Only Real Adam Sandler Fans Can Pass This Waterboy Quiz
- by Lucas Wesley
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Chances are almost every teenager alive in the 1990s could quote at least one Adam Sandler movie from beginning to end. The Sandman’s rise to popularity began on Saturday Night Live, then exploded into a mainstream sensation with Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore. The year 1998 brought Sandler his two biggest hits yet in The Wedding Singer and The Waterboy, the latter of which remains a cult classic to this day thanks to his quirky performance as a lovable yet downright idiotic young man trying to make friends through “foosball.”
Upon first appearances, Sandler isn’t exactly a “finely tuned athletic machine,” yet his manic energy made it believable a guy like him could reach a breaking point and take out his anger on the field. In this sense, his waterboy character became an underdog hero of sorts, rising up against those who bullied and insulted him to prove he’s actually the most talented person on the team.
A handful of unforgettable side characters further help keep the movie fresh in the minds of all who saw it. Even if you don’t love the direction Sandler’s career took in subsequent years, The Waterboy is one of the movies that made him famous, so every one of his followers must have seen it at least once. Keep reading to take a quiz on The Waterboy all real Adam Sandler fans should be able to pass.
What is the waterboy’s name?
Like many Adam Sandler movies of the era, The Waterboy is almost exclusively the journey of his titular character. Sure, this H2O specialist meets plenty of people along the way, yet Sandler remains the focus of every scene. By effecting a strange Cajun accent, stuttering his every word, and rarely letting the dopey grin fade from his face, Sandler attempts to etch every laugh possible out of this character. Unfortunately, the poor kid suffers a great deal of bullying due to this behavior, leading to his emergence as an underground hero once he discovers his football skills.
With whom does the waterboy live?
Unsurprisingly, the thirtysomething man child who makes a living giving water to college football players isn’t exactly self-sufficient. Luckily, he has a close relative who’s been watching his back from the day he was born. The downside is that this person also completely controls Bobby’s life, telling him what he can or can’t do, and who he should or shouldn’t befriend. In a sense, his upbringing may have even contributed to his adult rage even more so than the bullying he receives in school. Despite this, he still loves the person who raised him above all.
Who is the waterboy’s girlfriend?
No matter how harshly Mama tries warning him against women, Bobby can’t help but notice this cool and potentially dangerous ex-con, who quickly becomes his number one fan. Truth be told, it’s not entirely clear what she sees in Bobby aside from a respect for his skills, but she’s clearly not just seeking fame and fortune, either. The more time they spend together, it’s clear Bobby really likes her, too, eventually leading to their marriage at the film’s conclusion. She also takes up some of Bobby’s aquatic specialist duties after he joins the team.
Who is the waterboy’s coach?
Aside from Bobby Boucher himself, the most memorable character in The Waterboy is probably his eccentric, borderline insane mentor, who he first encountered as his coach. At first, the poor guy simply seems down on his luck, tasked with leading an inept team that doesn’t seem to care about the game. As the movie progresses, it’s clear something much deeper is going on, and this guy is almost entirely off his rocker. Somehow, this doesn’t stop him from finding the resolve to rally the troops and become a success story once Bobby starts helping them.
Which pro wrestler does Bobby idolize?
Oddly enough, although Bobby spends the vast majority of his life on the sidelines of a football field, he pays virtually no attention to the sport in question. It seems like the kid isn’t interested in physical activity in general, with one huge exception in professional wrestling. After getting fired from his first team, Bobby even asks his favorite superstar if he needs a waterboy to help him cool down after big matches. Initially, the wrestler seems affable to the idea, until he learns of Bobby’s age, and decides to laugh in his face.
What does Mama serve the coach for dessert?
Upon meeting Mr. Coach Klein, Bobby almost immediately decides his new mentor needs to meet his Mama so the two can discuss the idea of him playing football. Unsurprisingly, Mama is strongly against the idea from the very beginning, but that doesn’t stop her from hosting a down home family meal for the Coach while they talk it over. Of course, her version of a “family meal” is unlike anything Klein had ever tasted, hence his asking what part of the snake they were eating. Apparently, it was it’s knee. We don’t even want to ask how she prepared dessert.
For what college does Bobby initially work?
Technically, though Bobby Boucher only becomes a football player for one team, he had previously worked for another team solely as an aquatic specialist. Flashbacks suggest he’s held on to this job for decades, too, starting his waterboy career from a very young age. Unfortunately, it was while working for this initial establishment that he suffered the worst bullying at the hands of his coach and some of the meaner players on the team. The gig also played a huge role in his development as an adult, leading to his soft-spoken and meek demeanor.
Which mean coach serves as Bobby and Coach Klein’s rival?
Unlike the kind natured Mr. Coach Klein, Bobby’s original coach is a true jerk from beginning to end. Even when Bobby was just a young boy getting harassed by much older, bigger players, this coach took the team’s side, telling the waterboy never to bother those finely tuned athletic machines. He also has a long history with Coach Klein, in many respects causing the man’s downfall several years earlier when they were coworkers. This attitude permeates through his entire team, who all gleefully take pride in their efforts at destroying Bobby and Klein as their rivalry develops.
What is Bobby’s Mama’s real name?
Because The Waterboy is very much Bobby Boucher’s story, 90% of the time he or other characters refer to his Mama, they call her, well, Mama. In fact, late in the movie, it’s revealed Bobby doesn’t even know his Mama’s real name, reacting with confusion when she reads him an old letter from his father. In a rare instance of Bobby actually catching on to something quick, by the time she’s reading letter number two, he’s able to instantly recognize it was addressed to her. Even so, once she’s done reading her old mail, it’s right back to being Mama.
What does Mama tell Bobby caused his father’s death?
There’s no greater example of Mama’s control over Bobby’s life than the fact she told the poor kid his father died before he was born when he was in fact alive and well. Then again, at the same time, it’s easy to see how she thought this would product the kid, since his dad turns out to be a pretty huge jerk when he finally makes his reappearance. It’s just as well Bobby went through life assuming the man was a hero, having sadly passed away while venturing through the Sahara Desert with the Peace Corps.
What team does Bobby join as a player?
Not one to give up easily, immediately after Bobby gets fired from his position with the Cougars, he starts looking for new thirsty folks who might need his services. Luckily, the dire condition of Mr. Coach Klein’s locker room makes it imperative that Bobby get hired without a second’s thought, and things got even better from there when they realized he was also the best tackler anyone had ever seen. While the team was a little worried they’d get mocked for including him, eventually Bobby’s talent made them accept him as a true part of the team.
What does Bobby’s Mama call everything she hates?
For all Mama’s efforts at protecting Bobby and giving him a good life, she ultimately leaves the kid way too sheltered to function in the real world. A big part of the problem apparently stems from a powerful and perhaps misguided belief in religion. Mama’s faith becomes apparent when she uses the same unholy insult to describe just about everything that could harm Bobby in any way. Unfortunately, she also uses the term to describe completely innocuous and even positive concepts, making it clear she’s just using these words to control her son.
What did Coach Beaulieu steal from Coach Klein?
As is the case in many sports movies, the big rivalry in The Waterboy between the Mud Dogs and the Cougars dates way further back than just the involvement of Bobby Boucher. Long before the aquatic specialist decided to pick up the pigskin, Coaches Klein and Beaulieu apparently worked together for the University of Louisiana. At one point, it looked like Klein was clearly the superior coach, poised to take over the team when their boss retired. However, a traumatic event between them emasculated Klein and left him deathly afraid of Beaulieu for the rest of his life.
Who faked Bobby’s high school transcript?
Believe it or not, a thirty-something year old man with no formal education can’t exactly join a college football team just because. Equally surprising is the fact The Waterboy actually addresses this issue right before the Cougars and Mud Dogs face off in the big game. Of course, it only comes up because the Cougars are looking for an advantage over their rivals and trying to get Bobby kicked off the team. Devious as that is, the plan works, as it turns out someone dramatically lied on Bobby’s high school transcript to make his placement on the team possible.
Which member of the Mud Dogs is nice to Bobby from the start?
No matter where he goes, Bobby Boucher receives a terrible amount of hostility from almost everyone he meets. Aside from Mama, Vicki, and Mr. Coach Klein, the first person to actually show Bobby any modicum of kindness is this field goal kicker, who quickly becomes his first friend on the Mud Dogs. Right away, the two bond over their Mama’s, who taught them both that it’s better to be safe than sorry. Later on, Bobby thanks his new friend by imparting some secrets that make him a better kicker.
What real football player joins Bobby for a speech during school training camp?
Once the Mud Dogs start winning game after game thanks to Bobby’s tackling ability, the waterboy almost immediately becomes a local if not national celebrity. Given his underdog status, he also appears to be a pretty big hit with younger football fans, which is why he gets hired to give a motivational speech during a preteen training camp. Showing just how famous Bobby had already become, standing next to him during this speech is an even bigger, real life football star, who doesn’t quite understand how to interpret Bobby’s stammering about their shared profession.
What does Bobby call the professor who makes fun of him?
Mistake number one was putting Bobby Boucher in an advanced science class with no prior knowledge whatsoever. Mistake number two was failing to inform the teacher about his special circumstance, leading to some seriously awkward situations. Granted, this teacher probably should have been able to figure things out the second Bobby bestowed him with a certain nickname. From anyone else, it would sound a little insulting, but the way the waterboy says it, he probably just doesn’t know the professor’s real name, and he may even genuinely believe he’s the pop culture icon.
What historical figure does Mama call the devil when Bobby asks about the invention of electricity?
It’s really no surprise Bobby would struggle so terribly with school, considering his Mama had filled his head with blatant lies from the time he was a young man. It’s one thing for her to warn him against dating ex-cons or the danger of foosball, but it’s something else entirely when she claims to have invented electricity, calling the concept’s true founder, you guessed it, “the devil.” This fake news not only put a bizarre image in young Bobby’s head, but it also made him forever distrustful of any genuine facts he would later encounter.
What beverage does Coach Klein call better than water to intentionally enrage Bobby?
In order to achieve the rage required to tackle much bigger and stronger athletes, Bobby Boucher uses a method of “visualizing and attacking.” This means picturing his opponents as people who bullied or hurt him before running towards them with full force and attaining his revenge. Eventually, people start being nice to Bobby, causing him to run out of targets, so Mr. Coach Klein decides to add his own fuel to the fire by telling Bobby, “water sucks,” and that a certain other beverage is better at quenching an athlete’s thirst.
What illegal wrestling move does Bobby try using during training?
Because Bobby never actually paid attention to football before joining the Mud Dogs, the process wherein he learns how to play the game isn’t all that smooth. It takes him no time at all to understand the concepts of visualizing and attacking, but how exactly one is supposed to “attack” isn’t immediately clear to the generally nonviolent young man. Mr. Coach Klein doesn’t exactly help by telling Bobby to treat it like a wrestling match an emulate his hero Captain Insano, because little does Klein know, “Captain Insano shows no mercy.”
Who is the Mud Dog’s quarterback?
Peter Dante has largely slowed down his career in recent years, but during his heyday, it was almost a guarantee that he’d appear in each of Adam Sandler’s film. The Waterboy was actually his first time playing a character with an actual name, and as the quarterback of the Mud Dog’s, it was technically a pretty big one. Not that he gets all that much screen time, only appearing a few times to make fun of Bobby’s voice and speech patterns before slowly accepting him as a member of the team.
What holiday passes while Mama is in the hospital?
Seeing her son slipping away to the throes of athletic fame, Mama desperately fears it won’t be long before she loses him entirely. After claiming everything Bobby loved was “the devil” didn’t work, she moved on to a deeper level of psychological control with a low key version of Munchausen syndrome. In layman’s terms, this means she fakes a coma to win his attention, taking Bobby away from his education and training just before he’s supposed to lead the Mud Dogs in the championship finals. Coincidentally, this also prevents the waterboy from celebrating a certain holiday.
To which quarterback compare does Chet blindly compare Bobby’s tackling skills?
As a broad Adam Sandler comedy, The Waterboy is obviously a film about silly characters and absurd jokes first, and a movie about the sport of football a distant second. For this reason, there are probably plenty of people who enjoy the antics of Bobby Boucher without really having all that much to compare it with on the actual gridiron. Turns out a few characters in the film are the same way, including one of these two men, who first compares Bobby’s tackling skills to a quarterback, and then a Hollywood actor.
Who is this extremely Southern assistant coach?
It’s a classic comedy trope for a strange and eccentric character to run into someone who exhibits all of their weirdest qualities by tenfold, which The Waterboy upheld with the Mud Dog’s assistant coach. Actor Blake Clark has the unique ability to sound like he’s speaking English in a heavy Cajun drawl while actually saying complete gibberish, making him the perfect man for the job. Quite frankly, his words are so incomprehensible it’s hard to say what his role in the movie actually is, but that’s exactly what made him memorable.
About which animal do Bobby and his science teacher get into an argument?
Okay, so Bobby and Colonel Sanders didn’t exactly get off on the right foot. Tempting as it is for audiences to identify with the waterboy, chances are most people would take the professor’s side if they were in a similar situation. In the middle of a lesson on animal biology, Bobby started second guessing everything Sanders said, noting it contradicted his Mama’s down home folksy wisdom. How could the teacher possibly know there was something wrong with the kid’s medulla oblongata that would make the situation turn violent?
What cartoon character is on Bobby’s pajamas?
The second Bobby starts talking to Vicki Vallencourt, Mama vindictively looks for ways to drive the happy couple apart. Deceptively, this includes allowing the girl to attend a family barbecue, only to use the union to repeatedly mock her own son and try to make him less appealing to her. She primarily attempts to do this by proving Bobby isn’t a “real man,” noting he still wets the bed and has an obsession with childhood cartoon characters. Fighting back, Vicki notes she finds the cartoon on Bobby’s pajamas very alluring, but she doesn’t comment on the urine-soaked sheets.
In what game do the Mud Dogs face the Cougars?
Prior to Bobby joining the Mud Dogs, it had been almost five years since the team won a single game. After the waterboy started tackling people, the team went on a winning streak so dominant they made it all the way to that season’s championship game. Taking a page out of real-life college bowls, this particular contest seems to be sponsored by a certain product that feels fitting given the Louisiana setting. The only thing standing in the way of their victory is Bobby and Mr. Coach Klein’s old rival Red Beaulieu and his Cougars.
Complete the quote: “It’s the last game of the year, Brent...”
Showing just how big of a sensation Bobby Boucher’s college games had become, when it’s time for the big game, ABC Sports broadcasters Dan Fouts and Brent Musburger were brought on board to call the action. Their expert commentary was actually helpful during the final moments, when the Cougars employed unique strategies in an effort to neutralize the waterboy’s influence, always to no avail. At the same time, though, it was filled with repetitive cliché, to the point even Musburger curtly told Fouts, “we KNOW,” after he said this exact sentence for the third time in a row.
What is Mama’s pet mule named?
Torturous as her behavior is, there’s a way to look at Mama’s life and understand why she’s so protective of Bobby. On more than one occasion, she herself points out her son is the absolute only companion she has in life. Well, aside from their pet mule, anyway, and the large steed doesn’t necessarily look all that friendly. He barely plays a role in the film, either, only appearing a handful of times as a strange sight gag. Was that enough for you to catch his name?
Which classic rock singer does Coach Klein get tattooed on his body?
“What Mama don’t know won’t hurt her.” It’s with this sentence that Mr. Coach Klein manages to convince Bobby it’s okay for him to play for the Mud Dogs despite his mother’s stern objections. To prove Bobby he’s not just blowing hot air, Klein also relates a story about his own childhood, when his mother forbade him from getting a tattoo of his favorite rock singer. That didn’t stop him, though, as he simply got the ink in a location he knew his own Mama would never see.
Which of Vicki’s interests makes Mama think she’s the devil?
Let’s face it—Mama would’ve hated Vicki Vallencourt for daring show interest in her Bobby pretty much no matter what. The fact she’s an ex-con really doesn’t help her case, nor does a certain interest she talks about at length during their one dinner together. We’re hardly taking Mama’s side here, but it’s actually not surprising that an allegedly religious person might not be all that interested in what Vicki was saying. Of course, that didn’t give Mama the right to respond in such an ignorant and closed-minded way.
Where did Bobby procure the magic water that’s always cold?
Taking his role as an aquatic distribution specialist extremely seriously, Bobby Boucher always ensures the H2O he serves his teams are of the absolute finest quality. Typically, he achieves this state by boiling the player’s water to sterilize any bacteria before cooling it back down to drinkable levels. However, he also keeps a special vial of permanently cold liquid that he allegedly acquired from a reservoir somewhere in the tundra. Near the film’s end, it comes in extremely handy, as Vicki uses this special water to revive Bobby after a particularly tough hit.
Finish the quote: “Coach, not only will I do it for you, I, I, I…”
Bobby Boucher develops a whole lot as a football player, aquatic delivery specialist, and as a man during his journey, yet one area he never quite masters is the art of social skills. No amount of confidence on the field helps the poor guy’s stutter, which likely the result of everyone else bullying him. The one plus side is that Bobby’s speaking problems combined with his simple nature occasionally lead to some funny turns of phrase, perhaps most memorably with the way he accepted his position on the team.
Which of Sandler’s SNL co-stars appears as a recurring character in this film and Little Nicky?
No matter what a person thinks about Adam Sandler personally, they have to recognize the guy is pretty great to his friends. This is why so many actors repeat across his movies, and some of them even play essentially the same character from one to the next. This particular SNL co-star showed up to say extremely similar lines in The Waterboy and then Little Nicky, followed by Sandler returning the favor by playing the role in his own film, The Animal.
What athlete inspires Bobby’s father to return and try to manager his career?
After abandoning Bobby and his Mama while she was still pregnant, Roberto Boucher, Sr. finally returns to the waterboy’s life at the conclusion of his film. Immediately after Bobby and Vicki get married, Roberto runs on the scene, having recently noticed Bobby on ESPN. Of course, it’s hardly a happy reunion, as Roberto just thought he could siphon Bobby’s fame by acting as his manager. Apparently, he got the idea from another famous athlete and his father, failing to recognize those two actually had a personal connection beyond a desire for cash.