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The Hammer

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The Hammer	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Hammer is a 2007 comedy written by and starring Adam Carolla. Carolla stars as Jerry Ferro, a very quick-witted Deadpan Snarker who hasn't done one whole hell of a lot with his forty years so far. When he and his buddy Ozzie get themselves fired from their jobs as carpenters, Jerry heads to the gym where he teaches boxing lessons to take out his frustrations in the ring. After Jerry shoots his mouth off and gets into an unwanted sparring match, a wizened old coach named Eddie takes notice of his hard-hitting left hook (which, despite his former trade, is what really earned him the nickname "The Hammer" during his younger days as a Golden Gloves boxer) and offers him the chance to compete for a shot on the U.S. Olympic Boxing team. All told, it's a pretty good success story in the making.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Too bad for Jerry, not all has been told: Coach Eddie is actually using Jerry as a means of getting some free training for his favored contender, a grumpy but talented up-and-comer named Robert who butts heads with Jerry while preparing for his shot at the gold. Jerry, however, is having none of that, and decides that he's taking his shot, too. Along the way, he gets support from his buddy Ozzie and from his new love interest Lindsey, a good-hearted public defender and one of Jerry's students at the gym. With their help, he's going for one last chance at greatness.The movie sort of came and went in its limited theatrical run, but it's found a small but loyal fanbase thanks to its abundance of great, snappy dialogue and humor that, unusually for an R-rated comedy these days, doesn't rely too heavily on Black Comedy or dangling onscreen penises to get its laughs.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })
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The Hammer / int_1a8dc238	type	Underestimating Badassery
The Hammer / int_1a8dc238	comment	Underestimating Badassery: One of Jerry's students gets the bright idea to pose as a gay boxer and enter the Gay Games, thinking he'd have an easier time of things. Jerry tries to point out that this isn't exactly the foolproof plan he thinks it is:
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The Hammer / int_3036294e	type	Scary Black Man
The Hammer / int_3036294e	comment	Scary Black Man: Amateur boxer Darius Reece was one of the toughest fighters around five years ago.
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The Hammer / int_31fcc258	type	Training Montage
The Hammer / int_31fcc258	comment	Training Montage: Subverted for laughs - The montage is mostly of Jerry hitting the Snooze button on his alarm clock.
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The Hammer / int_355007c3	type	Brilliant, but Lazy
The Hammer / int_355007c3	comment	Brilliant, but Lazy: Jerry's always been well aware that he could do much better with his life, but spent a long time getting by on the minimum of effort just because it was the easier thing to do.
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The Hammer / int_3cb1d38d	type	Bad Boss
The Hammer / int_3cb1d38d	comment	Bad Boss: Mike, the foreman. Jerry is canned when he finally gets fed up with Mike's verbal abuse and smashes the windshield on his truck.
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The Hammer / int_474a2a5e	type	Cultural Posturing
The Hammer / int_474a2a5e	comment	Cultural Posturing: Lampshaded by Jerry, when Ozzie and his pals start cheering on the superiority of Nicaraguan athletics:
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The Hammer / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
The Hammer / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Robert, who gradually becomes less of a jerk as he and Jerry earn one another's respect following the regional tryouts. Jerry's more or less an inversion, being a nice, stand-up guy with quite an entrenched snarky streak (who also doesn't have a problem stealing lumber from his Jerkass former boss).
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The Hammer / int_52488c54	type	Drowning My Sorrows
The Hammer / int_52488c54	comment	Drowning My Sorrows: Jerry pounds down a sixer of beer while looking over a newspaper scrapbook detailing the highlights of his Golden Gloves career, with the headlines increasingly reflecting his self-pity as he gets drunker, ("Ferro Girlfriend Dumps Quitter," "Ferro Loses Another Job," etc.) finally ending with a headline declaring "Ferro Drunk, Needs to Pee." Jerry drinks Tecate because it's one of the few brands that will allow films to show excessive drinking as part of a Product Placement.
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The Hammer / int_52d1f46e	type	Not What It Looks Like
The Hammer / int_52d1f46e	comment	Not What It Looks Like: What do you do when your gloves are already taped up and you've gotta take a leak? You set up probably the bluest joke in the movie. Ozzie is one hell of a good friend.
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The Hammer / int_66755d29	type	Author Avatar
The Hammer / int_66755d29	comment	Author Avatar: Carolla is also a former carpenter who boxed in his youth. Up until he made it big in radio, he was also something of an underachiever.
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The Hammer / int_729c69f3	type	Politically Incorrect Villain
The Hammer / int_729c69f3	comment	Politically Incorrect Villain: Mike isn't just a jerk, but he's also quite racist towards Ozzie.
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The Hammer / int_91bc41d3	type	Milestone Birthday Angst
The Hammer / int_91bc41d3	comment	Milestone Birthday Angst: The film begins with protagonist Jerry Ferro frustrated that he's now 40 and not doing anything amazing with his life.
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The Hammer / int_926425c8	type	Religious Stereotype
The Hammer / int_926425c8	comment	Religious Stereotype: Averted by Victor, Jerry's protege who is respectfully depicted as a devout Christian and also a kind-hearted young man. Noteworthy because writer and star Adam Carolla is both libertarian and an Atheist.
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The Hammer / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
The Hammer / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Much like the guy who plays him, Jerry is an expert smart-ass.
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The Hammer / int_b00498c7	type	Casualty in the Ring
The Hammer / int_b00498c7	comment	Casualty in the Ring: Jokingly discussed by Jerry when Lindsay asks why he gave up boxing:
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The Hammer / int_b1191cb2	type	I Ate WHAT?!
The Hammer / int_b1191cb2	comment	I Ate WHAT?!: Jerry's a bit surprised with the lunch Ozzie shares with him:
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The Hammer / int_ba112560	type	Throwing the Fight
The Hammer / int_ba112560	comment	Throwing the Fight: Jerry forgoes landing a knockout punch in his match against Robert when he has the younger fighter at his mercy, letting Robert take the win on points and sending him to the Olympics.
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The Hammer / int_dda99fa8	type	Despair Event Horizon
The Hammer / int_dda99fa8	comment	Despair Event Horizon: Jerry doesn't take it well when he finds out that Coach Eddie has been stringing him along, with no intention of taking him to the Olympic tryouts. Then Lindsey takes a job in Seattle.
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The Hammer / int_e624f0e8	type	Suspiciously Specific Denial
The Hammer / int_e624f0e8	comment	Suspiciously Specific Denial: "Mike, somebody threw a belt sander through your windshield."
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The Hammer / int_ece6f910	type	Moment Killer
The Hammer / int_ece6f910	comment	Moment Killer: Jerry is in the process of asking Lindsey on a date when Ozzie blurts out that he just got dumped a few days earlier.
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The Hammer / int_f511ea9b	type	Product Placement
The Hammer / int_f511ea9b	comment	Product Placement: After drowning his sorrows, Jerry's living room is littered with Tecate cans. Tecate is one of the few beer brands that will pay for product placement when characters drink to excess.
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The Hammer / int_f6f2ff1	type	Insult Backfire
The Hammer / int_f6f2ff1	comment	Insult Backfire: "I'd kick your ass, but calling me 'middle class' is about the nicest thing anybody's ever said to me!"
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The Hammer / int_fbd285b7	type	Comically Missing the Point
The Hammer / int_fbd285b7	comment	Comically Missing the Point: Jerry's priceless response to Lindsey's rhetorical question:
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The Hammer / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
The Hammer / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: "Who hangs a heavy bag with toggle bolts?" "You're gonna love it in Beijing. None of the rickshaws go over 37 miles an hour.
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