History Film / HomeAlone3

* CassandraTruth: Alex gets blown off by the police officers when he tries to tell them about the spies after they escape for the second time.

* OddballInTheSeries: This is the only ''Home Alone'' film that doesn't take place on Christmas; the events begin on January 8. It's also the only one where the antagonists are international terrorists instead of just local thieves, and the only film not to feature any members of the [=McCalister=] family.

The film has a completely different cast (i.e. Kevin was replaced by [[TheDanza Alex Pruitt]], played by Creator/AlexDLinz), but was otherwise still similar to the first movie. In fact, many of the characters are [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute very much like]] the characters of the previous movies, with one exception: the [[TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily stupid burglars]], wanted by the local police, were replaced with a ring of four intelligent spies wanted by the FBI, making the traps less believable.

* VillainProtagonist: Beaupre and his team can count, as the main focus seems to be them trying to get the chip back.

* OddballInTheSeries: This is the only ''Home Alone'' film that doesn't take place on Christmas; the events begin on January 8. It's also the only one where the antagonists are international terrorists instead of just local thieves, and the only film not to feature any members of the [=McAllister=] family.

* OddballInTheSeries: This is the only ''Home Alone'' film that doesn't take place on Christmas; the events begin on January 8. It's also the only one where the antagonists are international terrorists instead of just local thieves.

''Home Alone 3'' is a 1997 American Christmas family comedy film. It's the third installment in the ''Film/HomeAlone'' series. It was written and produced by John Hughes, but Chris Columbus didn't return to direct -- that role was given to Raja Gosnell, editor of the first two films (and future director of ''Big Momma's House'', the live-action ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' movies, and ''Beverly Hills Chihuahua'').

* FormulaBreaker: This film takes place after Christmas instead of before like the other five films.

** Burton Jernigan has a ''running lawnmower'' dropped onto his ''face''. We hear agonizing screaming and the scene cuts away. The next time we see him, all he has is a wacky new haircut.

* SequelEscalation: Big time! In the previous two movies, the stakes were that the Wet Bandits might pull off a robbery (either the [=McCallister=] house or a toy store). In this one, North Korea might blow up the world!

* BatmanGambit: Many of Alex's traps rely on either A) the crooks underestimating him because he's a kid, B) noticing a more obvious trap and trying to circumvent it, and/or C) being fed up enough from triggering previous traps that they will act hastily on a chance to capture him.

* OddballInTheSeries: The only film that doesn't take place on Christmas, and the only one where the antagonists are international terrorists instead of just local thieves.

** PlayedForLaughs with Beaupre eating a single cracker from a pack of two and slips the other in his pocket. When the parrot begins to light the firecrackers and give him away, he offers it the cracker as a bribe, but the parrot has been trained to respond to treats with "double or nothing." When Beaupre admits he only has one, "we have ignition!"

* FailedASpotCheck: Several times by the criminals in regards to the trap, but the worst has to b when they think Alex escaped the third floor by jumping onto a trampoline. A trampoline with pristine undisturbed snow on it, meaning he couldn’t have possibly touched it.