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* CanadaEh: After Dewey gets drafted into the [[UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague CFL]], he's seen trudging through a blizzard with zero visibility to be greeted by a local who punctuates his questions with "eh?".


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* MooseAndMapleSyrup: After Dewey gets drafted into the [[UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague CFL]], he's seen trudging through a blizzard with zero visibility to be greeted by a local who punctuates his questions with "eh?".

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* {{Expy}}: Chad Frost, one of the biggest stars in the WWF when Dwayne is starting with the company, is very blatantly supposed to be a stand-in for Wrestling/ShawnMichaels due to the real life grudge between Rock and Michaels. Rock's narration even notes that Frost isn't real and is a replacement for someone he didn't like but was too important to leave out from his stories of the time.


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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Chad Frost, who is said to be one of the biggest stars in the WWF when Dwayne is starting with the company, is very blatantly supposed to be a stand-in for Wrestling/ShawnMichaels due to the real life grudge between Rock and Michaels. Rock's narration even notes that Frost isn't real and is a replacement for someone he didn't like but was too important to leave out from his stories of the time.
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Peter Maivia was never Head of State of Samoa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_le_Ao_o_le_Malo
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Peter Maivia never held a political leadership post in Samoa


* DiplomaticImpunity: {{Defied}}. For the benefit of those who are unaware, Dwayne's maternal grandfather, "High Chief" Peter Maivia was legitimately elected as the Head of State of Western Samoa at one point. This doesn't prevent ICE from deporting his widow Lia when her visa expires.
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* TheatricsOfPain: When training to be a wrestler, Dwayne learns how to "sell" a hit to convince the audience that he is in pain.

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