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(#8) Slap Shot
Sport: Hockey
Who Are They? A consistently terrible minor league hockey team with a coach, played by Paul Newman, who uses brawling to keep the fans entertained.
Why Do We Love Them? They might not be any good, but it's sure fun to watch them mess with the other team. The Hanson Brothers are particularly skilled at such antics.
Greatest Triumph: After the Chiefs resort to their trademark brawling ways in the climactic moments of the championship game, star player Ned Braden steals the show with a striptease on skates, which eventually leads to the other team forfeiting the game, handing the Chiefs the title.
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(#15) Rollerball
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Sport: Rollerball
Who Are They? A team that plays a game that's a little like roller derby but also involves motorcycles. It is also much more violent. As in, "people getting slain during the game is just part of the deal" violent.
Why Do We Care? Jonathan E., played by James Caan, is being used by those in power to make rollerball more like a death match than a sport. It is a means of social control going far beyond just a simple game.
Greatest Triumph: Jonathan E. refuses to slay his final opponent and scores a goal instead. The crowd starts to chant his name - "Jonathan... Jonathan... Jonathan." Cut to freeze frame. Cue Bach's haunting organ work, "Fugue in D Minor." Commence with chills down spine.
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(#9) The Longest Yard
Sport: Football
Who Are They? A team of prisoners led by a former pro quarterback. Their opponents are a ruthless team of prison guards. The warden, played by Eddie Albert, will do anything - no matter how evil - to make sure the Mean Machine lose.
Why Do We Love Them? Throwing a football at someone's nuts has never been so funny.
Greatest Triumph: Quarterback Paul Crewe, played by Burt Reynolds, decides against selling out his team - even if it means possibly being framed as an accessory to homicide.
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(#16) Shaolin Soccer
Sport: Soccer
Who Are They? A team that plays a version of soccer that combines the beautiful game with martial arts.
Why Do We Love Them? Martial Arts. Soccer. Comedy. Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle). What's not to love? Oh, and their biggest enemy is a team called "Team Evil." That should tell you something.
Greatest Triumph: A woman takes the field as a substitute goalkeeper in a game against Team Evil. Team Evil is even harder to beat than normal because they have injected themselves with enhancements. The Team Evil striker kicks an amazingly powerful shot on goal. The goalkeeper blocks the shot and sends it all the way to the other end of the field, resulting in a goal for Team Shaolin.
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(#14) Whip It
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Sport: Roller Derby
Who Are They? An all-girl team that includes Ellen Page, as "Babe Ruthless," in Drew Barrymore's debut as a director.
Why Do We Love Them? These girls play rough and play to win. Yet they're ecstatic to cheer "We're No. 2!" as long as it was hard won.
Moment of Greatest Triumph: By embracing her inner roller girl, Babe Ruthless attains the self-confidence to deal with her boyfriend and her difficult family.
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(#4) Space Jam
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Sport: Basketball
Who Are They? Bugs and the Looney Tunes supplemented by Michael Jordan in the live-action/animation hybrid from 1996.
Why Do We Love Them? If you don't love Bugs Bunny, there's something seriously wrong with you. Jordan also fights the good fight and puts himself on the line for the greater good.
Greatest Triumph: The Tune Squad take on the Monstars and play for the skills they've swiped from NBA players like Larry Bird. Only by surrendering himself to the physics of the cartoon world is Jordan able to pull off the victory and restore the skills to their rightful owners.
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