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Role Models: Products, Cast & Plot

Role Models is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Wain, who co-wrote it with Timothy Dowling, Paul Rudd and Ken Marino. The film stars Rudd, Seann William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Jane Lynch, and Elizabeth Banks.

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Role Models topic overview

The analysis highlights Products, Cast and Plot as prominent areas in the source structure around Role Models.

Related topics
51
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
56
Extracted relationships
81
Concept neighborhoods
17
Bridge connections
56

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Cast · 15 topics
Overview · 15 topics
Plot · 9 topics
Production · 8 topics
Release · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Box office
$92.4 million
Budget
$28 million
Cinematography
Russ T. Alsobrook
Country
United States
Directed by
David Wain
Distributed by
Universal Pictures

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Cast

Production

Release

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Role Models connects Entity context

The extracted context around Role Models shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Role Models → Beatles, Big Brothers, Charles Gansa, Danny, David Guarascio, David Wain, December, Dowling, During, Guv'ner, In, It, Joey Curatolo, Knocked Up, Little Big Men, Love Take Me Down, Luke Greenfield, Martin, Maryland's Hoff Theater, Miles Another extracted example is Role Models → Best Comedy Film, Eye Weekly, IGN, In, On Metacritic, On Rotten Tomatoes, The. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Role Models

Top relations

related to Production · 38
Role Models → Beatles, Big Brothers, Charles Gansa, Danny, David Guarascio, David Wain, December, Dowling, During, Guv'ner, In, It, Joey Curatolo, Knocked Up, Little Big Men, Love Take Me Down, Luke Greenfield, Martin, Maryland's Hoff Theater, Miles
related to Critical response · 7
Role Models → Best Comedy Film, Eye Weekly, IGN, In, On Metacritic, On Rotten Tomatoes, The
Starring · 5
Role Models → Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Elizabeth Banks, Jane Lynch, Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott
Screenplay by · 4
Role Models → David Wain, Ken Marino, Paul Rudd, Timothy Dowling
related to Box office · 4
Role Models → Africa, Escape, Madagascar, The
Produced by · 3
Role Models → Luke Greenfield, Mary Parent, Scott Stuber
related to External links · 3
Role Models → IMDb, Models, Official
Release dates · 2
Role Models → November 7, 2008 (2008-11-07) (United States), October 19, 2008 (2008-10-19) (AFF)
Story by · 2
Role Models → Timothy Dowling, William Blake Herron
is a · 2
Role Models → 2008 American comedy film directed by David Wain, frequently crude

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

danny film wheeler role models augie rudd wings ronnie 2008 beth laire paul scott box office king comedy service release

Role Models relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 81 structured relationships around Role Models. Examples in this analysis include Role Models → Box office → $92.4 million and Role Models → Budget → $28 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Role ModelsBox office$92.4 million1.00infobox
Role ModelsBudget$28 million1.00infobox
Role ModelsCinematographyRuss T. Alsobrook1.00infobox
Role ModelsCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Role ModelsDirected byDavid Wain1.00infobox
Role ModelsDistributed byUniversal Pictures1.00infobox
Role ModelsEdited byEric Kissack1.00infobox
Role ModelsLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Role ModelsMusic byCraig Wedren1.00infobox
Role ModelsProduced byLuke Greenfield1.00infobox
Role ModelsProduced byMary Parent1.00infobox
Role ModelsProduced byScott Stuber1.00infobox
Role ModelsProduction companiesRelativity Media Stuber/Parent Productions1.00infobox
Role ModelsRelease datesOctober 19, 2008 (2008-10-19) (AFF)1.00infobox
Role ModelsRelease datesNovember 7, 2008 (2008-11-07) (United States)1.00infobox
Role ModelsRunning time99 minutes1.00infobox
Role ModelsScreenplay byDavid Wain1.00infobox
Role ModelsScreenplay byPaul Rudd1.00infobox
Role ModelsScreenplay byKen Marino1.00infobox
Role ModelsScreenplay byTimothy Dowling1.00infobox
Role ModelsStarringSeann William Scott1.00infobox
Role ModelsStarringPaul Rudd1.00infobox
Role ModelsStarringChristopher Mintz-Plasse1.00infobox
Role ModelsStarringJane Lynch1.00infobox
Role ModelsStarringElizabeth Banks1.00infobox
Role ModelsStory byTimothy Dowling1.00infobox
Role ModelsStory byWilliam Blake Herron1.00infobox
Role Modelsis a2008 American comedy film directed by David Wain0.90text
Role Modelsis afrequently crude0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Role Models bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Role, Comedy and Film. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Role Models
    • Role
    • Comedy
    • Film
    • Ken
    • Marino
    • Release
    • Timothy
    • Box
    • David
    • Dowling
    • Office
    • Positive
  • role models
    • Role
    • Comedy
    • Film
    • Ken
    • Marino
    • Release
    • Timothy
    • Box
    • David
    • Dowling
    • Office
    • Positive
  • comedy film
    • Models
    • Role
    • Rudd
    • Film
    • Reviews
    • Ken
    • Marino
    • Timothy
    • David
    • Dowling
    • Positive
    • Wain
  • seann william scott
    • Christopher
    • Mintz-plasse
    • Seann
    • William
    • Scott
    • Rudd
    • Paul
    • Jane
    • Ken
    • Lynch
    • Marino
    • Release
  • austin film festival
    • Models
    • Role
    • Rudd
    • Reviews
    • Timothy
    • Dowling
    • Positive
    • Scott
    • Wain
    • Paul
    • Song
    • Wings
  • christopher mintz-plasse
    • Mintz-plasse
    • Seann
    • William
    • Scott
    • Rudd
    • Paul
    • Jane
    • Ken
    • Lynch
    • Marino
    • Release
    • Timothy
  • paul rudd
    • Scott
    • Rudd
    • Christopher
    • Mintz-plasse
    • Seann
    • William
    • Wain
    • Ken
    • Marino
    • Timothy
    • Jane
    • Lynch
  • david wain
    • Dowling
    • Wain
    • Ken
    • Marino
    • Timothy
    • Rudd
    • Paul
    • Christopher
    • Jane
    • Lynch
    • Mintz-plasse
    • Release

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Role Models, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Role Models with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Role ModelsOverview · splits 41 ⟂ 16
Role ModelsCast · splits 41 ⟂ 16
Role ModelsPlot · splits 47 ⟂ 10
Role ModelsProduction · splits 48 ⟂ 9
Role ModelsRelease · splits 52 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Role Models

Nodes57
Edges56
Triples81
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035088
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Role Models to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Products, Cast & Plot, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Role Models · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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