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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird is a 1991 family film about young inventors Josh and Max building a robot named Newman, which winds up being possessed by the spirit of their late father, Matt. The dad reconnects with his family and helps his sons build the Newman robot. When rival inventors steal the robot to dismantle it for the purpose of reverse engineering, the kids contact the spirit of Albert Einstein for help. |
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Does This Remind You of Anything? |
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Does This Remind You of Anything?: Matt reminding his wife Sarah that he used to do something for her that she liked. You know, a foot massage. |
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Child Prodigy: Max. |
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Haunted Technology |
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Haunted Technology: The premise of the film. |
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Long Title: While technically on the short side of long titles, the film's title is significantly longer than most overall. In the U.K., it was renamed to the considerably shorter Robo Dad. |
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Cute Machines |
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Cute Machines: Newman. |
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Catchphrase: Matt's "No bugs, no bytes." |
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Jump Scare: At one point, Max randomly jumps in front of the camera wearing a monster outfit. |
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Convenient Decoy Cat: After Alice breaks in the garage, Josh investigates only to conclude it was the cat. |
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First Father Wins |
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First Father Wins: Subverted. Matt is dead, and he returns to the afterlife at the end, letting Steve marry his widow. |
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Expy: Newman looks a lot like R2-D2. |
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Jerkass: Dwayne and his father Walter. |
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Crash-Into Hello: Josh and Beth. |
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