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A live action Disney flick from 2001, directed by Tim Hill (who went on to make the CGI ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]]''). The characters and plot are very predictable, but it's got some witty lines and great performances, especially from its young actors and Larry Miller, who serve up several slices of [[Large Ham]]. If you can ignore some of the toilet humour and the [[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Bueller]] vibes, it's actually a pretty funny movie.

 

* [[Actor Allusion]]: This isn't the [[The Nutty Professor|first time]] that Larry Miller portrayed a [[Jerkass]] school administrator, or being humiliated by a rodent, for that matter.

* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Even the ones who aren't actively evil are still unhelpful

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Troy McGinty bears a nasty grudge against Max Keeble because Max's father once wore a frightening costume at his son's birthday party, which Troy attended.

* [[Funny Foreigner]]: The three giant exchange students brought in from Eastern Europe to play football. Though at the end, it's revealed they might actually be [[Fauxreigner|Fauxreigners]]...

** Max briefly falls hard for the blonde, leggy [[Alpha Bitch]] freshman student that all the guys drool over. Whenever this character appears, she is accompanied by the opening strains of Britney Spear's "Baby One More Time."

** And then, of course, there's the hilarious "pheromones" subplot.

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Robe. (According to Max, his real first name is Robert.)

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Used in-story, when one of the Eastern European exchange students reveals himself to be surprisingly eloquent.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: The Superintendent seems to legitimately care about the kids learning and well being, expressing shock that Jindrake, when revealing his plans in regards to building the stadium, admitted that he actually cut back on "unimportant" things such as fire-extinguishers and milk. It is also subtly implied that he doesn't actually like Jindrake or think he is a good candidate for ascendency for his retirement, but has to put up with him, anyways.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Sort of. The Evil Ice Cream Man himself doesn't have red eyes, but during the opening dream sequence as well as one brief moment when Max explains who he is to the audience, his eyes glow red.

* [[Toilet Humor]]: Robe getting sick due to his claustrophobia springs to mind

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: The ending where Jindrake ends up drawing all of the animals to himself when attempting to destroy the Animal shelter by using his mouthspray. Jindrake, you'd think that by now you'd at least put two-and-two together in regards to the connections between the animals reacting and you using the spray, since it has occured at least twice before (three times before if one counts a deleted scene where, shortly after Jindrake does a mouthspray during his tour of the school for the Superintendent, a dog escapes from a woman's car and proceeds to attack his pants leg.)

* [[Trapped in Containment]]: McGinty, when picking Robe as the second kid to bully in the school year, places Robe in a glass case (presumably some sort of trophy case). Made even worse due to the fact that Robe is severely claustrophobic, and just as Max Keeble is alerting the students about his condition after freeing him, he throws up from the trauma (the contents apparently being a Chili Omelet, given Robe's comment shortly after hurling).

* [[Two-Timer Date]]: Of the third category, where Max goes to a milkshake party with Jenna's friends instead of the Going Away Party held by Robe and Megan. See [[What the Hell, Hero?]] below.