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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: French director, René Manzor believes they ripped off his 1989 horror movie, ''3615 code Père Noël''.

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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: French director, René Manzor believes they ripped off his 1989 horror movie, ''3615 ''[[Film/DialCodeSantaClaus 3615 code Père Noël''.Noël]]''.
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* AccidentalAesop: Wanting to defend your home and property from invaders is not in and of itself a bad thing, but if you decide to do it all on your own, be aware that the moment things stop going according to your plan, there's a very real chance that you'll be staring down ''much angrier'' invaders who are liable to want revenge for whatever you've done or attempted to do to them. For all they accomplish with their traps, in the first two movies, Kevin ultimately fails to completely incapacitate the Wet Bandits, and makes simple mistakes that end up with him at the mercy of two grown men who are ready to kick his ass (first movie) or outright ''kill him'' (second movie), fates he ONLY avoids due to the lucky presence of friends in the area that rescue him - and in the third movie, one of the spies anticipates Alex making a move to rescue Mrs. Hess and holds him at gunpoint, again, a potentially deadly fate ONLY avoided by a lucky bit of earlier carelessness on the spy's part and a just-as-lucky bluff from Alex.
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* CriticalDissonance: Despite being box office successes, the first two films have received mixed reviews from critics (the third film, meanwhile, was the only one to get a single Thumb's Up from Chicago-based ''Series/SiskelAndEbert'', with the latter giving that Thumb's Up).

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* CriticalDissonance: Despite being box office successes, the first two films have received mixed reviews from critics (the third film, meanwhile, was the only one to get a single Thumb's Thumbs Up from Chicago-based ''Series/SiskelAndEbert'', with the latter giving that Thumb's Thumbs Up).
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* MandelaEffect: "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from "The Nutcracker" is heavily associated with the first two films, despite not actually playing in either film. It ''does'' play in ''Home Sweet Home Alone'', though.

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* MandelaEffect: "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from "The Nutcracker" is heavily associated with the first two films, despite not actually playing in either film. [[note]] The beginning of the Music/JohnWilliams track "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iX9-j2g3HA Making the Plane]]" (the piece that plays in both movies when the [=McCallisters=] wake up after oversleeping) does [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong sound uncannily similar]] to "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", which probably has something to do with it.[[/note]] It ''does'' play in ''Home Sweet Home Alone'', though.
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** ''3'' was contentious when it was first released. However, it has been VindicatedByHistory for fans who think it did a decent job acting out of the box. It features robbers who are smarter and genuinely more threatening than Harry and Marv in certain spots, keeping the protagonist on his toes.

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** ''3'' was contentious when it was first released. However, it has been VindicatedByHistory for fans who think it did a decent job acting out of the box. It features a protagonist as tech-savvy as Kevin with robbers who are smarter and genuinely more threatening than Harry and Marv in certain spots, keeping the protagonist on his toes.Marv.
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** A lot of people view Kevin as some psychotic little brat considering the pain and suffering he puts Harry and Marv through, ignoring the fact that they ''are'' guilty of robbery and were even planning to bite his fingers off once they caught him.

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** A lot of people view Kevin as some psychotic little brat considering the pain and suffering he puts Harry and Marv through, ignoring the fact that they ''are'' guilty of robbery robbery, invaded a house where they ''knew'' a small child was staying unattended, and were even planning to bite his fingers off once they caught him.
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* EvilIsSexy: Alice in the third movie, and Jessica in the fifth, though Jessica isn't so much evil as she is greedy.
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** ''Film/HomeAlone4TakingBackTheHouse'' is considered the worst in the series. The original cast returns, but the continuity of the first two movies is thrown out the window.

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** ''Film/HomeAlone4TakingBackTheHouse'' is considered the worst in the series. The original cast [=McCallister=] family returns, but the continuity of the first two movies is thrown out the window.

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