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* SameContentDifferentRating: The film recieved a PG-13 rating in the United States but a PG rating in the United Kingdom, while the sequel also has a PG rating in the United Kingdom, it has a G rating in the United States.
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* DigitalDestruction: In 2007, the UK cut of the film was re-released on DVD in certain territories as a "Beantastic Edition" to promote ''Film/MrBeansHoliday''. The video quality was noticeably DNRed compared to the original release and, due to the [=PolyGram=] Filmed Entertainment logo being replaced by the 1997 Universal logo, the first few seconds of the score are missing. The same transfer was used on the 2010 Blu-Ray release.

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* DigitalDestruction: In 2007, the UK cut of the film was re-released on DVD in certain territories as a "Beantastic Edition" to promote ''Film/MrBeansHoliday''. The video quality was noticeably DNRed [=DNRed=] compared to the original release and, due to the [=PolyGram=] Filmed Entertainment logo being replaced by the 1997 Universal logo, the first few seconds of the score are missing. The same transfer was used on the 2010 Blu-Ray release.
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* DigitalDestruction: In 2007, the UK cut of the film was re-released on DVD in certain territories as a "Beantastic Edition" to promote ''Film/MrBeansHoliday''. The video quality was noticeably DNRed compared to the original release and, due to the [=PolyGram=] Filmed Entertainment logo being replaced by the 1997 Universal logo, the first few seconds of the score are missing. The same transfer was used on the 2010 Blu-Ray release.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: A good part of the movie's humor comes from Bean being mistaken for an academic speacilized in arts (specifically, a [[NotThatKindOfDoctor Doctor of Arts]]) and, later for a time, a medical doctor, while in reality [[PhonyDegree he is]] [[ManChild anything]] [[CloudCuckoolander but academic]]. As many of Creator/RowanAtkinson's fans would tell you, Rowan himself ''is'' an academic with actual degrees[[note]][=BSc-ElecEng=], Newcastle; [=MSc-ElecEng=], Oxford[[/note]] and also briefly embarked in doctoral works.

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* IronyAsSheIsCast: A good part of the movie's humor comes from Bean being mistaken for an academic speacilized specialized in arts (specifically, a [[NotThatKindOfDoctor Doctor of Arts]]) and, later for a time, a medical doctor, while in reality [[PhonyDegree he is]] [[ManChild anything]] [[CloudCuckoolander but academic]]. As many of Creator/RowanAtkinson's fans would tell you, Rowan himself ''is'' an academic with actual degrees[[note]][=BSc-ElecEng=], Newcastle; [=MSc-ElecEng=], Oxford[[/note]] and also briefly embarked in doctoral works.

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** Likewise, a seemingly random remark by the chief of security that the only possible threat to Whistler's Mother is the whole gallery being brought down by an earthquake, foreshadows a scene where a mild earthquake damages the frame to the painting, revealing that Bean replaced it with a poster.



* LifeImitatesArt: In the movie, Bean destroys a priceless painting, and attempts to fix it by drawing a new face over the top, and eventually replacing the original with a poster. In 2012, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecce_Homo_(Mart%C3%ADnez_and_Gim%C3%A9nez) 90-year-old fresco of Christ]] was "restored" by an amateur who essentially painted an... unorthodox face over the original. An official was quoted as saying, "If we can't fix it, we will probably cover the wall with a photo of the painting."

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* LifeImitatesArt: In the movie, Bean destroys a priceless painting, and attempts to fix it by drawing a new face over the top, and eventually replacing the original with a poster. In 2012, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecce_Homo_(Mart%C3%ADnez_and_Gim%C3%A9nez) org/wiki/Ecce_Mono 90-year-old fresco of Christ]] Christ was "restored" by an amateur amateur]] who essentially painted an... unorthodox face over the original. An official was quoted as saying, "If we can't fix it, we will probably cover the wall with a photo of the painting.""
* OrphanedReference: There's a passing remark by the chief of security that the only possible threat to ''Whistler's Mother'' is the whole gallery being brought down by an earthquake. This was intended to {{foreshadow}} a scene where an earthquake damages the painting's frame, revealing that Bean replaced it with a poster.
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* PopularityRedo: As this was made to appeal to an American audience unlikely to already be familiar with ''Mr. Bean'', the film recreates many of the show's most famous gags, such as Bean falling asleep while on the job, Bean trying to entertain a sick boy on the plane, Bean a turkey stuck on his head while cooking. The gag of him pouring all of the ingredients of a cup of coffee in his mouth while hurrying out the door, meanwhile, came from a different character Creator/RowanAtkinson played in the TV special ''Canned Laughter.''

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* PopularityRedo: As this was made to appeal to an American audience unlikely to already be familiar with ''Mr. Bean'', the film recreates many of the show's most famous gags, such as Bean falling asleep while on the job, Bean trying to entertain a sick boy on the plane, and Bean getting a turkey stuck on his head while cooking. The gag of him pouring all of the ingredients of a cup of coffee in his mouth while hurrying out the door, meanwhile, came from a different character Creator/RowanAtkinson played in the TV special ''Canned Laughter.''

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** Some of the gags (such as Bean getting his head stuck in the turkey) are missing from certain prints of the movie. Also, Creator/JohnnyGalecki has prominent billing in the credits, but only appears for a few seconds as Jennifer's boyfriend and has no lines, suggesting most of his scenes were cut from the finished film.
** Generally, if you think some scenes in the theatrical cut looks like a random BigLippedAlligatorMoment, that's because another or some other scenes related to it end up getting deleted. The whole incident where Bean pretends to have a gun in the airport? It would make more sense if these scenes weren't deleted: After the Royal National Gallery board members told him that he's going to America, a later scene shows Bean outside the gallery celebrating this supposed "[[ReassignedToAntarctica promotion]]" by playing up FingerGun around people to show what he exactly thought about America at the time: [[UsefulNotes/AmericanGunPolitics a lot of guns]].
** Likewise, a seemingly random remark by the chief of security that the only possible threat to Whistler's Mother is the whole gallery being brought down by an earthquake foreshadowed a deleted part of the ending, whereby a mild earthquake damages the frame to the painting, revealing that Bean replaced it with a poster.
** The turkey gag appears in the US version, the extended fridge gag and an alternate cut of Bean and David with the microwave appears in the international version. This was done due to the difference in reactions to both scenes in test screenings.

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** Some of the gags (such as Bean getting his head stuck in the turkey) are missing from certain prints of the movie. Also,
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Creator/JohnnyGalecki has prominent billing in the credits, but only appears for a few seconds as Jennifer's boyfriend and has no lines, suggesting most of his scenes were cut from the finished film.
** Generally, if you think some scenes in the theatrical cut looks look like a random BigLippedAlligatorMoment, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment big lipped alligator moments]], that's because another or some other scenes related to it end up getting were deleted. The whole incident where Bean pretends to have a gun in the airport? It would make more sense if these scenes weren't deleted: After the Royal National Gallery board members told him that he's going to America, a later scene shows Bean outside the gallery celebrating this supposed "[[ReassignedToAntarctica promotion]]" by playing up FingerGun around people to show what he exactly thought about America at the time: [[UsefulNotes/AmericanGunPolitics a lot of guns]].
** Likewise, a seemingly random remark by the chief of security that the only possible threat to Whistler's Mother is the whole gallery being brought down by an earthquake foreshadowed earthquake, foreshadows a deleted part of the ending, whereby scene where a mild earthquake damages the frame to the painting, revealing that Bean replaced it with a poster.
** The turkey gag appears in the US version, the extended fridge gag and an alternate cut of Bean and David with the microwave appears in the international version. This was done due to the difference in reactions reaction to both scenes in test screenings.
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* {{Blooper}}: When Mr. Bean began to ride the skateboard, Creator/RowanAtkinson grunts with his own unaltered voice instead of his "Mr. Bean voice".

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* {{Blooper}}: When Mr. Bean began begins to ride the skateboard, Creator/RowanAtkinson grunts with his own unaltered voice instead of his "Mr. Bean voice".
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Get a close look at Bean's passport and you'll see that his first name is actually "Mr."
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** Generally, if you think some scenes in the theatrical cut looks like a random BigLippedAlligatorMoment, that's because another or some other scenes related to it end up getting deleted. The whole incident where Bean pretends to have a gun in the airport? It would make more sense if these scenes weren't deleted: After the Royal National Gallery board members told him that he's going to America, a later scene shows Bean outside the gallery celebrating this supposed "[[ReassignedToAntarctica promotion]]" by playing up FingerGun around people to show [[UnfortunateImplications what he exactly thought about America at the time]]: [[UsefulNotes/AmericanGunPolitics a lot of guns]].

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** Generally, if you think some scenes in the theatrical cut looks like a random BigLippedAlligatorMoment, that's because another or some other scenes related to it end up getting deleted. The whole incident where Bean pretends to have a gun in the airport? It would make more sense if these scenes weren't deleted: After the Royal National Gallery board members told him that he's going to America, a later scene shows Bean outside the gallery celebrating this supposed "[[ReassignedToAntarctica promotion]]" by playing up FingerGun around people to show [[UnfortunateImplications what he exactly thought about America at the time]]: time: [[UsefulNotes/AmericanGunPolitics a lot of guns]].
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: A good part of the movie's humor comes from Bean being mistaken for an academic speacilized in arts (specifically, a [[NotThatKindOfDoctor Doctor of Arts]]) and, later for a time, a medical doctor, while in reality [[PhonyDegree he is]] [[ManChild anything]] [[CloudCuckoolander but academic]]. As many of Creator/RowanAtkinson's fans would tell you, Rowan himself ''is'' an academic with actual degrees[[note]]BSc-ElecEng, Newcastle; BSc-ElecEng, Oxford[[/note]] and also briefly embarked in doctoral works.

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* IronyAsSheIsCast: A good part of the movie's humor comes from Bean being mistaken for an academic speacilized in arts (specifically, a [[NotThatKindOfDoctor Doctor of Arts]]) and, later for a time, a medical doctor, while in reality [[PhonyDegree he is]] [[ManChild anything]] [[CloudCuckoolander but academic]]. As many of Creator/RowanAtkinson's fans would tell you, Rowan himself ''is'' an academic with actual degrees[[note]]BSc-ElecEng, degrees[[note]][=BSc-ElecEng=], Newcastle; BSc-ElecEng, [=MSc-ElecEng=], Oxford[[/note]] and also briefly embarked in doctoral works.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: A good part of the movie's humor comes from Bean being mistaken for an academic speacilized in arts (specifically, a [[NotThatKindOfDoctor Doctor of Arts]]) and, later for a time, a medical doctor, while in reality [[PhonyDegree he is]] [[ManChild anything]] [[CloudCuckoolander but academic]]. As many of Creator/RowanAtkinson's fans would tell you, Rowan himself ''is'' an academic with actual degrees and also briefly embarked in doctoral works.

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* IronyAsSheIsCast: A good part of the movie's humor comes from Bean being mistaken for an academic speacilized in arts (specifically, a [[NotThatKindOfDoctor Doctor of Arts]]) and, later for a time, a medical doctor, while in reality [[PhonyDegree he is]] [[ManChild anything]] [[CloudCuckoolander but academic]]. As many of Creator/RowanAtkinson's fans would tell you, Rowan himself ''is'' an academic with actual degrees degrees[[note]]BSc-ElecEng, Newcastle; BSc-ElecEng, Oxford[[/note]] and also briefly embarked in doctoral works.
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* PopularityRedo: As this was made to appeal to an American audience unlikely to already be familiar with Mr. Bean, the film recreates many of its most famous gags, such as Bean falling asleep while on the job, Bean trying to entertain a sick boy on the plane, Bean a turkey stuck on his head while cooking. The gag of him pouring all of the ingredients of a cup of coffee in his mouth while hurrying out the door, meanwhile, came from a different character Creator/RowanAtkinson played in the TV special ''Canned Laughter.''

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* PopularityRedo: As this was made to appeal to an American audience unlikely to already be familiar with Mr. Bean, ''Mr. Bean'', the film recreates many of its the show's most famous gags, such as Bean falling asleep while on the job, Bean trying to entertain a sick boy on the plane, Bean a turkey stuck on his head while cooking. The gag of him pouring all of the ingredients of a cup of coffee in his mouth while hurrying out the door, meanwhile, came from a different character Creator/RowanAtkinson played in the TV special ''Canned Laughter.''

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* BreakawayPopHit: While the film uses Music/RandyNewman's original recording of "I Love L.A.," the soundtrack album spawned a reasonably successful cover by the New Zealand band OMC.

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* BreakawayPopHit: While the film uses Music/RandyNewman's original recording of "I Love L.A.," ", the soundtrack album spawned a reasonably successful cover by the New Zealand band OMC.



** Some of the gags (such as Bean getting his head stuck in the turkey) are missing from certain prints of the movie. Also, Johnny Galecki has prominent billing in the credits, but only appears for a few seconds as Jennifer's boyfriend and has no lines, suggesting most of his scenes were cut from the finished film.

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** Some of the gags (such as Bean getting his head stuck in the turkey) are missing from certain prints of the movie. Also, Johnny Galecki Creator/JohnnyGalecki has prominent billing in the credits, but only appears for a few seconds as Jennifer's boyfriend and has no lines, suggesting most of his scenes were cut from the finished film.



* RealitySubtext: The aversion of ApatheticCitizens trope during Bean's entirety in America and the overall {{Deconstruction}} in the movie may be a nod to AmericansHateTingle for [[Series/MrBean the TV series]], as many Americans find Mr. Bean alienating and bizarre, and can't quite understand why the TV series is as popular as it is.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/SteveMartin auditioned for the role of David Langley.

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* RealitySubtext: The aversion of ApatheticCitizens trope during Bean's entirety in America and the overall {{Deconstruction}} in the movie may be a nod to AmericansHateTingle for [[Series/MrBean the TV series]], as many Americans find in the 1990s found Mr. Bean alienating and bizarre, and can't couldn't quite understand why the TV series is show was as popular as it is.
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** An earlier attempt at a Mr. Bean feature was initially set up at Creator/20thCenturyFox in Fall 1991; two remake shorts (''Mr. Bean Goes to a Premiere'' and ''Mr. Bean Takes an Exam'') were released from September of that year to gauge interest.

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** An earlier attempt at a Mr. Bean feature was initially set up at Creator/20thCenturyFox [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] in Fall 1991; two remake shorts (''Mr. Bean Goes to a Premiere'' and ''Mr. Bean Takes an Exam'') were released from September of that year to gauge interest.
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** An earlier attempt at a Mr. Bean feature was initially set up at Creator/20thCenturyFox in Fall 1991; two remake shorts (''Mr. Bean Goes to a Premiere'' and ''Mr. Bean Takes an Exam'') were released from September of that year to gauge interest.
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* LifeImitatesArt: In the movie, Bean destroys a priceless painting, and attempts to fix it by drawing a new face over the top, and eventually replacing the original with a poster. In 2012, a [[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecce_Homo_(Martínez_and_Giménez) 90-year-old fresco of Christ]] was "restored" by an amateur who essentially painted an... unorthodox face over the original. An official was quoted as saying, "If we can't fix it, we will probably cover the wall with a photo of the painting."

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* LifeImitatesArt: In the movie, Bean destroys a priceless painting, and attempts to fix it by drawing a new face over the top, and eventually replacing the original with a poster. In 2012, a [[en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecce_Homo_(Martínez_and_Giménez) org/wiki/Ecce_Homo_(Mart%C3%ADnez_and_Gim%C3%A9nez) 90-year-old fresco of Christ]] was "restored" by an amateur who essentially painted an... unorthodox face over the original. An official was quoted as saying, "If we can't fix it, we will probably cover the wall with a photo of the painting."
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* LifeImitatesArt: In the movie, Bean destroys a priceless painting, and attempts to fix it by drawing a new face over the top, and eventually replacing the original with a poster. In 2012, a 100-year-old fresco of Christ was "restored" by an amateur who essentially painted a new [terrible-looking] face over the top. An official was quoted as saying, "If we can't fix it, we will probably cover the wall with a photo of the painting."

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* LifeImitatesArt: In the movie, Bean destroys a priceless painting, and attempts to fix it by drawing a new face over the top, and eventually replacing the original with a poster. In 2012, a 100-year-old [[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecce_Homo_(Martínez_and_Giménez) 90-year-old fresco of Christ Christ]] was "restored" by an amateur who essentially painted a new [terrible-looking] an... unorthodox face over the top.original. An official was quoted as saying, "If we can't fix it, we will probably cover the wall with a photo of the painting."
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* {{Blooper}}: When Mr. Bean began to ride the skateboard, Rowan Atkinson grunts with his own unaltered voice instead of his "Mr. Bean voice".

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* {{Blooper}}: When Mr. Bean began to ride the skateboard, Rowan Atkinson Creator/RowanAtkinson grunts with his own unaltered voice instead of his "Mr. Bean voice".

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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/PeterMacNicol as the [[StraightMan Straight Man]].
* PopularityRedo: As this was made to appeal to an American audience unlikely to already be familiar with Mr. Bean, the film recreates many of its most famous gags, such as Bean falling asleep while on the job, Bean trying to entertain a sick boy on the plane, Bean a turkey stuck on his head while cooking. The gag of him pouring all of the ingredients of a cup of coffee in his mouth while hurrying out the door, meanwhile, came from a different character Rowan Atkinson played in the TV special ''Canned Laughter.''

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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/PeterMacNicol as the [[StraightMan Straight Man]].
* PopularityRedo: As this was made to appeal to an American audience unlikely to already be familiar with Mr. Bean, the film recreates many of its most famous gags, such as Bean falling asleep while on the job, Bean trying to entertain a sick boy on the plane, Bean a turkey stuck on his head while cooking. The gag of him pouring all of the ingredients of a cup of coffee in his mouth while hurrying out the door, meanwhile, came from a different character Rowan Atkinson Creator/RowanAtkinson played in the TV special ''Canned Laughter.''

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