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'''Napoleon:''' Whatever I feel like I wanna do. Gosh!|''Opening lines of the movie. He is NOT kidding.''}}
An independent movie directed by Jared Hess and distributed by Fox Searchlight. ''Napoleon Dynamite'' is a subdued and sweet little cult film, telling the story of a trio of friends and their attempts to overcome their status as social outcasts. The film became legendary for making audiences laugh at The Sundance Film Festival, and subsequently became a huge hit with the teenage crowd of the 2000s, resulting in a cult following similar to teen movies of the 1980s. The atmosphere of ''Napoleon Dynamite'' is peculiar, with downplayed humor, quiet absurdism, largely unrelatable and awkward characters, and deliberately stilted dialogue -- but at the film's core is a very intelligent and optimistic portrayal of high school life.
The eponymous Napoleon is not just a [[Hollywood Nerd]] -- he's a real genuine dork, not particularly skilled at anything, angry at the world, incapable of even the most basic friendly conversation, and a mouth breather to boot. He has [[Dull Surprise|exactly one]] facial expression. People don't like him and he doesn't like people.
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The movie aims to be as deadpan awkward as possible, and the results have caused quite a bit of [[Hype Backlash]] for those who expected a regular teen comedy. It was the breakout role of Jon Heder, who plays the title character and has gone on to mainstream roles alongside stars like Will Ferrell and Billy Bob Thornton. The filmmakers themselves, [[Write What You Know|Idaho natives]], went on to make ''[[Nacho Libre]]'' with Jack Black.
It was [http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b205123_gosh_napoleon_dynamite_gets_animated.html announced] in 2010 that an [[Animated Adaptation]] was in production for [[
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* [[Adorkable]] - The [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|big dance scene]].
* [[Advertised Extra]]: Diedrich Bader has two scenes and receives Top Billing but compare some of the other Characters like Sumer played by [[Fake Guest Star]] Haylie Duff who has much more screen time then him.
* [[Alpha Bitch]] - Averted. The worst thing Summer Wheatley actually does is refuse Pedro's offer to go to the dance.
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* [[Credits Brand Products]] - In the opening credits and DVD menus.
* [[Dawson Casting]] Most of the main cast of high school students were in their 20's or 30's with the exception of Tina Majorino and Hailie Duff who were both about 18. Averted with the extras played by actual high school students.
* [[Dull Surprise]]
* [[Fake Guest Star]]: Haylie Duff as Summer among others who's in quite a bit of the movie despite not getting top billing. Compare with [[Advertised Extra]] Diedrich Bader who does and is in far less of the movie.
* [[Footsie Under the Table]]: Kip and LaFawnduh.
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* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: The hideous portrait of Trisha drawn by Napoleon, and anything drawn by him in general. Like the Liger.
* [[Throw It In]] - Napoleon's dancing was entirely improvised by Heder.
** Also, the scene where Kip is giving the demonstration with the van and the dinnerware. {{spoiler|Originally, he was to roll over it, and the plastic would deform but reshape itself, to which Kip was to say, "Pretty cool." However, the plastic was unable to comply due to the laws of physics, and that is what is seen in the film. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|It turns to be actually funnier]]}}.
* [[The Unintelligible]] - Lyle the farmer. He has actual lines, but they're almost impossible to understand due to the actor's mumbling speech.
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