History YMMV / TheBossBaby

* 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.

** Animator Creator/RalphBakshi has an open hatred of [=DreamWorks=], so it's amusing to know that his own grandson, Miles, is the voice of Tim. In addition to the fact that the film was directed by Tom [=McGrath=], who is a friend of Bakshi.

* AwardSnub: Bizarrely, and '''''somehow''''' inverted. To the complete bafflement and outrage of critics and audiences alike, it received Best Animated Film nominations at both the Oscars and the Golden Globes, despite its mixed to negative critical reception when it came to reviews of the film.

* {{Adorkable}}: He's wildly imaginative, cheerful and energetic, speaks to his alarm clock as if it was an actual person, and refuses to ride his bicycle without the proper safety gear, or for that matter, cross the street against a red light, even when the babysitter (who's really a henchman for the BigBad) chases after him.

* MoralEventHorizon.
** Tim, though a good kid, damn near crosses this when he almost catapults Boss Baby out the window. If his parents didn't stop him, Boss Baby would have likely landed on the road and got run over, and Tim could have realistically been taken down a very dark path.
-->'''Tim:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Say bye-bye, baby! You're fired!]]
** Francis Francis crosses this when he threatens to terminate Tim's parents if he interfered with his plans.

* AwesomeMusic: Missi Hale's cover of "What the World Needs Now Is Love" for the closing credits.

* 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.

* FandomRivalry: With ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpants'' fans, who feel that their movie (which had gotten a better critical reception) should have been a nominee for Best Animated Film at both the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards instead of this.

** Animator Creator/RalphBakshi has an open hatred of [=DreamWorks=], so it's amusing to know that his own grandson, Miles, is the voice of Tim. In addition to the fact that the film was directed by Tom McGrath, who is a friend of Bakshi.

* AwardSnub: Bizarrely, and '''''somehow''''' inverted. To the complete bafflement of critics and audiences alike, it received Best Animated Film nominations at both the Oscars and the Golden Globes, despite its critical panning when it came to reviews of the film.

** 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 is way of saying TakeThisJobAndShoveIt.]]

** Tim is voiced by Miles Bakshi, the grandson of animator Creator/RalphBakshi, who absolutely loathes [=DreamWorks=].

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Creator/AlecBaldwin gives the exact same performance in this as he does as Jack Donaghy and seems committed to portraying the character as a snazzy businessman as much as possible.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Creator/AlecBaldwin portrays The Boss Baby exactly like his characters in ''Theater/GlengarryGlennRoss'' or ''Series/30Rock'' and seems committed to portraying the character as a snazzy businessman as much as possible.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Creator/AlecBaldwin portrays The Boss Baby exactly like his characters in ''Film/GlengarryGlennRoss'' or ''Series/30Rock'' and seems committed to portraying the character as a snazzy businessman as much as possible.

* 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.

** Also with both fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' and ''Manga/ASilentVoice'' for the reasons already stated above.

* 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 nearly $500 million worldwide.

* AwardSnub: Bizarrely inverted. To the complete bafflement of critics and audiences alike, it received Best Animated Film nominations at both the Oscars and the Golden Globes.

** Tim, though a good kid, damn near crosses this when he almost catapults Boss Baby out the window. If his parent's didn't stop him, Boss Baby would have likely landed on the road and got run over, and Tim could have realistically been taken down a very dark path.

** The novelization does this with "Blackbird," replacing it with something rather generic, as they either couldn't get the rights to print lyrics or hadn't yet finalized the song for the film before the novel was written. As such, the Boss Baby's joke about Tim's parents being Lennon and [=McCartney=] is naturally dropped as well.

* 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 WebOriginal/{{Pyrocynical}}.[[/note]]

** 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 ThisVeryWiki say he actually managed to give them all that much love, it's also possible that he just made the display malfunction as is way of saying TakeThisJobAndShoveIt.]]

* 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 an impressive $406 million worldwide so far.

** Also with both fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' and ''Manga/KoeNoKatachi'' for the reasons already stated above.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Tim comes across as unreasonably selfish throughout the first part of the movie, from enjoying the attention his parents give him too much to attempting to throw the newborn baby (who behaves like an adult, but still) out the window. This isn't too surprising, considering a lot of inspiration for this movie came from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', where Woody was ''also'' unintentionally unsympathetic.