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Line 2: [[File:MeetTheRobinsons.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\| ''Keep Moving Forward.''}} [[Disney Animated Canon\|Walt Disney's]] 47th animated feature, released in March 2007 in standard and Disney Digital 3-D and based loosely on [[William Joyce\|William Joyce's]] picture book ''A Day with Wilbur Robinson<ref>not [[Lost in Space\|that Will Robinson]]</ref>'' (though Joyce did have some creative input on the adaptation). Line 8: Follows the story of 12-year old orphan/child prodigy Lewis in his attempt to find a family, a journey that takes him 30 years into the future with the fast-talking Wilbur Robinson and in pursuit of the do-wrong, overgrown man-child Bowler Hat Guy and his evil, robotic bowler hat, hell bent on taking credit for Lewis's inventions. Has some serious problems with Time Travel logic and yeah, [[Meet the Robinsons ~~(Disney)~~/Headscratchers\|it makes us scratch our heads]]. Despite that, it's one of the better non-Pixar Disney films in recent years. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on whether or not it's non-Pixar though. Pixar and Disney were fusing while this movie was being made. As John Lasseter's first effort in touching Disney's animated films since becoming its chairman, he looked at it after it's first drafts were all completed and ordered 40% of it rewritten and reanimated. This could be a factor behind the film's positive critical reception as compared to its immediate predecessors. The film had music by [[Danny Elfman]]. There was also a console game that served as a midquel that mostly averted [[The Problem ~~With~~with Licensed Games]]. The game's plot expands Wilbur's efforts in trying to get the stolen time machine back from Bowler Hat Guy. When arriving at the Science Fair though, he accidentally alters the timeline drastically just by opening the door into a student named Stanley's face. As a result, Stanley and another student, Lizzy, become dueling super-villains, and Wilbur has to get his own time machine back from their forces in order to go back and fix things. {{tropelist}}▼ ▲{{tropelist}} * [[Action Mom]]: Franny * [[Actor Allusion]]: When Lewis asks Wilbur what his currently-absent father looks like, Wilbur lies and says "Tom Selleck" (made even funnier when the recently empty portrait of Cornelius has Tom Selleck in it). When Wilbur's father shows up at the end of the film, he looks nothing like Selleck, but he sure ''sounds'' like him... This is actually a kind of reverse [[Actor Allusion]]: the scene was written first, and gave the director the idea to offer Selleck the role. Line 22: * [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The book is essentially the middle part of the movie with the searching for grandpa's teeth and the dinner. Time travel had no part in the book! A few things actually got cut from the book like several family members, a pillow fight and slumber party. The book itself was expanded shortly before the movie came out with stuff like the dinosaur and some totally new material that didn't even get to the movie like an indoor [[Snowball Fight]]. * [[Adorable Evil Minions]]: Little Doris. To quote Bowler Hat Guy: "It's so ''cute''!" ...For a spider-like robotic hat that can take control of animals' minds, that is. * [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Doris * [[All Animals Are Dogs]]: Tiny the Tyrannosaur once the Mini Doris controlling him is removed. * [[Alternative Foreign Theme Song]]: The film uses [http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTI0MzQ0NTI=.html "Hitomi Hiraite"] by Mitsuki as the Japanese theme song. * [[~~Always Chaotic~~Exclusively Evil]]: All the Helping Hats. It is possible that each one is an exact copy of, or under the control of, the evil Doris. * [[Arc Words]]: "Keep Moving Forward". Shown at the end to be a part {{spoiler\|of a quote by Walt Disney}}. * [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Carl lists the consequences of Wilbur leaving the garage door unshut - a time machine got stolen by Bowler Hat Guy, the time stream may now be altered irreparably, and someone took Carl's bike. Line 42: * [[Cyber Cyclops]]: Doris {{spoiler\|and all the humans enslaved by Doris in the [[Bad Future]].}} * [[Dastardly Whiplash]]: Bowler Hat Guy {{quote\| "I know! I'll turn him into a ''duck!'' But I don't know how to do that. And I don't need a duck."}} * [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Goob is one until {{spoiler\|he takes the advice of his future self.}} * [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Dr. Krunklehorn says "One of your students may invent the next integrated circuit, or microprocessor, or integrated circuit... Oh wait, I said that already!" in her introductory scene. [[Justified Trope\|Justified]] since she ''is'' sleep deprived and only awake due to her caffeine patches. Line 48: * [[Didn't Think This Through]]: Pretty much Bowler Hat Guy's main defining characteristic. * [[Disney Death]]: Carl * [[The Dog Was the Mastermind]]: {{spoiler\|Doris the hat was the mastermind. She had twisted Goob’s mind and made him turn evil…all as part of her plan to ruin the future and destroy her creator, Lewis.}} * [[Door Step Baby]]: Lewis * [[Dystopia]] Line 68: * [[Ghibli Hills]]: Surrounding the Future City, with the Robinson house on top of one of them. * [[Gilligan Cut]]: {{quote\| '''Bowler Hat Guy''': ''releasing the Dino'' "Great, Doris will love this!"~~<br />~~ ''Cut to Doris, totally furious.'' }} * [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: The [[Word of God\|director's commentary]] states that jealousy of Cornelius Robinson is Bowler Hat Guy's entire motivation for his villainy. Line 80: * [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Dor-15 appears to be this to Bowler Hat Guy for most of the movie. The truth is a lot more sinister: {{spoiler\|she's actually the one who's manipulating ''him'' in her own [[Evil Plan\|plan for world domination]].}} * [[Intelligible Unintelligible]]: Doris * [[Is It Always Like This?]]: Short answer: yes. {{quote\| "Yesterday it was meat loaf."}} * [[It Runs in The Family]]: What is ''"it?"'' Insanity, probably. And it runs in about four different actual families. * [[Ironic Echo]]: ''"Take a good look around you; your future is about to change."'' Line 90: * [[Make Wrong What Once Went Right]]: Bowler Hat Guy's entire motivation for his time-travelling villainy is to ruin Lewis' life {{spoiler\|and his future as genius inventor Cornelius Robinson.}} * [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Or rather, the {{spoiler\|hat atop the man.}} * [[Meanwhile in ~~The~~the Future]]: Happens twice. At least. * [[Mental Picture Projector]]: Lewis' Memory Scanner * [[Midair Repair]] * [[Mind Screw]]: As mentioned above, the writers' time travel logic makes no sense when you think about it. ** It'd work out a lot better if the Dinosaur didn't show up again when the family said goodbye to Lewis. * [[Minion ~~With~~with an F In Evil]] - The Bowler Hat Guy {{spoiler\|a.k.a "Goob"}} * [[Missing Mom]] * [[Multigenerational Household]]: The Robinsons. * [[Mood Whiplash]]: Hoo boy. Towards the end of the film, {{spoiler\|the sunny, idealistic Utopian society transforms suddenly into a bleak, polluted world controlled by evil hats. From optimistic future to zombie apocalypse in five minutes.}} * [[My Future Self and Me]] * [[No New Fashions in ~~The~~the Future]]: We have flying cars and robot buddies and ''bubblevators'', but all the cool kids wear T-shirts, jeans and Converse All-Stars. Huh. Well, a few of the characters do wear Jetsons-like jumpsuits. But T-Shirts and Jeans have lasted out the better part of 50+ years, so there's no reason not to think they can do it for another 20. Aunt Petunia is [[Word of God\|a fashion designer,]] which explains her skyscraper hat. * [[Nobody Here But Us Birds]] {{quote\| '''Lewis:''' Will you quit that, please? I know you're not a pigeon!}} * [[Not So Similar]]: Seemingly, Dor-15 and Lewis are friends, as they were both wronged by the same person. But it turns out Dor-15 had far worse intentions that Bowler Hat Guy did. And when the Bowler Hat Guy rightfully points out that Dor-15 hadn’t told him about her own plan until many dangerous Bowler Hats were produced. Unfortunately, Dor-15 more or less decides that Bowler Hat Guy is too narrow-minded simply because he asked that question and kills him. Furthermore, when Lewis decides to rewrite the future for the better and explains to the Bowler Hat Guy what Dor-15 is planning to do to him, she makes no attempt to “correct” Lewis and decides to murder him instead. Brutally. * [[Obsessed Are the Listmakers]]: Bowler Hat Guy loves checklists and is often seen ticking off items in his, such as "Steal time machine", "Ruin science fair", and "Get that [comic book swearing symbols] boy". * [[One-Scene Wonder]]: {{spoiler\|Future!Lewis}} * [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname]]: Bowler Hat Guy doesn't get a name until about 2/3 of the way through the movie, for [[~~Spoiler\|spoileriffic~~spoiler]]iffic reasons. * [[Only Six Faces]]: A lot of minor characters have similar character models and even a few main character models are reused with Art's appearing in Midtown University and Franny's model also serving as Lewis' mother. * [[Orphanage of Love]]: Lewis lives at one. * [[The Other Darrin]]: Daniel Hansen and [[Charlie and ~~The~~the Chocolate Factory\|Jordan Fry]] both voice Lewis. * [[Parental Incest]]: Averted. {{spoiler\|It is kinda strange that his future wife almost adopted him.}} ** {{spoiler\|When she realized the truth she became pretty squicked out about it herself too.}} Line 138 ⟶ 139: * [[Strong Family Resemblance]] * [[Symbol Swearing]]: One of the "to do" items on Bowler Hat Guy's list is literally "Get that [grawlixes] boy". * [[Talking to Himself]]: Ethan Sandler voices no less than seven characters, mostly among the Robinson family. Director Stephen Anderson is the Bowler Hat Guy, Grandpa Bud, and Cousin Tallulah. ...yes, a female Robinson family member has a male voice for no reason! * [[Telescoping Robot]]: Carl * [[Tempting Fate]]: When they're running away from Bowler Hat Guy and Dor15. {{quote\| '''Carl:''' Haha! Look at that, boys! We're almost home fr-- ''(harpoon through the chest)''}} * [[Thirty Minutes or It's Free]]: Could be Uncle Art's catchphrase. * [[Time and Relative Dimensions In Space]] Line 153 ⟶ 154: * [[Villain World]]: The Bad Future mentioned above. * [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]: {{quote\| '''Bowler Hat Guy''': I know! I'll turn him into a duck! Yes! It's so evil!}} * [[What Happened to ~~The~~the Mouse?]]: {{spoiler\|The second time machine seems to have been left in the present day. Nobody brings it up again, even after Cornelius notices that the time machines are missing from the garage.}} * [[While Rome Burns]]: It's small and easy to miss, but Lizzy can be seen smiling evilly as she watches the chaos that ensues when Lewis' invention malfunctions. * [[Wolverine Publicity]]: The female goth student in the poster above only has two lines in the film and appears for only about 10 seconds! Many of the Robinson family members were featured prominently in the promotional materials yet are basically background characters with no handle on the story. * [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: In the alternate future created by Doris, Lewis views a video of how it got to be that way. One of them was of {{spoiler\|Goob/}}Bowler Hat Guy protesting to Doris that it (i.e. her taking over the world) wasn't what he wanted, he is then swarmed by a mass of smaller hats who (offscreen) either turn him into a mindless slave or... (more strongly implied) [[Gory Discretion Shot\|kill him]]. Luckily Lewis reverses everything, so that never gets a chance to happen. * [[Zeerust]] - Very fifties. Just look at the poster. ---- === Tropes used in the game include: === * [[Ascended Extra]]: Stanley and Lizzy. Line 168 ⟶ 170: * [[Lowered Monster Difficulty]]: Especially after you get the invincibility and unlimited ammo cheats. * [[Genre Shift]]: Main adventure is a Zelda-style game, with some quests including the Air Hockey/Breakout hybrid game of "Chargeball", the [[Super Monkey Ball]] like Protectosphere missions, and [[Dig Dug]] style puzzle missions. * [[Mecha -Mooks]] * [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Sets the game's main plot into motion. {{reflist}} ~~[[Category:~~{{Disney Animated Canon]]}} [[Category:~~Meet the Robinsons~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Science Fiction Animated Films]] [[Category:The Millennium Age of Animation]] Line 178 ⟶ 181: [[Category:Films of the 2000s]] [[Category:All CGI Cartoon]] ▲[[Category:Meet the Robinsons]] [[Category:Disney]] [[Category:3D Movie]] [[Category:Western Animation of the 2000s]] [[Category:Multiple Works Need Separate Pages]]