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The Natural

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The Natural	comment	A 1984 American period sports drama film adapted from Bernard Malamud's 1952 novel of the same name, directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs, a supernaturally gifted young baseball talent whose career is derailed when he is shot in the gut by a deranged fan (Barbara Hershey). Sixteen years later he makes his belated big league debut, but his dark secret threatens to destroy him.Also in the cast are Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth, Joe Don Baker, Michael Madsen, and Darren McGavin.Notable as the first movie to be produced by TriStar Pictures (but not the first released, that honor having gone to Where the Boys Are '84).
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The Natural / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
The Natural / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: "The Whammer", played by Joe Don Baker, is obviously inspired by Babe Ruth: they look an awful lot alike and the Whammer has a reputation as a tremendous home run hitter (though this is an Informed Attribute courtesy of Roy's right arm). Roy Hobbs is something of a Composite Character inspired by both Ruth and Ted Williams. Both are a tremendous pitcher and a fearsome slugger, much as Ruth was in real life. Williams was also a decent pitcher who was quickly changed to a left fielder while still in the minors, wore the number 9, and hit a home run in his last at bat of his career. Williams also said that he wanted people to see him walking down the street and say "There goes Ted Williams, the best there ever was." Max Mercy was basically "what if Walter Winchell did sports instead of gossip?".
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The Natural / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
The Natural / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: When he finally lets Roy have a chance to bat, Pop says "Knock the cover off the ball." Roy proceeds to do exactly that, hitting the baseball so hard that he literally knocks its cover off.
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The Natural / int_188668f2	type	Redemption Quest
The Natural / int_188668f2	comment	Redemption Quest: After a terrible mistake and tragedy end his baseball career before it begins, Roy finally makes his way back to the game and hopes to redeem himself before it's too late.
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The Natural / int_1ec7ea4a	type	Watch Out for That Tree!
The Natural / int_1ec7ea4a	comment	Watch Out for That Tree!: How Bump Bailey meets his end, courtesy of an outfield wall.
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The Natural / int_1ee9819e	type	Scary Shiny Glasses
The Natural / int_1ee9819e	comment	Scary Shiny Glasses: The Judge's dimly-lit office allows him to do this pretty often, better seen when he tries to bribe (and blackmail, just to be sure) Roy to take a dive.
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The Natural / int_2317bc85	type	Tampering with Food and Drink
The Natural / int_2317bc85	comment	Tampering with Food and Drink: To keep the Knights from winning their next few games, Memo offers an unsuspecting Roy a bite of drugged food at a party. He ends up ill and has to be rushed to the hospital, where he spends several days recovering.
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The Natural / int_25524784	type	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
The Natural / int_25524784	comment	Gus and the Judge. The Judge loses his share of the team to Pops in the film and gets a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown in the book. Gus also loses a lot of money he bet on Roy (having made a phone call earlier saying to bet "everything), although its implied he makes and loses big bets regularly.
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The Natural / int_2b5ea43c	type	Bland-Name Product
The Natural / int_2b5ea43c	comment	Bland-Name Product: The Knights are obviously the New York Giantsnote The now-San Francisco team, not the current New York Giants., but with the Arthurian theme.
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The Natural / int_2c9e262	type	Catapult Nightmare
The Natural / int_2c9e262	comment	Catapult Nightmare: Roy has a nightmare involving the woman who shot him (while in bed with Memo), and jerks awake in fright.
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The Natural / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
The Natural / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: Baseball players are renowned for being hilariously superstitious. For the Knights, the number 11 is unlucky for some unexplained reason, and their supply manager warns Roy off.
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The Natural / int_3f45f1e6	type	Adaptational Heroism
The Natural / int_3f45f1e6	comment	Adaptational Heroism: In the novel, Roy eventually accepts a bribe from the Judge and Gus to throw the game, whereas in the film he's too decent and proud a man to do any such thing.
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The Natural / int_3f4ec001	type	DestructiveSavior
The Natural / int_3f4ec001	comment	Destructive Savior: Roy may have saved the Knights and Pop Fisher's career, but he smashes up a hell of a lot of ballpark with his home runs in the process.
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The Natural / int_3f86799c	type	Gaussian Girl
The Natural / int_3f86799c	comment	Gaussian Girl: A male example for the early scenes where 48-year-old Robert Redford is asked to play a teenager.
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The Natural / int_46c1dc8e	type	Someone to Remember Him By
The Natural / int_46c1dc8e	comment	Someone to Remember Him By: Iris has a secret.
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The Natural / int_4830326a	type	Give Me a Sword
The Natural / int_4830326a	comment	Give Me a Sword: A baseball bat, this time, when Roy finds himself in need of a bat after Wonderboy shatters on a foul ball. "Go pick me out a winner, Bobby."
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The Natural / int_4a5fcde	type	Adaptational Alternate Ending
The Natural / int_4a5fcde	comment	Adaptational Alternate Ending: One that proved very controversial at the time, at least among fans of Bernard Malamud's book. In the novel, Roy accepts the Judge's bribe to throw the game (though he later regrets it and starts playing legitimately, but still strikes out), the Knights lose, and his career ends in defeat and disgrace. In the movie, of course, Roy hits the mammoth Happy Ending homer.
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The Natural / int_4a84ef8d	type	Big Game
The Natural / int_4a84ef8d	comment	Big Game: The National League pennant race comes down to the last day, with the Knights and their rivals facing off in the last game.
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The Natural / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
The Natural / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: The movie begins with young Roy playing catch with his father in a field on their farm, and ends with adult Roy playing catch with his son in what appears to be the same field.
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The Natural / int_581f6468	type	Hero of Another Story
The Natural / int_581f6468	comment	Hero of Another Story: The young pitcher who faces off against Hobbs in the final game, and who nearly strikes Hobbs out, is described by the game's radio announcer in the same terms that Hobbs is described at the beginning of the movie. This pitcher is another "Natural", and its clear that, given time, he'll end up being one of the greatest players in the game, just like Hobbs.
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The Natural / int_584cd60c	type	Going Home Again
The Natural / int_584cd60c	comment	Going Home Again: Roy Hobbs finishes his lone season of Major League Baseball after hitting a dramatic, pennant-winning homerun to be with his Childhood Sweetheart and son at his family farm.
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The Natural / int_5b8c285b	type	The Conspiracy
The Natural / int_5b8c285b	comment	The Conspiracy: A bit of exposition reveals that Pop Fisher owes a lot of money to the Judge, and bet his share in the New York Knights franchise against the forgiveness of the debt that the Knights would win the league pennant. The Judge conspires with a bookie and Fisher's own niece to fix the Knights' games so Fisher loses the bet, but Hobbs' talent and personal integrity become the Spanner in the Works.
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The Natural / int_5bdcc85a	type	Disney Villain Death
The Natural / int_5bdcc85a	comment	Disney Villain Death: Of the family-unfriendly variety. Harriet Bird jumps out a high window in a black negligee after shooting Roy. The Judge later shows Roy the gory crime scene photographs in an attempt at blackmailing him to stay out of the league pennant game.
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The Natural / int_6220d661	type	Loony Fan
The Natural / int_6220d661	comment	Loony Fan: Of the very creepy variety. Harriet Bird turns out to be the briefly-mentioned lunatic responsible for killing star athletes with silver bullets.
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The Natural / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
The Natural / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Roy's mother is never seen or mentioned, which raises some interesting questions about who exactly took care of him after his father's death.
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The Natural / int_6c51e9e1	type	Fisher King
The Natural / int_6c51e9e1	comment	Fisher King: No, not Pop Fisher. Roy — the team goes has he goes. When he's on a hot streak, everyone plays well (and acrobatically, no less!). When he's slumping, everyone gets mired in a slump.
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The Natural / int_6fbe85e6	type	Adaptation Personality Change
The Natural / int_6fbe85e6	comment	Adaptation Personality Change: Memo is a dog-kicking absolute Gold Digger in the book but in the film seems to have some genuine feelings for Roy, being upset when he throws her aside as opposed to her throwing him aside in the book.
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The Natural / int_7301ae04	type	Serial Killer
The Natural / int_7301ae04	comment	Serial Killer: Unfortunately for Roy, his whole life is turned upside down by running into one of these. We never find out why is it that Harriet Bird hunts down great athletes to shoot them dead with silver bullets beyond the obviously implied "she's nuts".
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The Natural / int_75538142	type	Friend to All Children
The Natural / int_75538142	comment	Friend to All Children: Roy goes out of his way to be kind and friendly with every child he meets.
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The Natural / int_7b6e47a5	type	Armor-Piercing Question
The Natural / int_7b6e47a5	comment	Armor-Piercing Question: "Did you ever play ball Max?"
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The Natural / int_7cc8d769	type	Sore Loser
The Natural / int_7cc8d769	comment	Sore Loser: The Whammer is pretty sore that he got struck out by Roy.
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The Natural / int_7f0f19e5	type	I Coulda Been a Contender!
The Natural / int_7f0f19e5	comment	I Coulda Been a Contender!: A main theme. Roy had the makings of a superstar and was only able to show it late in life.
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The Natural / int_80251be3	type	How We Got Here
The Natural / int_80251be3	comment	How We Got Here: A subtle example. The film opens with a scene of Roy boarding a train as an adult, then flashes back to his childhood and days as a young, up and coming pitcher. After the incident that ends his career before it even starts, the film cuts to sixteen years later and shows Roy arriving at the Knight's ballpark in the middle of a game, wearing the same clothing as the opening scene.
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The Natural / int_875615dd	type	Truth in Television
The Natural / int_875615dd	comment	Truth in Television: Players have indeed hit home runs into scoreboard clocks, light arrays, and through the outfield fence. When Greg "The Bull" Luzinski was playing for the Phillies back in the 1970s, he hit a ball off the Jumbotron. It started smoking and they had to turn it off.
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The Natural / int_90e31482	type	Laser-Guided Karma
The Natural / int_90e31482	comment	Laser-Guided Karma: Gus and the Judge. The Judge loses his share of the team to Pops in the film and gets a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown in the book. Gus also loses a lot of money he bet on Roy (having made a phone call earlier saying to bet "everything), although its implied he makes and loses big bets regularly. Max is making a drawing of Roy striking out, depicting him as the goat — Roy fouls a ball straight back into the press box, glass shards flying everywhere, as if he knew what Max was doing and is sending him a message.
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The Natural / int_94e4c8ab	type	Betty and Veronica
The Natural / int_94e4c8ab	comment	Betty and Veronica: Iris and Memo, one sweet and innocent, one a sexual temptress.
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The Natural / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
The Natural / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Memo pulls a gun on Roy when he tells The Judge that he's not going to throw the game, since it also means that he's refusing to run away with her like she begged him to.
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The Natural / int_9c5472c7	type	His Story Repeats Itself
The Natural / int_9c5472c7	comment	His Story Repeats Itself: Memo pulls a gun on Roy during her Villainous Breakdown. She doesn't shoot him, but he's understandably unnerved at the sight (considering what happened to him sixteen years before), and he visibly relaxes after taking it away from her. Then he hangs a lampshade on the parallel by telling her she was right; they have met before.
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The Natural / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Natural / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Max is introduced reading a news story about two famous athletes who were both shot with silver bullets. Harriet enters the train-car moments later and begins eyeing Whammer. After Roy strikes out the Whammer on a bet, she switches targets and shoots him instead. The first time we see Roy miss a pitch is at the carnival when Harriet (along with Max and Whammer) comes over to watch his throwing. This foreshadows the slump he goes through later, during his relationship with Memo.
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The Natural / int_9d786a68	type	A Master Makes Their Own Tools
The Natural / int_9d786a68	comment	A Master Makes Their Own Tools: At the beginning of the movie, lightning strikes an oak tree outside the family home. Obviously, the thing to do is to turn the wood into a regulation baseball bat and use it to start a career as a professional baseball player.
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The Natural / int_a0774be0	type	Forgotten First Meeting
The Natural / int_a0774be0	comment	Forgotten First Meeting: Max forgets meeting Roy 16 years earlier (though insists he knows him from somewhere), but Roy remembers him well and tries hard to avoid him. When Max figures it out he tries to use it as blackmail.
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The Natural / int_a148f27b	type	Living Legend
The Natural / int_a148f27b	comment	Living Legend: Becoming one is Roy's biggest dream in life. He succeeds.
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The Natural / int_a1fc97c7	type	Calling Your Shots
The Natural / int_a1fc97c7	comment	Calling Your Shots: Subverted: The Whammer (a Babe Ruth expy) calls his shot in an impromptu showdown with young Roy Hobbs, but goes down on strikes.
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The Natural / int_a31c79f3	type	Paparazzi
The Natural / int_a31c79f3	comment	Paparazzi: Sportswriter (and sports cartoonist) Max Mercy comes off as this, seemingly just as interested in baseball scandals and scoops as in baseball itself, and unknowingly aids and abets The Conspiracy on a number of occasions.
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The Natural / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
The Natural / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Bump Bailey's death occurs during a game where he's playing exceptionally well, and the coaches are congratulating each other on successfully motivating him to play better. Then he crashes through the outfield wall while chasing a ball and it cuts to a radio announcer describing his funeral while his ashes are scattered on the field. The whole thing comes completely out of nowhere.
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The Natural / int_a78f8506	type	Time-Shifted Actor
The Natural / int_a78f8506	comment	Timeshifted Actor: Paul Sullivan Jr. as Young Roy, and Rachel Hall as Young Iris.
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The Natural / int_ac5054d4	type	Wound That Will Not Heal
The Natural / int_ac5054d4	comment	Wound That Will Not Heal: The bullet in Roy's gut, which is still bleeding nearly 20 years after he got shot.
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The Natural / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
The Natural / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: When the reliever comes in, Roy gives one — the pitcher is basically himself, 20 years ago. He's obviously thinking that only a natural can defeat a natural.
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The Natural / int_adf8807b	type	One Season Athlete
The Natural / int_adf8807b	comment	One Season Athlete: Although Roy did play semi-pro ball and was on his way to a tryout with the Chicago Cubs, his time with the New York Knights can be considered as an example of the trope.
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The Natural / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
The Natural / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Roy likes to sneak these into conversation now and then.
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The Natural / int_b5b4b077	type	The Ace
The Natural / int_b5b4b077	comment	The Ace: Roy in his younger days. He develops into a (very downplayed) Broken Ace after the incident that ruined his early career.
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The Natural / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
The Natural / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: The Judge berates Roy for turning down his bribe to throw the game by declaring "I thought I could rely on your honor!"
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The Natural / int_b7b1aa73	type	And Then What?
The Natural / int_b7b1aa73	comment	And Then What?: Both Harriet and Iris pointedly ask Roy at different times what his plan is for after becoming "the best there ever was in this game."
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The Natural / int_b8e3f20a	type	Demoted to Extra
The Natural / int_b8e3f20a	comment	Demoted to Extra: Roy's agent Sam dies of a heart attack from a ball to the chest when Roy strikes out the Whammer in the book and gives his last money to Roy to get to Chicago while later appearing to him in a dream. In the film, he still sets up the match with the Whammer but has no other role.
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The Natural / int_b9af5ef3	type	The Film of the Book
The Natural / int_b9af5ef3	comment	The Film of the Book: Bernard Malamud's novel is considerably darker in tone (Hobbs becomes an arrogant Jerkass as a result of his sudden fame, whereas he remains a goal-oriented Nice Guy in the movie) and has a Downer Ending in which Roy turns out to be completely useless without the Wonderbat at the end, striking out and is about to be disgraced by Mercy's (highly-inaccurate) report, whereas in the movie, he gets the Knights to the World Series.
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The Natural / int_ba0791de	type	First Girl Wins
The Natural / int_ba0791de	comment	First Girl Wins: Roy refuses to throw the game and run away with Memo, and the final scene shows him playing catch with his son while Iris watches with a smile.
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The Natural / int_ba112560	type	Throwing the Fight
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The Natural / int_c197275d	type	Ethereal White Dress
The Natural / int_c197275d	comment	Ethereal White Dress: Iris standing in the stands in her white dress, looking angelic as the sun sets behind her (her translucent white hat looks like a halo as the sun shines through it).
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The Natural / int_c32ff031	type	Xanatos Gambit
The Natural / int_c32ff031	comment	Xanatos Gambit: Max gloats that he'd be happy seeing Roy get crushed but has a story even if he wins.
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The Natural / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Natural / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Roy's statement that he wants people on the street to say "There goes Roy Hobbs, the greatest hitter who ever lived" was something Ted Williams stated. The whole plot appears to be heavily influenced by Greek Mythology and Homer's writings. Roy is Odysseus, the hero trying to find his way home. Max Mercy is Vulcan, the God of Fire and Forging; he can "make or break" upcoming ball players and is always seen in red or brown clothing. Pop Fisher is Zeus, King of the Gods; his uniform is #1 and both the oak tree and lightning bolt are his symbols. The Judge is Hades, God of the Underworld; he is always in the dark a.k.a. death, and the dead are "judged" in the underworld. Memo Paris is Kalypso, a sea nymph who had an affair with Odysseus and held/distracted him from returning home. Gus Sands is the Cyclops with the one strange eye. Iris Gaines is Penelope, the wife of Odysseus, who patiently and faithfully waited for her true love to return home. Lampshaded early in the film when Harriet Bird compares Roy striking out the Whammer to something out of Homer. However, Bernard Malamaud explicitly stated it was a King Arthur pastiche.
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The Natural / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
The Natural / int_ca87e3ec	comment	Implied with the Judge, who refuses to light his office. Roy doesn't hold this belief, saying that the only thing he knows about the dark is "you can't see in it."
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The Natural / int_ce6555f0	type	Lighter and Softer
The Natural / int_ce6555f0	comment	Lighter and Softer: The movie has a Happy Ending, unlike the book.
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The Natural / int_cebc6ed0	type	Funeral Cut
The Natural / int_cebc6ed0	comment	Funeral Cut: After Bump Bailey crashes through the outfield wall while chasing a deep fly ball and doesn't get up, it cuts directly to his funeral.
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The Natural / int_d148b019	type	Mundane Made Awesome
The Natural / int_d148b019	comment	Mundane Made Awesome: The film makes games in which Hobbs plays seem like Ragnarok. Hobbs knocks the cover off of balls, wedges the ball into the net when he pitches, and at the end his home run hit destroys the lighting fixtures, causing explosions of sparks to rain down on the field as he rounds the bases.
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The Natural / int_db2f3581	type	All Girls Want Bad Boys
The Natural / int_db2f3581	comment	All Girls Want Bad Boys: A male version with Roy, who expresses interest in Harriet (until she reveals herself to be a Loony Fan) and pursues a relationship with Memo despite being cautioned against it. The trope is ultimately subverted when he chooses Iris in the end.
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The Natural / int_e00b1dc1	type	Unluckily Lucky
The Natural / int_e00b1dc1	comment	Unluckily Lucky: The Whammer would have been the one Harriet stalked and shot if not for Roy striking him out.
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The Natural / int_e303d198	type	Whole-Plot Reference
The Natural / int_e303d198	comment	Whole-Plot Reference: To Le Morte d'Arthur, right down to the manager's name being Fisher (Fisher King), the team being called The Knights, Roy's bat being named (as Excalibur was), broken, and "healed" (in this case, a replacement). Except unlike Arthur, in the movie Roy Hobbs wins his final battle and lives to retire in apparent happiness.
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The Natural / int_e462893a	type	Artistic License â€“ Sports
The Natural / int_e462893a	comment	Artistic License â€“ Sports: After the starting pitcher falls behind in the count to Roy 2-0, in the last at bat, the opposing manager calls in a different pitcher. Although this is not against the rules, substituting a pitcher in the middle of an at-bat virtually never happens unless the pitcher that started the at-bat is injured. However, it has happened before, especially in important games, when the manager felt the pitcher was too wild, too nervous or both.
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The Natural / int_e4965307	type	Composite Character
The Natural / int_e4965307	comment	Roy Hobbs is something of a Composite Character inspired by both Ruth and Ted Williams. Both are a tremendous pitcher and a fearsome slugger, much as Ruth was in real life. Williams was also a decent pitcher who was quickly changed to a left fielder while still in the minors, wore the number 9, and hit a home run in his last at bat of his career. Williams also said that he wanted people to see him walking down the street and say "There goes Ted Williams, the best there ever was."
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The Natural / int_e4b69188	type	Very Loosely Based on a True Story
The Natural / int_e4b69188	comment	Very Loosely Based on a True Story: Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Eddie Waitkus was shot in the chest in his Chicago hotel room by deranged 19-year-old fan Ruth Ann Steinhagen in 1949. Waitkus recovered from his wound and played for six more seasons in the big leagues, starring with the 1950 "Whiz Kids" Philadelphia team that won the National League pennant. Steinhagen was judged insane and committed to a state hospital for three years, then lived in quiet obscurity until her death in 2012. Bump Bailey's penchant for suffering injuries was based on Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Pete Reiser's propensity for accidents. Bump's fatal crash was based on that suffered by Philadelphia A's catcher "Doc" Powers in 1909. (For the record, Reiser suffered a skull fracture after crashing into a wall as well, but survived.)
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The Natural / int_e4d98039	type	Down to the Last Play
The Natural / int_e4d98039	comment	Down to the Last Play: Roy's walkoff homer off the lighting tower to win the pennant.
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The Natural / int_e7ed4416	type	The Benchwarmer
The Natural / int_e7ed4416	comment	The Benchwarmer: Roy Hobbs is a talented player who spends a long time warming the bench because manager Pop Fisher resents having to field anyone as old as Roy. He proves himself as soon as a player shortage gives him a chance to.
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The Natural / int_e8b0f099	type	Dark Is Evil
The Natural / int_e8b0f099	comment	Dark Is Evil: Harriet Bird is dressed in all black when she shoots Roy. Implied with the Judge, who refuses to light his office. Roy doesn't hold this belief, saying that the only thing he knows about the dark is "you can't see in it."
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The Natural / int_eae41a	type	The Vamp
The Natural / int_eae41a	comment	The Vamp: Pop Fisher's niece, Memo Paris, is in cahoots with the conspiracy trying to fix games to take the NY Knights franchise away from Fisher, using her attributes to distract the Knights' top players and cost them games.
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The Natural / int_f70710ae	type	Blackmail Backfire
The Natural / int_f70710ae	comment	Blackmail Backfire: The Judge tries to do this to Roy with the photos of the attempted murder-suicide when Roy was a young ballplayer, but, after Roy declines his offer, the Judge in his shock declares that he thought he could rely on Roy's "honor"â€”which Roy then replies to with "you're about to" before heading back to the field to hit the pennant-winning home run.
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The Natural / int_f8e010ce	type	Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
The Natural / int_f8e010ce	comment	Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: The Judge and Max are completely baffled by Roy.
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The Natural / int_f8fc95d3	type	Put Me In, Coach!
The Natural / int_f8fc95d3	comment	Put Me In, Coach!: Knights manager Pop Fisher is initially highly reluctant to let his absurdly old rookie play in a game. He finally relents for batting practice after Hobbs loses his temper at him when Fisher announces he's sending Hobbs down to the Knights' minor league farm team, and Hobbs' talent for long fly balls convinces Fisher to let him try it for real.
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The Natural / int_f91d1d4f	type	Darkest Hour
The Natural / int_f91d1d4f	comment	Darkest Hour: Wonderboy is shattered on a foul ball.
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The Natural / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
The Natural / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: "I shoulda been a farmer." Fisher says this whenever he's annoyed.
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The Natural / int_faf5732b	type	I Call It "Vera"
The Natural / int_faf5732b	comment	I Call It "Vera": "Wonderboy", Roy's bat. And later, Bobby's "Savoy Special".
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