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* CharacterTitle: The character in question being the Boss Baby, one of the two main characters of the film, though possibly not actually the lead character, given the focus on Tim and his role as narrator.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: [[spoiler:The anti-aging baby formula that enables all Baby Corp employees to retain their adult-like intelligence while maintaining their infantile bodies, as long as the formula is consumed regularly. Should Boss Baby fail to drink his formula for a great length of time, he would gradually be unable to suppress his latent baby-like behavior. Furthermore, should the effects of the formula wear off ''completely,'' Boss Baby would become an ordinary baby -- no longer possessing his adult-like intelligence, and subject to the normal aging process. This becomes a plot point when Francis E. Francis steals Boss Baby's formula and infuses its properties into the DNA of the Forever Puppy product line.]]

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* AppliedPhlebotinum: [[spoiler:The anti-aging baby formula that enables all Baby Corp employees to retain their adult-like intelligence while maintaining their infantile bodies, as long as the formula is consumed regularly. Should Boss Baby fail to drink his formula for a great length of time, he would gradually be unable to suppress his latent baby-like behavior. Furthermore, should the effects of the formula wear off ''completely,'' Boss Baby would become an ordinary baby -- no longer possessing his adult-like intelligence, and subject to the normal aging process. This becomes a plot point when Francis E. Francis steals Boss Baby's formula and infuses its properties into the DNA of the Forever Puppy product line. It's also because Francis had to go off the formula because of being lactose intolerant that led to his StartOfDarkness when he was fired from Baby Corp.]]

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* AppliedPhlebotinum: [[spoiler:The anti-aging baby formula that enables all BabyCorp employees to retain their adult-like intelligence while maintaining their infantile bodies, as long as the formula is consumed regularly. Should Boss Baby fail to drink his formula for a great length of time, he would gradually be unable to suppress his latent baby-like behavior. Furthermore, should the effects of the formula wear off ''completely,'' Boss Baby would become an ordinary baby -- no longer possessing his adult-like intelligence, and subject to the normal aging process. This becomes a plot point when Francis E. Francis steals Boss Baby's formula and infuses its properties into the DNA of the Forever Puppy product line.]]

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* AppliedPhlebotinum: [[spoiler:The anti-aging baby formula that enables all BabyCorp Baby Corp employees to retain their adult-like intelligence while maintaining their infantile bodies, as long as the formula is consumed regularly. Should Boss Baby fail to drink his formula for a great length of time, he would gradually be unable to suppress his latent baby-like behavior. Furthermore, should the effects of the formula wear off ''completely,'' Boss Baby would become an ordinary baby -- no longer possessing his adult-like intelligence, and subject to the normal aging process. This becomes a plot point when Francis E. Francis steals Boss Baby's formula and infuses its properties into the DNA of the Forever Puppy product line.]]


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* SchmuckBait: When Tim and the Boss Baby sneak into a secret room at Puppy Co., they find the supposed plans for the Forever Puppy lying in a manila envelope right out in the open on a dais with a spotlight on them and fall for it hook, line and sinker. They swap it another with another envelope that the Boss Baby drips drool on and is then lowered away. When they open the folder, it turns out to have nothing but a piece of paper inside it that says something like "Gotcha!" They then have a cage dropped on them, followed by them being ejected down a trapdoor.

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* AdultsAreUseless: Seems to be the case, as the parents are completely oblivious to Boss Babies' very strange aspects, and seem to be inattentive enough to not let their son know they were planning on adoption, and more importantly, sneaking into a puppy only building of some kind. It is at least implied, though, that some of it may be magic, as the Boss Baby simply shows up in a taxi. At the end of the film, it is very deliberately shown that [[spoiler:the parents are magically made to forgot that the Boss Baby ever existed.]]

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* AdultsAreUseless: Seems to be the case, as the parents are completely oblivious to Boss Babies' Baby's very strange aspects, and seem to be inattentive enough to not let their son know they were planning on adoption, and more importantly, sneaking into a puppy only building of some kind. It is at least implied, though, that some of it may be magic, as the Boss Baby simply shows up in a taxi. At the end of the film, it is very deliberately shown that [[spoiler:the parents are magically made to forgot that the Boss Baby ever existed.]]
* AppliedPhlebotinum: [[spoiler:The anti-aging baby formula that enables all BabyCorp employees to retain their adult-like intelligence while maintaining their infantile bodies, as long as the formula is consumed regularly. Should Boss Baby fail to drink his formula for a great length of time, he would gradually be unable to suppress his latent baby-like behavior. Furthermore, should the effects of the formula wear off ''completely,'' Boss Baby would become an ordinary baby -- no longer possessing his adult-like intelligence, and subject to the normal aging process. This becomes a plot point when Francis E. Francis steals Boss Baby's formula and infuses its properties into the DNA of the Forever Puppy product line.
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* RunningGag: Boss Baby will occasionally throw money at someone to placate them after something unfortunate happens to them (i.e., Tim discovering Boss Baby can talk or when Boss Baby is in disguise as a puppy and he bites a girl that picks him up).



* RunningGag: Boss Baby will occasionally throw money at someone to placate them after something unfortunate happens to them (i.e., Tim discovering Boss Baby can talk or when Boss Baby is in disguise as a puppy and he bites a girl that picks him up)
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* FamilyOfChoice: Neither Tim nor the Boss Baby really like each other at first and are only "family" because the Boss Baby was adopted by Tim's parents, apparently a direct manipulation so that the Boss Baby could investigate Puppy Co., which Tim's parents both work for. In the end, [[spoiler:Tim is miserable at the Boss Baby, who'd he'd grown to appreciate, being gone, and the Boss Baby is moved by Tim's letter and decides to give up his cushy corporate boss life and become a real baby who becomes a part of Tim's family.]]
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* AdultsAreUseless: Seems to be the case, as the parents are completely oblivious to Boss Babies' very strange aspects, and seem to be inattentive enough to not let their son know they were planning on adoption, and more importantly, sneaking into a puppy only building of some kind.

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* AdultsAreUseless: Seems to be the case, as the parents are completely oblivious to Boss Babies' very strange aspects, and seem to be inattentive enough to not let their son know they were planning on adoption, and more importantly, sneaking into a puppy only building of some kind. It is at least implied, though, that some of it may be magic, as the Boss Baby simply shows up in a taxi. At the end of the film, it is very deliberately shown that [[spoiler:the parents are magically made to forgot that the Boss Baby ever existed.]]
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* JustAKid: Tim and the Boss Baby are overlooked and get away with pretty much anything on the basis that they are both just kids and therefore not a threat.

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* JustAKid: Tim and the Boss Baby are overlooked and get away with pretty much anything on the basis that they are both just kids and therefore not a threat. It's also likely why, at the end of the film, [[spoiler:Tim's parents have their memories erased of having adopted a baby, but Tim is given a choice and chooses to keep his memories.]]

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Tim Templeton (Creator/TobeyMaguire) narrates the story of his life when he was seven years old. Young Tim (Miles Bakshi) had his life turned upside down when his parents Ted (Creator/JimmyKimmel) and Janice (Creator/LisaKudrow) adopted a baby named Boss Baby (Creator/AlecBaldwin), who wears a suit and carries a briefcase around. He also eventually discovered that Boss Baby could also talk, and that the owner of Puppy Co., Francis E. Francis (Creator/SteveBuscemi) has a plan which threatens to destabilise the balance of love in the world. The brothers must team up to save their parents and restore the balance of love to the world.

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Tim Templeton (Creator/TobeyMaguire) narrates the story of his life when he was seven years old. Young Tim (Miles Bakshi) had his life turned upside down when his parents Ted (Creator/JimmyKimmel) and Janice (Creator/LisaKudrow) adopted a baby named Boss Baby (Creator/AlecBaldwin), who wears a suit and carries a briefcase around. He also eventually discovered that Boss Baby could also talk, and that the owner of Puppy Co., Francis E. Francis (Creator/SteveBuscemi) has a plan which threatens to destabilise destabilize the balance of love in the world. The brothers must team up to save their parents and restore the balance of love to the world.



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** The Boss Baby tries to get under Tim's skin by telling him that they'll always be together, when Tim wakes up in the morning, every Christmas and eventually growing old together. Later, when Tim [[spoiler:wants his baby brother, now the head of Baby Corp., back, he writes a letter to him using these words affectionately.]]
** The "[[Music/TheBeatles Blackbird]]" song is used several times, first as a bedtime song to Tim, then to the Boss Baby, then the Boss Baby trying to cheer Tim up and finally [[spoiler:Tim, lonely and sad, after he has a fight with the Boss Baby in the airport and they seem to have split, Tim having said that he wished the Boss Baby had never been born.]]
* BegoneBribe: The Boss Baby likes to throw money at people as a way of trying to get rid of them.



* CompanionCube: Tim has his Lamb Lamb, which the Boss Baby makes fun of. The Boss Baby then threatens Tim through his Lamb Lamb, and their fighting eventually results in Lamb Lamb being badly ripped. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, Boss Baby presents Tim with a repaired Lamb Lamb.]]
* ElvisImpersonator: Tim and the Boss Baby need to get to Las Vegas, fortunately a group of several of these appearing in the airport turn out to be their ticket, as they're all going to a convention in Las Vegas. They end up dressing up as one, and are later pursued by another, who is working as an enforcer for the BigBad.



* EnemyMine: Young Tim agrees to help Boss Baby "just to get rid of [him]".

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* EnemyMine: Young Tim agrees to help Boss Baby "just to get rid of [him]". Neither really likes each other, at least at first. Boss Baby agrees because he wants to leave just as much as Tim wants him gone, so that he can get promoted.
* FantasyHelmetEnforcement: PlayedForLaughs, as Timothy insists that he and the Boss Baby cannot ride a bike without wearing them and then Timothy then proceeds to do some of the craziest stuff ever done by a kid on a bike, all having just ditched training wheels with the Boss Baby's encouragement.
* FunWithSubtitles: The Elvis impersonators all use Elvis-sounding phrases or song titles when speaking; their meaning is presented in subtitles at the bottom of the screen.



* GreetingGestureConfusion: Tim and the Boss Baby go through this a couple of times. Tim likes a handshake, the Boss Baby prefers a fist bump.



* JustAKid: Tim and the Boss Baby are overlooked and get away with pretty much anything on the basis that they are both just kids and therefore not a threat.



* MrImagination: Tim has a greatly vivid imagination and his teaching the Boss Baby to share in the joys of this is a plot point.
* OhNoNotAgain: Both Tim and the Boss Baby react this way anytime after the Boss Baby [[spoiler:reverts to acting like a regular baby because the effects of his formula are wearing off.]]
* {{Revenge}}: This is what motivates [[spoiler:Super Colossal Big Fat Boss Baby]] - he was [[spoiler:fired from Baby Corp when he could no longer drink the formula keeping him as a baby due to being lactose intolerant and founded Puppy Co. as revenge, with his plan of eventually transferring the world's love to puppies with his Forever Puppy invention.]]



* ToiletHumor: Early reviews indicate much of the film's humor derives from it, to the point of excess.

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* TheTalk: Tim implies that his father gave him some version of this. The Boss Baby is grossed out when he whispers to him a brief version of it. Tim admits that he didn't really find it believable.
* TickleTorture: Tim tries to break the Boss Baby by tickling him, but the Boss Baby says that it won't work on him, as he doesn't have any ticklish spots. Tim says that everyone does and proves it. Later, the both of them use this against Francis E. Francis.
* ToiletHumor: Early Many earlier reviews indicate complained about much of the film's humor derives deriving from it, to the point of excess.excess. While it is true that there are a fair few of these gags, there's plenty of other humor too, and it hardly seems fair to say the film relies on it.


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* WidelySpacedJailBars: The cage that Francis E. Francis places Tim and the Boss Baby in looks like both of them could just climb a little and get right out of it. It doesn't really matter because they're both dropped through a trapdoor before they can even really consider it.
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* ImagineSpot: Tim initiates several of these, each accompanied by an ArtShift.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The original picture book is a fairly simply picture book that explores the idea of a baby being the "boss" of a family because it gets everything it wants just by crying - food, a cozy place to nap, cuddles, etc. The film a story of an older brother discovering his new baby brother can talk and is a powerful corporate boss who is working to stop a corporation known as Puppy Co.

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* AdaptationExpansion: The original picture book is a fairly simply picture book that explores the idea of a baby being the "boss" of a family because it gets everything it wants just by crying - food, a cozy place to nap, cuddles, etc. The film a is the story of an older brother discovering his new baby brother can talk and is a powerful corporate boss who is working to stop a corporation known as Puppy Co.



* BrokenPedestal: Boss Baby aspires to be as successful as Super Colossal Big Fat Boss Baby. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, SCBFBB grew up and became Francis Francis, the CEO of [=PuppyCo=] out for revenge against [=BabyCorp=] for getting rid of him because the anti-aging formula wasn't working on him due to his lactose intolerance. Boss Baby is horrified to learn the truth.]]
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Tim's middle name is Leslie. [[spoiler:When Boss Baby officially becomes part of the Templeton family, he is named Theodore ''Lindsay'' Templeton.]]

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* BrokenPedestal: Boss Baby aspires to be as successful as Super Colossal Big Fat Boss Baby. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, [[spoiler: Unfortunately, SCBFBB grew up and became Francis Francis, the CEO of [=PuppyCo=] out for revenge against [=BabyCorp=] for getting rid of him because the anti-aging formula wasn't working on him due to his lactose intolerance. Boss Baby is horrified to learn the truth.]]
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Tim's middle name is Leslie. [[spoiler:When [[spoiler: When Boss Baby officially becomes part of the Templeton family, he is named Theodore ''Lindsay'' Templeton.]]



* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:The movie ends with Tim's daughter seeing her baby sister for the first time, only to discover she is also a Boss Baby.]]

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* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The movie ends with Tim's daughter seeing her baby sister for the first time, only to discover she is also a Boss Baby.]]



* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: From the recent trailers we know that the puppies are going to be loaded into a rocket, with Boss Baby and Ted saving several from falling.

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* BrokenPedestal: Boss Baby aspires to be as successful as Super Colossal Fat Boss Baby. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, SCFBB grew up and became Francis Francis, the CEO of [=PuppyCo=] out for revenge against [=BabyCorp=] for getting rid of him because he couldn't age. Boss Baby is horrified to learn the truth.]]

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* BrokenPedestal: Boss Baby aspires to be as successful as Super Colossal Big Fat Boss Baby. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, SCFBB SCBFBB grew up and became Francis Francis, the CEO of [=PuppyCo=] out for revenge against [=BabyCorp=] for getting rid of him because he couldn't age.the anti-aging formula wasn't working on him due to his lactose intolerance. Boss Baby is horrified to learn the truth.]]


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* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:The movie ends with Tim's daughter seeing her baby sister for the first time, only to discover she is also a Boss Baby.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Boss Baby aspires to be as successful as Super Colossal Fat Boss Baby. [[spoiler:Unforuntately, SCFBB grew up and became Francis Francis, the CEO of PuppyCo out for revenge against BabyCorp for getting rid of him because he couldn't age. Boss Baby is horrified to learn the truth.]]

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* BrokenPedestal: Boss Baby aspires to be as successful as Super Colossal Fat Boss Baby. [[spoiler:Unforuntately, [[spoiler:Unfortunately, SCFBB grew up and became Francis Francis, the CEO of PuppyCo [=PuppyCo=] out for revenge against BabyCorp [=BabyCorp=] for getting rid of him because he couldn't age. Boss Baby is horrified to learn the truth.]]
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* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Tim's middle name is Leslie. [[spoiler:When Boss Baby officially becomes part of the Templeton family, he is named Theodore ''Lindsay'' Templeton.]]

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* BrokenPedestal: Boss Baby aspires to be as successful as Super Colossal Fat Boss Baby. [[spoiler:Unforuntately, SCFBB grew up and became Francis Francis, the CEO of PuppyCo out for revenge against BabyCorp for getting rid of him because he couldn't age. Boss Baby is horrified to learn the truth.]]



* ShoutOut: In the second trailer, Boss Baby says that [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 talking candlesticks]] will be included if the audience wants them.

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** Boss Baby pulls out a Voltron action figure
** Tim's alarm clock resembles [[LordOfTheRings Gandalf]] and even says "...HE SHALL NOT PAAAASS!"
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* YouGetMeCoffee: Upon Tim discovering that the Boss Baby can talk, the first thing the Boss Baby is to tell him "Get me a double espresso, and see if there's some place around here with decent sushi. I would ''kill'' for a spicy tuna roll right about now," followed by throwing some money at him and suggesting he get a little something for himself as well.

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* YouGetMeCoffee: Upon Tim discovering that the Boss Baby can talk, the first thing the Boss Baby does is to tell him "Get me a double espresso, and see if there's some place around here with decent sushi. I would ''kill'' for a spicy tuna roll right about now," followed by throwing some money at him and suggesting he get a little something for himself as well.
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* YouGetMeCoffee: Upon Tim discovering thathe Boss Baby can talk, the first thing the Boss Baby is to tell him "Get me a double espresso, and see if there's some place around here with decent sushi. I would ''kill'' for a spicy tuna roll right about now," followed by throwing some money at him and suggesting he get a little something for himself as well.

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* YouGetMeCoffee: Upon Tim discovering thathe that the Boss Baby can talk, the first thing the Boss Baby is to tell him "Get me a double espresso, and see if there's some place around here with decent sushi. I would ''kill'' for a spicy tuna roll right about now," followed by throwing some money at him and suggesting he get a little something for himself as well.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: from the recent trailers we know that the puppies are going to be loaded into a rocket, with Boss Baby and Ted saving several from falling.

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* AdultsAreUseless: Seems to be the case, as the parents are completely oblivious to Boss Babies' very strange aspects, and seem to be inattentive enough to not let their son know they were planning on adoption, and more importantly, sneaking into a puppy only building of some kind.


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''The Boss Baby'' is a 2017 American [[AllCGICartoon animated film]] by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation directed by Tom [=McGrath=], one of the co-directors of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' and [[WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa its]] [[WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted sequels]]. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Marla Frazee.

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''The Boss Baby'' is a 2017 American [[AllCGICartoon animated film]] by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation directed by Tom [=McGrath=], one of the co-directors of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' and [[WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa its]] [[WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted sequels]]. It is loosely based on the novel a picture book of the same name by Marla Frazee.


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* AdaptationExpansion: The original picture book is a fairly simply picture book that explores the idea of a baby being the "boss" of a family because it gets everything it wants just by crying - food, a cozy place to nap, cuddles, etc. The film a story of an older brother discovering his new baby brother can talk and is a powerful corporate boss who is working to stop a corporation known as Puppy Co.


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* YouGetMeCoffee: Upon Tim discovering thathe Boss Baby can talk, the first thing the Boss Baby is to tell him "Get me a double espresso, and see if there's some place around here with decent sushi. I would ''kill'' for a spicy tuna roll right about now," followed by throwing some money at him and suggesting he get a little something for himself as well.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the beginning of the second trailer, Boss Baby directly tells the audience the release date of the movie, and also states that talking candlesticks will be included if needed.

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the beginning of the second trailer, Boss Baby directly tells the audience the release date of the movie, and also states that [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 talking candlesticks candlesticks]] will be included if needed.



* ShoutOut: In the second trailer, Boss Baby says that [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast talking candlesticks]] will be included if the audience wants them.

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* ShoutOut: In the second trailer, Boss Baby says that [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 talking candlesticks]] will be included if the audience wants them.
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* BrainyBaby: All babies are able to talk, and this trope is taken UpToEleven with Boss Baby, as he has appears to have a lot of business knowledge.

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* BrainyBaby: All babies are able to talk, and this trope is taken UpToEleven with Boss Baby, as he has appears to have a lot of business knowledge.Baby.
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''The Boss Baby'' is a 2017 American [[AllCGICartoon animated film]] by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation directed by Tom [=McGrath=], one of the co-directors of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' and its sequels. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Marla Frazee.

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''The Boss Baby'' is a 2017 American [[AllCGICartoon animated film]] by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation directed by Tom [=McGrath=], one of the co-directors of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' and its sequels.[[WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa its]] [[WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted sequels]]. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Marla Frazee.
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* YouCanTalk: Tim asks this upon hearing Boss Baby carrying on a telephone conversation in his room.
-->'''Tim''': You can talk?\\
'''Boss Baby''': Uh, goo-goo ga-ga.
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''The Boss Baby'' is a 2017 American [[AllCGICartoon animated film]] by Creator/DreamWorks directed by Tom [=McGrath=], one of the co-directors of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' and its sequels. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Marla Frazee.

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''The Boss Baby'' is a 2017 American [[AllCGICartoon animated film]] by Creator/DreamWorks Creator/DreamWorksAnimation directed by Tom [=McGrath=], one of the co-directors of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' and its sequels. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Marla Frazee.

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* BrainyBaby: All babies are able to talk, and this trope is taken UpToEleven with Boss Baby, as he has appears to have a lot of business knowledge.



* MoodWhiplash: When Young Tim is clinging on to Boss Baby's car as it's moving, the scene abruptly cuts to Tim's parents, who think the kids are having fun.

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* MoodWhiplash: When Young Tim is clinging on to Boss Baby's car as it's moving, it appears to be moving fast, the scene abruptly cuts to reveal that they aren't going that fast, and Tim's parents, who parents think the kids are having fun.



* WiseBeyondTheirYears: All babies are able to talk, and this trope is taken UpToEleven with Boss Baby, as he has appears to have a lot of business knowledge.

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Tim Templeton (Creator/TobeyMaguire) narrates the story of his life when he was seven years old.

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Tim Templeton (Creator/TobeyMaguire) narrates the story of his life when he was seven years old.
old. Young Tim (Miles Bakshi) had his life turned upside down when his parents Ted (Creator/JimmyKimmel) and Janice (Creator/LisaKudrow) adopted a baby named Boss Baby (Creator/AlecBaldwin), who wears a suit and carries a briefcase around. He also eventually discovered that Boss Baby could also talk, and that the owner of Puppy Co., Francis E. Francis (Creator/SteveBuscemi) has a plan which threatens to destabilise the balance of love in the world. The brothers must team up to save their parents and restore the balance of love to the world.


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* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the beginning of the second trailer, Boss Baby directly tells the audience the release date of the movie, and also states that talking candlesticks will be included if needed.
* EnemyMine: Young Tim agrees to help Boss Baby "just to get rid of [him]".
* GilliganCut:
-->'''Boss Baby:''' How do we get past the guard?\\
(''cut to him wearing a puppy costume and leading several real puppies'')
* LampshadeHanging: Young Tim points out how his parents apparently don't see anything wrong with Boss Baby wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase.
* MoodWhiplash: When Young Tim is clinging on to Boss Baby's car as it's moving, the scene abruptly cuts to Tim's parents, who think the kids are having fun.
* ShoutOut: In the second trailer, Boss Baby says that [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast talking candlesticks]] will be included if the audience wants them.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: All babies are able to talk, and this trope is taken UpToEleven with Boss Baby, as he has appears to have a lot of business knowledge.
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''The Boss Baby'' is a 2017 American [[AllCGICartoon animated film]] by Creator/DreamWorks directed by Tom [=McGrath=], one of the co-directors of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' and its sequels. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Marla Frazee.

Tim Templeton (Creator/TobeyMaguire) narrates the story of his life when he was seven years old.

The film is set for release on March 31, 2017.

Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tquIfapGVqs Teaser]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud8j5GaqH3c Trailer 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b-0JXMgFf0 Trailer 2]].
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