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* DisproportionateRetribution: Tia lies to Chanice about how Uncle Buck is cheating on her with another woman, just so she can spite him for the petty crime of embarrassing her at school and chasing away Bug for her own well-being. Partly justified, as Tia's just a teenager and has a self-centered worldview where her only concern is what little social life she has at her new school.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Tia lies to Chanice about how Uncle Buck is cheating on her with another woman, just so she can spite him for the petty crime of embarrassing her at school and chasing away Bug for her own well-being. Partly justified, as Tia's just a teenager and has a self-centered worldview where her only concern is what little social life she has at her new school. [[spoiler:She apologises to Buck for this later on.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear [[spoiler: what exactly happened between Bug and Tia at the WildTeenParty; we just know that it ended with Tia leaving the house crying to wander the streets alone. She tells Buck that "everything you said would happen, happened," but doesn't go into more detail. It's possible that Tia refused to have sex with Bug, prompting him to kick her out, or--even worse--that he date-raped her, as he's seen doing with another girl at the same party, but the specifics are deliberately left uncertain.]]
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* AnnoyingLaugh: Bug's lets out an ''incredibly irritating'' one when he first insults Buck. Buck mocks his laugh while threating him.
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* AnnoyingLaugh: Bug's Bug lets out an ''incredibly irritating'' one when he first insults Buck. Buck mocks his laugh while threating him.
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* ForeignRemake: In 1991, ''Uncle Buck'' would recieve a Malayalam-language remake titled ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Bun Uncle Bun]]''.
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* ForeignRemake: In 1991, ''Uncle Buck'' would recieve receive a Malayalam-language remake titled ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Bun Uncle Bun]]''.
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* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: The kids wouldn't be out of place if they were in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
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* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: The kids wouldn't be out of place if they were in an episode of WesternAnimation/SouthPark.
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* BadassBoast: Upon Buck rejecting him, Pooter the Clown rants "Hey... I don't have to take any shit from you. Know who I am? In the field of local live home entertainment '''''[[AGodAmI I'M A GOD!!]]'''''"
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* HeelRealization: Buck is close to tears when he realizes he can't take a couple of kids to the racetrack, and he ''has'' to go after Tia and keep her safe from Bug.
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* GiantFood: For Miles' birthday, Buck makes a stack of pancakes which are nearly three feet in diameter for breakfast, and has to use a ''snow shovel'' to flip them!
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* GiantFood: For Miles' birthday, Buck makes a stack of pancakes which are nearly three feet in diameter for breakfast, and has to use a ''snow shovel'' to flip them!them! He also has about twenty pounds of bratwurst for the breakfast sausage.
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* IgnoreTheDisability: Buck introducing himself as "Buck Melanoma, Moley Russell's wart."
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* IgnoreTheDisability: Buck introducing himself as "Buck Melanoma, Moley Russell's wart."" in response to her vice principal's very large mole.
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: Tia insists Buck's all talk with his long threat to come after Bug with a hatchet if he messes with Tia, only for Buck to reveal he really does keep a hatchet in the trunk of his car.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Pal hits on Tia at the bowling alley. He's such a loser that he shows up with a black eye and a cut lip. He thinks a good compliment is to tell Tia she looks firm.
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* CordonBleughChef: Don't eat Buck's breakfast. Although it's never actually stated that it's ''bad''... Tia turns it down because she's being a bitch, and Miles seems shocked to see something different (an appropriately kidlike reaction). The sole mentioned aspect of it is that he put onions in the scrambled eggs (which isn't ''overly'' gross, but most kids would certainly be put off by it).
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* CordonBleughChef: Don't eat Buck's breakfast. Although it's never actually stated that it's ''bad''... Tia turns it down because she's being a bitch, and Miles seems shocked to see something different (an appropriately kidlike reaction). The sole mentioned aspect of it is that he put onions in the scrambled eggs (which isn't ''overly'' gross, but most kids would certainly be put off by it). Take a look at the toaster while he's washing dishes and talking on the phone with Chanice; he ruined some toast.
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** A few minutes later, Buck does an extended beat when Tia asks if anyone ever embarrassed him like this. ... ... ... "No."
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* BlackSheep: Buck recognizes that he's a habitual loser whose been cut out of his family and is working hard at losing his girlfriend, the only good thing he really has going for him. He's a drunk, he's a gambler, he's a one-time playboy... and he's got nothing to show for any of it. Getting to take care of his nieces and nephew really lets him turn things around.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Tia Russell.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Tia Russell. She ''hates'' that the family moved to the suburbs and cost her her friends and is acting out in all the teen girl ways. She's partying, DatingWhatDaddyHates, and throwing hard snark at her parents.
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* AsideGlance: Upon seeing the massive pancakes Buck made for his birthday (and hearing about the toast that Buck "couldn't get through the door"), Miles gives the camera a smile of bewilderment.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Buck drops an expensive plate. Obviously it'll shatter into a million pieces, right? Wrong. It stays in one piece until Buck mumbles "[[TemptingFate Unbreakable, huh?]]" and whacks it against the piano.
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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitch:
** As part of his EstablishingCharacterMoment, when Chanice starts expressing her doubts that Buck (for once) will actually show up at her auto-shop the next morning, Buck tells her honestly that if he could even ''think'' of an excuse that she would believe... he would use it.
** Buck drops an expensive plate. Obviously it'll shatter into a million pieces, right? Wrong. It stays in one piece until Buck mumbles "[[TemptingFate Unbreakable, huh?]]" and whacks it against the piano.
** As part of his EstablishingCharacterMoment, when Chanice starts expressing her doubts that Buck (for once) will actually show up at her auto-shop the next morning, Buck tells her honestly that if he could even ''think'' of an excuse that she would believe... he would use it.
** Buck drops an expensive plate. Obviously it'll shatter into a million pieces, right? Wrong. It stays in one piece until Buck mumbles "[[TemptingFate Unbreakable, huh?]]" and whacks it against the piano.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes / BewareTheSillyOnes: Buck appears at first to be a fat, friendly goof; but mess with his nieces/nephew and you better start quivering...
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* BewareTheNiceOnes / BewareTheSillyOnes: Buck appears at first to be a fat, friendly goof; but mess with his nieces/nephew nieces and nephew and you better start quivering...
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The film poster (as seen on the page image) depicts Buck coming for a visit with the family trying to keep him out, when in fact, it was the family that called him over to watch the kids.
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* NeverMyFault: Or "My Dog's Fault" in this case. According to Miles, Mr. Neville's dog sniffed his friend's balls, and Mr. Neville yelled at ''his friend''.
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* ScyllaAndCharybdis: Buck gets this after Tia sneaks off to a party. He can either take Miles and Maizy to a rigged horse race that will set him for the upcoming year, or he can forgo the race in order to spare his nephew and niece the potential harm they might witness. Ultimately, he chooses his family.
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* TheUnReveal: We never ''do'' see the toast on Miles' birthday.
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* AnnoyingLaugh: Bug's lets out an ''incredibly irritating'' one when he first insults Buck. Buck mocks his laugh while threating him.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Buck drops an expensive plate. Obviously it'll shatter into a million pieces, right? Wrong. It stays in one piece[[spoiler:, until Buck mumbles "[[TemptingFate Unbreakable, huh?]]" and whacks it against the piano]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: Buck drops an expensive plate. Obviously it'll shatter into a million pieces, right? Wrong. It stays in one piece[[spoiler:, piece until Buck mumbles "[[TemptingFate Unbreakable, huh?]]" and whacks it against the piano]].piano.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: Try not to bob your head along to Buck's, especially the nice long section of it you get as he walks into the elementary school. I dare you.
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%% * {{Leitmotif}}: Try not to bob your head along to Buck's, especially the nice long section of it you get as he walks into the elementary school. I dare you.
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* SlasherSmile: Just look at the picture, for God's sake.
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* SlasherSmile: Just look at the picture, page image, for God's sake.
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: What does Tia see in Bug, anyway? Somewhat justified in that AllGirlsWantBadBoys and she's rebelling against her parents.
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: What does Buck asks Tia see this after they let Bug go, wondering why on Earth she would be interested in Bug, anyway? Somewhat justified in that AllGirlsWantBadBoys a a-hole like him. Tia's too busy laughing to answer and she's rebelling against her parents.Buck drops the question.
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* KarmaHoudini: Aside from finding out her "boyfriend" was only with her to try and have sex with her and getting dumped for not putting out, Tia gets no real punishment for being so shitty to her family for most of the movie.
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Spawned a sequel TV sitcom that premiered in September 1990 on CBS, starring Creator/KevinMeaney as Buck, who becomes guardian of the three children after their parents are killed in a car accident. Panned by critics, it didn't even finish its first season before being cancelled, after airing only 16 of 22 filmed episodes. A second TV sitcom premiered in 2016 on ABC, this time with an all-black cast in an attempt to ride the coattails of ''Series/BlackIsh''. This version was also panned by critics and only lasted 8 episodes.
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Spawned a sequel TV sitcom that premiered in September 1990 on CBS, Creator/{{CBS}}, starring Creator/KevinMeaney as Buck, who becomes guardian of the three children after their parents are killed in a car accident. Panned by critics, it didn't even finish its first season before being cancelled, after airing only 16 of 22 filmed episodes. A second TV sitcom premiered in 2016 on ABC, this time with an all-black cast in an attempt to ride the coattails of ''Series/BlackIsh''. This version was also panned by critics and only lasted 8 episodes.
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* ForeignRemake: In 1991, ''Uncle Buck'' would recieve a Malayalam-language remake titled ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Bun Uncle Bun]]''.
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* BookEnds: At the beginning of the film, Maisy grouses at Tia for swearing, [[spoiler:and at the tail end of the film before he's about to leave the Russel house, Buck accidentally sends tons of hanging cookware tumbling to the floor, at which point he cries "[[PrecisionFStrike Shit!]]"]]
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* BookEnds: {{Bookends}}: At the beginning of the film, Maisy grouses at Tia for swearing, [[spoiler:and at the tail end of the film before he's about to leave the Russel house, Buck accidentally sends tons of hanging cookware tumbling to the floor, at which point he cries "[[PrecisionFStrike Shit!]]"]]
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The title character in this 1989 Creator/JohnHughes picture is Buck Russell, a fun-loving, unemployed slob with CommitmentIssues. When his sister-in-law's father has a heart attack, he is [[JumpedAtTheCall called on]] to watch his brother's children, including teenage DeadpanSnarker Tia. HilarityEnsues.
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The title character in of this 1989 Creator/JohnHughes picture picture, released on August 16th, 1989, is Buck Russell, a fun-loving, unemployed slob with CommitmentIssues. When his sister-in-law's father has a heart attack, he is [[JumpedAtTheCall called on]] to watch his brother's children, including teenage DeadpanSnarker Tia. HilarityEnsues.
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* OhMeAccentsSlipping: When Buck picks up Tia after she found out he was right about Bug, he apologizes but pronounces "sorry" the Canadian way, as "sore-ree".
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* OhMeAccentsSlipping: OohMeAccentsSlipping: When Buck picks up Tia after she found out he was right about Bug, he apologizes but pronounces "sorry" the Canadian way, as "sore-ree".
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Buck hits a five wood in the dark while wearing an overcoat and still manages to hit Bug in the head from 30 yards away.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Buck hits a five wood in the dark while wearing an overcoat and with no tee, and still manages to hit pop Bug in the head from 30 yards away.
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* FreezeFrameEnding: The film ends on a freeze-frame of Buck smiling and waving goodbye to his niece, Tia. This is actually the ''second'' (and sadly, the last) Creator/JohnHughes-directed film to end on a freeze-frame of Creator/JohnCandy, after ''Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles''.
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* SadClown: Buck is outwardly a jovial guy, but there are moments where he's alone that he makes clear he's actually very lonely and sad. He admits as much to Tia at the end.
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* MrViceGuy: Buck makes his money gambling, but isn't a bad person outside of that.
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* MrViceGuy: Buck makes is very clearly this (it's a big part of the reason why his money gambling, but isn't sister in law doesn't like him). He smokes, drinks, overeats, hangs out with somewhat scummy characters, and is a bad person outside bit of that. a slob. Still, he's a really good guy.
