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** Hunter asks [[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious “What would Vin Diesel do?”]] when driving after the girls’ limo.
** When Mitchell and Hunter are sneaking through Austin’s house while his parents are having a blindfold sex game, Ron walking in causes [[Film/JurassicPark a nearby cup of water to vibrate slightly.]]

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** Hunter asks [[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious “What would Vin Diesel do?”]] when driving after the girls’ limo.
limo; when he asks Julie if she's seen them, Julie mentions in turn that she's seen "[[TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift the Tokyo one]] and [[Film/TheFateOfTheFurious the one where the Rock punches the torpedo]]", which Hunter considers the best two.
** When Mitchell and Hunter are sneaking through Austin’s house while his parents are having a blindfold sex game, Ron walking in causes [[Film/JurassicPark a nearby cup of water to vibrate slightly.]]slightly]].
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''Blockers'' is a 2018 SexComedy by Creator/KayCannon in her directorial debut. It stars Creator/LeslieMann (Lisa), Wrestling/JohnCena (Mitchell), and Creator/IkeBarinholtz (Hunter) as the three main parents and Creator/KathrynNewton (Julie), Creator/GeraldineViswanathan (Kayla), and Creator/GideonAdlon (Sam) as the girls.

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''Blockers'' is a 2018 SexComedy by Creator/KayCannon in her directorial debut. It stars Creator/LeslieMann (Lisa), Wrestling/JohnCena Creator/JohnCena (Mitchell), and Creator/IkeBarinholtz (Hunter) as the three main parents and Creator/KathrynNewton (Julie), Creator/GeraldineViswanathan (Kayla), and Creator/GideonAdlon (Sam) as the girls.
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* LastHetRomance: [[spoiler;Chad for Sam]].

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* LastHetRomance: [[spoiler;Chad [[spoiler: Chad for Sam]].
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** Hunter mentions ''[[Film/DanBrownsInferno Inferno]]'' repeatedly.

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** Hunter mentions ''[[Film/DanBrownsInferno Inferno]]'' ''Literature/{{Inferno|2013}}'' repeatedly.
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** Hunter mentions ''Film/{{Inferno}}'' repeatedly.

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** Hunter mentions ''Film/{{Inferno}}'' ''[[Film/DanBrownsInferno Inferno]]'' repeatedly.
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* MixedAncestry: Kayla's mother is Indian-American while her father's White.
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''Blockers'' is a 2018 SexComedy by Kay Cannon in her directorial debut. It stars Creator/LeslieMann (Lisa), Wrestling/JohnCena (Mitchell), and Creator/IkeBarinholtz (Hunter) as the three main parents and Creator/KathrynNewton (Julie), Creator/GeraldineViswanathan (Kayla), and Creator/GideonAdlon (Sam) as the girls.

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''Blockers'' is a 2018 SexComedy by Kay Cannon Creator/KayCannon in her directorial debut. It stars Creator/LeslieMann (Lisa), Wrestling/JohnCena (Mitchell), and Creator/IkeBarinholtz (Hunter) as the three main parents and Creator/KathrynNewton (Julie), Creator/GeraldineViswanathan (Kayla), and Creator/GideonAdlon (Sam) as the girls.
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* LastHetRomance: [[spoiler;Chad for Sam]].

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* ManlyTears: One of Mitchell's defining character traits.

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One of Mitchell's defining character traits.



* PrimalScene: In the {{stinger}}, Kayla comes home and walks in on her parents playing the same sex game they say Ron do with Cathy (which means Mitchell's nude). She screams in horror (they weren't actually having sex yet, but it's obviously bad enough in her mind).

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* PrimalScene: In the {{stinger}}, Kayla comes home and walks in on her parents playing the same sex game they say saw Ron do with Cathy (which means Mitchell's nude). She screams in horror (they weren't actually having sex yet, but it's obviously bad enough in her mind).



* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Kayla was brought up as one, though she oftentimes chafes at how she was raised as a clean-living, star athlete with tomboyish dress and mannerisms. Which is why she acts out by [[spoiler:experimenting with cigarettes, eagerly talking about getting drunk and high, sampling Connor's drug-laced concoctions, and initially acting sexually aggressive toward him... until she realizes she's not yet ready for sex with him after all.]] Meanwhile, her friends Julie and Sam are very feminine.

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Kayla was brought up as one, a tomboy, though she oftentimes chafes at how she was raised as a clean-living, star athlete with tomboyish dress and mannerisms. Which is why she acts out by [[spoiler:experimenting with cigarettes, eagerly talking about getting drunk and high, sampling Connor's drug-laced concoctions, and initially acting sexually aggressive toward him... until she realizes she's not yet ready for sex with him after all.]] Meanwhile, her friends Julie and Sam are very feminine.
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* ParentalSexualitySquick: In the {{stinger}}, Kayla comes home and walks in on her parents playing the same sex game they say Ron do with Cathy (which means Mitchell's nude). She screams in horror.

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* ParentalSexualitySquick: PrimalScene: In the {{stinger}}, Kayla comes home and walks in on her parents playing the same sex game they say Ron do with Cathy (which means Mitchell's nude). She screams in horror.horror (they weren't actually having sex yet, but it's obviously bad enough in her mind).
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* ParentalSexualitySquick: In the {{stinger}}, Kayla comes home and walks in on her parents playing the same sex game they say Ron do with Cathy (which means Mitchell's nude). She screams in horror.

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* TechnicalVirgin: Chad, Sam and Kayla both qualify by the end of the film. [[spoiler: Sam and Chad got mostly naked in bed together, but on touching Chad's penis, Sam realizes she just doesn't enjoy the experience and is definitely a lesbian. Chad get [[PrematureEjaculation a little too excited]] from the experience... Kayla realizes that she wants her first time to be a little bit special after all, albeit not necessarily "perfect". Instead, she gets Connor to go down on her.]]

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* TechnicalVirgin: Chad, Sam and Kayla both qualify by the end of the film. [[spoiler: Sam and Chad got mostly naked in bed together, but on touching Chad's penis, Sam realizes she just doesn't enjoy the experience and is definitely a lesbian. Chad get gets [[PrematureEjaculation a little too excited]] from the experience... Kayla realizes that she wants her first time to be a little bit special after all, albeit not necessarily "perfect". Instead, she gets Connor to go down on her.]]


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* TwoferTokenMinority: Angelica, Sam's crush, is a lesbian of East Asian descent.

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* AMistakeIsBorn: Lisa accidentally implies to her daughter Julie that she was a "life-changing mistake" during a heated argument.
* AMinorKidroduction: The movie's prologue is a home video montage of Julie, Kayla and Sam as little kids.



* {{Gayngst}}: [[spoiler: Sam suffers from this as she is a closeted lesbian and hides it from her friends and family out of shame and fear of being rejected. It's because of this that's why she goes along with her plans to sleep to have sex with a boy on prom night. Luckily, her dad and friends accept her after she comes out.]]

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* {{Gayngst}}: [[spoiler: Sam suffers from this as she is a closeted lesbian and hides it from her friends and family out of shame and fear of being rejected. It's because of this that's why she goes along with her plans to sleep to have sex with a boy on prom night. Luckily, her dad and friends accept her instantly after she comes out.]]


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* AMinorKidroduction: The movie's prologue is a home video montage of Julie, Kayla and Sam as little kids.


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* MaleFrontalNudity: Mitchell unwillingly gets to Ron completely naked while he's playing a sex game with Cathy, including a close up of his balls.



* MixedAncestry: Kayla's mother is Indian-American while her father's White.



** Hunter realised that Sam was gay years before she realised it herself, and is completely OK with it, to the extent that he joins the other parents in attempting to stop the sex pact, not because he's opposed to the idea of Sam having sex per se, but rather because he thinks Sam is going to have sex with a boy just to fit in with the others.

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** Hunter realised realized that Sam was gay years before she realised realized it herself, and is completely OK with it, to the extent that he joins the other parents in attempting to stop the sex pact, not because he's opposed to the idea of Sam having sex per se, but rather because he thinks Sam is going to have sex with a boy just to fit in with the others.



* PapaWolf: Though a sensitive GentleGiant, Mitchell is very protective of Kayla, and goes through all sorts of trials during the film to find her.

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Though a sensitive GentleGiant, Mitchell is very protective of Kayla, and goes through all sorts of trials during the film to find her.



* TechnicalVirgin: Chad, Sam and Kayla both qualify by the end of the film. [[spoiler: Sam and Chad got mostly naked in bed together, but on touching Chad's penis, Sam realises she just doesn't enjoy the experience and is definitely a lesbian. Chad get [[PrematureEjaculation a little too excited]] from the experience... Kayla realises that she wants her first time to be a little bit special after all, albeit not necessarily "perfect". Instead, she gets Connor to go down on her.]]



* TechnicalVirgin: Chad, Sam and Kayla both qualify by the end of the film. [[spoiler: Sam and Chad got mostly naked in bed together, but on touching Chad's penis, Sam realizes she just doesn't enjoy the experience and is definitely a lesbian. Chad get [[PrematureEjaculation a little too excited]] from the experience... Kayla realizes that she wants her first time to be a little bit special after all, albeit not necessarily "perfect". Instead, she gets Connor to go down on her.]]



* ThreeAmigos: Julie, Sam, and Kayla surely count as one.
** Also, Lisa, Mitchell, and Hunter count as one as well.

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* {{Tomboy}}: Kayla was brought up as one, though she oftentimes chafes at how she was raised as a clean-living, star athlete with tomboyish dress and mannerisms. Which is why she acts out by [[spoiler:experimenting with cigarettes, eagerly talking about getting drunk and high, sampling Connor's drug-laced concoctions, and initially acting sexually aggressive toward him... until she realizes she's not yet ready for sex with him after all.]]

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* {{Tomboy}}: TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Kayla was brought up as one, though she oftentimes chafes at how she was raised as a clean-living, star athlete with tomboyish dress and mannerisms. Which is why she acts out by [[spoiler:experimenting with cigarettes, eagerly talking about getting drunk and high, sampling Connor's drug-laced concoctions, and initially acting sexually aggressive toward him... until she realizes she's not yet ready for sex with him after all.]]]] Meanwhile, her friends Julie and Sam are very feminine.



* VomitChainReaction: After Sam has had too much to drink, she pukes on Chad, which leads Chad, Kayla, Austin, and even their limo chauffeur vomiting as well.

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* VomitChainReaction: After Sam has had too much to drink, she pukes on Chad, which leads to Chad, Kayla, Austin, and even their limo chauffeur vomiting as well.
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* TransparentCloset: [[spoiler: Sam is a lesbian and struggles to come to terms with it. When she finally comes out to her dad Hunter, he already knew and is okay with it.]]
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* AMistakeIsBorn: Lisa accidentally implies to her daughter Julie that she was a "life-changing mistake" during a heated argument.
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''Blockers'' is a 2018 SexComedy by Kay Cannon in her directorial debut. It stars Creator/LeslieMann (Lisa), Wrestling/JohnCena (Mitchell), and Ike Barinholtz (Hunter) as the three main parents and Creator/KathrynNewton (Julie), Geraldine Viswanathan (Kayla), and Gideon Adlon (Sam) as the girls.

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''Blockers'' is a 2018 SexComedy by Kay Cannon in her directorial debut. It stars Creator/LeslieMann (Lisa), Wrestling/JohnCena (Mitchell), and Ike Barinholtz Creator/IkeBarinholtz (Hunter) as the three main parents and Creator/KathrynNewton (Julie), Geraldine Viswanathan Creator/GeraldineViswanathan (Kayla), and Gideon Adlon Creator/GideonAdlon (Sam) as the girls.
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* ThisIsReality: While chasing the kids in an SUV, Lisa muses "What would Vin Diesel do?" and throws the car into a sharp turn. Cut to the van lying in a ditch as the parents must on how ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' is "totally unrealistic."

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* ThisIsReality: While chasing the kids teens in an SUV, Lisa muses "What would Vin Diesel do?" and throws the car into a sharp turn. Cut to the van lying in a ditch as the parents must on how ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' is "totally unrealistic."
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* TechnicalVirgin: Chad, Sam and Kayla both qualify by the end of the film. [[spoiler: Sam and Chad got mostly naked in bed together, but on touching Chad's penis Sam realises she just doesn't enjoy the experience and is definitely a lesbian. Chad get [[PrematureEjaculation a little too excited]] from the experience... Kayla realises that she wants her first time to be a little bit special after all, albeit not necessarily "perfect". Instead she gets Connor to go down on her.]]

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* TechnicalVirgin: Chad, Sam and Kayla both qualify by the end of the film. [[spoiler: Sam and Chad got mostly naked in bed together, but on touching Chad's penis penis, Sam realises she just doesn't enjoy the experience and is definitely a lesbian. Chad get [[PrematureEjaculation a little too excited]] from the experience... Kayla realises that she wants her first time to be a little bit special after all, albeit not necessarily "perfect". Instead Instead, she gets Connor to go down on her.]]
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** Julie feels she has reached a stage in her relationship with boyfriend Austin where it feels natural for them to have sex. [[spoiler:In the end Julie is the only girl to actually have sex.]]

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** Julie feels she has reached a stage in her relationship with boyfriend Austin where it feels natural for them to have sex. [[spoiler:In the end end, Julie is the only girl to actually have sex.]]
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** When Mitchell and Hunter are sneaking through Austin’s house while his parents are having a blindfold sex game, Ron walking in causes [[Film/JurassicPark a nearby cup of water to vibrate slightly.]]
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** Mitchell asks [[Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious “What would Vin Diesel do?”]] when driving after the girls’ limo.

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** Mitchell Hunter asks [[Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious [[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious “What would Vin Diesel do?”]] when driving after the girls’ limo.
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* ShoutOut:
** Hunter mentions ''Film/{{Inferno}}'' repeatedly.
** Julie tries to set the mood with rose petals as in ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' but based on her description of it as a “romantic comedy”, it’s implied she hasn’t seen how that movie turns out.
** Mitchell asks [[Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious “What would Vin Diesel do?”]] when driving after the girls’ limo.
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* ThisIsReality: While chasing the kids in an SUV, Lisa muses "What would Vin Diesel do?" and throws the car into a sharp turn. Cut to the van lying in a ditch as the parents must on how ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' is "totally unrealistic."
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* AboveTheInfluence: Kayla seeks to avert this by informing her date ''before'' she starts drinking that she wants to end the night in bed together.

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* AboveTheInfluence: Kayla seeks to avert this by informing her date Conner ''before'' she starts drinking that she wants to sleep with him at the end of the night in bed together.night.
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* AboveTheInfluence: Kayla seeks to avert this by informing her date '''before''' she starts drinking that she wants to end the night in bed together.

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* AboveTheInfluence: Kayla seeks to avert this by informing her date '''before''' ''before'' she starts drinking that she wants to end the night in bed together.

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* AboveTheInfluence: Kayla seeks to avert this by informing her date '''before''' she starts drinking that she wants to end the night in bed together.



* AMinorKidroduction: The movie's prologue is a home video montage of Julie, Kayla and Sam as little kids

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* AMinorKidroduction: The movie's prologue is a home video montage of Julie, Kayla and Sam as little kids kids.


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* EruditeStoner: Conner is somewhere between this and a NiceGuy. He provides Kayla with drugs and alcohol at her request, but only as much as she'd enjoy without losing her wits. [[AboveTheInfluence He also had no intention of sleeping with Kayla]] until Kayla expressed her interest in sleeping with him. And when Kayla changes her mind at the last minute, Conner immediately accepts and suggests they spend their time mindfully journalling together instead.
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* VisualPun: The poster has the silhouette of a rooster on it... as in "Cockblockers".
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** Hunter cries after [[spoiler: Sam comes out to him]].


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* TearsOfJoy: [[spoiler: Hunter cries these after Sam's coming out. Not just because he supports her but also because his daughter came out to him first instead of his cheating wife/her mom]].
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* {{Gaynst}}: [[spoiler: Sam suffers from this as she is a closeted lesbian and hides it from her friends and family out of shame and fear of being rejected. It's because of this that's why she goes along with her plans to sleep to have sex with a boy on prom night. Luckily, her dad and friends accept her after she comes out.]]

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* {{Gaynst}}: {{Gayngst}}: [[spoiler: Sam suffers from this as she is a closeted lesbian and hides it from her friends and family out of shame and fear of being rejected. It's because of this that's why she goes along with her plans to sleep to have sex with a boy on prom night. Luckily, her dad and friends accept her after she comes out.]]

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