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* UnadoptableOrphan: Lewis' inventive personality has alienated 124 potential parents by the start of the film since his inventions tend to blow up. To cope with the rejection, he decides his biological mother might be the only one who could possibly want him, spending the rest of his character arc focused on finding her [[spoiler:until he discovers his future with the Robinsons]]. It remains unknown if his mother is even alive to this day.



* BigBadDuumvirate: {{Subverted}}. This seems to be the case between the Bowler Hat Guy and Doris until it is revealed that the former is an UnwittingPawn to the latter.

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* BigBadDuumvirate: {{Subverted}}.{{Subverted|Trope}}. This seems to be the case between the Bowler Hat Guy and Doris until it is revealed that the former is an UnwittingPawn to the latter.



---> '''Bowler Hat Guy''': ''[genuinely horrified by the hats attacking everyone]'' Doris, what's happening? I-I don't understand! I just wanted to ruin [Lewis's] future, not ''this!''
** He also doesn't want to ''kill'' Lewis, [[WeUsedToBeFriends because Lewis is his former friend.]]

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---> '''Bowler --->'''Bowler Hat Guy''': Guy:''' ''[genuinely horrified by the hats attacking everyone]'' Doris, what's happening? I-I don't understand! I just wanted to ruin [Lewis's] future, not ''this!''
** He also doesn't want to ''kill'' Lewis, [[WeUsedToBeFriends because Lewis is his former friend.]]friend]].



* EvilMakesYouUgly: We get to see bits and pieces of him growing up from Goob to become Bowler Hat Guy - he starts out reasonably attractive, but then he starts getting lankier and spindlier from stewing incessantly in a cramped, dark room in the abandoned orphanage until he's his DastardlyWhiplash present self.

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* EvilMakesYouUgly: We get to see bits and pieces of him growing up from Goob to become Bowler Hat Guy - -- he starts out reasonably attractive, but then he starts getting lankier and spindlier from stewing incessantly in a cramped, dark room in the abandoned orphanage until he's his DastardlyWhiplash present self.



* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He tries so hard.

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* %%* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He tries so hard.hard. %%ZCE



* UnwittingPawn: Turns out Doris was only using Bowler Hat Guy's hatred for Lewis to trick him into getting the time machine, so he could use it to steal one of Lewis' inventions and make a lot of money. Then, Bowler Guy would use the money to build more Dorises. Then, the real Doris would have her clones enslave the humans.

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* UnwittingPawn: Turns out Doris was only using UnadoptableOrphan: When Goob (the future Bowler Hat Guy's hatred Guy) ended up costing his baseball team a game and was beat up for Lewis to trick it, the resulting trauma embittered him into getting to become bratty to the time machine, so point of unadoptable; the orphanage was shut down, but he could use remained in it to steal one of Lewis' inventions and make a lot of money. Then, grew up to be the Bowler Guy would use the money to build more Dorises. Then, the real Doris would have her clones enslave the humans.Hat Guy.



'''Bowler Hat Guy:''' ''[voiceover]'' [[SelfServingMemory They all hated me.]]

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'''Bowler Hat Guy:''' ''[voiceover]'' [[SelfServingMemory They all hated me.]]me]].
* UnwittingPawn: Turns out Doris was only using Bowler Hat Guy's hatred for Lewis to trick him into getting the time machine, so he could use it to steal one of Lewis' inventions and make a lot of money. Then, Bowler Guy would use the money to build more Dorises. Then, the real Doris would have her clones enslave the humans.
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* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about him without revealing [[spoiler:he is Bowler Hat Guy's past self.]]
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* InkSuitActor: Spoofed. When Lewis asked what Cornelius looks like, Wilbur replies, "Like Tom Selleck", his voice actor. In reality, Cornelius bares no resemblance to his voice actor.

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* InkSuitActor: Spoofed. When Lewis asked what Cornelius looks like, Wilbur replies, "Like Tom Selleck", his voice actor. In reality, Cornelius bares bears no resemblance to his voice actor.
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* AcademicAthlete: We know she's a brilliant (if eccentric) scientist, but if her words are to believed, she's swam the English Channel and won a gold medal luging (and implies it was only her first).

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* AcademicAthlete: We know she's a brilliant (if eccentric) scientist, but if her words are to be believed, she's swam the English Channel and won a gold medal luging (and implies it was only her first).
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* AcademicAthlete: We know she's a brilliant (if eccentric) scientist, but if her words are to believed, she's swam the English Channel and won a gold medal luging (and implies it was only her first).
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* UnadoptableOrphan: Lewis is a mixture between a Weirdo Orphan and an Orphan Who Does Not Want To Be Adopted as his inventive personality alienates potential parents since his inventions tend to blow up and he doesn't want to get adopted because he's more focused on finding his biological mother. He would be an Orphan With Living Relatives, but it is unknown if his mother is even alive to this day.



* UnadoptableOrphan: When Goob ended up costing his baseball team a game and was beat up for it, the resulting trauma embittered him to be a Bratty Orphan Unadoptable Orphan, [[spoiler: the orphanage was shut down, but he remained in it and grew up to be the Bowler Hat Guy.]]

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