Dodgeball is they typical underdog movie. Although the main purpose of the movie is not inspirational, it still has many of the qualities of a sports movie. The movie begins by introducing 2 different gyms. One of the gyms is Globogym, the best and most expensive one. The other is the protaganist's gym, which is called Average Joes's. This gym has n more money to pay rent, and must find a way to come up with some. So, they enter a dodgeball tournament to win $50,000. Average Joe's team consists of a nunch of nonathletic guys who look scruffy, while Globogym, led by Ben Stiller, has ripped dudes.

Patches, a former Dodgeball champion, comes to train the misfits of Average Joe's. In many sports movies, the coach is the one that inspires the players to become the best that they can be. Patches works the players of Average Joe's hard, and eventually they become pretty good. However, he dies and the team is left without a coach before the championship game against Globogym. Death is something that sports movies use all the time to make the viewer feel a connection or feel sorry for the guys of that team. Average Joe's ends up defeating Globogym, partially because of Globogym's overconfidence. Dodegeball was an underdog story that combined humor, but also used the inspiration of a sports movie.