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* YankTheDogsChain: In ''Son of Flubber'', the U.S. Government decides to just not pay Brainard for the Flubber patent anymore and steal it away from him, leaving him penniless and [[IntimidatingRevenueService at the "tender mercy" of the IRS]].
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Based on a 1943 short story ("A Situation of Gravity") by Samuel W. Taylor, the film was followed by the 1963 {{sequel}} ''Son of Flubber''. [[TheRemake Remade]] twice, first in 1988 as a TV film shown on ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Magical World of Disney]]'' and starring Creator/HarryAnderson as [[AdaptationNameChange Prof. Henry Crawford]] (and introducing the idea of a computer sidekick), and then in 1997 as ''Film/{{Flubber}}'', starring Creator/RobinWilliams.
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Based on a 1943 short story ("A Situation of Gravity") by Samuel W. Taylor, the film was followed by the 1963 {{sequel}} ''Son of Flubber''.''Film/SonOfFlubber''. [[TheRemake Remade]] twice, first in 1988 as a TV film shown on ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Magical World of Disney]]'' and starring Creator/HarryAnderson as [[AdaptationNameChange Prof. Henry Crawford]] (and introducing the idea of a computer sidekick), and then in 1997 as ''Film/{{Flubber}}'', starring Creator/RobinWilliams.
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Based on a 1943 short story ("A Situation of Gravity") by Samuel W. Taylor, the film was followed by the 1963 {{sequel}} ''Son of Flubber''. [[TheRemake Remade]] twice, first in 1988 as a TV film shown on ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Magical World of Disney]]'' and starring Creator/HarryAnderson as [[AdaptationNameChange Prof. Henry Crawford]] (and introducing the idea of a computer sidekick), and then in 1997 as ''Film/{{Flubber}}''.
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Based on a 1943 short story ("A Situation of Gravity") by Samuel W. Taylor, the film was followed by the 1963 {{sequel}} ''Son of Flubber''. [[TheRemake Remade]] twice, first in 1988 as a TV film shown on ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Magical World of Disney]]'' and starring Creator/HarryAnderson as [[AdaptationNameChange Prof. Henry Crawford]] (and introducing the idea of a computer sidekick), and then in 1997 as ''Film/{{Flubber}}''.
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* FinishDialogueInUnison: In "Son of Flubber", Betsy is preparing a special dinner with some special friends, and Brainard is curious as to who is coming
-->'''Betsy:''' It isn't as though he were coming all by himself. Besides, he was such a good sport about our getting married.\\
'''Brainard:''' You don't mean...\\
'''Betsy:''' I don't see one single reason why we can't all be good friends. We're adults, you know, not children.\\
'''Brainard:''' You don't for one single minute mean...\\
'''Betsy:''' That dear, sweet, kind, thoughtful...\\
'''Brainard:''' ...double-crossing, miserable, four-flushing snake...\\
'''Both:''' ...Shelby Ashton!
-->'''Betsy:''' It isn't as though he were coming all by himself. Besides, he was such a good sport about our getting married.\\
'''Brainard:''' You don't mean...\\
'''Betsy:''' I don't see one single reason why we can't all be good friends. We're adults, you know, not children.\\
'''Brainard:''' You don't for one single minute mean...\\
'''Betsy:''' That dear, sweet, kind, thoughtful...\\
'''Brainard:''' ...double-crossing, miserable, four-flushing snake...\\
'''Both:''' ...Shelby Ashton!
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* GoombaStomp: The "Shelby Stomp", a.k.a. Brainerd [[CarFu damaging someone else's car]] by bringing his FlyingCar down on them repeatedly.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* AintNoRule: How Medfield wins against Rutland. Technically, there's no rule that says that one team can't jump higher than the other.
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* AintNoRule: How Medfield wins against Rutland. Technically, there's no rule that says that one team can't jump higher than the other.other (even when said leaps are so high the Medfield students are almost hitting the ceiling).
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* RuleOfThree: The guests of Brainard's and Betsy's third wedding express hope that he'll finally show up, when they remind Betsy that "third time's the charm." When Brainard misses the wedding, Betsy cries, "three strikes, and you're out!" Their ''fourth'' wedding goes off without a hitch, though.
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* RuleOfThree: The guests of Brainard's and Betsy's third wedding express hope that he'll finally show up, when they remind Betsy that "third time's the charm."ThirdTimesTheCharm." When Brainard misses the wedding, Betsy cries, "three strikes, and you're out!" Their ''fourth'' wedding goes off without a hitch, though.
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Based on a 1943 short story ("A Situation of Gravity"), Gravity") by Samuel W. Taylor, the film was followed by a the 1963 {{sequel}}, {{sequel}} ''Son of Flubber''. [[TheRemake Remade]] twice, once first in 1988 as a TV movie featured film shown on ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Magical World of Disney]]'' and starring Creator/HarryAnderson as [[AdaptationNameChange Prof. Henry Crawford]] (and introducing the idea of a computer sidekick), and once then in 1997 as ''Film/{{Flubber}}''.
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Based on a 1943 short story ("A Situation of Gravity"), the film was followed by a 1963 {{sequel}}, ''Son of Flubber''. [[TheRemake Remade]] twice, once in 1988 as a TV movie also titled ''The Absent-Minded Professor'' and introducing the idea of a computer sidekick, and once in 1997 as ''Film/{{Flubber}}''.
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Based on a 1943 short story ("A Situation of Gravity"), the film was followed by a 1963 {{sequel}}, ''Son of Flubber''. [[TheRemake Remade]] twice, once in 1988 as a TV movie also titled ''The Absent-Minded Professor'' featured on ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Magical World of Disney]]'' and starring Creator/HarryAnderson as [[AdaptationNameChange Prof. Henry Crawford]] (and introducing the idea of a computer sidekick, sidekick), and once in 1997 as ''Film/{{Flubber}}''.
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One day, while forgetting his own wedding--not for the first time--Brainard nonetheless succeeds in inventing a substance which has mysterious properties, such as the ability to add kinetic energy with every bounce and flight. Using this substance, which he dubs "flubber", Brainard proceeds to foil the attempts of a rival English professor to woo his fiancee, help Medfield's basketball team to unexpectedly win their BigGame, and win back his girl. Unfortunately, the only person who seems interested in giving Brainard any money for his invention is CorruptCorporateExecutive Alonzo Hawk (Creator/KeenanWynn), who is also threatening to foreclose on the college...
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One day, while forgetting his own wedding--not for the first time--Brainard nonetheless succeeds in inventing a substance which has mysterious properties, such as the ability to add kinetic energy with every bounce and flight. Using this substance, which he dubs "flubber", Brainard proceeds to foil the attempts of a rival English professor to woo his fiancee, fiancée, help Medfield's basketball team to unexpectedly win their BigGame, and win back his girl. Unfortunately, the only person who seems interested in giving Brainard any money for his invention is CorruptCorporateExecutive Alonzo Hawk (Creator/KeenanWynn), who is also threatening to foreclose on the college...
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''The Absent-Minded Professor'' is a black and white 1961 live action Creator/{{Disney}} movie. Professor Brainard (Creator/FredMacMurray), the eponymous AbsentMindedProfessor, forgets his wedding, not for the first time, but nonetheless succeeds in inventing a substance, flubber, which has mysterious properties including the ability to add kinetic energy with every bounce and flight. With this substance, he proceeds to foil the amorous attempts of a rival English professor on his fiancee, cause the college basketball team to unexpectedly win their game, and to win the girl. Unfortunately, the only one interested in giving Brainard any money for his invention is CorruptCorporateExecutive Alonzo Hawk (Creator/KeenanWynn), who's threatening to foreclose on the college...
The movie has one sequel, ''Son of Flubber'', made in 1963, and was remade twice, once in 1988 as a TV movie, also titled ''The Absent-Minded Professor'' which introduced the idea of a computer sidekick and once in 1997 as ''Film/{{Flubber}}''.
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''The Absent-Minded Professor'' is a black and white 1961 live action Creator/{{Disney}} movie. Professor Brainard (Creator/FredMacMurray), the eponymous AbsentMindedProfessor, forgets his wedding, not for the first time, but nonetheless succeeds in inventing a substance, flubber, which has mysterious properties including the ability to add kinetic energy with every bounce and flight. With this substance, he proceeds to foil the amorous attempts of a rival English professor on his fiancee, cause the college basketball team to unexpectedly win their game, and to win the girl. Unfortunately, the only one interested in giving Brainard any money for his invention is CorruptCorporateExecutive Alonzo Hawk (Creator/KeenanWynn), who's threatening to foreclose on the college...
The movie has one sequel, ''Son of Flubber'', made in 1963, and was remade twice, once in 1988 as a TV movie, also titled ''The Absent-Minded Professor'' which introduced the idea of a computer sidekick and once in 1997 as ''Film/{{Flubber}}''.
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* {{Crossover}}: Alonzo Hawk appears as the same character in both this movie and ''Film/HerbieRidesAgain''.[[note]]Keenan Wynn, who plays Hawk in all of these movies, also plays similar, if not identical, characters (with different names) in other films such as ''Snowball Express'' and ''The Shaggy D.A.''[[/note]] Officers Hanson and Kelly reprise their roles from ''Film/TheShaggyDog''. The fictional Medfield College was also featured as the location of ''Film/TheComputerWoreTennisShoes'' and its sequels.
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* {{Crossover}}: Alonzo Hawk appears as the same character in both this movie and ''Film/HerbieRidesAgain''.[[note]]Keenan Wynn, who plays Hawk in all of these movies, also plays similar, if not identical, characters (with different names) in other films such as ''Snowball Express'' and ''The Shaggy D.A.''[[/note]] ''.[[/note]] Officers Hanson and Kelly reprise their roles from ''Film/TheShaggyDog''. The fictional Medfield College was also featured as the location of ''Film/TheComputerWoreTennisShoes'' and its sequels.
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* FiftiesHair: As the majority of filming took place between 1959 and 1960, many of the characters, even the college students, bear this, mixed with early 60s hairdos like the beehive, crew cuts, bouffants and flips.
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* DumbassNoMore: In the first movie, Biff Hawk gets every question on Brainard's exam wrong, but he's working as the professor's lab assistant in the sequel and is pretty adept at the job.
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* IntimidatingRevenueService: In the sequel, AffablyEvil IRS Agent Harker gives the Brainards a tax bill for far more money than they have and refuses to cut them any slack, even though the federal government has unjustly confiscated the source of income they based that tax estimate on. He also fondly recalls that he arrested his own mother for not reporting bake sale money and makes a note to tax a preadolescent paperboy.
--> '''Betsy:''' But Joey's only seven years old! You can't take money from a child.
--> '''Harker:''' You know, Professor, your wife has a remarkable sense of humor. We don't run into it often in our line of work, and that's a fact.
--> '''Betsy:''' But Joey's only seven years old! You can't take money from a child.
--> '''Harker:''' You know, Professor, your wife has a remarkable sense of humor. We don't run into it often in our line of work, and that's a fact.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Hawk, the greedy BigBad, is horrified when Brainard jumps out the window before realizing he's just demonstrating his bouncing shoes.
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* InformedAbility: Biff Hawk is apparently a good enough basketball player that he could have singlehandedly won the Medfield-Rutland game, but he's never actually seen on the basketball court, and therefore never gets to demonstrate that level of skill.
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* JerkJock: The ridiculously tall Rutland basketball players are quite petty, as shown when they go out of their way to smugly hold the basketballs just out of the Medfield players' reach and condescendingly pat their heads.
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* PomPomGirl: The Medfield cheerleaders seem genuinely impassioned and excited by their basketball team doing well and manage to maintain an encouraging spirit even when their team is forty points behind.
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* ArtisticLicenseSports: In reality, there is no way the Professor's basketball team could have played with those flubber enhanced shoes for long before a competent, level-headed referee would have them off the court for cheating.
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* ArtisticLicenseSports: In reality, there is no way the Professor's basketball team could have played with those flubber enhanced shoes for long before a competent, level-headed referee would have them off the court for cheating.cheating, let alone excess travelling.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: LovableJock Biff comes up with a scheme to steal Brainard's technology by switching cars after his father tricks him into thinking that doing so is the only way to save Medfield from closure.
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Even Brainard's KindlyHousekeeper tells him that Betsy is too good for him and its surprising she stayed around after missing their wedding two times.
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Even Brainard's KindlyHousekeeper tells him that Betsy is too good for him and its surprising she stayed around after missing their wedding two times.times.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: KindlyHousekeeper Mrs. Chatsworth is prominent early on but disappears in the second half of the movie and doesn't return for the sequel.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: KindlyHousekeeper Mrs. Chatsworth is prominent early on but disappears in the second half of the movie and doesn't return for the sequel.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In case you were wondering why Betsy is in love with Brainard rather than Shelby, consider that [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Shelby's specialty is romance languages and Brainard's is physical chemistry.]]
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''The Absent-Minded Professor'' is a black and white 1961 live action Creator/{{Disney}} movie. Professor Brainard (Creator/FredMacMurray), the eponymous AbsentMindedProfessor, forgets his wedding, not for the first time, but nonetheless succeeds in inventing a substance, flubber, which has mysterious properties including the ability to add kinetic energy with every bounce and flight. With this substance, he proceeds to foil the amorous attempts of a rival English professor on his fiancee, cause the college basketball team to unexpectedly win their game, and to win the girl. Unfortunately, the only one interested in giving Brainard any money for his invention is CorruptCorporateExecutive Alonzo Hawk, who's threatening to foreclose on the college...
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''The Absent-Minded Professor'' is a black and white 1961 live action Creator/{{Disney}} movie. Professor Brainard (Creator/FredMacMurray), the eponymous AbsentMindedProfessor, forgets his wedding, not for the first time, but nonetheless succeeds in inventing a substance, flubber, which has mysterious properties including the ability to add kinetic energy with every bounce and flight. With this substance, he proceeds to foil the amorous attempts of a rival English professor on his fiancee, cause the college basketball team to unexpectedly win their game, and to win the girl. Unfortunately, the only one interested in giving Brainard any money for his invention is CorruptCorporateExecutive Alonzo Hawk, Hawk (Creator/KeenanWynn), who's threatening to foreclose on the college...
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* CrossOver: Alonzo Hawk appears as the same character in both this movie and ''Film/HerbieRidesAgain''.[[note]]Keenan Wynn, who plays Hawk in all of these movies, also plays similar, if not identical, characters (with different names) in other films such as ''Snowball Express'' and ''The Shaggy D.A.''[[/note]] The fictional Medfield College was also featured as the location of ''Film/TheComputerWoreTennisShoes'' and its sequels.
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