Tommy Boy

Tommy Boy (1995)

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Corrected entry: In the scene when Rob Lowe is on the girl's computer sabotaging the shipments of brake pads, he gets interrupted by the girl and he abruptly shuts off the monitor, not the computer. Later in the movie we find out that the brake pad shipments were all screwed up and no one knows why. Well, the moment that the girl presumably turned the monitor back on, she would have seen just exactly who was responsible.

Correction: That's presuming she noticed the mistake. While Paul's (Rob Lowe) numbers were quite a change from what was being ordered, there were a large number of orders and it was more likely oversight on her part. When Michelle came into the room after Paul messed up the orders, she doesn't see Paul at the computer. Added to that, she had no reason at that point to suspect that Paul was trying to sabotage the company. So, no reason to check the orders.

Lummie

Correction: When Richard unzips his boxers only one hand is shown. His left hand is not shown holding the curtain, he must be holding it with his leg or his shoulder.

Corrected entry: When Richard's hair is blown back by the engine fan, the fan must have been mounted backwards because the fan is supposed to blow air ON the engine, not in front of it.

Correction: The fan on the motor is correct. Radiator fans are designed to cool the radiator - not the motor. Next time you park your car in hot weather and the fan comes on, feel the warm air being pushed through the radiator from behind out towards the front of the car.

Corrected entry: When Tommy Boy is on the phone with Michelle, Michelle says that his dad has never sold 1,000 brake pads in Oshkosh. Big Tom could have never sold that much because he died before they started to sell the brake pads.

richard dryja

Correction: So, there's no mistake then. If Big Tom had sold 1,000 brake pads in Oshkosh before they started selling them, there would be a mistake. But in this instance, Michelle is just stating the obvious in an effort to encourage Tommy.

Correction: It should also be noted the bank loan was to build a new brake pad division and the these were new and revolutionary brake pads. The company always sold brake pads. Big Tom gives Tommy a whole catalog labelled "Brake Pads" to look over, indicating the sale a wide variety of them and at the meeting after Big Tom's death, Tommy says Richard knows more about brake pads than anyone in the room. Again, indicating they've sold brake pads when Big Tom was alive.

Bishop73

Corrected entry: When David Spade first picks up Chris Farley he tells him he has just put a 440 with a 6-pack carburetor, but later when the hood flies off you can plainly see that it has a regular 2-barrel carburetor and air filter.

Correction: He lied, he has no friends and is trying to impress.

tw_stuart

Corrected entry: In the scene where Tommy's father is showing Chris Farley his new office the name on the door is "Thomas Callahan III" but when Chris Farley is introduded as the new president of the company at the end of the film, he is introduced as "Thomas Callahan, Jr."

Correction: There's no mistake here, his full name is Thomas Callahan III, but he is referred to by his friends as Thomas Callahan Jr.

tw_stuart

Continuity mistake: The deer knocks the rear-view mirror off the windshield, however, when the boys are driving down the highway and the car hood flies off, you can see the mirror again, then it's gone and then it's back again.

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Tommy: You know a lot of people go to college for seven years.
Richard: I know. They're called doctors.

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Trivia: At the hotel with the girl in the bikini, when Richard is in bed and Tommy is standing next to the TV, the TV has show times for "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final insult." Naked Gun 3 was directed by Peter Segal, who is the director for "Tommy Boy."

Bishop73

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Question: Except for "Come on, Eileen", what other songs were Tommy and Richard singing to while driving?

Answer: In that scene, that song is followed first by "It's the End of the World as we Know It (And I Feel Fine) " (R.E.M.) and then by "Eres tĂș" (Mocedades). Earlier, they sing "Superstar" (The Carpenters) just before the hood flies off.

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