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{{quote|'''Gang Leader:''' Don't fuck with the Lords of Hell.
[Chris picks up the knife and shoves it in the gang leader's face].
'''Chris:''' [[Precision F-Strike|Don't fuck with the babysitter.]]}}
It was just a simple babysitting job, [[Gone Horribly Wrong]].
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[[Chris Columbus]]' directing debut, this film was the first PG-13 film released by Disney (albeit under the [[Touchstone Pictures]] studio name, to avoid the association with strictly family content).
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* [[Avoid the Dreaded G Rating]]: A [[MacGuffin]] being a ''[[Playboy]]'', where Chris is the spitting image of the centerfold, some borderline offensive jokes and a [[Wild Teen Party]] would be enough, but a couple quick exchanges of the "F word"
* [[Bastard Boyfriend]]: Mike. Not abusive, but cold and unfaithful toward a girl who was willing to dance and lip-sync her way through an entire doo-wop song at the prospect of their anniversary date. (And who
* [[Blind Mistake]]: Brenda, stranded in a bus station without her glasses, pets a huge rat thinking it's a lost cat.
* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Brenda. Oh, Brenda.
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Ya think?"
* [[Country Mouse]]: Just suburban, but otherwise the same.
* [[Covers Always Lie|Covers Sort Of Lie]]: They don't scale a skyscraper, as the poster shows, but Sara finds herself stuck on the outside of one in the climax.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: For a good reason. If Elizabeth Shue actually ''was'' 17 when this was made, the whole "looking-like-the-''Playboy''-centerfold" thing would have crossed the line.
** Also, Bradley Whitford was 27 when he played Chris's boyfriend in this film.
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* [[He Knows Too Much]]: That ''Playboy'' issue had a bunch of notes the gangsters scribbled down...so much, in fact, that it would send them to jail.
* [[Hook Hand]]
* [[I Can Explain]]: Yup, Chris's boyfriend was
* [[Jerkass]]: See above descriptions of Mike.
* [[Mama Bear]]: Chris, especially on the train, dealing with the gang members.
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* [[Pretty Fly for a White Guy]]: The suburban white kids wow the cynical inner-city black audience with their improvised blues song. Though maybe they're just getting props for working under duress (what, exactly, happens to those who refuse to comply with the order to sing the blues?).
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: A teenage runaway in a white fur jacket, Mrs. Anderson has a black mink coat, and Chris uses a full-length coat with a huge collar to sneak into the office party the Andersons are attending.
* [[Throw It In]]: During the scene where Brenda tries to buy a hot dog, the vendor improvised the line "Then I don't have a fucking
** They got their revenge for that bit of [[Executive Meddling]] by [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|getting some truly
{{quote|'''Vendor:''' Look, you slip me the cash, and I'll slip you the
'''Brenda:''' But I don't have any cash!
'''Vendor:''' Then ''I'' don't have a
** Also the song they improvise to get off the stage.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Let's just repeat a bit of ''Bastard Boyfriend'', above: Mike, who is cold and unfaithful toward an absolutely devoted, loving girl who is [[World's Most Beautiful Woman|a dead ringer for a Playboy centerfold]].
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: The trailer pretty much walked the viewer through the film's main events, including the climax at the Smurfit-Stone building, then actually showed
* [[Urban Legend]]: Chris is telling one to the kids while heading to the bus station. About the guy with the hook. Guess what the helpful tow truck driver who rescues them a few minutes later is sporting.
* [[Worst Aid]]: CHRIS PULLED THE KNIFE OUT OF BRAD'S FOOT!
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