History YMMV / TheBossBaby

** Comedy aside, Steve Buscemi sounds genuinely unhinged as Francis E. Francis.

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** At the very end, [[spoiler: when Boss Baby decides to rejoin Tim's family, he goes into the control room and tinkers with the main keyboard, causing the pie chart on the screen to display the love granted to ''everything'' as 999%, before he leaves. While some entries on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki say he actually managed to give them all that much love, it's also possible that he just made the display malfunction as his way of saying TakeThisJobAndShoveIt.]]

* TainedByThePreview: Some people considered the concept to be rather ridiculous when the trailers first came out. When the film was finally released, however, it ended up doing better than expected ([[CriticalDissonance at least with audiences]]).

* NeverLiveItDown: Many people soured on this film after it got nominated for an Oscar, even prompting the "Oscar Nominated Boss Baby" meme to make fun of the nomination.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Some people considered the concept to be rather ridiculous when the [[TaintedByThePreview trailers first came out]] (though it wasn't enough to be considered a straight-up AudienceAlienatingPremise). When the film was finally released, however, it ended up doing better than expected ([[CriticalDissonance at least with audiences]]).

* {{Moe}}: Despite having [[VocalDissonance Alec Baldwin's voice]], Boss Baby is still an adorable kid. There's also a group of three babies, each dressed up in full-body animal outfits complete with furry ears. See [[http://media0.giphy.com/media/l0Hee6sB3fXbAdhRK/giphy.gif here]]. And let's not forget the baby girl wearing a pink tutu.

* NeverLiveItDown: Many people soured on this film after it got nominated for an oscar, even prompting the "Oscar Nominated Boss Baby" meme to make fun of the nomination.

** "Guy who has only seen The Boss Baby, watching his second movie: Getting a lot of 'Boss Baby' vibes from this..." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A tweet going around in screenshots that has gained popularity for coining "The Boss Baby problem" in media analysis circles. The tweet is a joke about a person who's only ever seen Boss Baby before seeing a second movie and getting "Boss Baby vibes" from it. It's become a joke about myopia, and proposes the sincere question if a parallel is objectively there or is only a false connection made from small reference pools.[[/labelnote]]

** Did the film's whole story even actually ''happen''? While at first, the movie seems to play it straight on the whole Baby Co. incident and plot, one has to remember that it is a story being told by Tim to his daughter. Remember that he has a vivid imagination. Also, remember that he said in the end that it was how he remembered it. Even the guys at ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' can't decide whether it actually happened or not, pointing out numerous bits of conflicting information.

** While not intentional on the filmmakers' part, [[spoiler:the cleanup babies that hypnotically wipe the parents' memories of Boss Baby]] come across as this. Even WebVideo/CinemaSins can't help but find them the most terrifying parts of the movie.

** "Guy who has only seen The Boss Baby, watching his second movie: Getting a lot of 'Boss Baby' vibes from this..." [[labelnote:Explanation]A tweet going around in screenshots that has gained popularity for coining "The Boss Baby problem" in media analysis circles. The tweet is a joke about a person who's only ever seen Boss Baby before seeing a second movie and getting "Boss Baby vibes" from it. It's become a joke about myopia, and proposes the sincere question if a parallel is objectively there or is only a false connection made from small reference pools.[[/labelnote]]

** A tweet going around in screenshots has gained popularity for coining "The Boss Baby problem" in media analysis circles. The tweet is a joke about a person who's only ever seen Boss Baby before seeing a second movie and getting "Boss Baby vibes" from it. It's become a joke about myopia, and proposes the sincere question if a parallel is objectively there or is only a false connection made from small reference pools.

** Eugene is the older brother of Francis Francis, the film's BigBad. [[spoiler: However, at the end, when Francis Francis has turned into a baby, Eugene picks him up and starts feeding him. He declares he will rise him right this time. It seems that he went along with Francis's plan as a way to look out for him.]]

* MemeticMutation: CALLING THE BOSS BABY (OMG HE ANSWERED!!!)[[note]]After Boss Baby gave out his phone number, which was an actual phone number owned by [=DreamWorks=], various [=YouTubers=] (notably Durv) have made videos calling the titular Boss Baby and talking to a voice actor playing him. People have since parodied this, notably WebVideo/{{Pyrocynical}}.[[/note]]

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Most people wrote ''The Boss Baby'' off as a joke, and some predicted that it would be crushed by Creator/{{Disney}}'s live-action version of ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}''. To the surprise of almost everyone, the film barely edged out ''Beast'' to win the top spot of the domestic box office, and has grossed about $528 million worldwide. It has also spun off an animated series on Netflix that has done quite well and a sequel for the film itself is slated for a 2021 release.

* AccidentalInnuendo: The scene where Tim and Boss Baby suck on the pacifiers to head to Baby Corp. The less said here, the better.

** Did the film's whole story even actually ''happen''? While at first, the movie seems to play it straight on the whole Baby Co. incident and plot, one has to remember that it is a story being told by Tim to his daughter. Remember that he has a vivid imagination. Also, remember that he said in the end that it was how he remembered it.

* AccidentalInnuendo: The scene where Tim and Boss Baby suck on the pacifiers to head to Baby Corp has some dialogue that unintentionally has ummmmmm..........some ''major'' GettingCrapPastTheRadar moments. The less said here, the better.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The animation itself is very expensive, similar to the original Looney Tunes. Especially with Tim's Imagination spots, which exploded with colour and are gorgeous to look at.

* AccidentalInnuendo: The scene where Tim and Boss Baby suck on the pacifiers to head to Baby Corp has some dialogue that.....unintentionally has some major GettingCrapPastTheRadar moments. The less said here, the better.

* AccidentalInnuendo: The scene where Tim and Boss Baby suck on the pacifiers to head to Baby Corp has some dialogue that.....unintentionally has some major GettingCrapPasttheRadar moments. The less said here, the better.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Most people wrote ''The Boss Baby'' off as a joke, and some predicted that it would be crushed by Creator/{{Disney}}'s live-action version of ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}''. To the surprise of almost everyone, the film barely edged out ''Beast'' to win the top spot of the domestic box office, and has grossed about $528 million worldwide. It has also spun off an animated series on Netflix that has done quite well and has a sequel planned. A sequel for the film itself is slated for a 2021 release.