History Film / Mikey

Compare ''Film/TheGoodSon'' and ''Literature/TheBadSeed'', which are movies that have similar premises to the film.

Compare ''Film/TheGoodSon'' and ''Literature/TheBadSeed'', which also have similar premises to the movie.

* ElectrifiedBathtub: Mikey killed his first foster mother by throwing a hairdryer into her hot tub.[[spoiler:He also kills David by kicking his stereo into the bath.]]

Compare ''Film/TheGoodSon'' and ''Literature/TheBadSeed'', which also have a similar premise to the movie.

* KickTheDog: Mikey breaks the neck of Jessie's pet cat Rosie with his bare hands and feeds Ben's pet frog to ''piranhas''.

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''Mikey'' is a film made in 1992 about a 9-year-old psychopath who longs for a loving family after being abused by his original family. When he feels that his foster families don't love him, he murders them or anyone else who makes him angry. The film starred Brian Bonsall as the title character. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq7DrJ3ToTk Movie here]].

%%* KidsAreCruel:

%%* ManipulativeBastard: Mikey.

''Mikey'' is a film made in 1992 about a 9-year-old psychopath who longs for a loving family after being abused by his original family. When he feels that his foster families don't love him, he murders them or anyone else who makes him angry. The film starred Brian Bonsall as the title character. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnnQ3MbvwaU Movie here]].

* AbusiveParents: Mikey was abused by his biological parents, this is the reason why Mikey is such a little psycho.
* AdultsAreUseless: No one [[CassandraTruth believes]] Ben and Jessie about Mikey's sociopathic behavior [[spoiler:until it's too late.]]

* BatterUp: Mikey's weapon against his dad.
* CreepyChild: Mikey, with creepy drawings too.
* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure: Possibly due to him being a very good actor but none of the doctors realize a thing.

* ElectrifiedBathtub: Mikey killed his mother by throwing a hairdryer into the hot tub while she was in it.

* EvilOrphan: Guess who. Mikey is a textbook example: a SelfMadeOrphan, serial killer with a FreudianExcuse, who uses his youth and supposed innocence to avoid detection.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: Mikey's main motivation

* AdultsAreUseless: No one believes Ben and Jessie about Mikey's sociopathic behavior [[spoiler:until it's too late.]]
%%* AxeCrazy: Mikey
%%* TheBadGuyWins

%%* CassandraTruth
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* DoubleEntendre: Everything Mikey says to Niel and Rachel in their introduction is a massive hint to what he did to his other set of parents.
* ElectrifiedBathtub : Well, a hot tub anyway.
%%* EnfantTerrible: Again, Mikey.

%%* KickTheDog: Poor Rosie..

* MaleGaze: Mikey certainly like to give Jessie a good looking...

%%* EvilOrphan: Guess who.

** Mr. Jenkins sees [[spoiler:a woman murdered with a hammer lying on the floor next to him and has EVERY reason to believe that the kid currently pointing an arrow at him did it. To be fair, he realizes that Mikey is not gonna put it down and shoots first, but the gun seems to be empty... so he stands the same place and fires five more times without even considering moving aside.]]

* AxeCrazy: Mikey
* TheBadGuyWins

* CassandraTruth
* CharacterTitle

* EnfantTerrible: Again, Mikey.
* EvilOrphan: Guess who.

* KickTheDog: Poor Rosie..
* KidsAreCruel:

* ManipulativeBastard: Mikey.

* [[KickTheDog Kill The Kitten]]: Poor Rosie..

* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins]]

* [[spoiler: HereWeGoAgain]]: "Are you going to be my new Mommy and Daddy?"

* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini]]: [[spoiler: Mikey gets away with two sets of murders.]]

* [[BannedInChina Banned In Britain]]: Because of the James Bulger murder [[note]]in which a boy was murdered by two ten year olds[[/note]] at the time ([[spoiler:and the BBFC objecting to the VillainProtagonist being a psychopathic little boy who murders people -- including a four-year-old girl -- and getting away with it]]), this film never saw the light of day in the U.K.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Great, now [[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Ferris Bueller's dad]] has another bad kid to deal with!

* PlayingAgainstType: Brian Bonsall as the title character

* [[RecycledInSpace Recycled IN SPACE!]]: The film is like ''TheStepfather'', but with a boy instead of a man.

''Mikey'' is a film made in 1992 about a 9-year-old psychopath who longs for a loving family after being abused by his original family. When he feels that his foster families don't love him, he murders them or anyone else who makes him angry. The film starred Brian Bonsall as the title character.

* [[BannedInChina Banned In Britain]]: Because of the James Bulger murder [[hottip:*:in which a boy was murdered by two ten year olds]] at the time ([[spoiler:and the BBFC objecting to the VillainProtagonist being a psychopathic little boy who murders people -- including a four-year-old girl -- and getting away with it]]), this film never saw the light of day in the U.K.

* [[KickTheDog KillTheKitten]]: Poor Rosie..

''Mikey'' is a film made in 1992 about a 9-year-old psychopath who longs for a loving family after being abused by his original family. When he feels that his foster families don't love him, he murders them or anyone else who makes him angry. The film started Brian Bonsall as the title character.

* Mr. Jenkins sees [[a woman murdered with a hammer lying on the floor next to him and has EVERY reason to believe that the kid currently pointing an arrow at him did it. To be fair, he realizes that Mikey is not gonna put it down and shoots first, but the gun seems to be empty... so he stands the same place and fires five more times without even considering moving aside.]]

* [[BannedInChina Banned In Britain]]: Because of the James Bulger murder at the time ([[spoiler:and the BBFC objecting to the VillainProtagonist being a psychopathic little boy who murders people -- including a four-year-old girl -- and getting away with it]]), this episode never saw the light of day in the U.K.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Hey! [[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Ferris Bueller's dad]] has another little psycho to deal with!

* BannedInChina: The film is banned in the U.K. because of the James Bulger murder which was done by two 10 year old boys, and the reason in the film is because of a scene where [[spoiler:Mikey murders a four year old girl]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: Hey! [[FerrisBuellersDayOff Ferris Bueller's dad]] has another little psycho to deal with!