Tommy Boy

Tommy Boy (1995)

26 corrected entries

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Correction: No. That actually was Chris Farley. Farley was known for being very agile for a large man, always doing cartwheels on the set of Saturday Night Live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf4TqKMSeEI.

MasterOfAll

Corrected entry: Tommy talks about how the Callahan factory is the only thing keeping the city (Sandusky, Ohio) alive. I guess he forgot about Cedar Point, one of the most popular theme parks in the world.

Correction: While Tommy was exaggerating the factory's importance to Sandusky, Cedar Point isn't open to the public year round. And tourists who come in to visit the park would only patronize business that the blue collar factory worker wouldn't work at or own, so it doesn't help the average working men of the town.

Bishop73

Corrected entry: After "Richard" picks up "Tommy" from the airport, Tommy places M&M's in the dash. You can see a big "69ยข" in magic Marker on the M&M bag.

cc2amaz

Correction: Some retailers will mark down or up prices directly on the product using a magic marker rather than a price gun. It is very common, especially with smaller "Mom and Pop" shops.

Corrected entry: When Richard and Tommy are driving (when Richard is drunk), Richard starts throwing up and Tommy swerves on the road. When you see the front of the car, pause the movie and the stunt guys are visible.

Correction: Trivia perhaps, but if you have to pause to see it, then it's not a valid mistake.

tw_stuart

Corrected entry: In the scene where Tommy Boy is in the bank and yells "everyone listen up, this will only take a second," the cops get down and throw their guns. The shot of Tommy's feet shows his pants are brown where in the next shot his pants are light khaki/white.

Correction: His pants are brown throughout the whole scene; it is simply the lighting.

moviemogul

Corrected entry: When Paul sprays Tommy with gasoline, you can see a smaller hose tucked into the end of the gasoline nozzle.

Correction: You're supposed to see that hose. It is not a gasoline hose that Paul is spraying Tommy with, it is a water hose used at a nearby car wash.

MasterOfAll

Corrected entry: When Richard is fixing Tommy's tie, its a clip on. But when they enter the building, it has changed to a regular tie.

Correction: The next scene, it's the same clip on tie. After that is the montage of people saying "no" and in those shots he's wearing a regular tie. But each time it's a different sales call and different tie.

Bishop73

Corrected entry: Tommy is celebrating with his father the recent engagement. First you see them pouring the champagne, then second you hear the champagne bottle being opened. (There is only one bottle of champagne.)

Correction: This isn't how it happens. The cork pops during the transition, then we see one glass already filled and the third glass is being poured. This is a common technique to imply a celebration is occurring and to avoid wasting valuable movie time watching someone pour 3 glasses of champagne.

Bishop73

Corrected entry: When Beverly is on the bed talking with Paul, in one shot her spaghetti strap is down towards her elbows. In the next shot, it is up to her shoulder. The shots moved too quick for her to fix it.

richard dryja

Correction: That's because it fell down on one side, we see her fix it. And the camera was on Paul long enough for her to slip it back on her shoulder.

Corrected entry: When Rob Lowe is trying to shoot the trucks at the Callahan factory, he gets back into his car and then gets strangled by the seat belt. When this happens, the car door closes. He then fires a shot of which the bullet hits a sign which, in turn, breaks the guard dog's chain. When the dog jumps into the car, the car door closes again.

Correction: The door never closed the first time, you can see the door fling back open in the first shot, then the dog jumps in and the door closes all the way.

Corrected entry: The fan on the test engine spins counterclockwise, and before it starts, the angle of the blades is visible and such that it would pull air towards the engine instead of pushing it in the other direction.

Correction: Vehicle engines help pull air through the radiator which would mean it blows air towards engine. This was right in the movie.

Corrected entry: The hooks in the brake pad division (the one Tommy is fighting with) stop automatically when Tommy walks by. He turned them on, but he never turned them off.

Correction: The hooks stopped because the rest of the machines are all turned off so the hooks can't go on to the other machines.

Corrected entry: In the scene where Tommy, Richard and Michelle read the police reports to Paul and Beverly about their scans, Paul tries to escape but is eventually apprehended by the police. Beverly, however, receives a dinner offer from Zalinsky rather than having the police arrest her as well. How could she suddenly luck out knowing that she was involved with Paul's scan the whole time?

zackman

Correction: 1) This is a question, not a mistake. 2) Scan? Do you mean scam? 3) Paul was the mastermind behind the scams, Zalinsky was just attracted to Beverly. She could be charged as an accomplice, and if she got involved with Zalinsky, there's less likelihood of her going on the lam.

rswarrior

Correction: Also, Michelle mentioned that Paul has active warrants out in other states, that's probably why he's the one being arrested.

Corrected entry: The characters mention an airport in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio - there is no airport in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

Correction: Not only is there no airport in Cuyahoga Falls, but Sandusky is only an hour and a half away from Cuyahoga Falls. No one would ever fly from one city to the other much less route through Columbus like the ticket agent says.

Corrected entry: There's a part of the movie when Richard and Tommy are walking down a street in Sandusky, OH and you can see a Toronto Dominion Bank sign (green) on one of the buildings. This was an oversight as the movie was filmed somewhere in Ontario. A small town like Sandusky would never have a branch of a big Canadian bank.

Correction: Sandusky is less than 300 miles from Toronto, the headquarters of TD Bank. TD has operated banks around the world since the 1960s. It is very plausible that they would have a branch in Sandusky.

Corrected entry: Rob Lowe is a main character in the movie playing "Paul", but is not credited at the end of the movie.

Correction: While the role is fairly large to note not being credited, the practice is not uncommon. Many more actors and sometimes well known actors forgo their name in the credits for varying reasons (e.g. SAG would require they be paid, contractual obligations etc.).

Lummie

Corrected entry: Obvious stunt double when Paul is on the hood of the crash test car.

Correction: As you'll see in the Holy Schnike Edition, director Peter Segal says Rob Lowe did all of his stunts, except one scene in the water tower that never made the movie.

Correction: Not a movie mistake - it's not beyond belief that he could have requested one from reception.

tw_stuart

Corrected entry: At the end, when Tommy and Zalinsky are on the news, Zalinsky clearly unbuttons his top button and loosens his tie. In the next shot, it's buttoned, then in subsequent shots, it's unbuttoned again.

Correction: The shirt is unbuttoned throughout the whole scene. It looks like it is because the television shot is grainy.

moviemogul

Corrected entry: When Tommy is in the bathroom on the aeroplane, he is wearing boxers. However, when he bursts out of the door he is wearing tighty whities, the next shot it's back to boxers.

Correction: He wears boxers throughout the scene. Upon going frame by frame, it is his shirt covering the back of the boxers that makes it look like briefs.

moviemogul

Continuity mistake: The deer knocks the rear-view mirror off the windshield, however, when the boys are driving down the highway and the car hood flies off, you can see the mirror again, then it's gone and then it's back again.

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Tommy: You know a lot of people go to college for seven years.
Richard: I know. They're called doctors.

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Trivia: At the hotel with the girl in the bikini, when Richard is in bed and Tommy is standing next to the TV, the TV has show times for "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final insult." Naked Gun 3 was directed by Peter Segal, who is the director for "Tommy Boy."

Bishop73

More trivia for Tommy Boy

Question: Why can't the kids at the back of the school bus just tell the driver to stop for Tommy instead of letting him chasing it?

Trainman

Answer: He was the fat kid. I was teased in school for being the nerd who wore glasses and read books.

Answer: Because they're being mean and wanted to watch Tommy chase the bus.

Bishop73

Why were they so mean to Tommy?

Trainman

He's an overweight doofus, which makes him a prime target for bullying.

Phaneron

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