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School of Rock

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School of Rock	label	School of Rock
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School of Rock	comment	School of Rock is a 2003 comedy directed by Richard Linklater (an icon of the American independent film scene going more mainstream), written by Mike White, and starring Jack Black and Joan Cusack.Dewey Finn (Black) is a rock musician whose Control Freak tendencies, among other things, get him kicked out of the band he founded. After some time of doing nothing, it becomes apparent that he had better find another job to pay the rent.As it happens, an elite private school in the area has an opening for a long-term substitute teacher. Receiving a phone call intended for his apartment roommate, Ned Schneebly (White), Dewey fakes his roommate's identity and gets hired. He takes the job initially planning to do as little as possible, but soon discovers that the kids have musical talent. After that, he changes his plans drastically, turning the class entirely into a music class about the history of rock, and preparing his kids to enter a Battle Of The Bands contest and beat his old band.The film received rave reviews from critics and the public alike, and is still one of Black's most well known roles to this day. In fact, Jack Black is on the record as saying the role is his favorite of his career, as well as the closest to his actual personality.A television series based on the film premiered on Nickelodeon in 2016. There is also a Broadway musical adaptation that opened in the fall of 2015.
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School of Rock / int_1086f287	comment	Sure, Let's Go with That: When the crowd demands an encore, Dewey has to tell the kids what's happened and that the band has to go back out. He starts to object when all the kids rush on stage, but then he just runs with it, because they've all earned it and that's pretty goddamn rock.
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School of Rock / int_127fc252	type	Creator Cameo
School of Rock / int_127fc252	comment	Creator Cameo: When Dewey shows Ned a photograph of the band they used to be in together the third member is director Richard Linklater.
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School of Rock / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
School of Rock / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: Dewey teaches at Horace Green, an expensive prep school. This is a stand in for the prestigious Horace Mann.
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School of Rock / int_12de0775	type	Goggles Do Nothing
School of Rock / int_12de0775	comment	Goggles Do Nothing: Freddy wears a pair during the Battle of the Bands, most likely for Rule of Cool.
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School of Rock / int_153726d7	type	Spiky Hair
School of Rock / int_153726d7	comment	Spiky Hair: Freddie adopts this style when he discovers punk music.
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School of Rock / int_170128e9	type	Right Behind Me
School of Rock / int_170128e9	comment	Right Behind Me: Two guys mock and insult Dewey behind his back after seeing one of his "Dewey Finn Wants You" posters, and after they walk away, Dewey is revealed standing only a few feet away and not looking too happy about what he just heard.
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School of Rock / int_185ea595	type	The Trickster
School of Rock / int_185ea595	comment	The Trickster: Dewey is a classical example of this. He steals Nedâ€™s identity and takes a job working at Horace Green, where to keep his job, he must maintain the appearance of teaching in a classroom through tricks. He also challenges authority and encourages this from his students but ultimately imparts important life lessons about collaboration and self-expression to the kids. Dewey is eventually caught for his transgressions but unlike other examples, he learns from his mistakes.
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School of Rock / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
School of Rock / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: It's the name of the band, repeated with great emphasis by Jack Black. It's also the name of the song the band plays at the Battle of the Bands.
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School of Rock / int_191a3673	type	Graceful Loser
School of Rock / int_191a3673	comment	Graceful Loser: The kids take getting second place at the Battle of the Bands far better than Dewey, who honestly just wanted to one-up his former bandmates. Dewey eventually joins in their sentiment that they put on a good show, especially when the audience calls for an encore. No Vacancy reads the room pretty quick and accepts their prize and modestly exits the stage when the crowd starts chanting for School of Rock to come back out. They knew they won, but the kids were the real winners with the crowd and they werenâ€™t going to stand in the way.
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School of Rock / int_19da8a03	type	Incurable Cough of Death
School of Rock / int_19da8a03	comment	Incurable Cough of Death: The kids' Bad "Bad Acting" for their "fatal illnesses" to get them into the Battle of the Bands.
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School of Rock / int_1b4e322c	type	Mr. Fanservice
School of Rock / int_1b4e322c	comment	Mr. Fanservice: Dewey's replacement in No Vacancy wears a "shirt" that is only sleeves and has a sculpted physique, such that Ros is ... Distracted by the Sexy when he seriously hits on her.
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School of Rock / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
School of Rock / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: If you've never heard of these guys, you'll miss it, but The Mooney Suzuki are briefly seen backstage at the battle of the bands. Sammy James Jr., the lead singer, co-wrote the song "School of Rock" for the movie along with Mike White.
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School of Rock / int_1bb58104	type	Crowd Surfing
School of Rock / int_1bb58104	comment	Crowd Surfing: Dewey attempts this in the first scene while performing with No Vacancy. The crowd is much too sparse and disinterested to try to catch him and he crashes painfully to the floor. He tries again during the Battle of the Bands and succeeds to his obvious delight.
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School of Rock / int_1d52614a	type	Somethingitis
School of Rock / int_1d52614a	comment	Something-itis: Dewey Finn says the children are suffering from "stick-it-to-the-man-eosis" to win the sympathy of the Battle of the Bands judges.
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School of Rock / int_1dfbbf31	type	Heterosexual Life-Partners
School of Rock / int_1dfbbf31	comment	Heterosexual Life-Partners: Dewey and Ned.
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School of Rock / int_1dfd19f9	type	Papa Wolf
School of Rock / int_1dfd19f9	comment	Papa Wolf: After seeing their kids perform a killer song at the Battle of the Bands, Lawrence and Zack's dads lead the chant, "SCHOOL OF ROCK, SCHOOL OF ROCK!" when No Vacancy wins the prize and the $20,000 dollar check. When Dewey learns that Freddy took off with some random guys to hang out in a van his concern and panic is obviously for Freddyâ€™s safety and he reams everyone involved.
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School of Rock / int_1e7487cd	type	Breaking the Fourth Wall
School of Rock / int_1e7487cd	comment	Breaking the Fourth Wall: See Credits Gag below.
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School of Rock / int_20989d05	type	Parents as People
School of Rock / int_20989d05	comment	Parents as People: In "If Only You Would Listen," it's obvious that all the kids' parents love them but don't click with them. Billy is hurt that his dad doesn't want him to read Vogue and makes him watch a game; Tomika's parents are Innocently Insensitive about how she's not "fitting in" and are an overprotective pair; Zack's dad doesn't want to spend time with him. After they see the rock performance, it seems all their relationships will improve for the better.
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School of Rock / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
School of Rock / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Parents' Night is mentioned, Dewey promptly forgets about it and does his own thing... and then half an hour later the plot element comes to fruition. And because he hasn't been planning, during that intervening half hour of plot, Hilarity Ensues. Could also be considered foreshadowing, as the principal stresses how important it is.
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School of Rock / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
School of Rock / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: The show goes deeper into the backgrounds of the kids (i.e. Billy comes from a family of masculine football players, Freddy's dad constantly berates for not doing as well as his classmates, etc.) We also see Ned rocking out with Dewey, showing they are genuine friends and that Ned's rock passions are there.
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School of Rock / int_24afe720	type	Just Testing You
School of Rock / int_24afe720	comment	Just Testing You: A Running Gag whenever Dewey says something that contradicts anything he said earlier:
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School of Rock / int_2565ac2	type	Save Our Students
School of Rock / int_2565ac2	comment	Save Our Students: Played with. The kids didn't really need saving, but a fair few of them come out happier than they ever were. Lawrence, Freddie and Zack agree that even though "Mr. S" lied to them and used them for a rock show, their three weeks of "vacation" weren't a waste of time.
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School of Rock / int_25f0ed12	type	Hollywood Tone-Deaf
School of Rock / int_25f0ed12	comment	Hollywood Tone-Deaf: Averted for Summer, since all of the kids are singing at Broadway professional levels. Dewey makes her the manager off the bat since he recognizes her smarts.
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School of Rock / int_28c1d543	type	Defrosting Ice Queen
School of Rock / int_28c1d543	comment	Defrosting Ice Queen: Summer, who is initially snotty and stuck up, only concerned with her grades but comes to be friends with her classmates. Also Ms. Mullins, who starts out very prim, but warms to Dewey (and Spider).
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School of Rock / int_2943de8d	type	Bros Before Hoes
School of Rock / int_2943de8d	comment	Bros Before Hoes: At the end, Ned breaks up with Patty, and continues his friendship with Dewey.
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School of Rock / int_294807a5	type	Silly Prayer
School of Rock / int_294807a5	comment	Silly Prayer: Dewey and the kids engage in a group prayer before going onstage for Battle of the Bands.
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School of Rock / int_2bb06191	type	Adaptational Sexuality
School of Rock / int_2bb06191	comment	Adaptational Sexuality: Tomika's parents were her biological mother and father in the movie, but are a gay couple in the show (although, presumably, eitherâ€‹ could be her biological parent).
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School of Rock / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
School of Rock / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: Dewey is a slacker and a Manchild, but he takes his ambitions to become a rock star completely seriously, as evidenced by his use of theory terms when teaching the kids "Smoke On The Water."
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School of Rock / int_2e39af52	type	Girlish Pigtails
School of Rock / int_2e39af52	comment	Girlish Pigtails: Marta/Blondie, one of the back-up singers. She had them braided and below the jaw line in a dreary, bored fashion (the dull uniform doesn't help), until the very end at their concert where they're high up and loose.
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School of Rock / int_308ac24f	type	Fantasy-Forbidding Father
School of Rock / int_308ac24f	comment	Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Zack's dad. He comes across as overbearing, and doesn't allow him to play the electric guitar, calling it a waste of time.
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School of Rock / int_30f7df9d	type	Rummage Sale Reject
School of Rock / int_30f7df9d	comment	Rummage Sale Reject: A lot of the kids' costumes during the climactic show end up looking like this.
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School of Rock / int_355007c3	type	Brilliant, but Lazy
School of Rock / int_355007c3	comment	Brilliant, but Lazy: Dewey is a talented guitarist, has a good knowledge of rock 'n roll and dreams of being a rock star, but has no other job and no desire to get one, mooching off Ned for years, according to himself. It's only when Patty threatens to kick him out that he decides to do something about it and pay Ned the money he owes him, even if only for Ned's sake.
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School of Rock / int_364b9be6	type	Flipping the Bird
School of Rock / int_364b9be6	comment	Flipping the Bird: When No Vacancy tell Dewey he's out of the band he responds by holding up three fingers and telling the lead singer to "read between the lines!"
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School of Rock / int_38068a1	type	Battle of the Bands
School of Rock / int_38068a1	comment	Battle of the Bands: The plot revolves around Dewey entering the kids in one to beat his old band. They lose, but still win the audience's adoration.
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School of Rock / int_381855db	type	Five-Second Foreshadowing
School of Rock / int_381855db	comment	Five-Second Foreshadowing: At the Parents' Night while Dewey is telling the parents about their children, he nervously looks in the hallway and sees Ned, his girlfriend and Ms. Mullins talking to police officers. This is after Dewey confessed to Ned that he's been impersonating him for money.
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School of Rock / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
School of Rock / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: When the girls approach him about their name for the band, Dewey is jamming to the theme song to Channel 101's Computer Man, which starred Jack Black as the title character.
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School of Rock / int_39eba631	type	The Slacker
School of Rock / int_39eba631	comment	The Slacker: Dewey.
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School of Rock / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
School of Rock / int_3b113b7	comment	Character Development: Dewey goes from a selfish Manchild to a Team Dad and a Cool Teacher who learns from the kids how to compromise on the band stuff, which was what got him fired from No Vacancy in the first place.
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School of Rock / int_3c88d6c2	type	Flat "What"
School of Rock / int_3c88d6c2	comment	Flat "What": Dewey's reaction to Ned suggesting he should sell one of his guitars for rent money. However, we later see Dewey attempting to do just that, after he's kicked out of No Vacancy.
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School of Rock / int_3db71fa8	type	Blithe Spirit
School of Rock / int_3db71fa8	comment	Blithe Spirit: Dewey.
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School of Rock / int_3ed23024	type	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
School of Rock / int_3ed23024	comment	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: At the audition for Battle of the Bands, Dewey is furious to find he and the kids have gotten there too late, and when he talks to the man in charge, he throws a chair, gets in his face and shouts at him. The man in charge simply tells his assistant to call security and have them thrown out. When the parents and Mullins get to Battle of the Bands after finding out that Dewey has taken their kids there to play the show, they are initially refused entry because they don't have tickets and, as far as the ticket checker knows, this is just a random group of people trying to get past him without paying. A rock band of children competes in the Battle of Bands with professional musicians. The audience loves them, but they're not the ones judging the actual contest, and Dewey's old band No Vacancy ends up taking first place. The first responsible adult to find out what Dewey is doing immediately calls the cops, and rightly so. What he did was fraud and child endangerment. The administration and parents are equally furious.
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School of Rock / int_3f45f1e6	type	Adaptational Heroism
School of Rock / int_3f45f1e6	comment	Adaptational Heroism: In "You're in the Band" Dewey allows the kids who aren't instrumentalists to volunteer for the non-music positions, and makes Summer the manager instead of giving her the role to placate her.
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School of Rock / int_40bb59d0	type	Blatant Lies
School of Rock / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: Dewey telling the students that the rock band "student project" is for a win on their permanent record counts as this. Earlier in the movie, Dewey attempts to sell his Gibson SG guitar for rent money, claiming that it was owned by Jimi Hendrix. The buyer sees through the lie almost immediately and hangs up.
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School of Rock / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
School of Rock / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Despite their entry, School of Rock ultimately loses to No Vacancy, Dewey's former band. However, the audience deprives them of their glory by demanding an encore from School of Rock, since the school had more passion for their work. The credits reveal that Dewey has repurposed his love of rock by becoming an afterschool teacher, something that inspires Ned to do the same.
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School of Rock / int_423a91bd	type	Uncle Sam Wants You
School of Rock / int_423a91bd	comment	Uncle Sam Wants You: Parodied with Dewey's "Dewey Finn Wants You" posters, which has an image of Dewey pointing at the viewer amid a caption reading "Dewey Finn Wants You For The Most Rocking Band Ever!!!"
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School of Rock / int_43b785f9	type	Nothing but Hits
School of Rock / int_43b785f9	comment	Nothing but Hits: The soundtrack contains classic rock by the boatload. Justified, as they are used to teach the kids how to rock.
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School of Rock / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
School of Rock / int_44606d14	comment	Becoming the Mask: Dewey eventually does start to care for his students and eventually winds up becoming the teacher of an after-school program called, you guessed it, The School of Rock.
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School of Rock / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
School of Rock / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Dewey. He's Brilliant, but Lazy, has been mooching off Ned for years and has no desire to get a real job. He also impersonates Ned just to he can avoid getting knocked out, which comes back to bite him later. He's also still a good friend to Ned by promising to pay him the money he owes him and urges him to dump Patty (for Ned's sake as well as his own), brings out the musical talent in the kids he teaches, tries to sort out some of their self-esteem issues and apologizes to the kids later that he used them for his own means.
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School of Rock / int_48081842	type	The Stinger
School of Rock / int_48081842	comment	The Stinger: At some point after the Battle of the Bands, Dewey opens up an after school program called the School of Rock, where he continues coaching the students he played with, accompanied by Ned who is coaching young beginners.
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School of Rock / int_4a5fcde	type	Adaptational Alternate Ending
School of Rock / int_4a5fcde	comment	Adaptational Alternate Ending: Rather than start their own after-school program, Ms. Mullins and the parents agree that Dewey can be a "music coach" for the kids after their classes, hiring him for real.
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School of Rock / int_4a8c4e5f	type	Big "WHAT?!"
School of Rock / int_4a8c4e5f	comment	Big "WHAT?!": Dewey gets two. The first is during the auditions for Battle of the Bands after Summer tells him another band invited Freddy out to their van. The second is a scene or so later when he's told the auditions are over.
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School of Rock / int_4af55b78	type	Credits Gag
School of Rock / int_4af55b78	comment	Credits Gag: The movie ends with the Battle of the Bands encore, a cover of AC/DC's "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)," which transitions into a jam at Dewey's new apartment-based School of Rock as the credits roll over them. Eventually, Dewey starts acknowledging them, pointing to certain names and saying "I do not know that guy!" then telling the audience to clear out for the next screening.
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School of Rock / int_4b4274e3	type	Second Place Is for Winners
School of Rock / int_4b4274e3	comment	Second Place Is for Winners: Sure, Dewey's old band wins the $20,000 dollar check and first prize, but the kids' parents and Ms. Mullins are blown away by their performance, ensuring that they will continue to rock together, and the audience asks them to come out for an encore song.
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School of Rock / int_4e52a624	type	Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
School of Rock / int_4e52a624	comment	Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: When Ned receives a check from a school where he's never taught, he tries to call them about it. He's rocked to find out that Dewey was impersonating him.
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School of Rock / int_510e5a9	type	Sassy Black Woman
School of Rock / int_510e5a9	comment	Sassy Black Girl: Alicia. Tomika, initially a Shrinking Violet, is on her way of becoming one.
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School of Rock / int_5154aeb0	type	Blaming
School of Rock / int_5154aeb0	comment	Blaming "The Man": When Summer demands that "Mr. Schneebly" actually teaches them something, a cynical Dewey breaks out into a rant that all of their dreams are moot because "The Man" is ruining the world and will conspire to keep you down. Later when Dewey warms up to them, one lesson he gives them is that a little rebellion can be good for your well-being and that Hard Rock thrives on that kind of confidence. He demonstrates this by playing the part of "The Man" and encourages them to tell him off.
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School of Rock / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
School of Rock / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: Dewey is performing at a concert both at the start and end of the film and performs a stage dive at each one. The first time he fails and lands on the floor, the second time he succeeds.
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School of Rock / int_54bb502b	type	Nobody Poops
School of Rock / int_54bb502b	comment	Nobody Poops: Averted. Dewey is in the men's room standing at a urinal when he hears the kids playing their instruments in music class. His first rant to the kids is that he has a headache and the runs and they need to just have recess and leave him alone.
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School of Rock / int_5ce2c9c6	type	Suddenly Shouting
School of Rock / int_5ce2c9c6	comment	Suddenly Shouting: Dewey's line to Theo while holding up his hand in a stealthily way of flipping him off: "Read between the lines, Theo. Read between the LINES!".
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School of Rock / int_5f91efd9	type	Creative Closing Credits
School of Rock / int_5f91efd9	comment	Creative Closing Credits: The open credits appear as various posters and on people's shirts in the bar. The title appears as a neon sign.
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School of Rock / int_607d2ef7	type	Mouthing the Profanity
School of Rock / int_607d2ef7	comment	Mouthing the Profanity: Ms. Mullins' drunken rant about the pressures of being principal ends with her mouthing the word "bitch" instead of saying it out loud.
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School of Rock / int_62e59256	type	Groupie
School of Rock / int_62e59256	comment	Groupie: Dewey assigns three girls as "groupies" of the other band members (a G-rated version thankfully, as they are in charge of merchandise and branding). Summer, however, refuses to be a groupie when she discovers the R-rated meaning of the term, and she is instead given the role of band manager.
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School of Rock / int_62f9d08e	type	Freeze-Frame Bonus
School of Rock / int_62f9d08e	comment	Freeze-Frame Bonus: At one point, during the rock class montage, Dewey draws a flowchart on the blackboard with the origins and development of rock and important artists that influenced the genre. Pausing the movie reveals how accurate the whole thing actually is◊.
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School of Rock / int_643659d4	type	Spit Take
School of Rock / int_643659d4	comment	Spit Take: Dewey when he realizes that parent/teacher night is the same night as the Battle of the Bands.
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School of Rock / int_663f35c0	type	Only One Name
School of Rock / int_663f35c0	comment	Only One Name: All of the kids except for Freddy, Summer and Zack. Also Theo and Spider, Dewey's old bandmate and the one who replaced him.
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School of Rock / int_6a6c1f35	type	The Power of Rock
School of Rock / int_6a6c1f35	comment	The Power of Rock
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School of Rock / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
School of Rock / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: Patty is portrayed as a domineering girlfriend but she's not wrong about being angry at Dewey for abusing his friend's kindness to live rent free in their apartment while refusing to get a job. Furthermore, she's not wrong to be angry that Dewey's response to Ned finally trying to make Dewey pay the rent he owes was to impersonate Ned, committing fraud and possibly putting Ned's job in jeopardy while also originally not caring about the quality of education he was giving the kids. Everything Patty nags Ned about is true. Especially about standing up for himself. She realizes too late that it applies to her as well. Dewey also towards Patty for calling the cops on him at the school, not for his sake but for the kids, in that he wasn't able to tell the parents how great their kids were at music once the police outed him. It says something that during their fight Ned drops his Extreme Doormat personality and shouts at both of them. The parents have a right to be concerned when they find out that a random stranger was posing as a substitute teacher and using their kids as musicians in a concert, even though their mass berating of Ms. Mullins causes her to have a minor breakdown.
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School of Rock / int_6b35bdff	type	Serious Business
School of Rock / int_6b35bdff	comment	Serious Business: Dewey: "One great rock show can change the world." Freddy even names the trope later on in the climax.
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School of Rock / int_6bae97c8	type	The Roadie
School of Rock / int_6bae97c8	comment	The Roadie: The various classmates who did not become a part of the band were assigned the roles of roadies and groupies (albeit a PG-rated equivalent, mainly logistics and merchandise).
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School of Rock / int_6bd689ca	type	Meaningful Echo
School of Rock / int_6bd689ca	comment	Meaningful Echo: "One great rock show can change the world." Dewey says this to Freddy after another band invite him out to their van at the Battle of the Band auditions. Freddy repeats this line to Dewey to convince him to join them at Battle of the Bands.
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School of Rock / int_71efe088	type	Crack Defeat
School of Rock / int_71efe088	comment	Crack Defeat: The kids get beaten by No Vacancy (which just so happens to be the band that fired Dewey at the beginning of the movie), despite the entire crowd going crazy during their performance. They one-up the winners though, because the audience wants an encore.
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School of Rock / int_722b3319	type	Camp Gay
School of Rock / int_722b3319	comment	Camp Gay: Billy, the boy placed in charge of designing their costumes, has these mannerisms, though his sexuality isn't explicitly stated. Reportedly, the character wasn't written this way. However, the director saw that playing up the stereotypes would bring in laughs. As a result, screenwriter Mike White (an openly bisexual man with a gay father) disowned the final film.
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School of Rock / int_72852a93	type	Henpecked Husband
School of Rock / int_72852a93	comment	Henpecked Husband: Ned is a henpecked boyfriend - he isn't married, but he's a complete pushover who is domineered by his overbearing girlfriend.
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School of Rock / int_72c8b35c	type	When She Smiles
School of Rock / int_72c8b35c	comment	When She Smiles: Both Zack and Freddy after they realize they can play rock music have gigantic, awed grins on their faces.
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School of Rock / int_74149c93	type	Epic Rocking
School of Rock / int_74149c93	comment	Epic Rocking: One of the reasons Dewey was fired from his band was because of his fondness for extremely self-indulgent guitar solos that would go on for 20 minutes.
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School of Rock / int_74b34280	type	Academic Alpha Bitch
School of Rock / int_74b34280	comment	Academic Alpha Bitch: Summer is a mild example. She is obsessed with getting more gold stars than anyone else, but just tries to get as many as possible for herself and never tries to sabotage anyone else.
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School of Rock / int_7a0f9ab6	type	The Pete Best
School of Rock / int_7a0f9ab6	comment	The Pete Best: In-Universe, Dewey is this to No Vacancy but subverted when he forms a band with the kids..
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School of Rock / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
School of Rock / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason The World Sucks" Speech: invoked"...And we will continue our lecture on 'The Man' when we return!"
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School of Rock / int_8042e814	type	Actually Pretty Funny
School of Rock / int_8042e814	comment	Actually Pretty Funny: The parents light up and laugh at the line "Today's assignment... KICK SOME ASS.".
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School of Rock / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
School of Rock / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Jack Black... what did you expect? Freddie is the only kid in music class displaying any enthusiasm, and all they let him do is smash cymbals together.
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School of Rock / int_83a903f6	type	Stepford Smiler
School of Rock / int_83a903f6	comment	Stepford Smiler: Ms. Mullins is an arguable inversion as she is forced to act like a strict authority figure when inside she longs to be able to have fun and be funny. She still fits the basic trope, though, as she puts on a face of being together and happy in her job when deep down, she's suffering. The mask breaks when the parents chew her out in the climax, and she puts herself in the corner on the stairwell.
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School of Rock / int_8543ec22	type	Reality Subtext
School of Rock / int_8543ec22	comment	This could be a invokedReality Subtext as applied to the kids in the "band." The actors who play bass, guitar, and drums all started musical training exceptionally early.
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School of Rock / int_8605f0c0	type	Promoted to Love Interest
School of Rock / int_8605f0c0	comment	Promoted to Love Interest: Ms. Mullins for Dewey. She even stops him from being arrested for fraud by claiming he's a music instructor at the school.
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School of Rock / int_884e513b	type	Medium Awareness
School of Rock / int_884e513b	comment	Medium Awareness/No Fourth Wall: Only during the credits.
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School of Rock / int_8ab145f5	type	Profound by Pop Song
School of Rock / int_8ab145f5	comment	Profound by Pop Song: Dewey convinces the school faculty that he doesn't believe in standardized testing by quoting Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love of All": "I believe the children are our future, but you've got to let them lead the way! Let the children's laughter remind us of how we used to be. That's what I decided long ago." Only one teacher gets suspicious that those may be song lyrics.
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School of Rock / int_8e20ae0d	type	Child Prodigy
School of Rock / int_8e20ae0d	comment	Child Prodigy: All of the children have some exceptional talent that Dewey uses to help the band out (i.e Billy with costume designing, Tomika with singing) but Gordon and Summer are the most traditional examples, Gordon with computers and Summer with organizational skills. This could be a invokedReality Subtext as applied to the kids in the "band." The actors who play bass, guitar, and drums all started musical training exceptionally early.
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School of Rock / int_905438eb	type	Recycled IN SPACE!
School of Rock / int_905438eb	comment	Recycled In Space: Mr. Holland's Opus... with a really bad teacher.
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School of Rock / int_90e31482	type	Laser-Guided Karma
School of Rock / int_90e31482	comment	Laser-Guided Karma: Along with a handful of Hoist by His Own Petard. Patty berates Ned a lot and insults him for not sticking up for himself. It's not shocking that this eventually catches up to her.
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School of Rock / int_9591377d	type	Heel Realization
School of Rock / int_9591377d	comment	Heel Realization: Dewey gets one when Ned bluntly tells him that impersonating him could have cost Ned his teaching license and apartment. Yes, he mooches off Ned but he never meant to hurt him that badly.
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School of Rock / int_97fa0a10	type	Mass "Oh, Crap!"
School of Rock / int_97fa0a10	comment	Mass "Oh, Crap!": The parents in the climax when after chewing out Ms. Mullins she has to tell them with a Broken Smile, "I've just been informed that all your children are missing."
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School of Rock / int_9843be73	type	As You Know
School of Rock / int_9843be73	comment	As You Know: Ms. Mullins says this verbatim when telling the teachers in the staff room how important the upcoming parent/teacher night is.
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School of Rock / int_98576799	type	Throw the Dog a Bone
School of Rock / int_98576799	comment	Throw the Dog a Bone: Dewey all but names the trope at the start of the film when he says he will pay Ned and Patty when No Vacancy wins Battle of the Bands. Also, at the end of the same scene when Ned pressures him to pay him at least some of the money he owes him, Dewey agrees to do it if only for Ned. The Battle of the Band officials do this to Dewey and the kids by allowing them to play because they believe the kids to be terminally ill.
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School of Rock / int_9a8c7632	type	Dumb Is Good
School of Rock / int_9a8c7632	comment	Dumb Is Good: Subverted with Summer. Her intelligence is presented as annoying at first but it ends up helping Dewey and the band out on several occasions and she ends up as band manager because she's much more competent than Dewey.
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School of Rock / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
School of Rock / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: No Vacancy removes Dewey from the band for being a Large Ham and It's All About Me. Without him, they end up winning The Battle of the Bands. Ned tells Dewey in their first scene together that if Dewey thinks Ned's job's so easy, he should try it. Come Dewey answering a call meant for Ned a few scenes later from Horace Green, and guess what happens? Dewey tells Ned in their first scene to dump Patty, because of how she's a jerk to both of them. Ned eventually has enough of Patty and slams the door on her. Dewey reiterates that one great rock show can change the world. The kids' show ends up changing their parents' mind, and Ms. Mullins, while furious with Dewey, tells him So Proud of You. While talking to the other teachers, Dewey (still pretending to be Ned) gives the old adage "Those who can't do teach." Dewey doesn't achieve his dream of becoming a rock star, but finds more meaning teaching kids how to play rock music.
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School of Rock / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
School of Rock / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: Billy is more prominent here and gets a "Gender-Normative Parent" Plot.
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School of Rock / int_a698ad42	type	City with No Name
School of Rock / int_a698ad42	comment	City with No Name: Patty says sheâ€™s an assistant to the mayor of â€œthe cityâ€�, but exactly which city is never specified. The cars in the movie have New York license plates and filming took place in nondescript-looking parts of Staten Island (part of New York City) and New Jersey. Given all of this, the apparent affluence of the kidsâ€™ parents and the lack of Big Applesauce, Horace Green Prep is likely in one of the more well-to-do parts of Westchester County or Long Island.
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School of Rock / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
School of Rock / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Dewey for impersonating Ned, even though the cops were called on him and Ned politely tells him to move out before the Battle of the Bands. The kids still come to rock in the after-school program, which allows him to fulfill his dreams while helping them out even though they lost the Battle of the Bands. This is justified in that Ned chose not to press charges against Dewey and leaves Patty.
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School of Rock / int_a939d96a	type	Adults Are Useless
School of Rock / int_a939d96a	comment	Adults Are Useless: The "Listen" song features several of the kids trying to communicate with their parents, who are too wrapped up with other matters to notice.
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School of Rock / int_aaece264	type	Rousing Speech
School of Rock / int_aaece264	comment	His Rousing Speech concludes "We roll tonight to the guitar bite, and for those about to rock, I salute you", from AC/DC's "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)".
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School of Rock / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
School of Rock / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Dewey has a small one when the kids ask to hear his song... which he hasn't written yet. Dewey twice during the parents evening. The first one comes when he sees the police outside the classroom, and realizing they were called on him. The second one comes after the pun that makes the parents think he is a paedophile. The look on his face says it all. Right before a Screw This, I'm Outta Here moment. The substitute teacher who comes in the next day and finds her charges missing, because they've gone to the Battle of the Bands. She runs around frantically wondering where they are.
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School of Rock / int_b0a529cb	type	Extreme Doormat
School of Rock / int_b0a529cb	comment	Dewey also towards Patty for calling the cops on him at the school, not for his sake but for the kids, in that he wasn't able to tell the parents how great their kids were at music once the police outed him. It says something that during their fight Ned drops his Extreme Doormat personality and shouts at both of them.
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School of Rock / int_b1e8a3b3	type	Coming of Age Story
School of Rock / int_b1e8a3b3	comment	Coming of Age Story: The late bloomer variety for Dewey, he was pretty immature in the beginning as he slacks off during the day and so over the top with his performances that he was kicked out of No Vacancy for constantly ruining their chances of fame. When he finds out that the Class has the potential to be a great rock band, he begins teaching them about music and how to play instruments. Through the movie, he helps the kids with their self-esteem issues and he begins to see them as more than just the means to snub No Vacancy and win the prize money. Even though they lose the Battle of the Bands, they are intensely popular as the crowd demands an encore. In the end, Dewey repurposes his love of music by becoming an afterschool teacher. No Vacancy, on the other hand, didn't receive any glory in their victory as the crowd just boos them instead.
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School of Rock / int_b4eff8a8	type	Epic Fail
School of Rock / int_b4eff8a8	comment	Epic Fail: Dewey's stage dive at the beginning. He knocks glasses out of a guy's hand and lands on the floor.
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School of Rock / int_b4fb00f6	type	Mistaken for Pedophile
School of Rock / int_b4fb00f6	comment	Mistaken for Pedophile: "I have been touched by your kids... and I'm pretty sure I've touched them."
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School of Rock / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
School of Rock / int_b53077b3	comment	Take That!: Freddy asks Katie to name "three great chick drummers." She mentions Meg White, to which Freddy replies, flabbergasted, "She can't drum!" And the above quoted slam against MTV, saying their corporate crap ruined rock. And the line is always left in when they air it. Dewey's look of disgust after Summer sings a couple of (very off-key) bars of "Memory". Andrew Lloyd Webber had enough of a sense of humor about it to leave it in for the musical. Particularly funny in the London production in the Gillian Lynne Theatre, best known for having staged Cats for 21 years, where they add in Dewey's line "I never want to hear ''that song'' in ''this building'' ever again!"
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School of Rock / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
School of Rock / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: Ned's girlfriend claims he should stand up for himself, yet when she berates him for not doing so, he comes off as the bullied boyfriend. He does stand up for himself finally, when he slams the door on her.
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School of Rock / int_b89ab683	type	Hyper-Competent Sidekick
School of Rock / int_b89ab683	comment	Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Summer once Dewey makes her the band manager. And she keeps the position when the band becomes an after-school program.
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School of Rock / int_ba0ff694	type	You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!
School of Rock / int_ba0ff694	comment	You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: One of the two guys who see Dewey's audition posters responds to it by saying this.
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School of Rock / int_bb18a227	type	It's All About Me
School of Rock / int_bb18a227	comment	It's All About Me: Dewey at the beginning of the film. Overcoming it is part of his Character Development.
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School of Rock / int_bbc77bb5	type	Hard Truth Aesop
School of Rock / int_bbc77bb5	comment	Hard Truth Aesop: Passion will only take you so far, and having it isn't a guaranteed ticket for success—especially since music (and the arts in general) is an industry that requires people skills and the ability to read a room, not just a desire to create. Similarly—and as the end credits state—"it's a long way to the top." The School of Rock loses the Battle of the Bands, with Dewey's former group No Vacancy wins because they're more experienced and professional. That leads to another Hard Truth: sometimes a dream, like Dewey wanting to be a rock star, just doesn't work out, but it's still possible to find happiness and fulfillment in other ways, because Dewey finds a new passion in becoming an afterschool teacher and bandleader.
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School of Rock / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
School of Rock / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: Courtesy of Alicia after Dewey is outed as a fraud and the kids are stuck in school the day they're supposed to perform: "I say let's get out of here and do the damn show". "Now may I please have the attention of the class... Today's assignment... Kick some ass!"
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School of Rock / int_bc37d80d	type	So Proud of You
School of Rock / int_bc37d80d	comment	Dewey reiterates that one great rock show can change the world. The kids' show ends up changing their parents' mind, and Ms. Mullins, while furious with Dewey, tells him So Proud of You.
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School of Rock / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
School of Rock / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: A subtle one for Dewey. When he sees Zack's father angrily scolding him and trying to control his schedule, he clearly gets riled up and is inspired to give the kids a lesson on "sticking it to the Man." Later, harming the kids in general becomes one for Dewey, as demonstrated when he nearly tears the heads off the older rockers who took Freddie into their van.
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School of Rock / int_bd08288f	type	Mouthy Kid
School of Rock / int_bd08288f	comment	Mouthy Kid: Freddy. Dewey had to save his skin at one point.
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School of Rock / int_be977433	type	Good-Times Montage
School of Rock / int_be977433	comment	Good-Times Montage: To the tune of "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" by The Ramones.
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School of Rock / int_beb932ca	type	Big Applesauce
School of Rock / int_beb932ca	comment	The cars in the movie have New York license plates and filming took place in nondescript-looking parts of Staten Island (part of New York City) and New Jersey. Given all of this, the apparent affluence of the kidsâ€™ parents and the lack of Big Applesauce, Horace Green Prep is likely in one of the more well-to-do parts of Westchester County or Long Island.
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School of Rock / int_c02f148d	type	Both Sides Have a Point
School of Rock / int_c02f148d	comment	Both Sides Have a Point: Both Dewey and No Vacancy had valid points in the argument and the ending actually emphasizes Dewey's point. No Vacancy were right to kick Dewey out of the band, his antics were embarrassing them and taking away their ability to be seen as a valid music group. In the end, they do in fact win Battle of the Bands. Which does prove their argument about Dewey holding them back with his antics. While his argument was phrased as self-centered, Dewey's right that they need to be passionate about their work. Dewey's passion for music inspires a new generation of musicians and the audience from Battle of the Bands actually deprives No Vacancy of their glory by cheering an encore from School of Rock despite the band losing the competition.
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School of Rock / int_c3b51bb3	type	You Are Better Than You Think You Are
School of Rock / int_c3b51bb3	comment	You Are Better Than You Think You Are: In "You're in the Band," Dewey convinces a nervous Lawrence that he can play the keyboard. Lawrence protests that he can't because he only has classical training, but Dewey has him try out a riff, which he sails through with ease.
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School of Rock / int_c4d293c4	type	Let's See YOU Do Better!
School of Rock / int_c4d293c4	comment	Let's See YOU Do Better!: Dewey ridicules Ned's job as a substitute teacher as little more than being a babysitter. Ned responds by telling Dewey that if he think it's so easy, he should try it himself.
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School of Rock / int_c4db6423	type	Yank the Dog's Chain
School of Rock / int_c4db6423	comment	Yank the Dog's Chain: Played with. At the Battle of the Bands, School of Rock wow the crowd with Zack's song, but Dewey's old band, No Vacancy, end up winning. The kids tell Dewey they did a good show regardless of whether they won or not, and the crowd then start chanting the band's name, making Dewey realize the crowd wants an encore.
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School of Rock / int_c5249b29	type	Nice Guy
School of Rock / int_c5249b29	comment	Nice Guy: Ned, in contrast to his girlfriend Patty.
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School of Rock / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
School of Rock / int_c75df49a	comment	The poster itself is a Shout-Out to Rolling Stone, as it looks exactly like one of their covers (the font was licensed for the design).
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School of Rock / int_c83cd6b8	type	The Nicknamer
School of Rock / int_c83cd6b8	comment	The Nicknamer: Dewey comes up with nicknames for all the kids, originally due to the fact that he can't be bothered to learn their names. However, Dewey gives Lawrence the nickname "Mr. Cool" after they have a conversation where Lawrence admits he feels like he's not cool enough to be in a band.
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School of Rock / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
School of Rock / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: All of the kids' parents. They're referred to as "X's Mom/Dad".
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School of Rock / int_cd5dbd44	type	EveryOneChasingYou
School of Rock / int_cd5dbd44	comment	Every One Chasing You: After the parents take one of Dewey's remarks literally, see That Came Out Wrong below.
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School of Rock / int_cf231d54	type	Cool Teacher
School of Rock / int_cf231d54	comment	Cool Teacher: What Dewey eventually becomes.
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School of Rock / int_cf92fea8	type	Cassandra Truth
School of Rock / int_cf92fea8	comment	Cassandra Truth: Shortly before Parents' Night, Dewey admits to Ms. Mullins that he's not a real teacher. Ms. Mullins thinks Dewey is just suffering a lapse in self-confidence and tries to encourage him.
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School of Rock / int_d01a97fb	type	E = MC Hammer
School of Rock / int_d01a97fb	comment	E = MC Hammer: Dewey writes E = mc on the board while pretending to teach the children something. Played with slightly in that he is totally clueless about teaching and this was presumably the only vaguely mathematical formula he could remember, and Mullins doesn't bat an eyelid when she walks into the room, even though the children are preteens. Even funnier in the Broadway show, when they're in more of a hurry:
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School of Rock / int_d075311d	type	ShesAllGrownUp
School of Rock / int_d075311d	comment	She's All Grown Up: All of the kids at a reunion concert.
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School of Rock / int_d1affec1	type	That Came Out Wrong
School of Rock / int_d1affec1	comment	That Came Out Wrong: When Dewey is trying to explain to the parents of his students about how what he's doing is good, and says "I have been touched by your kids... and I'm pretty sure I've touched them." Cue horrified looks all around, and cut to Dewey running through the halls, with the parents chasing after him.
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School of Rock / int_d1e7f24a	type	Big "SHUT UP!"
School of Rock / int_d1e7f24a	comment	Big "SHUT UP!": After Dewey is exposed as an impostor and he and Patty argue in the flat, Ned gets fed up of their arguing and yells at them to shut up three times.
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School of Rock / int_d2aa7d09	type	Littlest Cancer Patient
School of Rock / int_d2aa7d09	comment	Littlest Cancer Patient: Exploited by Summer, who gets all the kids to act as though they are all terminal in order to earn them a spot at the Battle of the Bands.
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School of Rock / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
School of Rock / int_d397657d	comment	Everything Patty nags Ned about is true. Especially about standing up for himself. She realizes too late that it applies to her as well.
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School of Rock / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
School of Rock / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: The second act ends with two. Everyone tells Dewey how badly he fucked up, hurting Ned's reputation with a serious fraud, including justifiably calling the police. Even Dewey has to admit he's a liar and a fraud who hurt his friend. The kids' parents have a mass scream at Roz for having let Dewey into the school and done who knows what with their children for weeks. The film ends with a third when the crowd gets upset that School of Rock didn't win and demand an encore.
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School of Rock / int_d45c0b86	type	Refuge in Audacity
School of Rock / int_d45c0b86	comment	Refuge in Audacity: A bunch of kids break out of school, hijack a bus, convince their worthless drunk of a teacher to fulfill his felony, then scream at an audience that this week's ASSignment is to KICK SOME ASS. If it wasn't rock, this wouldn't work.
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School of Rock / int_d6707631	type	Waxing Lyrical
School of Rock / int_d6707631	comment	Waxing Lyrical: When Dewey is trying to bluff his way through a conversation with teachers while posing as a substitute, starts reciting snatches from Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love of All". Someone asks "Isn't that a song?", and he denies it. His Rousing Speech concludes "We roll tonight to the guitar bite, and for those about to rock, I salute you", from AC/DC's "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)".
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School of Rock / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
School of Rock / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Not long after this line by Dewey: "I have been touched by your kids. And I'm pretty sure I've touched them." Coupled with Oh, Crap! and That Came Out Wrong. Ned eventually has enough of Patty berating him one time too many when he decides he wants to go to the Battle of the Bands to see Dewey perform. While she's in mid-sentence, he simply rolls his eyes and storms out, slamming the door on her.
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School of Rock / int_dca6a9d	type	Start My Own
School of Rock / int_dca6a9d	comment	Start My Own: After Dewey is kicked out of No Vacancy, he announces he will start his own band. He has little success until he gets to Horace Green, where he finds the class he is substitute teacher for are very musically talented.
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School of Rock / int_dcb9c541	type	Ship Tease
School of Rock / int_dcb9c541	comment	Ship Tease: Dewey gets a lot with Ros, taking her on not a date and getting her to open up by getting her a little drunk and playing Stevie Nicks. Later she asks him to come to Parent's Night to support her and says "It's not a date...".
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School of Rock / int_dda99fa8	type	Despair Event Horizon
School of Rock / int_dda99fa8	comment	Despair Event Horizon: Dewey falls into this late into the movie. See "The Reason The World Sucks" below. He gets better.
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School of Rock / int_e0140e6c	type	From the Mouths of Babes
School of Rock / int_e0140e6c	comment	From the Mouths of Babes: Dewey has priceless reactions on the words of the preteen kids. Summer's "I read about groupies, they're sluts!", Freddy's "Shut the hell up, Schneebly!", and Alicia's "I say let's get out of here and do the damn show" are famous examples.
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School of Rock / int_e0aed924	type	No Antagonist
School of Rock / int_e0aed924	comment	No Antagonist: The film has no defined bad guy. The ones who comes closest have some good intentions, or at least a good point: Dewey's old band mates fire him from the band only because his behavior on stage is truly embarrassing and is in the way of the band's success. Mullins enforces a strict code for the school because of the pressure from the over-protective parents. That said, the parents only act the way they do because they want quality education for their children, and they are rightfully upset that their kids were taught by an unqualified substitute teacher. Patty might be an overly domineering girlfriend to Ned, but she is right when she says that Dewey needs to pay the rent on the apartment, because he'll be evicted if he doesn't.
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School of Rock / int_e135b3de	type	Pass the Popcorn
School of Rock / int_e135b3de	comment	Pass the Popcorn: Ned at the climax decides that, after the kids pick up Dewey and convince him to do the Battle of the Bands with them, to go and see the show, even inviting Patty along. He may as well see where the ride ends, having seen the tail end of it. He's disappointed along with the crowd when No Vacancy wins.
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School of Rock / int_e150c4c7	type	Manchild
School of Rock / int_e150c4c7	comment	Manchild: Dewey. He's an immature slacker who has no life outside of rock; however, it helps him find a common language with kids.
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School of Rock / int_e28563d5	type	Hard Rock
School of Rock / int_e28563d5	comment	Later when Dewey warms up to them, one lesson he gives them is that a little rebellion can be good for your well-being and that Hard Rock thrives on that kind of confidence. He demonstrates this by playing the part of "The Man" and encourages them to tell him off.
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School of Rock / int_e5421161	type	Expy
School of Rock / int_e5421161	comment	Expy: Jack Black is playing his character from Tenacious D, only without the constant swearing as the movie is PG-13.
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School of Rock / int_e563bf09	type	Insistent Terminology
School of Rock / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: Ned is not a temp, he's a sub!
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School of Rock / int_e5fd8bc2	type	Hate Sink
School of Rock / int_e5fd8bc2	comment	Hate Sink: As the film does not have a defined antagonist, Patty seems to function as this. She does have a few Jerkass Has a Point tendencies, but she is a pretty nasty girlfriend to Ned and even worse to Dewey.
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School of Rock / int_ea5c413d	type	Biting-the-Hand Humor
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School of Rock / int_eb6ed797	comment	Children Raise You: A non-parental variant. Dewey is kind of a loser asshole and leech at the start of the movie. But being a teacher to the kids brings out the best side of himself, and leads him to try to clean himself up a bit to be a better role model on top of trying to help them deal with their insecurities and problems as much out of genuine friendship as self-interest.
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