Continuity mistake: When Ben Stiller goes to the girl's house in the white suit - she slams his head into the wall and a blood/makeup stain shows up...when the camera angle changes the stain is gone. (00:42:05)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Plot summary
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 Laflauer owns a low key gym called Average Joes. He is way behind on tax payments and needs to find a way to come up with $50,000 to save him gym from being bought out by Globo Gym owner, White Goodman, who wishes to make it into a parking lot. They find an article in a magazine about how you can win $50,000 if you win the dodgeball tournament on ESPN "The OCHO". The only problem is, Globo Gym has also entered the tournament to make sure Average Joes Gymnasium doesn't succeed.
More mistakes in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Cotton McKnight: I'm being told that Average Joe's does not have enough players and will be forfeiting the championship match.
Pepper Brooks: It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em.
Trivia: Make sure to stay after the credits have ended. There is an extra scene with Ben Stiller looking very different. (01:28:05)
Question: Why did the treasure chest given to them at the end have "Deus Ex Machina" written on it?
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.