History Film / AmericanPie

* {{Flanderization}}: Stifler's {{Jerk Jock}} antics are turned {{up to eleven}} in the 3rd film. It doesn't help that he's in [[{{spotlightstealingsquad}} almost every scene]].

* DontTryThisAtHome: A young man who imitated the infamous pie scene burned...* ahem* himself, badly.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Stifler gets back at Finch's rumor of beating him up by putting a laxative in his drink, knowing he has a phobia of using the school bathroom. Stifler leads him to an open bathroom, which ends up being the girls bathroom, and he is humiliated by his peers upon exiting.

* IAteWhat?: In ''American Wedding,'' Stifler is waiting for a ring-eating dog 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.

* DestructoNookie: [[spoiler: In ''Reunion'' Jim and Michelle have one in the music room after making up with each other.]]

* AntiHero: Stifler ([[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V).

** Finally there is Michelle. It's easy to forget because her scenes are so memorable but she doesn't have much actual screentime in the original film. It is only the second film on that turns her from a near OneSceneWonder into an AscendedExtra.

** Finally there is Michelle. It's easy to forget because her scenes are so memorable but she doesn't have much actual screentime in the original film. It is only the second film on that turns her from a near OneSceneWonder into an actual character.

* BannedInChina: Malaysia, actually.

** ''American Reunion'' is a Call Back movie. It ends with the gang having hot dogs at the same hot dog restaurant that the first movie ended at.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: It will take some industrial power tools to dig through all that selfish, spiteful, sex crazed macho bullheadness, but once you do you will find that Steve Stiffler has a loyal, sensitive and ''very'' kind heart... just don't expect him ever admit having one.

* LatinLover: Oz spends ''2'' worried about his girlfriend living in a house of them while on Study Abroad.

* UndyingLoyalty: Yes, Steve Stiffler ''is'' as selfish and sex-craze jackass.... ...but once he is your friend, he is your friend for '''life.'''

* DirectToVideo: The fourth movie onward.

* NoNameGiven: Finch's mom, MILF Guy #2 (JohnCho is still billed only as this in the fourth film).

* UndyingLoyalty: To Stiffler's credit, once he is your friend, he is your friend for '''life.'''

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Stiffler, being the macho-jerk that he is, always makes a big display of how much he hates homosexuality... but in spite of all that, if you are his friend he will be there to love and support you, gay or not.... just not in ''that'' manner.

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexual: Stiffler, being the macho-jerk that he is, always makes a big display of how much he hates homosexuality... but in spite of all that, if you are his friend he will be there to love and support you, gay or not.... just not in ''that'' manner.

* NobleDemon: Steve Stiffler is a rare comedic example, who is capable of incredible selflessness and kindness in spite of his rude and selfish nature.

* JizzedInMyPants: Perhaps the most famous movie example happens to Jim. Twice. [[BeyondTheImpossible In as many minutes]].

Not to be confused with the ultra-famous [[DonMcLean Don McLean]] song.

** And AlysonHannigan can get away with it because she really can act that well.

** The second running gag is Stifler ingesting some bodily substance. See {{Squick}} in {{YMMV}}

* RememberTheNewGuy: Several never before mentioned classmates turn up out of the blue in ''Reunion'' such as Selena (Michelle's Band Camp bff), Loni 'Blowjob' Lipstein (a former... intimate of Stifler) and Mitch and Adam (members of the lacrosse team and good buddies with Stifler and possibly Oz.)

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Jim's Dad and Stifler's Mom are called just that: their real names are never mentioned.
** Hers is, at the end of the second film. [[spoiler:It's Jeanine. But she still insists Finch call her "Stifler's Mom".]]
** And, In ''American Pie: The Naked Mile'', Jim's Dad's name is revealed to be [[spoiler:Noah Levenstein]].

!! This Movie Contains Examples Of:
* AThreesomeIsHot: Happens to [[spoiler:Stifler]] in ''American Pie 2.''

* GayBarReveal: In the third film, the bar where Stifler shows off his dancing skills in ''AmericanPie 3''. This being Stifler, he didn't realize which kind of bar it was until the others told him to look around and pay attention. [[ThisIsSPARTA "Oh. My. GOD!"]].