History Film / WhatAboutBob

* SanitySlippage: Leo suffers this the more Bob gets involved with his family. Conversely, Bob experiences the ''[[SanityStrenghtening inverse]]'' the more he gets involved with Leo and his family, gradually going from a neurotic mess to a well-adjusted man.

* SanitySlippage: Leo suffers this the more Bob gets involved with his family. Conversely, Bob experiences the ''inverse'' the more he gets involved with Leo and his family, gradually going from a neurotic mess to a well-adjusted man.

* ClingyMacGuffin: Bob is a sort of human example.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Oh, Dr Marvin grows to ''hate'' Bob, but as he says:

* StupidEvil: Leo has several moments:
** Telling Bob to wait at the Guttman's diner despite knowing what a chatterbox Bob is; the movie shows later that he knows full well they hate him.
** [[DramaticDrop Dropping his son into the water suddenly,]] ensuring he will only be more afraid of diving.
** Breaking into a shop and stealing explosives; being a small town, it wouldn't have taken the police very long to find out who did it, particularly after the Marvins' house explodes.

He accepts a new patient, Bob Wiley (Murray), who has been foisted upon him by a burned-out colleague. Bob has multiple issues -- he's afraid of death, tight spaces and germs -- but he immediately takes a shine to Dr. Marvin. Unfortunately for Bob, Dr. Marvin is about to leave on vacation and has no intention of taking work home with him. Unfortunately for Dr. Marvin, Bob is not good at taking a hint.

Bob invites himself to join the Marvins at their summer house, bringing just his essentials and his goldfish. The locals, who don't care much for Dr. Marvin, are only too happy to let this lunatic interfere with his peaceful vacation. His own family finds Bob harmless and charming, unaware that his presence is causing their psychologist father to slowly come unglued.

Just before his summer family vacation, he sees a new patient, Bob Wiley (Murray), who has been foisted upon him by a colleague. Bob has multiple issues -- he's afraid of death, tight spaces and germs -- but he immediately takes a shine to Dr. Marvin. Unfortunately for Bob, Dr. Marvin has a lot planned for his family trip and no intentions of taking work along with him. Unfortunately for Dr. Marvin, Bob is not going to give up that easily.

Bob invites himself to join the Marvins, bringing just his essentials and his goldfish. He has subtle encouragement from the locals, who don't care much for Dr. Marvin and are only too happy to let this lunatic interfere with his peaceful vacation. His own family finds Bob harmless and charming, unaware that their psychologist father is slowly coming unglued...

* IgnoredEpiphany: Leo admits to his wife that he's a failure after learning that both of his kids have issues with him because he's insensitive and doesn't listen to them. Unfortunately, he never figures out that he needs to be a better dad because he starts fixating on Bob as the source of his problems right after this.

* EasilyForgiven: Even after it was revealed that the bombs were real and that Leo was trying to murder him, Bob has absolutely no ill-will or grudge against him. Of course, this could be due to the fact that Bob is self-deluded enough to think that even the use of real bombs was legitimate "therapy."

* LargeHam: Leo goes up to eleven with this after some MASSIVE SanitySlippage toward the end of the film. Even after he develops an EvilLaugh, the highlight is him yelling at Bob to get out of his car in a rant that sounds like a bunch of random loud angsty yelling with no discernable real English words.

--> ''I don't think I can ''shoot'' anyone, Bob; But I ''am'' going to blow you up! [[EvilLaugh Hahahahaha!]]

* LargeHam: Leo goes UpToEleven with this after some MASSIVE SanitySlippage toward the end of the film. Even after he develops an EvilLaugh, the highlight is him yelling at Bob to get out of his car in a rant that sounds like a bunch of random loud angsty yelling with no discernable real English words.

'''Leo:''' [[SuddenlyShouting I'M ON VACATION!!!!]]

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Dr. Marvin explains as he ties Bob to a tree:
--> '''Dr Marvin:''' This is called black powder, Bob. ''One teaspoon'' of this stuff, can blow up a treestump! (Hangs a canister around Bob's Neck) Here we go!
--> '''Bob:''' And how much is this?
--> '''Dr Marvin:''' '''[[UpToEleven Twenty Pounds Worth!!]]''' [[EvilLaugh Hahahahahaha!!]]
** This of course, ''literally'' blows up in Dr Marvin's face when Bob leaves said ''twenty pounds'' of black-powder in his holiday-house and turns it into an orange fireball.

* TitleDrop: Done a couple of times. For example, when Leo returns from attempting to commit Bob to an institution and then gets a phone call telling him they can't take him as there's no reason to do so, Fay yells "What about Bob?" in an attempt to get an explanation of what has just happened. Also when the family want Leo to apologize to Bob for pushing him in the lake.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Bob and Leo. [[spoiler: At the end Bob becomes his brother-in-law.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Leo says to Bob that he doesn't get angry or upset, foreshadowing the ending when Bob does precisely both things to him.

* TitleDrop: Done a couple of times. For example, when Leo returns from attempting to commit Bob to an institution and then gets a phone call telling him they can't take him as there's no reason to do so, Fay yells "What about Bob?" in an attempt to get an explanation of what has just happened. Also Sigmund and he and Anna want Leo to apologize to Bob for pushing him in the lake.

--> '''Dr Marvin:''' This, Bob, is called black powder. ''One teaspoon'' of this stuff, can blow up a treestump! (Hangs a canister around Bob's Neck) Here we go!

--> '''Dr Marvin:''' This, Bob, is black powder. ''One teaspoon'' can blow up a treestump! (Hangs a canister around Bob's Neck) Here we go!

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Dr. Marvin explains as he ties bob to a tree: