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{{quote|'''Roy Hobbs''': I coulda been better. I coulda broke every record in the book.
'''Iris Gaines''': And then?
'''Roy Hobbs''': And then? And then when I walked down the street people would've looked and they would've said there goes 'Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in this game.
'''''The Natural''''' is a 1984 film starring [[Robert Redford]] as Roy Hobbs, a supernaturally gifted young baseball talent whose career is derailed when he is shot in the gut by a deranged fan. Years later he makes his belated big league debut, but his dark secret threatens to destroy him.
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* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Iris and Memo.
* [[Big Game]]
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* [[Gretzky Has the Ball]]: The New York Knights somehow are batting in the bottom of the inning in Chicago despite being the visiting team.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Iris.
* [[I Call It "Vera"]]: "Wonderboy"
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: Randy Newman's score sounds suspiciously like Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man".
* [[Loony Fan]]: "Are you the best there ever was?"
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Baseball players are renowned for being hilariously superstitious. For the Knights, the number 11 is unlucky for some unexplained reason, and their supply manager warns Roy off.
* [[Put Me
* [[Redemption Quest]]
* [[Someone to Remember Him By]]: Iris has a secret.
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