The Mighty Ducks (film): Difference between revisions

In the third movie (released 1996), the Ducks are accepted scholarships to the famed Eden Hall Academy, the high school Bombay attended. They also get a new coach in the form of Ted Orion. Orion irritates Captain Charlie Conway with his less-lenient teaching methods ([[So Last Season|"Your little duck tricks won't work anymore!"]] Orion remarks), switching of the teammates' positions, and by renaming them the Warriors. The team also faces adversity from the varsity team, as the former Ducks were accepted into the Academy instead of their younger siblings. After Conway becomes more accepting of his new coach following some self-reflection and a pep talk by Bombay, Orion also softens up a little, and re-renames the team the Ducks, and the stage is set for a game against the varsity team.

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* [[Accidental Athlete]]: Fulton, the guy can't even skate when he first becomes a duck.

* [[Advertised Extra]]: Emilio Estevez gets top billing in the third movie, but Bombay barely appears at all.

* [[Attack Pattern Alpha]]: The Flying V. [[Running Gag|Used so much]] that [[So Last Season|opponents catch on]].

* [[Bash Brothers]]: Dean and Fulton are explicitly called "The Bash Brothers."

* [[Big Game]]

* [[Broken Aesop]]: The movie sort of blows its "Have fun and don't take youth sports too seriously" moral when Gordon [[Rules Lawyer|Rules Lawyers]] away the Hawks' best player (jerking around an 11-year-old) just to get back at his old coach.

** The other Aesop, "it doesn't matter whether you win or lose, it only matters if you tried hard and had fun," is kind of broken with the way {{spoiler|the Ducks always win in the end}}.

* [[Brother Chuck]]: Some of the players from the first movie are suddenly gone with no explanation in the sequels. It's particularly noteworthy in the case of one of the players - Jesse's brother.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Adam Banks. Injured in the first two movies and {{spoiler|isolated from his friends in the third}}. Sorry, cake eater!

* [[The Casanova]]: Luis Mendoza

* [[David Versus Goliath]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Averman probably more than anyone else.

** Amusingly, given the theme of the movies, the cup-winning Ducks team was known for being relentlessly physical. They led the league in fighting majors that season.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Charlie has one.

* [[Fan Service]]: In ''3'', Dean is sent to the penalty box and immediately starts stripping off his clothes and equipment (likely a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Slap Shot]]''). The announcer immediately lampshades it.

* [[Follow the Leader]]: Lots of sports movies spawned shortly after that.

* [[Gasshole]]: *sniff, sniff* "Goldberg!"

** [[Not Me This Time|"It wasn't me!"]]

* [[Going Home Again]]

* [[Golden Snitch]]: The Ducks are able to over come an 0-11 start {{spoiler|and a later forfeit}} because of an illness-forfeited season, a win and a draw. They then run through the playoffs and win the state title.

** The most egregious illegal hit in the first movie is the checking from behind that a Duck suffered in the first game, though a whistle was blown right afterward, indicating it may have been called. Still, checking from behind is something that in addition to being a match penalty, deserves a long suspension at Pee-Wee level, if not a season-long disqualification.

** The worst example, though, may be in the third film. One of the players levels another (it may have been a Duck on a varsity player) well after the puck has been passed (a hit that would definitely draw a major penalty and likely a suspension), but on seeing it the dean turns to the man next to him and says "A legal check..." It most certainly was not.

** More importantly, Charlie is a young [[Fringe|Peter Bishop]]. Walter should show up any time...

** And who can forget [[Kenan and Kel|Kenan]]?

** Tommy Duncan would also later be in [[All That]].

** Three of the Ducks would appear in ''Heavyweights'' between installments.

** [[Fragile Speedster|Luiz Mendoza]] is [[The Sandlot|Benny Rodriguez]], pairing him with Sandlot teammate Kenny DeNunez, who is Jesse Hall in Ducks gear.

** A far more obscure one, but Carsten Norgaard, the Iceland coach from D2, was a minor celebrity in Ireland for years afterward due to being the star of a long-running ad campaign for Statoil.

* [[Hollywood Law]]: Your boss and the judge can't secretly work out a plea deal for you without your consent. It's sort of illegal and unconstitutional.

* [[How Many Fingers?]]: We don't get to hear the answer, but one of the other ducks tells Bombay he wouldn't know the answer normally.

* [[Insufferable Genius]]: "Shut UP, Averman!"

* [[Large Ham]]: "Hey Goldberg, if that puck was a CHEESEBURGER you'd stop it!"

* [[Meaningful Funeral]]: {{spoiler|Hans' death is the turning point in D3.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Adam '''Banks'''. He's rich.

* [[Miracle Rally]]

* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: Emilio Estevez agreed to reprise his role in the third film in exchange for a directorial job he had been angling for.

* [[Non Sequitur Thud]]: Mr. Tibbles is knocked out by Fulton's slapshot in D2 and when he comes to he orders a cheeseburger, fries and a chocolate shake.

* [[Oh Crap]]: In the second movie, when the returning characters practice against the new recruits, Fulton readies his slapshot. The returning characters immediately panic and rush out of the way. The new characters wonder why until Fulton takes his shot.

'''Team:''' Ohhhhhhhh! *All scatter* }}

* [[Ordered to Cheat]]: In the first film, becomes a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] moment and the beginning of a mild [[Heel Face Turn]] (the main character wasn't all that much of a heel to begin with).

* [[Phrase Catcher]]: Shut ''up'', Averman!

* [[Putting the Band Back Together]]: Charlie goes around town gathering his teammates at the start of the second film. Along the way, an [[Almost Kiss]] between Connie and Guy is broken up, upsetting the latter (even though he already kissed her in the previous movie).

*** Also serves as a plot point when the team shows up to play for the first time after getting back together. Seriously, for the ''first'' time:

'''Averman''': I knew we forgot something. }}

* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]

* [[Serious Business]]: Apparently children's hockey games are this in the team's hometown: The local paper covers them, complete with large headers and dramatic photographs.

** No American state is more crazy about hockey than Minnesota, but the films definitely take it [[Up to Eleven]].

* [[So Last Season]]

* [[Sound Off]]: Used in D2

We're all headed for Hollywood }}

* [[Spoiler Title]]: The UK video title for the first film is {{spoiler|''The Mighty Ducks Are The Champions''}}.

* [[Team Spirit]]

* [[Take Five]]:In the first film, Timmy and Tammy Duncan are spotted on a hockey rink before a game. Bombay tells his team to get ready for the game, then recruits the Duncans.

* [[Training Montage]]

* [[Underdogs Never Lose]]

* [[Unnecessary Roughness]]

 

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