''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'' is a 2004 American sports comedy film written and directed by

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and starring

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and

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. The film follows a group of misfits entering a Las Vegas

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tournament to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain. Theatrically released by

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on June 18, 2004, it received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $168.4 million on a $20 million budget.

Plot

Peter LaFleur owns Average Joe's, a small, dilapidated gym with low membership and staffing. When he defaults on the gym's

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, Peter’s cocky and vindictive business rival White Goodman, who owns Globo Gym across the street, purchases it, planning to

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on and demolish Average Joe's to build a new auxiliary parking structure for his members unless Peter can raise $50,000 in 30 days. Goodman attempts to seduce attorney Katherine "Kate" Veatch, who is handling his account; repulsed, she cites

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(COI) to rebuff his disturbing advances. Peter, gym employees Dwight Baumgarten and Owen Dittman, and members Steve "Pirate" Cowan, Justin Redman, and Gordon Pibb all band together to raise the required money. After an impromptu car wash suggested by Owen fails, Gordon suggests entering a dodgeball tournament in

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with a $50,000 prize. After watching a 1950s-era training video obtained by Justin featuring

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dodgeball legend Patches O'Houlihan, the team participates in the local qualifiers.

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Troop 417 easily defeats them, but are later disqualified due to one member's use of three separate types of

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s and a low-grade beaver tranquilizer, effectively handing the win to Average Joe's by default. Having spied on Average Joe's using a hidden camera in a cutout of himself, Goodman forms his own team, the Globo Gym Purple Cobras, surprising Gordon by revealing that his extremely personal friendship with the chancellor allowed him to bypass the mandatory qualification match. After watching their confrontation, Patches, now an elderly man who uses a wheelchair, approaches Peter, volunteering to coach the team. Patches' unusual training regimen involves having them dodge wrenches, oncoming cars, and his constant insults. Kate demonstrates skill at the sport but declines to join the team, citing COI. Goodman arrives at Kate's house uninvited and announces that he misled her bosses about her drinking on the job, thus getting her fired from her law firm and freeing him to date her. Enraged, but now free of COI, she rejects Goodman and joins the Average Joe's team. Despite early setbacks, the team manages to advance to the final round of the tournament against Globo Gym. The night before the match, a falling sign in the casino kills Patches. Demoralized, and anxious that the team will lose without Patches's motivation, Peter angrily denounces Steve's pirate behavior, causing Steve's departure. Returning to his room, Peter encounters Goodman, who greedily offers him $100,000 for the deed to Average Joe's, claiming that Peter will inevitably cause its closure. The day of the final round, Justin assists his classmate and love interest Amber in a cheerleading competition after his bully and rival Derek becomes severely injured, leaving Average Joe's short of players. Peter briefly encounters

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, who restores his morale, and rejoins his team, but he and Justin return too late; Average Joe's has already forfeited. After Gordon discovers that a majority of the judges can overturn the forfeiture, the tie-breaking vote from

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reinstates the team. After an intense game, Peter and Goodman square off in a sudden-death match. Inspired by Patches' spirit, Peter blindfolds himself, evades Goodman's throw and strikes him in the face, winning the championship and the prize money. Goodman nullifies the victory, revealing that Peter sold Average Joe's to him the previous night, but Peter explains he used Goodman's $100,000 to bet on Average Joe's victory; with the odds against them at 50 to 1, he collects $5 million. Since Globo Gym is a

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, as Kate explains, Peter purchases a

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in it, thus regaining Average Joe's, then publicly fires Goodman. Steve returns, now appearing more normal, but revives his pirate persona when Peter reveals their winnings as "buried treasure". Joyce, a friend of Kate's who caught an earlier flight from Guam to witness the final match, arrives and kisses her passionately, shocking Peter, but Kate then reveals her

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and kisses Peter similarly. Kate becomes Peter's girlfriend, Justin and Amber get married with a baby on the way, and Owen begins dating Fran Stalinovskovichdaviddivichski from the Globo Gym team. Later on, Peter opens youth dodgeball classes at a newly renovated Average Joe's, while Goodman becomes depressed and morbidly obese, blaming Norris for his plight.

Cast

as Peter "Pete" LaFleur, the very laid-back and casual owner of Average Joe's Gym whose lack of attention leads to his gym being foreclosed. *

Christine Taylor Christine Joan Taylor Stiller (born July 30, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for playing Marcia Brady in ''The Brady Bunch Movie'' and ''A Very Brady Sequel'', as well as roles in films like '' The Craft'', ''The Wedding Singer'', ''Z ...

as Katherine "Kate" Veatch, a very athletic real estate and tax lawyer who is assigned by the bank to sort out the finances at Average Joe's Gym and ends up joining the Average Joe's dodgeball team after White has her dismissed from her job. *

as White Goodman, the arrogant and cocky owner of Globo Gym who is trying to buy out Average Joe's so that he can demolish it and build a parking lot and aggressively pursues a relationship with Kate despite her constant rejections. *

Rip Torn Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his part as Marsh Turner in '' Cross Creek'' ...

as Patches O'Houlihan, a retired seven-time ADAA dodgeball All-Star who coaches the Average Joe's team. **

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as young Patches *

Justin Long Justin Jacob Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. Long is known for his film roles, notably appearing in '' Jeepers Creepers'' (2001), ''Dodgeball'' (2004), ''Accepted'' (2006), ''Idiocracy'' (20 ...

as Justin Redman, a high school student and regular customer at Average Joe's. *

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as Gordon Pibb, a regular customer at Average Joe's. *

Alan Tudyk Alan Wray Tudyk ( ;; born March 16, 1971) is an American actor. His film work includes roles in '' 28 Days'' with Sandra Bullock (2000), ''A Knight's Tale'' with Heath Ledger (2001), '' Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'' with Vince Vaughn (2004) ...

as Steve "Pirate" Cowan, a regular customer at Average Joe's who dresses, talks, and acts like a

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. *

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as Owen Dittman, an employee at Average Joe's. * Chris Williams as Dwight Baumgarten, an employee at Average Joe's. *

Missi Pyle Missi Pyle (born November 16, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in a number of successful films, including ''Galaxy Quest'' (1999), ''Big Fish'' (2003), ''Bringing Down the House'' (2003), '' Dodgeball: A True Underdog S ...

as Fran Stalinovskovichdaviddivichski, a professional dodgeball player from Romanovia. *

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as Me'Shell Jones, White Goodman's "Fitness

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" who carries out White's orders. *

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as Cotton McKnight, one of the TV announcers for the dodgeball tournament. *

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as Pepper Brooks, the

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for the dodgeball tournament TV broadcast. *Al Kaplon as The Referee *

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as The Dodgeball Chancellor *

Julie Gonzalo Julieta Susana "Julie" Gonzalo (; born September 9, 1981) is an Argentine actress. On television, she has played Parker Lee on ''Veronica Mars'' (2006–2007; 2019), Maggie Dekker on ''Eli Stone'' (2008–2009), Pamela Rebecca Barnes on the soap ...

as Amber, a cheerleader at Justin's high school that he has a crush on. *Trever O'Brien as Derek, another cheerleader at Justin's high school and Amber's boyfriend. *

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as Blade, a member of the Globo Gym dodgeball team. *Kevin Porter as Lazer, a member of the Globo Gym dodgeball team. *Brandon Molale as Blazer, a member of the Globo Gym dodgeball team. *

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as Mr. Ralph *

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as Joyce *

Lori Beth Denberg Lori Beth Denberg (born February 2, 1976) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her work as an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series ''All That'' and for her role as Lydia Liza Gutman on The WB sitco ...

as Martha Johnstone *

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as Timmy, a boy in the dodgeball instructional video. *

Suzy Nakamura Suzy Nakamura (born December 2, 1968) is an American actress and improv comedian. She is known for her many guest appearances on sitcoms such as ''According to Jim'', ''Half and Half'', ''8 Simple Rules'', ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' and ''How I Me ...

as Gordon's Wife *

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as Rory (uncredited) *

Patton Oswalt Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as ...

as Video Store Clerk and Narrator of a video that White watches while fondling a piece of pizza. (uncredited) ;Cameo appearances *

as himself *

as himself, and member of the ADAA Tournament Committee *

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as himself, and coach of the German team

Production

When the film was screened to test audiences, the original ending had Average Joe's lose to Globo Gym in the final match. After the ending was viewed negatively by the test audiences, the sudden death match and Average Joe's winning the dodgeball tournament were added alongside White going back to obesity.

Copyright lawsuit

In 2005, two New York City screenwriters, David Price and Ashoka Thomas, filed suit in federal court against Fox and Thurber, claiming

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of an unproduced screenplay they had written, ''Dodgeball: The Movie'', by Thurber and Fox. They alleged there were a number of similarities in the plots of the two screenplays, and that Thurber may have had access to their screenplay, which was finished a month before his and submitted to an agent whose assistant he was acquainted with. Lawyers for the defendants dismissed some of the allegations as coincidental. They said that both screenplays were the work of writers who used common formulaic elements. Judge

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denied the defense motion for

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and ordered a jury trial.
Price v. Fox Entertainment Group
', 499 F. Supp. 2d 382, ( S.D.N.Y., 2007). The suit was later settled out of court.

Reception

Box office

In its first week, the film grossed over $29 million, and would go on to a domestic gross of $114.3 million, and a worldwide total of $167.7 million.

Critical response

Audiences polled by

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gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. ''

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'' dismissed the film as "a less-than-one-joke film", while ''

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'' remarked that

"doesn't know when to stop". Other critics, such as ''

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'', praised Stiller's satirical take on male virility and praised the chemistry between

and

. Joe Morgenstern of ''

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'' initially declined to review the film, believing it was not worthy of his time. However, after reviewing the DVD, he changed his view, writing, "

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, mea culpa. Rawson Marshall Thurber's debut feature, starring

opposite

, is erratic, imbecilic if not completely idiotic, inconsequential in even the small scheme of things, and thoroughly entertaining".

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gave the film a three stars out of four rating in his ''

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'' review and writes "in a miraculous gift to the audience, 20th Century-Fox does ''not'' reveal all of the best gags in its trailer."

Awards

* 2004 ESPY Awards ** Best Sports Movie – Nominated * 2005 BMI Awards ** Best Film Music, Theodore Shapiro – Won * 2005 MTV Movie Awards ** Best Comedic Performance, Ben Stiller – Nominated ** Best On-Screen Team (Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Justin Long, Alan Tudyk, Stephen Root, Joel Moore and Chris Williams) – Nominated ** Best Villain, Ben Stiller – Won * 25th Golden Raspberry Awards ** Worst Actor, Ben Stiller (Also for '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'', '' Along Came Polly'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' ll 2004 – Nominated

Legacy

Possible sequel

On April 22, 2013, it was announced that

has started developing a sequel to the film, with

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writing the script and Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn returning to star. However Ben Stiller has since stated that he wasn't aware a ''Dodgeball'' sequel was happening. A reunion video featuring the cast was released online in June 2017, announcing a competition to raise funds for the Stiller Foundation.

ESPN8: The Ocho

On August 8, 2017, ESPN paid homage to its lampooned portrayal in ''Dodgeball'' by airing a day-long "ESPN8: The Ocho" marathon on its college sports channel

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. In the spirit of the programming depicted in the film, it consisted of lesser-known and unconventional sports and competitions—including trampoline dodgeball,

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, and

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. The stunt was reprised the following two years on

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, and also included airings of ''Dodgeball''. Due to a lack of live sports programming during the

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announced on March 22, 2020, it would reprise the stunt earlier than scheduled on ESPN2. It did it on May 2, 2020, on ESPN, and then August 8, 2020 on ESPN2, as well as the Big Screen in '' Fortnite Party Royale''. A collection of sports that were featured on ESPN8, as well as the ESPN8 broadcast on these said networks, were available on the ESPN app.

Home video

The DVD and Blu-ray releases all contain various outtakes and deleted scenes including an alternate ending as well as an infamous "Easter Egg" in the form of a spoof director's commentary. The directors commentary track starts out in the traditional fashion with the director and co-stars but soon adds in extra characters and descends into a largely unrelated comedy experience. Halfway through a seemingly chaotic recording, it stops and is replaced by the directors' commentary for ''

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''.

References

External links

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