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Grab Life By the Ball — Check Out 7 Fun Facts From the Movie ‘Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story’

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Mar 3, 2016 5:06 pm·

Dodge. Duck. Dip. Dive. Dodge! We certainly can’t forget the most important ~rules~ in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.

Even after 12 years, we can’t help but laugh out loud at Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn’s genius one-liners!

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Though most of us are able to quote this movie verbatim, here are seven fun facts even die-hard fans probably do not know about the film!

And don't forget: "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."

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Justin Long actually had his eyebrow split open after Rip Torn aka Patches O’Houlihan hurled one of the rubber prop wrenches at the actor.

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David Hasselhoff’s cameo appearance as the German team’s coach was last minute after the stunt coordinator revealed he knew the Baywatch star.

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The cast all hated filming the dodgeball scenes because they were exhausting to shoot — and it was hard to not flinch when the balls were being thrown.

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Ben Stiller revealed that he hit his costar/wife — Christine Taylor — in the face during a few takes and it “affected [their] relationship for like a week.”

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The writer/director — Rawson Marshall — wrote the movie as a tribute to ‘80s sports comedies from his childhood.

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The characters Peter La Fleur and White Goodman were written with Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller in mind.

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It was announced in 2013 that they are working on a sequel — Dodgeball 2!

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