History Film / MrsDoubtfire

* ArtisticLicenseFilmProduction: The opening scene features Daniel recording for a cartoon. For the most part in the West voice recording for animation is done before the actual animating (Japan however animates then records). ChrisColumbus DID acknowledge this in his commentary and figured it could be taken as Daniel dubbing a foreign cartoon.

* ArtisticLicenseFilmSchool: The opening scene features Daniel recording for a cartoon. For the most part in the West voice recording for animation is done before the actual animating (Japan however animates then records). ChrisColumbus DID acknowledge this in his commentary and figured it could be taken as Daniel dubbing a foreign cartoon.

Daniel Hillard (Williams) is a recently out of work actor, struggling to maintain his rocky marriage. One day, after going behind his wife's back and throwing a birthday party for his son, his wife, Miranda (Field), has had enough of his antics and divorces him. Only allowed to see his three kids once a week, Daniel tries to get a new job and shape up his life so that he may receive joint custody. However, he soon learns that Miranda is looking for a nanny to take care of the kids after school. Going to his make up artist brother, Daniel creates a disguise and takes on the persona of Mrs. Doubtfire, an elderly, strict English woman. He is quickly hired by his ex-wife and uses the opportunity is secretly spend time with his children. Things get more complicated, though, as Miranda starts dating an old friend, Stu (Brosnan).

** A lot of snarkery lines cross into this as well.

** Which is {{Lampshaded}} by real Brit Pierce Brosnan when he first meets Mrs. Doubtfire. He immediately spots that "her" accent is a bit muddled. Mrs. Doubtfire {{Handwave}}s this by claiming to have moved around a lot.

* FirstFatherWins: Subverted, then DoubleSubverted.

* MemeticMutation: "My first day as a woman and I'm already having hot flashes."

** Possibly justified though, since Miranda would probably not be very glowing about Daniel in talking about her divorce to Stu, making him feel like Daniel did wrong by her. It's less of a personal attack on Daniel but more of being upset that someone broke Miranda's heart.

HostedByHisOwnPetard: If Daniel hadn't decided to spike Stu's dinner, he wouldn't have had to stop him from choking thus most likely keeping his Identity as Mrs. Doubtfire safe.... at least for the time being.

* ArtisticLisenceFilmSchool: The opening scene features Daniel recording for a cartoon. For the most part in the West voice recording for animation is done before the actual animating (Japan however animates then records). ChrisColumbus DID acknowledge this in his commentary and figured it could be taken as Daniel dubbing a foreign cartoon.

''Mrs. Doubtfire'' is a 1993 family movie wherein RobinWilliams, after separating from his wife, [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdresses]] as an elderly British woman in order to see his kids again. It co-stars SallyField, PierceBrosnan, MatthewLawrence, and MaraWilson. It was directed by ChrisColumbus.

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Or in this case, the PG rating. Supposedly, the scene in Bridges Restaurant where Mrs. Doubtfire says numerous DoubleEntendres to Stu was pretty much the main reason the film got a PG-13 rating; otherwise, it might've squeaked by with a PG.

* YouFailFilmSchoolForever: The opening scene features Daniel recording for a cartoon. For the most part in the West voice recording for animation is done before the actual animating (Japan however animates then records). ChrisColumbus DID acknowledge this in his commentary and figured it could be taken as Daniel dubbing a foreign cartoon.

* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Daniel and Miranda remain divorced, but he is able to get unsupervised visitation rights. This was substituted for the original ending where they do get back together, which was opposed by Chris Columbus, Robin Williams, and Sally Field (all divorcees) who thought would give false hope to children of divorced couples.]]

--> '''Natalie:''' We're his damn kids, too! \\

** In defense of the scene, Daniel several times makes comments like "Need to go older"... implying that the voices are the result of a character actor not being able to match the conceived character to the image he's being presented with.

* RealityEnsues: When Daniel is finally caught and forced to come before the judge, the judge tells him that if you want to prove yourself a competent, capable parent figure, dressing up like an elderly English nanny and posing as a housekeeper to defy court orders isn't going to help. Daniel ''did'' meet the judges demands, but his behavior as Mrs Doubtfire did a lot more damage to his case.

* TheUnfairSex: While Daniel wants to work through their marital troubles, suggesting a vacation and ''marriage counseling'', and is shown to be willing to change and mature in order to please Maranda, by contrast she brushes his suggestions to help their marriage aside and declares it over. Then, in what is likely two months or less in the film's stated timeframe, she's already dating again while Daniel has to struggle and scrape at a low-end job and a small apartment and gets to spend far less time with their children than she does. However, all the characters and to some extent the story itself blame Daniel for the marriage's failure and a word is never said to Miranda.

** Considering Miranda's claim that Daniel never took such matters seriously, and considering Daniel's immaturity at the start of the film, some audience members inferred that Miranda and Daniel had tried to patch things up before, but never found a long-term fix. Perhaps they had even tried counseling before, without success. If so, Miranda's actions make a little more sense.

* TheUnfairSex: While Daniel wants to work through their marital troubles, suggesting a vacation and ''marriage counseling'', and is shown to be willing to change and mature in order to please Maranda, by contrast she brushes his suggestions to help their marriage aside and declares it over. Then, in what is likely two months or less in the film's stated timeframe, she's already dating again while Daniel has to struggle and scrape at a low-end job and a small apartment and gets to spend far less time with their children than she does. However, all the characters and to some extent the story itself blame Daniel for the marriage's failure and a word is never said to Maranda.

** [[CaptainObvious Because she actually is him.]]

'''Miranda:''' [[WhatTheHellHero Is there anything else you'd like to teach our five-year-old, Daniel]]?