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Flubber

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115 feature instances
44 referencing feature instances

Flubber	type	TVTItem
Flubber	label	Flubber
Flubber	page	Flubber
Flubber	comment	Flubber is a 1997 movie starring Robin Williams, and a remake of 1961's The Absent-Minded Professor, written by John Hughes and directed by Les Mayfield.Medfield College professor Philip Brainard (Williams), an Absent-Minded Professor-type, is searching for an energy-based scientific breakthrough in order to save the college from closing for lack of funding. He stumbles across such a creation in the form of "flying rubber" (the eponymous "flubber"), a physics-defying green rubber-like substance that can somehow both bounce with inexhaustable kinetic energy and defy gravity. With it and the help of his Robot Buddy, Weebo (Jodi Benson), Brainard hopes to save his college and his relationship with his long-suffering fiancee Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds (Marcia Gay Harden), while fending off an Obviously Evil rival Wilson Croft (Christopher McDonald) and a corrupt college sponsor named Chester Hoenicker (Raymond J. Berry), who try to steal Flubber for themselves.The film also stars Clancy Brown and Ted Levine as Smith and Wesson, two bodyguards that Hoenicker hires to spy on the professor.Since this is not only a live-action Disney film, but a remake of same from the '60s, you know there's a Mega Happy Ending in the offing.
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Flubber / int_105f4bd9	type	Villain: Exit, Stage Left
Flubber / int_105f4bd9	comment	Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Hoenicker, once Bennett, Smith and Wesson are defeated, escapes his office and tries to flee. Sara stops him with the Flubber before he can get far, sending him sprawling out of a window into a nearby pond.
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Flubber / int_113480b7	type	Canon Foreigner
Flubber / int_113480b7	comment	Canon Foreigner: Weebo didn't exist in The Absent-Minded Professor and was specifically created for this film. Although an artificial intelligence, Albert, was introduced in the 1988 reboot.
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Flubber / int_137f2d7	type	Card-Carrying Villain
Flubber / int_137f2d7	comment	Card-Carrying Villain: Chester Hoenicker is very forthright about threatening teachers to give his son Bennett good grades or stealing technology that the inventor would not sell to him. Philip's rival, Wilson Croft, who we find out even works for Hoenicker in the end. He not only admits he's been stealing his ideas for his own benefit as a result of that, but outright boasts he now wants to steal his fiancÃ©e. In his very first scene he says the following:
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Flubber / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
Flubber / int_1439161f	comment	Heroic BSoD: Philip goes into a brief depression shortly after Wesson kills Weebo.
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Flubber / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
Flubber / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: During the successful wedding, while Philip is carrying out his scientific experiments, he tells Sara, "These chemicals are completely compatible! There is no way anything... could go wrong!" Then, his home laboratory explodes.
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Flubber / int_16bff523	type	TV Head Robot
Flubber / int_16bff523	comment	TV Head Robot: Weebo has a monitor on the top of her head that she can flip up to show Brainard his schedule, or to snark.
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Flubber / int_19e41d8f	type	And This Is for...
Flubber / int_19e41d8f	comment	And This Is for...: Sara yells "This one's for Weebo!" when throwing Flubber at Hoenicker.
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Flubber / int_19ebe383	type	Never Trust a Trailer
Flubber / int_19ebe383	comment	Never Trust a Trailer: Trailers for the movie really emphasized the presence of the CGI Flubber creatures. It's barely in the movie at all.
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Flubber / int_1ae4bc74	type	Creating Life Is Unforeseen
Flubber / int_1ae4bc74	comment	Creating Life Is Unforeseen: Weebo was a "glorious accident," and can't be repaired when she is damaged. However, she designed an improved version of herself that shows up at the end. The Flubber itself is far more alive and intelligent than intended.
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Flubber / int_1b4ead2d	type	Soft Glass
Flubber / int_1b4ead2d	comment	Soft Glass: At the end, Sara sends Hoenicker flying through a glass window, but he is completely unharmed by it when he falls into the pond.
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Flubber / int_1ba8eb64	type	Visual Pun
Flubber / int_1ba8eb64	comment	When Philip avoids Smith and Wesson's attack and lands on a ladder, he says "Oh, dear." upon seeing the deer head hanging right near him.
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Flubber / int_1d7d1b93	type	Remake Cameo
Flubber / int_1d7d1b93	comment	Remake Cameo: In the Japanese dub, Hoenicker is voiced by Michio Hazama, who previously played Ned Brainard in the dub of The Absent-Minded Professor.
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Flubber / int_20f689e9	type	Adaptational Villainy
Flubber / int_20f689e9	comment	Adaptational Villainy: Shelby in The Absent-Minded Professor was not the main villain, but just a prideful Jerkass who gets in the way of Professor Brainard in his pursuits of his girlfriend. In the remake, he is renamed Wilson and he is working closely with the other main villain, Hoenicker. Biff in the original film was a Villainy-Free Villain who just aided his father out of their familial bond and was never comfortable with his crooked way of doing things, ultimately having a Heelâ€“Face Turn in the sequel. His counterpart in this film, Bennett, is a straight-up villain without any remorse.
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Flubber / int_230d64	type	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Flubber / int_230d64	comment	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Hoenicker attempts to have his son pass all of his classes in college to be admitted into Harvard business school by loaning the school money.
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Flubber / int_2aff6a25	type	Death of the Hypotenuse
Flubber / int_2aff6a25	comment	Death of the Hypotenuse: Weebo dies before the climax, thus leaving the Love Triangle missing a point. It verges on Spurned into Suicide given that she deliberately hid her own blueprints but reveals them afterwards.
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Flubber / int_2c7dc9c6	type	No One Should Survive That!
Flubber / int_2c7dc9c6	comment	No One Should Survive That!: Wesson is repeatedly hit on the head by a bowling ball, either falling from a great height or (in the first instance) moving at an incredible speed.
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Flubber / int_32976084	type	Destination Defenestration
Flubber / int_32976084	comment	Destination Defenestration: During the climax, Sara throws the Flubber at Hoenicker, sending him out of a window into a pool of water.
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Flubber / int_33a2f32f	type	Do Androids Dream?
Flubber / int_33a2f32f	comment	Do Androids Dream?: Briefly touched on when Weebo "dies". ("What happens to the soul of a machine, Sara?") Technically he should be able to just rebuild her, but he talks about her creation being a "marvelous accident", i.e. he doesn't know how to. Also Weebo hid the knowledge from him out of jealousy. She didn't want to share him with other models.
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Flubber / int_35022c20	type	No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup
Flubber / int_35022c20	comment	No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup: The film's reason for why Weebo is unique and Philip won't be able to repair her is this trope. Philip claims her sentience was an accident, and he tried several times to recreate this event with no success. Later, in Weebo's post-mortem video file, she explains that she hid the plans, notes, and ideas to make her. In this same video she reveals that she kept a copy of her design specs in case she died, allowing Philip to create a new version that Weebo's video file describes as her daughter.
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Flubber / int_38a57680	type	Flying Car
Flubber / int_38a57680	comment	Flying Car: Brainard uses Flubber to give his car an upgrade that allows it to fly. He manages to sell it to a car company for a lot of money.
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Flubber / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
Flubber / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: While developing the crystallized Flubber, Philip sneezes in the same manner Peter Banning did in Robin Williams' previous film Hook.
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Flubber / int_3a69dbae	type	RunawayGroom
Flubber / int_3a69dbae	comment	Runaway Groom: Brainard skips his own wedding three times - by simply forgetting to show up. A rare example of the trope where the man does the leaving and is presented as sympathetic and also rare in that it doesn't present the other party as evil or disposable. Sara has this scene where she explains to her bridesmaids that "Once is natural, twice is....understandable but three times...." In the end, he still can't show up to his own wedding. The only reason the wedding happens at all is because they video conference it with Weebette. At least he remembered to dress for the occasion.
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Flubber / int_4537916e	type	Gadgeteer's House
Flubber / int_4537916e	comment	Gadgeteer's House: Professor Brainard's kitchen has automated machines in his kitchen to prepare breakfast for him. A Mac Plus automatically runs all the machines around the house.
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Flubber / int_46c1dc8e	type	Someone to Remember Him By
Flubber / int_46c1dc8e	comment	Someone to Remember Him By: Weebo's final act before deactivating for good is to provide Brainard with all the data needed for him to create an improved version of herself called 'Weebette'. She claims that she added a little of 'him' and regards this model as their daughter.
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Flubber / int_46e53efd	type	Screams Like a Little Girl
Flubber / int_46e53efd	comment	Screams Like a Little Girl: Smith does this when Sara knocks him out with her feet.
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Flubber / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
Flubber / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: Smith and Wesson. Philip is very often engaged in comical mishaps from his experiments. Wilson takes blows several times. The whole neighborhood when the Flubber first escapes.
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Flubber / int_4966bf38	type	Perpetual Motion Machine
Flubber / int_4966bf38	comment	Perpetual Motion Machine: Flubber is a perpetual motion substance.
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Flubber / int_4a84ef8d	type	Big Game
Flubber / int_4a84ef8d	comment	Brainard secretly implements flubber technology on a basketball team so his college will win the Big Game. In one scene he says that all his inventions are meant to support this college, and that's what he's doing.
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Flubber / int_4cf04991	type	SocialDarwinist
Flubber / int_4cf04991	comment	Social Darwinist: One of the reasons Wilson claims he is justified in stealing Philip's ideas; because he has the ability to do so and the savvy to make it work. It's also because he's a jerkass.
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Flubber / int_4e52a624	type	Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Flubber / int_4e52a624	comment	Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: Brainard wouldn't accept a bribe to give Hoenicker's son a passing grade due to his principles. He also wouldn't sell Hoenicker the Flubber because he was more interested in saving the school than becoming personally wealthy.
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Flubber / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
Flubber / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Wilson Croft's ego is matched only by his jerkass behavior.
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Flubber / int_526b1ea4	type	Smart People Build Robots
Flubber / int_526b1ea4	comment	Smart People Build Robots: Phillip has not only automated the process of making flapjacks and eggs, but has a robot butler named Webber and a robot secretary named Weebo.
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Flubber / int_55af5099	type	Rube Goldberg Device
Flubber / int_55af5099	comment	Rube Goldberg Device: Professor Brainard's breakfast machine
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Flubber / int_59cefb36	type	Water Guns and Balloons
Flubber / int_59cefb36	comment	Water Guns and Balloons: Professor Brainard shows up at the Big Bad's house with a water pistol that he says he uses to lower the temperature of the flubber storage tank. In actual fact, the pistol is filled with a liquid flubber solution.
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Flubber / int_5aa4ec8a	type	Ambiguous Syntax
Flubber / int_5aa4ec8a	comment	Ambiguous Syntax: Wesson takes a long time to understand that his boss Hoenicker's various euphemisms for shooting someone (with a water pistol, thankfully) were actually meant literally.
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Flubber / int_60547993	type	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Flubber / int_60547993	comment	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Weebo not only helps get Philip back together with Sara, she intentionally alters her own design so her own feelings won't interfere with their relationship. She even refers to it as her 'daughter' to make absolutely sure.
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Flubber / int_619985d7	type	Sacrificial Lion
Flubber / int_619985d7	comment	Sacrificial Lion: Weebo, as she ends up being whacked to death with a baseball bat by Wesson while trying to protect the Flubber from being stolen by Hoenicker. Her death also served as a catalyst for an angry Philip and Sara to rescue Flubber and get even with Hoenicker and his men.
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Flubber / int_66fd8a51	type	Accidental Discovery
Flubber / int_66fd8a51	comment	Accidental Discovery: Prof. Brainard admits that he invented his artificially intelligent robot sidekick Weebo by accident, and that even today he has no idea how Weebo achieved true intelligence and free will. Turns out Weebo had been doing research into her creation on her own, and managed to come up with a design that allowed Brainard to create a second intelligent robot. Flubber itself was invented by accident. Brainard was trying to come up with a new kind of energy reactor, and instead got an (apparently alive) substance that can apparently increase its kinetic energy after bouncing off a surface.
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Flubber / int_673b2da6	type	Instant A.I.: Just Add Water!
Flubber / int_673b2da6	comment	Instant A.I.: Just Add Water!: Weebo is a sentient computer, and not even Philip knows how he managed that. Weebo does, but hides the knowledge out of jealousy.
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Flubber / int_6b27162d	type	The Remake
Flubber / int_6b27162d	comment	The Remake: Of The Absent-Minded Professor.
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Flubber / int_6b96cc36	type	Explosive Results
Flubber / int_6b96cc36	comment	Explosive Results: When Professor Brainard attempts to create the compound that would later be known as Flubber, it explodes, turning his lab/basement into a disaster area. At the end of the movie, when Brainard is getting married via video screen, he mixes two smoking chemicals together assuring his bride that "there is no chance, that anything could go wroooonnnngggg!!" as his house explodes. Again.
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Flubber / int_6d7026fa	type	Punny Name
Flubber / int_6d7026fa	comment	Punny Name: The two thugs are named Smith and Wesson.
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Flubber / int_6ef186d3	type	Speaks in Shout-Outs
Flubber / int_6ef186d3	comment	Speaks in Shout-Outs: Weebo flips up her monitor and plays quotes and clips from movies and TV shows. These mix in with her original dialogue.
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Flubber / int_7115b262	type	Repeat Cut
Flubber / int_7115b262	comment	Repeat Cut: At the end of the film, Bennett getting hit with his own ashtray is shown in three different angles.
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Flubber / int_71268450	type	Adaptation Title Change
Flubber / int_71268450	comment	Adaptation Title Change: Flubber is based on the film The Absent Minded Professor.
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Flubber / int_72d30083	type	Cheaters Never Prosper
Flubber / int_72d30083	comment	Cheaters Never Prosper: Inverted. Brainard uses Flubber to help his school's basketball team cheat in a game. They win and are never caught cheating, despite it being fairly obvious that something abnormal was going on.
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Flubber / int_76c02df6	type	Hero's Classic Car
Flubber / int_76c02df6	comment	Hero's Classic Car: When Brainard needs a car to use as his flubber-powered flying test-bed, he uses his own 1963 Ford Thunderbird.
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Flubber / int_77922c8c	type	Batter Up!
Flubber / int_77922c8c	comment	Batter Up!: Wesson uses Philip's baseball bat to kill Weebo during his and Smith's burglary of Philip's laboratory.
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Flubber / int_79d3af43	type	Look Ma, No Plane!
Flubber / int_79d3af43	comment	Look Ma, No Plane!: At the end of the movie, Brainard and his newly married wife fly their flying car next to a commercial plane, where they are spotted by the little boy who Brainard had been frightening all throughout the movie.
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Flubber / int_7c0bfb83	type	Obviously Evil
Flubber / int_7c0bfb83	comment	Obviously Evil: Borderline parodied with Croft, who flat out states that not only has he been stealing Brainard's ideas for his own gain but that he also now intends to "steal [Brainard's] fiancee and make her [his] wife" in his introductory scene. And if all that wasn't enough? He's also played by chronic villain Christopher McDonald.
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Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_7c0bfb83
Flubber / int_7de3aec2	type	What Does She See in Him?
Flubber / int_7de3aec2	comment	What Does She See in Him?: Considering all of Philip's many faults, how did Sara ever get to the point of marrying him? Considering that she did get to that point, why do they still bug her so much and she does nothing to accommodate them? note Surely, it would be simple to have a groom or bride's maid go to his house to remind and/or escort him It isn't until the film's finale that she lets the daughter of Weebo take his place at the wedding to ensure he's there in some form while he works... though this technically means he considered his job more important than his own wedding. It's also worth asking what she saw in Wilson since he's openly a slimeball who even uses her when he treats her gentlemanly. Admittedly, if she was willing to put up with Brainard's constant ditching of her, she was probably just happy to date a guy who actually showed up.
Flubber / int_7de3aec2	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_7de3aec2	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_7de3aec2
Flubber / int_7ef7e1cd	type	Every Man Has His Price
Flubber / int_7ef7e1cd	comment	Every Man Has His Price: This is the philosophy of Chester Hoenicker, who has been bribing all of his son's professors into giving him passing grades. Only Brainard has been resisting due to his "principles". Hoenicker sends his goons to dig up some dirt on him so that he can be blackmailed.
Flubber / int_7ef7e1cd	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_7ef7e1cd	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_7ef7e1cd
Flubber / int_8042e814	type	Actually Pretty Funny
Flubber / int_8042e814	comment	Actually Pretty Funny: When Wesson misunderstands Hoenicker's euphemisms for shooting Philip with a water gun by spraying him with it instead of handing the gun back, Wilson is laughing as the scene goes on and it's not even out of malice.
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Flubber / int_8042e814	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_8042e814
Flubber / int_87c62ade	type	Deadly Dodging
Flubber / int_87c62ade	comment	Deadly Dodging: At the fight at the end of the film, two of the mooks are taken out by Brainard using Flubber to bounce out of the way of their fists, forcing them to punch each other instead.
Flubber / int_87c62ade	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_87c62ade	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_87c62ade
Flubber / int_89434320	type	Protagonist-Centered Morality
Flubber / int_89434320	comment	Protagonist-Centered Morality: It's a Zigzagged Trope. Brainard stalks and antagonizes Wilson but it's treated like Rule of Funny and in any case, Wilson is a Jerkass. Brainard secretly implements flubber technology on a basketball team so his college will win the Big Game. In one scene he says that all his inventions are meant to support this college, and that's what he's doing. Brainard gets flack from everybody for continually standing up his fiancee at the altar. The only exception, ironically, is the jealous robot.
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Flubber / int_89434320	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_89434320
Flubber / int_8a1215e0	type	Bratty Teenage Daughter
Flubber / int_8a1215e0	comment	Bratty Teenage Daughter: Weebette has shades of this. She calls Sara "mom," and loudly complains about having to share a room with Flubber during Philip and Sara's honeymoon.
Flubber / int_8a1215e0	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_8a1215e0	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_8a1215e0
Flubber / int_8b221a63	type	Reed Richards Is Useless
Flubber / int_8b221a63	comment	Reed Richards Is Useless: Again, it's a complicated instance. It's basically because Philip Brainard is so absent-minded that he gets too caught up in the inventions themselves to capitalize on them. He invented a Robot Buddy but it was accident and can't create a second one. Weebo deliberately sabotages him in this instance. He invented a flying Thunderbird but it doesn't occur to him to sell the design until Sara reconciles with him. He's very excited about the deal: "I've never seen so many zeros!" He invented Flubber specifically so he would have something to sell, and the flying Thunderbird came after this.
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Flubber / int_8b221a63	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_8b221a63
Flubber / int_8b4f491c	type	Villainy-Free Villain
Flubber / int_8b4f491c	comment	Biff in the original film was a Villainy-Free Villain who just aided his father out of their familial bond and was never comfortable with his crooked way of doing things, ultimately having a Heelâ€“Face Turn in the sequel. His counterpart in this film, Bennett, is a straight-up villain without any remorse.
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Flubber / int_8b4f491c	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_8b4f491c
Flubber / int_8f27123b	type	Non-Dubbed Grunts
Flubber / int_8f27123b	comment	Non-Dubbed Grunts: Towards the end of the film, Hoenicker's scream as he gets sent flying into the pond is unchanged in quite a few foreign dubs (including Latin Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese).
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Flubber / int_8f27123b	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_8f27123b
Flubber / int_938e9bc0	type	Absent-Minded Professor
Flubber / int_938e9bc0	comment	Absent-Minded Professor: A genius innovator of robots, flubber, and Rube Goldberg devices, but don't expect him to arrive at his own wedding on time (which he missed four times). It's also a remake of the Trope Namer, The Absent-Minded Professor.
Flubber / int_938e9bc0	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_938e9bc0	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_938e9bc0
Flubber / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Flubber / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Chester Hoenicker, Medfield College's sponsor who wants to help his son Bennett get revenge on Professor Brainard for failing him and eventually steal Flubber.
Flubber / int_970c790a	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_970c790a	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_970c790a
Flubber / int_9bb0dcc5	type	Saving the Orphanage
Flubber / int_9bb0dcc5	comment	Saving the Orphanage: Brainard's college is in danger of closing down unless he can discover something that he can sell, which leads to his creation of Flubber, which he eventually sells to a car company to create flying cars.
Flubber / int_9bb0dcc5	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_9bb0dcc5	featureConfidence	1.0
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Flubber / int_9bb8ac92	type	Stealing the Credit
Flubber / int_9bb8ac92	comment	Stealing the Credit: Wilson admits to taking advantage of Brainerd's ideas.
Flubber / int_9bb8ac92	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_9bb8ac92	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_9bb8ac92
Flubber / int_9bbea387	type	Live-Action Cartoon
Flubber / int_9bbea387	comment	Live-Action Cartoon: Has a couple of cartoonish moments, including Smith and Wesson surviving injuries that would have been fatal. It was written by John Hughes after all.
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Flubber / int_9bbea387	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_9bbea387
Flubber / int_9c5e78d0	type	Kill the Cutie
Flubber / int_9c5e78d0	comment	Kill the Cutie: Weebo is critically damaged by Wesson. Philip talks about "downloading her" in order to cheat death, but he doesn't get to it in time so she's Killed Off for Real.
Flubber / int_9c5e78d0	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_9c5e78d0	featureConfidence	1.0
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Flubber / int_9d17b859	type	Made of Iron
Flubber / int_9d17b859	comment	Made of Iron: Professor Brainard, despite being an ordinary college professor, is able to withstand a lot of physical abuse. He's survived two large explosions in his home, gets knocked around by his Flubber repeatedly, goes flying into a bunch of metal chairs at high speed, and falls out of a second story window all without any long term injuries.
Flubber / int_9d17b859	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_9d17b859	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_9d17b859
Flubber / int_a19cce82	type	Merchandise-Driven
Flubber / int_a19cce82	comment	Merchandise-Driven: Not only were two types of flubber available in stores when the movie was in theaters (a vaguely humanoid stressball as seen in the big dance number, plus a thicker slime-like substance), but also an electronic talking Weebo toy that spoke likes from the movie.
Flubber / int_a19cce82	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_a19cce82	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_a19cce82
Flubber / int_a31c7ef4	type	Cute Machines
Flubber / int_a31c7ef4	comment	Cute Machines: Weebo, a small, hovering droid with a flip-up screen that shows pictures and video clips when she's snarking. After her death at the hands of Hoenicker's henchmen, her "daughter" Weebette proves to be even cuter.
Flubber / int_a31c7ef4	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_a31c7ef4	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_a31c7ef4
Flubber / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
Flubber / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Weebo's death adds a disturbingly tragic end to that subplot and serves as a surprisingly dark element to an otherwise cheerful film. A film that also showed people getting smacked in the head with bowling balls from so high in the sky that they can't be seen until just before they hit you without suffering any dramatic pain.
Flubber / int_a4c37cbe	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_a4c37cbe	featureConfidence	1.0
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Flubber / int_a5a3ae2b	type	Orifice Invasion
Flubber / int_a5a3ae2b	comment	Orifice Invasion: During the climax, Flubber shoots into Wilson's mouth, wriggles around inside of him, and then explodes out the rear.
Flubber / int_a5a3ae2b	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_a5a3ae2b	featureConfidence	1.0
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Flubber / int_a60e3252	type	Rule of Funny
Flubber / int_a60e3252	comment	Brainard stalks and antagonizes Wilson but it's treated like Rule of Funny and in any case, Wilson is a Jerkass.
Flubber / int_a60e3252	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_a60e3252	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_a60e3252
Flubber / int_a667c3a6	type	Emerald Power
Flubber / int_a667c3a6	comment	Emerald Power: The titular Flubber is a sentient mass of green goo.
Flubber / int_a667c3a6	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_a667c3a6	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_a667c3a6
Flubber / int_a6cda066	type	Rule of Three
Flubber / int_a6cda066	comment	Rule of Three: Brainard's inability to show up to his own wedding; Sara seems to think that a whopping three times is a reasonable place to draw the line. She does just that.....but that doesn't stop them from finally doing it on their fourth attempt, via video camera.
Flubber / int_a6cda066	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_a6cda066	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_a6cda066
Flubber / int_ab031997	type	Underdogs Never Lose
Flubber / int_ab031997	comment	Underdogs Never Lose: The Medfield College basketball team is expected by nearly everyone to lose against the Rutland College team. The Medfield team is comprised entirely of out of shape, glasses wearing nerds, while Rutland is comprised of top tier athletes, and their team has won the last 108 games. But thanks to Professor Brainard's flubber, Medfield managed to win the game by one point.
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Flubber / int_ab031997	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_ab031997
Flubber / int_ac09dc0f	type	Alas, Poor Villain
Flubber / int_ac09dc0f	comment	Alas, Poor Villain: Near the end, Philip and Sara witnessed the Flubber flying into Wilson's mouth, and Wilson is forced to fart the Flubber out of his ass before passing out from exhaustion, an act that left both Philip and Sara shocked and showing pity for Wilson - he may be a Jerkass but that had to hurt.
Flubber / int_ac09dc0f	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_ac09dc0f	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_ac09dc0f
Flubber / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Flubber / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Philip when he is about to crash his Thunderbird into the boy's house. When Philip and Weebo discover that turning off his Thunderbird causes it to fall out of the sky. Philip when he heard the coach saying the opposing team has "remained undefeated in their last 108 games". He was applying the Flubber-padded thumbtacks on the home team's shoes, which means they're gonna get pulverized before the thumbtacks kick in. Wesson when he sees Weebo barreling towards him just as he's about to steal Flubber. Philip and Sara when they realize that the former's home has been ransacked. When Philip avoids Smith and Wesson's attack and lands on a ladder, he says "Oh, dear." upon seeing the deer head hanging right near him. Smith when Sara is about to knock him out with her shoes. Bennett has a split-second reaction when Philip deflects the glass ashtray into his face. Hoenicker when he realizes that Sara is about to use Flubber on him.
Flubber / int_ad1db87c	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_ad1db87c	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_ad1db87c
Flubber / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Flubber / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Weebo is very sarcastic, especially towards Brainard's relationship with Sara.
Flubber / int_ae3d6438	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_ae3d6438	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_ae3d6438
Flubber / int_af2547c9	type	Informed Flaw
Flubber / int_af2547c9	comment	Informed Flaw: Brainard's absent-mindedness is at full display in the first 15 minutes of the movie, and is barely seen in the rest of the film.
Flubber / int_af2547c9	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_af2547c9	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_af2547c9
Flubber / int_af616e40	type	Accidental Misnaming
Flubber / int_af616e40	comment	Accidental Misnaming: Philip keeps forgetting Martha's name. And for some reason, names that ends with a 'y'.
Flubber / int_af616e40	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_af616e40	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_af616e40
Flubber / int_b1dde8fd	type	Loophole Abuse
Flubber / int_b1dde8fd	comment	Loophole Abuse: When the opposing coach in the basketball game calls shenanigans over the other team's Flubber-enhanced jumping abilities, the ref simply tells him that there's no rule about jumping too high.
Flubber / int_b1dde8fd	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_b1dde8fd	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_b1dde8fd
Flubber / int_b72ae7	type	Omnidisciplinary Scientist
Flubber / int_b72ae7	comment	Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Brainard is a chemistry professor who can also build robots, program sentient AI, and upgrade his car to be able to fly.
Flubber / int_b72ae7	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_b72ae7	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_b72ae7
Flubber / int_b83e3c54	type	Sentient Phlebotinum
Flubber / int_b83e3c54	comment	Sentient Phlebotinum: The Flubber has a mind of its own and is very much mischievous.
Flubber / int_b83e3c54	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_b83e3c54	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_b83e3c54
Flubber / int_ba652cb	type	Video Wills
Flubber / int_ba652cb	comment	Video Wills: Weebo leaves a video recording of her human hologram for Brainard after her death. In it she reveals that she's been keeping the knowledge of her creation a secret from him and has included plans for a new version of herself that will become her daughter.
Flubber / int_ba652cb	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_ba652cb	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_ba652cb
Flubber / int_bbdafd63	type	Relationship Sabotage
Flubber / int_bbdafd63	comment	Relationship Sabotage: Weebo sabotages Brainard's relationship with Sara, among other things such as deleting their wedding from his schedule to ensure he'll forget about it, in order to keep him to herself. However, she regrets it once he had found out about her true feelings for him, and atones for her actions by persuading Sara to make up with Philip.
Flubber / int_bbdafd63	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_bbdafd63	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_bbdafd63
Flubber / int_bc8271df	type	In a Single Bound
Flubber / int_bc8271df	comment	In a Single Bound: Anyone with liquid Flubber sprayed on the soles of their shoes would instantaneously gain ability to bounce several meters into the air just by jumping, thanks to the Flubber's ultra-bouncy properties.
Flubber / int_bc8271df	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_bc8271df	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_bc8271df
Flubber / int_bd5e9702	type	His Name Is...
Flubber / int_bd5e9702	comment	His Name Is...: Weebo's last action is to flash a mysterious file name up on her screen, which turns out to be the blueprint for her 'daughter'.
Flubber / int_bd5e9702	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_bd5e9702	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_bd5e9702
Flubber / int_bd842706	type	Hologram
Flubber / int_bd842706	comment	Hologram: Weebo projects a holographic hot girl avatar for herself to fondle Brainard in his sleep. It's weirder in context.
Flubber / int_bd842706	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_bd842706	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_bd842706
Flubber / int_bec7d1ea	type	Muggle Sports, Super Athletes
Flubber / int_bec7d1ea	comment	Muggle Sports, Super Athletes: Brainard uses his "flying rubber" to give his school's basketball team a much-needed boost (in order to prevent his rival from winning a bet), letting them bounce across the court.
Flubber / int_bec7d1ea	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_bec7d1ea	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_bec7d1ea
Flubber / int_c52ac939	type	Helium Speech
Flubber / int_c52ac939	comment	Helium Speech: Philip Brainard's flubber experiment causes a helium gas tank to leak open causing his voice to get really high for a brief moment.
Flubber / int_c52ac939	featureApplicability	1.0
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Flubber / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Flubber / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Flubber is referenced in Journey Into Imagination With Figment's queue, where you can see an office door with the name "Professor Philip Brainard" on it along with a replica of Weebo on display.
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Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_c75df49a
Flubber / int_cc884fdf	type	Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball
Flubber / int_cc884fdf	comment	Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball: Flubber when it gets too excited will begin to bounce around the room and even the whole neighborhood, knocking things over, breaking through windows, and knocking people down. When liquid Flubber is applied to regular balls, such as a golf ball, bowling ball, or basketball, these balls will also bounce wildly around the room causing massive damage.
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Flubber / int_cc884fdf	featureConfidence	1.0
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Flubber / int_ce0bffd0	type	Hover Bot
Flubber / int_ce0bffd0	comment	Hover Bot: Weebo and Weebette
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Flubber / int_ce0bffd0	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_ce0bffd0
Flubber / int_cfc52d52	type	Spoiled Brat
Flubber / int_cfc52d52	comment	Spoiled Brat: Chester Hoenicker's son Bennett marches through his house, blaming his dad for screwing up. What was the screw-up? He didn't do a good enough job bribing his college professors into giving him a good grade.
Flubber / int_cfc52d52	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_cfc52d52	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_cfc52d52
Flubber / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
Flubber / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: Bennett throws a glass ashtray at Philip in the finale, but Philip deflects it back at him and sends him sprawling backwards onto a couch.
Flubber / int_d397657d	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_d397657d	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_d397657d
Flubber / int_d46ddfa2	type	CloudCuckooLander
Flubber / int_d46ddfa2	comment	Cloud Cuckoolander: Phillip certainly has shades of this. Who else would take their wedding vows via video screen while busily experimenting during the ceremony?
Flubber / int_d46ddfa2	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_d46ddfa2	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_d46ddfa2
Flubber / int_d6e495b2	type	Undisclosed Funds
Flubber / int_d6e495b2	comment	Undisclosed Funds: When Brainard sells his invention to a car company, we never find out how much he sells it for, but we do hear Brainard remark that he's never seen so many zeroes.
Flubber / int_d6e495b2	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_d6e495b2	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_d6e495b2
Flubber / int_d7e73aea	type	Mustache Vandalism
Flubber / int_d7e73aea	comment	Mustache Vandalism: In one scene, a piece of Flubber lands in a jar of ink and then paints a replica of the Mona Lisa, finishing it off with a long thin mustache.
Flubber / int_d7e73aea	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_d7e73aea	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_d7e73aea
Flubber / int_dc057cf3	type	Adaptation Name Change
Flubber / int_dc057cf3	comment	Adaptation Name Change: In the original Fred MacMurray films from the 60's, Professor Brainard's first name was Ned. Here, it's changed to Philip.
Flubber / int_dc057cf3	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_dc057cf3	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_dc057cf3
Flubber / int_dec54a8c	type	Avoid the Dreaded G Rating
Flubber / int_dec54a8c	comment	Avoid the Dreaded G Rating: The film had one instance of "damn" very obviously inserted just to earn the film a PG rating. Strangely enough, when later aired on The Wonderful World Of Disney, it had the word seamlessly removed to bring it back down to TV-G.
Flubber / int_dec54a8c	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_dec54a8c	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_dec54a8c
Flubber / int_df511fc6	type	Unlucky Extra
Flubber / int_df511fc6	comment	Unlucky Extra: A little boy who is scared of what might come from behind his bedroom window.
Flubber / int_df511fc6	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_df511fc6	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_df511fc6
Flubber / int_e11720f9	type	Stood Up
Flubber / int_e11720f9	comment	Stood Up: Brainard has done this repeatedly to his fiance, Sarah, by forgetting to show up to his own wedding two times before the events of the film. After getting distracted by his work and missing the wedding for a third time, Sarah breaks up with him.
Flubber / int_e11720f9	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_e11720f9	featureConfidence	1.0
Flubber	hasFeature	Flubber / int_e11720f9
Flubber / int_e462893a	type	Artistic License â€“ Sports
Flubber / int_e462893a	comment	Artistic License â€“ Sports: Using Flubber to enhance the basketball team would be cheating and noticed by officials. Weebo and Wilson lampshade this.
Flubber / int_e462893a	featureApplicability	1.0
Flubber / int_e462893a	featureConfidence	1.0
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Flubber / int_e4d98039	type	Down to the Last Play
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Flubber / int_f2d8e3c2	comment	Evil Plan: Wilson comes right out and admits it. "I'm here this weekend to steal your fiancee, and make her my wife." Though he also wants to steal the Flubber formula.
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Flubber / int_f604f64b	comment	Dude, He's Like, In a Coma: Weebo eventually creates a holographic projection of herself in order to try and have a physical relationship with the professor... when he's asleep.
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Flubber / int_f7903e81	comment	That's Gotta Hurt: During the first half of the basketball game, one of the Medfield Squirrels runs smack into one of the Rutland Rangers, and falls to the floor with a thud. The Rangers coach says this line, and Coach Barker calls foul over it.
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Flubber / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
Flubber / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: The boy who keeps seeing Brainard's antics out his bedroom window causing him to run screaming down the hall. In the very final scene, he's flying on an airplane, too afraid to look out his plane window. When he finally decides to open it, he becomes shocked to see the newly-wed Brainard and Sara in Brainard's flying car.
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Flubber / int_fcbcc221	type	Robot Buddy
Flubber / int_fcbcc221	comment	He invented a Robot Buddy but it was accident and can't create a second one. Weebo deliberately sabotages him in this instance.
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Flubber / int_fcf6bca9	type	Robosexual
Flubber / int_fcf6bca9	comment	Robosexual: Weebo, Brainard's robotic assistant, has developed a crush on her creator, however Brainard doesn't return her feelings or is even aware of them.
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Flubber / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
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