History Film / BabyGeniuses

** [[AustinPowers "Oh behave, baby!"]]
** "She's [[StarWars Darth Vader]] in a skirt."

* AllGermansAreNazis: Implied in the third film. The British have a Literature/SherlockHolmes expy, the French have an [[Film/PinkPanther Inspector Clouseau]] expy, the Italians have a [[OliveGarden random pizza baker]], and the Germans have... [[Series/AlloAllo Herr Flick]]?

* VillainBall: In the third movie, despite supposedly being smart, the BigBad's son casts further suspicion on himself by blatantly threatening the heroes to stop investigating.

A 1999 action/comedy directed by BobClark and starring ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit's'' Kathleen Turner and ChristopherLloyd. Dr. Elena Kinder, CEO of the Babyco corporation, has formulated a method of child rearing (the Kinder method) meant to produce exceptionally intelligent children. To demonstrate its superiority, she arranged for a pair of identical twin boys to be born to a surrogate mother. One of these twins, Whit, was adopted by Dr. Kinder's niece, Robin (Kim Cattrall), and raised as a normal child. The other, Sylvester (nicknamed Sly), was raised in a habitat in Babyco's secret lab, under the guidance of the Kinder method, along with a few other babies. The movie also establishes that babies have their own language and know the secrets of the universe, both of which are forgotten when they "cross over" at age 2. Both Dr. Kinder and Robin's husband Dan (''Series/AllyMcBeal'' star [=Peter MacNicol=]) are researching infant pre-language.

The film was critically panned; it was ranked by leading film critic RogerEbert as one of his most hated movies. However, despite being savaged on all sides by critics, it made about triple its budget. It was followed by a sequel, ''[=SuperBabies=]: Baby Geniuses 2'', in 2004. As of July 2011 resides at the top spot of the [[{{IMDB}} Internet Movie Database's]] [[http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom Bottom 100 list]] (the original is also in the list, currently at #68). And even though neither of original films were extremely successful, Clark planned a ''third'' movie, which has been released as a DirectToVideo movie titled ''Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels'' (which was originally going to be a TV show called "Baby Geniuses: Baby Squad Investigators"), but since [[AuthorExistenceFailure he died in 2007]], a new director had to come in. And a ''fourth'' movie is in the works, and it's mentioned at the end of the third movie.

** In the second film, cameos are made by WhoopiGoldberg and the boy band O-Town ([[AnyoneRememberPogs remember those guys?]]) as themselves.

* VillainBall: In the third movie, despite supposedly being smart, the BigBad's son casts further suspicion on himself by blatantly threatening the heroes to stop investigating.
* XMeetsY: ''Film/LookWhosTalking'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.

* TheNotSecret: In the third movie, the villains' first "secret" base is their own burger bar.

* DawsonCasting: In the third movie, the babies are played by toddlers just old enough to walk by themselves.

* DawsonCasting: In ''Mystery of the Crown Jewels'' the babies are played by toddlers, old enough to walk.

The film was critically panned; it was ranked by leading film critic RogerEbert as one of his most hated movies. However, despite being savaged on all sides by critics, it made about triple its budget. It was followed by a sequel, ''[=SuperBabies=]: Baby Geniuses 2'', in 2004. As of July 2011 resides at the top spot of the [[{{IMDB}} Internet Movie Database's]] [[http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom Bottom 100 list]] (the original is also in the list, currently at #68). And even though neither of original films were extremely successful, Clark planned a ''third'' movie, which will eventually be released as a DirectToVideo movie titled ''Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels'' (which was originally going to be a TV show called "Baby Geniuses: Baby Squad Investigators"), but since [[AuthorExistenceFailure he died in 2007]], a new director had to come in.

The film was critically panned; it was ranked by leading film critic RogerEbert as one of his most hated movies. However, despite being savaged on all sides by critics, it made about triple its budget. It was followed by a sequel, ''[=SuperBabies=]: Baby Geniuses 2'', in 2004. As of July 2011 resides at the top spot of the [[{{IMDB}} Internet Movie Database's]] [[http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom Bottom 100 list]] (the original is also in the list, currently at #68). And even though neither of original films were extremely successful, Clark planned a ''third'' movie, which will eventually be released as a DirectToVideo movie titled ''Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels'', but since [[AuthorExistenceFailure he died in 2007]], a new director had to come in.

The film was a box office bomb and was critically panned; it was ranked by leading film critic RogerEbert as one of his most hated movies. Despite the film's failure, it was followed by a sequel, ''[=SuperBabies=]: Baby Geniuses 2'', in 2004. As of July 2011 resides at the top spot of the [[{{IMDB}} Internet Movie Database's]] [[http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom Bottom 100 list]] (the original is also in the list, currently at #68). And even though neither of original films were successful, Clark planned a ''third'' movie, which will eventually be released as a DirectToVideo movie titled ''Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels'', but since [[AuthorExistenceFailure he died in 2007]], a new director had to come in.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Jon Voight in the sequel. He's the only one not delivering his lines in monotone and attempted to make his character actually expressive.

* BambooTechnology: One of the babies builds a camera jamming device out of miscellaneous parts and toys laying around, including a GameBoy.

A 1999 action/comedy directed by BobClark and starring ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit's'' Kathleen Turner and ChristopherLloyd. Dr. Elena Kinder, CEO of the Babyco corporation, has formulated a method of child rearing (the Kinder method) meant to produce exceptionally intelligent children. To demonstrate its superiority, she arranged for a pair of identical twin boys to be born to a surrogate mother. One of these twins, Whit, was adopted by Dr. Kinder's niece, Robin (Kim Cattrall), and raised as a normal child. The other, Sylvester (nicknamed Sly), was raised in a habitat in Babyco's secret lab, under the guidance of the Kinder method, along with a few other babies. The movie also establishes that babies have their own language and know the secrets of the universe, both of which are forgotten when they "cross over" at age 2. Both Dr. Kinder and Robin's husband Dan (''Series/AllyMcBeal'' star Peter MacNicol) are researching infant pre-language.

The film was a box office bomb and was critically panned; it was ranked by leading film critic RogerEbert as one of his most hated movies. Despite the film's failure, it was followed by a sequel, ''[=SuperBabies=]: Baby Geniuses 2'', in 2004. As of July 2011 resides at the top spot of the [[{{IMDB}} Internet Movie Database's]] [[http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom Bottom 100 list]] (the original is also in the list, currently at #68). And even though neither of original films were successful, Clark planned a ''third'' movie, but since [[AuthorExistenceFailure he died in 2007]], it probably won't get made.

A 1999 action/comedy directed by BobClark and starring ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit's'' Kathleen Turner and ChristopherLloyd. Dr. Elena Kinder, CEO of the Babyco corporation, has formulated a method of child rearing (the Kinder method) meant to produce exceptionally intelligent children. To demonstrate its superiority, she arranged for a pair of identical twin boys to be born to a surrogate mother. One of these twins, Whit, was adopted by Dr. Kinder's niece, Robin, and raised as a normal child. The other, Sylvester (nicknamed Sly), was raised in a habitat in Babyco's secret lab, under the guidance of the Kinder method, along with a few other babies. The movie also establishes that babies have their own language and know the secrets of the universe, both of which are forgotten when they "cross over" at age 2. Both Dr. Kinder and Robin's husband Dan are researching infant pre-language.

* AwardBaitSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GjKlF9mhl0 A Gift of Love]] by Randy Travis.

* TheCameo: Dom Deluise (or: that guy who keeps doing voice work in Creator/DonBluth movies) appears a couple times in the film.

* TheCameo: Dom Deluise (or: that guy who keeps doing voice work in DonBluth movies) appears a couple times in the film.

* XMeetsY: ''Film/LookWhosTalking'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.