History Film / MrPoppersPenguins

* ABoyAndHisX: Mr. Popper and his penguins. An odd variation, considering he's a grown man at the time.

A 2011 film starring Creator/JimCarrey and directed by Mark Waters based on the children's book of the same name.

A 2011 film starring Creator/JimCarrey based on the children's book of the same name.

Mr. Thomas "Tom" Popper, Jr. (Carrey), a workaholic realtor, who spends so little time with his family that he and his wife Amanda (Carla Guingo) recently divorced and he doesn't pay much attention to his kids Billy and Janie. One day, Popper gets a surprise from his recently deceased father, a gentoo penguin. Upon trying to return it, a miscommunication is made and is sent five more penguins instead. He tries everything in his power to be rid of the penguins, but when his children fall in love with them, his tune changes. Throughout the course of the movie, Mr. Popper becomes close to the penguins and learns that the most important thing in life is family. Meanwhile Greedy zookeeper and penguin expert Nat Jones (Creator/ClarkGregg) is willing to do whatever it takes to get the penguins into his zoo for wealth even if it means having to break into Mr. Popper's home to steal them, or ruin Mr. Popper's life.

A 2011 JimCarrey film based on the children's book of the same name.

Jim Carrey stars as Mr. Thomas "Tom" Popper, Jr., a workaholic realtor, who spends so little time with his family that he and his wife Amanda (Carla Guingo) recently divorced and he doesn't pay much attention to his kids Billy and Janie. One day, Popper gets a surprise from his recently deceased father, a gentoo penguin. Upon trying to return it, a miscommunication is made and is sent five more penguins instead. He tries everything in his power to be rid of the penguins, but when his children fall in love with them, his tune changes. Throughout the course of the movie, Mr. Popper becomes close to the penguins and learns that the most important thing in life is family. Meanwhile Greedy zookeeper and penguin expert Nat Jones (Clark Gregg) is willing to do whatever it takes to get the penguins into his zoo for wealth even if it means having to break into Mr. Popper's home to steal them, or ruin Mr. Popper's life.

** Jones is even willing to [[spoiler: ship the penguins ''separately''--> ''from their chicks''!]]

* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Mentioned during the end credits that the penguins were not harmed, although Jim Carrey had not been so lucky.

Jim Carrey stars as Mr. Popper, a workaholic realtor, who gets a surprise from his recently deceased father, a gentoo penguin. Upon trying to return it, a miscommunication is made and is sent five more penguins instead. He tries everything in his power to be rid of the penguins, but when his children fall in love with them, his tune changes. Throughout the course of the movie, Mr. Popper becomes close to the penguins and learns that the most important thing in life is family. Meanwhile Greedy zookeeper and penguin expert Nat Jones (Clark Gregg) is willing to do whatever it takes to get the penguins into his zoo for wealth even if it means having to break into Mr. Popper's home to steal them, or ruin Mr. Popper's life.

* JerkAss[=/=]JerkWithTheHeartOfAJerk: Nat Jones; it's clear he only joined the Zoo management [[OnlyInForTheMoney for the money]] since he does not treat his animals with respect, only for money.; Jones is willing to do whatever it takes to get the penguins into his zoo for wealth even if it means having to break into Mr. Popper's home to steal them, or ruin Mr. Popper's life.

* JerkAss[=]JerkWithTheHeartOfAJerk: Nat Jones; it's clear he only joined the Zoo management [[OnlyInForTheMoney for the money]] since he does not treat his animals with respect, only for money.; He is willing to do whatever it takes to get the penguins into his zoo for wealth even if it means having to break into Mr. Popper's home to steal them, or ruin Mr. Popper's life.
** Jones is even willing to [[spoiler: ship the penguins ''separately''--> ''from their chicks'']]

* JerkWithAHeartOfAJerk: Nat Jones; it's clear he only joined the Zoo management [[OnlyInForTheMoney for the money]] since he does not treat his animals with respect, only for money.; He is willing to do whatever it takes to get the penguins into his zoo for wealth even if it means having to break into Mr. Popper's home to steal them, or ruin Mr. Popper's life.
** Jones is even willing to [[spoiler: ship the penguins ''separately''--> ''from their chicks'']]

Jim Carrey stars as Mr. Popper, a workaholic realtor, who gets a surprise from his recently deceased father, a gentoo penguin. Upon trying to return it, a miscommunication is made and is sent five more penguins instead. He tries everything in his power to be rid of the penguins, but when his children fall in love with them, his tune changes. Throughout the course of the movie, Mr. Popper becomes close to the penguins and learns that the most important thing in life is family.

* InspirationNod: Mentioning Morgan Freeman's voice. Much of the penguin behavior seems to have been inspired by ''March Of The Penguins''.

* VerbalTic: [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Pippi has a preference for words preempted with a P]], concurrently with IAmVeryBritish.

* VerbalTic: [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Pippi has a preference for words preempted with the P]], concurrently with IAmVeryBritish.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Pippi, concurrently with IAmVeryBritish.
** At the end, she falls for a man named Quint who does the same thing, but the letter Q instead of P.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: From front to finish, but hey it's a kid's movie. Particularly jarring though is how the often the eggs are left unprotected by the birds. And then, [[spoiler: the family trekking through Antarctica at its coldest season in some loose winter coats with no supplies.]]

* DivorceIsTemporary: Mr. Popper begins the movie divorced, but begins to reconnect with his ex wife during the course of the film.

* PetBabyWildAnimal: Many times during the film, Mr. Popper is told that he can't raise the penguins in his apartment, although it's by a zookeeper who wants to trade the penguins off to another zoo. In the end,[[spoiler: Mr. Popper returns the penguins to their natural habitat.]]

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Mr. Popper's father was always away on trips and has missed several of his birthdays. Mr. Popper seems to have inherited this trait in the way he treats his own kids. He gets better by the end of the film.

* ShownTheirWork: The depiction of the penguins are fairly accurate, with several characters spouting off fun facts about the penguins.
** Played in-universe with Mr. Popper's research on [[{{Wikipedia}} Wiki]]'''[[RunningGag P]]'''[[{{Wikipedia}} edia]] and {{Google}}.

* PetBabyWildAnimal: Many times during the film, Mr. Popper is told that he can't raise the penguins in his apartment, although it's by a zookeeper who wants to trade the penguins off to another zoo. In the end, Mr. Popper returns the penguins to their natural habitat.

* VerbalTic : Pipi, Mr. Popper's assistant, has a habit of using words beginning or containing the letter P. Her implied LoveInterest, Quint, has the same tic with the letter Q.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: From front to finish, but hey it's a kid's movie. Particularly jarring though is how the birds spend so much time standing around looking at their eggs, which then hatch in something between a few days and a few weeks. And then, [[spoiler: the family trekking through Antarctica at its coldest season in some loose winter coats with no supplies.]]

* DesignatedVillain: The Zookeeper. All he wants is to keep the penguins safe. He believes that Mr. Popper is not fit to raise the penguins in his apartment and is constantly trying to take the penguins from home. Although the law and common sense are on his side, the movie portrays him as the villain. Though partly justified as he has lied about his intentions with the penguins, such as trading them off to other zoos and splitting them up, even removing the chicks from their parents, and has repeatedly demonstrated that he doesn't think of the penguins as anything more than dumb animals, considering them incapable of love.
* TheDeterminator: When Mr. Popper decides to keep the penguins, he doesn't let anything get in his way.