History Film / ManOfTheHouse1995

** Jack's objective is to prove to a mistrustful Ben that he can be this. he succeeds in the end.

* TheyDo: Jack and Sandy get married in the end.

* TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily: Joey Renda and his goons come across as this. After the brake tampering fails, their actions come across as comical rather than menacing.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The Indian Guides are a real organization, and the movie accurately depicts their activities. They do not, however, fight mobsters.

** Seeing Ben upset at his decision to quit Indian Guides after getting in trouble at work, Jack goes to try to talk further with the boy. At this point, he overhears Ben talking to Darryl on the phone, bragging about the success of his plan to break up Sandy and Jack. Rather than give up, Jack doubles down on his attempts to win Ben over, seeking advice from Chet (who is Norman's stepfather and went through the same experience) and enlisting the aid of Chief Red Crow.

* TokenBlackFriend: Darryl to Ben. He 's established as Ben's best friend from the beginning and, in one scene, they hang out at the arcade. When Ben tries to get rid of Jack, Darryl gives encouragement. However, he doesn't really get any development, and the only thing we know about him is that he ''really'' doesn't like the idea of camping out under the stars.

** It is heavily implied that Darryl's father is out of the picture, as Darryl seems to know a lot about the perils of moms who date and how to get rid of their boyfriends.

* CallBack: The film begins with young Ben seeing his dad waving good-bye as he drives away with his mistress, abandoning him and his mother. When the Indian Guide tribe leave for white water rafting without him, the driver waves to Ben, making him flashback to his dad leaving him, and combined with Jack being a no-show, brought him to tears.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Direct references to sex, an alleged squirrel named Numb Nuts, and the EmbarrassingNickname of Squatting Dog -- all in a ''Disney movie''?

'''''Man of the House''''' is a 1995 film about an eleven-year-old boy, Ben Archer (played by Jonathan Taylor Thomas), who has been raised by his mother (played by Creator/FarrahFawcett) since he was five, when his father left with his secretary. Since then, it has been just the two of them, and Ben has been the eponymous "man of the house."

!! Provides Examples of:

* BlackBestFriend: Darryl is this to Ben. Early in the film, he shares Ben's wariness of Jack and supports Ben's schemes to break up Jack and Sandy.

* InternalReveal: Seeing Ben upset at his decision to quit Indian Guides after getting in trouble at work, Jack goes to try to talk further with the boy. At this point, he overhears Ben talking to Darryl on the phone, bragging about the success of his plan to break up Sandy and Jack. Rather than give up, Jack doubles down on his attempts to win Ben over, seeking advice from Chet (who is Norman's stepfather and went through the same experience) and enlisting the aid of Chief Red Crow.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Direct references to sex, an alleged squirrel named Numb Nuts, and the EmbarrassingNickname of Squatting Dog -- all in a Disney movie?

* {{Manchild}}: Chet Bronski, Norman's dad and the chief of the Indian Guides tribe, is a big kid and a positive example of this trope, as Ben [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] in the end.

* DisappearedDad: Ben's dad deserted the family when Ben was five.

* [[GoodStepmother Good Stepfather]]: Jack's objective is to prove to a mistrustful Ben that he can be this. he succeeds in the end.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Of the emotional rather than the physical variety. After Ben's stunt with the war paint gets Jack in trouble at work, Jack tells Ben that they have to quit the Indian Guides. Ben acts upset, but this is the payoff for his entire scheme.

* BlackBestFriend: Darryl is this to Ben.