History Film / Neighbors2014

** see HeyItsThatGuy below

* ChekovsGun: The fireworks [[spoiler: Kelly and Mac use these to eventually get the cops attention]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: The flashbacks get creative with the casting
** Lonely Island (Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, and Jorma Taccone) invented Toga parties in the 30's
** The Workaholics (Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, and Anders Holm) invented Beer pong in the 70's.

* MrFanservice: [[Main/ZacEfron Teddy]], natch. [[spoiler: It also helps him get a post-college career as a male model]].

* BeenThereShapedHistory: Apparently Delta Psi is responsible for inventing toga parties, beer pong, and the boot and rally.

* AntiHero: Mac and Kelly are just trying to raise their daughter in peace. However they are also far less mature then they like to pretend and very willing to play dirty to get rid of the fraternity, including [[spoiler: commiting very serious property damage and trying to set up a relationship between Pete and Brooke (Teddy's best friend and girlfriend) without displaying any qualms about it]].

* BookDumb: Teddy might be this. His grades are very poor (because he apparently never goes to class) and he's hopelessly naive about the 'legacy' of Delta Psi but otherwise he seems pretty sharp in contrast to the genuinely stupid likes of Scoonie and Garf. Notably [[spoiler: he realises the importance of winning over the neighbours (at least at first) and it's his idea to sell Delta Psi dildos, making the fraternity a lot of money.]]

* BookDumb: Teddy might be this. His grades are very poor (because he apparently never goes to class) and he's hoplessly naive about the 'legacy' of Delta Psi but otherwise he seems pretty sharp in contrast to the genuinely stupid likes of Scoonie and Garf. Notably [[spoiler: he realises the importance of winning over the neighbours (at least at first) and it's his idea to sell Delta Psi dildos, making the fraternity a lot of money.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: Mac notices that Kelly can't help but check out Teddy in his tank top.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: For both parties. [[spoiler: The fraternity moves closer to the campus i.e away from Mac and Kelly, allowing them to raise Stella in peace, and Teddy grows up and gets a post-college career as a male model. Him and Mac also make up]].

* WomenAreWiser: {{Defied|Trope}} and mocked by Kelly when Mac asks her why she's not reining in his crazy revenge fantasies -- she herself has those same urges.

* WeNeedADistraction: To get Teddy downstairs and away from the door, Jimmy jumps from the balcony and breaks his leg.* WomenAreWiser: {{Defied|Trope}} and mocked by Kelly when Mac asks her why she's not reining in his crazy revenge fantasies -- she herself has those same urges.

* [[spoiler: ThisLoserIsYou]]: [[spoiler: Teddy. As [[OnlySaneMan Pete]] points out, Teddy has no real plans post-college, none of the frat's accomplishments were real, and he accuses Teddy of starting the war out of fear that he'll end up like Mac]].

* GenreDeconstruction / DeconstructiveParody: Of the frat boy comedies Rogen starred in. Namely, it shows how reasonable people would act surrounded by characters from these movies, and how the frat guys are pathetic, petty [[ManChild Man-Children]] who are unwilling to accept maturity.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: The fraternity, especially Teddy are depicted suprisingly sympathetically while Mac and Kelly do some pretty dark things during the feud. Neither side comes across as fully bad or fully good.
* GrowingUpSucks: [[spoiler: A major part of Teddy starting the dispute is due to wanting to live in the now]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Mac, egged on by Kelly, breaks the fraternity's water pipe flooding their basement and causing thousands of dollars of property damage. The Radners would be looking at an extremely serious fine or even jail time but luckily for them the cops never find out.]]

* MarketBasedTitle: In the UK, it's known as ''Bad Neighbours''.

* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers make the feud look very one sided with the fraternity depicted as purely malicious bullies terrorising the innocent Radners. In the actual film the feud is much more a GreyAndGrayMorality one with Teddy and his friends having several PetTheDog moments while the Radners stoop pretty low themselves.

** The couple dresses their baby as [[BreakingBad Heisenberg]] for a photo shoot.
** The frat boys host a RobertDeNiro party. Teddy is dressed as [[TaxiDriver Travis Bickle]] and Pete is [[MeetTheParents Jack Byrnes]].
** A black guy is dressed as SamuelLJackson from JackieBrown (Also starring RobertDeNiro)
* [[spoiler: ThisLoserIsYou]]: [[spoiler: Teddy. As [[OnlySaneMan Pete]] points out, Teddy has no real plans post-college, none of the frat's accomplishments were real and accuses Teddy of starting the war out of fear that he'll end up like Mac]].

* AntiHero: Mac and Kelly are just trying to raise their daughter in peace. However they are also far less mature then they like to pretend and very willing to play dirty to get rid of the fraternity, including [[spoiler: commiting very serious property damage and trying to set up a relationship between Pete and Brooke (Teddy's best friend and girlfriend) without display any qualms about it]].

* KarmaHoudini: [[Mac, egged on by Kelly, breaks the fraternity's water pipe flooding their basement and causing thousands of dollars of property damage. The Radners would be looking at an extremely serious fine or even jail time but luckily for them the cops never find out.]]

* AntiHero: Mac and Kelly are just trying to raise their daughter in peace. However they are also far less mature then they like to pretend and very willing to play dirty to get rid of the fraternity.

* CorruptTheCutie: [[spoiler: What Teddy plans to do to Stella]].

** A black guy is dressed as SamuelLJackson from JackieBrown (Also starring RobertDeNiro)

Mac and Kelly Radner (Rogen and Byrne) are a married couple with a newborn baby, and they find that raising a child has cut into their social life. Things become more complicated when a fraternity moves in next door, causing trouble for the couple.

** A black guy is dressed as SamuelLJackson from JackieBrown (Also starring RobertDeNiro)
* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailers make the feud look very one sided with the fraternity depicted as purely malicious bullies terrorising the innocent Radners. In the actual film the feud is much more a GreyAndGrayMorality one with Teddy and his friends having several PetTheDog moments while the Radners stoop pretty low themselves.

** The frat boys host a RobertDeNiro party. Teddy is dressed as [[TaxiDriver Travis Bickle]] and Pete is [[MeetTheParents Jack Byrnes]].

** The frat boys host a RobertDeNiro party. Teddy is dressed as [[TaxiDriver Travis Bickle]] and Pete is [[MeetTheParents Jack Burns]].