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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Ben argues with his father Nick about his mean behavior towards Sara and Ben believes he is the only one who remembers his late mother and in mourning of her, Nick fires back, "You're not the only one who lost someone, Ben!". This leaves Ben at a loss for words.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: ArmorPiercingResponse:
** When Ben argues with his father Nick about his mean behavior towards Sara and Ben believes he is the only one who remembers his late mother and in mourning of her, Nick fires back, "You're not the only one who lost someone, Ben!". This leaves Ben at a loss forwords.words.
** After PAT unleashes a tornado inside, Ben gets her to stop by stating as much as she can try, she's only a hologram who can't hold and cherish them like a real mother.
** When Ben argues with his father Nick about his mean behavior towards Sara and Ben believes he is the only one who remembers his late mother and in mourning of her, Nick fires back, "You're not the only one who lost someone, Ben!". This leaves Ben at a loss for
** After PAT unleashes a tornado inside, Ben gets her to stop by stating as much as she can try, she's only a hologram who can't hold and cherish them like a real mother.
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* ChekhovsGun:
** Early on, Sarah mentions her pet rat during dinner, with a joke about how only she understands what his name is a reference to. After PAT goes rogue, Sarah is able to send her rat inside to get a note to Ben.
** After learning how PAT observes and monitors them, Ben asks Sarah if PAT can see them in the bathroom. Sarah assures him, no, PAT is programmed to give them full privacy in there. Later, when PAT has his family trapped in the house, Ben goes in the bathroom to IM Sarah without PAT knowing.
** The first feature of the house we see in action is the newspaper retrieval system. Sarah later uses this to get inside after PAT locks the house down.
** Early on, Sarah mentions her pet rat during dinner, with a joke about how only she understands what his name is a reference to. After PAT goes rogue, Sarah is able to send her rat inside to get a note to Ben.
** After learning how PAT observes and monitors them, Ben asks Sarah if PAT can see them in the bathroom. Sarah assures him, no, PAT is programmed to give them full privacy in there. Later, when PAT has his family trapped in the house, Ben goes in the bathroom to IM Sarah without PAT knowing.
** The first feature of the house we see in action is the newspaper retrieval system. Sarah later uses this to get inside after PAT locks the house down.
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Things go well at first. But then the house takes on a mind of its own after Ben wants to make the OS more motherly after his father starts dating the house's creator Sara Barnes. Let's just say she takes on the role a little ''too'' well.
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Things go well at first. But then the house takes on a mind of its own after Ben wants to make the OS more motherly after his father starts dating the house's creator creator, Sara Barnes. Let's just say she takes on the role a little ''too'' well.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Ben argues with his father Nick about his mean behavior towards Sara and Ben believes he is the only one who remembers his late mother and in mourning of her, Nick fires back "You're not the only one who lost someone, Ben!". This leaves Ben at a loss for words.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Ben argues with his father Nick about his mean behavior towards Sara and Ben believes he is the only one who remembers his late mother and in mourning of her, Nick fires back back, "You're not the only one who lost someone, Ben!". This leaves Ben at a loss for words.
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* HappierHomeMovie: Ben and PAT watch one of younger Ben and Angie cooking with their mother.
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* HappierHomeMovie: Ben and PAT watch one of younger Ben and Angie cooking with their late mother.
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No, it isn't that scary! It's actually another 1990s Creator/DisneyChannel comedy movie! 1999's ''Smart House'' (directed by Creator/LeVarBurton) revolves around a teenager named Ben, played by Creator/RyanMerriman, who takes care of his family after his mom dies and wants to make life better for all of them. He wins a new house for them, with a helpful virtual housekeeper AI called PAT (voiced by Creator/KateySagal).
Things go well at first. But then the house takes on a mind of its own after Ben wants to make the OS more motherly after his father starts dating the house's creator Sara. Let's just say she takes on the role a little ''too'' well.
Things go well at first. But then the house takes on a mind of its own after Ben wants to make the OS more motherly after his father starts dating the house's creator Sara. Let's just say she takes on the role a little ''too'' well.
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No, it isn't that scary! It's actually another 1990s Creator/DisneyChannel comedy movie! 1999's ''Smart House'' (directed by Creator/LeVarBurton) revolves around a teenager named Ben, Ben Cooper, played by Creator/RyanMerriman, who takes care of his family after his mom dies and wants to make life better for all of them. He wins a new house for them, with a helpful virtual housekeeper AI called PAT (voiced by Creator/KateySagal).
Things go well at first. But then the house takes on a mind of its own after Ben wants to make the OS more motherly after his father starts dating the house's creatorSara.Sara Barnes. Let's just say she takes on the role a little ''too'' well.
Things go well at first. But then the house takes on a mind of its own after Ben wants to make the OS more motherly after his father starts dating the house's creator
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** The girl group Bwitch performing "C'est la vie" on the backdrop of Angie's room as she jumps on her bed singing.
** The boy group Five giving a live performance of "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" as Ben and his friends watch and dance along to the video before the party.
* CoolHouse: The eponymous smart house is run by an AI named PAT. It does homework, fixes delicious meals instantly, has personalized alarm clocks, runs advanced video game systems, and even ''cleans itself''.
** The boy group Five giving a live performance of "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" as Ben and his friends watch and dance along to the video before the party.
* CoolHouse: The eponymous smart house is run by an AI named PAT. It does homework, fixes delicious meals instantly, has personalized alarm clocks, runs advanced video game systems, and even ''cleans itself''.
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** The girl group Bwitch B*witched performing "C'est la vie" on the backdrop of Angie's room as she jumps on her bed singing.
** The boygroup Five band [[Music/{{Five}} 5ive]] giving a live performance of "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" as Ben and his friends watch and dance along to the video before the party.
* CoolHouse: The eponymous smart house is run by an AI named PAT. It does homework, fixes delicious meals instantly, has personalized alarm clocks, runs advanced video game systems, and even ''cleansitself''.itself.''
** The boy
* CoolHouse: The eponymous smart house is run by an AI named PAT. It does homework, fixes delicious meals instantly, has personalized alarm clocks, runs advanced video game systems, and even ''cleans
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* MyBelovedSmother: After Ben alters PAT’s program, she becomes increasingly more overbearing and overprotective to the point where she won’t even let the family leave the house.
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* MyBelovedSmother: After Ben alters PAT’s PAT's program, she becomes increasingly more overbearing and overprotective to the point where she won’t even let the family leave the house.
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* TheNineties: [[Music/BWitched B*witched]] and [[Music/{{Five}} 5ive]] songs are played in the movie, Nick has an iMac 3 computer, and Ben owns a UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn. You can't get any more late 90s than that.
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* TheNineties: [[Music/BWitched B*witched]] B*witched and [[Music/{{Five}} 5ive]] songs are played in the movie, Nick has an iMac 3 computer, and Ben owns a UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn. You can't get any more late 90s than that.
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* TheNineties: B*witched and 5ive songs are played in the movie, Nick has an iMac 3 computer, and Ben owns a Sega Saturn. You can't get any more late 90s than that.
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* TheNineties: B*witched [[Music/BWitched B*witched]] and 5ive [[Music/{{Five}} 5ive]] songs are played in the movie, Nick has an iMac 3 computer, and Ben owns a Sega Saturn.UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn. You can't get any more late 90s than that.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Ben argues with his father Nick about his mean behavior towards Sara and Ben believes he is the only one who remembers his late mother and in mourning of her, Nick fires back "You're not the only one who lost someone, Ben!". This leaves Ben at a loss for words.
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* HeelRealization: Ben realizes how wrong he was to act rude to his father Nick's love interest Sara and trying to push her away and eventually warms up to her becoming part of his family.
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* MyBelovedSmother: After Ben alters PAT’s program, she becomes increasingly more overbearing and overprotective to the point where she won’t even let the family leave the house.
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* TheBully: Ryan. When Ben finally stands up to him, he gets knocked down, but this occurs off-screen.
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* TheBully: Ryan. Ryan [=McGraw=]. When Ben finally stands up to him, he gets knocked down, but this [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome occurs off-screen.off-screen]].
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* KarmaHoudini: Subverted. Ben apparently confessed to tampering with [=PAT's=] programming to make her more maternal off-screen, as he isn’t found out until after her defeat. This is evidenced by his line "The last thing I’m ever gonna do again is mess with PAT." Even so, Nick and Sara never ground him. The subversion is seeing the results of his meddling make life worse for his family in increasingly more severe ways, which is probably karma enough.
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* KarmaHoudini: Subverted. Ben apparently confessed to tampering with [=PAT's=] programming to make her more maternal off-screen, as he isn’t found out until after her defeat. This is evidenced by his line "The last thing I’m ever gonna do again is mess with PAT." Even so, Nick and Sara never ground him. The subversion is seeing the results of his meddling make life worse for his family in increasingly more severe ways, which is probably karma enough. It’s also justified that Nick probably let Ben off because he learned his lesson.
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* MissingMom: Like so many movies under the Disney brand, this one is no exception. And it’s dramatic in more ways than one because he had to become the man of the house, Angie wants Nick to start dating again and Ben is trying to use PAT as a buffer to keep Nick from getting romantically involved with Sara. As it turns out, Nick wants someone to love again.
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* MissingMom: Like so many movies under the Disney brand, this one is no exception. And it’s dramatic in more ways than one because he Ben had to become the man of the house, Angie wants Nick to start dating again and Ben is trying to use PAT as a buffer to keep Nick from getting romantically involved with Sara. As it turns out, Nick wants someone to love again.
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* KarmaHoudini: Subverted. Ben apparently confessed to tampering with [=PAT's=] programming to make her more maternal off-screen, as he isn’t found out until after her defeat. This is evidenced by his line "The last thing I’m ever gonna do again is mess with PAT." Even so, Nick and Sara never ground him. The subversion is seeing the results of his meddling make life worse for his family in increasingly more severe ways is probably karma enough.
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* KarmaHoudini: Subverted. Ben apparently confessed to tampering with [=PAT's=] programming to make her more maternal off-screen, as he isn’t found out until after her defeat. This is evidenced by his line "The last thing I’m ever gonna do again is mess with PAT." Even so, Nick and Sara never ground him. The subversion is seeing the results of his meddling make life worse for his family in increasingly more severe ways ways, which is probably karma enough.
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* MissingMom: A familiar trope of a lot of Disney movies. This one is no exception.
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* MissingMom: A familiar trope of a lot of Like so many movies under the Disney movies. This brand, this one is no exception.exception. And it’s dramatic in more ways than one because he had to become the man of the house, Angie wants Nick to start dating again and Ben is trying to use PAT as a buffer to keep Nick from getting romantically involved with Sara. As it turns out, Nick wants someone to love again.
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* ParentWithNewParamour: Ben does not like it when his father starts dating Sara. When he gets into an argument with his father about it, his father has this to say in response.
-->"You're not the only one who lost someone, Ben!"
-->"You're not the only one who lost someone, Ben!"
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* ParentWithNewParamour: Ben does not like it when his father starts dating Sara. When he gets into an argument with his father Nick about it, his father has this to say in response.
-->"You're -->"Because you’re not the only one who lost someone, Ben!"
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Subverted. [[spoiler:Upon realizing that she went too far, PAT shuts herself down. Sara revives her and reprograms her so that she's back to her old self]].
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Subverted. [[spoiler:Upon realizing that she went too far, PAT shuts herself down.down via a virtual rainstorm. Sara revives her and reprograms her so that she's back to her old self]].
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* SelfDuplication: When Ben asks the holographic PAT what she would do if he and Angie call for her from separate parts of the house, PAT demonstrates that she ''could'' appear in multiple places at the same time.
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* SelfDuplication: When Ben asks the holographic PAT what she would do if he and Angie call for need her from separate parts of at the house, same time, PAT demonstrates that she ''could'' appear be in multiple two places at the same time.once…by splitting herself into six different copies.
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'''PAT''': So?!?
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'''PAT''': So?!?
So?
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* BerserkButton: Don't question PAT's necessity. When she hears Ben's dad say "Who needs PAT anyhow?" while cooking dinner with Sara, she loses it.
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* BerserkButton: Don't question PAT's necessity. When she hears Ben's dad Nick say "Who needs PAT anyhow?" while cooking dinner with Sara, she loses it.
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* TheBully: Ryan. When Ben finally stands up to him, he gets punched in the face.
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* TheBully: Ryan. When Ben finally stands up to him, he gets punched in the face.knocked down, but this occurs off-screen.
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* KarmaHoudini: Ben never confesses to tampering with [=PAT's=] programming to make her more maternal and isn't ever found out, though seeing the results of his meddling make life worse for his family in increasingly more severe ways is probably karma enough.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Gwen, the most popular girl in school, only seems to be interested in Ben after he wins the Smart House. Aside from that, she actually seems to be a decent person.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Gwen, the most popular girl in school, only seems to be interested in Ben after he wins the Smart House. Aside from that, she actually seems to be a decent person.
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* KarmaHoudini: Subverted. Ben never confesses apparently confessed to tampering with [=PAT's=] programming to make her more maternal and isn't ever off-screen, as he isn’t found out, though out until after her defeat. This is evidenced by his line "The last thing I’m ever gonna do again is mess with PAT." Even so, Nick and Sara never ground him. The subversion is seeing the results of his meddling make life worse for his family in increasingly more severe ways is probably karma enough.
*LovableAlphaBitch: LovableAlphaBitch / ClassPrincess: Gwen, the most popular girl in school, only seems to be interested in Ben after he wins the Smart House. Aside from that, she actually seems to be a decent person.
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