D3: The Mighty Ducks

1996
PG
1h 44m

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5.5/10

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The unruly team of hockey misfits grows up a bit and receives scholarships to a prestigious prep school, where they take on the snotty varsity team.The unruly team of hockey misfits grows up a bit and receives scholarships to a prestigious prep school, where they take on the snotty varsity team.The unruly team of hockey misfits grows up a bit and receives scholarships to a prestigious prep school, where they take on the snotty varsity team.

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

29K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

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Trivia
When Charlie gets kicked off the team by Coach Orion after the "unofficial" JV/Varsity showdown, the only other player to join Charlie in leaving the team is Fulton. This is fitting since Fulton and Charlie were the first two players to agree to become Ducks in the first movie. They were also the only two players to show up to the game that they were forced to forfeit since the rest of the team walked out on Bombay in the first movie.

Goofs
When Julie is in the goal singing about how Fulton scored, you can see that her lips are not moving from behind her mask.

Quotes
Coach Orion: [picks hockey puck up off the ice and addresses the Ducks] What's the one thing all great teams have in common?
Lester Averman: Great coaching.
Coach Orion: [unamused] Don't try to suck up to me, Averman.
[pause]
Coach Orion: Defense. See, unlike scoring, defense never quits, but to play great defense, you need one thing above all else.
Lester Averman: [sarcastically to Goldberg] Bet it starts with a "W."
Coach Orion: Confidence. Listen, if you learn nothing else when you're here, you learn this. All right? 'Cause it's not just about hockey. It's easy to be confident when you have control of the puck. It's very, very difficult to keep that confidence when you gotta take whatever strange bounces life throws your way. Don't be careless, but don't be too careful either. You cannot be afraid to lose. That's how you gain the confidence to attack the game when the puck isn't yours. That's how you attack life even when you think you don't have any control. And that's how you play real defense.

Crazy credits
The Walt Disney Pictures logo at both the beginning and the end use a flash sound when "Walt Disney" is formed, and laser sounds when the arc is being drawn over the castle.

Connections
Featured in The Screen Junkies Show: Greatest Sports Pep Talk Ever (2011)

Soundtracks
Dwayne's Puck-It 2-Step
Written by John O'Kennedy
Performed by John O'Kennedy & The O'Combo
Courtesy of Radiobar Music

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Featured review

7/10

sort of good

This was an OK sequel to the Mighty Ducks trilogy, as the team gets sent to an exclusive prep school, loaded with scholarships, and winds up with a new coach as Bombay gets a "promotion" of sorts. The new one starts off like Bombay did, and it will remind you a bit of they way they did in the first movie, except this guy is tougher. I will admit that this movie is not quite as good as the other Mighty Ducks movies, but it does has its moments, like the restaurant scene, the pranks scenes, and the hockey scenes. It is passable and harmless entertainment. You might like it.

** 1/2 out of ****