The Waterboy
Movie • 1998 • Comedy
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Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
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The main character forgives his mother for emotional abuse at the end, though at least she did realize she was in the wrong and change her ways before this happens
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Used against the main character to make fun of his speech impediment by various bullies
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The main character is told his father died in the war, but he is later found out to be alive
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The main character is told his father died in the war, but he is later found out to be alive
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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The main character has a noticeable stutter as his only confirmed disability. His obsession with water comes from being told his dad died of thirst in the desert during a war, and seems to be a trauma response rather than a autism-specific special interest.
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I guess you could say that PTSD is what fuels Bobby’s tackles.
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After being humiliated, a person says, "I'm going to go hang myself now," and then they leave the scene.
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In a flashback, we see a man supposedly having a "nervous breakdown" -- he is talking on a phone that isn't connected, suffering obvious delusions, and (for some reason) wearing high heels.
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The football players make fun of the Waterboy, call him a 'moron', ridicule his mental capacities, etc. The R word is used inappropriately.
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The main characters mother is a devout fundamentalist, telling him that everything he does and everyone else is "the devil" to keep him isolated
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One joke involves the main character being sheltered and not understanding innuendo, making it sound like he is talking about having sex with his mother by accident
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Mama fakes a medical emergency. It’s not real and it’s unclear what it was.
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