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Things I learned Watching D3


1: You can roll down long distances backwards on rollerskates without falling, nor crashing.

2: There's also safe to bend down and untangle a hose in speed, spin around, skate on one foot in traffic and jump off a bridge.

3: After the jump, you will land on a road beneath the bridge, where you will reunite with your teammates.

4: Averman is always wrong when he shouts out words starting with a "W".

5: The Ducks don't practice per se, they play or play around. Still they win almost every game they play.

6: Gordon and Charlie can open a door sadly.

7: The first-choice goalie gladly takes food-advice from the more or less overweight backup.

8: Anaheim Mighty Ducks were named after them, a pee wee hockey team

9: If you're doing tricks with the puck on your stick while attacking, no one will bodytackle you.

10: If someone catches the knucklepuck with their glove, they spin around and ends up throwing the puck into their own goal. The shot is that hard.

11: If the opposing team play the puck behind your goal, Goldberg will follow

12: Charlie suddenly is the best player on the team - and he also has gotten a real bad temper.

13: Aparently, Varsity sucks ice

14: When you're lurking around in the rivals dorm at night, it's normal to wear sunglasses

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Believe it or not, number 8 is true.

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Not quite... it was named after the movie... The pee wee team isn't real.

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15: Despite being a very preppy and expensive school, they can't fork out enough to get a separate girls changing room. Seriously, am I the only one who thought it weird that Connie and Julie didn't seem to mind at all that they had to change and shower in front of a bunch of adolescent guys?

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16. The State Champions in Minnesota are better than the Jr. World Team.

17. The Head Coach of the state champions will be perfectly ok with the future star of the team (Banks) being demoted from the varsity because his 18-year-old captain doesn't think he has the heart of a warrior. Never mind the fact that playing varsity would have developed him as a player, or the fact that pro scouts would have demanded they see him in varsity competition.

18. An entire administration (as well as alumni donors) will honor the terms of a bet made between a bunch of high school kids. Therefore, tradition does not mean anything. The fact that the Varsity lost an scrimmage means the school is formally obligated to change the nickname to Ducks.

19. The varsity coach is perfectly ok with his current players hazing and illegally checking the freshmen, and will actually openly mock the opposing team despite the fact that next year they will move up to varsity and he will have to coach them.

20. Giving someone s h i t brownies will not result in any punishment at an elite prep school.

21. You can show up halfway through the academic term, having not attended any classes, pretty much be a hired ringer, and you'll still be eligible to play for the school team because scholarship offers never expire and might or might not be enrolled in a dance class.

22. Gorgeous senior cheerleaders are inclined to dump their senior captain boyfriends (who also is f'n loaded financially), so that she can date the a freshman with control issues.

23. Any time the Ducks play a game domestically, they are opposed by a prick named Riley.

24. Paul Kariya attends high school hockey games in Minnesota, despite having limited time off and playing for a franchise in CA...

25. When Hans dies, 10 kids who don't know him will attend the funeral. However, his own brother, Yan, will not.

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This is hilarious stuff.

Take 18 and the game on the line ---as well as school's tradition on the line ----insane, yet, totally Ducks mentality

21. Dean Portman suddenly all ready to go and play ---gets there and starts playing immediately: no need to sit out and learn the rules of the team or at least have attended a class????

24 and 25. I was on the ground laughing. Sorry these might not be the funniest to the average reader, but I am a diehard Mighty Ducks movie lover and the picture you painted with these last two phrases were flat out HILARIOUS ----Kariya in MN to watch HS hockey -That he has time to be there LMAO

Disclaimer: Someone dying is not funny

On 25. I read the first part, I started to laugh. (Players didn't know Hans and will attend, and lastly ----the laughing got harder when i realized Yan will not
attend.

Hofpride19, you gave me a good laugh with this post. I did my best to show you how hilarious it was.

Thanks,

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I know I am quite late with this response, but thanks for the comment; I am glad you enjoyed my post..

I grew up with the Mighty Ducks Trilogy and still watch them from time-to-time. However, there were some WTF moments that I think we all got a chuckle out of.

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I noticed that too. The only thing I can come up with is perhaps they took turns. The boys maybe showered first and left, then the girls had their turn afterward.

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Wasn't it all three movies that the girls changed with the guys?

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Wasn't it all three movies that the girls changed with the guys?

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Not anymore Disney sold the Mighty Ducks NHL Team. They are known as The Ducks and have different logo

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26. Luis Mendoza not only forgets how to stop again, but shows us how easy it is to score a goal while jumping over a goalie and the net!

27. He then goes on to show us that sexual harassment is totally acceptable with the only consequence being that, if you're persistent enough, you'll eventually get to make out with the Senior head cheerleader, the same girl you've been sexually harassing the whole time completely unbeknowning to her.

28. We also learn that Gunnar Stahl doubles as the Varsity team's goalie. Anyone else notice this?? That Gunnar Stahl moved from Iceland to Minnesota, changed his name to Scott, and also got a scholarship to this elite prep school to be their Varsity team's goalie. They must've been desperate for a goalie, cause if I recall correctly, Gunnar was the Junior Goodwill Games leading scorer!

29. Apparently we also learned something about Jesse Hall, like his brother Terry before him who clearly didn't qualify to be on a world championship team in D2. Apparently Jesse, himself did not qualify for an academic scholarship at a fancy prep school, and somehow Dean Portman did. They probably deemed him too "streets" for their establishment, and thought he could potentially destroy their reputation (bet they didn't see Luis' discreet sexual assaults, and Charlie's unexpected desires for revenge coming, eh?) totally not knowing that he'd likely go on to become their most established student, next to Ken Wu obviously, cause well... He's Asian. And also, strangely the team deems it unnecessary to replace him which brings me to #30...

30. Where an actual professional team would need 18 skaters and 2 goalies to compete, The Ducks have found a way to field an entire competetive hockey team with only 11 skaters and 2 goalies. Or as we see later in the film, you can drop your fat, slow back up goalie down to defense and skate with 12 skaters and 1 goalie... But it doesn't matter, cause that fat and slow former back up goalie of yours will eventually be the hero!

"High."

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you can blow a 9 goal lead in one period

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After going through the first 2 periods w/o the opposing team getting anywhere near your side of the rink.

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A good hockey coach dumps trash on the ice rink, and lets the team shoot around with it

Dictated, but not read

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Despite being the 10 time defending state champions everybody in your school hates you and would rather cheer for the JV Team.

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31) the Ducks are dead

32) Gordon Bombay is a good lawyer because he got a good education, and Eden gave it to him, and they're gonna give it to "these Ducks"

33) coach Orion COULD hack it

34) Hans has hundreds of C's

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35) The kid from The Nanny will commentate the radio broadcasts of your games.

36) Gunar Stahl from team Iceland in D2 is now Scott of the Vasity team and the viewer is meant to not feel insulted.

"I've got two questions, how much and give it to me" - Homer J Simpson

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37.) The Principal does not keep a head count of the ants.

38.) The Varsity coach will become cool with losing the game and will warmly congratulate Orion.

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38.) The Varsity coach will become cool with losing the game and will warmly congratulate Orion.


That's called sportsmanship which brings me too

39. Tom says Charlie doesn't show good sportsmanship.
40. A mean coach will all of a sudden become a good guy just because.
41. Charlie will run away from the funeral just because Bombay shows up
42. Despite the fact that Bombay is practically sitting on top of Charlie, Charlie won't notice him until Bombay says something.
42. The kids get a way with stealing the Deans fire aunts
43. Charlie, Fulton and someone else (I forget who) are able to find horse *beep* on a moments notice
44. Orion broke apart the best thing the Ducks have ever had
45. Despite the fact that these kids are in high school, running away from a cowboy is considered "fun".
46. Orion is the rookie here and the Ducks have been together for 4 years.
47. Don't be careless but don't too careful either (actually great advice for both hockey and life)

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48. Whoever wins a Freshman/Varsity scrimmage match will get to choose the school mascot.

49. Coaches don't mind their players making out with their girlfriends on the ice immediately after a game.

50. Coaches also don't mind with their players stripping in the penalty box.

51. Prep schools will expel you for not being a good hockey player, despite being a straight A student.

"I really wish Gia and Claire had became Tanner" - Honeybeefine

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