Does the dog die?
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DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Movie • 2004 • Comedy
ReportWhen megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a dodgeball guru and Goodman's attorney, La Fleur and his rag-tag team of underdogs launch a knock-down, drag-out battle in which the winner takes all.
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jamieblazej
Crash the dog is only in the first scene and is never in any danger.
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Is there decapitation?
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Lots42
A cardboard cutout of a person, advertising standee, is decapitated. But no human loses their head.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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jamieblazej
No, but Gordon’s children are left sitting alone by his wife while she flirts with other men. She’s not far away and the kids are in Gordon’s sight but they are kind of ditched.
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Sort of. One character gets super mad because his wife is emotionally abusive.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone stalked?
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jamieblazej
Kate is pursued by multiple men, mostly in creepy and harassing ways, but no one is stalked. Although White does show up at her house unannounced and she’s clearly uncomfortable and asks how he knew her address.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Lots42
We briefly see an airline pilot drinking booze.
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zalwelman
A girl from the girlscout team used steroids (off screen) and was disqualified.
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Are animals abused?
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Lots42
We see, during an ESPN 8 advertisement, two men horribly abusing snakes.
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Are there snakes?
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On a television we see a brief example of two snakes being wildly waved about. Poor snakes.
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DanniHarper
A man is forceful and inappropriate with his behaviour with a woman, but no assault takes place
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Lots42
No, but there is lots of examples of women being hit in the face with dodgeballs. Of course, that's a risk they knew going into the game so... eh?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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jamieblazej
Steve the Pirate is hit in the face with a wrench and is shown with an eye patch/bandage over his eye in the next scene. It’s clear that it is not part of his costume but is from the injury caused by the wrench. This isn’t dwelled upon and it’s not even mentioned.
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Is someone tortured?
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jamieblazej
Not really, but the Average Joes are trained to dodge balls by having wrenches thrown at them because “if you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball”. Pretty much all of them are hit with the wrenches and are shown in pain afterword but they have to keep participating in their training.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Multiple blows to the groin during the sport.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Lots42
A character is shown with a severe need for braces.
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Does a head get squashed?
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jamieblazej
No but multiple characters are hit in the head/face with wrenches.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Spoiler: someone is crushed to death by a heavy sign falling from the ceiling. The crushing itself is not shown but the characters feet are shown sticking out from under the sign after it falls similarly to in the Wizard of Oz. This isn’t graphic or too upsetting and is supposed to be played for laughs to an extent. Also, in a flashback to cheerleading tryouts, Justin is paired with a fat girl who he cannot lift properly and she falls on top of him. He survives but he is shown struggling beneath her and trying to push her off.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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jamieblazej
A fat girl falls onto Justin during cheer tryouts and he’s shown gasping for air when she’s finally helped off of him. His head was also sort of positioned so it was in her crotch/butt area so the gasping for air thing could have kind of an icky and mean connotation.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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It is mentioned that someone fell from the top of a rollercoaster and broke every bone in their body, but you don't see it.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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jamieblazej
A woman throws a dodgeball at a random man in a bar and he is hit by it and collapses onto the floor. He’s shown several times and a character mentions that he thinks the man is dead but he most likely isn’t. The woman throws the ball to prove how strong and intimidating she is.
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Does someone break a bone?
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zalwelman
It is mentioned that someone fell from the top of a rollercoaster and broke every bone in their body, but you don't see it.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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VeganCakes
Someone gets throat punched
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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jamieblazej
Justin is in high school and when the Average Joes hold a car wash, their only customer is a man who pays Justin to wash his truck wheels in a Speedo-type swimsuit while the man watches. Justin is in a pretty compromising position and the man has a bully breed dog that growls and barks at Justin so he’s afraid to stop washing the truck. The man also is sticking his finger in his bellybutton while watching Justin scrub his tires and says something like “get in there nice and deep, boy.” Pretty gross
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Death
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Lots42
While it's played as a real danger, with a slow motion jump to intercept and saved someone and everything, it's faux danger as it's only dodgeball.
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Does someone cheat?
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arcadebun
a character kissed two people one after the other but both of them seem fine with it.
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Are there mannequins?
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Lots42
Does a cardboard standup count? It's a big part of the plot.
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Does someone vomit?
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A women v*mits in her mouth, nothing is shown but she makes a body movement and noise, and also she also makes a little gulp noise when she swollows it.
I have severe emetophobia and it was ok for me to watch.
I have severe emetophobia and it was ok for me to watch.
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Does someone spit?
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jamieblazej
There are multiple instances of someone spitting, including one of the Girl Scouts who spits on the floor towards the beginning.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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jamieblazej
The only cops in this movie are shown for probably less than a minute and are beaten handily in a dodgeball tournament. Multiple cops get hit in the face with dodgeballs in a funny way so it’s kinda the opposite
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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
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jamieblazej
No but after Kate kisses a woman, she’s assumed to be a lesbian but she corrects this assumption by saying she’s bi and then kissing a man directly after. This reinforces the stereotype that bisexual people are automatically non-monogamous.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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I don't know if it counts, but a person uses Electro-shocks on himself to avoid the urge of eating a donut
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Does someone have cancer?
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jamieblazej
Lance Armstrong mentions previously having cancer but it’s not discussed in depth and it’s only talked about once.
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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A person is clearly really obsessed with body image and he gives himslef electro-shock to avoid the urge to eat a donut
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Lots42
A small man becomes trapped under a large woman.
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Is there body dysphoria?
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jamieblazej
No but there’s a scene where a Girl Scout is found out to be taking steroids and a “low-grade beaver tranquilizer” and this leads to her looking more traditionally masculine. She is notably taller than her troop members, has exaggerated arm hair, and has a very deep voice when she starts to cry. This is a very short bit so it’s not really explained, so you could interpret it as the Girl Scout taking performance-enhancing drugs to win the dodgeball tournament, or that she could be potentially dysphoric and trying to look/feel more masculine. The former seems more likely just based on the context but I don’t know for sure.
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Lots42
A person is shown having harmed themselves by eating a lot of terrible food.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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jamieblazej
No character is canonically autistic, but the r-slur is used at one point.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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jamieblazej
A guy does the “up yours” type gesture with his arms at one point.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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arcadebun
there are a few flashing signs in the scenes that take place in Las Vegas; i don’t know if they’re enough to warrant a warning but they’re your average casino flashy lights
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Lots42
Spy cameras are placed within Average Joe's gym, thus lots of people are watched without knowing.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Lots42
Technically, but the person talking to the camera is revealed to be recording a commercial.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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There are a lot of fat jokes in this movie and the use of a fatsuit in the final scene.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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the d-slur is used as a joke as well as “queer” (said in a derogatory fashion) and a few other derogatory terms. a character is also called the f-slur (albeit in a much more emotionally charged scene where this is acknowledged as wrong.)
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jamieblazej
Patches O’Houlihan refers to the Average Joes as “a bunch of females” in a derogatory way, but no one is specifically misgendered.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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jamieblazej
The r-slur is used on at least one occasion.
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Is there hate speech?
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Lots42
The villains are clearly super racist.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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jamieblazej
There’s lots of pretty offensive stereotypes throughout the movie. There are multiple comments made that Kate is a lesbian because she’s athletic and plays softball. It is revealed that she is actually bisexual and this is shown by her kissing a former female partner and then kissing a man, which perpetuates the stereotype/myth that bisexual people are all non-monogamous.
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Lots42
Technically, yes. Globo Gym and another entirely different dodgeball team are staffed by white supremacists.
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Religious
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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jamieblazej
Not intentionally. In the beginning Crash the dog is sniffing around/putting his head in Peter’s crotch when Peter is half-asleep and he makes comments about how it “feels good”, etc but then he wakes up and realizes it’s not a sexual partner and scolds the dog. This scene always makes me uncomfortable but it’s pretty brief. Also, towards the end one of the sports commentators mentions that he’s seen everything, including “a grown man satisfying a camel” but this is only mentioned this one time and not shown or anything.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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arcadebun
nothing too explicit but in one scene a character purposefully makes his p***s look larger than it is.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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jamieblazej
Kate is the target of consistent sexual harassment and there are several scenes where the camera angles focus on parts of her body such as her legs and hips/chest. There are also dancers at the dodgeball tournament who are very scantily clad and are solely there for the “encouragement”/enjoyment of the men watching. Their dancing is quite provocative as well.
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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jamieblazej
At one point, the Average Joes are “dodging traffic” and Gordon is hit by two cars consecutively, but is absolutely fine.
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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zalwelman
In the same scene were they try to dodge traffic
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Lots42
Someone gets a bloody nose when his head is knocked into a wall.
This is done because he was going to sexually assault a woman and her friend stopped it.
This is done because he was going to sexually assault a woman and her friend stopped it.
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