History Film / HomeAlone3

* FourElementEnsemble: This may be completely unintentional, but the AmusingInjuries the four spies suffers at the film cover are related to the four elements. Unger is electrocuted, which made his suit (and [[FartsOnFire farts]]) burn (''fire''); Jernigan is sprayed with freezing hoses (''water''); Alice is covered in dirt after several incidents in mud (''earth''); and Beaupre has black paint in his face, coming from a gas-powered spray can (''air'').
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The crooks - Beaupre is choleric, Alice is sanguine, Jernigan is melancholic and Unger is phlegmatic.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The North Korean terrorist.

* HollowSoundingHead: Alice. Any of the [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender many times]] she hits her head or is hit in the head by something the audience hears a loud, suspiciously empty sounding *thunk*.

* SympatheticWince: Alex winces and says "ouch" when the barbell falls on Beaupre and Unger's heads, although he is the one responsible for that. He also winces and widens his eyes when the boxing glove he hid in the closet hits Beaupre's [[GroinAttack privates]].

* SneezeOfDoom: Subverted. Alex hides in the closet but avoids detection by Unger, even after he sneezes.

** Everyone assumes this is what befell Alex when he does his SkywardScream on discovering he has chickenpox.
--->'''Molly:''' Alex slammed the toilet seat on his thing [[NoodleIncident again]].
--->'''Parrot:''' Bullseye.
---> '''Dad:''' (on the phone) I have to go. My kid slammed the toilet seat on his thing.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sure, Stan and Molly like to pick on Alex. However, when he's placed in a dangerous situation, their [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sibling Instincts]] kick in. Shown when they refuse to let the Feds leave without explaining why Alex is in danger.
-->'''Karen''': Why is Alex in danger?
-->(''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion Stuckey doesn't respond]]'')
-->'''Stan''': She asked you a question, sir.
-->'''FBI Agent Stuckey:''' I'm not at liberty to discuss it, son.
-->(''Molly runs over and slams the door shut'')
-->'''Molly:''' The "it" you're referring to is ''my little brother''.
-->(''Stuckey realizes he has to tell the truth, even if it is a matter of National Security'')

* NeverTrustATitle: It has nothing to do with ''Home Alone'' 1 and 2.

* VillainExitStageLeft: Subverted when three out of four of the terrorists are captured by the police at the end, but it seems like Beaupre, their leader, got away. However, it turns out he was just hiding inside a mini-igloo in the backyard when the [[PollyWantsAMicrophone snarly parrot]] exposes him.

-->'''Molly:''' Alex slammed the toilet seat on his thing [[NoodleIncident again]].
-->'''Parrot:''' Bullseye.
** '''Dad:''' (on the phone) I have to go. My kid slammed the toilet seat on his thing.

* HastilyHiddenMacGuffin: The MacGuffin is a stolen computer chip that the villains hid in a remote control car to escape suspicion. After a mix-up at O'Hare, Mrs. Hess ends up with the car and gives it to Alex as payment for shoveling her drive.

* GroinAttack: Beaupre gets one from a boxing glove in the foyer's closet, causing him to fall on his gun. Then there's Alice giving one to Jernigan with a crowbar by mistake while trying to hit Doris the rat.

* BatmanGambit: Many of Alex's traps rely on either A) the crooks underestimating him because he's a kid B) noticing a more obvious trap and trying to circumvent it and/or C) being fed up enough from triggering previous traps that they will act hastily on a chance to capture him.

* BoundAndGagged: Alice binds and gags Mrs. Hess with white duct tape to a loan chair in a garage.
* CallBack: Alice hitting Jernigan in the nads with a crowbar while trying to hit Doris the rat is a call back to the first film where Marv whacks Harry in the sternum while aiming for the tarantula.

* EyeScream: Alex sprays black paint over Beaupre's eyes through the front door's letterbox (mail slot).

* FirstNameBasis: Alice is always referred to by her first name, as opposed to her surname like her male compatriots. By the way, her surname is Rivens, as revealed by Stuckey.
* FlowerPotDrop: Alice trips two wires releasing pointsettia plants from a neighboring house. The first hits her on the head and the second lands on her face.

* JawDrop: When Agent Stucky relates to Alex's family what is going on, his brother's, sister's, and the police chief's jaws all drop.

* MsFanservice: Regardless of her mean spirit - Alice is a highly attractive woman. Admirers should be pleased with with the sight of her rear end in form-fitting pants. It's most noticeable when she's running in yoga pants while pushing a phony baby stroller, and again [[spoiler: when she bends over to pick up a hat and rips her pants. A red thong is seen underneath.]] A less appealing example occurs when [[spoiler:she squeezes into a dumb waiter. Her butt hovers directly over the camera for a brief second.]]
* MoodWhiplash: After the spies suffer through most of the traps which is humorous, Alex's mom Karen calls him. The film gets a little tense because at this point Alex is trying to get her to not come home while Alice, Jernigan and Unger begin to search the house. Also Beaupre listens to the conversation between Alex and Karen using the basement phone so he can plan his next move.
* MythologyGag: Alex, when he discovers that he has the chicken pox, lets out a scream that gives Kevin a run for his money.

* OnlyOneName: Subverted. The full names of all four of the bad guys are revealed by Stuckey: Peter Beaupre, Earl Unger, Burton Jernigan and Alice Rivens.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After the police fail to catch the spies twice, Alex decides to deal with the burglars himself by using his remote control car to film their next burglary in the act. When that eventually leads to the discovery of the chip, he calls an Air Force recruiting office (which then alerts the FBI). When he realizes the spies know where he lives, then he sets up the booby traps.
* SequelEscalation: Big time! In the previous two movies, the stakes were that the Wet Bandits might pull off a robbery (either the [=McCallister=] House or a Toy Store). In this one, North Korea might blow up the world!

* VillainousBreakdown: The spies get angrier and angrier the more they suffer the traps to the point that they pull out their weapons once they are inside Alex's house. Beaupre tries to remain calm but when he finds out the microchip is not in the toy car he starts to yell at Alex in polish and threatens him with his gun (which was the fake one).

* LiteralPun: Lampshaded by Unger when the police find him and Jernigan frozen in the swimming pool:
-->'''Officer:''' Freeze!
-->'''Unger:''' You gotta be kidding me.

* ChildHater: Unger. This is best seen when he fails to catch Alex hiding in a closet, and in his anger, he punches a picture of Stan, Molly and Alex, breaking the glass.
** [[WouldHurtAChild He also has no problem with the idea of whacking every kid in the neighborhood and burning them.]]

* TheCavalry: Essentially Defied since Alex has things pretty well wrapped up by the time Agent Stucky arrives. However, the fact that he arrives with a convoy consisting of two snowplows, his own car, four police cars, Alex's family in their car, and a fire engine with all sirens blaring definitely invokes this image.

*** And before that, Beaupre and Unger get a ''trunk full of books'' dropped on them ''from a floor up''. They act more like they were each hit in the head with a single book.

*** That being said, it did look as if they might have deflected some of the impact with their arms.

* FirstNameBasis: Alice is always referred to by her first name, as opposed to her surname like her male compatriots. By the way, her surname is Ribbons, as revealed by Stuckey.

* FirstNameBasis: Alice is always referred to by her first name, as opposed to her surname like her male compatriots By the way, her surname is Ribbons, as revealed by Stuckey.

* FirstNameBasis: Alice is always referred to by her first name, as opposed to her surname like her male compatriots By the way, her surname is Ribbons, as revealed by Stucky.

* FirstNameBasis: Alice is always referred to by her first name, as opposed to her surname like her male compatriots.

!!''Home Alone 3'' provides examples of:

''Home Alone 3'' is a 1997 film. It's the third installment in the ''Film/HomeAlone'' series. It was written and produced by John Hughes, but Chris Columbus didn't return to direct -- that role was given to Raja Gosnell, editor of the first two films (and future director of ''Big Momma's House'', the live-action ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' movies, and ''Beverly Hills Chihuahua'').

''Home Alone 3'' is a 1997 film. It's the third installment in the ''Film/HomeAlone'' series.

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