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381-419: A call from former love interest Nadia who informs him that she plans to visit him. To gain sexual experience, Jim seeks out his prom date, Michelle, who agrees to help him after he is mistaken for a mentally disabled trombone prodigy and makes a fool of himself in front of a band camp concert audience. The group hosts a small party where Kevin and his ex-girlfriend Vicky awkwardly lie to one another regarding
508-434: A choir practice, Heather chats with Oz about people not knowing their actual personalities. Heather attends one of Oz's lacrosse games and asks him after the game if he wants to go to prom with her, to which he accepts. When she is walking away, Heather sees Oz's lacrosse teammates cheering him on and making misogynistic gestures, which makes her upset. When Heather shows up on the next school day, Oz compliments her car, but she
635-471: A deleted scene, it is mentioned that he and Heather are in Spain. The natural assumption is then that Oz and Heather could not fly back in time for the wedding, since Jim decided to have it as soon as possible to accommodate Jim's grandmother. Like the majority of the other characters (excluding Jim's Dad, Matt Stifler, and The Sherminator), Oz does not appear in any of the spin-off films, but his name can be seen on
762-408: A family of his own. He is dating a girl named Mia, who is best described as a "LA party girl" but he does not approve of her personality. He shows up for the reunion with the gang, and upon seeing Jim again, he acknowledges he may have missed his wedding but he'd never miss the reunion (alluding to his absence in the previous film). In the meantime, he tries to rekindle his relationship with Heather, who
889-448: A greased pig, with the final challenge being to hold off from ejaculation while receiving a lap dance. After the Betas win, Noah, as the officiate, hands over the golden hammer to Dwight. In the seventh film , he plays a significantly smaller role, as he is not seen until near the end of the movie. He is revealed to have created "The Bible" (The Book of Love) while at college. After the book
1016-581: A house at Lake Michigan in the summer break at the end of their freshman year where they plan to have a party. Oz is lonely and missing his girlfriend Heather who is away in Spain. They start having erotic phone sex to vent some of their frustration, but keep getting interrupted by various people. Stifler kept annoyingly assume she might be having sex with other guys while she is in Spain and suggests that he should get laid with other girls but he refused to be unfaithful towards Heather. However, Oz briefly showed some unfaithfulness when he and Kevin attempted to peek on
1143-423: A joke. The next morning, Oz and Heather catch up at a restaurant, where they flirt with each other before Oz is interrupted by fans who ask for a picture. At Stifler's house party, Ron reveals he obtained a VHS of Oz's embarassing Celebrity Dance-Off loss and plays it for the party guests to see. Humiliated, Oz goes downstairs to grab a beer, and Heather follows him. She tries to comfort Oz, who then pulls her in for
1270-432: A joy ride. Finch is arrested for the whole thing when the cops show up. Stifler finds the whole thing funny and believes he has gotten his revenge on him for having sex with his mother. Disgusted with his antagonistic attitude, Jim, Oz and Kevin rally to Finch's side and tell Stifler off. He meets and falls in love with Selena when he sees they have a lot in common. Finch makes amends with Selena for lying, and they have sex in
1397-413: A kiss. Ron calls for Heather, and she tells Oz she will be right back. While she is gone, Mia, who earlier indulged two pills of ecstasy , finds Oz downstairs and starts to sexually assault him. When Heather comes back downstairs, Oz is surprised, which leads to Mia accusing him of cheating on her with Heather. Heather gets angry at Mia and rips out her hair extension ; Heather then runs upstairs, upset. At
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#17328516706711524-487: A lost cause. At the guys' last lake house party of the summer, Heather surprises Oz by appearing a few hours early. They dance together and later have sex. While absent from American Wedding , she appears in American Reunion , where she has a slightly larger role. She is in town for the class reunion and meets Oz at the beach, where she introduces him to her new cardiologist boyfriend, Ron. Stifler comes over and makes
1651-466: A member of the high school lacrosse team and as a friend of Jim Levenstein, Kevin Meyers, Steve Stifler, and Paul Finch. He is a member of The nerdy and geeky four friends make a pact to lose their virginity before they graduate from high school. Oz joins the jazz choir in an effort to lose his reputation as an insensitive jock and find a girlfriend there. Even though he was never an insensitive jock and he hangs
1778-487: A mock breakup the night of the party so that Jim is free to hook up with Nadia. As the party begins, Jim realizes that he loves Michelle. Jim interrupts her concert performance and they return to the party together. Meanwhile, Sherman is seduced by Nadia who is attracted to his geeky persona. Kevin is disappointed to learn Vicky has brought a date and storms off onto the beach. Oz is happy when Heather unexpectedly arrives early. Jim, Oz, and Finch speak to Kevin, who admits he
1905-463: A much smaller role with little significance to the plot, in contrast to the first two and latter films. Early on in the film, he mentions that he is attending law school , and persuades Finch to join him. As a groomsman, he aids Jim in finding the wedding dress Michelle finally settles on after long hours of searching, which is made by only one designer, Leslie Summers, working for one store. Jim, Kevin and Finch, with Stifler tagging along, set out to find
2032-426: A new boyfriend and leaves to go to the beach by himself. Oz, Finch and Jim follow him down, where he admits to them that he never got over Vicky and that with the party, he was hoping to relive his senior year prom night, in particular, sleeping with Vicky at the end of it. The others help Kevin realize that it will never happen, and the quartet return to the beach house to party hard. In the third film, he reappears in
2159-430: A reference to Oz and Heather's previous sexual relationship, which turns the interaction awkward and cuts it short. At the falls, Heather, Ron, Oz, and his new girlfriend Mia all play the drinking game " never have I ever ," where Mia reveals her sexually adventurous lifestyle. Ron later pulls Oz aside and suggests they swap girlfriends, stating it is somewhat okay because of Oz and Heather's past, before he brushes it off as
2286-427: A request he received with much pride. In Naked Mile , Noah informs Erik Stifler that she had in fact given birth to a baby, to which he announced was a happy occasion. In American Reunion , it is revealed that Michelle and Jim do not have sex anymore, due to their parental responsibilities. Jim is watching porn on his computer when he is interrupted by Evan, and he accidentally throws a tube sock on him. He goes to
2413-458: A short period of time. Meanwhile, Finch has become involved in the art of Tantra and waits to use his new skills with Stifler's mom, who he mistakenly believes has arrived but is disappointed when he learns it is Stifler's younger brother. Nadia unexpectedly arrives early, much to the dismay of Jim as his penis has not fully healed. He and Michelle pretend to be in a relationship. However, she realizes that she has fallen in love with him but stages
2540-456: A spare bedroom and reveals she brought BDSM clothing for them to change into. When Michelle leaves, Jim awaits her return, but is greeted by Kara, who tries to rape him. When Jim is chased out of the house and attacked by Kara's boyfriend and his friends, Michelle walks out and whips one of them. Jim then attempts to explain the situation, angering both Kara and Michelle in the process; Michelle tells Jim she will stay at her grandmother's house. At
2667-629: A spare bedroom, but Vicky excitedly barges in to greet Kevin. When Kevin confronts her about their alleged sexual intercourse, Vicky is extremely upset and explains that Kevin was drunk and fell in the lake, so she helped him dry off and get into bed. She storms out of the room, with Kevin trying to stop her. At the class reunion, Jessica tells Kevin to talk to Vicky, who is sitting at a table by herself. He walks over and apologizes for accusing her, and states he felt more guilty than anything because of their romantic past. Kevin says that while he loves his wife, Vicky will always be his first love, and she tells him
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#17328516706712794-402: A spare bedroom, where they tell each other "I love you." The morning after they have sex, Vicky breaks up with Kevin due to the distance of the colleges they are attending. In American Pie 2 , Vicky appears at Stifler's party on the first day of summer. Kevin walks over to talk to her, but they share an awkward moment after Kevin goes in for a kiss. They agree to remain friends. Vicky appears at
2921-402: A supporting role with much less screen time in comparison to the first two films and Reunion . In the opening scene, he proposes to Michelle after a few problems in attempting. She enthusiastically agrees. Jim is worried about dancing at the wedding, but salvation comes in the form of Steve Stifler, who promises to teach Jim in return of a wedding invite. Jim reluctantly agrees much to the rest of
3048-630: A tube sock. He later finds Jim humping a pie after being previously told that third base feels like "warm apple pie ". He later helps Jim cover the incident up and lies to his wife about the missing pie and where it has gone, telling her he and Jim ate it. He reappears in the second film of the series where he takes Jim to the hospital after Jim decides to turn on a porn film that Stifler rented, but accidentally uses superglue instead of lubricant to masturbate, permanently glueing his entire hand to his penis and boxer shorts. He then supports Jim after he learns that he won't be able to have sex for at least
3175-417: A whole week, the same amount of time before the party he is attending with Nadia, with whom he plans on sleeping, will be held. He appears in the third film, American Wedding (2003). In the third installment Noah arrives at the restaurant Jim is at to give him the wedding ring he was going to use to propose to girlfriend Michelle. Jim tries to hide the fact that he is being fellated . Not knowing Michelle
3302-429: A window and stumbles onto the rooftop where he is caught by police officers. He is supported at the hospital by his father Noah, where he learns the news that he won't be able to have sex for at least a whole week, the same amount of time before the party is due to occur. When Nadia turns up earlier than expected, Michelle acts as his fake girlfriend so that he won't have to have sex with Nadia until his penis has healed. At
3429-470: A woman named Ellie. His life now consists of watching several reality shows, such as Real Housewives and Desperate Housewives . Kevin and the others meet at a bar, where they browse through the yearbook and find Kevin's quote, "Kevin Meyers hopes to still be living it up with the beautiful Vicky Latham." The next day, they all go to the beach, and Kevin and Vicky run into each other. They're still friends, and there appears to be no romantic feelings between
3556-418: A year from now on. Paul Finch , commonly referred by his surname Finch , first appears in American Pie as a mochaccino-drinking sophisticate and he is the friend of Jim Levenstein, Kevin Meyers and Chris "Oz" Ostreicher. He is a member of the nerdy four friends make a pact to lose their virginity before they graduate from high school. Finch, meanwhile, pays Vicky's friend Jessica $ 200 to spread rumors around
3683-522: Is Kevin Meyers's girlfriend. Despite dating since their senior homecoming, Vicky and Kevin have not yet had sex, a major looming point in their relationship. Kevin and Vicky are also going to two different colleges that are hundreds of miles apart, another obstacle. Kevin believes that he and Vicky will finally have sex at one of Stifler's parties, but she instead gives him a blowjob , and he ejaculates prematurely. Vicky overhears Kevin telling Jim his dismay that he hasn't had sex yet, and she responds by leaving
3810-498: Is a list of characters from the film series American Pie consisting of American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001), American Wedding (2003), American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005), American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006), American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007), American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009), American Reunion (2012), and American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules (2020). Noah Levenstein, played by Eugene Levy, has appeared in eight of
3937-482: Is also implicated in an unusual Jim-plus-two-dogs foursome. He competes with Finch for the heart of Cadence, Michelle's younger sister. He impersonates Finch's refined and polite personality in order to win Cadence over, but Finch continues the triangle by replicating Stifler's outrageous frat boy image, which Cadence surprisingly enjoys just as much, if not more. Nevertheless, Stifler manages to bond with Cadence's family, and
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4064-517: Is apparently the only girl at his school who did not see what happened. He succeeds in getting Michelle into bed where she behaves aggressively before leaving him to wake up alone. The film ends with Jim and his friends eating breakfast before toasting to the next step. Jim reappears in American Pie 2 where he and his friends rent a house at Lake Michigan in the summer break at the end of their freshman year. After keeping in contact with Nadia, who
4191-486: Is attending a summer program in Europe , which means she will be away from Oz for the majority of the summer. Oz drops her off at the airport and says goodbye to her. While abroad, Heather attempts to have phone sex with Oz, but they are interrupted by Stifler, and they agree to try it another time. A few weeks later, they attempt to have phone sex again, but Heather's roommates return to their shared apartment , and they deem it
4318-423: Is beginning to tire of the intellectual Stifler, Finch acts immature, rude, and perverted: in other words, like Stifler. Stifler unintentionally kills the flowers the night before the wedding, and when arguing with Finch he is heard by Cadence, who realizes his true intentions. Later, Stifler realizes that he actually feels bad about his previous actions, prompting him to bring in the football team he coaches to set up
4445-455: Is confused as to why Kevin would lie to her, but Jessica explains that he didn't lie, but he just followed the rule. Over the summer, Kevin and Vicky continue to hang out and re-connect. At the last lake house party of the summer, Kevin goes to talk to Vicky, but is interrupted by another guy, which angers Kevin. Vicky explains that the guy is her date, which causes Kevin to storm out of the house. After Jim, Oz, and Finch convince Kevin to return to
4572-442: Is crushed when he sees her with a new boyfriend and leaves to go to the beach by himself. Oz, Finch and Jim follow him down, where he confides in them that he never got over Vicky and that with the party, he was hoping to relive his senior year prom night, in particular, sleeping with Vicky at the end of it. The others help Kevin realize that it will never happen, and the quartet return to the beach house to party hard. The morning after
4699-404: Is dating an arrogant heart surgeon name Ron (who some people call Dr. Ron or "Dron"). After Ron embarrasses him by showing the video of him losing to Gilbert Gottfried to everyone during Stifler's party, he eventually tells Heather how he still feels about her and they share a kiss. They officially got back to together at their high school reunion. Vicky first appears in American Pie , where she
4826-493: Is destroyed, Rob, Nathan and Lube track him down to help recreate it, in which he assists them with and helps the group to recreate the manual. American Reunion marks Noah's last appearance in the franchise and reveals that his wife (otherwise known simply as "Jim's Mom") has died three years prior to the events portrayed in the film, and that he is still grieving her loss. During his son's visit Noah enlists Jim and Michelle into helping him set up an online dating profile. In
4953-518: Is eventually charged with holding Michelle's wedding ring. However, the family dog manages to ingest the ring while it is in Stifler's care, and Stifler follows it until it defecates. Stifler picks up the ring which is encapsulated within the feces using a confection paper, which Cadence's mother sees and assumes it to be one of the truffles. She insists that Stifler let her have it, but knowing he could blow his chances with Cadence for good, he suddenly devours
5080-405: Is going on, Jim enters the house and Michelle's parents are badly embarrassed. Michelle's sister Cadence attends the wedding, and Finch is quickly attracted to her. Stifler also becomes attracted to her. Upon hearing that Cadence is hoping to attract a decent guy, Stifler adopts a more meek attitude and acts like Finch, and avoids swearing and speaks of philosophy. But when Finch realizes that Cadence
5207-455: Is noted on the DVD commentary that most of Kevin's scenes were cut from the final edit, which implies he played a more relevant role than the one shown in the final cut. In American Reunion , Kevin has lost contact with all his former friends; apart from Jim. The two have a conversation about going to the reunion, with Kevin being very excited. He is working as an architect from home, and is married to
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5334-433: Is publicly embarrassed. Stifler is also on the wrong end of the first of three particularly distasteful sight gags throughout the film's trilogy, where in this movie, he ingests beer containing semen. He then proceeds to vomit uncontrollably on a girl he was trying to seduce, and in the toilet. Stifler later catches his mother, Jeanine, and Finch having sex, and loses consciousness under the shock. This incident further ignites
5461-542: Is staying with her parents in town. When the group goes down to the falls the next night, Kevin and Vicky lightheartedly accuse each other of stalking their Facebook profiles, where Vicky reveals that she has broken up with her boyfriend, Alessandro. Kevin wakes up the next morning in a bed next to Vicky; both of their clothes are off. Thinking they had sex, Kevin panics and leaves before Vicky wakes up. At Stifler's house party, Kevin confides in his friends that he feels guilty for whatever happened with Vicky. He calls his wife in
5588-521: Is struggling to move on after high school; but they reassure and convince him to return to the party. The group returns, Kevin apologizes to Vicky, and they all enjoy an evening of partying together. The two "lesbians" arrive to the party and later have a threesome with Stifler. The next day, the group prepares to leave when a car pulls up; Finch approaches and finds Stifler's mom inside. They drive off together and have sex again. Principal photography began on February 14, 2001 and wrapped on 27 April. It
5715-404: Is surprised but overjoyed, and they share a kiss. While walking to Stifler's after-prom party, Oz reveals the pact to Heather, but tells her he does not care about whether they have sex or not. They kiss and go to the loading dock, where they (supposedly) have sex, although Oz doesn't tell her friends the verdict. In American Pie 2 , Oz picks up Heather from college. However, she is upset that she
5842-511: Is traveling across the US , Nadia agrees to join Jim at his beach party. When Jim decides to turn on a porn movie that Stifler rented, he accidentally uses superglue instead of lubricant to masturbate , permanently gluing his entire hand to his penis and boxer shorts. Shocked and frightened, he takes out the porn cassette but ends up bonding the cassette to his other hand. Unable to open any doors, he climbs out of
5969-463: Is tricked by Stifler into using the girls' restroom. Afterward, he emerges before many other fellow students, humiliated and is left dateless. At the prom, everything seems hopeless for the four boys until Vicky asks the girl that Chuck Sherman claimed to have bedded about her first time. She proclaims to everyone at the prom that she and Sherman did not have sex at Stifler's party, leaving Sherman embarrassed and making him wet himself. The revelation takes
6096-423: Is trying to lose his virginity before the end of high school and begins to pursue Czech exchange student Nadia. Stifler persuades him to set up a webcam in his room so that they can all watch it together. The plan backfires, though, when Nadia discovers Jim's pornography collection and sits half-naked on his bed to read it. Jim is forced to return to his room, where he joins Nadia, unaware that he accidentally sent
6223-455: Is under the table, Jim's dad expresses his excitement at the proposal and inadvertently reveals Michelle and Jim's act. In the first spin off film from the main series, American Pie Presents: Band Camp , he is revealed to be the camp's Morale and Conflict Resolution Officer (MACRO) as Michelle is pregnant and unable to take the role herself; he continues to act as a mentor character, recommending that Matt Stifler start trying to fit in and earn
6350-477: Is upset about the prom ordeal and takes back her invitation. During a choir practice, Heather's mood affects her performance, and the teacher suggests turning her solo piece into a duet. Oz promptly volunteers to be part of the duet, and Heather confronts him after practice, telling him he has to put in effort for the duet. Later on, at school, she sees Oz practicing alone in the choir room, which makes her happy. After asking Stifler where to find Oz, Heather shows up at
6477-578: Is worried that her and Jim's sex life isn't going well ever since she became a mother, but Selena convinces her to get past that obstacle. Jim tells Michelle that the guys wanted to go the falls, and Michelle volunteers to take care of Evan, promising him a night of sex when he comes home. However, Jim's escapades during the night result in him falling asleep almost immediately after he comes home, much to Michelle's dismay. Jim tells Michelle that he will make up for it by having sex with her at Stifler's house party. Sometime after they arrive, Michelle brings Jim into
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#17328516706716604-413: The frenemy relationship between Finch and Stifler. Stifler's second appearance was in the sequel, American Pie 2 (2001), with a much larger role this time. After returning from his first year at Michigan State University with Oz, Stifler attempts a reunion party at his home, which is shut down thanks to the neighbors calling the police. He helps chip in cash to rent a beach house on Lake Michigan with
6731-569: The East Great Falls Bible, referencing the events of the first film. Jim returns in American Reunion , once again the protagonist, played by Jason Biggs. He and Michelle now have a 2-year-old son named Evan. The couple's sex life has been slowly deteriorating after the birth of their son. Throughout the film, they try to re-ignite their sexual flames. Also, Jim must avoid the advances of Kara, an 18-year-old girl he once babysat when she
6858-501: The UK, the film dethroned Moulin Rouge! to reach the number one spot, earning $ 8 million. It spent three weeks at the top of the box office before being displaced by The Others . On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 52% based on 126 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's consensus states: "Being a sequel, American Pie 2 doesn't retain
6985-456: The air conditioning covering their wedding cake. A new one is made and Jim encounters another embarrassing heart-heart with his father. On the day of the wedding, Jim announces his appreciation and love for his friends Paul Finch, Kevin Myers and Steve Stifler and then happily marries Michelle. In Band Camp , Noah Levenstein informs Stifler's younger brother Matt of Michelle's pregnancy revealing that
7112-472: The band's trust rather than emulate his older brother. He appears again in the fifth installment , in which he is presiding over the annual Naked Mile run. He appears in the sixth film , in which he revealed to be Beta alumni and the last-winning team captain of the Greek Olympiad. He helps to host the competition, which includes competing to remove girls' bras the fastest, a light saber duel and catching
7239-425: The bathroom, where he discovers Michelle pleasuring herself in the bathtub with a shower head . The two speak about the incident on the way back to their hometown for their class reunion, and Michelle reveals she knows about Jim watching porn. They both agree to have plenty of sex over the weekend. The next morning, Jim is hungover and wakes up on the kitchen floor. Michelle and her old band camp friend, Selena, come in
7366-434: The bathroom, which promises to lead to an ongoing relationship; in the process, Finch realizes that he has moved on from Stifler's mom. He decided to go see the world with Selena. Before leaving, Finch learns that Stifler had sex with his mom, Rachel, and feels a similar disgust towards his behavior (akin to the previous times he had sex with Jeanine). Christopher Russell " Oz " Ostreicher first appears in American Pie as
7493-492: The box office above Rush Hour 2 , a record for an R-rated comedy, surpassing Scary Movie . This record would be held until 2008 when it was surpassed by Sex and the City . Overall, it had the second-highest opening weekend for any R-rated film, behind Hannibal . For 14 years, the film would hold the record for having the highest August opening weekend for an R-rated film until Straight Outta Compton took it in 2015. It
7620-490: The box office for multiple weeks since Pearl Harbor . The film's theatrical run wrapped up on December 20, 2001, with a final domestic gross of $ 145,103,595 and $ 142,450,000 overseas, adding to a total worldwide gross of $ 232,722,935. It grossed $ 8.4 million in its opening weekend in Germany, a record for a comedy and for United International Pictures in the country, beating UIP's previous record set by Jurassic Park . In
7747-461: The boys performing "like for like" homosexual acts on each other in return for being able to watch the girls do the same thing. Oz and Kevin take turns watching up a ladder and listening on the walkie-talkie also in the room. The conversation is accidentally picked up and heard by many other people in the neighborhood. After this, the boys plan to throw a huge summer party at the house, bigger than anything they've done before. Finch has become involved in
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#17328516706717874-449: The character is to become a father. Jim is mentioned again as Noah attempts to comfort Matt, who was caught attempting to masturbate using an oboe, informing him that he caught his son engaging in sexual activity with a pie. Naked Mile also alludes to Jim's paternity as Noah proudly informs Erik, Steve and Matt's younger cousin, that Michelle successfully gave birth. Whilst absent from the film, The Book of Love shows Jim's signature in
8001-494: The check-out card for "The Bible" in The Book of Love . He is re-introduced into the series in American Reunion . He is now a successful, wealthy sportscaster, but is best known for his embarrassing loss to Gilbert Gottfried on Celebrity Dance-Off . Despite his fame and fortune, he is still not truly happy, as he and Heather are no longer together, since she broke up with him before heading to medical school, and he has yet to have
8128-493: The class reunion, Michelle shows up without telling Jim, and they both lightheartedly act like strangers before they go into the high school's band room and have sex on a desk. They are interrupted briefly by Nadia, Jim's past muse. The sex helps reconcile Jim and Michelle's relationship. Steven " Steve " Stifler , commonly referred by his last name Stifler or his nickname The Stifmeister , made his first appearance in American Pie , in which he went to East Great Falls High. He
8255-427: The class reunion, Oz reconciles with Heather and tells her that he has broken up with Mia. He tells Heather that he wants to be with her, and they tell each other "I love you." Ron, who is flirting with other women by telling them a heroic story of his, spots Heather and Oz kissing and confronts Oz, threatening to sue him if Oz touches him. Stifler then sucker punches Ron, and Heather dances with Oz. The next day, Oz tells
8382-450: The core three who are the biggest geeks of all time that didn't exactly get him in the popular seat. He soon wins the attention of Heather, a girl in the choir. However, he runs into problems when Heather comes to learn about Oz's reputation and subsequently breaks up with him, although he later manages to regain some of her trust. Heather sees the real Oz, not just some arrogant jock that people labeled as and see his real friends. Oz confesses
8509-432: The dog dropping into his own mouth. This carries on the tradition of rather distasteful gags where Stifler ingests various bodily substances once in each movie. Before the wedding, Stifler accidentally destroys the massive flower arrangement Michelle's family had ordered, resulting in everyone turning against him. Jim tells him to leave, and seeing how no one is on his side, Stifler complies. However, Stifler redeems himself at
8636-580: The dressmaker for her. They go to Chicago looking for her and end up in a gay bar. Stifler has a dance-off to make up for his rudeness towards a man, Bear, who knows the dressmaker. In the meantime Stifler arranges a bachelor party for everyone at Jim's house except Jim who unknowingly has arranged a "special dinner" for Michelle's parents before the wedding. Kevin, Jim and Stifler are then introduced to Fraulein Brandi and Officer Krystal by Bear and then play submissive and dominant roles with them respectively. While this
8763-418: The dressmaker. They go to Chicago looking for her and end up in a gay bar. Stifler has a dance-off with a man nicknamed "Bear," who knows Summers. This prompts her to offer to make Michelle's dress, and Summers also hits on Kevin. At a bachelor party in Jim's house arranged by Stifler (without Jim's knowledge), Kevin brings a giant case of beer. He is later seduced by strippers that Stifler arranged to appear at
8890-423: The end of the film: using the football team as his minions, Stifler uses his own money to buy up the entire content of a nearby flower shop and has the football team successfully set up the flowers for the wedding hours before it is to occur. By doing this, Cadence eventually falls for him and invites him to have sex in the closet. Upon following this invitation, Stifler accidentally has sex with Jim's grandmother, who
9017-431: The end of the movie it shows Stifler's mom and Finch in the tub having sex. The two MILF guys are watching in awe through the window as Finch goes under the bubbles to perform oral sex on her. In American Reunion , Finch is an assistant manager at Staples but is often disrespected by his boss. Having had enough, he "borrows" his boss's motorcycle when he does not receive a raise that was promised to him and takes it out for
9144-400: The end, however, he finds new love with Stifler's Mom after the two meet at her son's house party and hit it off. James Emmanuel " Jim " Levenstein is the main protagonist in three out of the four primary films in the American Pie series (the exception being American Wedding ). He is an awkward everyman who wants to lose his virginity. He first appears in American Pie , where he
9271-525: The end, the five friends all promise to stay in touch and meet up at least once a year from now on to catch up. Kevin Meyers first appears in American Pie as the suave leader of the pack, and he is the friend of Jim Levenstein, Chris "Oz" Ostreicher, Paul Finch, and Steve Stifler, and the boyfriend of Vicky. The four friends make a pact to lose their virginity before they graduate from high school. Vicky later accuses Kevin of being with her only for sex, and he must try to repair his relationship with her before
9398-466: The engagement party although they had planned to not invite him. After several misadventures, including one with the flowers being killed which Stifler later fixes, Michelle and Jim marry. Band Camp revealed that after the events of American Wedding , Michelle became an annual MACRO at Tall Oaks Band Camp. However, she could not attend in the 2005 semester as she was heavily pregnant with Jim's baby. She requested that Noah, Jim's father, take her place,
9525-445: The entire room with new flowers. Ultimately, Cadence chooses Stifler, and Finch admits that Stifler was probably better for her anyway. Due to a confusion, Stifler has sex with Jim's grandmother, who opposed the wedding but is so happily distracted by this to no longer argue. Michelle and Jim eventually get married. At the reception, Finch is sitting by himself when Stifler's mom arrives. They tell each other they are over each other but at
9652-485: The fact that things will never be the way they were before. Throughout the film, he attempts to re-create his teenage years (such as seeking revenge on a group of mean-spirited teens and throwing one of his trademark parties) but fails each time as his friends and everyone else have outgrown this. When Stifler learns Finch was arrested for stealing his boss' motorcycle, he finds it hilarious and believed he got his revenge on Finch because he slept with Jeanine (Stifler's mom) in
9779-414: The five boys' lake house when they host one of their many parties, where she tells Oz and Kevin, while they're playing pool, that she had sex with only one guy whilst in college. Kevin lies to Vicky and said he had sex with three girls at college. Jessica explains to Vicky that Kevin is lying about his body count, and references the "rule of three" (fake body count divided by three equals real body count). She
9906-455: The freshness of the original, nor is it as funny." On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 43 out of 100 based on reviews from 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average rating of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars. In At the Movies , Ebert and Richard Roeper both gave
10033-457: The girls in the school, one of these being that he won in a fist fight with Stifler, Stifler humiliates Finch in front of everyone by putting very strong laxative in Finch's habitual drink of mocha cappuccino. Finch, who is too uptight to use the school toilet until that time, then runs to the restroom, where Stifler helpfully holds the door open for him. It turns out to be the ladies' restroom, and Finch
10160-541: The guests disappointment. Stifler also takes charge of the bachelor party but unfortunately collides the dates with the day Jim was supposedly setting up a dinner to impress Michelle's parents. Although it appears all is ruined, Stifler and Finch cover for Jim and thankfully get the Flaherty's blessing. Scared on the days building toward the wedding, Jim shaves his pubic hair in an attempt to impress Michelle even further. However, disaster strikes as his pubes inadvertently fall into
10287-586: The guys that he is going to stay in town for a while with Heather. American Pie 2 American Pie 2 is a 2001 American sex comedy film directed by James B. Rogers and written by Adam Herz and David H. Steinberg from a story by Herz. A sequel to the 1999 comedy film American Pie , it is the second film in the American Pie series and stars Jason Biggs , Shannon Elizabeth , Alyson Hannigan , Chris Klein , Natasha Lyonne , Thomas Ian Nicholas , Tara Reid , Seann William Scott , Mena Suvari , Eddie Kaye Thomas , and Eugene Levy . The film follows
10414-431: The guys to engage in a corresponding degree of homoerotic acts that the girls enjoy watching. The first is Stifler grabbing Finch's buttocks, the second is Stifler and Jim french kissing , and the third one would have been for Stifler to receive a hand job from either Finch or Jim, which Stifler is the only one confident enough to do. However this freaks out Jim and Finch too much and they run off. This annoys Stifler, as
10541-443: The kitchen to clean up the mess that Jim and his friends left the previous night, and Jim realizes he is not wearing anything below the torso. When Michelle asks Jim to hand her the paper towels, he must cover his genital area with pots and pans, but accidentally covers up with a clear pot lid, which embarrasses Michelle. At the beach, Michelle is annoyed that Jim is obviously ogling Oz's model girlfriend, Mia. She tells Selena that she
10668-454: The lake. She is angry at Kevin that he would have such low expectations about her. He fights outside against A.J. and his friend, and puts up a decent fight. When Finch is taken by the police, Kevin passionately tries to stop them by saying Finch didn't steal the motorcycle. Kevin and Vicky reconcile at the reunion, and the two of them and Ellie dance together. He is last seen at Dog Years with the others, and they all agree to meet up at least once
10795-399: The legendary Stifler boys. A picture of him can be seen on Erik's noticeboard. In American Reunion , he is portrayed in a slightly lighter fashion and can be considered somewhat of a tragic character . He now works as a temp at an investment firm, having to put up with humiliating verbal abuse from his cold-hearted employer. He yearns for the days of his youth and has trouble coping with
10922-488: The more the guys would have done, the more the girls would have done. At the main party at the beach house at the end of the film, the two girls arrive, telling Stifler they never said they were lesbians, and Stifler ends up in bed with them both. In American Wedding , Stifler is the main antagonist . He is revealed to have become a high school football assistant coach; he also drives the team's bus. He drops in on Jim and Michelle's engagement party, much to their dismay. He
11049-622: The morning after prom intentionally. It was done out of fear of rejection as she thought the date was over and was worried that Jim would have done the same to her. She later pretends to be Jim's girlfriend so he won't have to have sex with Nadia until his sore penis has healed. She stages a break up in front of Nadia who later goes to the party with Jim. However, Michelle is upset about Jim's interest in Nadia as opposed to her. Jim later realizes his love for Michelle, and decides to just be friends with Nadia. He goes to find Michelle at band camp, and gatecrashes
11176-593: The nine released films. Biggs, Hannigan, Scott, Nicholas, Thomas, Coolidge, Cho, Isfield, Cheek, and Owen all play their characters in four films each; other characters appear in fewer films. Noah Levenstein , also known as " Jim's Dad ", has appeared in eight of the nine films to date, being absent only in American Pie Presents: Girl's Rules . He first appears in American Pie where he attempts to offer sexual advice including purchasing and giving his son Jim pornography after finding him masturbating with
11303-472: The number of sexual partners they have had at college. Oz attempts to have phone sex with his girlfriend Heather while she is studying abroad in Spain but they are interrupted by Stifler. While painting a house, the group observes the two female occupants Stifler assumes are lesbians and he enters their home while they are away in order to find proof. Jim and Finch pursue him inside in an attempt to stop him when
11430-427: The pact to Heather, and renounces it, saying that just by them being together makes him a winner. They reconcile and wind up making love together on the porch. Oz, honoring his newfound sensitivity, never confesses to what they did. The morning after the prom Jim, Kevin, Oz, and Finch eat breakfast at their favourite restaurant where they toast to the future. In American Pie 2 he reappears where he and his friends rent
11557-444: The party Jim has an epiphany and realizes that it isn't Nadia he loves but Michelle. Nadia is upset that Jim chose a geek over her, but is happy for Jim and allows him to go and find Michelle, performing at band camp. He gatecrashes the performance with a trombone, just like he did before, but with much more style and confidence, and romantically makes out with Michelle in front of the cheering crowd. In American Wedding , Jim plays
11684-935: The party with her friend, Jessica. A few days after the party, Vicky is still mad at Kevin, having ignored flowers he sent to her house. He promises to make it up to her, and later on goes to her house and performs oral sex on her. When Kevin is over at Vicky's house, she expresses that she wants to take the next step in their relationship. Thinking that Vicky wants to have sex, Kevin is disappointed when she asks him to say "I love you." Vicky gets upset initially, but calms down. At school, Jessica convinces Vicky to finally have sex with Kevin. She tells Kevin in class that she wants to have sex at Stifler's after-prom party. At prom, she asks Chuck Sherman's date about how they had sex, which prompts Sherman's date to announce to everyone at prom that Sherman lied about having sex with her. At Stifler's after-prom party, Kevin and Vicky are briefly interrupted by Stifler's younger brother before finally having sex in
11811-510: The party, a Mercedes coupe with darkened windows turns up at the house. Finch approaches to see Jeanine who has finally turned up. It doesn't take long before Finch gets into the car and drives off to the lakeside to have hard sex with her. In the third film, Finch plays a larger role. He helps Jim find the wedding dress Michelle finally settles on after long hours of searching which is made by only one designer working for one store, so Jim, Kevin and Finch, with Stifler tagging along sets out to find
11938-402: The party, he goes over to Vicky and apologizes to her date. Vicky pulls Kevin aside and tells him that he doesn't need to apologize for anything, to which he states that he wants to still be friends with Vicky, and they dance. Vicky is absent from the third film in the series, American Wedding . In American Reunion , Vicky is in town for the class reunion and meets the guys at the lake. She
12065-434: The party, where he mentions that he has a girlfriend. The strippers tie up Kevin and shove him in a closet once, unbeknownst to everyone in the house, Jim shows up with Michelle's parents. When Michelle's mother looks in the closet for Pine-Sol , she finds Kevin and freaks out. Stifler later uses the excuse that Jim arranged for Kevin to be tied up so he could "save him" and look like a hero to Michelle's parents. The day before
12192-583: The past. Meanwhile, Jim, Oz and Kevin are angered by Stifler's lack of tolerance towards their friend and rally to Finch's side. During a heated argument with the guys, Jim, Oz and Kevin reveal they don't like having Stiffer around because he always ruins their plans. Stifler is devastated and decides to skip the reunion. However, the guys soon realize how much they mean to Stifler, and how much he means to them, so they locate him at work and make amends with him. He regains his confidence and quits his job (but not before standing up to his boss). The guys proceed to attend
12319-474: The performance with a trombone and confidently kisses Michelle in front of a supportive crowd, therefore beginning a relationship with her. In American Wedding , Michelle and Jim have continued dating and she accepts Jim's proposal of marriage at the beginning of the film. Michelle settles on a dress but it is only made by one particular dressmaker so Jim and his friends set out to find him for her. Michelle and Jim's plans are almost ruined when Stifler turns up to
12446-520: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Levenstein&oldid=1176255243 " Categories : Surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Levite surnames Yiddish-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Jim Levenstein This
12573-523: The police also shut down the party. After arriving in Grand Harbor, Kevin finds them work as painters and decorators for a house nearby. Stifler is intrigued by the two female owners, who appear to be lesbians, and excitedly breaks into their house while they're away. Jim and Finch follow him, trying to get him out, but they are caught by the owners, who relent on calling the police. But after Stifler identifies his interest in their homosexuality, they insist on
12700-428: The police also shut down the party. Kevin also has problems when he meets Vicky after their year away from each other; Vicky wants to be friends and Kevin is love-sick for her, but worried he will lose her completely. Desperately he calls his brother for advice, who tells him to move down to the beach and party hard. Together, they set off for a rented house by the beach in Grand Harbor, Michigan, where they intend to spend
12827-521: The pressure off of Jim, Kevin, Oz and Finch, and they head to the post-prom party with new hope. At the after-party at Stifler's house, all four boys fulfill their pledge. Finch strays downstairs to the basement recreation room where he meets Stifler's mother, Jeanine. She is aroused by his precociousness, and they have sex on the pool table. In the morning Stifler enters the room, realizes that his mom has had sex with Finch and faints, unable to believe that his mom and "shitbreak" are together. The morning after
12954-477: The pressure off of Jim, Kevin, Oz and Finch, and they head to the post-prom party with new hope. At the after-party at Stifler's house, all four boys fulfill their pledge. Kevin and Vicky have sex in an upstairs bedroom. Vicky breaks up with Kevin afterwards on the grounds that they will drift apart when they go to college, with him attending the University of Michigan and her at Cornell University . The morning after
13081-488: The prom Jim, Kevin, Oz, and Finch eat breakfast at their favorite restaurant where they toast to the future. Kevin reappears in American Pie 2 where he, Jim, Oz and Finch return to their hometown in East Great Falls, Michigan, for the summer break after their first year of college. They attend a party hosted by Stifler, but not only does their new status as college students not give them any success with local girls, but
13208-438: The prom Jim, Kevin, Oz, and Finch eat breakfast at their favorite restaurant where they toast to the future. Paul reappears in American Pie 2 , where he, Jim, Kevin, Oz, and Stifler return to their hometown in East Great Falls, Michigan for the summer break after their first year of college. They attend a party hosted by Stifler, but not only does their new status as college students not give them any success with local girls, but
13335-415: The prom, Jim loses his virginity to Michelle, who proves to be surprisingly aggressive in bed, and she later leaves him to wake up alone. He quickly gets over being upset as he is excited about being "used". Michelle reappears in American Pie 2 in a much larger role. Here, her friendship with Jim grows over the summer and eventually she begins to fall in love with him. She explains that she didn't ditch Jim
13462-468: The reception, Stifler dances with Cadence and congratulates his friend, Jim. In Band Camp , the audience are told that Stifler has become a pornographic movie director. This movie shows that although the jocks and other popular kids pretended to like Stifler he was not liked by anyone in high school, which led Matt to reform his ways. In The Naked Mile , he is mentioned in passing by his cousin Erik as one of
13589-409: The rest of the group. During the summer, Stifler becomes interested in two owners of a neighboring house that they were hired to paint: two women whom Stifler mistakenly regards as lesbians. As Stifler, Jim, and Finch sneak into their room, they respond to Stifler's attraction by offering to engage in varying degrees of lesbian sexual activities in front of Stifler, Jim and Finch, but only in exchange for
13716-479: The reunion, finally embracing Stifler as one of their own. Stifler catches up with Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman, and feeling regretful for how he treated him in high school, Stifler wholeheartedly helps Sherman find a woman to score with. In a surprise turn of events, he meets Finch's gorgeous mother and finally has his revenge by having sex with her on the lacrosse field as the MILF Guys, John and Justin, happily watch. In
13843-452: The same. Kevin then introduces his wife to Vicky, and they all share a dance. Heather first appears in American Pie , where she is a member of the school show choir. Due to the guys' pact, Oz joins the choir in an attempt to find a girl to have sex with, and he lands his eye on Heather. When Heather's friends make fun of Oz behind his back, she defends him by stating that they don't really know him. After Oz has an awkward singing moment during
13970-408: The school of his sexual prowess, hoping that it will increase his chances of success. Unfortunately, he runs into trouble when Stifler, angry that a girl turned him down for the prom because she was waiting for Finch to ask her, puts a laxative into Finch's mochacchino. Finch, being paranoid about the lack of cleanliness in the school restrooms, and unable to go home to use the toilet as he usually does,
14097-431: The sexual art of Tantra , and claims that through Tantric sex, he can "make an orgasm last for days". He is waiting patiently for Jeanine, hoping she will show up and be willing to have sex with him again. He thinks she arrives when a vehicle turns up after Stifler is talking on the phone, but it turns out to be Stifler's little brother Matt. Finally, the party begins at the beach house. Kevin sees his ex-girlfriend Vicky but
14224-525: The sexual exploits of five friends – Jim, Kevin, Stifler, Oz, and Finch – and their attempts to have the greatest summer party ever at a summer beach house. American Pie 2 was released in the United States on August 10, 2001, and grossed over $ 145 million in the US and $ 142 million overseas on a budget of $ 30 million, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise at just under $ 232 million worldwide. The film
14351-415: The sub shop where Oz works, and they discuss about their future colleges being close to each other. When Oz realizes he has his season finale lacrosse game on the same day of the duet, he is dismayed and tells Heather, who tells him he should do what makes him happy. At the lacrosse game, Oz realizes he wants to be with Heather and leaves during halftime to go perform the duet with her. When he arrives, Heather
14478-411: The two girls performing sexual acts on each other at the house they were working as their summer jobs. Heather turns up to Oz's delight later at the party. He does not reappear in the third film, American Wedding , although he would have been highly likely to attend Jim and Michelle's wedding, since he was one of the five original boys. His absence is not explained in the released cut of the film, but in
14605-413: The two of them. They go to the falls and chat to each other, getting drunk. The next morning, Kevin wakes up beside Vicky, wearing nothing but his underwear. He worries and leaves, thinking the two of them engaged in sexual intercourse. At Stifler's party, Kevin rings his wife, but Vicky enters the room. He confronts Vicky, but she says they didn't have sex and that she took his clothes off because he fell in
14732-411: The upcoming prom night, when the four plan to lose their virginity. He eventually succeeds. At the prom, everything seems hopeless for the four boys until Vicky asks the girl that Chuck Sherman claimed to have bedded about her first time. She proclaims to everyone at the prom that she and Sherman did not have sex at Stifler's party, leaving Sherman humiliated and making him wet himself. The revelation takes
14859-403: The weblink to the entire school directory. As Nadia is preparing to have sex with him, he prematurely ejaculates twice, humiliating himself live in front of the entire school. Shortly afterwards Nadia leaves school and goes back home, now leaving Jim completely dateless for prom and ruining his chances of securing a date. Out of panic, Jim asks band geek Michelle Flaherty to the senior prom as she
14986-499: The wedding, Jim confides in Kevin and Finch about worrying about his future, and Kevin consoles him by saying that he always finds his way out of tough situations. This helps Jim realize that he will be okay in life, and he tells this to Kevin during a groomsmen meeting. Later on, Kevin and Finch go to check on Jim's grandma, who was hidden away in a random closet. They find Stifler having intercourse with Jim's grandma, and leave horrified. It
15113-408: The whole summer, but Kevin is forced to invite Stifler along as well in order to successfully cover the costs. Kevin finds the boys jobs working as painters and decorators for a nearby house. The boys then plan to throw a huge summer party at the house, bigger than anything they've done before. The party begins at the beach house. Kevin sees his ex-girlfriend Vicky but is devastated when he sees her with
15240-488: The women return home and find the trio inside. They tempt the boys with some quid pro quo sex acts. However, when Stifler exposes his genitals after the women request watching the boys give each other handjobs , Finch and Jim leave in disgust. Jim visits Michelle again to obtain sexual tips and they are nearly caught by a camp director. Stifler brings the group pornography and Jim later accidentally mistakes super glue for lubricant and learns his penis will be "unusable" for
15367-628: Was filmed in various Southern California cities including Main Street in Seal Beach . Two versions of the film were released: the theatrical version and the unrated version. For the theatrical version, the film was cut slightly with a total of 19 scenes being altered. As a result, American Pie 2 achieved an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America due to "strong sexual content, crude humor, language and drinking." American Pie 2
15494-415: Was followed by American Wedding (2003). Home for the summer after college , Jim Levenstein, Kevin Myers, Chris "Oz" Ostreicher, and Paul Finch attend Steve Stifler's party until the police shut it down. Kevin is inspired by his brother to rent a Lake Michigan beach house and throw a massive party to close out the summer. The group obtains jobs painting houses in order to afford the rent. Jim receives
15621-513: Was involved with sports where he played football and lacrosse. While not part of the sex pact, Stifler plays a crucial role in the film in two ways: (1) his post-prom party served as the setting for the film's final act, and (2) he is also a close friend of the guys, especially fellow lacrosse player Chris "Oz" Ostreicher and Jim Levenstein. Despite his love-hate friendship with Paul Finch, it is apparent that they are still great friends. After Finch pays to have positive rumors about himself spread to all
15748-415: Was put there by John and Justin because she was "being a bitch". When Finch and Kevin go to collect her from the closet, they catch Stifler having sex with Jim's grandmother. Horrified by this, Stifler asks them to close the door and screams out. At the wedding, Finch taunts Stifler by whispering "grandmother fucker". Stifler retorts with "Well, you're a mother fucker", to which Finch agrees "Yes. yes I am." At
15875-403: Was released on VHS and DVD on January 15, 2002. The movie was released in two different versions: the theatrical version and the unrated version. They consist of widescreen and fullscreen versions and feature Dolby Digital and DTS audio tracks. During its opening weekend, American Pie 2 grossed $ 45.1 million from 3,063 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking at number one at
16002-507: Was the fourth consecutive Universal film of the year to reach $ 40 million in a single weekend, after The Mummy Returns , The Fast and the Furious and Jurassic Park III . For the first time in history, four consecutive films had approached the $ 45 million mark in their opening weekends, after the latter film, Rush Hour 2 and Planet of the Apes . American Pie 2 became the first film to top
16129-431: Was young, who wants to lose her virginity to him. Seeing how her situation mirrors his own when he was her age in the original film, Jim teaches her that it is best if she waits for someone special. Michelle Annabeth Flaherty first appears in American Pie as a supporting character. Jim asks her to the prom as she pretends to be the only person in the school who has not seen the video of Jim prematurely ejaculating. After
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