History Film / AdventuresInBabysitting

* IdenticalStranger: "Shaylene", the (fictitious) ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' centerfold that supposedly looks like Chris. Of course, seeing as the viewers only see it briefly, we can only [[TakeOurWordForIt Take Their Word For It]].

* GoodSamaritan: "Handsome" John Pruitt; while his SimplePlan to tow Chris' car to his garage and even pay to replace the tire does go awry, he makes partial amends for it later, even with the police after him.

* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: The suburban white kids wow the cynical inner-city black audience with their improvised blues song. Though maybe they're just getting props for working under duress (what, exactly, happens to those who refuse to comply with the order to sing the blues?).

* FalseReassurance: When "Handsome" John Pruitt tells the kids how he got a HookHand, he claims he kept his real hand and stores it in the glovebox. He later opens the glovebox to get something after hearing his wife was having an affair. Someone asks if it's the hand.
-->It's not a hand. It's a gun.

* HookHand: But he's a nice guy, usually. Oddly, the [[http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/archiveitem/8700896.html Japanese poster]] puts the hook hand on Graydon instead of Pruitt.

* AssholeVictum: The guy having an affair with John Pruitt's wife gets his ass kicked by John, gets his car stolen, and gets taken in by the police. All the while demanding to get his car back.

* EightiesHair: Quite common, as the film ''was'' made in 1987...

Then her friend Brenda (Creator/PenelopeAnnMiller) (best known as Mrs. Elizabeth Louise 'Betty Lou' Perkins in ''The Gun in Betty Lous Handbag'') calls in a panic, having tried to run away from home with just enough money to cover cab fare to the bus station and the cost of a payphone call, and she asks Chris to pick her up in the city. Chris can't leave her charges behind unsupervised, so she takes them and Brad's friend Daryl Coopersmith (Anthony Rapp) along with her. She gets a flat on the highway en route, then realizes she forgot her purse. Things just get more crazy from there.

Creator/ChrisColumbus' directing debut, and the first starring role for Shue, this 1987 comedy was also the first PG-13 film released by Creator/{{Disney}} (albeit under the Creator/TouchstonePictures label, to avoid the association with strictly family content) (same goes with ''Creator/{{Paramount}}'' when they released a PG-13 follow-up which is ''Film/TheBradyBunch'' after what ''Elisabeth Shue'' did to make fun of ''Series/TheBradyBunch'').

Then her friend Brenda (Creator/PenelopeAnnMiller) (who appeared as Mrs. Elizabeth Louise 'Betty Lou' Perkins in ''The Gun in Betty Lous Handbag'' 6 years later) calls in a panic, having tried to run away from home with just enough money to cover cab fare to the bus station and the cost of a payphone call, and she asks Chris to pick her up in the city. Chris can't leave her charges behind unsupervised, so she takes them and Brad's friend Daryl Coopersmith (Anthony Rapp) along with her. She gets a flat on the highway en route, then realizes she forgot her purse. Things just get more crazy from there.

Then her friend Brenda (Creator/PenelopeAnnMiller) (who later appeared as Mrs. Elizabeth Louise 'Betty Lou' Perkins in ''The Gun In Betty Lous Handbag'') calls in a panic, having tried to run away from home with just enough money to cover cab fare to the bus station and the cost of a payphone call, and she asks Chris to pick her up in the city. Chris can't leave her charges behind unsupervised, so she takes them and Brad's friend Daryl Coopersmith (Anthony Rapp) along with her. She gets a flat on the highway en route, then realizes she forgot her purse. Things just get more crazy from there.

Then her friend Brenda (Creator/PenelopeAnnMiller) (who later appeared as Betty Lou in ''TheGunInBettyLousHandbag'') calls in a panic, having tried to run away from home with just enough money to cover cab fare to the bus station and the cost of a payphone call, and she asks Chris to pick her up in the city. Chris can't leave her charges behind unsupervised, so she takes them and Brad's friend Daryl Coopersmith (Anthony Rapp) along with her. She gets a flat on the highway en route, then realizes she forgot her purse. Things just get more crazy from there.

Then her friend Brenda (Creator/PenelopeAnnMiller) (best known for her appearance as Betty Lou in ''A Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag'') calls in a panic, having tried to run away from home with just enough money to cover cab fare to the bus station and the cost of a payphone call, and she asks Chris to pick her up in the city. Chris can't leave her charges behind unsupervised, so she takes them and Brad's friend Daryl Coopersmith (Anthony Rapp) along with her. She gets a flat on the highway en route, then realizes she forgot her purse. Things just get more crazy from there.

Creator/ChrisColumbus' directing debut, and the first starring role for Shue, this 1987 comedy was also the first PG-13 film released by Creator/{{Disney}} (albeit under the Creator/TouchstonePictures label, to avoid the association with strictly family content) (same goes with ''Creator/{{Paramount}}'' when they released a PG-13 follow-up which is ''Film/TheBradyBunch'' after what it did to make fun of ''Series/TheBradyBunch'')

Creator/ChrisColumbus' directing debut, and the first starring role for Shue, this 1987 comedy was also the first PG-13 film released by Creator/{{Disney}} (albeit under the Creator/TouchstonePictures label, to avoid the association with strictly family content) (same goes with ''Creator/{{Paramount}}'' when they released a PG-13 follow-up which is ''Film/TheBradyBunch'')

Then her friend Brenda (Creator/PenelopeAnnMiller) (best known for her later appearance as Betty Lou in ''A Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag'') calls in a panic, having tried to run away from home with just enough money to cover cab fare to the bus station and the cost of a payphone call, and she asks Chris to pick her up in the city. Chris can't leave her charges behind unsupervised, so she takes them and Brad's friend Daryl Coopersmith (Anthony Rapp) along with her. She gets a flat on the highway en route, then realizes she forgot her purse. Things just get more crazy from there.

Then her friend Brenda (Creator/PenelopeAnnMiller) (best known for her later appearance in ''Film/AGunInBettyLousHandbag'') calls in a panic, having tried to run away from home with just enough money to cover cab fare to the bus station and the cost of a payphone call, and she asks Chris to pick her up in the city. Chris can't leave her charges behind unsupervised, so she takes them and Brad's friend Daryl Coopersmith (Anthony Rapp) along with her. She gets a flat on the highway en route, then realizes she forgot her purse. Things just get more crazy from there.

Then her friend Brenda (Creator/PenelopeAnnMiller) calls in a panic, having tried to run away from home with just enough money to cover cab fare to the bus station and the cost of a payphone call, and she asks Chris to pick her up in the city. Chris can't leave her charges behind unsupervised, so she takes them and Brad's friend Daryl Coopersmith (Anthony Rapp) along with her. She gets a flat on the highway en route, then realizes she forgot her purse. Things just get more crazy from there.

Creator/ChrisColumbus' directing debut, and the first starring role for Shue, this 1987 comedy was also the first PG-13 film released by Creator/{{Disney}} (albeit under the Creator/TouchstonePictures label, to avoid the association with strictly family content) (same goes with ''Creator/Paramount'' when they released a PG-13 follow-up which is ''Film/TheBradyBunch'')

Creator/ChrisColumbus' directing debut, and the first starring role for Shue, this 1987 comedy was also the first PG-13 film released by Creator/{{Disney}} (albeit under the Creator/TouchstonePictures label, to avoid the association with strictly family content).

Creator/ChrisColumbus' directing debut, and the first starring role for Shue, this 1987 comedy was also the first PG-13 film released by Creator/{{Disney}} (albeit under the Creator/TouchstonePictures label, to avoid the association with strictly family content). Same goes with ''Creator/BettyThomas'' and her 1995 movie, ''Film/TheBradyBunchMovie'', because ''Creator/{{Paramount}}'' wanted a PG-13 rating instead of a PG rating due to the reason that it parodied ''Series/TheBradyBunch''.

Creator/ChrisColumbus' directing debut, and the first starring role for Shue, this 1987 comedy was also the first PG-13 film released by Creator/{{Disney}} (albeit under the Creator/TouchstonePictures label, to avoid the association with strictly family content). Same goes with ''Creator/BettyThomas'' and her ''Film/TheBradyBunchMovie'' (because ''Creator/{{Paramount}}'' wanted a PG-13 rating instead of a PG rating due to the reason that it parodied ''Series/TheBradyBunch'').

Creator/ChrisColumbus' directing debut, and the first starring role for Shue, this 1987 comedy was also the first PG-13 film released by Creator/{{Disney}} (albeit under the Creator/TouchstonePictures label, to avoid the association with strictly family content). Same goes with ''Creator/BettyThomas'' and her ''Film/TheBradyBunchMovie'' (because ''Creator/Paramount'' wanted a PG-13 rating instead of a PG rating due to the reason that it parodied ''Series/TheBradyBunch'').

Creator/ChrisColumbus' directing debut, and the first starring role for Shue, this 1987 comedy was also the first PG-13 film released by Creator/{{Disney}} (albeit under the Creator/TouchstonePictures label, to avoid the association with strictly family content).

Chris Parker (Elisabeth Shue) finds herself with nothing to do after her boyfriend breaks off their scheduled date, so she agrees to spend the night babysitting the Andersons' children Sara (Maia Brewton) and Brad (Keith Coogan).

Then her friend Brenda (Penelope Ann Miller) calls in a panic, having tried to run away from home with just enough money to cover cab fare to the bus station and the cost of a payphone call, and she asks Chris to pick her up in the city. Chris can't leave her charges behind unsupervised, so she takes them and Brad's friend Daryl Coopersmith (Anthony Rapp) along with her. She gets a flat on the highway en route, then realizes she forgot her purse. Things just get more crazy from there.

Incidentally, Creator/JohnHughes had absolutely nothing to do with this film, although many mistakenly assume he did due to its teen protagonist, UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} setting, and Hughes's later collaborations with Columbus.