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A series of films about a St. Bernard named after [[Ludwig Van Beethoven]]. Unlike in its [[Beethoven the Animated Series|animated spin-off]], Beethoven could not speak, although he still had [[Amplified Animal Aptitude]]. In keeping with the theme of the composer, the sequels were named ''Beethoven's 2nd'', ''Beethoven's 3rd'', etc. It was originally executive produced by Ivan Reitman, who had previously produced and/or directed such films as ''[[Meatballs]]'', ''[[Stripes]]'', ''[[
The original film, released in 1992, focused on Beethoven's adoption by the Newton family -- grumpy father George (Charles Grodin), caring wife Alice (Bonnie Hunt), [[Cool Big Sis]]/[[Bratty Teenage Daughter]] Ryce (Nicholle Tom of ''[[The Nanny]]'' fame), geeky son Ted (Christopher Castile of ''[[Step
Seven years after ''Beethoven's 2nd'', the series was resurrected with some [[Direct
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** Also what happens to Floyd, Regina's henchman, in the second movie.
* [[Heroic Dog]]: Beethoven saves Emily from drowning, Ryce from being raped, the family from being swindled and performs tons of other feats of heroism.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: So [[Lilo and Stitch (Disney film)|Lilo]] from the fifth movie is raising Beethoven now?
* [[Hidden Depths]]
* [[The Igor]]: Floyd in ''Beethoven's 2nd''.
* [[Jerk
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Dean Jones as Dr Varnick in the first movie and Debi Mazar as Regina in the second one (she's known to be a great dog lover).
* [[Mooks]]: The two characters played by Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt.
* [[Oh Crap]]: The two mooks from the first movie upon realizing that they just tried to take shelter in a junkyard...one patrolled by some ''very vicious Doberman dogs''.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Dean Jones as the evil Dr. Varnick.
** [[Casting Gag]]: Jones was [[Typecasting]] as the sort of character Charles Grodin was playing in many Disney films of the 60s and 70s (starting with ''[[
* [[Prince and Pauper]]: Whole plot of ''Beethoven's 4th''.
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Regina in ''Beethoven's 2nd''.
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