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Problem Child
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Problem Child is a 1990 comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and starring John Ritter. It surrounds the destructive antics of a seven-year-old boy known only as Junior, who has been shuffled from foster home to foster home because he has the social skills of a Tasmanian Devil. He ultimately lands in the hapless custody of Ben Healy’s family, and Hilarity Ensues.This movie received overwhelmingly negative reviews during its theatrical release, and is Dennis Dugan's second worst reviewed film on Rotten Tomatoes, second only to Jack and Jill, but has since received cult status on home video. It was followed by two sequels, Problem Child 2 in 1991, and Problem Child 3: Junior in Love in 1995.There was also an animated television series based on the movies. Its page is here. | |
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No Accounting for Taste | |
Problem Child / int_12040009 | comment |
No Accounting for Taste: Ben is a Nice Guy while Flo is a self-centered harpy. The two share absolutely nothing in common. | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed | |
Problem Child / int_1282bf4f | comment |
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Corky McCullum is a parody of Macaulay Culkin. | |
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Problem Child / int_158bb31a | type |
You Can Keep Her! | |
Problem Child / int_158bb31a | comment |
You Can Keep Her: When the Bow Tie Killer kidnaps Flo and Junior, Ben is initially overjoyed that they are gone. However after seeing a drawing Junior made of him, he realizes Junior loves him and goes out to rescue him. Flo's not so lucky, though. | |
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PapaWolf | |
Problem Child / int_1dfd19f9 | comment |
Papa Wolf: Ben, when he meets up with Martin at the Circus. Same thing later on, when he uses himself as a shield to protect Junior from being shot by Martin. | |
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Problem Child / int_203141e3 | type |
Cute and Psycho | |
Problem Child / int_203141e3 | comment |
Cute and Psycho: Trixie. Utterly adorable, wears pretty little dresses, and is the only kid in town with a sadistic streak to match Junior's. | |
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Problem Child / int_21d93a09 | type |
I Love the Smell of X in the Morning | |
Problem Child / int_21d93a09 | comment |
I Love the Smell of X in the Morning: | |
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Problem Child / int_22cf536c | type |
Chekhov's Gun | |
Problem Child / int_22cf536c | comment |
Chekhov's Gun: The dried-up prune Ben carries around as a good luck charm, which ends up saving his life when he takes a bullet for Junior. | |
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Problem Child / int_24321e44 | type |
Only Sane Man | |
Problem Child / int_24321e44 | comment |
Only Sane Man: Ben Healy. Except when Junior wrecks his car, and Bow-Tie Killer shows up at their house, and takes his wife and Junior. He has totally lost it then up until he finds an item that causes him to come back to his senses. | |
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Vomit Chain Reaction | |
Problem Child / int_2487dbf0 | comment |
Vomit Chain Reaction: The Crazy Dance sequence combines this with Covered in Gunge. | |
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Problem Child / int_27725a69 | type |
Nice Character, Mean Actor | |
Problem Child / int_27725a69 | comment |
Nice Character, Mean Actor: Tiffany; see "Shaggy Dog" Story. | |
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Problem Child / int_2fc21a19 | type |
Distaff Counterpart | |
Problem Child / int_2fc21a19 | comment |
Distaff Counterpart: Trixie is every bit the prankster that Junior is. The difference is that Junior usually saves his material for people who wrong him or his father while Trixie causes chaos for her own amusement. | |
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Problem Child / int_31a2a33c | type |
Stuff Blowing Up | |
Problem Child / int_31a2a33c | comment |
Stuff Blowing Up: After the puke-o-rama resulting from the Crazy Dance going out of control, the machinery begins to smoke before the machinery breaks down in a spectacular shower of sparks and explosions. All in a day's work for Junior. | |
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Problem Child / int_33ba31cc | type |
Grade Skipper | |
Problem Child / int_33ba31cc | comment |
Grade Skipper: Mr. Peabody skips Junior ahead just so he can get him out of the school faster. | |
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Problem Child / int_347c2 | type |
Inkblot Test | |
Problem Child / int_347c2 | comment |
Inkblot Test: After Junior and his Dad get in a car accident, because Junior didn't want to see a Shrink, he undergoes this test to prove that he's perfectly normal. | |
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Problem Child / int_364b9be6 | type |
Flipping the Bird | |
Problem Child / int_364b9be6 | comment |
Flipping the Bird: Junior is driving his dad home, and an unseen driver cuts him off. The kid knows how to make use of "the highway salute". Trixie gives Junior one in the middle of the school hallway before running off. | |
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Problem Child / int_39a8fc83 | type |
The Can Kicked Him | |
Problem Child / int_39a8fc83 | comment |
The Can Kicked Him: Junior throws dynamite down a toilet to stop Trixie's prank, causing all the toilets to explode, including one his teacher is using. The teacher wears a diaper for the rest of the film. | |
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Problem Child / int_3cb287ce | type |
Bad Date | |
Problem Child / int_3cb287ce | comment |
Bad Date: Junior has a bit of a problem adjusting to his dad trying to get him a new mom, and as a result sabotages two of his dates. This sets up the Cassandra Truth situation later in the movie where Junior is trying to get his dad not to marry LaWanda Dumore, a Rich Bitch Child Hater who has it in for him. | |
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Explosive Overclocking | |
Problem Child / int_3eed59a8 | comment |
Explosive Overclocking: The Crazy Dance Sequence. Junior turns the machine up as far as it will go (why the ride's controls are so accessible in the first place is anyone's guess), resulting in a 2-minute barfing spree before the ride's machinery disintegrates in a shower of sparks and smoke. | |
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Rearing Horse | |
Problem Child / int_3fa56924 | comment |
Rearing Horse: When it gets hit in the flank with Junior's slingshot, Corky's horse ends up in this stance, throwing its rider into the air and into the drink. | |
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Problem Child / int_405f6f52 | type |
Recycled Soundtrack | |
Problem Child / int_405f6f52 | comment |
Recycled Soundtrack: The music during the bear attack is recycled from the 1987 film Real Men, also scored by Miles Goodman and also starring John Ritter. | |
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Problem Child / int_4412f4d | type |
Guess Who I'm Marrying? | |
Problem Child / int_4412f4d | comment |
Guess Who I'm Marrying?: Ben nearly marries a child-hating millionairess. This continues the running theme of the first movie of him falling for less-than-savory women. | |
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Problem Child / int_45cd286c | type |
Corrupt Politician | |
Problem Child / int_45cd286c | comment |
Corrupt Politician: Big Ben has absolutely no loyalty to the office he is running for, and all his campaign promises are Blatant Lies. Fortunately, he's exposed as a phony at the end. (See Is This Thing On?). | |
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Win-Win Ending | |
Problem Child / int_46410e0c | comment |
Win-Win Ending: Everybody pretty much gets exactly what they wanted or needed in the end: Ben and Annie hook up, Junior and Trixie are best pals (and potential siblings!), LaWanda finds herself a more suitable new hubby in Big Ben, and Big Ben gets a sugar mama to punch his Meal Ticket. | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
Problem Child / int_4781adbb | comment |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Junior, although he doesn't show it much. Trixie is also one. Big Ben Healy isn't one. | |
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Problem Child / int_47fea76b | type |
Butt-Monkey | |
Problem Child / int_47fea76b | comment |
Butt-Monkey: Primarily LaWanda. But all other Ben's dates take the brunt as well. Mr. Peabody is in several scenes. The School Teacher in one scene, not to mention Junior himself in one scene when he is outsmarted and hosed by Trixie. Ben Healy is in one scene. Big Ben Healy is in one to several scenes as well. Practically anyone under Junior's sly revengeful stunts. | |
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I Have a Family | |
Problem Child / int_4aa24ad9 | comment |
I Have a Family: Mayor Healy and Principal Peabody failed to keep their end of a bargain with mobsters. Healy played straight with the trope by stating he had a family. Peabody, on the other hand, said he didn't have one but could get one. | |
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Urine Trouble | |
Problem Child / int_4d97e2b9 | comment |
Urine Trouble: Quite a few of Junior's particularly disgusting pranks involve it. | |
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Problem Child / int_4eb5691c | type |
Squashed Flat | |
Problem Child / int_4eb5691c | comment |
Squashed Flat: Subverted. The Love Rock rolls over LaWanda and seemingly flattens her, but she was merely pushed into the ground and the only injuries she suffers are to her pride. | |
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Disproportionate Retribution | |
Problem Child / int_50b05d30 | comment |
Disproportionate Retribution: Junior's barred from an amusement park ride due to being about a millimeter too short. After he sees Trixie cheat her way in by wearing platform shoes, he decides to tamper with the ride's controls, causing it to spin much too fast. Sure, it only made everyone on the Crazy Dance throw up, but something much worse could have easily happened. | |
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Problem Child / int_53f5119f | type |
The Dragon | |
Problem Child / int_53f5119f | comment |
The Dragon: Big Ben Healy pushes his son to marry LaWanda so he can be rich again. | |
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Problem Child / int_5490360d | type |
Foodfight! | |
Problem Child / int_5490360d | comment |
Food Fight: Ticked off when Junior flicks an olive into the cleavage of Mr. Peabody's date at the restaurant. | |
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Doorstop Baby | |
Problem Child / int_5cd8680b | comment |
Doorstop Baby: Junior was left at a random door, and this was repeated for each set of adoptive parents even when he outgrew the basket. | |
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Problem Child / int_617f0563 | type |
Heel–Face Turn | |
Problem Child / int_617f0563 | comment |
Heel–Face Turn: Trixie started out antagonizing Junior but eventually she ends up befriending him. | |
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Problem Child / int_63389b0b | type |
Kids Are Cruel | |
Problem Child / int_63389b0b | comment |
Kids Are Cruel: Junior, but only to people who deserve it. Junior himself is picked on by other kids just because he's adopted. | |
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Drill Sergeant Nasty | |
Problem Child / int_6375f746 | comment |
Drill Sergeant Nasty: The Scout leader (he even calls his own son a sissy boy). | |
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Brats with Slingshots | |
Problem Child / int_6a9c9b41 | comment |
Brats with Slingshots: Junior uses his on a horse that one of the three bullies is riding. The horse goes bananas when it gets hit, dumping the equestrian into the drink. | |
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Problem Child / int_6bbaf649 | type |
Loud Gulp | |
Problem Child / int_6bbaf649 | comment |
Loud Gulp: Ben Healy gives one of these when asking Nurse Annie on a date out of nervousness. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
Problem Child / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Ben Healy literally heals Junior. | |
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Problem Child / int_6c62b1a8 | type |
Covered in Gunge | |
Problem Child / int_6c62b1a8 | comment |
Covered in Gunge: The Food Fight scene, naturally. The Crazy Dance pukefest. | |
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Problem Child / int_7276d0de | type |
Mugging the Monster | |
Problem Child / int_7276d0de | comment |
Mugging the Monster: In the opening scenes, as Junior and Ben drive into town, Junior uses a slingshot to pop a little girl's balloon, and lets out an Evil Laugh as they drive away. Unfortunately, that little girl was Trixie, and she'd make him pay dearly for that. | |
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Because You Were Nice to Me | |
Problem Child / int_738d1a0f | comment |
Because You Were Nice to Me: Junior is shown to actually like Ben as a father, since Ben was the first person to adopt him to actually treat him better. | |
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Problem Child / int_74b5724e | type |
We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties | |
Problem Child / int_74b5724e | comment |
We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties: Invoked by Trixie when she hijacks the puppet show. (The bald eagle puppet: "I had to scratch my balls!") | |
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Problem Child / int_75f626a5 | type |
Nostalgia Filter | |
Problem Child / int_75f626a5 | comment |
Nostalgia Filter: Subverted in the beginning when Junior calls out Little Ben's reminiscing of Cold River. | |
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Problem Child / int_77922c8c | type |
Batter Up! | |
Problem Child / int_77922c8c | comment |
Batter Up!: Junior's dad gives him the tip of "holding onto the bat" after two strikes. After hitting the ball, he holds onto the bat while making his way to the bases and uses it to beat up anyone in his way. | |
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Problem Child / int_78e4e77b | type |
Shipper with an Agenda | |
Problem Child / int_78e4e77b | comment |
Shipper with an Agenda: Big Ben is pressuring his son to marry LaWanda so they can live off her money. He doesn't care when Ben realizes who he actually loves since the marriage could get them rich. To prevent the marriage, Junior tries to set up Ben and Annie. In his defense, Annie is actually a nicer person. | |
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Problem Child / int_823c6e3e | type |
LargeHam | |
Problem Child / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: LaWanda all the way. A man-eater and a scenery-chewer! | |
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Problem Child / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
Problem Child / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: Annie and Trixie from the second movie are neither seen or mentioned in this one. | |
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Problem Child / int_898ff050 | type |
Villain Protagonist | |
Problem Child / int_898ff050 | comment |
Villain Protagonist: Junior. He deliberately makes life difficult for everyone by pulling dangerous pranks because he finds them funny, often going for Disproportionate Retribution for the slightest insults. | |
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Asshole Victim | |
Problem Child / int_8ed5c6e4 | comment |
Asshole Victim: About 95% of Junior's targets. The other 5% is mostly poor Ben getting caught in the crossfire. | |
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Diabolical Mastermind | |
Problem Child / int_9080e641 | comment |
Diabolical Mastermind: Junior, and Trixie. | |
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Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_9080e641 | |
Problem Child / int_90e31482 | type |
Laser-Guided Karma | |
Problem Child / int_90e31482 | comment |
Laser-Guided Karma: Several examples: The Spoiled Brat Lucy only invites Junior so she can get cake, ice cream, and the like says Junior can't participate in the activities and agrees with the girl that says that "He's not a real kid, he's adopted." Junior ruins her party in epic fashion as payback. The little league players who mock Ben and Junior get a well deserved beatdown, and Junior slides under the catcher with the bat for two balls with one strike. Ben sinking his Jerk Ass father's mayoral campaign (See Is This Thing On?). | |
Problem Child / int_90e31482 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_90e31482 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_90e31482 | |
Problem Child / int_932da128 | type |
Monster Clown | |
Problem Child / int_932da128 | comment |
Monster Clown: A Running Gag is that Junior hates clowns. He isn't particularly scared of them, though; they just seem to piss him off. | |
Problem Child / int_932da128 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_932da128 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_932da128 | |
Problem Child / int_94e4b975 | type |
Vomit Indiscretion Shot | |
Problem Child / int_94e4b975 | comment |
Vomit Indiscretion Shot: The Crazy Dance incident turns this Up to Eleven. (You should have a strong stomach for that scene.) | |
Problem Child / int_94e4b975 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_94e4b975 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_94e4b975 | |
Problem Child / int_957e5fc2 | type |
Villainous Breakdown | |
Problem Child / int_957e5fc2 | comment |
Villainous Breakdown: "Oh... Oh... I'M PINOCCHIO!" Her real breakdown comes later when Trixie crashes the wedding with a backhoe carrying the Love Rock, which is when the mask concealing her Child Hater nature finally slips. | |
Problem Child / int_957e5fc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_957e5fc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_957e5fc2 | |
Problem Child / int_95b875b1 | type |
Not Me This Time | |
Problem Child / int_95b875b1 | comment |
Not Me This Time: During a puppet show at the school, things suddenly take an insulting turn. Ben is certain Junior's behind it and storms the stage while yelling, but he discovers it was actually Trixie. Then he sees that Junior was sitting in the front row the entire time and just enjoying the show. | |
Problem Child / int_95b875b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_95b875b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_95b875b1 | |
Problem Child / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
Problem Child / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad: Junior and Trixie. LaWanda, at least for them. | |
Problem Child / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_970c790a | |
Problem Child / int_975ba595 | type |
Sleep Cute | |
Problem Child / int_975ba595 | comment |
Sleep Cute: Junior and Trixie, at the foot of the Love Rock. | |
Problem Child / int_975ba595 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_975ba595 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_975ba595 | |
Problem Child / int_993cf18f | type |
Not So Different | |
Problem Child / int_993cf18f | comment |
Not So Different: Ben feels this way after learning Annie has a problem child of her own. | |
Problem Child / int_993cf18f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_993cf18f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_993cf18f | |
Problem Child / int_9b2923bc | type |
Mooning | |
Problem Child / int_9b2923bc | comment |
Mooning: Big Ben does this without realizing that the camera is on. | |
Problem Child / int_9b2923bc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_9b2923bc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_9b2923bc | |
Problem Child / int_9ce6492a | type |
Taking the Bullet | |
Problem Child / int_9ce6492a | comment |
Taking the Bullet: Ben does this for Junior at the climax when the Bow-Tie Killer shoots at him. | |
Problem Child / int_9ce6492a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_9ce6492a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_9ce6492a | |
Problem Child / int_9f6fb586 | type |
Leitmotif | |
Problem Child / int_9f6fb586 | comment |
Leitmotif: The Bow Tie Killer has a harmonica tune playing whenever he comes on-screen. | |
Problem Child / int_9f6fb586 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_9f6fb586 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_9f6fb586 | |
Problem Child / int_a5cfe2ac | type |
And There Was Much Rejoicing | |
Problem Child / int_a5cfe2ac | comment |
And There Was Much Rejoicing: The nuns throw a celebration at the orphanage when Ben Healy decides to adopt Junior. | |
Problem Child / int_a5cfe2ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_a5cfe2ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_a5cfe2ac | |
Problem Child / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
Problem Child / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: Junior. Sure, Duke, Corky, and Blade were mean to him, but the way he dealt with them was pretty violent and brutal; especially with Corky. Motivation? Jealousy about the girl! With Corky it is particularly played straight. Duke and Blade were actual bullies who harmed Junior physically multiple times. Corky, while not the nicest kid, never actually harmed Junior yet he was probably injured the most seriously. And what happens to Junior after that? Eats ice-cream with his dad! | |
Problem Child / int_a70223 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_a70223 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_a70223 | |
Problem Child / int_a90f0639 | type |
Entitled Bastard | |
Problem Child / int_a90f0639 | comment |
Entitled Bastard: Big Ben Healy was a lousy father, and even worse step-grandfather to Junior, yet has no problems using his son's home as a safe house from the SEC. | |
Problem Child / int_a90f0639 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_a90f0639 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_a90f0639 | |
Problem Child / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
Problem Child / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Junior when he can't unfreeze Big Ben's dog. Nippy only gets unfrozen with the introduction of a new dog food called "Chow Down." | |
Problem Child / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_ad1db87c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_ad1db87c | |
Problem Child / int_b1191cb2 | type |
I Ate WHAT?! | |
Problem Child / int_b1191cb2 | comment |
I Ate WHAT?!: When Junior is asked by two snotty twin girls to refill a pitcher of lemonade, he does so with urine. The twins' father, Aron Burger takes a drink from it. | |
Problem Child / int_b1191cb2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_b1191cb2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_b1191cb2 | |
Problem Child / int_b13b2b24 | type |
Jar Potty | |
Problem Child / int_b13b2b24 | comment |
Jar Potty: Junior takes a whiz in order to refill a pitcher of lemonade for a pair of snobbish twin sisters that he wants to get back at. The twins' father, Aron Burger is the one who ends up taking a sample of Junior's little concoction. | |
Problem Child / int_b13b2b24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_b13b2b24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_b13b2b24 | |
Problem Child / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
Problem Child / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: This line from Big Ben Healy speaks for itself. | |
Problem Child / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_b53077b3 | |
Problem Child / int_b58b4e3c | type |
Too Dumb to Live | |
Problem Child / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: LaWanda tries pulling a You Shall Not Pass! on a rolling boulder and gets crushed. She only survives by luck. | |
Problem Child / int_b58b4e3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_b58b4e3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_b58b4e3c | |
Problem Child / int_b7579a58 | type |
Senseless Phagia | |
Problem Child / int_b7579a58 | comment |
Senseless Phagia: Two examples: Junior urinates into a pitcher of lemonade and passes it off to an unsuspecting bystander. Junior sets loose a cockroach army into his family’s dinner. | |
Problem Child / int_b7579a58 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_b7579a58 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_b7579a58 | |
Problem Child / int_bb18a227 | type |
It's All About Me | |
Problem Child / int_bb18a227 | comment |
It's All About Me: Flo Healy and LaWanda Dumore only care about making themselves look good. | |
Problem Child / int_bb18a227 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_bb18a227 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_bb18a227 | |
Problem Child / int_bb660963 | type |
Color-Coded Characters | |
Problem Child / int_bb660963 | comment |
Color-Coded Characters: Ben and Junior favor blue with a touch of red in their outfits, all of Big Ben's clothes are mostly green, just about everything LaWanda wears or owns is bright red, and Annie mostly wears white. The color motif enhances the more cartoony vibe of this movie when compared to the original. | |
Problem Child / int_bb660963 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_bb660963 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_bb660963 | |
Problem Child / int_bc03c871 | type |
Child Hater | |
Problem Child / int_bc03c871 | comment |
Her real breakdown comes later when Trixie crashes the wedding with a backhoe carrying the Love Rock, which is when the mask concealing her Child Hater nature finally slips. | |
Problem Child / int_bc03c871 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_bc03c871 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_bc03c871 | |
Problem Child / int_bc74ef27 | type |
Berserk Button | |
Problem Child / int_bc74ef27 | comment |
Berserk Button: Don't speak ill of or insult Ben within earshot of Junior. It WILL bite you on the ass. Hard. | |
Problem Child / int_bc74ef27 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_bc74ef27 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_bc74ef27 | |
Problem Child / int_c007c53 | type |
Cool and Unusual Punishment | |
Problem Child / int_c007c53 | comment |
Cool and Unusual Punishment: LaWanda threatens to send Junior to Baghdad. Baghdad would probably get the worst of it. | |
Problem Child / int_c007c53 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_c007c53 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_c007c53 | |
Problem Child / int_c3ae004a | type |
Re-Cut | |
Problem Child / int_c3ae004a | comment |
Re-Cut: Both 1 and 2 aired on television, edited for content, but with newly-added scenes to make up for what was cut. You can watch them here and here. | |
Problem Child / int_c3ae004a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_c3ae004a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_c3ae004a | |
Problem Child / int_c5249b29 | type |
Nice Guy | |
Problem Child / int_c5249b29 | comment |
Nice Guy: Ben Healy is the nicest person in the series, hands down, because he genuinely loves Junior even when he's bad. The problem is that a lot of people find it easy to take advantage of that kindness. | |
Problem Child / int_c5249b29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_c5249b29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_c5249b29 | |
Problem Child / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Problem Child / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Dr. Peabody is wearing, of all things, a Watchmen smiley-face-with-bloodstain button on his coat, though the blood looks slightly different in that it is covering the left eye instead of above it. | |
Problem Child / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_c75df49a | |
Problem Child / int_c7f96bce | type |
Especially Zoidberg | |
Problem Child / int_c7f96bce | comment |
Especially Zoidberg: | |
Problem Child / int_c7f96bce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_c7f96bce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_c7f96bce | |
Problem Child / int_cb6b1aba | type |
Held Back in School | |
Problem Child / int_cb6b1aba | comment |
Held Back in School: Murph has been at the school for at least as long as his long-suffering teacher. He's practically an adult and Junior insults him by saying he's been in the sixth grade since 1970. | |
Problem Child / int_cb6b1aba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_cb6b1aba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_cb6b1aba | |
Problem Child / int_cfc52d52 | type |
Spoiled Brat | |
Problem Child / int_cfc52d52 | comment |
Spoiled Brat: There's nothing nice at all about Lucy Henderson who definitely deserved what was coming to her. Flo is an adult version in that she spoils herself and forces Ben to cave into her every wish. | |
Problem Child / int_cfc52d52 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_cfc52d52 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_cfc52d52 | |
Problem Child / int_d397657d | type |
Hoist by His Own Petard | |
Problem Child / int_d397657d | comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: Junior drives Dr. Peabody and his bombshell nurse insane by poisoning them with their own nitrous oxide (i.e., "laughing gas") and then tying both of them up in braces and dental floss. | |
Problem Child / int_d397657d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_d397657d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_d397657d | |
Problem Child / int_d442f9d1 | type |
ToiletHumor | |
Problem Child / int_d442f9d1 | comment |
Toilet Humor: The scene where a teacher rushes through the hall to the bathroom to take a dump, and it just so happens Junior just flushed Trixie's M-80 down the drain. | |
Problem Child / int_d442f9d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_d442f9d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_d442f9d1 | |
Problem Child / int_d44c08e4 | type |
You Must Be This Tall to Ride | |
Problem Child / int_d44c08e4 | comment |
You Must Be This Tall to Ride: During the fair scene, Junior tries to get on the Crazy Dance ride, but is told that he has to be as tall as the tentacle, which he just barely isn't ("But it's only a millimeter!"). To add insult to injury, Trixie, who's much shorter then him, manages to get in by putting on platform shoes.. | |
Problem Child / int_d44c08e4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_d44c08e4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_d44c08e4 | |
Problem Child / int_d52d28b6 | type |
Hypocrite | |
Problem Child / int_d52d28b6 | comment |
Hypocrite: Big Ben Healy has referred to Junior as "evil" and "the devil" even though he's a genuine antagonistic jerkass himself. | |
Problem Child / int_d52d28b6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_d52d28b6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_d52d28b6 | |
Problem Child / int_d7b34c31 | type |
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" | |
Problem Child / int_d7b34c31 | comment |
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The Bow-Tie Killer is the nickname of Martin Beck. | |
Problem Child / int_d7b34c31 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_d7b34c31 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_d7b34c31 | |
Problem Child / int_d7e73aea | type |
Mustache Vandalism | |
Problem Child / int_d7e73aea | comment |
Mustache Vandalism: Junior, a little jealous of the attention his adoptive father is giving Annie Young, decides to deface her picture in this way. He's found by Trixie, her daughter who is equal to him in being bad, who sternly warns him "I wouldn't do that if I were you." When Junior doesn't listen, Trixie floors him, says "Next time, you'll listen to me," and then draws a mustache on him with his own marker. | |
Problem Child / int_d7e73aea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_d7e73aea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_d7e73aea | |
Problem Child / int_d9486682 | type |
Adoption Diss | |
Problem Child / int_d9486682 | comment |
Adoption Diss: Lucy Henderson says this about Junior, claiming that "He's not even a real kid. He's adopted." | |
Problem Child / int_d9486682 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_d9486682 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_d9486682 | |
Problem Child / int_dbe04eb5 | type |
Off to Boarding School | |
Problem Child / int_dbe04eb5 | comment |
Off to Boarding School: "Whether you like it or not, I am going to marry your daddy. And when I do, you will be on the first plane to boarding school — in Baghdad!" | |
Problem Child / int_dbe04eb5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_dbe04eb5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_dbe04eb5 | |
Problem Child / int_df293639 | type |
WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs | |
Problem Child / int_df293639 | comment |
Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?: Mr. Peabody goes from working at the orphanage in the first movie (where he and the nuns push Junior onto the Healys) to being a school principal (who promotes Junior to the sixth grade and has to tangle with him and his Distaff Counterpart Trixie) to being a sadistic dentist in the third movie where he gives Junior Braces of Orthodontic Overkill out of spite. | |
Problem Child / int_df293639 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_df293639 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_df293639 | |
Problem Child / int_e1ec1b15 | type |
Make a Wish | |
Problem Child / int_e1ec1b15 | comment |
Make a Wish: The purpose of the Love Rock. | |
Problem Child / int_e1ec1b15 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_e1ec1b15 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_e1ec1b15 | |
Problem Child / int_e2f13529 | type |
World of Jerkass | |
Problem Child / int_e2f13529 | comment |
World of Jerkass: Borders on this. Kids Are Cruel, adults are passive-aggressive at best and sourpuss Jerkasses at worst, and often times the only one who seems to have a heart is Ben. | |
Problem Child / int_e2f13529 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_e2f13529 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_e2f13529 | |
Problem Child / int_e34400ab | type |
Ambiguously Gay | |
Problem Child / int_e34400ab | comment |
Ambiguously Gay: Corky. And if that wasn't enough, the actor who played him, Blake Mciver Ewing, IS actually gay! | |
Problem Child / int_e34400ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_e34400ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_e34400ab | |
Problem Child / int_e3b0cd87 | type |
Morality Pet | |
Problem Child / int_e3b0cd87 | comment |
Morality Pet: Odd as it sounds, Ben Healy is THIS to Junior! (See Meaningful Name) | |
Problem Child / int_e3b0cd87 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_e3b0cd87 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_e3b0cd87 | |
Problem Child / int_e7cd994c | type |
Anti-Role Model | |
Problem Child / int_e7cd994c | comment |
Anti-Role Model: Junior is practically this. | |
Problem Child / int_e7cd994c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_e7cd994c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_e7cd994c | |
Problem Child / int_e9396c59 | type |
Braces of Orthodontic Overkill | |
Problem Child / int_e9396c59 | comment |
Braces of Orthodontic Overkill | |
Problem Child / int_e9396c59 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_e9396c59 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_e9396c59 | |
Problem Child / int_e9550e66 | type |
Nun Too Holy | |
Problem Child / int_e9550e66 | comment |
Nun Too Holy: The nuns at the orphanage are downright mean, and they eventually use underhanded tactics to trick the Healeys into adopting Junior. | |
Problem Child / int_e9550e66 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_e9550e66 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_e9550e66 | |
Problem Child / int_ea85d6ea | type |
All Just a Dream | |
Problem Child / int_ea85d6ea | comment |
All Just a Dream: The TV version adds a scene during Martin's ink blot test, in which he hallucinates, and dreams about being set to the electric chair, and escaping from it in the process, but not before sending the Warden to it. | |
Problem Child / int_ea85d6ea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_ea85d6ea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_ea85d6ea | |
Problem Child / int_eaf5a1ac | type |
Groin Attack | |
Problem Child / int_eaf5a1ac | comment |
The little league players who mock Ben and Junior get a well deserved beatdown, and Junior slides under the catcher with the bat for two balls with one strike. | |
Problem Child / int_eaf5a1ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_eaf5a1ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_eaf5a1ac | |
Problem Child / int_eb8e4fa8 | type |
Jerkass | |
Problem Child / int_eb8e4fa8 | comment |
Ben sinking his Jerk Ass father's mayoral campaign (See Is This Thing On?). | |
Problem Child / int_eb8e4fa8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_eb8e4fa8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_eb8e4fa8 | |
Problem Child / int_eb8ec7c8 | type |
Jerkass | |
Problem Child / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Jerkass: LaWanda. Including Big Ben Healy. Many of the kids are as well, especially towards Junior. Junior himself is a quite a bit of one in his own way. | |
Problem Child / int_eb8ec7c8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_eb8ec7c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_eb8ec7c8 | |
Problem Child / int_eda3ba | type |
Bad to the Bone | |
Problem Child / int_eda3ba | comment |
Bad to the Bone: Junior’s leitmotif is none other than George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone". | |
Problem Child / int_eda3ba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_eda3ba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_eda3ba | |
Problem Child / int_f15c2859 | type |
NO INDOOR VOICE | |
Problem Child / int_f15c2859 | comment |
No Indoor Voice: What did you expect from Gilbert Gottfried? | |
Problem Child / int_f15c2859 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Problem Child / int_f15c2859 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Problem Child | hasFeature |
Problem Child / int_f15c2859 | |
Problem Child / int_f21d434a | type |
New Job as the Plot Demands | |
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New Job as the Plot Demands: Gilbert Gottfried's character, Mr. Peabody, who was an adoption agent in the first film, a principal in the second (and cartoon) and a dentist in the third. | |
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Is This Thing On? | |
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Is This Thing On?: Shortly before the climax, Ben asks his Jerkass father Big Ben for money to pay the ransom of his kidnapped wife and son while the former is preparing for his Mayor campaign speech. When he turns him down, Ben then asks "Hey dad! Why don't you tell all the voters what you really plan on doing with this town!" and surreptitiously turns on the camera: | |
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Not Evil, Just Misunderstood | |
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Not Evil, Just Misunderstood: The Bow-Tie Killer claims he's this. Junior, however, actually plays it straight because he's a nice enough kid if he's treated like a human being. | |
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Magic Plastic Surgery | |
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Magic Plastic Surgery: Junior tried to avert the wedding of his father and LaWanda by having her get plastic surgery to get the world's biggest nose on the day of the wedding. LaWanda woke up and discovered her new nose. Then, just a few hours later, she reappeared with her original nose and she said that she had some "last-minute double-overtime plastic surgery". So, she had two surgeries on the same body part in the same day with no scars. | |
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Suck E. Cheese's | |
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Suck E. Cheese's: Both families go there and a Food Fight breaks out. | |
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Dog Food Diet | |
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Dog Food Diet: Debbie Claukinski's ex-husband Voytek is in his rathole apartment eating Chow Down when Junior calls. Chow Down, which comes in Beef, Chicken, and Horse and made Nippy take a dump three times his size. | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: Big Ben's "Millionaire Starter Kit." Little Ben and Junior see a cheesy TV ad for the obvious scam, and later Junior calls Voytek, who's living in squalor with one of the kits sitting on the counter behind him. The gag comes later when Big Ben moves in with them, lamenting that his scheme went bust and he only sold one starter kit. | |
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