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BASEketball
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BASEketball is a 1998 comedy film telling the story of two unemployed losers (South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, just as South Park was starting to skyrocket in popularity) who invent a game combining baseball and basketball, but requiring no real athletic skills, and banning controversial sports practices like massive sponsorship and multiple player transfers. The game rapidly evolves in popularity becoming an actual professional sport, thanks to the backing of billionaire Ted Denslow (Ernest Borgnine).Five years later, Joe "Coop" Cooper (Parker) and Doug Remer (Stone) are the star players of the Milwaukee Beers team in the National BASEketball League, playing against their arch-rivals, the Dallas Felons, in the fourth Denslow Cup. Tragically, Denslow chokes on a hot-dog and dies just as Coop comes up to shoot for the team, causing the Beers to lose. A few days later, at the reading of Denslow's Video Will, Coop learns that he's inherited ownership of the Beers, meaning he's now the only person standing in the way of Baxter Cain's (Robert Vaughn) plans to bring in all the things Coop and Denslow hated about other professional sports. That is, unless the Beers fail to win the next Denslow Cup, in which case ownership reverts to Denslow's widow Yvette (Jenny McCarthy). Cain promptly cozies up to Yvette, and makes plans to get Coop out of the way, while Coop struggles to keep baseketball the game it was meant to be, while wooing Jenna (Yasmine Bleeth), the attractive director of a local kids charity.Based on an actual game created by director and Airplane! co-creator David Zucker. | |
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| BASEketball / int_1152876e | type |
Faux Yay | |
| BASEketball / int_1152876e | comment |
Faux Yay: Coop and Remer have a full-on snog session toward the end of the film. | |
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Adam Westing | |
| BASEketball / int_120d0e3f | comment |
Adam Westing: Robert Stack presents an in universe episode of Unsolved Mysteries about Coop's disappearance, lampooning the series and his role in it. | |
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| BASEketball / int_140883ec | type |
I Will Show You X! | |
| BASEketball / int_140883ec | comment |
I Will Show You X!: After Squeak acts professionally at his job. | |
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| BASEketball / int_1649e053 | type |
Your Mom | |
| BASEketball / int_1649e053 | comment |
Your Mom: A lot of the psyche-outs worked out this way. But the one that got the Beers back to the Denslow Cup scored Squeak an ass-kicking from a rather large Los Angeles Riots player. Said beatdown becomes a Funny Background Event during one of Coop and Remer's later arguments. The funny part is that Remer wrote the script on the palm of Squeak's hand: | |
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| BASEketball / int_1667cb1 | type |
Calvinball | |
| BASEketball / int_1667cb1 | comment |
Calvinball: Coop and Remer originally make the rules up as they go along to beat the two guys at the party. From there it mutates into an actual sport. The playoff format, after the NBL expands. | |
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| BASEketball / int_170128e9 | type |
Right Behind Me | |
| BASEketball / int_170128e9 | comment |
Right Behind Me: At the house party near the beginning of the movie, Brittany is standing right behind Coop and Remer when she catches them going through her mom's underwear drawer. | |
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| BASEketball / int_1c79ae8c | type |
Those Two Guys | |
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Those Two Guys: Coop and Remer before the NBL was established. | |
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| BASEketball / int_1e8f4221 | type |
Fingore | |
| BASEketball / int_1e8f4221 | comment |
Fingore: One psyche-out has Coop flip off the opposing player, slowly creep a pair of wire-cutters towards his finger and tear it off. It's a fake, but still... | |
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| BASEketball / int_222dc873 | type |
Black Comedy | |
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Black Comedy: Remer suggests Squeak say this to psyche-out the L.A. Riots MVP...and it works. | |
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| BASEketball / int_22cf50f9 | type |
Chekhov's Gag | |
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Chekhov's Gag: | |
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| BASEketball / int_24321e44 | type |
Only Sane Man | |
| BASEketball / int_24321e44 | comment |
Only Sane Man: Despite being the movie's villain, Baxter Cain is this, mainly because all the heroes (and some of the supporting characters) are complete morons. Also Jenna, due to watching over the "health-challenged and survival-impaired" kids and keeping them away from bad influences. | |
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Dirty Old Man | |
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Dirty Old Man: Denslow reveals he's this in his video will. Al Michaels has shades of this, particularly when the Beers cheerleaders are performing. | |
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| BASEketball / int_26d1f65f | type |
Verbal Tic | |
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Verbal Tic: Coop and Remer mutter "cock" randomly on occasion. Notably at the party in the beginning, every time they've been insulted. | |
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| BASEketball / int_26eb6287 | type |
Funny Background Event | |
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Funny Background Event: The movie is full of them. (It is a David Zucker film, after all.) | |
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| BASEketball / int_2a090d00 | type |
Lampshade Hanging | |
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Lampshade Hanging: Coop (Trey Parker) to Remer (Matt Stone): | |
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Take That, Us | |
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Take That Us: See Lampshade Hanging above. | |
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Analogy Backfire | |
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Analogy Backfire: | |
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Awesome, but Impractical | |
| BASEketball / int_2bdae2ae | comment |
Awesome, but Impractical: Many of the psyche-outs require lots of planning, and even some props. Each psyche-out can be used only once, or it loses its shock value. There's no guarantee that they'll even work, such as with the "Fat from Marlon Brando's ass" psyche-out. | |
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| BASEketball / int_2d266580 | type |
Face Fault | |
| BASEketball / int_2d266580 | comment |
Face Fault: Common result of the psych-outs. | |
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Author Catchphrase | |
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Author Catchphrase: Early appearances of "Derp," which later appeared in South Park | |
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Strange Minds Think Alike | |
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Strange Minds Think Alike: Both Coop and Remer think Shaq got rich from playing in college. Coop believes that's common knowledge. "Did I just fart?" | |
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Full-Name Basis | |
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Full-Name Basis: "Victoria Silvstedt, Playmate of the Year!" | |
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Vapor Wear | |
| BASEketball / int_34960f22 | comment |
Vapor Wear: The cheerleaders' "uniforms", from any team tend to be lingerie of some sort. | |
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| BASEketball / int_3eee0728 | type |
Captain Obvious | |
| BASEketball / int_3eee0728 | comment |
Captain Obvious: | |
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Delayed Reaction | |
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Delayed Reaction: | |
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| BASEketball / int_41f26c58 | type |
Happy Dance | |
| BASEketball / int_41f26c58 | comment |
Happy Dance: Inverted, Coop does his happy dance whenever he's pissed off, with varying results. | |
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Surrounded by Idiots | |
| BASEketball / int_43a46119 | comment |
Cain's headaches. Of course, he's Surrounded by Idiots. | |
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Ask a Stupid Question... | |
| BASEketball / int_443f9d8a | comment |
Ask a Stupid Question...: Denslow's will involves an obviously rhetorical question, to which Coop responds. | |
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| BASEketball / int_4510b368 | type |
Ambiguous Gender | |
| BASEketball / int_4510b368 | comment |
Ambiguous Gender: It is unknown if the girl Squeak is attracted to is a trans woman or a crossdresser, as it is never specified | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
| BASEketball / int_47fea76b | comment |
Butt-Monkey: Poor Squeak. | |
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Artifact Name | |
| BASEketball / int_4bb6dde2 | comment |
Artifact Name: Several real-life examples are cited for the decline of pro sports: | |
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| BASEketball / int_4e52a624 | type |
Screw the Money, I Have Rules! | |
| BASEketball / int_4e52a624 | comment |
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: Ted Denslow is already rich, but he made Baseketball into a real sport because he wanted a national sport that focuses more on the spirit of the game than the franchising. | |
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| BASEketball / int_5313c266 | type |
Bookends | |
| BASEketball / int_5313c266 | comment |
Book Ends: We open with a narrator talking about the majesty of sportsmanship in its decline and we close with that same narrator. | |
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| BASEketball / int_564caaae | type |
Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure | |
| BASEketball / int_564caaae | comment |
Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure: True to form, Coop and Remer have a huge falling out over Coop's refusal to let baseketball be commercialized, as well as their rivalry over Jenna. Which gets worse when they're being blackmailed and blame each other. During the halftime show, while pretending to shake hands, Remer wouldn't let go of Coop's hand, escalating into a fight until Squeak stops them. | |
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| BASEketball / int_56515a39 | type |
Artistic License – History | |
| BASEketball / int_56515a39 | comment |
Artistic License – History: Reggie Jackson's third home run ball (The one Coop caught) was famously hit into an empty set of bleachers. | |
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| BASEketball / int_58970413 | type |
Coincidental Broadcast | |
| BASEketball / int_58970413 | comment |
Coincidental Broadcast: Coop listening to the radio: | |
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You Are Fat | |
| BASEketball / int_59b9f4df | comment |
You Are Fat: Coop gets a critical psyche out at the top of the 9th inning during the Denslow Cup by using his "Cartman" voice. | |
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| BASEketball / int_5bdf025f | type |
Instant Sedation | |
| BASEketball / int_5bdf025f | comment |
Instant Sedation: For one of his psych-outs Remer plays a droning, monotonous book-on-tape in a player's ear, lulling him to sleep in seconds. Doubles as a Take That!: if you listen carefully to the words, you can figure out the book is The Horse Whisperer, even if you've not read it. | |
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| BASEketball / int_60319dd6 | type |
Humble Beginnings | |
| BASEketball / int_60319dd6 | comment |
Humble Beginnings: In-universe. Baseketball was made up on the spot by Coop and Remer one night. Soon it was being played on suburban driveways even going as far as developing entire amateur leagues within neighborhoods. With the support and financial sponsorship of a billionaire fan and a rapidly growing base, it became a professional league sport. As a nod to the game's roots, many baseketball arenas have backboard façades that resemble suburban garage doors each themed to the arena's home team. | |
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I Take Offense to That Last One | |
| BASEketball / int_61b576af | comment |
I Take Offense to That Last One: Remer was offended when Coop tells him he doesn't really care about Jenna just because he was in the hot tub with Victoria Silvstedt, "Playmate of the Year!". | |
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Gag Penis | |
| BASEketball / int_66cdb21b | comment |
Gag Penis: Coop and Remer in the locker room with Jenna. They are as long as the legs they hang between. | |
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We Hardly Knew Ye | |
| BASEketball / int_676e942c | comment |
We Hardly Knew Ye: Ted Denslow | |
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Meaningful Echo | |
| BASEketball / int_6bd689ca | comment |
Meaningful Echo: The Beers win the final championship game using the exact same play that they won the driveway league championship with at the beginning, complete with identical commentating from the announcers. | |
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Camp Gay | |
| BASEketball / int_722b3319 | comment |
Camp Gay: The San Francisco Ferries, team and fans alike. | |
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The Cast Showoff | |
| BASEketball / int_741e8e7 | comment |
Coop psyches a guy who never misses using his Eric Cartman voice to throw him off. | |
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Arc Words | |
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Arc Words: | |
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Straw Loser | |
| BASEketball / int_7580e1bb | comment |
Straw Loser: At the start of the movie, Coop and Remer face the fact that they've done nothing with their lives since high school, especially since it seems like ALL their former classmates are successful. | |
| BASEketball / int_7580e1bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_7580e1bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_7580e1bb | |
| BASEketball / int_7ac5914f | type |
Prisoner's Last Meal | |
| BASEketball / int_7ac5914f | comment |
Prisoner's Last Meal: Referenced. Coop and Doug visit a sick kid in a hospital on behalf of the "Dream-Come-True Foundation," and Coop suggests that the kid's opportunity to have a personal request granted to him is better than the meal that people on death row get. | |
| BASEketball / int_7ac5914f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_7ac5914f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_7ac5914f | |
| BASEketball / int_7d89315b | type |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
| BASEketball / int_7d89315b | comment |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: After infighting between Coop and Remer threatens their shot at winning the championship game, Squeak delivers one to them at halftime while dressed as a pineapple. | |
| BASEketball / int_7d89315b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_7d89315b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_7d89315b | |
| BASEketball / int_7dafc482 | type |
ChewToy | |
| BASEketball / int_7dafc482 | comment |
Chew Toy: Squeak, again. | |
| BASEketball / int_7dafc482 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_7dafc482 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_7dafc482 | |
| BASEketball / int_805deb6e | type |
Small Role, Big Impact | |
| BASEketball / int_805deb6e | comment |
Small Role, Big Impact: Ted Denslow barely has 10 minutes of screentime, but it's because of his financial backing that Baseketball became a national pasttime. | |
| BASEketball / int_805deb6e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_805deb6e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_805deb6e | |
| BASEketball / int_808cbaeb | type |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
| BASEketball / int_808cbaeb | comment |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: | |
| BASEketball / int_808cbaeb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_808cbaeb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_808cbaeb | |
| BASEketball / int_86bbf6b5 | type |
Newscaster Cameo | |
| BASEketball / int_86bbf6b5 | comment |
Sportscaster Cameo: Bob Costas and Al Michaels (as themselves) do the play-by-play for the Beers, and it's more than a cameo — in fact they probably get more screen time than Ernest Borgnine as Ted Denslow. Other sportscasters turn up briefly, including Dan Patrick, Kenny Mayne, Tim McCarver, and Jim Lampley. | |
| BASEketball / int_86bbf6b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_86bbf6b5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_86bbf6b5 | |
| BASEketball / int_91652846 | type |
Hero-Worshipper | |
| BASEketball / int_91652846 | comment |
Hero-Worshipper: Coop is one to Reggie Jackson. In turn, Joey is to Coop. | |
| BASEketball / int_91652846 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_91652846 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_91652846 | |
| BASEketball / int_917f5066 | type |
Stunt Double | |
| BASEketball / int_917f5066 | comment |
Stunt Double: In-universe. Remer has one running the bases for him. | |
| BASEketball / int_917f5066 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_917f5066 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_917f5066 | |
| BASEketball / int_91963178 | type |
You're Nothing Without Your Phlebotinum | |
| BASEketball / int_91963178 | comment |
You're Nothing Without Your Phlebotinum: Coop and his La-Z-Boy ball. Ultimately subverted. | |
| BASEketball / int_91963178 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| BASEketball / int_91963178 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_91963178 | |
| BASEketball / int_9438e550 | type |
The Big Damn Kiss | |
| BASEketball / int_9438e550 | comment |
The Big Damn Kiss: Parodied with Coop and Remer. | |
| BASEketball / int_9438e550 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_9438e550 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_9438e550 | |
| BASEketball / int_973d220f | type |
Never My Fault | |
| BASEketball / int_973d220f | comment |
Never My Fault: After the villain blackmails them into forfeiting the Denslow Cup, Remer blames the entire mess on Coop because he wouldn't share control of the NBL and for saying no to Cain's first proposition (thus forcing Cain to take drastic measures in order to change Coop's mind). When Jenna comes down to tell them they've destroyed her foundation, Remer quickly pins the blame on Coop. After the Beers are starting to lose the Denslow Cup, resulting in a fight: | |
| BASEketball / int_973d220f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_973d220f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_973d220f | |
| BASEketball / int_9dd2cbc2 | type |
CloudCuckooLander | |
| BASEketball / int_9dd2cbc2 | comment |
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Remer | |
| BASEketball / int_9dd2cbc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_9dd2cbc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_9dd2cbc2 | |
| BASEketball / int_9df812ad | type |
Tiny Guy, Huge Girl | |
| BASEketball / int_9df812ad | comment |
Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Squeak and his "female" fan are the extreme of this. | |
| BASEketball / int_9df812ad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_9df812ad | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_9df812ad | |
| BASEketball / int_a24670a4 | type |
Benevolent Boss | |
| BASEketball / int_a24670a4 | comment |
Benevolent Boss: Ted Denslow. | |
| BASEketball / int_a24670a4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_a24670a4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_a24670a4 | |
| BASEketball / int_a5e0c01 | type |
As Himself | |
| BASEketball / int_a5e0c01 | comment |
As Himself: A dozen people, notably Bob Costas and Al Michaels, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Victoria Silvstedt (Playmate of the Year), Dale Earnhardt, and Reggie Jackson. | |
| BASEketball / int_a5e0c01 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_a5e0c01 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_a5e0c01 | |
| BASEketball / int_a672255e | type |
Doing It for the Art | |
| BASEketball / int_a672255e | comment |
Doing It for the Art: In-universe example. Coop's philosophy while building the NBL; He wants to create an environment where passion for the sport, not franchising, is the main motivating factor for the players. Even billionaire Ted Denslow agrees. After Coop was given ownership of the sport by Denslow's will, he makes sure it stays that way. However, Coop is so determined to keep it from becoming commercialized that he soon becomes obsessed with control over the sport. | |
| BASEketball / int_a672255e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_a672255e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_a672255e | |
| BASEketball / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
| BASEketball / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Coop and Remer, when Cain tells them he's blackmailing them. Britney's boyfriend Ted, when Coop and Remer tell her he told them about her party. Though his expression is more subdued. | |
| BASEketball / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_ad1db87c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_ad1db87c | |
| BASEketball / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
| BASEketball / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: It's a movie by the South Park crew; The list could fill its own page. | |
| BASEketball / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_b53077b3 | |
| BASEketball / int_b7bc7d28 | type |
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny! | |
| BASEketball / int_b7bc7d28 | comment |
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Remer | |
| BASEketball / int_b7bc7d28 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_b7bc7d28 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_b7bc7d28 | |
| BASEketball / int_ba652cb | type |
Video Wills | |
| BASEketball / int_ba652cb | comment |
Video Wills: How Denslow leaves the team to Coop. | |
| BASEketball / int_ba652cb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_ba652cb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_ba652cb | |
| BASEketball / int_c02f148d | type |
Both Sides Have a Point | |
| BASEketball / int_c02f148d | comment |
Both Sides Have a Point: Played with between Coop's control over the NBL and Remer wanting more from it. | |
| BASEketball / int_c02f148d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_c02f148d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_c02f148d | |
| BASEketball / int_c5d50cb0 | type |
Opposing Sports Team | |
| BASEketball / int_c5d50cb0 | comment |
Opposing Sports Team/The Rival: The Dallas Felons to the Milwaukee Beers. | |
| BASEketball / int_c5d50cb0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_c5d50cb0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_c5d50cb0 | |
| BASEketball / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| BASEketball / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: La-Z-Boy, to Roy Hobbs' Wonderboy (a bat he carved himself from a fallen tree) in The Natural. The salute Coop, Remer and Squeak give at the end was copied from a touchdown celebration ("The Mile High Salute") the Denver Broncos were known for at the time. Star Trek jokes during the second hospital scene (Matt and Trey being huge Star Trek fans). South Park Coop psyches a guy who never misses using his Eric Cartman voice to throw him off. While talking to Remer in the locker room, Coop dips into Mr. Garrison's voice when he sarcastically quips about "how much Doug Reemer cares about kids." Earlier, he also talked to Denslow briefly in a voice similar to Tweek's dad. "I'm the king of the world!" "Remember to hold your breath just before we hit-NEVER LET GO!!!" An in-universe example; Coop's number 44 pays homage to his sports hero Reggie Jackson who was number 44 on the Yankees. "FREEDOM!! FREEEEDOM!!" | |
| BASEketball / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_c75df49a | |
| BASEketball / int_c87660d5 | type |
Get a Hold of Yourself, Man! | |
| BASEketball / int_c87660d5 | comment |
Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: Remer early on gives Squeak a pep talk that amounts to him threatening Squeak. When he's done, Squeak slaps him. | |
| BASEketball / int_c87660d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_c87660d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_c87660d5 | |
| BASEketball / int_c9597a03 | type |
Self-Deprecation | |
| BASEketball / int_c9597a03 | comment |
Also, the "I hear your _____'s going out with Squeak!" psyche-out. Taken to its logical conclusion when Squeak himself uses it. | |
| BASEketball / int_c9597a03 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_c9597a03 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_c9597a03 | |
| BASEketball / int_ca03acbc | type |
Freudian Slippery Slope | |
| BASEketball / int_ca03acbc | comment |
Freudian Slippery Slope: Jenna after seeing Coop and Remer naked in the locker room. | |
| BASEketball / int_ca03acbc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_ca03acbc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_ca03acbc | |
| BASEketball / int_cef6a167 | type |
Second Place Is for Losers | |
| BASEketball / int_cef6a167 | comment |
Second Place Is for Losers: After winning the fourth Denslow Cup in the beginning of the film, the Felons are shown wearing WINNERS hats and T-shirts as they are interviewed while celebrating. Cut to the Beers locker room - who are wearing matching LOSERS hats and T-shirts. | |
| BASEketball / int_cef6a167 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_cef6a167 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_cef6a167 | |
| BASEketball / int_cf666827 | type |
If I Had a Nickel... | |
| BASEketball / int_cf666827 | comment |
If I Had a Nickel...: | |
| BASEketball / int_cf666827 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_cf666827 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_cf666827 | |
| BASEketball / int_d2aa7d09 | type |
Littlest Cancer Patient | |
| BASEketball / int_d2aa7d09 | comment |
Littlest Cancer Patient: Joey. Actually, it's liver recipient to be precise, but this still applies. | |
| BASEketball / int_d2aa7d09 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_d2aa7d09 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_d2aa7d09 | |
| BASEketball / int_d39e327f | type |
What the Hell, Hero? | |
| BASEketball / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: Squeak gives one to both Coop and Remer during his Rousing Speech, for the team's near-losing because they only cared about money (Remer) and power (Coop). | |
| BASEketball / int_d39e327f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_d39e327f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_d39e327f | |
| BASEketball / int_d7b34c31 | type |
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" | |
| BASEketball / int_d7b34c31 | comment |
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Squeak. His real first name is Kenny, but his teammates use his nickname so exclusively that it's assumed to be his given name. It gets even better when everyone is referred to by full name and nickname and we get to "Squeak 'Little Bitch' Scolari." | |
| BASEketball / int_d7b34c31 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_d7b34c31 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_d7b34c31 | |
| BASEketball / int_d7d6ed9a | type |
Fictional Sport | |
| BASEketball / int_d7d6ed9a | comment |
Fictional Sport | |
| BASEketball / int_d7d6ed9a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_d7d6ed9a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_d7d6ed9a | |
| BASEketball / int_dc26326 | type |
Two Decades Behind | |
| BASEketball / int_dc26326 | comment |
Two Decades Behind: Pop culture-wise. Minor example with Denslow Played for Laughs to show how out of touch he is the youth. | |
| BASEketball / int_dc26326 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_dc26326 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_dc26326 | |
| BASEketball / int_dec8bfbf | type |
Trash Talk | |
| BASEketball / int_dec8bfbf | comment |
Trash Talk: "Psyche-Outs"; an official part of the game. | |
| BASEketball / int_dec8bfbf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_dec8bfbf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_dec8bfbf | |
| BASEketball / int_e37f19 | type |
Disguised in Drag | |
| BASEketball / int_e37f19 | comment |
Also, Squeak with his admiring fan. She can't be a dude - she's got the cutest little Adam's apple! | |
| BASEketball / int_e37f19 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_e37f19 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_e37f19 | |
| BASEketball / int_e41a9801 | type |
All Women Are Lustful | |
| BASEketball / int_e41a9801 | comment |
All Women Are Lustful: Yvette. And Britney's mom apparently, if the dildo in her drawer is any indication. | |
| BASEketball / int_e41a9801 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_e41a9801 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_e41a9801 | |
| BASEketball / int_ece6f910 | type |
Moment Killer | |
| BASEketball / int_ece6f910 | comment |
Moment Killer: Remer barges into Coop's apartment in Kramer fashion just as he and Jenna are about to kiss. | |
| BASEketball / int_ece6f910 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_ece6f910 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_ece6f910 | |
| BASEketball / int_eef90616 | type |
Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick | |
| BASEketball / int_eef90616 | comment |
Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: | |
| BASEketball / int_eef90616 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_eef90616 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_eef90616 | |
| BASEketball / int_f01552b5 | type |
Everyone Must Be Paired | |
| BASEketball / int_f01552b5 | comment |
Everyone Must Be Paired: Coop ends up with his love interest Jenna, and Squeak embraces the possible transgender person he has been sharing looks with. Remer on the other hand looks despondent until he meets gazes with Yvette, a character he has had no interaction with throughout the movie. They immediately begin making out. | |
| BASEketball / int_f01552b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_f01552b5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_f01552b5 | |
| BASEketball / int_f10d3363 | type |
Distracted by the Sexy | |
| BASEketball / int_f10d3363 | comment |
Distracted by the Sexy: Al Michaels seems to be really fond of the Beers cheerleaders. | |
| BASEketball / int_f10d3363 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_f10d3363 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_f10d3363 | |
| BASEketball / int_f26d5e66 | type |
Brainless Beauty | |
| BASEketball / int_f26d5e66 | comment |
Brainless Beauty: Denslow's widow Yvette, she's not very smart | |
| BASEketball / int_f26d5e66 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_f26d5e66 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_f26d5e66 | |
| BASEketball / int_f6b2bfb7 | type |
Gold Digger | |
| BASEketball / int_f6b2bfb7 | comment |
Gold Digger: Yvette is all but stated to have been this. After Denslow leaves the team to Coop, she laments that she gave him "the best three weeks of her life". After hearing Squeak's speech, she may no longer be this. | |
| BASEketball / int_f6b2bfb7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_f6b2bfb7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_f6b2bfb7 | |
| BASEketball / int_f6b5441c | type |
Right in Front of Me | |
| BASEketball / int_f6b5441c | comment |
Right in Front of Me: | |
| BASEketball / int_f6b5441c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_f6b5441c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_f6b5441c | |
| BASEketball / int_f8e010ce | type |
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good | |
| BASEketball / int_f8e010ce | comment |
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Cain doesn't understand why a fellow billionaire like Denslow wouldn't want to commercialize baseketball to make even more money. | |
| BASEketball / int_f8e010ce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_f8e010ce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_f8e010ce | |
| BASEketball / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
| BASEketball / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: Cain's headaches. Of course, he's Surrounded by Idiots. Also, the "I hear your _____'s going out with Squeak!" psyche-out. Taken to its logical conclusion when Squeak himself uses it. The facial expression Jenna makes when she's surprised or weirded out by something. | |
| BASEketball / int_f9f2c33 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_f9f2c33 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_f9f2c33 | |
| BASEketball / int_fbd285b7 | type |
Comically Missing the Point | |
| BASEketball / int_fbd285b7 | comment |
Comically Missing the Point: Joey's first wishes include big game hunting a bald eagle or a giant panda, before choosing poisoning a reservoir and throwing flesh-eating fish into a public swimming pool. Also, Squeak with his admiring fan. She can't be a dude - she's got the cutest little Adam's apple! Remer thinks he has to quit baseketball to get rich. This happens every time Cain meets with Coop and/or Remer. He'll discuss his ideas regarding lucrative opportunities, but they'll greatly misinterpret what's Cain is talking about much to his chagrin. | |
| BASEketball / int_fbd285b7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_fbd285b7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_fbd285b7 | |
| BASEketball / int_fe0330fb | type |
Brick Joke | |
| BASEketball / int_fe0330fb | comment |
Brick Joke: Road Kill: Caught on Tape. | |
| BASEketball / int_fe0330fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball / int_fe0330fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BASEketball | hasFeature |
BASEketball / int_fe0330fb | |
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1.0 | |
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BASEketball / int_ff17ccf1 | |
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1.0 | |
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BASEketball / int_name | |
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BASEketball |
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