History Film / AmericanPie

* AmbiguouslyJewish: The Levensteins have a Jewish surname and some stereotypical traits, though until the third film their religion isn’t explicitly mentioned.

** Stifler's JerkJock antics are turned UpToEleven in the third film. It doesn't help that he's in [[SpotlightStealingSquad almost every scene]].

* CoversAlwaysLie: Shows Jim curiously looking at Nadia, who's on his right, as if he's more interested in her instead of Michelle, who's on his right since [[spoiler: Jim leaves Nadia for Michelle]].

** Subverted with Oz, who didn't feel the need to brag about it like the other guys. Subverted even harder for him in the fourth movie, when he is way too dull to keep up with his adventurous girlfriend.

* {{Dominatrix}}: ShrinkingViolet Michelle turns out to be this. The idea was a ThrowItIn by Creator/AlysonHannigan. In ''American Reunion'' she dresses in bondage gear for a night of leather fun.

** Jim's webcam striptease for Nadia. Only Jim's dad watches this time.

* LovableSexManiac: Pretty much every character, but especially Jim and Stifler.

** Sherman's date at the prom mentions that Sherman once tried to screw a grapefruit.

** Also, to ''Film/{{Carrie}}'' in the powder blue tux/ruffled shirt combo.

* {{Corpsing}}: Jason Biggs can be seen trying not to laugh at Eugene Levy's "giant orgy" line.

* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: Sherman.

* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Nadia.

* QuestForSex

* ButtMonkey: Jim.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Finch.

* CovertPervert: Michelle.
* CringeComedy

* DeadpanSnarker: Jessica.

* ManChild: Stifler.
* MrsRobinson: Stifler's Mom.

* ToiletHumor: Many examples, particularly regarding Stifler (see UrineTrouble, RoadApples and DisproportionateRetribution).

* ToiletHumor: Many examples, particularly regarding Stifler (see IAteWhat, UrineTrouble, RoadApples and DisproportionateRetribution).

* IAteWhat:
** This is a RunningGag with Stifler. In the first film, the incident with Kevin's beer. In the second film, he drinks and lets piss pour onto his head thinking it's champagne. In the third film, Stifler is waiting for a dog who ate a ring to defecate. When he gets it, the bride's mother mistakes it for a chocolate truffle and Stifler prevents her from eating it by... you know.
** The third one is actually his official JerkWithAHeartOfGold moment, as the first two were his LaserGuidedKarma being the JerkJock, but the third act he did intentionally to get the ring and prevent Michelle's mother from eating feces. Creator/RogerEbert called it a rather noble act (and also nauseating). Though had he let her eat it she might have discovered the ring and he'd have some explaining to do.

The Weitz brothers' first film, ''American Pie'' was a huge box-office hit and spawned three direct sequels, beginning with ''American Pie 2'' (2001) and then ''American Wedding'' (2003). The [[TrilogyCreep fourth installment]], ''American Reunion'' (2012), featured the entire primary cast of the first two films reprising their roles for the first time in over a decade.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The directors insisted on having a monkey somewhere, since a movie with a monkey was automatically twice as good as the same movie without a monkey.

** Stiffler says that ''New Moon'' is his favourite book in ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''. Chris Weitz directed the film version.

** When Stiffler meets Finch's mother, she says "are you ready for me?" - as a nod to Creator/RebeccaDeMornay's scene in ''Film/RiskyBusiness'' where she says the same thing to Creator/TomCruise.

* AssShove: Stiffler's mom tells Jim's dad about a time, when she walked in on Stiffler shoving her hairbrush up his ass. And not the handle side first. In her room.

** Stiffler's mom also claims she had walked-in on Stiffler having sex more times than she can count.

* {{Corpsing}}:
** Jason Biggs can be seen trying not to laugh at Eugene Levy's "giant orgy" line.
** In the second movie, Natasha Lyonne was genuinely cracking up at the line asking how many women she's slept with.
** The lesbian scene in the second film has lots of shots that omit Finch (despite him being there too) because Eddie Kaye Thomas kept bursting out laughing at Seann William Scott's antics.

* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheGraduate''. You know the scene.

* {{Corpsing}}: Seann William Scott's antics during the "lesbians" scene are clearly making Eddie Kaye Thomas laugh, most noticeably when Stifler tells Jim that he's a lousy kisser.

* PlayingGertrude: Jennifer Coolidge, who plays Stifler's Mom, is only thirteen years older than Seann William Scott.

The Weitz brothers' first film, it was a huge box-office hit and spawned three direct sequels, beginning with ''American Pie 2'' (2001) and then ''American Wedding'' (2003). The [[TrilogyCreep fourth installment]], ''American Reunion'' (2012), featured the entire primary cast of the first two films reprising their roles for the first time in over a decade.

The film concentrates on four boys who make a pact to lose their virginity before their high school graduation. The title of the film refers to a scene in the film in which the lead character is caught masturbating with a pie after previously being told that a vagina feels "like warm apple pie".

The film ranked 49th on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" list, and ranked 22nd on ''Entertainment Weekly''[='s=] list of the "50 Best High School Movies". In 2000, readers of ''Total Film'' magazine voted ''American Pie'' the 6th greatest comedy film of all time.

Following the ''American Pie'' trilogy chronicling the courtship and marriage of characters Jim Levenstein and Michelle Flaherty, the ''American Pie'' name became a brand name in a manner similar to the ''National Lampoon'' film series for a number of direct to video spin off films: ''American Pie Presents: Band Camp'' (2005), ''American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile'' (2006), ''Film/AmericanPiePresentsBetaHouse'' (2007), ''American Pie Presents: The Book of Love'' (2009), and ''American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules'' (2020).

* TheILoveYouStigma: Vicky tells Kevin "I love you" after receiveing her acceptance letter. Kevin does not tell her the same and he tells his friends that he is worried about it.

** The latest installment in the ''American Pie Presents'' series follows this all the way through.

''American Pie'' is a 1999 teenage {{sex comedy}} film directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz, and written by Adam Herz. The Weitz brothers' first film, it was a huge box-office hit and spawned three direct sequels, beginning with ''American Pie 2'' (2001) and then ''American Wedding'' (2003). The [[TrilogyCreep fourth installment]], ''American Reunion'' (2012), featured the entire primary cast of the first two films reprising their roles for the first time in over a decade.

''American Pie'' is a 1999 teen {{sex comedy}} film directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz, and written by Adam Herz. The Weitz brothers' first film, it was a huge box-office hit and spawned three direct sequels, beginning with ''American Pie 2'' (2001) and then ''American Wedding'' (2003). The [[TrilogyCreep fourth installment]], ''American Reunion'' (2012), featured the entire primary cast of the first two films reprising their roles for the first time in over a decade.

''American Pie'' is a 1999 teen {{sex comedy}} film directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz, and written by Adam Herz. It was the first film to be directed by the Weitz brothers, and the first film in the ''American Pie'' series. The film was a box-office hit and spawned three direct sequels first with ''American Pie 2'' (2001) and then ''American Wedding'' (2003). The [[TrilogyCreep fourth installment]], ''American Reunion'' (2012), featured the entire primary cast of the first two films reprising their roles for the first time in over a decade.

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''American Pie'' is a 1999 teen comedy film directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz, and written by Adam Herz. It was the first film to be directed by the Weitz brothers, and the first film in the ''American Pie'' series. The film was a box-office hit and spawned three direct sequels first with ''American Pie 2'' (2001) and then ''American Wedding'' (2003). The [[TrilogyCreep fourth installment]], ''American Reunion'' (2012), featured the entire primary cast of the first two films reprising their roles for the first time in over a decade.

The film ranked 49th on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" list, and ranked 22nd on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies. In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted American Pie the 6th greatest comedy film of all time.