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Line 8: Things heat up when Lily shows up uninvited to a "dress as your favorite animal" party hosted by Jarrod and wows him with her savant-like videogame skills. Later, Jarrod confesses that he has to return to his hometown in order to get revenge on his high school nemesis, Eric Elisi ([[Running Gag\|who is Samoan]]). Lily, smitten, tags along and meets Jarrod's dysfunctional extended family and other assorted inhabitants of the town. Everything falls apart from there. {{tropelist}} ~~=== This film provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Art Shift]]: The claymation sequences with the apples. * [[Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl]]: Jarrod and Lily respectively. * [[Burger Fool]]: Lily's employment at "Meaty Boy", of the more-depressing, non-teenager variety. * [[Creator Cameo]]: Director Taika Waititi as Gordon. * [[Cryptically Unhelpful Answer]]: {{quote\| It's revealed that {{spoiler\|Eric Elisi is now paralyzed}}~~<br />~~ '''Jarrod''': Why didn't you tell me?~~<br />~~ '''Mason:''' I did kind of.~~<br />~~ '''Jarrod:''' No, you didn't!~~<br />~~ '''Mason:''' On the phone before I came here you said, "When I'm finished with him he won't be able to walk.", and then I laughed.~~<br />~~ '''Jarrod:''' Is that what you meant?~~<br />~~ '''Mason:''' Yeah. }} * [[Do You Want to Copulate?]]: Rare human example of this trope, owing to Jarrod's complete [[No Social Skills\|lack of social skills]]. * [[Dysfunction Junction]]: Jarrod's entire family. * [[Fictional Counterpart]]: "Fight Man" to ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''. * [[G -Rated Sex]]: There's one sex scene in this (R-rated) movie, and it's not explicit at all. * [[Happier Home Movie]]: Of Gordon winning a race. * [[Implausible Deniability]]: Mason's computer has a [[The Internet Is for Porn\|porn "virus"]]. * [[Inferiority Superiority Complex]]: Jarrod. * [[~~Its~~It's Not You, ~~Its~~It's My Enemies\|It's Not You, It's My Enemy]]: Jarrod gives this reason for breaking up with Lily {{spoiler\|they get back together eventually}}. * [[No Social Skills]]: Jarrod. * [[Parental Favoritism]]: Jarrod's father towards Gordon {{spoiler\|who has been dead for an unspecified amount of time}}. Line 36: * [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: The big fight scene is scored by a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMHaj4Ir0EA light ukulele tune]. * [[Versus Title]]: Refers to the two main characters' favorite animals. * [[What the Fu Are You Doing?]]: Jarrod's training/fight technique. {{reflist}} [[Category:Films of the 2000s]] [[Category:Eagle Vs Shark]]▼ [[Category:Film]] ▲[[Category:Eagle Vsvs. Shark]]