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-->'''Vivian:''' You know he still loves you.
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* DisappearedDad / InvisibleParents: There's a reason the kids are so hostile. No Dad, and Bebe is a nasty piece of work.
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->''It's animation...''
-->-'''Another tagline from a trailer'''
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* AdaptationDistillation: In the original comedy sketches, Bebe's Kids consisted of four children, this was cut down to three in the film. Also, they originally went to Walt Disney World, but got changed to Fun World for legal reasons.

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* AdaptationDistillation: In the original comedy sketches, Bebe's Kids consisted of four children, this was cut down to three in the film.film with Leon acting as the fourth child. Also, they originally went to Walt Disney World, but got changed to Fun World for legal reasons.
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* AdaptationDistillation: In the original comedy sketches, Bebe's Kids consisted of four children, this was cut down to three in the film. Also, they originally went to Disneyworld, but got changed to Fun World for legal reasons.

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* AdaptationDistillation: In the original comedy sketches, Bebe's Kids consisted of four children, this was cut down to three in the film. Also, they originally went to Disneyworld, Walt Disney World, but got changed to Fun World for legal reasons.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The sequence inside the tunnel of love.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The sequence inside the tunnel of love.
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* IntroOnlyPointOfView: During the opening credits, we get [[FirstPersonPerspective First Person Perspectives]] from each of the three kids in order; [[=LaShawn=]] punching out two boys when they draw [=LaShawn=] kisses boys on a school chalkboard, Kahill punching out a boy for stealing his hat, and Pee Wee driving around on his big wheel towards the supermarket to get a bottle of milk, causing a car to crash and run over someone's foot in the process.

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* IntroOnlyPointOfView: During the opening credits, we get [[FirstPersonPerspective First Person Perspectives]] from each of the three kids in order; [[=LaShawn=]] [=LaShawn=] punching out two boys when they draw [=LaShawn=] kisses boys on a school chalkboard, Kahill punching out a boy for stealing his hat, and Pee Wee driving around on his big wheel towards the supermarket to get a bottle of milk, causing a car to crash and run over someone's foot in the process.
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** Though cut down to "NO VIbES, NO bEVIS, NO VIbES..." in the video game. How come only [[BeavisAndButthead Butt-head]] is allowed in, then?

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** Though cut down to "NO VIbES, NO bEVIS, NO VIbES..."No Vibes, No Bevis, No Vibes..." in the video game. How come only [[BeavisAndButthead Butt-head]] is allowed in, then?
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** Though cut down to "No Vibes, No Bevis, No Vibes..." in the video game. How come only [[BeavisAndButthead Butt-head]] is allowed in, then?

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** Though cut down to "No Vibes, No Bevis, No Vibes..."NO VIbES, NO bEVIS, NO VIbES..." in the video game. How come only [[BeavisAndButthead Butt-head]] is allowed in, then?
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* [[AngryGuardDogs Angry Guard Dogs]]: The park security has Doberman Pinchsers while they're hunting the kids later on in the film.

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* [[AngryGuardDogs [[AngryGuardDog Angry Guard Dogs]]: The park security has Doberman Pinchsers while they're hunting the kids later on in the film.
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* [[HeroAntagonist Hero Antagonists]]: The Fun World security.


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* [[VillainProtagonist Villain Protagonists]]: Guess who?

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* IntroOnlyPointOfView: During the opening credits, we get [[FirstPersonPerspective First Person Perspectives]] from each of the three kids in order; [[=LaShawn=]] punching out two boys when they draw [=LaShawn=] kisses boys on a school chalkboard, Kahill punching out a boy for stealing his hat, and Pee Wee driving around on his big wheel towards the supermarket to get a bottle of milk, causing a car to crash and run over someone's foot in the process.



* LittleMissBadass: [=LaShawn=].



** Subverted. If you look closely, though, they're part of the passengers that are terrorised by Bebe's Kids when they attack the cruise yacht.
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: The Modern Ghetto Bebe's Kids live in.

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** Subverted. If you look closely, though, they're part of the passengers that are terrorised terrorized by Bebe's Kids when they attack the cruise yacht.
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: The Modern Ghetto ghetto that Bebe's Kids live in.
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* {{AngryGuardDog}}s: The park security has Doberman Pinchsers while they're hunting the kids later on in the film.

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* {{AngryGuardDog}}s: [[AngryGuardDogs Angry Guard Dogs]]: The park security has Doberman Pinchsers while they're hunting the kids later on in the film.



** If you look closely, though, they're part of the passengers that are terrorised by Bebe's Kids when they attack the cruise yacht.

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** Subverted. If you look closely, though, they're part of the passengers that are terrorised by Bebe's Kids when they attack the cruise yacht.
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* [[IAmSong We Are Song]]: Straight Jackin', performed by the kids themselves.
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* WeAreSong: "Straight Jackin'", the rap of Bebe's Kids.
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** This also applies to when they're hanging out with the other kids of fun world, disatissfied with their boring names like "Winthop" and "Richie" and giving them "ghetto names".

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** This also applies to when they're hanging out with the other kids of fun world, disatissfied with their boring names like "Winthop" "Winthrop" and "Richie" and giving them "ghetto names".
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* WeAreSong: "Straight Jackin'", the rap of Bebe's Kids.

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[[caption-width-right:209: [[We don't die, we... Multiply!]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:209: [[We We don't die, we... Multiply!]]]]
Multiply!]]



** This also applies to

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** This also applies to when they're hanging out with the other kids of fun world, disatissfied with their boring names like "Winthop" and "Richie" and giving them "ghetto names".
--> '''[=LaShawn=]''': Dang, ya'll guys got some corny names.



* AngryGuardDogs: The park security has Dobermans while they're hunting the kids later on in the film.

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* AngryGuardDogs: {{AngryGuardDog}}s: The park security has Dobermans Doberman Pinchsers while they're hunting the kids later on in the film.



** For [=LaShawn=], kissing boys.

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** For [=LaShawn=], kissing boys.boys or even teasing her about it.



* DumbBlonde: Vivian.



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Listen closely to the song playing on the ride. At one point, it states something similar to "If a hand down your pants is a resumption."

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Listen closely to the song playing on the train ride. At one point, it states something similar to says "If a hand down your pants is feels like a grand resumption."



* PerpetualPoverty: Bebe's Kids basically live like this. They barely have anything in their fridge.

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* PerpetualPoverty: Bebe's Kids basically live like this. They barely have anything in their fridge. Also their FreudianExcuse.

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[[caption-width-right:209:[[We don't die, we... Multiply!]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:209:[[We [[caption-width-right:209: [[We don't die, we... Multiply!]]]]



* ActionGirl: Lashawn.

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* ActionGirl: Lashawn.[=Lashawn=].


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* AngryGuardDogs: The park security has Dobermans while they're hunting the kids later on in the film.


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* BareYourMidriff: Dorthea and Vivian.
* BerserkButton: Bebe's Kids for Robin, and then there's his ex-wife, Dorthea.
**For [=LaShawn=], kissing boys.
** Don't mess with Kahill's hat.


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* BigEater: Vivian, to the point where she tries to bring food onto the tunnel of love. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment has her inhaling cotton candy and swallowing it in one gulp.

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Actually Robih does ride a rollercoaster with them during the montage.


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* ActionGirl: Lashawn.


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** There's also the ride montage, such as [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou Robin and the kids surviving a parachute drop ride that failed to trigger when the cord broke]] and a rocketship ride burning them from within.

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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Subverted at one point when Robin stops the kids (Save Leon who got caught in the madness) from misbehaving early on. Otherwise, it's averted.

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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Subverted Played straight at one point when Robin stops the kids (Save Leon who got caught in the madness) from misbehaving early on.when they first arrive in Fun World. Otherwise, it's averted.



* ChildrenAreInnocent: Averted. Leon is like this early on until later on in the film. And then there's the kids who join in their antics...

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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Averted. Leon is like this early on until later on in the film. And then there's the kids who join in their antics... antics...
**KidsAreCruel
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Despite bombing at the box office, it has become a cult classic over time. However, it also spawned a [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames a SNES game so bad Nintendo Power rated it the worst game it's ever reviewed]], so, um, you can take that as a good or bad thing.

Many of the animators of Bebe's Kids went on to do animation work on ''TheProudFamily''.

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Despite bombing at the box office, it has become a cult classic over time. However, it also spawned a SNES game so bad ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames a SNES game so bad Nintendo Power rated it the worst game it's ever reviewed]], so, um, you can take that as a good or bad thing.

Many of the animators of Bebe's Kids went on to do animation work on ''TheProudFamily''.
''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily''.
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Despite bombing at the box office, it has become a cult classic over time. However, it also spawned a [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames really crappy SNES game]], so, um, you can take that as a good or bad thing.

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Despite bombing at the box office, it has become a cult classic over time. However, it also spawned a [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames really crappy a SNES game]], game so bad Nintendo Power rated it the worst game it's ever reviewed]], so, um, you can take that as a good or bad thing.
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* LastDisrespects: Robin meets Jamika at a funeral, where "everyone was there, cause everyone was glad he was gone." People are seen drinking, laughing and playing dominoes, while the only one grieving was the widow.
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* AerithAndBob: Practically everywhere. While there's characters named Robin and Leon, you also have names like Jameeka and [=LaShawn=]. This trope is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by Kahill and [=LaShawn=] when they look for license plates with names:

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* AerithAndBob: Practically everywhere. While there's characters named Robin and Leon, you also have names like Jameeka and [=LaShawn=]. This trope is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by Kahill Kahlil and [=LaShawn=] when they look for license plates with names:



--> '''Kahill''': "How come we can't ever find our names?"

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--> '''Kahill''': '''Kahlil''': "How come we can't ever find our names?"



* AmusingInjuries: Robin injures his hand during a complicated handshake with Kahill.

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* AmusingInjuries: Robin injures his hand during a complicated handshake with Kahill.Kahlil.
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->''It's animation! [[spoiler:With an attitude!]]''

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->''It's animation! [[spoiler:With With an attitude!]]''attitude!''
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Pointless shoehorning.


** There's also - as seen, but not addressed, in TheNostalgiaCritic's proper review of the movie itself - a rotating fountain statue, with water coming out of the vase it's holding; however, said statue is first seen from behind, a point of view that makes it look like the statue is peeing.

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** There's also - as seen, but not addressed, in TheNostalgiaCritic's proper review of the movie itself - a rotating fountain statue, with water coming out of the vase it's holding; however, said statue is first seen from behind, a point of view that makes it look like the statue is peeing.

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->''It's animation!'' [[spoiler:''With an attitude!'']]

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->''It's animation!'' [[spoiler:''With animation! [[spoiler:With an attitude!'']]attitude!]]''



Based on a comedy sketch made popular by the late stand-up comic Robin Harris, ''Bebe's Kids'' became the first animated movie to feature an all-black cast. It was released in 1992 and was directed by Bruce W. Smith, who would later create ''TheProudFamily'' for Disney in 2001 (as well as work on another animated flick with a black star ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'').

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Based on a comedy sketch made popular by the late stand-up comic Robin Harris, ''Bebe's Kids'' became the first animated movie to feature an all-black cast. It was released in 1992 and was directed by Bruce W. Smith, who would later create ''TheProudFamily'' for Disney in 2001 (as well as work on another animated flick with a black star ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'').star, namely ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'').


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->''It's animation!'' [[spoiler:''With an attitude!'']]
-->-'''[[CaptainObvious The actual tagline from the trailer]]'''

Based on a comedy sketch made popular by the late stand-up comic Robin Harris, ''Bebe's Kids'' became the first animated movie to feature an all-black cast. It was released in 1992 and was directed by Bruce W. Smith, who would later create ''TheProudFamily'' for Disney in 2001 (as well as work on another animated flick with a black star ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'').

The film has an animated Robin Harris take his new girlfriend, Jameeka, and her son, Leon, to an amusement park named Fun World. This would've been all well and good, but when Jameeka is asked by her friend Bebe to watch her kids for today, he's forced to take Bebe's Kids along with them, who are nothing short of obnoxious brats and basically wreak havoc through the whole park. HilarityEnsues.

Despite bombing at the box office, it has become a cult classic over time. However, it also spawned a [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames really crappy SNES game]], so, um, you can take that as a good or bad thing.

Many of the animators of Bebe's Kids went on to do animation work on ''TheProudFamily''.

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* AccidentalKiss: Between [=LaShawn=] and Leon.
* AdaptationDistillation: In the original comedy sketches, Bebe's Kids consisted of four children, this was cut down to three in the film. Also, they originally went to Disneyworld, but got changed to Fun World for legal reasons.
* AdultsAreUseless: [[PoliceAreUseless And the police aren't any better.]]
* AerithAndBob: Practically everywhere. While there's characters named Robin and Leon, you also have names like Jameeka and [=LaShawn=]. This trope is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by Kahill and [=LaShawn=] when they look for license plates with names:
--> '''Leon''': "Found mine!
--> '''Kahill''': "How come we can't ever find our names?"
--> '''[=LaShawn=]''': "Yeah, I know four girls named [=LaShawn=]. How come we don't have a license plate?"
* AlmostKiss: Robin and Jameeka early on, though it's understandable given that they just met at the beginning of the film.
* AmusingInjuries: Robin injures his hand during a complicated handshake with Kahill.
* AntiRoleModel: Robin. For example, when he meets Leon, he wants to watch a {{Blaxploitation}} video with him someday, to which Jameeka objects.
* ArtShift: The tunnel of love scene is black and white during the music video.
* BadassAdorable: The titular kids, with more emphasis on the "badass" part.
* BadassCreed: "Bebe's Kids! We don't die, we...multiply!"
* BigBlackout: When they go to Las Vegas at the film's end, Pee-Wee pulls a cord shutting down all the electricity in the city.
* BigDamnKiss: Robin and Jameeka near the end.
* BlatantLies: Robin's says he's good with kids. While he ''is'' good with shy, quiet types like Jameeka's son, Leon, {{Satisfied Street Rat}}s like the titular Kids quickly drive him to neurosis.
* ButtMonkey: Leon, who doesn't even like Bebe's Kids and is frequently picked on by them. They do bond near the film's end, though.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Subverted at one point when Robin stops the kids (Save Leon who got caught in the madness) from misbehaving early on. Otherwise, it's averted.
* CatchPhrase: Robin's "Test tube, baby!"
* TheChewToy: Robin himself, given what he's had to put up with throughout the film. Besides Bebe's Kids, he comes across his ex-wife who tries to break up him and Jameeka.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Averted. Leon is like this early on until later on in the film. And then there's the kids who join in their antics...
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Dorthea's friend Vivian.
* DisneyAcidSequence: That tunnel of love scene.
* FreeRangeChildren: Throughout most of the film, Robin and Jameeka let the kids go off on their own while they try to spend some time together.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Listen closely to the song playing on the ride. At one point, it states something similar to "If a hand down your pants is a resumption."
* GirlishPigtails: [=LaShawn=].
* HartmanHips: Jameeka.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: The movie opens with Robin at a bar, talking about his problems to the (blind) bartender.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Robin gives the kids $20 for pizza when they arrive home.
* JiveTurkey
* KangarooCourt: The kids find themselves in one with Kahlil on trial. Leon bails him out, though, by rapping about freedom.
* LongList: The rules of Fun World.
** Though cut down to "No Vibes, No Bevis, No Vibes..." in the video game. How come only [[BeavisAndButthead Butt-head]] is allowed in, then?
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Bebe's Kids are so feared throughout the neighborhood, the police can't deal with them. This is noticeable on the drive home when a police officer tries to pull over Robin for speeding, but upon seeing Bebe's Kids, he drives away in fear.
* ParentalAbandonment: Subverted in the case of Bebe's Kids. No mention is made whether or not Bebe's living as a single parent, widowed or divorced. It doesn't help that Bebe herself isn't seen in the film since she went downtown, leaving Jameeka to look after the kids for the day.
** A throwaway line by Jameeka toward the end of the film has her stating that they SHOT their father when he tried to leave them.
* PerpetualPoverty: Bebe's Kids basically live like this. They barely have anything in their fridge.
* [[PsychoExGirlfriend Psycho Ex Wife]]: Dorthea, Robin's ex wife.
* [[SassyBlackWoman Sassy Black Women]]
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Bebe herself is never seen in the film.
* SpitTrailKiss
* TheCatCameBack / OffscreenTeleportation: Robin drags away Jameeka away from Fun World and almost gets away from the kids, only to find that they're are already at the car ready to go home.
* ToiletHumor: Pee-Wee's diaper.
* {{Tsundere}}: [=LaShawn=] is Type A for Leon.
* VocalDissonance: Baby Pee Wee's voice actor is ''Tone Loc''.
* VomitDiscretionShot: Leon throws up at the end of the ride montage.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the yo' mama exchange Dorthea and her friend disappear from the movie.
** If you look closely, though, they're part of the passengers that are terrorised by Bebe's Kids when they attack the cruise yacht.
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: The Modern Ghetto Bebe's Kids live in.
* YourMom: Robin and Dorthea do "The Dozens" (which of course feature tons of yo' mama jokes) in the ladies room.
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