History WesternAnimation / BebesKids

* 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 Kahlil and [=LaShawn=] when they look for license plates with their names:

* AlmostKiss: Robin and Jameeka early on, though it's understandable given that they just met at the beginning of the film.

* AntiRoleModel: Robin. For example, when he meets Leon, he wants to watch a {{Blaxploitation}} video with him someday, to which Jameeka objects.

* TheBigDamnKiss: 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.

* TheChewToy: Robin himself, given what he's had to put up with throughout the film. Besides Bébé's Kids, he comes across his ex-wife Dorthea who tries to break up him and Jameeka.

* 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.

* HartmanHips: Jameeka.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Robin gives the kids $20 for pizza when they arrive home.

* MomentKiller: When Robin and Jameeka finally have TheBigDamnKiss towards the end of the movie, the kids are watching and enjoying the good vibes...except Kahlil, who's disgusted and whines about cooties. This leads to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from [=LaShawn=].
* ParentalAbandonment: Subverted in the case of Bébé's Kids. No mention is made whether or not Bébé's living as a single parent, widowed or divorced. It doesn't help that Bébé herself isn't seen in the film since she went downtown, leaving Jameeka to look after the kids for the day. Leon points out that hardly ever hang out with her, who basically threaten him for bringing it up.
** 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.

** Jameeka

* 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.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Well, Blonde: Dorthea's friend Vivian.

* PsychoExGirlfriend: Dorthea, Robin's ex wife.

* SassyBlackWoman:
** Jameeka
** Dorthea.

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * VillainProtagonist: Guess who?

* IAmSong: We Are Song: Straight Jackin', performed by the kids themselves.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Well, Blonde: Dorthea's friend Vivian.

* PsychoExGirlfriend: Dorthea, Robin's ex wife.

* SassyBlackWoman:
** Jameeka
** Dorthea.

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * VillainProtagonist: Guess who?

* IAmSong: We Are Song: Straight Jackin', performed by the kids themselves.

-->--'''{{Tagline}} from the trailer'''

* [[PsychoExGirlfriend Psycho Ex-Wife]]: Dorthea, Robin's ex wife.

* [[SassyBlackWoman Sassy Black Women]]: Jameeka and Dorthea.

* {{Villain Protagonist}}s: Guess who?

* [[IAmSong We Are Song]]: Straight Jackin', performed by the kids themselves.

* MomentKiller: When Robin and Jameeka finally have their BigDamnKiss towards the end of the movie, the kids are watching and enjoying the good vibes...except Kahlil, who's disgusted and whines about cooties. This leads to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from [=LaShawn=].

* BigDamnKiss: Robin and Jameeka near the end.

* {{Dark Skinned Blond}}e: Dorthea's friend Vivian.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Listen closely to the song playing on the train ride. At one point, it says "If a hand down your pants feels like a grand resumption."
** There's also 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.
*** Pee-Wee in a literal sense, who takes a dump nearly every line, and ''never'' gets a diaper change.
*** Leon actually ''grabs his crotch'' during the courtroom song number.

* DropTheHammer: When Kahlil and Pee-Wee embarrass [=LaShawn=] by making her kiss Leon, she storms off...only come back a minute later and terrorize them with the mallet from a high-striker game they tried earlier.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Actually varies from scene to scene, usually encouraging viewers to side with or against the Kids depending on whether or not Robin is onscreen.

* {{Tsundere}}: [=LaShawn=] is Type A for Leon.
* [[VillainProtagonist Villain Protagonists]]: Guess who?

* DisappearedDad[=/=]InvisibleParents: There's a reason the kids are so hostile. No Dad, and Bébé is a nasty piece of work.

The film has an animated Robin Harris (voiced by Faizon Love) taking his new girlfriend Jamika (voiced by Vanessa Bell Calloway) and her son Leon (voiced by Wayne Collins, Jr.) to an AmusementPark called Fun World. This would be all well and good, but when Jamika is asked by her friend Bébé to watch her kids for the day, he's forced to take along Bébé's Kids, who are nothing shortof (and quite a bit ''beyond'') obnoxious brats who basically wreak havoc through the whole park. HilarityEnsues.

The film has an animated Robin Harris (voiced by Faizon Love) taking his new girlfriend Jamika (voiced by Vanessa Bell Calloway) and her son Leon (voiced by Wayne Collins, Jr.) to an AmusementPark called Fun World. This would be all well and good, but when Jamika is asked by her friend Bébé to watch her kids for the day, he's forced to take along Bébé's Kids, who are nothing short of obnoxious brats and basically wreak havoc through the whole park. HilarityEnsues.

* LastDisrespects: Robin meets Jamika at a funeral, where "everyone was there, cause everyone was glad he was dead." People are seen drinking, laughing and playing dominoes, while the only one grieving was the widow.

* VocalDissonance: Baby Pee-Wee's voice actor is ''Tone Lōc''.[[note]]He'd provide the voice for Bruce W. Smith's next project, ''C-Bear and Jamal'', for which Smith was the character designer.[[/note]]

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

* LarynxDissonance: Pee-Wee, who has the deep baritone of Creator/ToneLoc.

* VocalDissonance: Baby Pee-Wee's voice actor is ''Creator/ToneLoc''.[[note]]He'd provide the voice for Bruce W. Smith's next project, ''C-Bear and Jamal'', for which Smith was the character designer.[[/note]]

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXvPZxavVXc 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 ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' for Disney in 2001 and animate the villain for the ''second'' animated feature to have an all-black cast, ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''.

The film has an animated Robin Harris (voiced by Faizon Love) taking his new girlfriend Jamika (voiced by Vanessa Bell Calloway) and her son Leon (voiced by Wayne Collins, Jr.) to an AmusementPark called Fun World. This would be all well and good, but when Jamika is asked by her friend Bebe to watch her kids for the day, he's forced to take along Bebe's Kids, who are nothing short of obnoxious brats and basically wreak havoc through the whole park. HilarityEnsues.

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

* ActionGirl: [=Lashawn=].
* AdaptationDistillation: In the original comedy sketches, Bebe's Kids consisted of four children, this was cut down to three in the 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.

* BadassCreed: "Bebe's Kids! We don't die, we...multiply!"

* BerserkButton: Bebe's Kids for Robin, and then there's his ex-wife, Dorthea.

* 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: Played straight at one point when Robin stops the kids (Save Leon who got caught in the madness) from misbehaving when they first arrive in Fun World. This is then [[AvertedTrope Averted]] for the rest of the film.

* 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 Dorthea who tries to break up him and Jameeka.

** KidsAreCruel: Especially Bebe's Kids.

* DisappearedDad / InvisibleParents: There's a reason the kids are so hostile. No Dad, and Bebe is a nasty piece of work.

* TheDreaded: A policeman runs away when he recognizes the kids, and a stranger who sees them in Vegas starts a panic when he sees them.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Bebe's Kids each injure Robin in their own way when introduced to him:

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Bebe's Kids didn't like it when Leon pointed out their mother hardly sees them, near the end of the film Robin finds out this is true.

* JiveTurkey: Lots of ghetto slang coming from both Robin and Bebe's Kids.
* KangarooCourt: The kids find themselves in one with Kahlil on trial. Leon bails him out, though, by [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext rapping about freedom]].
* LarynxDissonance: Pee-wee, who has the deep baritone of Creator/ToneLoc.

* 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.[[note]]Sadly TruthInTelevision, in that there are still predominantly black neighborhoods that cops will refuse to serve in (the Music/PublicEnemy song "911 Is A Joke" is about this). Here it's more likely just a joke.[[/note]]
* 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. Leon points out that hardly ever hang out with her, who basically threaten him for bringing it up.

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

* [[PsychoExGirlfriend Psycho Ex Wife]]: Dorthea, Robin's ex wife.

* [[SassyBlackWoman Sassy Black Women]]: Jammeka and Dorthea.
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Bebe herself is never seen in the film.
* SpitTrailKiss: From [=Lashawn=] and Leon.
* 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.

* VocalDissonance: Baby Pee Wee's voice actor is ''Tone Loc''.[[note]]He'd provide the voice for Bruce W. Smith's next project, ''C-Bear and Jamal'', for which Smith was the character designer.[[/note]]

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

-->--'''The actual {{tagline}} from the trailer'''

* LarynxDissonance: Pee-wee, voiced by Creator/ToneLoc.

The film has an animated Robin Harris (voiced by Faizon Love) taking his new girlfriend Jamika (voiced by Vanessa Bell Calloway) and her son Leon (voiced by Wayne Collins, Jr.) to an amusement park named Fun World. This would be all well and good, but when Jamika is asked by her friend Bebe to watch her kids for the day, he's forced to take along Bebe's Kids, who are nothing short of obnoxious brats and basically wreak havoc through the whole park. HilarityEnsues.

The film has an animated Robin Harris (voiced by Faizon Love) taking his new girlfriend Jamika (Vanessa Bell Calloway) and her son Leon (Wayne Collins, Jr.) to an amusement park named Fun World. This would be all well and good, but when Jamika is asked by her friend Bebe to watch her kids for the day, he's forced to take along Bebe's Kids, who are nothing short of obnoxious brats and basically wreak havoc through the whole park. HilarityEnsues.