 This is the story of two different people, Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn) and White Goodman (Ben Stiller). Peter is a man of many sorts: an underachiever, a procrastinator, and the owner/operator of Average Joe s Gymnasium, a decaying, rundown gym in a large city. Peter s employees and members consist of: Owen, a man who can t even find love; Dwight, a cocky Mr. Know-It-All; Gordon, a timid, semi-shy person and fan of obscure sports; Justin, a high school geek and Steve, a pirate looking for some treasure. White, a wealthy fitness guru, just happens to be the president/founder of the Globo Gym America Corporation and the owner/operator of the local Globo Gym, a humongous fitness center known to bring in the "big bucks" turning normal "nobodies" into mean, lean, "superfine somebodies". White wants to close and tear down Average Joe s Gym to build a brand-new parking garage structure for the Globo Gym members, so he hires Katherine Veach (Christine Taylor) an attorney from a local bank to foreclose the place, giving Peter 30 days to come up with the mortgage payment of $50,000 or Average Joe s is no more forever, leaving White to take over the gym. Unfortunately even underachievers can make dreams come true, so Peter, with the help of his rejected friends, decides to become a dodge-ball team by playing in the American Dodgeball Association of America (ADAA) International Dodgeball Competition in Las Vegas for the grand prize of $50,000 to save their gym. Kate, who is won over Peter s charms, join the team as well because she believes in him. But White is NOT fooled, no less stupid. He too and his new super buff-and-tough team, known as the "Purple Cobras" wants in on the action, for some extra dough. All the Average Joe s need is ex-veteran all-star Patches O  Houlihan (Rip Torn) to whip them into killing mode shape. Can the Average Joe s kill the Globo Gym Purple Cobras, win the $50,000, and save the gym in time???