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==Plot== Socially awkward 16-year-old Napoleon Dynamite lives in [[Preston, Idaho]], with his grandmother, Carlinda, and his technology-addicted older brother, Kip. Napoleon's school days are spent doodling mythical creatures, dealing with bullies and playing [[tetherball]] by himself. Carlinda is injured in a [[All-terrain vehicle|quad bike]] accident and asks Napoleon and Kip's Uncle Rico to look after the boys while she recovers. Flirtatious, middle-aged Rico arrives in the [[camper van]] he lives in, and teams up with Kip to sell items door-to-door in a [[get-rich-quick scheme]]. Kip wants to pay for his internet girlfriend, LaFawnduh, to visit from Detroit. Former high-school athlete Rico dwells on his past and dreams of [[time travel|going back in time]]. He believes wealth will help him get over his breakup with his girlfriend and failed dreams of [[National Football League|NFL]] stardom. Napoleon becomes friends with Deb, a shy girl who sells headshots and knick-knacks to raise money for college, and Pedro, a bold transfer student from [[Ciudad Juárez|Juárez]], Mexico. Pedro is rebuffed when he asks the popular and snobby Summer Wheatly to accompany him to the high school dance. Deb gladly accepts. Pedro encourages Napoleon to find a date and he picks popular classmate Trisha. As a gift, he draws an (unintentionally bad) picture of her and delivers it to Trisha's mother, one of Rico's customers. Rico tells Trisha's mother embarrassing stories about Napoleon to evoke sympathy. She buys his wares and forces Trisha to accept Napoleon's invitation. Trisha goes to the dance with Napoleon but abandons him to hang out with Summer. Pedro allows Napoleon to dance with Deb. Pedro runs against Summer for class president. The two factions put up flyers and hand out trinkets to attract voters. To demonstrate their "skills" and increase their respect around the school, Napoleon and Pedro enter a [[National FFA Organization|Future Farmers of America]] competition, grading milk and cow udders. They win medals, but it does little for their popularity. Napoleon buys an instructional dance videotape. Kip's girlfriend, LaFawnduh, arrives and gives him an urban makeover, outfitting him in [[hip-hop]] regalia. Seeing that Napoleon is learning to dance, LaFawnduh gives him a [[mixtape]]. Rico continues to spread embarrassing rumors about Napoleon to prospective customers. He tries to sell Deb a breast-enhancement product, claiming it was Napoleon's suggestion, causing her to break off their friendship. Napoleon confronts Rico and tells him to leave, but Rico refuses. His sales scheme ends when martial arts instructor Rex walks in on Rico demonstrating the breast-enhancement product on his wife, and assaults him. On Election Day, Summer gives a speech before the student body, and presents a dance skit to "[[Larger than Life (song)|Larger than Life]]" by the [[Backstreet Boys]]. Pedro gives a despondent speech after discovering he is also required to perform a skit. Napoleon gives the sound engineer LaFawnduh's mixtape and spontaneously performs a dance routine to "[[Canned Heat (song)|Canned Heat]]" by [[Jamiroquai]] as Pedro's skit. Napoleon's routine receives a [[standing ovation]], stunning Summer and her boyfriend, Don. Pedro becomes class president, Grandma returns from the hospital, Rico reunites with his girlfriend, Kip and LaFawnduh leave on a bus for [[Michigan]] and Napoleon and Deb reconcile and play tetherball together. Two months later, Kip and LaFawnduh get married, and Napoleon arrives late at the wedding on a stallion which he tamed for Kip and LaFawnduh to ride out on.
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