History Film / NightAtTheMuseum

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* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Creator/AmyAdams plays UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart. Umm... SheCleansUpNicely, but in those pics she could stand to gain a few pounds. The real Earhart also had a prominent tooth gap (which her husband and publicist George Putnam instucted her to hide in promotional portraits), something Adams lacked in her portrayal of the aviatrix.

* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Creator/AmyAdams plays UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart. Umm... SheCleansUpNicely, but in those pics she could stand to gain a few pounds.

* {{Fanservice}}: This being a family movie, there's something for everyone -- Amelia Earhart's really, ''really'' tight pants for people who prefer ladies, to the extent that she's the page image for PaintedOnPants; Ahkmenrah's BareYourMidriff costume for those who prefer men.

In 2020, an animated film with the tentative subtitle ''[[WesternAnimation/NightAtTheMuseumKahmunrahRisesAgain Kahmunrah Rises Again]]'' was announced for Creator/DisneyPlus. It follows Larry's now-grown son Nick, who has hesitantly followed in his father's footsteps as a night guard.

* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: One of the exhibits in the original museum is a Moai, who is very fond of bubble gum.

* TakingTheHeat: Larry does this for [=McPhee=] near the end. As a result of a Hayden disaster at the beginning of the movie (caused by the tablet starting to rust and malfunction), [=McPhee=] is being forced to resign (essentially, being fired) as Museum Curator. However, at the end of the film, once it's determined that [[spoiler:the museum exhibits will no longer come to life]], it's implied that [[spoiler:Larry no longer wants to work at the museum (which is understandable, since it would likely be too painful for him), and as a result, he takes the blame for the incident and resigns in [=McPhee=]'s stead, allowing [=McPhee=] to keep his job]].

* BigShutUp: The Moai does this so Larry could speak to the fighting exhibits.

In 2020, an animated film with the tentative subtitle ''[[WesternAnimation/NightAtTheMuseumKahmunrah Kahmunrah Rises Again]]'' was announced for Creator/DisneyPlus. It follows Larry's now-grown son Nick, who has hesitantly followed in his father's footsteps as a night guard.

In 2020, an animated film with the tentative subtitle ''[[WesternAnimation/NightAtTheMuseumKamunrahRisesAgain Kahmunrah Rises Again]]'' was announced for Creator/DisneyPlus. It follows Larry's now-grown son Nick, who has hesitantly followed in his father's footsteps as a night guard.

In 2020, an animated film with the tentative subtitle ''Kahmunrah Rises Again'' was announced for Creator/DisneyPlus. It follows Larry's now-grown son Nick, who has hesitantly followed in his father's footsteps as a night guard.

* AdamWesting: Creator/HughJackman (Arthur) and Alice Eve (Guinevere), when Lancelot gatecrashes their ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}'' play. [[spoiler:Doubles as ActorAllusion when Hugh Jackman tries threatening Lancelot as [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Wolverine]]. Understandably, Lance doesn't get it. Funnier retroactively because in addition to Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Dan Stevens would go on to play [[Series/{{Legion}} Legion]], and Alice Eve as [[Series/IronFist2017 Typhoid Mary]].]]

* AffablyEvil / FauxAffablyEvil: Kahmunrah. Between his lisp and over the top antics he becomes rather likable. That being said, he tries to kill Larry/have him killed numerous times, and has no qualms about threatening or killing Larry's friends. An earlier draft of the script also had him revealing that he killed Ahkmenrah for the throne.

* FakeUltimateHero: General Custer.

%%** The second movie take it {{up to eleven}}. Just...watch it.

In 2020, an animated film with the tentative subtitle ''Kahmunrah Rises Again'' was announced for Creator/DisneyPlus, to release sometime in 2021. It follows Larry's now-grown son Nick, who has hesitantly followed in his father's footsteps as a night guard.

* BigBad: Kahmunrah

The first film was released on December 22, 2006, written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon of Creator/ComedyCentral's ''Series/{{Reno 911}}'' and MTV's ''Series/TheState'', and directed by Shawn Levy. A new novelization of the screenplay by Leslie Goldman was published as a film tie-in. Larry is a struggling inventor who is trying to bond with his son, so to make ends meet he takes a job as the night guard for the AMNH. He learns from the retiring guards on how to deal with the various exhibits as they come to life because of a magical golden tablet displayed with Egyptian royalty Ahkmenrah. Recognizing the responsibility he has to keep order, he also has to fend off a nefarious plot to plunder the museum of its magic and riches.

** Not so improbable when you find out that these flashlights are useable as weapons by design. They're sturdy and hard and bright enough to be used as a club specifically for people like guards, which makes this more of a case of TruthInTelevision.

''Night at the Museum'' is a series of family comedy films produced by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] and directed by Shawn Levy, starring Creator/BenStiller as Larry Daley, the night guard for the New York American Museum of Natural History, who learns that the exhibits come to life at night. It is based on the 1993 children's book ''The Night at the Museum'' by Milan Trenc.

* TakeThat: At one point Kahmunrah refuses to accept [[Series/SesameStreet Oscar the Grouch]] and [[StarWars Darth Vader]] as accomplices.

* OncePerEpisode: Being miniatures, Jed and Octavius get into hilarious hijinks when they get separated from Larry's group.
** In the first movie, they battle the raging gale... of a decompressing tire. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] as the camera keeps cutting back to a wider view of the area... and the only indication of this "battle" is the ''very'' soft, almost inaudible hiss of air leaving the tire.