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| 9 | !!Characters in the Present Time |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[folder:Lewis]] |
| 12 | [[quoteright:174:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lewis_robinson.jpg]] |
| 13 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Daniel Hansen, Jordan Fry; Victor Naudet (European French Dub), Raúl Sebastián (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 14 | |
| 15 | The main protagonist and a budding inventor. |
| 16 | ---- |
| 17 | * AdoptiveNameChange: [[spoiler:His family changed his name to Cornelius after they adopted him.]] |
| 18 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: He is a responsible, pre-teen kid, and the things he says or when he smiles can melt your heart. |
| 19 | * AdvertisedExtra: Lewis appears on the cover of the console versions of [[VideoGame/MeetTheRobinsons the video game]], even though he only briefly appears in a cutscene by dint of it being a {{prequel}} focusing on Wilbur. |
| 20 | * AllLovingHero: Lewis' dream of inventing doesn't just stem from his love of it, but also how he wants to make the world a better place. |
| 21 | * BadassAdorable: Has his sweet, friendly moments and is a brilliant inventor. |
| 22 | * BadassBookworm: His peanut butter and jelly sandwich gun, the memory scanner, [[spoiler:fixing the time machine, eventually building Carl the robot, and the other numerous inventions he's made in the future with Robinson Industries]]. |
| 23 | * BadassPacifist: Lewis manages to [[spoiler:to stop Doris by simply saying the words, "I am '''never''' going to invent you.", which erases Doris out of existence in the process.]] |
| 24 | * BunglingInventor: Many of the inventions he's made have not always worked, i.e. the PB&J gun. |
| 25 | * CharacterDevelopment: Lewis learns that even though he'll fail sometimes, he shouldn't just give up. He has to "[[ArcWords keep moving forward]]". |
| 26 | * ChildProdigy: He is ridiculously intelligent. Obviously he develops into a TeenGenius, as he ends up graduating from college at fourteen. |
| 27 | * {{Determinator}}: His CharacterDevelopment really paid off, his future self spent ''five years'' of repeated failures to finally make a time machine. |
| 28 | * DoorstopBaby: His birth mother left him on the doorstep of the orphanage that he would grow up in for 12 years. |
| 29 | * DumbBlonde: {{Inverted}}. Lewis is a blond who also happens to be one of the smartest characters Disney has ever made. |
| 30 | * EndearinglyDorky: His "adjustments" to being in the future and style of clothing. Too precious. |
| 31 | * FutureBadass: What he becomes in the future as [[spoiler:Cornelius. Many of the inventions he's built have really helped people. Lewis even learns he has his own invention company.]] |
| 32 | * GadgeteerGenius: [[spoiler:In the climax, with a newly regained confidence, Lewis manages to fix the time machine, as well as create the inventions that are used in the future.]] |
| 33 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Lewis is a blond, dorky NiceGuy. |
| 34 | * HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:By Dr. Krunklehorn and her husband. The trope gets more cemented when after the couple surprises Lewis with his new room, he runs to hug them. A family group hug follows.]] |
| 35 | * HeartwarmingOrphan: He doesn't stop hoping that he will get adopted. [[spoiler:Which he does.]] |
| 36 | * ImprobableHairstyle: For some reason, Lewis' hair is spiky enough to stand on its own. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a give away that he's actually Cornelius Robinson.]] |
| 37 | * ImprovisedWeapon: [[spoiler:Believe it or not, {{Retcon}}. By telling Doris he's never going to invent her, Lewis retroactively erases her existence from the space-time continuum, defeating her.]] |
| 38 | * InnocentBlueEyes: To match his friendly and bright personality. |
| 39 | * KidHero: The protagonist and he's 12, almost 13. |
| 40 | * MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:He eventually changes his name to ''Cornelius''.]] |
| 41 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:After Goob explains why he "turned evil", Lewis starts seeing his semi-abusive behavior of young Goob as this and fixes it by waking Goob up in time for him to win at an important baseball game.]] |
| 42 | * NerdGlasses: He wears the stereotypic round glasses that most scientists or nerds wear. |
| 43 | * NerdsAreSexy: More like "Nerds Are Cute". Bowtie? Check. {{Determinator}} tendencies? Check. His expressions and ideas of being adopted? Check. |
| 44 | * NiceGuy: Lewis has his moments of pre-teen angst, but he's overall a nice and sweet young man. |
| 45 | * OppositesAttract: [[spoiler:With Franny. He's a quiet scientist/inventor while she's an excitable musician.]] |
| 46 | * PrimaryColorChampion: The main protagonist and his outfits consists of the following -- a blue vest, white t-shirt, red pants, and white socks. And he's a blond. |
| 47 | * RagsToRiches: Downplayed. [[spoiler:While Lewis didn't grow up in poverty and was raised in a reasonably well-off orphanage, in the future, he becomes an extremely wealthy inventor]]. |
| 48 | * RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf: [[spoiler:As Cornelius Robinson. He owns a company that has really made the world progress.]] |
| 49 | * ScienceHero: The hero who has been making his own inventions since probably before he was 12. |
| 50 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Lewis wears circular glasses and is quite the brainiac. |
| 51 | * TookALevelInBadass: Lewis goes from a pre-teen [[BunglingInventor wannabe inventor]] whose inventions almost never work to [[spoiler:[[GadgeteerGenius the man who builds all the things to help mankind.]]]] |
| 52 | * TookALevelInIdealism: Lewis' failures nearly lead him to give up on his dreams and aspirations. His adventures with Wilbur and the Robinsons help him eventually adopt the "keep moving forward" philosophy. |
| 53 | * WalkingSpoiler: An InUniverse example, in that [[spoiler:Wilbur exposing him reveals to the Robinsons that he is a young Cornelius.]] |
| 54 | * YouthfulFreckles: Lewis has some faint freckles on his cheeks. [[spoiler:His older self, Cornelius]] does too, but even in close shots of his face they're hard to notice. |
| 55 | [[/folder]] |
| 56 | |
| 57 | [[folder:Mildred Duffy]] |
| 58 | [[quoteright:284:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yooniqimages_102383492.jpg]] |
| 59 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AngelaBassett; Sophie Deschaumes (European French Dub), Simone Brook (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 60 | |
| 61 | The person who runs the orphanage that Lewis grew up in. |
| 62 | ---- |
| 63 | * FriendToAllChildren: There's her first scene with baby Lewis and the fact that she runs an orphanage. |
| 64 | * GoodParents: Or rather "Good Substitute Parent", but there's no doubt that the way [[NiceGuy Lewis]] turned out is because of her. |
| 65 | * HartmanHips: Mildred has rather curvy hips. |
| 66 | * MeaningfulName: "Mildred" is Old English for "gentle strength", alluding to her help towards Lewis in letting go of the past. |
| 67 | * NiceGirl: A kind, motherly woman and one of the very first to not discourage Lewis's inventions. |
| 68 | * ParentalSubstitute: Before being officially adopted, Mildred is a positive mother figure for Lewis and the rest of the kids at the orphanage. |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | [[folder:Mike "Goob" Yagoobian]] |
| 72 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_thing8.jpg]] |
| 73 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Matthew Jonsen; Paul-Antoine Nahon (European French Dub), Andoni Sánchez (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 74 | |
| 75 | Lewis' roommate and friend at the orphanage. |
| 76 | ---- |
| 77 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: [[spoiler:Inverted. [[MyFutureSelfAndMe Bowler Hat Guy]] claims that his classmates "all hated [him]", but the footage shows that said classmates actually tried to befriend him. ''He'' shut ''them'' out.]] |
| 78 | * ChekhovsGunman: He is introduced as a minor character who exists primarily to establish how obsessed Lewis is with his inventions. [[spoiler:Then it turns out the Bowler Hat Guy is his grown-up self.]] |
| 79 | * CreepyChild: [[spoiler:His anger over losing a baseball game is so scary, it causes the adults coming to adopt him to not do so.]] |
| 80 | * DeadpanSnarker: Has a dry sense of humor. [[spoiler:He loses the trait after he takes the advice of his future self.]] |
| 81 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Lewis decides to give Goob a better future by waking him up just in time to catch the winning ball and get praised by his teammates. The last time we see Goob, he's prepared to be [[HappilyAdopted adopted]] with a [[TookALevelInKindness much cheerful attitude]].]] |
| 82 | * ExhaustedEyeBags: As a result of Lewis using him as a test subject for his inventions. |
| 83 | * HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:His last scene has him prepared to be adopted.]] |
| 84 | * InSeriesNickname: Often called "Goob". |
| 85 | * LimitedWardrobe: He's only ever shown wearing his baseball uniform. [[spoiler:Exaggerated when it turns out the Bowler Hat Guy is his future self, and is ''still'' wearing that uniform under his cloak well into middle age.]] |
| 86 | * OlderThanTheyLook: At first glance, he looks around elementary school age. He's ''twelve'', the same age as Lewis. |
| 87 | * TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:After he meets with Doris, she persuades him to ruin Lewis' life, all for a ''baseball game''. Thankfully, this gets averted after Lewis wakes up Goob to catch the winning ball.]] |
| 88 | * WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about him without revealing [[spoiler:he is Bowler Hat Guy's past self.]] |
| 89 | [[/folder]] |
| 90 | |
| 91 | [[folder:Lewis' mother]] |
| 92 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wilburs_mom.png]] |
| 93 | ->'''Voiced by:''' N/A |
| 94 | |
| 95 | Lewis' mother who gave up him up for adoption. |
| 96 | ---- |
| 97 | * DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Gender-swapped and {{discussed}}. When former DoorstopBaby [[ChildProdigy Lewis]] is rejected by the 100+ adoptive parents, he bitterly complains that even his birth mother didn't want him. [[ParentalSubstitute Mildred]] is quick to point out that that might not be true; she probably did want him but couldn't raise him for some reason. [[GoneHorriblyRight Unfortunately]], this just makes Lewis obsessed with tracking the birth mother down, since he's now convinced that she's the ''only'' one who ever wanted him. At the end of the movie, though, we can see she was having second thoughts before leaving Lewis. Make of that what you will. |
| 98 | * MissingMom: She left Lewis at the front door of the orphanage, walking away into the distance. |
| 99 | * NoNameGiven: Her name is never revealed. |
| 100 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: She has such an influence on Lewis that it was her that inspired him to invent his Memory Scanner. |
| 101 | * ReusedCharacterDesign: She shares the same model as Franny Robinson, probably to make her real identity more of a mystery. |
| 102 | * RiddleForTheAges: Her reasons for giving up Lewis, as well as her current status, are ultimately never revealed. |
| 103 | [[/folder]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[folder:Mr. Willerstein and Coach]] |
| 106 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomKenny and Creator/DonHall |
| 107 | The faculty judges at Lewis's science fair. |
| 108 | ---- |
| 109 | * CoolTeacher: Mr. Willerstein helps encourage Lewis to enter the contest in the first place and is happy for him when he succeeds. |
| 110 | * EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: Coach is a gym coach whose real name is never revealed. |
| 111 | * EyeObscuringHat: Coach's baseball cap covers his eyes. |
| 112 | * GymClassHell: Coach orders one boy whose project doesn't work to run twenty laps around the gym. |
| 113 | * MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Coach isn't very qualified to be judging a science fair instead of teaching gym, something Willerstein lampshades. He's only there because the science fair is being held in his gym. |
| 114 | * NiceGuy: Willerstein. He's one of the only people in Lewis's life to not discourage Lewis's inventions. |
| 115 | * PetTheDog: See ReasonableAuthorityFigure below. |
| 116 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: They give Lewis a second chance to show of his memory scanner after it initially malfunctions and plunges the fair into chaos. |
| 117 | * RedOniBlueOni: Coach is stern, muscular, and irritable while Willerstein is polite, scrawny, and timid. |
| 118 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Willerstein is a bespectacled science teacher. |
| 119 | * SmarterThanTheyLook: Coach looks and acts like a stern DumbJock, but does make a couple of intelligent observations and questions. He himself lampshades this after asking why Lewis wants to access his memories from a specific date. |
| 120 | --> '''Coach:''' You didn't think I was paying attention, did you? |
| 121 | * SoProudOfYou: They praise Lewis and his memory scanner after it works on his second attempt, and Coach even calls Lewis the MVP of the Science Fair. |
| 122 | [[/folder]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | !!The Robinsons |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 127 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robinsonfamily.jpg]] |
| 128 | |
| 129 | -->'''Wilbur:''' Pop quiz. Who have you met, and what have you learn? |
| 130 | -->'''Lewis:''' Okay, Bud, Fritz, and Joe are brothers. Fritz is married to Petunia, and is she… |
| 131 | -->'''Wilbur:''' Cranky? Yes. |
| 132 | -->'''Lewis:''' Tallulah and Laszlo are their children. Joe is married to Billie. Lefty is the butler. Spike and Demitri are twins, and I don’t know who they’re related to. |
| 133 | -->'''Wilbur:''' Neither do we, go on. |
| 134 | -->'''Lewis:''' Lucille is married to Bud, and your dad, Cornelius, is their son. What does Cornelius look like? |
| 135 | -->'''Wilbur:'''… Creator/TomSelleck. |
| 136 | -->'''Lewis:''' …Okay, Cornelius is married to Franny, and her brothers are Gaston and Art. |
| 137 | -->'''Wilbur:''' You’re forgetting something. |
| 138 | -->'''Lewis:''' Forgetting? Oh, right. Wilbur is the son of Franny and Cornelius. |
| 139 | |
| 140 | The titular, wacky family. |
| 141 | ---- |
| 142 | * AsYouKnow: Lewis recaps to Wilbur who is who in the large wacky Robinson family. The description of who is related to whom is recapped again when you play the bonus feature "family tree" game. |
| 143 | * BadassFamily: They ''attack dinosaurs''. One builds huge model trains. One teaches frogs to sing. |
| 144 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: The whole family are quite a kind bunch... and you would like them to stay that way. |
| 145 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Each and every one of them is eccentric, but when things get deadly, [[LetsGetDangerous they get serious]]. |
| 146 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: All of them to some extent. See {{Keet}} and GenkiGirl. |
| 147 | * CoolAunt: Petunia and Billie to Wilbur. |
| 148 | * CoolUncle: Wilbur has Art, who's an intergalactic pizza man, and Gaston, who built a meatball cannon. Then, Fritz and Joe become this to [[spoiler:Lewis]] and Wilbur; for the latter, they're his great uncles. They all come to help Lewis and Wilbur when the T-Rex appears. |
| 149 | * GenkiGirl: All of the female Robinsons have this eccentricity. |
| 150 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: The Robinson eccentricity, it would seem. |
| 151 | ** Also the "family cowlick" hairstyle. |
| 152 | * {{Keet}}: All the male Robinsons have this eccentricity. |
| 153 | * MamaBear: The female members. When the T-Rex attacks Lewis, the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Robinsons decide to [[LetsGetDangerous get dangerous]]. |
| 154 | * MultigenerationalHousehold: Wilbur lives in the Robinson House with his parents, grandparents, great uncles, great aunts, and older cousins. |
| 155 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: As pointed out in the director's commentary, the Robinson family frequently get in the face of the more reserved Lewis. It's most noticable with [[https://i1.wp.com/caps.pictures/200/7-meet-the-robinsons/full/meet-the-robinsons-disneyscreencaps.com-4028.jpg Uncle Gaston]]. |
| 156 | * PapaWolf: The male members. When the T-Rex attacks Lewis, the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Robinsons decide to [[LetsGetDangerous get dangerous]]. |
| 157 | * PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Bud, Fritz and Joe are brothers but Bud has aged enough to be a grandparent while his younger brothers are roughly young to middle-aged men. |
| 158 | [[/folder]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | [[folder:Wilbur Robinson]] |
| 161 | [[quoteright:147:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wilbur_robinson.jpg]] |
| 162 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Wesley Singerman; Thomas Sagols, Abraham Vega (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 163 | |
| 164 | The deuteragonist and a Robinson member who wants Lewis to fix his memory scanner to restore the timeline. |
| 165 | ---- |
| 166 | * BadassAdorable: His facial expressions and being able to take down a ''T. rex''. |
| 167 | * CharacterCatchphrase: One of his favorites is "That is an excellent question" (said directly before not answering said question). |
| 168 | * FearlessFool: He acts confident and level headed despite how hectic his time travel shenanigans get. |
| 169 | * IGaveMyWord: Lewis makes him promise to bring him to his biological mother after everything has blown over. [[spoiler:After everything has been sorted out, Wilbur keeps his promise and brings Lewis to his real mother's house. Thanks to CharacterDevelopment, Lewis decides to leave it a mystery so he can focus on his other -- and in his eyes, true -- family.]] |
| 170 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Wilbur should ''probably'' be glad Lewis didn't overhear him telling Franny that "he (Lewis)" is an orphan; his tone is almost too casual and treats something deeply painful for Lewis as a footnote. |
| 171 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Wilbur has his moments of insensitivity, but he ''does'' mean well. |
| 172 | * KidFromTheFuture: [[spoiler:He turns out to be Lewis' future son. Wilbur came back from the future to protect his dad from the Bowler Hat Guy. Things got complicated.]] By the end of the movie, we learn that he also ran into [[spoiler:a young Franny]] but didn't even realize it. |
| 173 | * NonAnswer: When asked something, he usually replies with [[CharacterCatchphrase his catchphrase]] "That is an excellent question" before proceeding not to elaborate any further. |
| 174 | * RetGone: Near the end of the film. [[spoiler:He turns out to be Lewis' son, and since Lewis gave the Bowler Hat Guy the directions he needed to work the time machine, reality was altered. Lewis never met Franny and so Wilbur was never born.]] Don't worry, he gets better. |
| 175 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He bears a strong resemblance to his mother with their brown eyes and black hair slicked upward. |
| 176 | [[/folder]] |
| 177 | |
| 178 | [[folder:Franny Robinson]] |
| 179 | [[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meettherobinsonspic9.jpg]] |
| 180 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NicoleSullivan, Creator/JessieFlower (younger); Ninou Fratellini, Claire Bouanich (younger) (European French Dub); Claudia Garzón (Latin Spanish dub), Pau García Castillas (Latin Spanish dub, younger) |
| 181 | |
| 182 | The matriarch of the Robinsons, Wilbur's mother, and Cornelius' wife. She teaches frogs music. |
| 183 | ---- |
| 184 | * ActionMom: Franny does martial arts during food fights and attacks a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' to protect Lewis. |
| 185 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: {{Implied}}. [[spoiler:When Lewis meets Franny as kids, she makes a comment that people would call her crazy for thinking she can teach frogs to sing.]] |
| 186 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The probable reason why Franny [[spoiler:took such a liking to Lewis aka Cornelius in the first place is because he believed in her dream to teach frogs to sing, when others didn't]]. |
| 187 | * BrainyBrunette: She was able to teach frogs to sing for God's sake! |
| 188 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:She and Lewis met each other when they were still kids, at the science fair.]] |
| 189 | * EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:Wilbur walks into young!Franny near the beginning of the film, and apparently never figures out who she is.]] |
| 190 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Judging by her ambition to teach amphibians to not only speak, but sing as well. |
| 191 | * HappilyMarried: To Cornelius. [[spoiler:Who turns out to be the older Lewis.]] |
| 192 | * ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Has a very broad and robust upper-body, and a waist you could wrap your whole hand around. |
| 193 | * LikeParentLikeSpouse: [[spoiler:For her future husband, Lewis. WordOfGod stated that Franny's body model was used for Lewis' mother as well.]] |
| 194 | * LittleMissBadass: As a child, Franny is able to push around Wilbur, who is much taller and older than she is. |
| 195 | * MamaBear: As previously mentioned, she attacks a ''T-Rex'' when it tries to grab Lewis. |
| 196 | * NiceGirl: Franny is feisty, sweet, and was willing to adopt Lewis the ''first day'' she met him. [[spoiler:She doesn't because he turns out to be the younger self of her future husband.]] |
| 197 | * OppositesAttract: With Cornelius/[[spoiler:future Lewis]]. While she's an excitable musician, he's a quiet person by comparison who is a worldwide known inventor. |
| 198 | * RedIsHeroic: Wears a red bowtie in her head and red heels, and she's also one of the good guys. |
| 199 | * SiblingRivalry: Implied to have this with Gaston. |
| 200 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Heavily implied. [[spoiler:When [[AllLovingHero Lewis]] and Franny first meet at the science fair, Franny gets lovestruck gaze after her future husband tells her he believes in her dream of teaching frogs to sing.]] |
| 201 | * {{Tomboy}}: An expert in karate and would rather teach frogs to sing than play with dolls. |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | [[folder:Cornelius Robinson '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']] |
| 205 | [[caption-width-right:122:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/costume_lewis.jpg]] |
| 206 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/TomSelleck; Lionel Tua (European French Dub), José Luis "El Puma" Rodríguez (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 207 | |
| 208 | The patriarch of the Robinsons, Wilbur's father, and Franny's husband. He is in charge of Robinson Industries. |
| 209 | ---- |
| 210 | * AmbiguousSituation: Lewis asks his future self if he's ever met their biological mother. Cornelius appears to hesitate, as if unsure if that ever happened or if he is considering telling him about her. In the end, though, he tells his past self that it's all up to him as the future is not set in stone. |
| 211 | * AdoptiveNameChange: He was once Lewis, but his family changed his name after they adopted him. |
| 212 | * AmazonChaser: He is HappilyMarried to Franny, who is a karate master. |
| 213 | * BigGood: A brilliant scientist who's responsible for the inventions that led to the good future. |
| 214 | * BorrowedCatchPhrase: "Keep Moving Forward" was an old saying by Disney, and it's plastered everywhere in 2037. |
| 215 | * BrickJoke: When Lewis and Wilbur are running through the Robinson family tree, Lewis asks what Cornelius looks like. Wilbur ponders a bit, and then replies, "...Creator/TomSelleck". When Cornelius finally shows up in person at the end of the movie, guess who his voice actor turns out to be? |
| 216 | * CelebrityParadox: PlayedForLaughs. Tom Selleck is apparently a celebrity both Lewis and Wilbur are familiar enough with to use as a reference for what Cornelius looks like. The joke was actually written first, and only after that did the production crew decide to actually get Tom Selleck for Cornelius's voice. |
| 217 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: He met his future wife, Franny, when they were both kids at the science fair. |
| 218 | * CompositeCharacter: Seems to be a composite of three different characters from the book. The most obvious two being Mr. Robinson and Lewis. He also has traits from Uncle Judlow, being an inventor and the smartest member of the family. |
| 219 | * {{Determinator}}: As Wilbur lets Lewis know, he keeps inventing until something works, even if he fails spectacularly hundreds of times in the process. His motto isn't "Keep Moving Forward" for nothing. |
| 220 | * FreezeFrameBonus: You can see Cornelius' face as he shuts down Doris during her backstory within Bowler Hat Guy's monologue. |
| 221 | * HairstyleInertia: A major plot point, in fact. He kept the same spiky hairstyle he had in his youth when he went by Lewis. This is the reason Wilbur keeps present Lewis' hair covered with a hat. |
| 222 | * HenpeckedHusband: He has shades of this with his wife. After all, she is ''always'' right. |
| 223 | * HonestCorporateExecutive: He's the head of Robinson Industries and genuinely wants to improve people's lives with his inventions. |
| 224 | * InkSuitActor: Spoofed. When Lewis asked what Cornelius looks like, Wilbur replies, "Like Tom Selleck", his voice actor. In reality, Cornelius bears no resemblance to his voice actor. |
| 225 | * PrimaryColorChampion: He wears the same primary-themed attire he was dressed in when he went by Lewis, except now he wears a white labcoat. |
| 226 | * SelfMadeMan: Thanks to the memory scanner, he was able to show what he could do, and by now he even owns his own company and builds the inventions by it. Though having a scientist for an adopted mom probably helped matters. |
| 227 | * WalkingSpoiler: It's impossible to talk about him without revealing that he's actually Lewis from the future and spoiling the plot. |
| 228 | [[/folder]] |
| 229 | |
| 230 | [[folder:Carl]] |
| 231 | [[quoteright:289:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carl25.jpg]] |
| 232 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarlandWilliams; Creator/DonaldReignoux (European French Dub), Creator/OscarFlores (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 233 | |
| 234 | The robot butler and honorary member of the Robinson family. |
| 235 | ---- |
| 236 | * ArtificialFamilyMember: PlayedWith. He wasn't created to be Lewis/Cornelius's child, but he is clearly treated as part of the family. |
| 237 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Towards the end of the movie, Doris kills Carl by impaling him with her arm weapon. Don't worry, he gets better. |
| 238 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By Doris, when he and Wilbur go to rescue Lewis. |
| 239 | * LightIsGood: Carl is a shiny, golden robot. |
| 240 | * MuscleAngst: Implied. Before Lewis goes back to the past, he gives some "suggestions" for his design (namely building him muscular instead of skinny). |
| 241 | * NiceGuy: Carl is shown to be consistently polite and helpful. |
| 242 | * OnlySaneMan: He is the least strange member of the household... and he's a robot. |
| 243 | * PickYourHumanHalf: Carl is completely robot in appearance and has the character traits of a human. |
| 244 | * RobotBuddy: To the Robinsons, but especially Wilbur. He is considered part of the family, even if he's not blood related, and is treated like a Robinson. |
| 245 | * ServileSnarker: He works for the Robinsons and doesn't hide his snarky side. |
| 246 | [[/folder]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[folder:Grampa Bud / Bud Robinson]] |
| 249 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/normal_05robinsons214.jpg]] |
| 250 | [[caption-width-right:350:Bud Robinson]] |
| 251 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/StephenAnderson; Creator/PatriceDozier (European French Dub); Esteban Siller (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 252 | |
| 253 | Wilbur's grandfather, Cornelius' father and grandpatriarch of the Robinson family. |
| 254 | ---- |
| 255 | * CloudCuckoolander: It seems to be a family trait. |
| 256 | * CoolOldGuy: He may be a little wacky, but he is shown to be a funny, happy-go-lucky person and a wonderful father and grandfather figure. |
| 257 | * FalseTeethTomfoolery: When Lewis first meets Grandpa Bud, he is hunting for his false teeth, in quintessential Robinson style. |
| 258 | * GoodParents: [[spoiler:He and his wife adopted Lewis/Cornelius and he is shown to be a very loving and supportive father towards him.]] |
| 259 | * GrandparentalObliviousness: He means well, but he tends to be rather forgetful as he didn't remember where the garage was and took Lewis all over the house looking for it. |
| 260 | * NiceGuy: As wacky as he can be, Bud is shown to be a very nice, friendly man who cares deeply about his family. [[spoiler:He also adopted Lewis not long after meeting him, seeing him as "a real special kid" and it's implied that it was thanks to him and his wife's good parenting and support that Lewis/Cornelius turned into the man he is in the future.]] |
| 261 | * ScatterbrainedSenior: He means well, but he can be pretty wacky and forgetful at times. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Grandma Lucille '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_20220311_071025.jpg]] |
| 267 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LaurieMetcalf;Virginie Mery (European French Dub); Evita "Chachita" Muñoz (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 268 | |
| 269 | Wilbur's grandmother, Cornelius' mother, and grandmatriarch to the Robinson family. In the present, she goes by Dr. Krunklehorn, and is one of the science fair judges. |
| 270 | ---- |
| 271 | * AcademicAthlete: We know she's a brilliant (if eccentric) scientist, but if her words are to be believed, she's swam the English Channel and won a gold medal luging (and implies it was only her first). |
| 272 | * CloudCuckoolander: It seems to run in the family. |
| 273 | * CoolOldLady: She is shown "baking cookies" by dancing. |
| 274 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Dr. Krunklehorn says "One of your students may invent the next integrated circuit, or microprocessor, or integrated circuit... Oh wait, I said that already!" in her introductory scene. Justified since she is sleep deprived and only awake due to her caffeine patches. |
| 275 | * GenkiGirl: Dr. Krunklehorn. Yes, really. The fact that she invented a caffeine patch doesn't help matters. |
| 276 | * GoodParents: She and her husband adopted Lewis/Cornelius and she is shown to be a very loving, understanding and supportive mother towards him. |
| 277 | * LargeHam: Her younger self really hams it up when she's caffeinated. Being voiced by Laurie Metcalf helps. |
| 278 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Her invention of the caffeine patch qualifies as this. While talking in the present day, she ends up screaming that she hasn't slept in ''eight days''. Mr. Willerstein awkwardly asks if she would like a cot, but Lucille says no, explaining she has the caffeine patch. Slapping one on Mr. Willerstein's head, she lifts up her sleeve to reveal a set of patches on her arm. She then goes on to explain that her invention is the equivalent to ''12 cups of coffee'' with no side effects, before screaming out of nowhere and quickly apologizing. |
| 279 | * NiceGirl: As hyper and eccentric as she is, she is shown to be a very kind, friendly and encouraging person. She was more than happy to judge the science fair and volunteered to be Lewis's test subject during his second attempt with the memory scanner. She also adopted Lewis not long after meeting him, and it's implied that it was thanks to her and her husband's good parenting and support that Lewis/Cornelius turned into the man he is in the future. |
| 280 | * ProfessionalMaidenName: She is refered to as Dr. Krunklehorn when she is judging the science fair. She is also revealed to be Bud Robinson's wife and Lewis's adoptive mother. It's unknown if she kept her maiden name when she married Bud or only uses it for her work life. |
| 281 | * RoseHairedSweetie: Or pink in this case. In the future, the elderly Lucille wears her hair up in a puffy pink bun. |
| 282 | * ShakingTheRump: In the future, she is seen "baking cookies" when Bud opens the door to show her dancing to Swing music. |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | [[folder:Uncle Art / Art Framagucci]] |
| 286 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uncle_art.jpg]] |
| 287 | [[caption-width-right:350:Art Framagucci]] |
| 288 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AdamWest; Creator/XavierFagnon (European French Dub); Creator/MarioArvizu (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 289 | Wilbur's uncle, Cornelius' brother-in-law and uncle of the Robinson family. |
| 290 | ---- |
| 291 | * BaitAndSwitch: Comes off as some sort of space adventurer before you find out that he's actually a pizza delivery man ([[MundaneMadeAwesome but still, IN SPACE]]!) |
| 292 | * LargeHam: Uncle Art most of the time. |
| 293 | * ShoutOut: Apparently, he's delivered pizza to the planet Qward, the homeworld of the Sinestro Corps in the ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' mythos. |
| 294 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: Art Framagucci is tall, muscular, has dark hair, and is quite handsome. |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [[folder:Uncle Gaston / Gaston Framagucci]] |
| 298 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/normal_05robinsons236.jpg]] |
| 299 | [[caption-width-right:350:Gaston Framagucci]] |
| 300 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Don Hall; Pascal Massix (European French Dub); Creator/RaulAnaya (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 301 | Wilbur's uncle, Cornelius' brother-in-law and uncle of the Robinson family. |
| 302 | ---- |
| 303 | * LargeHam: Uncle Gaston when food-fighting with Franny. |
| 304 | * SiblingRivalry: Implied between Gaston and Franny. They engage in a food fight and, based off Franny’s line before the fight, it sounds like this wasn’t the first time they fought during a meal. |
| 305 | * TheUnSmile: When he's happy, he makes weird facial expressions. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Cousin Tallulah / Tallulah Robinson]] |
| 309 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/64_5.png]] |
| 310 | [[caption-width-right:350: Cousin Tallulah]] |
| 311 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Stephen Anderson; Lena Kowski (European French Dub); Yadira Aedo (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 312 | Wilbur's first cousin, Cornelius' cousin and relative of the Robinson family. |
| 313 | ---- |
| 314 | * CompositeCharacter: Has the name of one character from the book but the gimmick of another. |
| 315 | * CrossdressingVoices: Voiced by director Stephen Anderson, and you can kind of tell. |
| 316 | * FieryRedhead: Tallulah has red hair and starts bickering with her brother after he accidentally spilled paint on her hat. |
| 317 | * RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: She's Wilbur's cousin in the movie, but based on his [[CompositeCharacter two]] sisters from the book. |
| 318 | * SiblingRivalry: She and her brother Lazlo seem to bicker and get into squabbles a lot. |
| 319 | [[/folder]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder:Uncle Spike and Uncle Demitri / Spike and Demitri Robinson]] |
| 322 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/normal_05robinsons226.jpg]] |
| 323 | [[caption-width-right:350:Spike and Demitri]] |
| 324 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Ethan Sandler; Serge Bavian (European French Dub); Jamie Kurt (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 325 | Wilbur's uncles and uncles to the Robinson family. Lewis comments that he doesn't know who they're related to, to which Wilbur comments that nether anyone in the Robinson family know who Spike and Demitri are related to. |
| 326 | ---- |
| 327 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: Lewis describes Spike and Demitri as twins but does not know who they are related to, which Wilbur admits not even he or any of the Robinson‘s truly know. |
| 328 | * SiblingRivalry: Played straight with Dmitri and Spike in a doorbell ringing contest. |
| 329 | [[/folder]] |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[folder:Cousin Laszlo / Laszlo Robinson]] |
| 332 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/21974_100397459997931_100000830319764_9362_1313820_n.jpg]] |
| 333 | [[caption-width-right:350:Cousin Laszlo]] |
| 334 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Ethan Sandler; Damien Witecka (European French Dub); Milton Wolch (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 335 | Wilbur's first cousin, Cornelius' cousin and relative of the Robinson family. |
| 336 | ---- |
| 337 | * FieryRedhead: Laszlo sports red hair and starts an argument with his sister when he accidentally spills paint on her hat. |
| 338 | * SiblingRivalry: He and his sister Tallulah seem to bicker and get into squabbles a lot. |
| 339 | [[/folder]] |
| 340 | |
| 341 | [[folder:Uncle Joe / Joe Robinson]] |
| 342 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meet_the_robinsons_disneyscreencapscom_4451.jpg]] |
| 343 | [[caption-width-right:350:Joe Robinson]] |
| 344 | ->'''Voiced by''': Unknown |
| 345 | Wilbur's great-uncle, Cornelius' uncle and one of the many relatives in the Robinson family. |
| 346 | ---- |
| 347 | * CanonForeigner: Makes no appearance in the book. |
| 348 | * HappilyMarried: To Billie. |
| 349 | * ManChild: Without his PB&J sandwich, Uncle Joe can become one of these: |
| 350 | -->'''Uncle Art:''' You don't understand what's at stake here; Uncle Joe's seen the toast!\ |
| 351 | ''[Uncle Joe starts whimpering and turns red in the face]''\ |
| 352 | '''Grandpa Bud:''' We're past the point of no return!\ |
| 353 | '''Aunt Billie:''' If he doesn't get PB&J--\ |
| 354 | '''Aunt Petunia:''' We all pay! |
| 355 | :: : He is briefly shown sucking his thumb a bit later. |
| 356 | * SeriousBusiness: He has to have PB&J on his toast or else. |
| 357 | * UglyGuyHotWife: Morbidly obese Joe and sleek Billie. |
| 358 | * WeightWoe: He is morbidly obese. |
| 359 | [[/folder]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | [[folder:Aunt Billie / Billie Robinson]] |
| 362 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/normal_05robinsons224.jpg]] |
| 363 | [[caption-width-right:350:Billie Robinson]] |
| 364 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kelly Hoover; Creator/MarieEugenieMarechal (European French Dub); Jessica Ortiz (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 365 | ---- |
| 366 | * CrazyPrepared: Aunt Billie has her "toy" train collection ready either to race competitively with other members of the family or for stopping any possible intruders threatening her family (i.e, Bowler Hat Guy and a giant T.Rex). |
| 367 | * SpicyLatina: Aunt Billie, who is Latina and has a fiery temper and personality. She always has her toy trains ready for either racing or stopping potential threats to her family. |
| 368 | [[/folder]] |
| 369 | |
| 370 | [[folder:Uncle Fritz and Aunt Petunia / Fritz and Petunia Robinson]] |
| 371 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fritz_and_petunia.jpg]] |
| 372 | [[caption-width-right:350:Fritz and Petunia Robinson]] |
| 373 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EthanSandler; Pierre Tessier (European French Dub); Salvador Nájar (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 374 | Wilbur's great-uncle and great-aunt, Cornelius' uncle and aunt and two of the many relatives in the Robinson family. |
| 375 | ---- |
| 376 | * CanonForeigner: They make no appearance in the book. |
| 377 | * DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Aunt Petunia and Uncle Fritz. Of course, she's also a puppet that he controls, so... Technically self-abuse? He's also clearly nuts. |
| 378 | * FieryRedhead: Petunia, her "daughter" Tallulah, and her "son" Laszlo. They show their fiery nature when Petunia's children argue while painting the house. A few minutes later, Petunia slaps her husband. |
| 379 | * HenpeckedHusband: Uncle Fritz. Aunt Petunia berates and smacks him around... which is strange since she looks like just a hand puppet. |
| 380 | * {{Ventriloquism}}: Uncle Fritz, who seems to be the "voice" for his "wife" and puppet, Aunt Petunia. |
| 381 | [[/folder]] |
| 382 | |
| 383 | !!Antagonists ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''') |
| 384 | [[folder:"Bowler Hat Guy"]] |
| 385 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/phpnULptIPM-bowlerhat_1734.jpg]] |
| 386 | [[caption-width-right:350:"It was then that I realized it wasn't my fault! It was yours!"]] |
| 387 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Stephen Anderson; Creator/BorisRehlinger (European French Dub); Creator/MarioFilio (Latin Spanish dub) |
| 388 | |
| 389 | A dastardly man who has a mysterious vendetta against Lewis. |
| 390 | ---- |
| 391 | * AdultsDressedAsChildren: In the future, he's still wearing his old Little League uniform under his cloak... and from the looks of it, he ''never took it off'' in the intervening decades. |
| 392 | * AndThenWhat: After he is reformed, Goob has only one thing left on his checklist: "?" He just doesn't know what to do with himself anymore. |
| 393 | * AntiRoleModel: His philosophy is a direct contrast to the film's moral to "Keep Moving Forward", as he instead holds on to a single bad thing that happened to him during his childhood for his ''entire life'', and tries to get revenge on Lewis because of it. |
| 394 | -->'''Bowler Hat Guy:''' Everyone will tell you to let it go and move on, but ''don't''. Instead, let it fester and boil inside of you! Take these feelings and lock them away. Let them fuel your actions. Let hate be your ally, and you will be capable of wonderfully horrid things! |
| 395 | * AntiVillain: Unlike Doris, He never had any malicious intent towards enslaving humanity, only getting back on Lewis for petty revenge. |
| 396 | -->'''Bowler Hat Guy:''' I just wanted to ruin his future, ''NOT'' this! |
| 397 | * BigBadDuumvirate: {{Subverted}}. This seems to be the case between the Bowler Hat Guy and Doris until it is revealed that the former is an UnwittingPawn to the latter. |
| 398 | * BigBadWannabe: He's more pathetic than villainous. ''Doris'', on the other hand... |
| 399 | * CardCarryingVillain: He tries to be this. |
| 400 | * TheCorrupter: He tries to serve as this to Goob, telling him to hold onto his resentment. Goob is just confused. |
| 401 | * DastardlyDapperDerby: He wears one of these, of course. It's even in the name. The twist is that the derby in question is actually a robot named Doris. And she turns out to be much dastardlier than him. |
| 402 | * DastardlyWhiplash: Seems to be the inspiration for his design. Thematically it's an appropriate design, as an old and antiquated archetype contrasts well with the "keep moving forward" message. |
| 403 | -->'''Bowler Hat Guy:''' I know! I'll turn him into a ''duck''! Yes, yes, it's so ''evil''! ...Oh... I don't know how to do that... I don't really need a duck. |
| 404 | * DecoyAntagonist: It's revealed that his bowler hat, Doris, is the movie's true main villain. |
| 405 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: |
| 406 | ** Bowler Hat Guy's main downfall is that he doesn't think any of his plans through, which people love to point out. The first time it's a CEO. The second time it's a ''talking frog''. Not enough? The third time it's ''Tiny the Tyrannosaur'' innocently lampshading it, finally causing Bowler Hat Guy to have a minor VillainousBreakdown. |
| 407 | --->'''Bowler Hat Guy:''' Why aren't you seizing the boy?!\ |
| 408 | '''Tiny:''' I have a big head and little arms! I'm just not sure how well this plan was thought through, Master. ''[{{Beat}}]'' Master?\ |
| 409 | ''[cut to Bowler Hat Guy repeatedly face-planting himself on the monitor]'' |
| 410 | ** He also never considers that sabotaging ''one'' ChildProdigy's future and stealing his Memory Scanner as his own would have [[TemporalParadox major consequences]] for the ''entire'' future itself as Lewis points out, especially if said prodigy is one of the reasons the future turns out so bright, and that his so-called OnlyFriend, Doris, happened to be [[FalseFriend using him the whole time]] to enslave all of the city. |
| 411 | * DisproportionateRetribution: His motivation for trying to ruin Lewis' life? Lewis' inventions caused him to miss a catch and blow a baseball game. What makes this truly disproportionate is that he continued to stew in his humiliation over this incident well into middle age, treating it as a life-ruining event when the reality of his narration shows that he had plenty of time and opportunity to cut Lewis out of his life and move on. |
| 412 | * DoNotCallMePaul: Outside of the big reveal, he doesn't react well to being referred to by his original name Goob. |
| 413 | * TheDragon: To Doris. Without her assistance, he's virtually a HarmlessVillain. |
| 414 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 415 | ** Bowler Hat Guy only wanted to ruin ''one'' kid's future, and never wanted to [[TakeOverTheWorld enslave humanity]], as Doris ends up doing in the BadFuture. |
| 416 | ---> '''Bowler Hat Guy''': ''[genuinely horrified by the hats attacking everyone]'' Doris, what's happening? I-I don't understand! I just wanted to ruin [Lewis's] future, not ''this!'' |
| 417 | ** He also doesn't want to ''kill'' Lewis, [[WeUsedToBeFriends because Lewis is his former friend.]] |
| 418 | * EvilFormerFriend: His true identity is the grown-up Goob, who never got over his resentment of Lewis for costing him the ball game. |
| 419 | * EvilIsPetty: How does he try to get back at Robinson Industries? By throwing eggs and toilet paper at their headquarters, which clearly won’t get him anywhere. |
| 420 | * EvilLaugh: He's constantly cackling, but instead of making him menacing it highlights how ineffective and pathetic he is. |
| 421 | * EvilMakesYouUgly: We get to see bits and pieces of him growing up from Goob to become Bowler Hat Guy - he starts out reasonably attractive, but then he starts getting lankier and spindlier from stewing incessantly in a cramped, dark room in the abandoned orphanage until he's his DastardlyWhiplash present self. |
| 422 | * EvilSoundsDeep: While it pitches with his emotions and theatrics, his voice is typically ''very'' deep. |
| 423 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: The alternate ending of the film has him going back in time and preventing himself from turning evil. He then quietly leaves Lewis at the Robinson family house, knowing this version of himself will be RetGone from existence. |
| 424 | * {{Foil}}: The basic difference between Bowler Hat Guy and Lewis (especially Lewis' future as Cornelius) is the essence of the movie's moral: While Lewis suffers failure after failure yet learns to [[CharacterCatchphrase Keep Moving Forward]] and not give up on his dreams, Bowler Hat Guy never moved past one nasty setback, keeping himself from ever finding happiness or success. Lewis points this out after Bowler Hat Guy's MotiveRant, but [[IgnoredEpiphany he chooses to keep blaming other people for his problems]]. |
| 425 | * FreudianExcuse: Goob blamed Lewis for making him miss the winning ball for his team, which got him beaten up. The loss took such a toll on him that he never got adopted and stayed in the orphanage until he hit his thirties. Lewis points out that Goob ''[[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse chose]]'' to only think about the bad stuff that happened in his life and blame someone else for his choices while he could've easily let go of his pathetic grudges and learn from his setbacks. Goob eventually [[HeelRealization realizes]] Lewis was right when he sees what [[BigBad Doris]] [[BadFuture does to the future]] because of his petty vendetta. |
| 426 | * GivenNameReveal: His true identity is revealed along with his name. It's Michael "Goob" Yagoobian. |
| 427 | * GreenEyedMonster: The director's commentary states that jealousy of Cornelius Robinson is Bowler Hat Guy's entire motivation for his villainy. |
| 428 | * HarmlessVillain: Until he meets Doris, and even then he is hopelessly incompetent at being evil. |
| 429 | * HeelFaceTurn: When Lewis shows him the BadFuture, and of course, when his StartOfDarkness is erased from history. |
| 430 | * InSeriesNickname: Everyone, or at least Wilbur and Lewis, refers to him as "Bowler Hat Guy", or "Goob" when he was a child. |
| 431 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He tries so hard. |
| 432 | * KilledOffscreen: Implied via RetGone. Implied even more in the bad future, where a bunch of bowler hats tackle him to the ground...and that's the last we see of him in this timeline. |
| 433 | * LaughablyEvil: He has a fair number of humorous moments, like how his revenge scheme before meeting Doris was simply to T.P. Robinson Industries, and when he contemplates turning someone into a duck, only to realize that he doesn't know how he can accomplish that and can't think of any reason a duck would be useful for him. |
| 434 | * LargeHam: He's completely over-the-top and comedic. |
| 435 | * LeanAndMean: He’s tall and lanky and serves as one of the film’s antagonists. |
| 436 | * LyingFingerCross: When he manages to finally catch Lewis, he offers to take Lewis back to the past to see his mother if Lewis fixes the memory scanner. The camera shows him crossing his fingers as he waits for Lewis’s response. |
| 437 | * MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: His and Doris' main goal is to destroy Lewis' future, which turned out utopian the first time. |
| 438 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Lewis sees what happened after the Bowler Hat Guy sold the memory scanner, the Bowler Hat Guy is horrified to see the destruction of Doris and the Helping Hats. |
| 439 | * NeverMyFault: Rather than let go of what happened and move on with his life, he blamed Lewis. It really didn't help that he listened to the radio, which talked about Lewis' accomplishments. |
| 440 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: Ultimately, Doris' manipulation of Bowler Hat Guy sets off a chain of events through time travel which result in her getting erased from existence, along with what caused Bowler Hat Guy's descent in the first place. |
| 441 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is modeled after Creator/JimCarrey, whom was originally going to voice the character until he dropped at the last mintue. |
| 442 | * NoRespectGuy: Even beings he mind controls are not above backsassing his horrible plans. |
| 443 | * ObsessedAreTheListmakers: Bowler Hat Guy loves checklists and is often seen ticking off items on his, such as "Steal time machine", "Ruin science fair", and "Get that [comic book swearing symbols] boy". After he is reformed, he has only one thing on his list: "?" The poor man doesn't know what to do with himself. |
| 444 | * ObviouslyEvil: He has the looks and (exaggerated) mannerisms of a classic melodrama villain. |
| 445 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Bowler Hat Guy doesn't get a name until about 2/3 of the way through the movie, for spoilerific reasons. |
| 446 | * PsychopathicManchild: Bowler Hat Guy never let one childhood trauma go and thus kept a child-like mentality. |
| 447 | * RealMenWearPink: He's shown to be a fan of ponies (unicorns in particular) as evidenced by his binder and [[SugarBowl "evil lair"]]. |
| 448 | * RetGone: Given that Lewis was able to go back in time and give him an opportunity to win his game, it's safe to say this version of Goob no longer exists. |
| 449 | * {{Revenge}}: His goal is to get revenge on Lewis for accidentally causing him to blow a game-winning catch during a childhood baseball game. |
| 450 | * SignatureHeadgear: They don't call him the Bowler Hat Guy for nothing. |
| 451 | * StableTimeLoop: When Bowler Hat Guy makes a second trip to Lewis' time, he attempts to attack Lewis before he could get into the time machine, but he instead finds Goob. Realizing that he has met his past self, Bowler Hat Guy proceeded to tell the boy to not let go of his perceived trauma over failing to win the baseball game so that Bowler Hat Guy is all but assured to be Goob's future. |
| 452 | * StrawLoser: Bowler Hat Guy doesn't shower, [[DidntThinkThisThrough doesn't even bother to think his evil plans through]], and initially couldn't think of any way of revenge more effective than throwing eggs and toilet paper at the Robinson Industries sign. |
| 453 | * UnwittingPawn: Turns out Doris was only using Bowler Hat Guy's hatred for Lewis to trick him into getting the time machine, so he could use it to steal one of Lewis' inventions and make a lot of money. Then, Bowler Guy would use the money to build more Dorises. Then, the real Doris would have her clones enslave the humans. |
| 454 | * UnreliableNarrator: When explaining his StartOfDarkness to Lewis. While his fellow baseball players apparently beat him up for not catching the winning ball, some parts are still inaccurate to what we see onscreen. |
| 455 | -->'''Kid:''' Hey Goob, what's up? Nice binder.\ |
| 456 | '''Another Kid:''' Hey Goob, you wanna come over to my house today?\ |
| 457 | '''Bowler Hat Guy:''' ''[voiceover]'' [[SelfServingMemory They all hated me.]] |
| 458 | * VileVillainLaughableLackey: ''He's'' the lackey, Doris is the villain. |
| 459 | * VillainHasAPoint: Even if his refusal to let it go is beyond the pale, he is right about Lewis being very inconsiderate of his roommate’s health and well-being, to the point being unreasonably selfish. Therefore, Lewis goes to fix Goob’s future before correcting his own. |
| 460 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: He was once Mike "Goob" Yagoobian, Lewis' friend and roommate at the orphanage. |
| 461 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: When his motivation is revealed. Goob, who finally snaps when his life goes downhill due to Lewis unintentionally causing him to miss the ball. Even if he's not intending for the city to hit the BadFuture that TheManBehindTheMan is trying for, the fact is, he is still looking to deliberately ruin the man responsible for much of the awesome tech that the future runs on, thereby making a future that's much less advanced (if not quite a CrapsackWorld). |
| 462 | * WouldHurtAChild: He doesn't want Lewis hurt when trying to capture him. However, when he tries to use a T. Rex to capture Lewis, he's fine with letting the dino eat Wilbur. |
| 463 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: It’s implied that Doris kills him after he helps her take over the city with her army of Helping Hats. |
| 464 | [[/folder]] |
| 465 | |
| 466 | [[folder:[=DOR-15=]/Doris]] |
| 467 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dor_15.jpg]] |
| 468 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Ethan Sandler |
| 469 | |
| 470 | Bowler Hat Guy's partner. |
| 471 | ---- |
| 472 | * AdorableEvilMinions: As quote Bowler Hat Guy: "It's so ''cute''!" For a spider-like robotic hat that can take control of people's minds, that is. |
| 473 | * AIIsACrapshoot: She was invented to be as helpful as Carl, but she teams up with Goob, and is ultimately revealed to be the true BigBad. |
| 474 | * TheBadGuyWins: After tricking Goob into ruining Lewis's future, she manages to (briefly) replace the first timeline with a total dystopian one where everyone is enslaved to her Helping Hat minions. It takes Doris being {{Retgone}} to undo her victory. |
| 475 | * BadassAdorable: Considered cute by Bowler Hat Guy. |
| 476 | * BigBad: Is eventually revealed to be this at the climax of the movie when Lewis watches an old video of Doris having her troops attack Bowler Hat Guy after betraying him and she enslaves everyone, including his family. |
| 477 | * BigBadDuumvirate: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Doris and Goob may appear to be a team at first, but it's soon revealed that Goob is taking orders from Doris, who has far worse plans for the future, and she outright betrays him to begin her plot to TakeOverTheWorld. |
| 478 | * CyberCyclops: She is a robotic bowler hat with one eye. |
| 479 | * DarkIsEvil: She's a black, robotic bowler hat. |
| 480 | * DeathCryEcho: [[spoiler: She screams the moment she is vaporized from existence (which fades out) after Wilbur tells her off by promising to never invent her.]] |
| 481 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: For how much more competent she seems than Bowler Hat Guy, making an enemy of her creator's past self and trying to outright kill him before he'd invented her is a monumental oversight on her part. It only takes a promise not to invent her in the future after seeing what she'd done to erase her from existence. |
| 482 | * DoAnythingRobot: She has a massive array of attachments, including spider legs, a display screen, miniature versions of herself, night vision goggles, a toothbrush, and screwdrivers. This was the original intent behind her creation to be a helper bot, but then she quickly decided to be the one running things. |
| 483 | * DragonWithAnAgenda: Despite appearing to be Bowler Hat Guy's henchman at first glance, it turns out that Doris was using him for her own agenda. |
| 484 | * TheDogWasTheMastermind: Doris only teamed up with Goob so that she could rule over the civilians. |
| 485 | * HoverBot: A robotic bowler hat with a single eye who normally travels by hovering. However, she also has retractable limbs and weapons, including SpiderLimbs that she can walk with. |
| 486 | * HyperCompetentSidekick: Doris appears to be this to Bowler Hat Guy for most of the movie. She's actually the one who's manipulating him in her own plan for world domination. |
| 487 | * IntelligibleUnintelligible: We can only understand her by her beeps... which isn't saying a lot. |
| 488 | * KnightOfCerebus: The plot gets much darker once she takes over as the direct BigBad. |
| 489 | * MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: Her and Bowler Hat Guy's main goal is to destroy Lewis' future, which turned out utopian the first time. |
| 490 | * TheManInFrontOfTheMan: Or rather, the hat atop the man. |
| 491 | * ObviouslyEvil: Since she combines DarkIsEvil and RedEyesTakeWarning, she's obviously not one to be trusted. |
| 492 | * PuffOfLogic: Her "[[RetGone death]]" -- Lewis resolves to simply never invent her, making her present existence paradoxical, and she promptly vanishes. |
| 493 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: When she's angry, her optical unit glows red. The same happens the first time she controls a human. |
| 494 | * RedAndBlackTotalitarianism: Doris is a black hat with a red eye who seeks to create a BadFuture where everyone is mind-controlled by her. |
| 495 | * RetGone: After learning that his future self will be the one to create her, Lewis promises to her that he'll never make her and, in so doing, retroactively erases her from existence. |
| 496 | * {{Retraux}}: She is an advanced helping robot made in the image of a 19th Centaury Bowler Hat. Would have been a great respect to that era's fashion if she wasn't so malevolent. |
| 497 | * RoboticPsychopath: She is a robot and a sociopathic one on top of that. |
| 498 | * TheStarscream: After helping Bowler Hat Guy steal the memory scanner to pitch as his own, she uses him to get Helping Hats like herself mass produced, at which point she betrays him in order to TakeOverTheWorld. |
| 499 | * TakeOverTheWorld: Her endgame goal. Her version of the world is a polluted wasteland where everyone is enslaved by her Helping Hats into doing whatever she wants. |
| 500 | * TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Literally the first thing she does upon activation is take over the test subject and attack the scientists overseeing her. |
| 501 | * UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot: Doris looks like a spider and moves like one too. |
| 502 | * UnreliableNarrator: Much like Bowler Hat Guy. Her backstory suggests that she was an invention of Lewis' that wanted to do more than her created purpose and was callously deemed a failure and locked away for it. While this is somewhat true, the onscreen flashback makes clear she was locked up more primarily for attacking her test subject, showing she was vicious and dangerous from conception. |
| 503 | * VillainousBreakdown: Has one when Lewis vows to never invent her, causing her to freeze and scream as she's erased from existence. |
| 504 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: Unlike the laughably incompetent Bowler Hat Guy, her villainy isn't PlayedForLaughs. She tries to murder Lewis by [[FallingChandelierOfDoom dropping a chandelier on him]], and the movie takes a dark turn when she betrays Bowler Hat Guy (probably killing him) and creates a BadFuture in her image in which all citizens of the world are slaves to bowler hats like herself. |
| 505 | * WouldHurtAChild: Has no qualms about attempting to ''murder'' Lewis after he exposes her master plan to Bowler Hat Guy/Goob. [[MortonsFork She would have even erased]] ''[[MortonsFork herself]]'' [[MortonsFork from existence by doing so since it was the younger Lewis who had not yet created her]]. In fact, she gets erased from existence immediately when Lewis vows to never invent her. |
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