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Necessary Roughness

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Necessary Roughness	label	Necessary Roughness
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Necessary Roughness	comment	Necessary Roughness is a 1991 sports comedy film directed by Stan Dragoti and starring Scott Bakula, Robert Loggia, and HÃ©ctor Elizondo, with a supporting cast including Larry Miller, Sinbad, Jason Bateman, Rob Schneider, and Kathy Ireland.Paul Blake (Bakula) is a former high school football star who gave up his dreams of playing college ball and probably going on to the pros to stay home and run the family farm after the death of his father. When the Texas State University football team, the Fighting Armadillos, becomes involved in a scandal resulting in almost the entire team being expelled or disqualified, the new coaches must assemble a team from the ragtag group of goofballs willing to join... and the now thirty-plus Blake, lured to college and the team by the idea of finally putting to rest his dreams of what might have been.It falls on Blake, as quarterback, along with Coach Eddie "Straight Arrow" Gennero (Elizondo) — a former big-time college coach lured to Texas State with the promise of building a program from the ground up, with no booster interference — and assistant coach Wally "Rig" Riggendorf (Loggia), to try and turn this strange group of nobodies into a Band of Brothers, while the entire time the team is under the baleful eye of Dean Elias (Miller), who hates college sports teams and wants any excuse to destroy the team and get rid of football forever. (Yeah, in Texas. As you can imagine, he's quite the popular guy.) Along the way Blake falls for one of his teachers, journalism professor Suzanne Carter (Harley Jane Kozak), with whom he turns out to have a past of which he was completely unaware.The film averts one of the major underdog sports movie tropes. See, turns out that assembling a ragtag team of weirdos who have never played football doesn't suddenly rocket you to success and send you to the finals. The Armadillos have an absolutely terrible season, and in the end the final game isn't about winning the championships... it's about winning their pride and dignity instead.Not to be confused with the USA network show of the same name.
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Necessary Roughness / int_120d0e3f	type	Adam Westing
Necessary Roughness / int_120d0e3f	comment	Adam Westing: Rob Schneider's sports announcer talks like his "Richmeister" character from Saturday Night Live.
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Necessary Roughness / int_188668f2	type	Redemption Quest
Necessary Roughness / int_188668f2	comment	Redemption Quest: Both for Blake (to prove to himself he had what it took to be a big time college QB) and for Coach Gennero (who was chased from his last job by boosters who hated him). Charlie Banks also gets a nod, since he was the only player from the previous team who didn't get banned from the sport. He ends up on the receiving end of the pass that wins the game.
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Necessary Roughness / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
Necessary Roughness / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: Several NFL legends (including Dick Butkus, Tony Dorsett, Herschel Walker, and Earl Campbell, just to name a few) and a pro boxer (Evander Holyfield) appear as inmates when the team plays a "scrimmage" against a local prison.
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Necessary Roughness / int_211eedd	type	All Crimes Are Equal
Necessary Roughness / int_211eedd	comment	All Crimes Are Equal: When the inmates arrive at the practice field for a scrimmage, they are presented as a bunch of hardened violent criminals. They jump the Armadillos and start beating the hell out of them as soon as the ball is snapped, and only stop when a guard fires a warning shot. As Krimm is getting smacked around by his inmate, he asks him what heâ€™s in for. The response? â€œComputer fraud.â€�
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Necessary Roughness / int_29789a9d	type	Post-Kiss Catatonia
Necessary Roughness / int_29789a9d	comment	Post-Kiss Catatonia: Manu gets a Smooch of Victory on the cheek from Lucy after the team wins the last game. He promptly faints on the field in the middle of the celebration.
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Necessary Roughness / int_351e0e53	type	Dean Bitterman
Necessary Roughness / int_351e0e53	comment	Dean Bitterman: Dean Phillip Elias. Believes sports have no place at college. Fine in itself, but he's willing to use every dirty trick in the book, including breaking all conceivable ethical guidelines, to get rid of college football.
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Necessary Roughness / int_36c64123	type	Gentle Giant
Necessary Roughness / int_36c64123	comment	Gentle Giant: Manu, who is the most physically imposing of the Armadillo players, yet also the most well-mannered and chivalrous.
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Necessary Roughness / int_38958f33	type	Black and Nerdy
Necessary Roughness / int_38958f33	comment	Black and Nerdy: Sinbad as Andre Krimm, a former player who gave up the team to focus on academics. Blake lures him back. He has a hell of a tackle.
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Necessary Roughness / int_3ed23024	type	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
Necessary Roughness / int_3ed23024	comment	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: About an hour after the bar brawl, Flat Top goes home and his face is purple from those No-Sell punches.
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Necessary Roughness / int_44fc28e8	type	Honor Before Reason
Necessary Roughness / int_44fc28e8	comment	Honor Before Reason: He's called Eddie "Straight Arrow" Gennero for a reason.
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Necessary Roughness / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Necessary Roughness / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: The prisoners have no interest in actually scrimmaging the team and instead just beat the crap out of the them. But they later attend their final game against Texas and make darn sure everyone supports the Armadillos.
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Necessary Roughness / int_4a84ef8d	type	Big Game
Necessary Roughness / int_4a84ef8d	comment	Big Game: played with. The Armadillos 0-8-1 and no matter what their season is over after the final game. But their game against Texas has extra meaning due to the earlier bar brawl. Plus they know theyâ€™re improving and have come together as a team and desperately want to win just one game.
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Necessary Roughness / int_500ecfb7	type	The Big Guy
Necessary Roughness / int_500ecfb7	comment	The Big Guy: Manumana, Blake's giant Samoan center. According to him, it means "runt of the litter", and the other men in his family are even bigger. He's also given the Ironic Nickname "Manumana the Slender".
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Necessary Roughness / int_581f6468	type	Hero of Another Story
Necessary Roughness / int_581f6468	comment	Hero of Another Story: The story of Charlie Banks, the only player on the original team not to be banned from football, and how he not only persisted in the sport despite his obvious athletic shortcomings, all the way to catching the winning reception, would have made a fine movie in and of itself.
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Necessary Roughness / int_5a6c9d5c	type	Combat Commentator
Necessary Roughness / int_5a6c9d5c	comment	Combat Commentator: The referee becomes this during the final game, after one of the Armadillos goes all Cobra Kai on a couple of the opposition players.
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Necessary Roughness / int_5f6ac848	type	Wrong Bathroom Incident
Necessary Roughness / int_5f6ac848	comment	Wrong Bathroom Incident: Lucy (played by Kathy Ireland) is the only woman on the Armadillos and has to use the same locker rooms. However, to preserve her dignity, Manu forces the other players out and stands guard while she showers and changes.
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Necessary Roughness / int_64325825	type	Who Needs Overtime?
Necessary Roughness / int_64325825	comment	Who Needs Overtime?: In the climax, after a few of the players get hurt, it looks like the Armadillos are going for the tie, but they run a fake PAT with Blake hitting Charlie Banks in the endzone for the 2-point conversion and the win. (This was before the NCAA adopted overtime in 1996, five years after this film was released.)
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Necessary Roughness / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
Necessary Roughness / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: Dean Elias castigates Suzanne for dating Paul, while the two of them blow it off as simply being consenting adults. But not only is she a professor and he a student (despite their similar ages), but Paul is in her class at the time, making it a severe violation of professional standards by any definition.
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Necessary Roughness / int_6bd689ca	type	Meaningful Echo
Necessary Roughness / int_6bd689ca	comment	Meaningful Echo: When Blake is practicing throwing passes in the beginning of the movie, he uses an old football target with the jersey number 88. Later, when he throws the game-winning extra point pass, guess what number Charley Banks, the receiver, wears?
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Necessary Roughness / int_6cf80934	type	Big Word Shout
Necessary Roughness / int_6cf80934	comment	Big Word Shout: The announcer shouting "SHIIIT!" after the team's 8th loss.
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Necessary Roughness / int_716d9138	type	Bar Brawl
Necessary Roughness / int_716d9138	comment	Bar Brawl: To absolutely no one's surprise, this ensues when the Armadillos encounter their Jerk Jock rival team, the Colts, at a bar.
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Necessary Roughness / int_7cc1924a	type	Handshake Refusal
Necessary Roughness / int_7cc1924a	comment	Handshake Refusal: Done both ways at the start of the Texas game; after the coin toss, the referee tells both sets of team captains to shake hands — and no one on either side moves a muscle. Both groups simply glare at each other, and walk off.
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Necessary Roughness / int_7f9b12a6	type	Chairman of the Brawl
Necessary Roughness / int_7f9b12a6	comment	Chairman of the Brawl: During the bar fight, natch.
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Necessary Roughness / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Necessary Roughness / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Jim Kelly in his cameos.
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Necessary Roughness / int_863fac26	type	Jerk Jock
Necessary Roughness / int_863fac26	comment	Jerk Jock: Most of the Armadillos avert this, either by being good people or not being jocks. (Or at least, football jocks.) Their rival team, however, is made up of this. Their star linebacker, "Flat-Top", could probably provide the trope page image.
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Necessary Roughness / int_875615dd	type	Truth in Television
Necessary Roughness / int_875615dd	comment	There really isn't a rule that says a woman can't play college football — and there actually have been a few female kickers at the college level in Real Life.
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Necessary Roughness / int_87629455	type	No Communities Were Harmed
Necessary Roughness / int_87629455	comment	No Communities Were Harmed: Texas State is basically the University of North Texas (where the movie was mostly shot) with the Serial Numbers Filed Off. However, the backstory for TSU is basically that of Southern Methodist University, the only school in NCAA history to receive the "Death Penalty"note A complete shutdown of the program for an entire season. Which became two seasons because SMU didn't have enough eligible players when the ban was lifted- but even then the NCAA would have limited them to playing only seven away games that wouldnâ€™t have been televised. It may not seem like all that significant, but to put it in perspective, it took over 20 years before the SMU football program recovered enough to even be a blip on the radar in regards to championships and prestige. for football. Meanwhile, the Armadillos' rival Texas Colts are an expy of what most people probably think of the Texas Longhorns.
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Necessary Roughness / int_8ad43dc9	type	Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Necessary Roughness / int_8ad43dc9	comment	Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The Armadillos.
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Necessary Roughness / int_90e31482	type	Laser-Guided Karma
Necessary Roughness / int_90e31482	comment	Laser-Guided Karma: Flat-Top antagonized the Armadillos at the bar by insulting Manumanu. On the game-ending two-point attempt, Manumanu absolutely destroys Flat-Top. Dean Elias spends the entire movie trying to end the football program. During the final game, he approaches Chancellor Purcell, having taken it upon himself to re-grade the team's exams on his own curve. Blake spots this activity on the sidelines, and calls a play that sends both teams plowing straight over the Dean, who's left trampled, and somehow holding the football. Purcell puts a bow on the whole thing by telling Elias: Then the final scene of the movie has the Armadillo mascot point a prop gun at the defeated Elias' head. His only response is an "Of course this happens" eyeroll.
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Necessary Roughness / int_a63fd70f	type	The Promise
Necessary Roughness / int_a63fd70f	comment	The Promise: As the Armadillos set up the final play of the movie, it's actually the last line of the movie not spoken by the announcer:
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Necessary Roughness / int_a8559a9f	type	RealLife
Necessary Roughness / int_a8559a9f	comment	Averted with Blake. Since he never went to college, his eligibility clock never started. Several Real Life older football players (Chris Weinke, Brandon Weeden) have had successful college football careers (this was usually after they had given up being professional baseball players; though this would make them ineligible to play baseball in college, they can still play football just fine.) Andre might be another matter. He's a graduate student, thus in real life he probably would not have the eligibility the movie claims he has. He specifically mentions that he earned his Bachelor's in 5 semesters (two and a half years at most), his Master's in one year, and was halfway to his Ph.D (probably around a semester or two given his prowess). He'd still have his year. Players do occasionally have eligibility while pursuing graduate studies. Andre may have graduated in less than four years or could have been a medical redshirt at some point and gained an extra year of eligibility.
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Necessary Roughness / int_ab1064b3	type	Modesty Towel
Necessary Roughness / int_ab1064b3	comment	Modesty Towel ->Toplessness from the Back: Lucy in the shower room, to the joy of Kathy Ireland fans.note As a general rule, this and/or Hand-or-Object Underwear was the only kind of nudity she would do, both in her film and her modeling work. Manumanu plays a living Scenery Censor.
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Necessary Roughness / int_adf8807b	type	One Season Athlete
Necessary Roughness / int_adf8807b	comment	One Season Athlete: Paul Blake was a standout high school quarterback until he had to give up his dreams to run the family farm after his father's death. He gets recruited for the Texas State Armadillos in his mid-30s because the team was stripped of almost every player due to scandal and Blake still has college eligibility left.
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Necessary Roughness / int_b1dde8fd	type	Loophole Abuse
Necessary Roughness / int_b1dde8fd	comment	Loophole Abuse: There really isn't a rule that says a woman can't play college football — and there actually have been a few female kickers at the college level in Real Life. There also isn't a rule preventing older players from playing college sports, provided they have remaining eligibility.
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Necessary Roughness / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
Necessary Roughness / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: After the bar fight:
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Necessary Roughness / int_bbf11c0	type	Genius Bruiser
Necessary Roughness / int_bbf11c0	comment	Genius Bruiser: Andre, a massive, powerful lineman who went to Texas State on a football and chemistry scholarship. He ended up quitting football in favor of academics. Also the convict player who effortlessly manhandles Andre, and replies "computer fraud" when asked what he's in prison for.
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Necessary Roughness / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
Necessary Roughness / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: During an attempt at a Rousing Speech. The announcer shouting "SHIIIT!" after the team's 8th loss.
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Necessary Roughness / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Necessary Roughness / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: You can insult Blake. You can talk crap about his team's abysmal season. You can even pour beer on him. But do not insult his center. In a later scene, the center in question has to be held back by the entire team when an opposing player cheap shots Lucy. (Fortunately, she can fight her own battles - see Groin Attack below.)
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Necessary Roughness / int_c0c5d08b	type	Large-Ham Announcer
Necessary Roughness / int_c0c5d08b	comment	Large-Ham Announcer: Rob Schneider as Armadillos radio announcer Chuck Neiderman is this in spades. â€œHow are you going to throw a flag on that? It was a clean kick to the face mask!â€�
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Necessary Roughness / int_c3191ad7	type	Smooch of Victory
Necessary Roughness / int_c3191ad7	comment	Smooch of Victory: Lucy kisses Manumana on the cheek after they win the last game. Manumana collapses in joy.
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Necessary Roughness / int_c5d50cb0	type	Opposing Sports Team
Necessary Roughness / int_c5d50cb0	comment	Opposing Sports Team: The Texas Colts.
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Necessary Roughness / int_c6edf1c	type	Tragic Dropout
Necessary Roughness / int_c6edf1c	comment	Tragic Dropout: Blake never got to go to college because he had to run the family farm.
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Necessary Roughness / int_cafca250	type	Conscience Makes You Go Back
Necessary Roughness / int_cafca250	comment	Conscience Makes You Go Back: Lampshaded when Paul realizes he can't just walk away from the team due to a few personal problems, since Jarvis was about to do the same.
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Necessary Roughness / int_cbd2bfa3	type	Glory Days
Necessary Roughness / int_cbd2bfa3	comment	Glory Days: Blake's high school football years are this, but his father died and he gave up college years before to run the farm.
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Necessary Roughness / int_cd3a1755	type	Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh...
Necessary Roughness / int_cd3a1755	comment	Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh...: Blake gives Flat Top a one-two punch in the face after the latter insults his center. Flat Top is barely fazed (like he just got splashed with a faceful of cold water), prompting an utterance of "oh, Lord" from someone off-camera just before the ensuing bar brawl.
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Necessary Roughness / int_e462893a	comment	Artistic License â€“ Sports: The scene where the referee gives up trying to tally all the penalties Samurai racked up when he punched out half the opposing offense: In reality, the other team would only be allowed to take one of the penalties, not all of them (not to mention Samurai would've been ejected from the game before the ref even started talking). Averted in the "take one of the penalties" sense, in that the ref finally gives up on the long list and ends with "15 yards, first down!" ...which is what the infraction would have given in real life (though, again, Samurai would be ejected.) Averted with Blake. Since he never went to college, his eligibility clock never started. Several Real Life older football players (Chris Weinke, Brandon Weeden) have had successful college football careers (this was usually after they had given up being professional baseball players; though this would make them ineligible to play baseball in college, they can still play football just fine.) Andre might be another matter. He's a graduate student, thus in real life he probably would not have the eligibility the movie claims he has. He specifically mentions that he earned his Bachelor's in 5 semesters (two and a half years at most), his Master's in one year, and was halfway to his Ph.D (probably around a semester or two given his prowess). He'd still have his year. Players do occasionally have eligibility while pursuing graduate studies. Andre may have graduated in less than four years or could have been a medical redshirt at some point and gained an extra year of eligibility.
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Necessary Roughness / int_e4d98039	comment	Down to the Last Play: The Kansas game comes down to Lucy having to make a field goal in heavy rain as time expires just to tie, while the Texas game comes down to one last shot at the end zone with the Armadillos down seven points. Coach Gennero sends in Coach Rigg's gimmick play, and it works, and then lets Blake set up a fake extra point kick to go for the win.
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Necessary Roughness / int_e9e35e8f	comment	Exact Words: Dean Ellias tells the team that he arranged a scrimmage â€œanother state institutionâ€�. He of course meant a prison.
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Necessary Roughness / int_eaf5a1ac	comment	Groin Attack/Ironic Echo: A big player on an opposing team knocks Lucy down after the game and dismissively says, "Welcome to football!" She retaliates by kicking him hard in the groin, angrily saying, "Welcome to foot...ball!"
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Necessary Roughness / int_f1d3f0c9	comment	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: The coach is laid out with chest pains. He asks his doctor what he has, and the answer is provided by this trope and Expospeak Gag:
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