Meet the Parents: Difference between revisions

** Which may border on to [[Did Not Do the Research]] as using your thumbs to take a person's pulse is not correct; your thumb has it's own pulse and thus may give a false reading.

*** Some have speculated that Jack was counting on Greg not knowing that, and getting distracted from hiding other signs that he's lying. Though he'd already learned that Greg aced the [[MCA Ts]].

* [[The Maiden Name Debate]]: At the end of the first movie, Pam's parents note that taking Greg's name would result in [[Unfortunate Names|Pamela Martha Focker]] [[Don't Explain the Joke|(sounds like motherf* cker people)]]. In the second movie, Pam confirms that she will indeed take Greg's name, she doesn't care how embarassing it may sound.

* [[MD Envy]]: Inverted; although Greg scored top marks in medical school, he chose to be a male nurse so he could spend more time with patients. Jack and the rest of the Byrnes family (which include several doctors themselves) grill him on why he just didn't become a doctor and even refuse to believe he passed his MCAT with top marks.

* [[Mistaken for Cheating]]: One of the plot points of the third film.

* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: The headmistress of the school in the third film mistakes Greg and Jack for being married.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Jessica Alba shows a lot in ''Little Fockers''. [[Your Mileage May Vary|For some people this is the only tolerable aspect of the movie]] (that and [[He Really Can Act|her being one of the few cast members]] [[Your Mileage May Vary|who actually makes some effort]]).

* [[Older and Wiser]]: Greg by the third movie, able to stand up for himself against Jack's usual misunderstandings.

* [[Parental Marriage Veto]]

* [[Plot Sensitive Latch]]: Gregs suitcase gets lost in-flight. A suitcase is found matching the description and delivered to him (at the parents of his girlfriend). He attempts to open it but can't and leaves for the day, leaving his prospective father-in-law alone at the house. Being former CIA he opens it easily and finds it full of fetish and bondage gear and sex toys.

* [[Punny Name]]: Mo Focker, an unseen relative. A conversation between Jack and Greg reveals that's not the extent of it, either:

{{quote| '''Greg Focker''': You meet some of the... eh... some of the cousins?<br />

'''Greg Focker''': Yeah, Dom Focker, that's my dad's... uh... first cousin. You meet his kids, Randy and Orny? }}

* [[Put On a Bus]]: The first scene we see of Bernie Focker is him taking dance classes... in Spain. It seems this will be his only appearance in the film... [[Subverted Trope|until he makes a surprise return home in the second half of the movie.]]

* [[Real Joke Name]]: In ''Little Fockers'', we are treated to the female character "Andi Garcia."

{{quote| '''Greg''': [[Lampshade Hanging|I thought you'd have, you know, a little more stubble.]]}}

* [[Running Gag]]: At the end of each film. At the end of the first two Jack views a video of Greg ragging on him via "hidden" camera. At the end of the third film Jack views a Youtube video of Greg talking about Jack at a seminar and basically Reiterating the crazy antics Jack pulled in the first two films.

* [[Sadist Show]]: The basis of the humor in the movies is that [[Cosmic Plaything|the universe seems to hate]] Greg Focker. Also, his new father-in-law is a [[Manipulative Bastard|sadist]] who refuses to let Greg ever come out of something looking good. Even his cat is a bastard.

* [[Watch the Paint Job]]: Subverted in ''Little Fockers''. As construction is taking place in Greg's back yard, Kevin shows up in a Tesla and parks curbside. As Greg backs a dump truck full of sand out of the driveway, {{spoiler|he doesn't hit the Tesla, but instead empties the sand onto Jack.}}

* [[Wedding Day]]: Greg and Pam finally do get married after two entire movies' worth of hijinks trying to thwart them.

* [[You're Drinking Breast Milk]]: Happens to Greg in ''Meet the Fockers''.