Meg realizes Jeremy, a colleague she works closely with for the company (who also happens to be attracted to her), only gave Joe a non-existing position at the office to prevent him from suing the company, she resigns in fear that she might one day have to demote or even fire Joe. Meg again tries to persuade Joe not to fight McKinney, and finally gives him an ultimatum: if he does not call off the fight with McKinney, their relationship is over. The day of the fight, Joe makes it all the way to the school where the brawl is to take place. However, he finally realizes it would be immature to fight, and not worth the price he would have to pay. When Joe tells McKinney and his other co-workers the fight is off, McKinney offers him an apology, which Joe accepts. Joe then goes and makes up with Meg for not understanding her reasoning before. Cast Tim Allen as Joe Scheffer, Natalie's father and the film's main protagonist. Julie Bowen as Meg Harper, the Wellness Coordinator at STARKe Pharmaceuticals, and Joe's romantic interest. Kelly Lynch as Callie Scheffer, Joe's ex-wife and Natalie's mother. Greg Germann as Jeremy, an executive at STARKe Pharmaceuticals, who is also romantically interested in Meg. Hayden Panettiere as Natalie Scheffer, Joe and Callie's daughter. Patrick Warburton as Mark McKinney, an employee at STARKe Pharmaceuticals and the film's main antagonist. Jim Belushi as Chuck Scarett, Joe's martial arts instructor and personal confidant. Ken Marino as Rick Raglow, Callie's boyfriend. Wolfgang Bodison as Cade Raymond, a co-worker who befriends Joe after he decides to take on McKinney. Cristi Conaway as Abby Manheim, one of Joe's co-workers at STARKe Pharmaceuticals. Robert Joy as Pat Chilcutt, the head of Joe's department at STARKe Pharmaceuticals. Tina Lifford as Cassandra Taylor, a counselor at Natalie's school. Jesse Ventura as Himself Production Development John Scott Shepherd, who wrote the film's script, had previous experience in advertising as a film and video producer. Shepherd was inspired to write a screenplay about those experiences and the people who have to work behind the scenes in corporate America. "It occurred to me that we all expect to be special, if not famous," recalled Shepherd. The screenplay caught the attention of Kopelson Entertainment executive Matthew Gross, who first read the script while working on a television pilot with Shepherd. Gross passed the script on to