History Film / LookWhosTalking

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* ExcitedShowTitle: Not used in the actual film, but much of the advertising rendered the title as ''Look Who's Talking Now!'' complete with a pawprint as the dot in the exclamation point.

It was followed by two sequels. ''Look Who's Talking Too'' (1990) added Creator/RoseanneBarr as the voice of Mikey's newborn sister Julie and Creator/DamonWayans as the voice of Mikey's best friend Eddie. In ''Look Who's Talking Now'' (1993), the children have grown to speaking age and so we see things instead from the new dogs of the Ubriacco family, Rocks (Creator/DannyDeVito) and Daphne (Creator/DianeKeaton). They didn't fare as well as the first one, with the first sequel even getting two Razzie nominations. Also spawned a short-lived SpiritualSuccessor sitcom, ''Baby Talk'', which ran for two seasons from 1991-1992. While the sitcom was a different continuity and none of the film's characters appear, the characters were created by Amy Heckerling, who wrote and directed the first film.

->'''Mikey''': So they come in different sizes? [[GagBoobs What are these? Jumbos?]]\\

* ProductPlacement: Mikey and Julie watch a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb56pNlkk-I commercial]] about the Franchise/GIJoe Retaliator and Cobra Hammerhead. Both babies want the latter, before Mikey tells her it's not for girls.

* LostInTranslation:
** When James stops by Mollie's to say a last goodbye to Mikey, Mollie comes in a few moments later; Mikey's new babysitter Lupe tries to tell her in Spanish that James is there.
--->'''Lupe''': El senor esta en el cuarto con el bebe. ''[He's in the room with the baby]''
--->'''Mollie''': ''[confused]'' Oh, ok, I'll write you a check.
--->''[Lupe also confused]''
** This also happens between James and an orderly when he checks his grandfather into the rest home; James gives the orderly a bag of candy instructing his grandfather gets one a day, but the latter eventually scores the whole stash. The director of the home tells Mollie that the orderly, who said "No problem" when instructed, didn't understand James at all.
--->'''Director''': Bill always says "No problem". That's all he ''can'' say, the man can't speak English.

* BabyTalk: Molly's mother speaks this way to Mikey, who thinks it means she's gone nuts.

* ButWeUsedACondom: Mollie has a diaphragm, it just doesn't seem to do her any good. The sequel shows one of the sperm sliding past it.

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-->'''Albert:''' Mollie, I'll burst if I don't kiss you soon.\\
'''Mollie''' (in an ImagineSpot): Tough.\\
'''Albert:''' *[[YourHeadAsplode head explodes]]*

* DarkerAndEdgier: For one thing, Mikey has to save Julie from an apartment fire.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Look Who's Talking Now'' has the family encounter a pack of wolves.

* DrugsCauseSlowMotion: Mollie gets an epidural before delivering Mikey. He is shown in the womb been woozy, talking slower than usual, and being fascinated by his hand, which he watches while slowly moving it in front of his face.

!!Tropes:

** In the third film, Mollie is reduced to working as an elf in a mall Santa display, sporting a gigantic pair of pointed ears. When some kids ask what she's supposed to be, she snarls "I'm a Vulcan! Wanna see my ''death grip''?" Kirstie Alley's first movie role was playing the Vulcan Saavik in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''.
** In the first film, Mikey is being strolled down the sidewalk to the tune of "[[Film/SaturdayNightFever Staying Alive]]"

** When Julie is born at the end of the first film, she was voiced by Creator/JoanRivers. She asks Mikey, "Can we talk?"
* BabiesEverAfter: More of a case of BookEnds, given the story ''starts'' with a baby, But the first movie ends with the birth of Julie, Mikey's younger sister.

* BetterThanSex: When Mikey first uses the toilet in the sequel, James remarks that the pride he feels is "better than money, better than airplanes," but he's hesitant to agree when Mollie proclaims that it feels better than sex.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Zigzagged with Mikey and Julie. Upon hearing that he's going to be a big brother, he fantasizes about taking care of his baby sister and protecting her from punk toddlers. However, her snotty attitude and constant crying after she's born changes his mind and he constantly insults her and even destroys her favorite toy. He later comes around to love her, and even [[spoiler:pushes her out of their burning apartment]].
* BookEnds: Downplayed. The first film opens with a scene of sperm fertilizing an egg to show Mikey's conception, and the last scene of the film begins with a shorter scene of sperm fertilizing an egg before showing Mikey's newborn sister.
* ButWeUsedACondom: Mollie has a diaphragm, it just doesn't seem to do her any good. The sequel shows one of the sperm sliding past it.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Look Who's Talking, Too!'' For one thing, Mikey has to save Julie from an apartment fire. And ''Look Who's Talking Now'' has the family encounter a pack of wolves.

* DemotedToExtra: Mikey and Julie in ''Look Who's Talking Now'', which focus on dogs.

* EskimosArentReal: Somewhat averted in ''Look Who's Talking Too''. Baby Mikey is sitting awake at night scared. He lists various things he's worried about, and that they aren't real. This includes monsters, ghosts, witches, and dinosaurs. He knows that one of them ''used'' to be real, but can't remember which. Justified, since he is a baby.

* InfantSiblingJealousy: Mikey doesn't get along with Julie in the second movie, though in this case, she gets to [[SnarkToSnarkCombat snap right back at him]]. He even blames her for their parents' marital problems and destroys her favorite toy. Mikey later realizes how mean he was being and apologizes to Julie.

* MockingSingSong: In ''Look Who's Talking Too'', the egg cell goes "neener neener neener" to the swarm of sperm cells when they find themselves blocked off from access to her by a diaphragm.

* PottyDance: In the sequel, Mikey thinks that he just has to pee by jumping up and down, and results in PottyFailure a bit later.
* PottyFailure: Happens to Mikey at one time in the sequel. Finally averted a little later when he decides to use the toilet all by himself without any trouble.

* ShoutOut:
** In the sequel, while Mollie and Julie try to make themselves perfect in their makeup montage, "I Enjoy Being a Girl" from ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong'' (the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein musical that's based on the novel by C.Y. Lee) plays in the background.
** Also, in the sequel, the cartoon that Mikey and Julie are trying to watch is "WesternAnimation/MinnieTheMoocher" (you know, the cartoon that has the titular song by Music/CabCalloway, and whose scene includes prisoners being led to electric chairs while singing "Eye-dee-eye-dee-eye-dee-eye-dee-eye-dee-eye-dee-eye... Eee-dee-eee-dee-eee-dee-eee-dee-eee-dee-eee-dee-eee..." you know how that goes...).

* StrawCharacter: Molly's brother, representing everything a New Yorker should ''not'' believe.
* StrayingBaby: During the climax of the first film, Mikey wanders into a car being towed and ends up in the ''middle of New York City traffic.'' Mollie and James are terrified. Mikey, not so much.
* TimeSkip: The first film has Mikey aging a couple of years using a TimeCompressionMontage.
* ToiletTrainingPlot: Part of the second film is about toilet training Mikey.

* EasilyForgiven: Mollie comes home from her disastrous date with a fellow accountant angry at James for sabotaging it (James told him Mollie is "liberated", insistent on paying for everything and not liking doors opened for her, etc.), but melts at the sight of James and Mikey asleep on the couch.

** When James stops by Mollie's to say a last goodbye to Mikey, Mollie comes in a few moments later; Mikey's new babysitter Lupe tries to tell her in Spanish James is there.

'''Mikey''': Yeah. Lunch!

'''Mikey:''' Yeah. Lunch!

* WhatTheHellHero: James calling out Mollie's decision to get pregnant with a married man's child and calling it irresponsible. He's the first to point out how hypocritical she comes off sometimes.

* AdultFear: James and Mollie freak when Mikey wanders off towards the end of the movie, even more so when they see him walking in a busy street. Mollie is also scared when she wakes up from a nap and Mikey is gone, unaware James took him to work while she slept.

* PrecisionFStrike: Molly's demonic '''FUCK MY BREATHING!''' during her labor.

-->'''Lupe''': El senor esta en el cuarto con el bebe. ''[He's in the room with the baby]''
-->'''Mollie''': ''[confused]'' Oh, ok, I'll write you a check.
-->''[Lupe also confused]''

-->'''Director''': Bill always says "No problem". That's all he ''can'' say, the man can't speak English.

* LostInTranslation: When James stops by Mollie's to say a last goodbye to Mikey, Mollie comes in a few moments later; Mikey's new babysitter Lupe tries to tell her in Spanish James is there.

It was followed by two sequels. ''Look Who's Talking Too'' (1990) added Creator/RoseanneBarr as the voice of Mikey's newborn sister Julie and [[Creator/TheWayansFamily Damon Wayans]] as the voice of Mikey's best friend Eddie. In ''Look Who's Talking Now'' (1993), the children have grown to speaking age and so we see things instead from the new dogs of the Ubriacco family, Rocks (Creator/DannyDeVito) and Daphne (Creator/DianeKeaton). They didn't fare as well as the first one, with the first sequel even getting two Razzie nominations. Also spawned a short-lived SpiritualSuccessor sitcom, ''Baby Talk'', which ran for two seasons from 1991-1992. While the sitcom was a different continuity and none of the film's characters appear, the characters were created by Amy Heckerling, who wrote and directed the first film.

* InstantBirthJustAddWater: Subverted, but Jimmy believes the trope to be true. Jimmy starts driving like a mad man when he finds out his fare (Mollie) is in labor, and doubles down on the madness when her water breaks. She yells at him to calm down and drive safe, the first stages of labor can take hours. He replies that the ''traffic'' in that area of town can take hours as well. Mollie was right, they get to the hospital in plenty of time.