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* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Both the Bandits have their stupid moments, but ''especially'' Marv.
* [[Under Crank]]: Utilized in the first and second films when the families are scrambling to get ready to go to the airport after oversleeping.
* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: The plot of "Home Alone" is completely implausible today. If this film were made in 2012, Kevin's parents could have just called him on a cell phone as soon as they discovered he was missing; (His parents discovered he was missing during the flight to Paris. They had to wait until they landed, but were still unable to call the house due to the phone lines being down); Harry and Marv probably would have never discovered that Kevin was alone at the house (Kevin had fooled them repeatedly into thinking that the house was heavily occupied. It was only after Marv overheard a message from Peter McCallister being recorded onto an answering machine of a neighboring house they were burglarizing that they began to piece together the fact that Kevin was alone in the house and was screwing with them. Answering machines are all but gone today, in favor of private, electronic voicemail, not forgetting that many homes no longer have landline phones anyway.) On top of that, the lax pre-9/11 airport security is on full display as well. Kate McCallister is able to barter a plane ticket off of a fellow traveler ''right in the terminal''; anybody who attempted something like that today would probably be detained on suspicion of being a terrorist. Or, there's the fact that the [[Mc Callisters]] would have never been able to make it through post-9/11 airport security in time to make their flight in the first place, giving them ample time to discover that Kevin is missing and go back home to get him, preventing the plot of the film from ever unfolding.
** If "Home Alone" were made today, that could still make for an interesting plot: The [[Mc Callisters]] wake up late due to a power outage, run off to the airport in attempt to still make their flight which they miss due to not being able to get through security and into the terminal in time, discover that Kevin is missing, then go running around the airport and suburban Chicago trying to find him. Fearing the worst, the eventually discover that they simply left him behind at the house by mistake.
** This same trope can be applied to "Home Alone 2" as well. No way in the post-9/11 world would anyone even consider just letting a strange kid with no boarding pass or parent/guardian around board a fully-booked flight to New York. Not forgetting that the film also contains a scene where Kevin visits the World Trade Center.
*** Even by 1992 standards, that is still a pretty boneheaded move on the airline's part.
** If anything, the first two "Home Alone" films can be seen as examples of how dramatically our lives have changed due to the 9/11 attacks and the advent of cell phones and the internet.
* [[The Unfavourite]]: What Kevin seems to be to his family.
* [[Villain Protagonist]] / [[Hero Antagonist]]: Yes, Kevin is the main character, but considering the downright sadistic things he does to Harry and Marv, especially in the second film, he may count as one of these.
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