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* ThemeNaming: All the Ducks' rival teams have names evoking aggression and hostility. "Hawk" is a common term for someone who favors military action over diplomacy, the real-life Vikings were infamously violent, and "Warriors" speaks for itself. In that spirit, the most feared member of the Iceland team is named Gunnar.



* UnnecessaryRoughness: The Ducks are frequently the victim of this until Fulton and/or Portman start dishing it right back to the other team.

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* UnnecessaryRoughness: The Ducks are frequently the victim of this until Fulton and/or Portman one or both of the Bash Brothers start dishing it right back to the other team.



** After the Ducks beat Iceland, star player Gunner Stahl defies Stansson's criticism to lead his team back onto the ice to shake hands with their opponents, personally congratulating Charlie on their victory.
---> '''Stansson:''' Gunner...you lost it for me.\\
'''Gunner:''' You lost it for yourself. ''(to team)'' Let's go shake their hands.\\

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** After the Ducks beat Iceland, star player Gunner Gunnar Stahl defies Stansson's criticism to lead his team back onto the ice to shake hands with their opponents, personally congratulating Charlie on their victory.
---> '''Stansson:''' Gunner...Gunnar...you lost it for me.\\
'''Gunner:''' '''Gunnar:''' You lost it for yourself. ''(to team)'' Let's go shake their hands.\\



'''Gunner:''' ''(to Charlie)'' Good work, Captain Duck.\\

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'''Gunner:''' '''Gunnar:''' ''(to Charlie)'' Good work, Captain Duck.\\

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* CruelCheerleader:
** One of the Eden Hall cheerleaders snidely orders Linda to vacate the "cheerleader-only" table in the cafeteria.
** Riley's unnamed girlfriend is revealed at the end to have been making time with [[spoiler:Luis]] behind his back.



* DoWrongRight: Russ tells Charlie in ''D3'' that they can't lose their scholarship. So if they're going to prank Varisty, they need to make sure they're not caught.

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* DoWrongRight: Russ tells Charlie in ''D3'' that they can't lose their scholarship. So if they're going to prank Varisty, Varsity, they need to make sure they're not caught.


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* DueToTheDead:
** At [[spoiler:Hans']] funeral, Bombay pauses the ceremony to place an original Ducks jersey with his given name on the back on top of the casket.
** The Ducks later pay tribute to him by skating in a circle while touching their bare hands to the ice, described as "a Norwegian gesture of respect."
* DumbMuscle:
** Neither Fulton nor Portman is exceptionally bright. Both are prone to ConfusingMultipleNegatives, and neither sees the problem with asking if America always dominated in the Olympics (which date back to 776 BCE).
** Eden Hall enforcer Cole is similarly dim. Team captain Riley has to remind goalie Scooter that he "know[s] better than to confuse Cole."


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* SoapboxSadie: Linda creates a petition to change the "demeaning" Eden Hall Warriors team name.
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* HonestCorporateExecutive: Admittedly, the Hendrix Hockey Apparel sponsorship in ''D2'' doesn't have the best influence on Bombay, [[DistractedByTheLuxury distracting]] him from what's best for the team with pay, perks, and publicity. But Tibbles never lies to Bombay or the kids, genuinely celebrates their athletic prowess and victories, and is a fundamentally NiceGuy.
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** One such slapshot knocks a goalie into the net. [[https://what-if.xkcd.com/39/ This can't actually happen.]]
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*** Ducks down by one to Iceland with two minutes left, Russ keeps getting swarmed by Iceland players every time he gets near the puck and has no chance to get his knucklepuck off for the tying goal. Bombay then calls timeout and calls the whole team in to a huddle to discuss his plan. We then cut to the Iceland bench and hear Stanson pep talking to his team about keeping three guys on Russ at all times; the camera then cuts back to the Ducks breaking the huddle with a "Go Ducks!" chant, so we never hear Bombay's plan: [[spoiler:he had Russ put on Goldberg's jersey and goalie equipment and pretend Russ was Goldberg once play resumed so that the Iceland players don't pay attention to him when the Ducks finally begin their attack on Iceland's goal. Russ-pretending-to-be-Goldberg then skates up the ice along with the other regular Ducks skaters like he's going to the bench for an extra skater before the puck is passed back to him. He then takes off the goalie helmet to reveal his true identity, takes Averman's regular hockey stick, and now has enough time to set up and shoot his knucklepuck because all of Iceland's players had fallen back to their defensive zone.]] Game tied.

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*** Ducks down by one to Iceland with two minutes left, Russ keeps getting swarmed by Iceland players every time he gets near the puck and has no chance to get his knucklepuck off for the tying goal. Bombay then calls timeout and calls the whole team in to a huddle to discuss his plan. We then cut to the Iceland bench and hear Stanson pep talking to his team about keeping three guys on Russ at all times; the camera then cuts back to the Ducks breaking the huddle with a "Go Ducks!" chant, so we never hear Bombay's plan: [[spoiler:he had Russ put on Goldberg's jersey and goalie equipment and pretend Russ was Goldberg once play resumed so that the Iceland players don't pay attention to him when the Ducks finally begin their attack on Iceland's goal. Russ-pretending-to-be-Goldberg then skates up the ice along with the other regular Ducks skaters like he's going to the bench for an extra skater before the puck is passed back to him. He then takes off the goalie helmet to reveal his true identity, takes Averman's regular hockey stick, and now has enough time to set up and shoot his knucklepuck because all of Iceland's players had fallen back to their defensive zone.]] Game tied. Wolf's horrified BigNo upon realizing he was OutGambitted seals the deal, as is his post-goal look of YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe at Team Iceland losing their chance at winning the title and having to fight it out in a best out of 5 shootout.

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