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''Night at the Museum'' is a 2006 American adventure comedy film. It is based on a 1993 children's book by Milan Trenc. It follows a divorced father trying to settle down, impress his son, and find his destiny. He applies for a job as a night watchman at New York City's American Museum of Natural History and subsequently discovers that the exhibits, animated by a magical Egyptian artifact, come to life at night.
Released on December 22, 2006, by 20th Century Fox, the film was written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon of Comedy Central's ''[[Reno Nine One One|Reno 911!]]'' and MTV's ''[[The State]]'', and directed by Shawn Levy. [[All
The sequel, subtitled ''Battle of the Smithsonian'', was released in May 2009. Here, as the New York museum is being renovated many exhibits are stored in the Smithsonian. This brings with them a whole other genre of problems as well as some other features of the Egyptian artifact.
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=== '''Tropes spread among both movies include:''' ===
* [[Actor Allusion]]: This is not Owen Wilson's first time [[Shanghai Noon|playing a cowboy]] - and in the sequel, we see his not-second-time getting buried up to his neck in sand. Bonus points for the inclusion of buddy-movie elements with Octavius. Bonus BONUS points for Steve Coogan, who played Octavius, also having been in a [[Around the World In Eighty Days|buddy-type movie]] with [[Jackie Chan]] which also featured Wilson as one of the cowboy esque Wright Brothers.
* [[All
* [[All There in the Manual]]: If you don't know basic to mild World History, then you'll miss most of the jokes.
* [[Animate Inanimate Object]]: Everything in the museum that comes to life counts as one of these.
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* [[Eternal English]]: In the first movie, Ahkmenrah speaks perfect English right out of the gate, which he explains as being from his time as an exhibit at Cambridge. In the second film, Kahmunrah first tries Egyptian, then French when he meets Larry before settling on English.
** This implies that Kamunrah was paraded around in France for a while before ending up in the Smithsonian (or the British Museum). Small inside joke, but like a lot of the movie, definitely [[Genius Bonus|History Bonus]] for those who get it.
* [[
* [[First Father Wins]]
* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: This trope was averted in the first film: Larry was the only guard and it didn't take long for the news to notice when the exhibits started running through Central Park. The second film has no such excuse. The ''entire National Mall'' is brought to life by the tablet. They fly the Wright Brothers plane outside. They let an octopus swim in the reflecting pool. ''The Lincoln Memorial goes for a stroll!'' '''No one notices.''' For heaven's sake, there's ''a hole in one of the buildings and arguably millions in property damage!''
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* [[It Is Pronounced Tro PAY]]: Sacajawea's name many times. There's also a deleted scene where Sacajawea's name is pronounced "Saka-gah-way-a", while Ahkmenrah's name is pronounced "Akh-men-rah".
** The Smithsonian guard Brandon (as spelled on his nameplate) in the sequel argues to Larry that his name is "Brundon" "BUR-RUN-DON".
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Teddy Roosevelt asked Larry "[[Armor
* [[The Napoleon]]: Well, duh.
** Jedediah, moreso in the first movie.
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** To the point where the last fight with Kahmunrah is not only his Greatest [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Crowning Moment]], but it's actually much more epic than what it actually should be. Just ''watch it'', and you'll know what I'm talking about.
** The first film explained that the older janitors became [[Badass Grandpa|Badass Grandpas]] because of dealing with the museum exhibits. Between films Larry gained those same skills in a younger body.
* [[What Do You Mean
** {{spoiler|"You're going to ''live''!" (breaks hourglass with helmet)}}
** The bit in the first movie where the two battle the raging gale... of a decompressing tire.
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* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Night guard Cecil is a badass. Justified in that the tablet also reinvigorated ''him''.
* [[Beta Baddie]]: Cecil, Reginald and Gus. They only wanted the tablet because it gave them virtual youth.
* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]: The Moai.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Gus does this.
{{quote| '''Gus''': "Sweet dreams, cupcake! PILEDRIVER!"}}
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* [[Museum of the Strange And Unusual]]
* [[Mistaken for Granite]]: The giant statues of Anubis that guard the pharaoh.
* [[The Obi
** Hell, he was practically Larry's surrogate father.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: First of all. Dick van Dyke is one of the [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] in the first movie. Secondly, Ben Stiller's playing the main role in a couple of children's films here? Yeah..
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* [[Freudian Trio]]: Cecil (Ego), Reginald (Superego), and Gus (Id).
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Ahkmenrah (one of the only exhibits in the museum who biologically exists besides Rexy), once the tablet activates.
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: How is the tablet owner's name spelled? Ahkmenrah, Akhmenrah, or Akmenrah?
* [[The Voiceless]]: Larry mistook Sacagawea for this since she was behind Plexiglas and couldn't be heard.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Was there any explanation where the protagonist's girlfriend went after the first movie?
=== '''The sequel ''Battle of The Smithsonian'' provides examples of:''' ===
* [[Acting for Two]]: In the sequel, [[Robin Williams]] returns to his role as Teddy Roosevelt. [[It Makes Sense in Context|He also plays]] [[Sorry, Billy,
* [[Action Girl]]: [[Amy Adams]] as [[Amelia Earhart]].
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Cliff Howard as a [[Apollo 13|NASA ground controller.]]
* [[Affably Evil]]: Kahmunrah. Between his lisp and over the top antics he becomes rather likable.
* [[Androcles' Lion]]: The [[
* [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]: Abraham Lincoln's statue.
* [[Battle Royale With Cheese]]
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** In a similar vein, the capuchin kept stealing Larry's keys, somehow teaching Larry enough to steal Brundon's keycard.
* [[Cultural Translation]]: The Italian rendition of the movie is literally riddled with them, often bordering on the [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:
** While in the original dub Napoleon, upon meeting Amelia and Larry just gives them an [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]] speech, in the Italian rendition Napoleon compares their sexual tension to the many romances he had in life, quipping that he may have sired lots of son who never knew their ancestry. This apparently innocent exchange turns into blatant [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] (given the then currently Italy political situation) when Napoleon describes one of his latest descendants in detail: the potential descendant of an Italian lover, a jolly, funny fellow, short of stature but always overtly cheesy and cheery, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Berlusconi who "is really important in his Country", and "once used to be a cruise ship crooner"].
** <s>Brandon</s> Brundon gets turned on the stereotypical Neapolitan fellow, braggart, slang-spewing and with a deep-set veneration for Maradona.
* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: Al Capone and his men, and also the artistic photograph of 1945 in ''Smithsonian''.
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''(Napeleon's hand goes down)'' }}
* [[Hidden in Plain Sight]]: {{spoiler|The movie ends with Larry selling his company and donating the money to the Natural History Museum, under the guise of funding more "high-end" upgrades to the exhibits, allowing the exhibits to come alive at night without any fear of [[Broken Masquerade|breaking the Masquerade]].}}
* [[Historical
** If so, its a [[Critical Research Failure]]: Motorola already existed in 1945, and it wasn't named after the founder.
* [[Historical Beauty Update]]: [[Amy Adams]] plays [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart Amelia Earhart]. [[Beat]]. Umm... [[She Cleans Up Nicely]], but in those pics she could stand to gain a few pounds.
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* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Custer.
* [[Lzherusskie]]: Ivan the Terrible is played by Brit Cristopher Guest.
* [[Mayfly
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Amelia Earheart.
* [[Mission Pack Sequel]]: ''Battle of the Smithsonian''.
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* [[Oh Crap]]: That's the exact translation of the Bird-warriors' screeches when Abraham Lincoln's statue enters the battle.
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: Often the plot stops dead to allow for various characters to have a back-and-forth argument, seemly just made up of snappy lines the writers came up with.
* [[Painted
* [[Parental Favoritism]]: Kahmunrah said that his "[[God in Human Form|mother]] and father" gave Egypt to the more thoughtful Ahkmenrah.
* [[Portal Picture]]: Larry and Amelia escape into [[The VJ Day Kiss|the famous kiss at Times Square photo]].
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** "Don't! Cross! This! Line! With your hand!"
* [[Retired Badass]]: Larry passes as this on his interaction with Brandon... I mean, [[It Is Pronounced Tro PAY|Brundun]].
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: The short stay of the Bird-Warriors.
* [[Sequel Non Entity]]: Rebecca doesn't appear or get mentioned in the sequel, despite starting a relationship with Larry at the end of the first film.
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Spoofed.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Custer at first.
* [[Stock Parody]]: Of ''[[Three Hundred|300]]'', and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|it's a gas]].
* [[Take That]]: At one point Kahmunrah mocks [[Sesame Street (TV)|Oscar the Grouch]] and [[Star Wars|Darth Vader]].
** Well, it is Vader with no powers or Lightsaber who won't even talk. If you didn't know who he was you wouldn't be impressed either. Oscar is just vaguely... Grouchy.
* [[The Password Is Always Swordfish]]: {{spoiler|The tablet opens a portal to the underworld after punching in... the value of Pi, to about eight decimal places.}}
* [[Villain Team
* [[Weaponized Landmark]]: {{spoiler|The Lincoln Memorial}}.
* [[Wilhelm Scream]]: In the Air and Space Museum.
* [[What Do You Mean
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Amelia flies off into the sunset at the end. Unless the plane turned to dust with her, there's going to be [[Fridge Horror|one hell of a crash]] in the morning.
** How is Larry going to explain the destruction or disappearance of some of the most valuable artefacts in human history?
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: A bobblehead [[Albert Einstein]], [[Epic Fail|of all people]], tells Larry that the "exact" value of π is 3.1495265.
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