Adam Sandler Plays an Overgrown Adolescent
Previous Examples: Billy Madison (Billy Madison); Sonny Koufax (Big Daddy); Jill (Jack and Jill)
Represented in That’s My Boy By: Donny Berger, who as a teenager knocked up his teacher and unexpectedly became a father despite the fact that his idea of a healthy breakfast is cake and lollipops. Years later, he’s still the same juvenile goof-off he always was (just with the vocal fry of a 40-year-old dude), while his son Todd (Andy Samberg) grew up to be the mature one.

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