In high school, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) was a dork and Jenko (Channing Tatum) was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high school students synthetic drugs.
Written by Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)
The understudy for Peter Pan is named French Samuels. Samuel French is the name of the publishing company that manages the rights to the musical "Peter Pan".
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Goofs
Factual errors:
In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that if a cop neglects to read your Miranda rights, that is not necessarily grounds for release from charges. So the cops' mistake at the beginning is not accurate.
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Quotes
Deputy Chief Hardy:
Do you even know the Miranda rights? Jenko:
It obviously starts with... you have the right to... remain an attorney... Deputy Chief Hardy:
Did you just say you have the right to be an attorney? Schmidt:
Well, you do have the right to be an attorney if you want to... See more »