The Waterboy
Movie • 1998 • Comedy
ReportBobby 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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Dad abandons both mother and child.
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Emotional abuse from the main characters mother, who tries to control his life and treating him like a child in his 30's
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The cheerleaders drink a lot.
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A squirrel.
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Is there a dead animal?
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A running joke is the main character's mother barbecuing whole animals, such as snakes and alligator babies, for dinner. Seems to be all props
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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At one point, Mama is seen cooking some comically fake baby alligators.
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Characters eat a large snake for dinner
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Are there bugs?
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The old water bucket the coach talks about is shown being full of dirty bug-infested water
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A woman's breast is touched by a man without her consent in a crowd scene in a blink or you'll miss it sight gag
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Someone gets poked in the eye, but not injured.
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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's father left his mother for another woman while they were still married
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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 said to have wet his bed, followed by a cutaway shot to his pee-soaked blanket
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I guess you could say that PTSD is what fuels Bobby’s tackles.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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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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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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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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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 R word is used to describe the main character
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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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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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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