History Film / Flubber

* AlasPoorVillain: Near the end, Philip and Sara witnessed the Flubber flying into Wilson's mouth, and Wilson is forced to eject the Flubber through his ass before passing out from exhaustion, an act that left both Philip and Sara shocked and showing pity for Wilson.

* CreatingLifeIsUnforseen: Weebo was a "glorious accident," and [[KilledOffForReal can't be repaired when she is damaged]]. However, she designed an improved version of herself that shows up at the end. The Flubber itself is far more alive and intelligent than intended.

* SaveTheOrphanage: Brainard's college is in danger of closing down unless he can discover something that he can sell, which leads to his creation of Flubber, which he eventually sells to a car company to create flying cars.

* WaterGunAndBalloons: Dr. Brainerd shows up at the BigBad's house with a water pistol that he says he uses to lower the temperature of the flubber storage tank. [[spoiler:In actual fact, the pistol is filled with a liquid flubber solution.]]

* SmartPeopleBuildRobots: Phillip has not only automated the process of making flapjacks and eggs, but has a robot butler named Webber and a robot secretary named Weebo.

* VillainExitStageLeft: Hoenicker, once Bennett, Smith and Wesson are defeated, escapes his office and tries to flee. Sara stops him with the Flubber before he can get far, sending him sprawling out of a window into a nearby pond.

* BatterUp: Wesson uses Philip's baseball bat to kill Weebo during his and Smith's burglary of Philip's laboratory.

* CharacterDeath: Weebo is critically damaged by Wesson. Philip talks about "downloading her" in order to cheat death, but he doesn't get to it in time so she's KilledOffForReal.

* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: Weebo dies before the climax, thus leaving the LoveTriangle missing a point. It verges on SpurnedIntoSuicide given that she deliberately hid her own blueprints.

* FamousLastWords: When Wesson and Smith burgle Philip's house, Weebo yells ''"Kiss me, big boy!"'' just before Wesson kills her with Philip's baseball bat.

* HisNameIs: Weebo's last action is to flash a mysterious file name up on her screen, which turns out to be the blueprint for her 'daughter'.

* HoverBot: Weebo

* {{Nepotism}}: Hoenicker doesn't like Philip because he gave Bennett a failing grade, resulting in his being dropped from the team.
* NoOneShouldSurviveThat:
** Wesson is repeatedly hit on the head by a BOWLING BALL, either falling from a great height or (in the first instance) moving at an incredible speed.

* RunningGag: The boy keeps seeing Brainard's antics.
* SacrificialLion: Weebo, as she ends up being whacked to death with a baseball bat by Wesson while trying to protect the Flubber from being stolen by Hoenicker. Her death also served as a catalyst for an angry Philip and Sara to rescue Flubber and get even with Hoenicker and his men.

* SocialDarwinist: One of the reasons Wilson claims he is justified in stealing Philip's ideas; because he has the ability to do so and the savvy to make it work. It's also because he's a {{jerkass}} (see previous trope).

* TemptingFate: During the successful wedding, while Philip is carrying out his scientific experiments, he tells Sara, "These chemicals are completely compatible! There is ''no way'' anything... could go wrong!" Then, his home laboratory explodes.
* ThatCameOutWrong: It takes a few tries for the BigBad to elucidate that "give it to him" means handing Philip the squirt gun, rather than squirting him with it.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** The [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Dude, He's Like, In a Coma]] thing is not subtle ''at all''.
** "Go home and play with your rubber." ''We'' know Brainard created Flubber, but Wilson doesn't -- meaning he probably meant something closer to masturbation.

Professor Philip Brainard (Williams), an AbsentMindedProfessor-type searching for an energy-based scientific breakthrough in order to save his college from closing for lack of funding. He stumbles across such a creation in the form of "flying rubber" (the eponymous "flubber"), a physics-defying green rubber-like substance that can somehow both bounce with inexhaustable kinetic energy and defy gravity. With it and the help of his RobotBuddy, Weebo, Brainard hopes to save his college and his relationship with his long-suffering fiancee Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds (Creator/MarciaGayHarden), while fending off an ObviouslyEvil rival Wilson Croft (Creator/ChristopherMcDonald), and his corrupt dean, Chester Hoenicker (Raymond J. Berry), who try to steal Flubber for themselves.

* RelationshipSabotage: Weebo sabotages Brainard's relationship with Sara, among other things deleting their wedding from his schedule to ensure he'll forget about it, in order to keep him to herself.

* {{Jerkass}}: Wilson is shameless about stealing Philip's inventions and and his desire to steal his fiancee.

Professor Philip Brainard (Williams), an AbsentMindedProfessor-type searching for an energy-based scientific breakthrough in order to save his college from closing for lack of funding. He stumbles across such a creation in the form of "flying rubber" (the eponymous "flubber"), a physics-defying green rubber-like substance that can somehow both bounce with inexhaustable kinetic energy and defy gravity. With it and the help of his RobotBuddy, Weebo, Brainard hopes to save his college and his relationship with his long-suffering fiancee Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds (Creator/MarciaGayHarden), while fending off an ObviouslyEvil rival Wilson Croft (Creator/ChristopherMcDonald), his corrupt Dean, Chester Hoenicker (Raymond J. Berry), who try to steal Flubber for themselves.

Since this is not only a live-action Disney film, but a remake of same from the '60s, you know there's a MegaHappyEnding in the offing.

* AdaptationNameChange: In the original films from the 60's, Professor Brainard's first name was Ned. Here, it is Philip.

** Sara jumps on Smith's head, although as he does not get back up after this it is left ambiguous as to whether he is dead or unconscious.

** Considering all of Philip's many faults, how did Sara ever get to the point of marrying him? Considering that she did get to that point, why do they still bug her so much and she does nothing to accommodate them? It isn't until the film's finale that she lets the daughter of Weebo take his place at the wedding to ensure he's there in some form while he works... though this technically means ''he considered his job more important than his own wedding''.

-->'''Weebo''': Uh-oh. (''car plummets'')\

-->'''Weebo''': Oh, no. (''car plummets'')

** Philip when he is about to crash his Thunderbird into the boy's house. Later he and Weebo again discovers that turning off his Thunderbird causes it to fall out of the sky.

** Philip when he is about to crash his Thunderbird into the boy's house. And again when he discovers that turning off his Thunderbird causes it to fall out of the sky.

** Philip's rival, Wilson, who we find out [[spoiler: even works for Hoenicker]] in the end. He not only admits he's been stealing his ideas for his own benefit as a result of that, but outright boasts he now wants to steal his fiancée. In his very first scene he says the following:

Professor Philip Brainard (Williams), an AbsentMindedProfessor-type searching for an energy-based scientific breakthrough in order to save his college from closing for lack of funding. He stumbles across such a creation in the form of "flying rubber" (the eponymous "flubber"), a physics-defying green rubber-like substance that can somehow both bounce with inexhaustable kinetic energy and defy gravity. With it and the help of his RobotBuddy, Weebo, Brainard hopes to save his college and his relationship with his long-suffering fiancee Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds (Creator/MarciaGayHarden), while fending off an ObviouslyEvil rival Wilson Croft (Creator/CristopherMcDonald), his corrupt Dean, Chester Hoenicker (Raymond J. Berry), who try to steal Flubber for themselves.

Professor Philip Brainard (Williams), an AbsentMindedProfessor-type searching for an energy-based scientific breakthrough in order to save his college from closing for lack of funding. He stumbles across such a creation in the form of "flying rubber" (the eponymous "flubber"), a physics-defying green rubber-like substance that can somehow both bounce with inexhaustable kinetic energy and defy gravity. With it and the help of his RobotBuddy, Weebo, Brainard hopes to save his college and his relationship with his long-suffering fiancee Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds (Creator/MarciaGayHarden), while fending off an ObviouslyEvil rival and his corrupt Dean, who try to steal Flubber for themselves.

* RunawayGroom: Brainard skips his own wedding ''three times'' - by simply forgetting to show up. A rare example of the trope where the ''man'' does the leaving and is presented as sympathetic and also rare in that it doesn't present the other party as evil or disposable. Sarah has this scene where she explains to her bridesmaids that "Once is natural, twice is....understandable but ''three times....''" In the end, he ''still'' can't show up to his own wedding. The only reason the wedding happens at all is because they video conference it with Weebo's daughter. At least he remembered to dress for the occasion.

* TemptingFate: During the successful wedding.
-->'''Brainard''':These two chemicals are completely compatible! There is ''no way'' anything...could.. co... wrong! (''Cue explosion'')

* VillainExitStageLeft: Hoenicker, once Bennett, Smith and Wesson are defeated, escapes his office and tries to flee. Sarah stops him with the Flubber before he can get far, sending him sprawling out of a window into a nearby pond.

-->'''Brainard''':These two chemicals are completely compatible! There is ''no way'' anything.. Could.. Go... Wrong! *Cue explosion*

* VillainExitStageLeft: Hoenicker, once Bennett, Smith and Wesson and his two subordinates, escapes his office and tries to flee. Sarah stops him with the Flubber before he can get far, sending him sprawling out of a window into a nearby pond.