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10	* AbandonShipping: When the movie came out, people started shipping Lewis with Wilbur. The minute people watched the whole movie and found out [[spoiler:they were actually father and son]], absolutely all shipping went right out the window.
11	* AccidentalAesop:
12	** Despite turning the primary Aesop into a BrokenAesop, it is still pointed out that while or using a future for yourself is great, you should not be so obsessed with it that you affect others around you. The whole conflict came from Lewis being completely oblivious that his obsession with creating his memory scanner has [[spoiler:negatively impacted Goob’s physical and mental health that transformed him into the Bowler Hat Guy.]]
13	** It can still co-exist with the central Aesop however since it and many other actions which unwittingly shape the film's events can also be interpreted as thinking forward not being the same as thoughtlessly ignoring the consequences of past and present. After all making a good future still involves good foresight and learning from past mistakes. [[spoiler:Noticeably, Bowler Hat Guy, with his one-track focusing on the past ''and'' his future goal of getting revenge, has neither quality.]]
14	** Obsession and anger not only can hurt but make you easier to manipulate by someone who doesn't have your best interests at heart. By letting his anger get the better of him, [[spoiler:the Bowler Hat Guy allowed Doris to use him into allowing her to conquer the world and kill him once she no longer needed him. Doris in turn is brought down by being wrathful enough to [[BullyingTheDragon attack her future inventor]], dooming her existance]].
15	* AdaptationDisplacement: Most people don't realize that this movie was based off a book, but this is somewhat-understandable due to the fact that the movie is only a very loose adaptation.
16	* {{Adorkable}}: The main character Lewis's NerdGlasses, YouthfulFreckles, {{Determinator}} tendencies, expressions, ideas of being adopted, and methods to improve the world make him quite dorky yet adorable.
17	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
18	** Fritz and Petunia's relationship. Is Fritz simply a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} for [[CargoShip his wife]]? Or did his wife pass away and the puppet is simply his way of keeping her alive for himself and their children? Some fans interpret that Fritz once had a wife (explaining their two biological children with matching red hair) but she had left him or passed away, and the talking puppet is merely a means as to keep her 'alive' in their family or it could be Fritz's SanitySlippage.
19	** Is the puppet Petunia capable of talking and moving on its own, or does Fritz have to move her around? Based on Wilbur calling Petunia 'cranky', it seems to be a bit of an open secret among the Robinsons.
20	** Lewis saying he's never going to invent the hat is up to interpretation too. While the implication is clear that he's never going to invent "Helping Hats", the product itself seemed to work just fine, and Doris was just a newer model that went rogue. Lewis could very well intend to make "Helping Hats" in the future, just not the model that Doris ends up being.
21	** Near the end of the film, Doris tried to kill Lewis after he told the Bowler Hat Guy of her plans. But if she had killed him, she would have been erased from existence herself since Lewis would invent her in the future and killing him before he had the chance to invent her would have precluded her existence altogether. Did she just [[DidntThinkThisThrough not think this through]] or was she DrivenToSuicide because of her plans being ruined and decided to kill Lewis [[TakingYouWithMe because she wanted him dead too]]?
22	** Wilbur takes Lewis back to see his mother at the end of the film. Was it because he genuinely wanted to make good on his promise to Lewis beforehand or was it a SecretTestOfCharacter to see if Lewis learned something from the whole ordeal?
23	* {{Anvilicious}}: Anyone who watched the movie without realizing that the [[AnAesop Aesop]] of the story is "keep moving forward" clearly wasn't paying attention. It is repeated over and over again both directly and thematically.
24	* AwardSnub: ''Meet the Robinsons'' was the last Disney film until ''WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld'' to not receive any UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, and considering how much of a CultClassic it is among Disney fans for its strong themes and characters that had [[VindicatedByCable successful DVD sales]], many were left puzzled as to how it didn't receive a single nomination when it's generally considered much better than most of Disney's Experimental Era.
25	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
26	** The AlternativeForeignThemeSong "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfAPeHz3Z3U Hitomi Hiraite]]" by Mitsuki is quite beautiful. Especially if you know the [[http://www.jpopasia.com/lyrics/24287/mitsuki/hitomi-hiraite.html meaning of the lyrics]] and think of the story of the movie.
27	** And of course, the ending theme, "Little Wonders" by Music/RobThomas.
28	** The song near the beginning, "Another Believer" by Music/RufusWainwright, is nothing to sneeze at either.
29	* CaptainObviousReveal: The fact that Lewis's hair would somehow be a dead giveaway to the family that he's from the past, Wilbur doesn't really reveal what Cornelius looks like, Lewis and Cornelius both being inventors, and them both creating a PB&J gun, makes it kind of easy to figure out that [[spoiler:Lewis and Cornelius are the same person.]] You may miss it if you're a kid, but if you watch the movie while being a bit older, you'll probably figure it out.
30	* CrossoverShip: It's common, especially in fanfiction, to find Wilbur being shipped with Violet Parr from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''.
31	* CultClassic: Definitely considered one of Disney's most underrated films, with its quirky characters and heartwarming story winning over plenty of fans in recent years. It also helps that it [[VindicatedByVideo did very well in DVD sales]].
32	* EnsembleDarkhorse
33	** Tiny. Retroactively.
34	** Carl, the neurotic, awesome, intelligent robot butler.
35	** The Tarantino-esque Music/FrankSinatra singing gangster frogs.
36	** Lizzie, the girl with the fire ant display which will only bite her enemies.
37	** And, of course, Franny. Partly for being a super cool, adult {{tomboy}}, but mostly for being [[MsFanservice drop dead gorgeous]].
38	* FandomVIP: Elena and Olivia Ceballos, twins behind the account "ELIOLI Art," are '''huge''' in the fandom, and it is guaranteed that you'll come across their copious amount of fanart for the movie.
39	* GrowingTheBeard: While the movie has its rough edges, ''Meet the Robinsons'' is now looked at as the start of the "Lasseter Era" and the turning point of redemption during Disney Animation's AudienceAlienatingEra, much like ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' before it. ''[[ArcWords Keep Moving Forward]]", indeed.
40	* HarsherInHindsight: The "Keep moving forward" aesop becomes this as after the Lasseter Era ended, Disney has become nothing short of obstinate to move on to new projects and resorts to sequels and rehashes of virtually every franchise they ever made to the infuriation of long time fans.
41	* HilariousInHindsight:
42	** Bowler Hat Guy must not be a fan of ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', as he advises Goob "DON'T let it go." Becomes more hilarious when you find out the voice of Bowler Hat Guy also voices Kai (one of the royal family's servants) in ''Frozen''.
43	** Bowler Hat Guy's unicorn binder was probably meant to show that he never grew up emotionally, but as of 2010 he could be identified as a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]]. The fact that his male classmate compliments him on how cool his binder is just reinforces this interpretation.
44	** Controlling a ''T. rex'' and a frog using a comically small hat [[VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey would become more popular one decade after the film]].
45	** This won't be the last time we see [[WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts frogs in suits]].
46	** The joke about no one knowing how Spike and Dimitri are related to the rest of the family despite knowing they're Robinsons becomes this as with ancestry testing becoming more accessible in TheNewTens, it is more likely for something like this to happen.
47	** Bowler Hat Guy's HarmlessVillain tendencies, angular features, and his [[spoiler:turn to evil over incredibly petty grievances in his childhood]] heavily parallels [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb another Disney character who would debut later in the same year]]. Any more similarities and we'd probably have to rename Doris the ''Bowler Hat-Inator''!
48	** Creator/LaurieMetcalf [[spoiler: voices Lucille Krunklehorn, who becomes the mother of a genius. Months after ''Meet the Robinsons'' released, she began playing Mary Cooper on the long-running ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', the mother of a much more insufferable genius.]]
49	* HoYay: The budding friendship Wilbur has with Lewis. Later becomes NoYay when [[spoiler:the two are revealed to be father and future son]].
50	* InferredHolocaust: During the ending. [[spoiler:Lewis waking Goob up in time to catch the ball and win the game looks happy on the surface, until you realize Lewis has just wiped out Bowler Hat Guy's DarkAndTroubledPast, so not only will Bowler Hat Guy never learn to Keep Moving Forward, he's suffered a complete RetGone]].
51	* JerkassWoobie: [[spoiler:The Bowler Hat Guy, aka Goob, undoubtedly ruined his life by letting one dumb thing consume him. But his sadness when he realized Doris was using him and his walking off not knowing what to do with his life, punctuated by a small question mark in his journal, makes you feel pity for him.]]
52	* LGBTFanbase: [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Coach]] has a fair amount of [[BaraGenre bara]] fanart, thanks in no small part to his [[HeroicBuild muscular design]] and his ''really'' [[FormFittingWardrobe tight]] and surprisingly revealing gym uniform.
53	* MemeticMutation:
54	** "I have a big head and little arms!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A "line" uttered by the T. rex Bowler Hat Guy plucked from the past when it can't get at Lewis. Upon Bowler Hat Guy chastising it for not seizing the boy, it leads off explaining why this isn't working with the line you see. The line caught on almost immediately thanks to how silly the declaration is, considering what's saying it and how it's basically kind of cursing its own anatomy.[[/labelnote]]
55	** "They all hated me." [[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers!)]]During Bowler Hat Guy's/Goob's explanation of how Lewis ruined his life, he says this line... right after a scene showing several students happily showing interest in being friends with a younger Goob, providing a hilarious contrast with the narration as Bowler Hat Guy tries to paint his life as being utterly miserable.[[/labelnote]]
56	** "That is an excellent question." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A phrase that Wilbur uses no less than ''four times'' over the course of the movie (if you're willing to count his declaration of "Another excellent question!" as he's running to the transport tube), to the point where you'd think it was his [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrase]].[[/labelnote]]
57	** "Mr. Steak, you're my only friend." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Not long after Goob returns to the orphanage with a black eye from his baseball team and meeting the Bowler Hat Guy, Goob says this line while hugging the steak he's using to soothe his eye like a security blanket. This line often gets some use for more [[TheWoobie Woobie-type characters]].[[/labelnote]]
58	** "Keep moving forward." [[labelnote:Explanation]]The film's ArcWords, taken from a Creator/WaltDisney quote.[[/labelnote]]
59	** "Good day, gentleman. I am here to change the future." [[labelnote:Explanation]]This is what Bowler Hat Guy says to a receptionist during the film, [[BeamMeUpScotty although he actually says "Good day, madame. I'm here to change the future"]]. It became a meme in 2019, often as a way of talking about changing things.[[/labelnote]]
60	*** "belo dia senhores, eu me caguei"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Meaning ''Good day gentleman, I shat myself'' in portuguese. A modified version of the Bowler Hat Guy says but used by Brazilians when something scared you.[[/labelnote]]
61	** Franchise/{{Tekken}}[[labelnote:Explanation]]One piece of promotional art for the film depicts Wilbur grinning alongside Grampa Bud. Given the characters have hairstyles and face shapes resembling Kazuya Mishima and Heihachi Mishima, respectively, some people have slapped the ''Tekken'' logo onto it to exaggerate the resemblance. Taken further by likening Lewis to Paul Phoenix, due to their tall blond hair.[[/labelnote]]
62	* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Doris gets one when she brutally ''murders'' Carl in order to steal the memory machine back. This foreshadows [[BadFuture what happens to the future]] as a result of her and Bowler Hat Guy changing it very well.]] Fortunately both of these events get an in-universe RetGone.
63	* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The home console version is a rather good action adventure game that is a prequel to the movie. There's also the Platform/NintendoDS version, which is a third-person shooter with a simplified version of the console game's plot that's pretty fun but [[ItsShortSoItSucks got flack for its short length]].
64	* NoYay:
65	** Bowler Hat Guy's creepy yet homicidal obsession with Lewis.
66	** Any shipping between Wilbur and Lewis gets tossed out the window when it's revealed [[spoiler:that they are father and son]].
67	* OneSceneWonder: Cornelius[[spoiler:/Future!Lewis.]] He appears only in one of the last scenes in the movie, but he certainly makes his screen time leave an impact for what time he does have.
68	* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version of the game, which is a mediocre game that switches between side-scrolling action stages and top-down puzzle-oriented stages.
69	* RewatchBonus:
70	** At the science fair, Wilbur knocks over a box full of frogs and their owner makes him pick them all up. He isn't too pleased, calls her "annoying little girl", and she warns him: "I know karate". It's hilarious on later viewings when you realize [[spoiler:the little girl is Franny in the past, Wilbur was calling his ''Mom'' an annoying little girl, and yes, she really does know karate.]]
71	** The very first words out of Goob's mouth consist of him blaming other people for his problems. It won't be the last time.
72	** Dr. Krunkelhorn is already hilarious and memorable when she appears at the science fair. [[spoiler: Knowing she is also Lucille Robinson, Lewis's future adoptive mother, make it all the more fun to rewatch, compare her older and younger selves, and look for foreshadowing.]]
73	* SoOkayItsAverage: The movie is one of the rare examples of a decent movie actually bringing in big payoffs. As stated below, Disney was at a low point, and ''Meet the Robinsons'' proved its animated movies could still be good to watch.
74	* {{Squick}}:
75	** At one point Lewis is almost adopted by [[spoiler:his future ''wife''!]] ''And'' he calls her "Mom"...
76	** Bowler Hat Guy [[spoiler:is wearing his Little League uniform into adulthood. And from the looks of it, he never took it off ''once'' in thirty years.]]
77	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A whole ''family's'' worth; each of the Robinsons gets just enough screentime to see their persona, but not enough to really flesh them out. [[WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter Mr. Enter]] compared it to a television pilot introducing characters with the assurance that they would get fleshed out in future episodes.
78	* TrailerJokeDecay: Tiny's "I have a big head and little arms!" line was spammed constantly throughout the film's advertising. It's a testament to how good of a bit it is that people still loved it despite the oversaturation.
79	* TransAudienceInterpretation: It's mostly attributed to how her voice is [[CrossDressingVoices masculine]], but some fans interpret Cousin Tallulah as being a trans woman, which fans see as strengthening the [[AnAesop aesop]] that even non-traditional families are still to be loved.
80	* WinBackTheCrowd: After an abysmal five years, which included closing its legendary traditional animation unit, making [[WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle a terrible first impression]] on the AllCGICartoon market and very nearly losing Pixar, Disney (and a little change in management) proved to its fans that they were still capable of making good movies.
81	* {{Woolseyism}}: Wilbur tells Lewis that his father looks like Creator/TomSelleck, a nod to his voice actor. In order to preserve the joke in other languages, most (but not all; the Hebrew dub, for example, doesn't) foreign dubs change Wilbur's description of Cornelius to whoever voices him in said dub (such as singer José Luis Rodriguez in Latin Spanish), as well as changing the photo of Tom Selleck.

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