmanHasAPoint What worse is that the Judge who sentences Donny's teacher to jail is portrayed more like a frumpy killjoy rather than the]] [[OnlySaneMan only sane and morally upright]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint person in the courtroom she really is]].

* WhatAnIdiot: Ms. McGarricle's decision to have sex with Donny not only during a school assumably but backstage in the auditorium while the principal is giving a speech and crying out for everyone to hear not only reveals the inappropriate relationship but is what also leads to her arrest and 30 year prison sentence.

* WhatanIdiot: Ms. McGarricle's decision to have sex with Donny not only during a school assumably but backstage in the auditorium while the principal is giving a speech and crying out for everyone to hear not only reveals the inappropriate relationship but is what also leads to her arrest and 30 year prison sentence.
** Hell, starting a sexual relationship with a minor alone was stupid. Even though Donny was a willing participant, he had neither the mental or emotional maturity to fully process and handle what was going on and could have done irreparable long term damage to his psyche.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Incest, statutory rape, pedophilia, parental neglect and abuse all rolled into one.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Music/VanillaIce
** [[OnlySaneMan The Judge]] see UnfortunateImplications.

* UnfortunateImplications: As Creator/NathanRabin of [[http://www.avclub.com/article/stooping-to-stumble-case-file-29-ithats-my-boyi-89167 ''My Year of Flops'' pointed out]], Donny and [=McGarricle=]'s student-teacher sexual relationship is treated like the ultimate teen fantasy, complete with Donny being cheered on by the whole school assembly when he's discovered in the act. So the implication is sexual abuse of young boys isn't evil pedophilia, it's ''[[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale a blessing]]'' every guy would want.

** [[StrawmanHasAPoint What worse is the Judge who sentences Donny's teacher to jail is portrayed more like a frumpy killjoy rather than the]] [[OnlySaneMan only sane and morally upright]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint person in the courtroom she really is]].

** [[OnlySaneManThe Judge]] see UnfortunateImplications.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Music/VanillaIce.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Vanilla Ice.

* WTHCastingAgency: James Caan and Susan Sarandon, most especially.

** [[StrawmanHasAPoint It also doesn't help that the Judge who sentences Donny's teacher to jail is portrayed as a frumpy killjoy rather than the]] [[OnlySaneMan only sane woman]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint she really is]].

* TheScrappy: Uncle Donnie from ''Recap/AdamSandlerS3E7ThePsychoticLegendOfUncleDonnie'' became this in the movie.

* TheScrappy: Uncle Donnie from ''[[(Recap/AdamSandlerS3E7ThePsychoticLegendOfUncleDonnie) The Psychotic Legend of Uncle Donnie]]'' became this in the movie.

** Andy Samberg also counts, as he was cast to play a fairly generic OnlySaneMan despite being famous for playing (LargeHam over the top) characters so well.

** A simpler summation is given in the WebVideo/MidnightScreenings series.
--->'''Sarah:''' "You know what's funny? Pedophilia."
** Then again, Donny as an adult is a world-class screwup whose life is a miserable, steaming pile of shit despite (or more likely because of) his fame. He's flat-ass broke, miles deep in debt, and estranged from his son, who is now a neurotic mess and a Type-2 diabetic thanks to Donny's incompetent parenting. And despite his denials and excuses, [[TheAtoner Donny knows it]]. So, yeah, maybe hooking up with his hot junior high teacher wasn't such a great idea after all.