History YMMV / BringingUpBaby

* AwardSnub: Not a single Academy Award nominee in sight.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: A lot of Susan’s actions are very manipulative towards David, especially when she ''prevents him from getting married'' just because she likes him too. Even if David’s fiancée wouldn’t have made him very happy in the end, Susan didn’t know that.

* MemeticMutation: [[spoiler: David's skeleton collapsing.]]

** This film was a hit comedy that features a wild feline, a leopard, debuting in a bathroom that freaks out one of the leads upon finding it and now the film is owned by Creator/WarnerBros Then comes Warner's own hit comedy ''Film/TheHangover'' decades later which features another kind of wild feline, a tiger belonging to Creator/MikeTyson, also debuting in a bathroom that freaks out one of the leads upon finding it.

SpecialEffectsFailure: In one scene, the man-eating circus leopard is in the background, but the strings being used to move its tail and head make it painfully obvious that it's a puppet.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Through DoubleVision, a leopard with a wrangler on set, some fearless courage from Katherine Hepburn and a few camera tricks, there's never any doubt that Baby is in the scene with the rest of the cast. And this is a movie from 1938.

* SheReallyCanAct: A variation. Creator/KatharineHepburn is remembered as one of the best dramatic actresses of the Golden Age of Hollywood. In this film, where she radically goes against type, she showed that she could be a talented comedian as well.

** Susan makes up a story about David being a game hunter from Africa. Ten years later, Katherine Hepburn stars in ''Film/TheAfricanQueen'' and gets an Oscar nomination for it.
** The second act of the movie has Susan bringing David to dinner against her aunt's wishes. Fast forward to ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'' where Creator/KatherineHepburn is on the other end of that argument.
* SheReallyCanAct: A variation. Creator/KatherineHepburn is remembered as one of the best dramatic actresses of the Golden Age of Hollywood. In this film, where she radically goes against type, she showed that she could be a talented comedian as well.

** The second act of the movie has Susan bringing David to dinner against her aunt's wishes. Fast forward to ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'' where Katherine Hepburn is on the other end of that argument.
* SheReallyCanAct: A variation. Katherine Hepburn is remembered as one of the best dramatic actresses of the Golden Age of Hollywood. In this film, where she radically goes against type, she showed that she could be a talented comedian as well.

* UnbuiltTrope: Susan Vance is recognised as one of the earliest examples of a ManicPixieDreamGirl. Except David doesn't ''want'' her in his life and she doesn't so much improve it as yank him bodily into her own.
* VindicatedByHistory: The film was a flop in its first release, to the point where Katharine Hepburn had to buy out her contract to RKO and Howard Hawks was fired from ''Film/GungaDin''. Nowadays, it's regarded as a classic.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
** The confusion in the restaurant. Susan accidentally picks up the psychiatrist's wife's purse and has David watch it while she finds her own. The psychiatrist thinks that David is trying to steal it, resulting in Susan trying to explain the situation.
--> '''David:''' It never will be clear, as long as ''she's'' explaining it.
** Susan tries to apologise...and ends up ripping the back of his coat. He furiously orders her to go away...and accidentally rips the [[ComedicUnderwearExposure back of her dress off]]. His attempts to cover it with his hat just baffles Susan even further. Then she finally goes OhCrap when she discovers it. And makes David walk right behind her to cover it up.
** They go over to Mr Peabody's house and Susan decides to throw pebbles at the window to wake him up. There's no sound from inside, so she gets a rock, and hits Peabody right in the face as he opens the window.
--> '''David:''' "I want to run and yet somehow I can't move."
** The two find Baby and George on the other side of a stream. Susan suggest they just wade across...only to find themselves up to their neck in what is quite clearly a river.
** David and Susan running around the house calling out for George. David asks Susan to stop repeating what he says, as it sounds like an echo. So whenever David calls out for George, Susan says "nice, George" instead.

* EsotericHappyEnding: David loses his fiance (though they weren't marrying for love anyway), and his dinosaur skeleton (whether it's irreparable is unclear). However, he gets Susan, who he is at least very fond of at this point, and his museum does get the funding it requires.

* [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Crowning Moment of Funny]]: "I just went ''GAY'' all of a sudden!"
** Also worth mentioning: "Ohhh, you've torn your coat."
** Susan imitating a speaking clock over the phone to annoy David as he talks to his fiance. A house guest arrives, checks his watch, and corrects her as she's doing it.
** When David discovers the dinosaur bone is missing and immediately asks Susan what she did with it:
-->'''Susan:''' "What would I do with a bone?"
-->'''David:''' "I wouldn't dare give a reason for anything you would do!"
** At the very end, when David finally collapses under the strain, Susan catches him and comments with mild interest: "David, you fainted."

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "I just went ''GAY'' all of a sudden!"

* HilarityEnsues

* VindicatedByHistory: The film was a flop in its first release, to the point where Katharine Hepburn had to buy out her contract to RKO and Howard Hawks was fired from ''GungaDin''. Nowadays, it's regarded as a classic.

* EsotericHappyEnding