History Film / BigBug

* [[spoiler: DivorceIsTemporary]]: [[spoiler: Alice and Victor get back together at the end of the film while Jennifer leaves with Max]].

* AManIsAlwaysEager: Sort of subverted, as pretty much all the characters, men or women, start to get unreasonably promiscious as the plot goes on.
** Max, however, was only in it for the sex to begin with when it comes to his relationship with Alice.

* {{Newspeak}}: Leo speaks that way, sometimes ending his sentence with "-vaxx" or adding unnecessary made-up prefixes in his words.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Averted. Despite huge coincidences with the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and the lockdowns that came with it (there's even the mention of a "COVID-50" at the end of the film), the film was written back in 2018 and Creator/JeanPierreJeunet didn't mean to predict anything.

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Monique appears as such, until you hear her voice or see her cooking.
** Later on, the house bots attempt to act as human as possible. They read their books, learn about their humour and realize that humans are defined by their flaws, giving them the confidence that they're not robots. [[spoiler: Before Monique sacrificed herself to save Alice from the Yonyx bot's laser, she downloaded an empathy mod inside her system]].

* ShowWithinAShow: "Homo Ridiculus" is a TV show where Yonyx bots put humans in ridiculous settings where they're forced to act as animals.

* SlasherSmile: The Yonyx bots often bear one.

Written four years prior to its release, ''Big Bug'' didn't find any investment until Netflix agreed to finance the film.

* ButtBrand: On an episode of "Homo Ridiculus", Yonyx bots put one on a human dressed as cattle.

** [[spoiler: How the Yonyx bots managed to wipe out their own kind. After one of them made a mistake issuing death warrants to all hostile humans through a computer, all bots are now on a death warrant and are killed by their own drone]].

* CombiningMecha: [[spoiler: Monique gets killed by the Yonyx box and later has her head replaced with Einstein's. He is now capable to do maid tasks on top of entertaining people with his knowledge]].

* DoAnythingRobot: Monique is capable to fill any maid task while Einstein is the best robot for discussion or games.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Monique stands in the Yonyx way when he is about to shoot down Alice with his laser]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The Yonyx bot decides to lower down the AC's level to freezing temperatures. It turns out to be an advantage for the humans since the Yonyx bot had his vision damaged and can't see a human if it emits no warmth. After covering themselves in frozen clothing, the humans gang up on the Yonyx]].

* LongLived: According to the analysis of Nestor, Françoise is expected to live until the ripe old age fo 112.

* AndThisIsFor: [[spoiler: Françoise kicks down a dead Yonyx, saying "This is for Greg." before [[AgonyOfTheFeet hurting her feet by kicking it against metal]].]]

** "We'll have fun together.", said by Einstein [[and Monique, when she takes Einsein's place as a severed head]].

* BigShutUp: Alice shouts one to the big advertising drone. It is so big that the drone drifts away and explodes.

* FadeOut: Most scenes with a fade to black.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The Yonyx decides to lower down the AC's level to freezing temperatures. It turns out to be an advantage for the humans since the Yonyx bot had his vision damaged and can't see a human if it emits no warmth. After covering themselves in frozen clothing, the humans gang up on the Yonyx]].

* IFightForTheStrongestSide: Played in an opportunistic manner with [[spoiler: Jennifer after seeing the Yonyx bot take down two other bots with his laser ray. She tells him about how she supports the Yonyx project]].

* MachineMonotone: Monique's voice almost sounds synthesized..

* {{Newspeak}}: Leo speaks that way, sometimes ending his sentence with "-vaxx" or adding unnecessary prefixes in his words.

* PracticalEffects: All the bots who aren't played by actors were built for the film, Einstein being the most complex to build.

--> '''Tom''': ''You kept your baby robot ?''

** Alice quotes Sarah Bernhardt at the beginning of the film.

** The house robots start to read old literature and start to quote famous passages.

* HeroicSacrifice: Monique stands in the Yonyx way when he is about to shoot down Alice.

* HumiliationConga: Inverted. The Yonyx humiliate humans through a TV show called "Homo Ridiculus" where they're treated as animals. [[spoiler: Later in the film, the Yonyx bot forces the humans to act in a circus-themed episode of the show]].
* ILied: [[spoiler: Max turns out to work in property instead of being an artistic agent]].

* {{Jerkass}}: Max. He acknowledges it by saying he is an "elite piece of shit"

* RobotNames: The Yonyx bot is precisely named "Yonyx Z-7389-X-AB2".

* ArcWords: "We'll have fun together."

* IntimateHealing: How our characters try to warm up while the AC gets colder and colder.

* POVCam: Some scenes are viewed through the eyes of Monique.

** Nina has a soft spot for Tom, her old toy robot

** Einstein was specifically built for entertainment or distraction purposes, although he can also be an advisor:

* DoubleVision: All the Yonyx bots are played by one actor: François Levantal.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Averted. Despite huge coincidences with the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and the lockdowns that came with it (there's even the mention of a "COVID-45" at the end of the film), the film was written back in 2018 and Creator/JeanPierreJeunet didn't mean to predict anything.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Françoise has 8 clones of her dog Toby. If one of them dies, she brings up a new one.

** Einstein is named after (and looks like) the German scientist.

Set in the year 2050, the story takes place in the suburb where Alice lives with her daughter Nina and the many mechas which serve as maids or entertainment (Monique who helps with the cooking and cleaning, and Einstein who shares his wide knowledge and plays games). She is visited by many people such as Max, the flirtacious representative of an artistic agency (accompanied by his son Leo) and Victor, Alice's ex-husband who is setting to go on a vacation with his new companion Jennifer. After Alice's neighbor Françoise arrives, the house gets locked. The uprise of androids named Yonix has happened, which has led Alice's house to switch to a defensive parameter. Things get awry as the inhabitants start to get impatient and will try anything to get out.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Nestor, the AI of the house who forces a lockdown, is viewed as such by the humans [[spoiler: until we find out that it is actually trying to protect them from the Yonix bots outside]].
* AlliterativeTitle: '''''B'''i'''g''' '''B'''u'''g'''''.

** [[spoiler: How the Yonix bots managed to wipe out their own kind. After one of them made a mistake issuing death warrants through a computer, all bots are now on a death warrant and kill each other]].
** Einstein's intelligence can be parametered by his owner's will. Victor often decides to lower down his level to 0 before attempting to do something risky against the bots.

* DoubleVision: All the Yonix bots are played by one actor: François Levantal.
* FakeOutOpening: The film starts with a sequence of "Homo Ridiculus", a show where the Yonix bots humiliate humans. After fireworks spell out the film's title, it cuts to Leo who was watching the show on a screen.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The Yonix decides to lower down the AC's level to freezing temperatures. It turns out to be an advantage for the humans since the Yonix bot had his vision damaged and can't see a human if it emits no warmth. After covering themselves in frozen clothing, the humans gang up on the Yonix]].

* ILied: [[spoiler: Max turns out to be a surgeon instead of an artistic agent]].

* ShowWithinAShow: "Homo Ridiculus" is a TV show where Yonix bots put humans in ridiculous settings where they're forced to act as animals.
* SignatureLaugh: Monique has a delayed laugh which could be typical to a robot.
* SlasherSmile: The Yonix bots often bear one.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: The Yonix bots have taken over the world in an incredibly fast pace.

''Big Bug'' (stylized ''[=BigBug=]'') is a 2021 ScienceFiction {{Comedy}} directed by Creator/JeanPierreJeunet. It was released on {{Creator/Netflix}}, 9 years after his previous film ''T.S. Pivet''. It stars Elsa Zylberstein, Stéphane De Grodt, Claude Perron and Isabelle Nanty.

* TheCameo: Creator/AlbertDupontel appears as a man who accidently kills people (and himself) with his abusive prothestetic arm.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Averted. Despite huge coincidences with the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and the lockdowns that came with it (there's even the mention of a "COVID-45" at the end of the film), the film was written back in 2018 and Creator/JeanPierreJeunet didn't predict anything.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Averted. Despite huge coincidences with the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and the lockdowns that came with it (there's even the mention of a "COVID-45" at the end of the film), the film was written back in 2018 and Creator/JeanPierreJeunet didn't predict anything (in fact, he was inspired by

''Big Bug'' (stylized ''[=BigBug=]'') is a 2021 ScienceFiction comedy directed by Creator/JeanPierreJeunet. It was released on Netflix, 9 years after his previous film ''T.S. Pivet''. It stars Elsa Zylberstein, Stéphane De Grodt

* AManIsEager: Sort of subverted, as pretty much all the characters, men or women, start to get unreasonably promiscious as the plot goes on.