History Film / SmartHouse

* MesACrowd: 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.

* 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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* BeefBandage: PAT uses a steak to help heal Ben’s bruise. A disgusted Nick lampshades that nobody has used steak “since the 50s.”

* ShoutOut: Ben laments that Angie remembers their mom so vaguely, that she considers her only as real as [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]] or WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}.

* SchizoTech: PAT can ''disintegrate'' trash lying on the floor, sync herself to any cellphone in the house, create life-like holograms, deduce a person's entire medical history and diet from microscopic sampling in seconds, and learn as quickly as any human ... but the world's internet access is still clearly dial-up, and can't be used at the same time as the phone.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Angie, Ben's younger sister can get a little annoying occasionally.

* WildTeenParty: A more toned down example. It ''is'' Disney, after all. It still messes the house up, though PAT's automatic cleaning systems fix it up in a jiffy. However, Nick finds out (someone left their jacket on top of a plant) and grounds Ben anyway.

* WhamLine: Three words: [[spoiler:System Shut-down Override]].

* ScizoTech: PAT can ''disintegrate'' trash lying on the floor, sync herself to any cellphone in the house, create life-like holograms, deduce a person's entire medical history and diet from microscopic sampling in seconds, and learn as quickly as any human ... but the world's internet access is still clearly dial-up, and can't be used at the same time as the phone.

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 Ryan Merriman, 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).

* {{Hypocrite}}: So it's totally fine for Ben to have a girlfriend, but his lonely widowed father can't date anyone? It's clear that this is a lesson that Ben needs to learn, but his attempts to block his father are extremely rude.

* ShoutOut: Ben laments that Angie remembers their mom so vaguely, that she considers her only as real as [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]] or Disney/TheLittleMermaid.

* AlphaBitch: Gwen, the most popular girl in school, who only seems to be interested in Ben after he wins the smart it's house. Though it's downplayed a bit since aside from that Gwen actually seems to be a decent person.

-->'''Ben''': You can't be our mother, PAT! You're not real!\\

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 Ryan Merriman, 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 [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Katey Sagal]]).

* AlphaBitch: Gwen, the most popular girl in school, who only seems to be interested in Ben after he wins the smart it's house. Though it's downplayed a bit since aside from that Gwen actually seems to be a descent person.

* AlphaBitch: Gwen, the most popular girl in school, who only seems to be interested in Ben after he wins the smart house.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Angie, Ben's younger sister.

* WildTeenParty: A more toned down example. It ''is'' Disney, after all. It still messes the house up, though PAT's automatic cleaning systems fix it up in a jiffy.

No, it isn't that scary! It's actually another 1990s Creator/DisneyChannel comedy movie! 1999's ''Smart House'' revolves around a teenager named Ben, played by Ryan Merriman, 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 [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Katey Sagal]]).

* AIIsACrapshoot: A somewhat downplayed example - even at the height of her craziness, all PAT wants to do is protect the family.

No, it isn't that scary! It's actually another 1990s Creator/DisneyChannel comedy movie! 1999's ''Smart House'' revolves around a teenager named Ben, played by Ryan Merriman, 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.

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. Let's just say she takes on the role a little ''too'' well.

!!''Smart House'' contains these examples:

* 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.
* BigBad: Pat, though she's more of a WellIntentionedExtremist than full on evil.

* BullyHunter: Pat after she sees that Ben got a nasty bruise from standing up to his bully, Ryan.
* CoolHouse: Pat does homework, fixes delicious meals instantly, has personalized alarm clocks, advanced video game systems, and even ''cleans itself''.
* DigitalDestruction: The DVD crops the picture to fill an HDTV screen. [=iTunes=] seems to rectify this, by presenting the movie in the SDTV 4:3 aspect ratio instead.
* EvilMatriarch: What Pat eventually turns into.
* FaceHeelTurn: Pat, as soon as she turns herself into a (somewhat) real person.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:At the end, Pat sees the error of her ways and shuts herself down. Sara brings her back with a happy medium between her old personality and her motherly one--as a bonus, she still has her human form (though it's on a TV screen rather than a hologram)]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: So it's totally fine for Ben to have a girlfriend, but his lonely father can't date anyone? It's clear that this is a lesson that Ben needs to learn, but his attempts to block his father are extremely rude.

* MamaBear: Don't mess with Ben at his own party. Pat will throw you out.
* MesACrowd: 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.
* MissingMom: A familiar trope of a loooooot of Disney movies. This one is no exception.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ben's wish to have a mother figure around who isn't dating his father drives him to insert motherly information into Pat. It doesn't end well.

* NotEvenHuman: Pat materializes herself into a hologram when she grows too attached to the family. When she touches Ben and her hand goes right through him, she finally realizes that she's not capable of being a mother to them.
* PromotionToParent: Ben, who's so good at this role that he neglects to do normal kid things.
* 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]].

* StockFootage: Some of the videos that Pat plays include excerpts of other Disney Channel specials, such as ''B*Witched and 5ive in Concert'', and ''Disney's Young Musicians' Symphony Orchestra''.[[note]]Cue cameos from [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]]'s Astro Orbitor and WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse.[[/note]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Pat, when her "motherly" side starts to go to her head.
* WhamLine:
** "BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO LOST SOMEONE, BEN!"
** Three words: [[spoiler:System Shut-down Override]].

* WildTeenParty: More like 'mild' teen party. It ''is'' Disney, after all.

No, it isn't that scary! It's actually another 1990s Creator/DisneyChannel comedy movie! 1999's ''Smart House'' revolves around a teenager named Ben, played by Ryan Merriman, who takes care of his family after his mom dies and wants to make life better for all of them.

* WhamLine: "BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO LOST SOMEONE, BEN!"