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** Michael Oher himself has been switched to right tackle, likely permanently, so he may never protect the blind side again. |
** Michael Oher himself has been switched to right tackle, likely permanently, so he may never protect the blind side again. |
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* [[Mary Sue]]: Leigh Anne can appear like one of these sometimes, especially when she {{spoiler|faces down a drug dealer while searching for Michael. I mean, an unaccompanied white woman walking right into a [[Wrong Side of the Tracks]] neighborhood, threatening a drug dealer, and then walking right out again? Kind of unlikely in [[Real Life]].}} |
* [[Mary Sue]]: Leigh Anne can appear like one of these sometimes, especially when she {{spoiler|faces down a drug dealer while searching for Michael. I mean, an unaccompanied white woman walking right into a [[Wrong Side of the Tracks]] neighborhood, threatening a drug dealer, and then walking right out again? Kind of unlikely in [[Real Life]].}} |
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* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Miss Sue the tutor (an Ole Miss alumnus like the Touhys) tries to scare Michael away from arch-rival Tennessee by relocating the university's [http://web.utk.edu/~fac/ body farm] to [[Squick|underneath the football field]] and warns him about [[ |
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Miss Sue the tutor (an Ole Miss alumnus like the Touhys) tries to scare Michael away from arch-rival Tennessee by relocating the university's [http://web.utk.edu/~fac/ body farm] to [[Squick|underneath the football field]] and warns him about [[Everything's Deader With Zombies|undead hands grabbing him]] during football practice. |
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** She wasn't talking about the body farm, but the skeletons stored by the anthropology department, which is in the stadium and one of the largest collections of modern bodies in the world. The hands reaching up to grab you however does completely count. |
** She wasn't talking about the body farm, but the skeletons stored by the anthropology department, which is in the stadium and one of the largest collections of modern bodies in the world. The hands reaching up to grab you however does completely count. |
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** This scene, in which Miss Sue flat-out lies to Michael in order to get him to do what she and the Tuohys want, rather strongly implies that [[Broken Aesop|the NCAA investigator is right]] and that the Tuohy family has been manipulating Michael. |
** This scene, in which Miss Sue flat-out lies to Michael in order to get him to do what she and the Tuohys want, rather strongly implies that [[Broken Aesop|the NCAA investigator is right]] and that the Tuohy family has been manipulating Michael. |
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* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: The Tuohy's realizing they adopted a black boy before even meeting a Democrat after meeting Michael's tutor, a Democrat who disagreed with some of the aspects of working at a conservative Christian school. When the author asked them if they know any other Democrats, they have to think about it for a while. |
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: The Tuohy's realizing they adopted a black boy before even meeting a Democrat after meeting Michael's tutor, a Democrat who disagreed with some of the aspects of working at a conservative Christian school. When the author asked them if they know any other Democrats, they have to think about it for a while. |
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** Leigh Anne's hick-ish relative, upon receiving a Christmas card with [[Scary Black Man|the newest member of the family]]: "Leigh Anne, is there something you're not telling me?" |
** Leigh Anne's hick-ish relative, upon receiving a Christmas card with [[Scary Black Man|the newest member of the family]]: "Leigh Anne, is there something you're not telling me?" |
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* [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: Don't have enough good grades to get into college? Brigham Young University Online can help! |
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