| 1 | * AudienceAlienatingPremise: Being as the Farrelly Brothers and Creator/JohnnyKnoxville are all people known for pushing limits to dangerously uncomfortable territory, many assumed it would be a movie making fun of people with disabilities. On the contrary, it’s done in a very respectful manner that shows people with disabilities as human beings and gives notable roles to them as well. (Among other things, it's made clear that, disabled or not, the competitors are still ''athletes'', and Steve wouldn't stand a ghost of a chance if they weren't helping him.) The film was made with the full support of Special Olympics and is universally loved by people with disabilities and people who work in that community. |
| 2 | * CrossesTheLineTwice: The film's premise alone runs on this trope, what with it involving a man pretend to be mentally challenged for money. |
| 3 | * CultClassic: Very popular within the Special Olympics and disabled community as a whole. |
| 4 | * LessDisturbingInContext: A movie about a man [[ObfuscatingDisability faking being mentally handicapped]] for money should be hideous, right? Well, actually, no. The ''actual'' mentally-handicapped people don't buy it for a second, they all turn out to be ''significantly'' better at their sports than the neurotypical guy, and the only reason he gets anywhere is because the actual disabled people ''help'' him (they want him to take out the JerkJock they all hate). And he wants the money to help an injured friend of his, not just out of greed. |
| 5 | * MemeticMutation: The "I can count to potato!" gag is probably one of the more enduring jokes from a film on the internet, largely because it gave rise to the use of "potato" as a slang term, first for mental impairment before eventually being used to denote poor-quality audiovisual recording technology. |
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