History Film / Bean

** After using lacquer thinner to clean the ink stain off the face of Whistler's Mother, Mr. Bean has this reaction when he sees that the area melts into a bubbly mess. His reaction gets worse as he tries to stop the paint from melting, but only defaces the painting in progress. David is also extremely horrified when Bean shows him the ruined painting (as well as his "restoration") and is immediately worried about what's going to happen if they find out.

** When aired on ITV and ITV2, David's horrified ClusterFBomb upon seeing the destroyed painting was edited and shortened.

** The aforementioned FlippingTheBird bit comes back at the very end, when Bean cheerfully gives a confused David and his family the finger as he departs for the airport.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The board at the Royal National Gallery except for the chairman unanimously wishes to fire Bean for being the worst employee in the company's history with the secretary being overjoyed at the idea. The reason Bean was sent to America in the first place is that it's an alternative to firing him because the chairman threatened to resign otherwise.

* OhCrap: A silent one from Detective Brutus when he wakes up in the middle of his surgery and realises that his surgeon is [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Bean]]. He just faints from the shock.

* TheSilentBob: Though his few bits of dialogue are significantly more articulate than the short, mumbled phrases he'd usually say in the series (presumably to make the character more tolerable for feature-length), Bean remains mostly mute. At the end, he's forced to [[spoiler:deliver a completely improvised monologue about Whistler's Mother, and every word clearly sounds like a struggle.]]

* VitriolicBestBuds: Bean with David Langley. David constantly bickers with Bean because of the latter's [[{{CloudCuckoolander}} bizarre antics]], but they eventually become good friends. Bean describes David as his "best friend" in his big speech, and David admits to his wife Allison that despite everything that's happened, he's grown fond of Bean.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Bean with David Langley. David constantly bickers with Bean because of the latter's bizarre antics, but they eventually become good friends. Bean describes David as his "best friend" in his big speech, and David admits to his wife Allison that despite everything that's happened, he's grown fond of Bean.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Bean with David Langley. {{Discussed}} by David while talking to Allison, his wife:

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Surprisingly averted when Mr. Bean is forced to give an improvised speech on the Whistler's Mother painting. He handles the speech quite well, although it lacks any meaningful content. General Newton and much of the audience just appreciate Bean's straightforward remarks on ThePowerOfFamily. The characters who might have been offended take it as dryly comical ribbing at their earlier request not to have a boring lecture of art history, and maybe insert a joke or two into the speech, since they assumed Bean to be a stereotypical British academic.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Surprisingly averted when Mr. Bean is forced to give an improvised speech on the Whistler's Mother painting. He handles the speech quite well, although it lacks any meaningful content. The characters who might have been offended take it as dryly comical ribbing at their earlier request not to have a boring lecture of art history, and maybe insert a joke or two into the speech, since they assumed Bean to be a stereotypical British academic.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: After David learned that Bean isn't actually a doctor, he tries to ask Bean if Creator/LeonardoDaVinci was an American basketball player to figure out whether Bean knew anything about art. Considering what they're talking about at the time, most sane people would realize it's a trick question and would immediately answer no, even if they knew next to nothing about da Vinci and basketball. Yet [[TheFool Bean]] is blissfully clueless that it's not even a genuine question and [[InnocentlyInsensitive innocently]] answers yes, which drives David into a mild depression for the rest of the night until the next morning.

* AscendedFridgeHorror: The movie somehow manages to [[InvertedTrope invert it]]. Bean destroys a priceless historical artifact, but he covers it up by replacing it with a poster of the same painting, and cue the happy if hilarious ending. As it's really only a short-term solution however, the forgery would undoubtedly be uncovered sometime after the film's events. The original script had apparently already considered this, as it ends with someone noticing the change after the painting is slightly damaged, which didn't make it into the final film.

* ComedicSociopathy: Deconstructed. David and Bean go to an amusement park in Los Angeles, but he finds the thriller ride simulator so boring that it puts him to sleep. Bean reprograms the ride and disables the safety features so that customers are literally [[AmusementParkOfDoom thrown out of their seats at high speed]]. The movie attaches realistic consequences to Bean's typical shenanigans: the police promptly arrest him (again!).

* ComedicSociopathy: Deconstructed. David and Bean go to an amusement park in Los Angeles, but he finds the thriller ride simulator so boring that it puts him to sleep. Bean reprograms the ride and disables the safety features so that customers are literally thrown out of their seats at high speed. The movie attaches realistic consequences to Bean's typical shenanigans: the police promptly arrest him (again!).

* CringeComedy: when Bean tries to dry his wet pants with the hand dryer while making suggestive movements, one of the gallery employees comes out of a bathroom stall. They later meet again at Griersons office in on eof the most awkward meetings in movie history.

The film received mixed reviews from critics upon release, in part due to the unfamiliarity of the TV show among the majority of American audiences and the lesser appeal of the franchise's brand of comedy and characterization in the US compared to the UK. The film also received criticism from British audiences-- especially fans of the show-- for "Americanizing" ''Mr. Bean'', featuring a somewhat more conventional "Hollywood movie" plot, bringing in details about the title character that were never really touched upon in the show (such as the fact that he's visibly employed-- the TV series was deliberately ambiguous about his source of financial support), and having him audibly speak to a much greater degree than usual.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The real Whistler's Mother. David does ask Bean what he did with it, but they get interrupted before he can answer. In the final scene it's revealed that [[spoiler:Bean took it home to hang on his bedroom wall.]]

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* GeniusDitz: Bean has the mentality and overall intellect of an elementary school kid, but he shows a surprising level of intelligence in a couple of scenes, such as his ability to reprogram the amusement park ride settings, and his clever effort to salvage the damaged painting with a poster and some unlikely everyday household items.

** After Beans speech, david asks him where he put the original Whistler's Mother, but he doesn't get the chance to answer. [[spoiler: At the very end, it's revealed that Bean took it home to hang on his bedroom wall.]]