Continuity mistake: When the guys are all sitting around (after the car wash) they are throwing ideas to save the gym. In one shot Gordon pulls his magazine out of his bag, but a split second later in a closer shot he pulls the magazine out again. (00:15:15)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Starring: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Hank Azaria, Justin Long, Rip Torn, Alan Tudyk, Stephen Root, Christine Taylor
Peter and White go into sudden death elimination at the dodgeball tournament and Peter wins. However, he had signed over Average Joe's to White for 100 thousand dollars the night before. But Peter used that money to gamble and made 5 millions dollars plus the 50 thousand prize for winning the doedgeball game. Peter buys Globo Gym's main stock and becomes the owner. White becomes grostesquely fat again (stay after all the credits to see a clip of what White is up to now!)
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More mistakes in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Peter La Fleur: Are you sure that this is completely necessary?
Patches O'Houlihan: Necessary? Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine?
Peter La Fleur: Probably not.
Patches O'Houlihan: No, but I do it anyway because it's sterile and I like the taste.
More trivia for Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Question: Why did the treasure chest given to them at the end have "Deus Ex Machina" written on it?
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Chosen answer: "Deus Ex Machina" means "God out of the machine." It's from Greek plays, wherein a god would appear at the end of the story to solve a problem. Nowadays it basically means that a totally new plot element appears out of nowhere and solves everything. It's an easy (and cheap) way out.