History Film / MrMom

* AllJustADream: The SoapWithinAShow part.

* ADayInHerApron: He spends quite a long time in her apron.

* SwappedRoles: Jack and Caroline, right after Jack loses his job.

''Mr. Mom'' is a 1983 American comedy-drama film directed by Stan Dragoti and written by Creator/JohnHughes about a stay-at-home dad. The film stars Creator/MichaelKeaton, Creator/TeriGarr, Creator/ChristopherLloyd, Ann Jillian, Creator/JeffreyTambor, and Creator/MartinMull.

** Interestingly enough, when Caroline is getting Joan out of the house, she doesn't realize that Jack, after a moment of temptation, has already decided, quite firmly, ''not'' to pursue an affair with Joan. As he says to a mirror, "You're not gonna do ''anything.'' [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Because you, my friend, are in love with your wife."]]

* FeigningIntelligence: Jack starts renovating the house and pretends to know what he's doing to impress Ron. When Ron asks him if he's doing the renovations in "two-twenty," Jack clearly has no idea what he's talking about (it's a standard voltage for the wiring). He responds, "Yeah, two-twenty...two-twenty-one. Whatever it takes!" This is, of course, meaningless. (This gets a sort of IronicEcho during the SoapWithinAShow dream where Ron and Caroline visit Jack at the murder scene and says something similar about the type of gun she used on Jack.)

* SecurityBlanket: Jack's younger son, Kenny, carries around a security blanket, which, after a heartfelt talk with his dad, he ends up discarding.
** Jack's flannel shirt, which he started wearing after giving up on finding a new job, is his. Caroline says he's worn it so long, it could stand up on its own.

''Mr. Mom'' is a 1983 American comedy-drama film directed by Stan Dragoti and written by Creator/JohnHughes about a stay-at-home dad. The film stars Creator/MichaelKeaton, Teri Garr, Creator/ChristopherLloyd, Ann Jillian, Creator/JeffreyTambor, and Creator/MartinMull.

''Mr. Mom'' is a 1983 American comedy-drama film directed by Stan Dragoti and written by Creator/JohnHughes about a stay-at-home dad. The film stars Creator/MichaelKeaton, Teri Garr, Creator/ChristopherLloyd, Ann Jillian, Creator/JeffreyTambor, and Martin Mull.

* ADayInHerApron: He spends quite a long time in her apron.

* TheDiaperChange: Jack has his hands full changing Megan's diapers after she eats a can of chili, and Alex and Kenny offer no help.

** Interestingly enough, when Caroline is getting Joan out of the house, she doesn't realize that Jack, after a moment of temptation, has already decided, quite firmly, ''not'' to pursue an affair with Joan. As he says to a mirror, "You're not gonna do ''anything.'' [[HeartwarmingMoment Because you, my friend, are in love with your wife."]]

* FeigningIntelligence: Jack starts renovating the house and pretends to know what he's doing to impress Ron. When Ron asks him if he's doing the renovations in "two-twenty," Jack clearly has no idea what he's talking about (it's a standard voltage for the wiring). He responds, "Yeah, two-twenty...two-twenty-one. Whatever it takes!" This is, of course, meaningless.

* TheBigRace: Ron Richardson hosts a race with himself and his employees as the contestants at his corporate picnics, though Ron always comes out the winner. Jack is challenged to participate in the race, which plays out to the tune of the ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'' theme song.

** And this is played by the same guy who would go on to play Film/{{Batman}}.

* ADayInHerApron

''Mr. Mom'' is a 1983 American comedy-drama film directed by Stan Dragoti and written by Creator/JohnHughes about a stay-at-home dad. The film stars Creator/MichaelKeaton, Teri Garr, Creator/JeffreyTambor, Creator/ChristopherLloyd, and Martin Mull.

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''Mr. Mom'' is a 1983 American comedy-drama film directed by Stan Dragoti and written by Creator/JohnHughes about a stay-at-home dad. The film stars Creator/MichaelKeaton, Teri Garr, Jeffrey Tambor, Creator/ChristopherLloyd, and Martin Mull.

In the film, Jack Butler (played by Michael Keaton) loses his job as an engineer at the Ford Motor Company, which gives his wife Caroline (played by Teri Garr) the opportunity to work as part of an advertising firm. Jack eventually gets used to his new role as a stay-at-home dad taking care of his and Caroline's three children--their two sons, Alex and Kenny, and their daughter, Megan--while Caroline deals with her new boss, Ron Richardson (played by Martin Mull).

* ParodiesOfFire: During the company picnic which includes a short footrace with everyone wearing diving flippers. True to form, the entire race is shown in [[{{Overcrank}} slow-motion]].

* SoapWithinAShow: Stay-at-home dad Jack becomes so addicted to soap operas that he starts dreaming of having an affair with his neighbor Joan, with the situation of him, Joan, and his wife Caroline played out like a soap opera. This leads to a situation where Jack ''almost'' actually has an affair with Joan around the same time that he assumes that Caroline is having one with Ron (which ends up [[SexualExtortion not being the case]]) until Caroline comes home and gets Joan out of their bedroom before anything happens.

* TrainingMontage: an Homage Montage aimed no doubt at ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' has Jack Butler and his housewife neighbors losing weight and fixing up his house to this same tune.
* ViciousVac: "Jaws". Almost devours the woobie!