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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: David delivers one to Susan while she's swinging from the ladder.



* ComedicUnderwearExposure: The back of Susan's dress rips off, exposing her panties. David tries to cover it up with his hat, but Susan doesn't quite understand what's going on. Once she does, she makes him walk behind her.



* NonIndicativeName: The misleading movie title. Who would have thought that Baby was a leopard. And the story has little to do with any ''bringing up'', unless you count the drive from New York City to Connecticut.

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* NonIndicativeName: The misleading movie title. Who would have thought that Baby was a leopard. leopard? And the story has little to do with any ''bringing up'', unless you count the drive from New York City to Connecticut.



* {{Socialite}}: Susan

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* {{Socialite}}: SusanSusan is a rich heiress who clearly plays golf and goes to fancy restaurants, as well as having an apartment in the city in addition to living at her aunt's in the country.

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* DriverFacesPassenger: Susan hits the chicken-loaded truck because of this trope.



* HollywoodDriving: Susan hits the chicken-loaded truck because of this trope.

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->''"There is a leopard on your roof and it’s my leopard and I have to get it and to get it I have to sing."''

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->''"There is a leopard on your roof and it’s it's my leopard and I have to get it and to get it I have to sing."''



--> '''Susan''': (after breaking a heel off her shoe) I was born on the side of a hill.

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--> '''Susan''': (after '''Susan:''' ''[after breaking a heel off her shoe) shoe]'' I was born on the side of a hill.hill.
* CluckingFunny: Susan rams a chicken truck. Baby winds up having chicken for lunch.



* [[CluckingFunny Everything's Better With Chickens]]: Susan rams a chicken truck. Baby winds up having chicken for lunch.



-->'''Susan:''' "You're ''so'' good looking without your glasses."

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-->'''Susan:''' "You're You're ''so'' good looking without your glasses."



* HaveAGayOldTime: Averted. Cary Grant's [[{{Improv}} improvised]] line "I just went GAY all of a sudden!" may have been the first ''intentional'' use of the word to mean "homosexual" in mainstream film. It doubles as HilariousInHindsight, as Cary Grant is rumored to have been bisexual. We're pretty sure he had a thing with Randolph Scott.

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* HaveAGayOldTime: Averted. Cary Grant's [[{{Improv}} improvised]] {{improv}}ised line "I just went GAY all of a sudden!" may have been the first ''intentional'' use of the word to mean "homosexual" in mainstream film. It doubles as HilariousInHindsight, as Cary Grant is rumored to have been bisexual. We're pretty sure he had a thing with Randolph Scott.

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
** There is no such thing as an intercostal clavicle. There ''can be'' no such thing as an intercostal clavicle. "Intercostal" means "Between the ribs", and the clavicle connects the rib cage to the shoulder girdle.
** ScienceMarchesOn: The clavicle in question comes from a brontosaurus, which, even at the time, was recognized by the scientific community as ''Apatosaurus''.

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
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ArtisticLicensePaleontology: There is no such thing as an intercostal clavicle. There ''can be'' no such thing as an intercostal clavicle. "Intercostal" means "Between the ribs", and the clavicle connects the rib cage to the shoulder girdle.
** ScienceMarchesOn: The clavicle in question comes from a brontosaurus, which, even at the time, was recognized by the scientific community as ''Apatosaurus''.
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* ThePratfall: David slips on an olive Susan dropped and falls really hard on his butt.

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* ThePratfall: David slips on an olive Susan dropped and falls really hard on his butt. ''And'' his hat.

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* TheGlassesComeOff: A rare male example:
-->'''Susan:''' "You're ''so'' good looking without your glasses."



* TheGlassesComeOff: A rare male example:
-->'''Susan:''' "You're ''so'' good looking without your glasses."
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* HilarityEnsues
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->''"There is a leopard on your roof and it’s my leopard and I have to get it [[ItMakesSenseInContext and to get it I have to sing]]."''

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->''"There is a leopard on your roof and it’s my leopard and I have to get it [[ItMakesSenseInContext and to get it I have to sing]].sing."''
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* DeathGlare: David gives Susan several of these, most notably when he ends up with her fishing net over his head.
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* TheGlassesComeOff: A rare male example:
-->'''Susan:''' "You're ''so'' good looking without your glasses."
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* BigWhat: David's reaction when Susan casually informs him that she sent his clothes to be washed while he was in the shower.

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* AchievementsInIgnorance: Susan captures a dangerous leopard and drags it to the police station by its neck, thinking it's Baby (who's tame).



* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: There is no such thing as an intercostal clavicle. There ''can be'' no such thing as an intercostal clavicle. "Intercostal" means "Between the ribs", and the clavicle connects the rib cage to the shoulder girdle.

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
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There is no such thing as an intercostal clavicle. There ''can be'' no such thing as an intercostal clavicle. "Intercostal" means "Between the ribs", and the clavicle connects the rib cage to the shoulder girdle.



* HaveAGayOldTime: Averted. Cary Grant's [[{{Improv}} improvised]] line "I just went GAY all of a sudden!" may have been the first ''intentional'' use of the word to mean "homosexual" in mainstream film.
** Doubles as HilariousInHindsight, as Cary Grant is rumored to have been bisexual. We're pretty sure he had a thing with Randolph Scott.

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* HaveAGayOldTime: Averted. Cary Grant's [[{{Improv}} improvised]] line "I just went GAY all of a sudden!" may have been the first ''intentional'' use of the word to mean "homosexual" in mainstream film.
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film. It doubles as HilariousInHindsight, as Cary Grant is rumored to have been bisexual. We're pretty sure he had a thing with Randolph Scott.



-->'''David:''' You mean...?
-->'''Alice:''' I mean of ''any'' kind, David.
* ShoutOut: When asked whom he pulled a criminal job with, David says "[[MickeyMouse Mickey the Mouse]] and [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Donald the Duck]]."

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-->'''David:''' You mean...?
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I mean of ''any'' kind, David.
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When asked whom he pulled a criminal job with, David says "[[MickeyMouse Mickey the Mouse]] and [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Donald the Duck]]."
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* LovesMeNot: Susan counts it out on the toes of one foot. She should know in advance that it will come out to "He loves me," but she still seems surprised and excited when it does.

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** Hilariously, he's also ''played'' by a jaguar. Why they didn't just say it was a jaguar the whole time is a mystery.
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-->--'''Susan Vance'''

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-->--'''Susan -->-- '''Susan Vance'''
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* NonIndicativeName: The misleading movie title. Who would have thought that Baby was a leopard. And the story has little to do with any ''bringing up''.

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* NonIndicativeName: The misleading movie title. Who would have thought that Baby was a leopard. And the story has little to do with any ''bringing up''.up'', unless you count the drive from New York City to Connecticut.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Because I just went ''gay'' all of a sudden!"
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* HaveAGayOldTime: Averted. Cary Grant's [[Improv}} improvised]] line "I just went GAY all of a sudden!" may have been the first ''intentional'' use of the word to mean "homosexual" in mainstream film.

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* HaveAGayOldTime: Averted. Cary Grant's [[Improv}} [[{{Improv}} improvised]] line "I just went GAY all of a sudden!" may have been the first ''intentional'' use of the word to mean "homosexual" in mainstream film.
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* HaveAGayOldTime: Averted. Cary Grant's [[[[Improv}} improvised]] line "I just went GAY all of a sudden!" may have been the first ''intentional'' use of the word to mean "homosexual" in mainstream film.

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* HaveAGayOldTime: Averted. Cary Grant's [[[[Improv}} [[Improv}} improvised]] line "I just went GAY all of a sudden!" may have been the first ''intentional'' use of the word to mean "homosexual" in mainstream film.
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* SexlessMarriage: David's fiancée, Alice, impresses on him that their marriage will be centered around his work and "must entail no domestic entanglements of any kind".

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* SexlessMarriage: David's fiancée, Alice, impresses on him that their marriage will be centered around his their work and "must entail no domestic entanglements of any kind".

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* SexlessMarriage: What David appears to be in for with his fiancée.

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* SexlessMarriage: What David appears to David's fiancée, Alice, impresses on him that their marriage will be in for with centered around his fiancée.work and "must entail no domestic entanglements of any kind".
-->'''David:''' You mean...?
-->'''Alice:''' I mean of ''any'' kind, David.
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* SexlessMarriage: What David appears to be in for with his fiancée.

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* ClothingDamage: To David's coat and then Susan's dress in the nightclub scene.



* ClothingDamage: To David's coat and then Susan's dress in the nightclub scene.
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* ClothingDamage: To David's coat and then Susan's dress in the nightclub scene.
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* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: Happens to David when he is under the shower and Susan steals his clothes to have them cleaned in town. Leads to David perform an UnplannedCrossdressing.
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* {{Adorkable}}: David is a young, handsome, yet nerdy and somewhat ditzy scientists.
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* AccidentalPervert: The sheriff mistakes David for a [[ThePeepingTom PeepingTom]] when they catch him in front of the doctor's house.

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* AccidentalPervert: The sheriff mistakes David for being a [[ThePeepingTom PeepingTom]] when they catch him in front of the doctor's house.
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* AccidentalPervert: The sheriff mistakes David for a [[ThePeepingTom PeepingTom]] when they catch him in front of the doctor's house.


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* HairpinLockpick: Susan picks her cell lock with a hairpin. Lampshaded, when she mentions that she has done it before.
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The gist of the plot takes place over the course of two days.

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* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: The sheriff falling for David's lame "Mickey the Mouse and Donald the Duck" story.


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* SarcasmBlind: The sheriff falling for David's lame "Mickey the Mouse and Donald the Duck" story.

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