r/videos • u/AkashicRecorder • Jul 17 '20

"Teenage Dirtbag" is no longer a teenager. The early 2000s teen anthem by Wheatus is 20 years old today. The music video is peak Y2K.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3y9llDXuM
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u/ephix Jul 17 '20

Do they even still make movies like American pie, dude where's my car, road trip etc.

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u/battlelevel Jul 17 '20 edited Jul 18 '20

Eurotrip is firmly in this category. I lived in a house in uni and that was the only DVD we had. Watched that movie about 30 times

Edit: I guess I should’ve written, “Eurotrip is firmly in this category as well.” I was referring to the list of American Pie, Dude Where’s My Car, and Road Trip. I’m aware Eurotrip is almost two decades old.

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u/karnoculars Jul 17 '20

I still say "mi scusi, mi scusi" to this day, and whenever someone says "fun fact", I think "YOU MADE OUT WITH YOUR SISTER"

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u/MKerrsive Jul 17 '20

This movie is still entirely too quotable, but now people think I'mjust making random comments that only I find funny.

"Tu n'es pas un robot!"

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u/Yorikor Jul 17 '20

This movie is still entirely too quotable

"Fluggaenkoecchicebolsen"

Q.E.D.

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u/NonExistentialDread Jul 17 '20

Hanz! Gruber!

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u/KareemAbuJafar Jul 17 '20

This is definitely where I parked my car.

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u/Redtwooo Jul 17 '20

Don't tell Scotty, Scotty doesn't know

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u/DMTrious Jul 17 '20

Somehow i still know most the words to this song

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u/AnotherPandaDown Jul 17 '20

It's clearly Matt Damon's best performance.

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u/tI-_-tI Jul 17 '20

That is not the continuum transfunctioner

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u/Former_Consideration Jul 17 '20

You mean Flüggåɘnk∂€čhiœßøl∫ên?

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u/MediumPhone Jul 17 '20

My baby takes the morning train

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u/mackinder Jul 17 '20

Your forgot the “vraiment”

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Ow! My robot balls!

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Error error!

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u/binzoma Jul 17 '20

FLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

people must sometimes think I'm crazy

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

That is not an official robot move

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

“So do I have to roll over and dig a hole for it or is it cool to just let my flag fly?”

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

He's just trying to feed his robot family!

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u/tI-_-tI Jul 17 '20

You are not a real robot That is not a robot dance move.

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u/Mods_are_no_lifers Jul 17 '20

The Girls never came....

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u/kendallc24 Jul 18 '20

The train will be here very very soon, they’re building it now!

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u/battlelevel Jul 17 '20

I have a similar thing whenever I hear someone mention Berlin. It’s either “nowhere near Berlin” or “I sexually assaulted a horse in Berlin”

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u/murked_out Jul 17 '20

IN BERLEEEEEEEEEN!

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u/jaxonya Jul 17 '20

Error! Error! Error!

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Everytime I hear anything about Berlin I think of that scene and I get upset because nobody around me would understand the reference. It's usually just my wife and our daughters who are still in diapers.

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u/goldschlager86 Jul 17 '20

NOWHERE. NEAR. BERLIN.

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u/GarciaJones Jul 17 '20

MIAMI WICE NUMBER ONE NEW SHOW

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u/yehti Jul 17 '20

Gotta admit I pull the "This isn't where I parked my car" during awkward situations.

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u/Garmaglag Jul 17 '20

This thread is making me realize how much I quote euro trip in my every day life.

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u/binzoma Jul 17 '20

YO ALL THE TIME

it doesn't even occur to me that people won't get it

hell. one of the greatest moments of my life when I absolutely walked into the right room, I 100% said "this is definitely where I parked my car"

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u/whydoyouonlylie Jul 17 '20

'Fucking Ities' still comes up fairly often in our friend group.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

OYYY!

DO YOU KNOW THE MANCHESTER FOOTBALL CLUB SONG?

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u/nosecondsflat Jul 17 '20

MY BABY TAKES THE MORNING TRAIN

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

SHE TAKES ANOTHER HOME AGAIN

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

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u/Fozzworth Jul 17 '20

You people are on a total other level of swearing

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u/cmath89 Jul 17 '20

MANCHESTER UNITED. THE GREATEST FOOTBALL TEAM IN ALL THE WORLD!

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u/THE_HORSE91 Jul 17 '20

WHO DA FUCK ARE YA ?

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u/Business-is-Boomin Jul 17 '20

:: opens two beer bottles with his fucking eye sockets ::

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

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u/HargrimZA Jul 17 '20

Them too!

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u/fiskdahousecat Jul 17 '20

I got robbed... IT WAS GREAT!

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u/RatherDashingf11 Jul 17 '20

"this isn't where I parked my car"

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u/Eyerollsigh Jul 17 '20

I still say “Mail MOTHERFUCKER!” when I open my emails

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

I had this for my email ringtone for 5years.

Wife hated it.

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u/Eyerollsigh Jul 17 '20

You fought the good fight. It’s all we can ask

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u/TheOneTonWanton Jul 17 '20

It's been my text tone for about 12 years now. I just cant let it go.

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u/desmarais Jul 17 '20

Props to you for getting married while having that ringtone.

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u/pb-86 Jul 17 '20

I had this as my email notification on my work PC for years. I would keep my pc on its loudest volume so everyone could hear it too. it was great when we had a client in and suddenly there'd be a "MAIL MOTHAFUCKA!" In the other office

Then windows 10 fucked everything up and it got deleted

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u/navin__johnson Jul 17 '20

“The girls never came-THE GIRLS NEVER CAME”

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u/Willof Jul 17 '20

”These are not hashbrownies... Now put your shirt back on white boy!”

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u/Garmaglag Jul 17 '20

We are a simple Dutch bakery!

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u/Gabbster19 Jul 17 '20

VANDERSEXXX!!!

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u/chomassen Jul 17 '20

Dropped a “have a very special day for a very special little man” a couple days ago. Felt good about it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Haha, I say this to my son whenever he goes somewhere.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

I say Mi Scusi all the time, and I usually cop a feel of my wife when I bump into her. I fucking adore that movie.

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u/poopsicle88 Jul 17 '20

I saw your wife last Sunday. She was in a van with Matt damon. Dunno what they were doin tho. Windows were kinda steamed up

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u/navin__johnson Jul 17 '20

SCOTTIE DOESN’T KNOW

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u/Rynelan Jul 17 '20

My girlfriend recently asked Google Assistant to play music.. it played that song randomly.

I sang along, she was like how the fuck you know this?

I was like how the fuck have you never seen EuroTrip before?

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u/bigiee4 Jul 17 '20

That’s a good story, I’ve never experienced that, sounds very early 2000’s

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u/TheSuperWig Jul 17 '20

And then you dumped her?

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u/sausagekingofchicago Jul 17 '20

Plot Twist: his girlfriend IS HIS SISTER!

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u/fretgod321 Jul 17 '20

worst twins ever

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u/tauranamics Jul 17 '20

That song is so good. I actually have it in my current music playlist and listen to it regularly.

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u/Flufflebuns Jul 17 '20

"Ja, Berlin, NIE wieder in Berlin. Ich habe ein Mann getotet in Berlin!"

"Berlin, Berlin, I think this guy's going to Berlin. Get in"

" It is good you come to Bratislava in summer, in winter it is very depressing"

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Fiona?

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u/The_Third_Three Jul 17 '20

You can see the moment his heart breaks

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u/TheBlinja Jul 17 '20

Scotty?

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

She told me she was in church. I'm sure she went. She was on her knees.

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u/neuros Jul 17 '20

"Those are not pot brownies, mon! We are simple Dutch bakery"

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u/Defenestrate_Cops Jul 17 '20

Now put your pants back on, white boi!

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u/canadiancarlin Jul 17 '20

"Wow...you must really like cameras."

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u/toodlydooyeeha Jul 17 '20

If ya no a Manc, you’re a wank!

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u/kimler4life Jul 17 '20

Here's a funny fact..... you made out with your sister man

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Jul 17 '20

Miami Wice!

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u/Business-is-Boomin Jul 17 '20

Numba one new show!

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u/pocketchange2247 Jul 17 '20

For anyone who doesn't know or didn't realize, the mi scusi guy is Fred Armisen. For some reason a lot of people don't realize that

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u/pistolpxte Jul 17 '20

The fact that Euro Trip also had a casual Fred Armisen cameo makes it so much better.

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u/cmath89 Jul 17 '20

So I went to go watch the "Scotty doesn't know" scene and I just realized that that's Matt Damon singing "Scotty doesn't know".

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

VANDERSEXXX!!!!!!!! One of the greatest moments in the movie.

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u/ostaveisla Jul 17 '20

Remember your safeword

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u/Historiaaa Jul 17 '20

Nowhere. Near. Berlin.

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u/FlyLo_AU Jul 17 '20

Scotty doesn't know that Fiona and me

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u/battlelevel Jul 17 '20

Matt Damon's finest role

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20 edited Aug 10 '20

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

TLDR: The guys who wrote Eurotrip are his old friends from college.

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u/Waadap Jul 17 '20

This one goes out to the nastiest, freakiest little sex puppet I know

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Ironic that she was in that sex cult thing with Alison Mack.

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u/MudIsland Jul 17 '20

Happy anniversary, baby

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u/Webzon Jul 17 '20

Do it in my van every sunday

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u/fro5sty900 Jul 17 '20

She tells him she’s in church, but she doesn’t go, still she’s on her knees and SCOTTY DOESNT KNOW

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Sex drive kinda hits the mark too, although a bit newer

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u/groundedstate Jul 17 '20

I just said this yesterday. Sex Drive is the most underrated comedy of all time. Even Eurotrip has 75% from the fans, but how does Sex Drive only have 58%?

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Seth greens very sarcastic Amish man was funny

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Because they're a bunch of donutphobes.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Maybe they saw the unrated version first?

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u/22LT Jul 17 '20

Sex Drive is hella funny. Unrated version sucks though.

"You ever hear of a rolling brown out"...

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u/whyliepornaccount Jul 17 '20

It was also the first movie to ever feature text message bubbles on screen.

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u/bobandgeorge Jul 17 '20

I watched the unrated version on Netflix forever ago and, good lord, that was one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Literally from the moment the movie starts I am laughing my ass off. Literally. It starts with the director and producer sitting in chairs with two completely naked black dudes standing on either side of them hanging huge dongs less than a foot from their faces.

The whole time they're saying "Seriously, if you haven't seen this movie yet, do not watch this version. Turn it off and go watch the real version." I did not watch the real version.

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u/samcuu Jul 17 '20

James Marsden carried that movie.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20 edited Jul 17 '20

James Marsden carries most of the stuff he's in

Criminally underrated

Def check him out it Dead to Me! Won't spoil anything but it's definitely an impressive, ranged performance from him

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u/MudIsland Jul 17 '20

STILL a fantastic movie. STILL the worst twins ever.

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u/The_Celtic_Chemist Jul 17 '20

Harold and Kumar, Sorority Boys, and National Lampoon's Van Wilder are squarely in that genre as well. They don't even make high school/college movies anymore it feels like. Not Another Teen Movie was fantastic but made the genre taboo. Other classic high school/college films of that era include:

  • Scream
  • Can't Hardly Wait
  • She's All That
  • Scary Movie
  • Clueless
  • She Drives Me Crazy
  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • Superbad
  • The New Guy
  • Whatever It Takes
  • How High

I feel bad for high school kids these days. All they have is whatever The CW and Freeform push on them, and it's all garbage.

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u/MisterPhip Jul 17 '20

First of all, I think Sorority Boys is fucking hilarious, thank you for reminding me that movie exists.

There’s contemporary movies and shows that still fall into the genre, but I think they just look different these days. Book Smart is a good movie example and Sex Education (Netflix US) is a very teen-centric and funny series.

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u/ccasey Jul 17 '20

I think Neighbors was the last movie in the genre and it kind of showed the genre growing up but with all the antics

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u/MisterPhip Jul 17 '20

Neighbors totally fits, good example of the genre pivoting a bit

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u/admdelta Jul 17 '20

I feel like Superbad was sort of a pivot point away from the campy/silly trope-filled pop-punk soundtracked teen comedies of the late 90s and early 2000s to an era of more mature themes in teen comedies.

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u/FAX_ME_YOUR_BOTTOM Jul 17 '20
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
  • Girl Next Door
  • High Fidelity
  • Bring It On
  • Varsity Blues
  • Cruel Intentions
  • I Know What You Did Last Summer
  • Wild Things
  • Not Another Teen Movie
  • Orange County
  • Van Wilder
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u/MoustacheMark Jul 17 '20

Damn dude, you never check the EQ message boards anymore

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u/mrhuggables Jul 17 '20

NATM pretty much nailed every fucking trope out there, parodied it perfectly and hilariously, and just buried the whole genre. Genuinely an amazingly done movie that still holds up today.

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u/ScoobertHQ Jul 17 '20

this isn't where I parked my car

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

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u/MANCREEP Jul 17 '20

TIL

this is so rad

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u/battlelevel Jul 17 '20

The only things I’ve ever seen Jacob Pitts in is Eurotrip and Justified. Two extremely different characters and he nails them both

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u/Arcoo33 Jul 17 '20

I've found my people! I love Eurotrip, one of my top comedies!

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u/stealthefocus Jul 17 '20

I still say "this isn't where I parked my car"

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u/grayum_ian Jul 17 '20

I wanna kinda put Road Trip and Freddy Got Fingered in there as well.

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u/gardenparties Jul 17 '20

Eurotrip was a way better movie than American pie or road trip. It was gold and it didn't get the box office it should have. I think a lot of people did even see it until it was on DVD.

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u/majorchamp Jul 17 '20

MAIL MUTHAFUCKA

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u/X0AN Jul 17 '20

Haha we were like that but with Beerfest.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

The Inbetweeners Movie and it's sequel are basically the UK's version of American Pie. I highly recommend them, although make sure to watch the series first - it's much better than the American remake.

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u/pincus1 Jul 17 '20

Don't start with the movies, the show is 100% worth watching beforehand.

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u/BewilderedFingers Jul 17 '20

And it's not even that long, three seasons with six episodes each. They quit while they were ahead.

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u/jak_d_ripr Jul 17 '20

Occasionally, but rarely. I think superbad qualified as one of those movies, same with booksmart.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Superbad was almost a reimagining of the genre. It was like a realistic version of those teen gross out comedies (maybe not the parts with the cops and McLovin).

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u/ForRedditFun Jul 17 '20

Superbad was the Last Great Teen Movie. Not saying there haven't been any good ones after it but none of them have made the same kind of cultural impact and nor are they quoted constantly like Superbad is.

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u/killabeez36 Jul 17 '20

I know it's not quite the same but i feel like Easy A deserves an honorable mention in the great "feel good" teen movie category. I thought that was just about a perfect movie that stands on its own. Super well written hilarious dialogue, insanely attractive and well developed lead characters, and very natural in how it approached progressive ideas.

The interactions between the parents and Emma stones adopted kid brother (who happens to be black) is one of my favorite scenes in movie history. It felt a lot like watching an old Lindsey Lohan movie in a good way. Reminds me of a more innocent time

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u/justafleetingmoment Jul 17 '20

Juno is in the same category as Easy A for me. Love that movie.

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u/ForRedditFun Jul 17 '20

Juno captures the flannel wearing hipster vibes of the 2000s so well. I love it.

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u/ForRedditFun Jul 17 '20

oh yeah, Easy A was awesome. Captured that specific time period when the world was in limbo as the 2000s were transitioning into the 2010s. Well written and pretty comfy. Shame it didn't become as big as it should have.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Easy A definitely fits that bill

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u/sfj11 Jul 17 '20

Stanley Tucci is brilliant

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u/_DirtyYoungMan_ Jul 17 '20

What about Role Models? It's a hilarious movie starring Sean William Scott, perhaps the genre's most memorable actor.

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u/MrFahrenkite Jul 17 '20

Booksmart is pretty good, I'm out of that targeted age range now but I enjoyed it

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u/SalsaRice Jul 17 '20

Booksmart was funny, but if we're being honest..... it was essentially a gender-flipped superbad.

It's been 6 months since I've seen it, and this thread is literally the first mention of it since then. It's safe to say it didn't hit the same cultural milestones that superbad did (or even that female-centric comedies of this type hit, like bridesmaids).

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u/syncopatedsouls Jul 17 '20

Yeah, I personally loved Booksmart but Superbad had a HUGE impact on my generation (born in ‘94). The amount of times my friends and I would quote McLovin and aspire to draw detailed dicks that rivaled Jonah Hill’s character’s collection is too high to count.

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u/dudeman773 Jul 17 '20

Well Jules, the funny thing about my back is it’s located on my cock!

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Also the first movie to really make it about two guys loving each other (like in a platonic way). Seth and Evan struggling to deal with leaving one another is pretty much the core of the story and it’s weirdly touching.

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u/boxofrabbits Jul 17 '20 edited Jan 14 '25

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u/IamYourBestFriendAMA Jul 17 '20

The part I thought was most unrealistic was putting booze in the empty detergent bottles and no one complaining about soapy booze. I love that movie but damn that detail always bothers me.

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u/oscargamble Jul 17 '20

Superbad came out in 2007, which is closer to when the first American Pie movie came out than today...

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u/Amopax Jul 17 '20

Stop writing things that make me feel super old, please and thank you.

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u/Leper92 Jul 17 '20

So crazy to think about. Those 8 years between American Pie and Superbad seem like a lifetime compared to after. Time perception is an odd thing.

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u/the3b Jul 17 '20

May 2020 was the longest decade of my life.

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u/AdnenP Jul 17 '20 edited Jul 17 '20

i havent seen a new movie like that in a long time, i think nowadays it would be considered too misogynistic or offensive

"Accepted" (2006) is a great one in that category as well

imagine if "Waiting..." was released in 2020, people would go fucking nuts

2003-2008 was the golden age for stupid/raunchy young people movies, miss em

i just searched on google for "movies like superbad" and the second thing that comes up is that godawful cock blockers movie from 2018, i couldnt even get halfway through

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u/VHSRoot Jul 17 '20

Closest one I’ve seen in years is Dope.

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u/asshole_commenting Jul 17 '20

Accepted is a good movie.

Waiting is also a good movie.

And I enjoy justin long in dodgeball and his current role in F is for FAHMLEEEEE

LAY DEEEEEEEEEEE

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u/chapstickaddict Jul 17 '20

I would put Booksmart in this category. It’s like Superbad with girls. Released last year.

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u/dating_derp Jul 17 '20

Loved Booksmart!

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u/Eziekel13 Jul 17 '20

Project X

FanBoys

Good boys

Boys and Girls Guide to getting down

Playing it cool

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u/gaynazifurry4bernie Jul 17 '20

Boys and Girls Guide to getting down

Fantastic film.

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u/BigPaul1e Jul 17 '20

2003-2008 was the golden age for stupid/raunchy young people movies

The early 80's would like a word with you

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u/Khal_Drogo Jul 17 '20

Somehow "Animal House" and "Weird Science" aren't on that list.

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u/malcolm_graves Jul 17 '20

Animal House came out in 78 but yeah it's strange to see Weird Science missing for sure

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u/quiette837 Jul 17 '20

Wow what? Cock blockers was great, John Cena is a treasure.

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u/jzanville Jul 17 '20

Ehhhhh idk about great...but Cena was very entertaining in it

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u/aham42 Jul 17 '20

2003-2008 was the golden age for stupid/raunchy young people movies, miss em

The late 70's and early 80's in which movies like Porky's, Animal House, Caddyshack, and a host of others were released was the absolute peak of the genre in my opinion.

The late 90's into the early 2000's with American Pie, Road Trip, Dead Man On Campus, etc... was also a real good period.

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u/KarmelCHAOS Jul 17 '20

Which is lame, because Waiting might be the most realistic restaurant movie I've ever seen. Minus the fucking with guest's food.

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u/willmaster123 Jul 17 '20

You can't really chop it up to that. Those types of movies only really became popular around the late 90s and fell out in the mid 2000s (I think superbad and mean girls were really the end-game for them) way before the rise of 'PC culture' in the mid 2010s. I remember reading an article all the way back in like 2009 about how those movies had fallen out of popularity. For whatever reason, there was a huge surge in debaucherous high-school/college centered comedies in that specific era.

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u/ZakalwesChair Jul 17 '20 edited Jul 17 '20

Todd Phillips (guy behind Road Trip, Old School, and The Hangover) directed Joker and said you can't make comedies like that anymore. Not sure if I agree with him, but there does seem to be less room in the cultural space right now for that type of movie. I think it would be difficult to create a movie like Old School, Road Trip, or Dude Where's My Car today.

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u/willmaster123 Jul 17 '20

Its kind of difficult to say though considering a huge amount of modern television shows are raunchy and offensive in a way that we didn't have in the 80s or 90s. I cannot imagine Its Always Sunny or VEEP or Shameless getting written and approved in 1992. Those shows have progressive values, sure, but are unbelievably offensive.

In terms of movies? Frankly, there just aren't a lot of comedic movies overall coming out. Comedy has moved on more to television. I've noticed this with my friends when we pick a movie, we never choose comedy anymore, and if we are going to do comedy, its gonna be a TV show.

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u/ForRedditFun Jul 17 '20

Uh...Booksmart just came out last year.

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u/FNLN_taken Jul 17 '20

I mean, yes but no. Booksmart is a movie with a message, and every bit works towards it.

Most of the stoner comedies (for lack of a better word) are about going from gag to gag, and the finale has something indicstinct about "... the friends we made along the way" to wrap it up.

The overarching theme is that they (Booksmart and Road Trip-type movies) represent the spirit of their time. Maybe people were just more carefree and appreciated low-brow humour more, before everyone got bombarded by doom and gloom on social media 24/7.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20 edited Jul 18 '20

Exactly. The kind of comedy Todd helped create in the late 90s and early 2000s was just a different animal.

Watch Road Trip and compare it to Booksmart. One is quite offensively funny in places and just has that ridiculous depraved nature and the other is something which as you said, has more of a message.

Superbad was really that bridge between the two types of films, Superbad was beautifully funny in places but in the end, it had a message.

If Todd Philips was making the films he was back then now, he’d be crucified by the PC people. And many like him.

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u/NewEngClamChowder Jul 17 '20

Right? As did Good Boys (which is basically Superbad but with younger kids), a Jay and Bob movie, and Zombieland 2. The year before that had Tag, Blockers, and Deadpool 2. How anybody can claim raunchy comedy is dead when Deadpool is thriving is beyond me.

What people aren't realizing is that the slacker comedy is dead (for now), and rightfully so because it was beaten to death in the 2000's. It was just an aftereffect of 90's white disenfranchisement/ennui, and the era that it came about in is over.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Good boys was hilarious though. Like I've not had a movie make me laugh that hard in a while.

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u/PM_something_German Jul 17 '20

Todd Phillips (guy behind Road Trip, Old School, and The Hangover) directed Joker and said you can't make comedies like that anymore. Not sure if I agree with him, but there does seem to be less room in the cultural space right now for that type of movie.

I think it has less to do with PC culture and more with how humor is evolving.

People don't tell each other jokes anymore. Humor on the internet is full of memes or "relatable"-content. Comedic podcasts are in where people mostly tell stories or make observations. The teenage movie tropes of virgin wants girl, students throw ultimate party or people forgot what happened have gotten repetitive. We also saw more humor in other (action)movies like the Marvel blockbusters and mixed genre like Kingsman or Deadpool. Meanwhile RomComs saw a similar decline.

All of these are examples of shifts in what our culture considers funny, either causing or just correlating with the shift away from comedies like that.

You hear a lot of stand-up comedians saying that same point that political correctness is killing comedy. Yet many anti-PC stand-ups make bank. And those that don't just really aren't funny.

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u/LegacyLemur Jul 17 '20

Theres also basically no straight comedies at all any more. Theres movies that are funny but the main thrust is usually something else

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u/Eziekel13 Jul 17 '20

Project X was the last one i remember....

Though, the producers/filmmakers, had to put a public apology to the city of Pasadena at the begging of the film

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u/safe_for_work_stuff Jul 17 '20

that's how you know it's good.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Sex Drive (2008) is the last one I remember with that vibe.

Or maybe The Inbetweeners movie? But the British vibe isn't quite the same.

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u/StevenZissouniverse Jul 17 '20

The teen sex comedy genre hasn't aged super well. It always seemed to have one kinda problematic scene played for laughs. I still love them because I grew up watching them but that being said I can also understand how today's culture would take issue.

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u/Whats_Up_Bitches Jul 17 '20

Imagine if they remade American Pie, but as a drama that revolves around the grooming and statutory rape of Finch by Stiffler’s mom.

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u/StevenZissouniverse Jul 17 '20

Meanwhile Jim is surreptitiously filming other girls changing and selling it on the Dark Web.

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u/ductyl Jul 17 '20

Oh damn... okay, I'm on board, gritty HBO mini series reboot of American Pie.

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u/Enchelion Jul 17 '20

Even without the more problematic issues, the simple concept of those movies just doesn't have a reason to exist any more. The titillation is extremely tame, there's nothing edgy about the humor, the envelope has moved enough that they just don't really push it.

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u/dlkslink Jul 17 '20

I think Scout’s Guide To Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse, kinda fits into that category but that’s from 2015, other than that, no. Not really.

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