Holes/YMMV


 * Big Lipped Alligator Moment: The movie has an early scene where Stanley sees the ghosts of Sam and Mary Lou while his bus passes through the desert. Stanley never even learns who they are and this event is never mentioned again.
 * Complete Monster: Trout Walker. The Warden may be one too. And
 * And Mr. Pendanski also qualifies. He pretends to be understanding, but he is equally mean as the Warden, and he even shows happiness when Zero and Stanley are about to die.
 * Not to mention his comment at the end of the movie to  about how they'll 'take good care of [Zero]." Sure he sounds nonthreatening, but when you consider everything else that's happened (especially his above mentioned happiness at the boy's potential death), you really have to wonder...
 * Mr. Sir is pretty nasty as well.
 * Ear Worm: Dig it, oh-oh-ooh, dig it!
 * Growing the Beard: The movie could be considered the start of this for Shia La Beouf, who was still known primarily for his role on Even Stevens before it came out.
 * Moral Event Horizon: When Stanley and Zero come back to camp Green Lake, The Warden, Mr. Pendanski, and Mr. Sir show lack of concern when boys are covered with yellow-spotted lizards.
 * Mr. Pendanski telling Zero digging's "all he'll ever be good for."
 * It's not hard to feel sorry for Mr. Sir when he . That sympathy evaporates when he
 * Special Effects Failure: In the film, the dead yellow spotted lizard.
 * Tear Jerker: Again, poor Katherine and Sam.
 * There's also a happy one at the end when.