Film / Paddington (2014)

A little bear on a big adventure.

"I'll never be like other people, but that's alright, because I'm a bear. A bear called Paddington."

—Paddington

Paddington is a 2014 live action film based on the much loved (especially in the UK) Paddington Bear books by Michael Bond. It is written and directed by Paul King, with the story by King and Hamish McColl.

Passing through Paddington Station, the Brown family encounter a young talking bear (Ben Whishaw) who has traveled from Darkest Peru in search of a home. They offer him a place to stay, though Henry Brown (Hugh Bonneville) firmly insists it's only temporary, and Hilarity Ensues. So does drama, after taxidermist Millicent Clyde (Nicole Kidman) sees Paddington and plots to get her hands on him.

The film also stars Sally Hawkins as Mary Brown, Julie Walters as Mrs. Bird, Jim Broadbent as Samuel Gruber and Peter Capaldi as Mr. Curry.

A sequel called Paddington 2 was released in November 2017. A third film, titled Paddington In Peru has also been announced and is due to be released on November 8, 2024.

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Paddington provides examples of:

• 6 Is 9: When Paddington is searching for Montgomery Clyde, the final "M. Clyde" address on his list is 36 Hetchlays Rd., but when he gets there the man who answers has never heard of an M. Clyde. It turns out that he was at 39 Hetchlays Road, the door number having flipped around, and the actual 36 was the right address.
• Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal:
  • Paddington starts out as one of these, wearing a hat and nothing else. Later he works his way up a couple of rungs on the Appropriate Animal Attire ladder when Mrs. Bird gives him his trademark duffle coat.
  • Aunt Lucy wears a necklace, a pair of glasses, and carries a cane.
  • Uncle Pastuzo with his hat that later becomes Paddington's.
• Accidental Hero: Paddington accidentally apprehends a pickpocket after mistakenly believing him to have dropped his wallet and trying to return it to him.
• Adaptation Expansion:
  • We see a glimpse of Paddington's life in Darkest Peru, and why Aunt Lucy was no longer able to care for him.
  • The Browns are also more fleshed out:
    • Mrs. Brown becomes a children books' illustrator and a Cloudcuckoolander.
    • Mr. Brown becomes overprotective (played for laughs) and risk analyst.
    • Judy becomes your typical moody teenage daughter, with a knack in learning foreign languages.
    • Jonathan becomes your typical rambunctious child who likes to make cool models and hopes to become an astronaut.
    • Mrs. Bird becomes Scottish and really likes her whisky.
• Adaptational Jerkass: In the original stories, Mr. Brown, while a bit stuffy and reserved, is nevertheless kind and welcoming to Paddington from the start; in the film, however, he initially views him as an existential threat to his family and can barely wait to be rid of him. He does eventually warm up to Paddington, and by the end, he grows to care for him as much as he does his family.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: Mr. Curry is less mean and just more grumpy in this adaptation.
• Aerith and Bob: Played for Laughs. Montgomery Clyde names the two bears Lucy, after his late mother, and Pastuzo - after a boxer he once met.
• Alternative Foreign Theme Song:
  • The theme song for the Japanese release is "Happiness" by AI. This is an odd case because AI uses a song that was already written before the film was even produced instead of writing a new one.
  • The US release uses the song "Shine" by Gwen Stefani and Pharell Williams, which was used for the trailer and the closing credits.
• Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Mrs Brown towards Judy. For example, on learning that her daughter Judy has a crush on a boy called Tony, Mrs Brown's first response is to happily squee about meeting him.
• Anachronism Stew: The film is mostly set in present day, but things like the old news reel and Geographer's Guild help to give the film a timeless feel.
• And Starring: The cast roll here ends "with Nicole Kidman and Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington."
• Arcadian Interlude: Paddington's old home in Peru.
• Attractive Bent-Gender: The security guard thinks Mr. Brown is very attractive when disguised as a cleaner.
• Avoid the Dreaded G Rating: Averted: the film was actually shooting for a U (Universal, or equivalent to a G rating) in the UK but got a PG instead for "dangerous behaviour, mild threat, innuendo, infrequent mild bad language." Considering Paddington Bear's status as an icon for children of all ages in the UK, the PG rating was controversial and actually made news headlines criticizing the BBFC for giving the film a PG and comparing much more darker / violent material that had been given an U rating. The film also got a PG rating in the US, though not to as much attention as it did in the UK, however did get its desired G rating in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand.
• Bag of Holding: During Paddington's boat trip to London, his only food is orange marmalade kept in his small suitcase. During an overhead shot, it appears that it only has room for 15 jars. However, by the end of the trip, there are several dozens of empty jars piled up in the lifeboat.
• Bamboo Technology: The bears' home in Peru is filled with it, including a stair lift for Aunt Lucy.
• Be Careful What You Wish For:
  • Mr. Brown spends almost the entire movie trying to get rid of Paddington under the reasoning that he's a threat to the entire family. He gets his wish when Paddington eventually runs away... but has grown to like Paddington by this point so is clearly upset. And to make matters worse, it comes at the cost of his family ostracizing him when he says that it's better if they don't look for him as he didn't fit in with the family anyway, which just makes him look heartless and uncaring and Mrs. Bird giving him "The Reason You Suck" Speech.
  • Paddington's journey to London in hopes of finding the explorer but not knowing his name. After leaving the Browns he eventually locates the house. As it turns out, the explorer whose name is Montgomery Clyde, has since passed away. Finding Millicent, who now resides in the house alone, is his daughter who resents her father for turning over a new leaf and losing the Guild membership. She plans to do what her father didn't.
• Bears Are Bad News: As with the rest of the franchise, downplayed; Paddington does cause a fair bit of trouble and chaos to those around him, but it's trouble of the "well-meaning clumsiness inadvertently leading to mild catastrophes" variety. Implied when Mr. Brown tries to inform the insurance company he has a guest in the house that's a bear.
• Big Damn Heroes: The Browns and Mrs. Bird team up to rescue Paddington and foil Millicent's plans.
• The Big Damn Kiss: Mr. Brown gives one to Mrs. Brown when he is about to go out on the snowy window ledge to rescue Paddington at the museum. She then realizes whose visage to actually use for her storybook’s faceless hero.
• Big Damn Movie: The Paddington Bear books are about Paddington comically misunderstanding everyday situations and muddling through regardless (although sometimes he has to give someone a hard stare). This movie is about him being pursued by a Cruella to Animals taxidermist.
• Binomium ridiculus: The scientific name for Paddington's species is given as Ursa marmaladus on the museum exhibit Millicent Clyde created for Paddington.
• Blatant Lies: Mr. Brown's disguise is actually pretty good, but he has to come up with pathetic lies for why he doesn't match the ID he stole, including getting a mole lasered off and how his arm is false. The guard buys it. By contrast, Mr. Curry tries to pretend he's someone else when he calls Brown to warn that Millicent is going to taxidermy Paddington (I'm not Mr. Curry! I'm Mr. ... Burry.), but he's so bad at it that Brown doesn't even realize he's trying to lie.
• Bratty Teenage Daughter: Judy, but she gets less bratty as she warms up to Paddington.
• The Cameo: Matt Lucas as the London cabbie. Michael Bond himself also appears for a brief few seconds on the drive to the Brown household, waving at Paddington.
• Camera Abuse: The very last shot of the movie is Paddington throwing a snowball straight at the audience.
• Canon Foreigner: Millicent and her explorer father who never appeared in any of the books are brought in to make an action / thriller plot.
• Central Theme: A very topical one about welcoming immigrants.
• Cerebus Call-Back: A comical scene has Paddington flying by Judy's school on an umbrella, which her class sees through the window, and it marks the start of Judy warming to him. After Paddington runs away, there's a shot of Judy in class and she looks sadly at the window — as if hoping to see him there. It even uses the same camera angle.
• Chekhov's Gun:
  • The sandwich Paddington keeps under his hat for emergencies comes very handy when he needs to get out of a jam.
  • The handheld vacuums and the sewers come in very handy during the climax.
  • The pigeons. They perform a Big Damn Heroes moment in the climax.
• Chekhov's Skill: Early in the film, Judy is shown to be rather good at speaking Bear. This is useful when Paddington roars through a shaft to tell them he's going up to the roof.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Mrs. Brown. For starters tries to convince Judy to go exploring London's sewers with her.
• Cool and Unusual Punishment: Millicent is punished for her crimes by being given community service... at a petting zoo.
• Costume Evolution: The Browns subtly undergo this throughout the course of the film. At their introduction, the members more compassionate and welcoming to Paddington (Mary and Jonathan) have predominantly red outfits, while the more aloof and standoffish members (Henry and Judy) have predominantly blue outfits. As the movie goes on, Henry and Judy's costumes become warmer in tones as they slowly warm up to Paddington. When Paddington runs away, Mary's normally eccentric and saturated reds are replaced by lifeless neutrals, reflecting her mood and the dullness of their lives once he leaves.
• Covered in Gunge: This ends up happening to Millicent, although it's not gunge so much as animal crap.
  • Uncle Pastuzo also falls victim to the trope when he reclaims his hat from Paddington, not realizing it was full of marmalade.
• Creator Cameo: Paddington Bear's author, Michael Bond is seen outside a cafe as they drive through London in a taxi. He smiles at Paddington and raises his glass of wine to him. In return, Paddington doffs his hat.
• Death by Adaptation: Uncle Pastuzo. In the books he's very much alive (and very rich) and traveling the world.
• Death Glare: Paddington's "hard stare." It has to be seen to be believed.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: A male version in Mr. Brown. It takes a while but he eventually warms up to Paddington.
• Deliberate Values Dissonance: The Geographers Guild is revealed to be full of racist British imperialists, who insist that you can only be civilized if you do stereotypically British things like playing cricket and drinking tea, and they kick Montgomery out because he refused to retrieve, murder, and stuff an intelligent creature.
• Disaster Dominoes: A scene that also served as a teaser trailer for the film, where Paddington is trying to freshen up in the bathroom, but since he has never been in one before, he instead manages to gross himself out with his own earwax, tries to rinse it out by drinking mouthwash, tries to cleanse the mouthwash with toilet water, breaking the toilet pipes, fights the showerhead that the broken water pressure has turned into a snake while he uses the toilet seat as a shield and the toilet brush as a sword, finally floods the entire bathroom to the ceiling upon which Mr. Brown opens the bathroom door to have Paddington surf down the stairs from the bathroom.
• Disguised in Drag: Mr. Brown disguises himself as a female cleaner to infiltrate the Geographer's Guild.
• Disney Villain Death: Zigzagged. Paddington tries to distract Millicent by sending a flock of birds to swarm her, and she loses her balance but did not fall. As she tries to approach Paddington, she is knocked off the roof by a door but manages to catch a flagpole.
• Does This Remind You of Anything?: The conversation where Millicent stokes Mr. Curry's concerns about the newly arrived bear sounds rather like the xenophobic fears of a minority or immigrant moving into a suburban neighborhood, particularly how she says it "always starts with one", but that soon there will be lots of them "overrunning" the area.
• Dramatic Thunder: The scene where Millicent explains her plans for Paddington.
• Driver of a Black Cab: Matt Lucas' character, right down to the standard "guess who I had in my cab" gossip.
• Easily Embarrassed Youngster: The sister starts out so easily-embarrassed that Paddington describes her as having a "serious condition called embarrassment"; for the first half of the movie, a muttered "So embarrassing!" is practically her Character Catchphrase. Later, she becomes less easily embarrassed.
• Epic Fail: Paddington's trademark. No matter how simple and easy a task might be, trust Paddington to mess it up it in a spectacular fashion.
• Establishing Character Moment: Our first glimpse of the Brown family as they disembark from a train and meet Paddington tells us a lot about who they are:
  • Mr. Brown enthuses about their family outing to "the Victorian Wool Museum", scolds Jonathan with stats about childhood injuries when he leaps up onto a bench, shoots down Jonathan's desire to become an astronaut, and protectively shields his children and hurries them past Paddington while warning them not to make eye contact. We instantly learn that he's a bit boring, stuffy and over-protective, but does care about his children. His hidden heart of gold is also hinted at when, unlike everyone else in London so far, he politely acknowledges Paddington's existence, even if just to rebuff him.
  • Mrs. Brown apparently jumped into a "Victorian bathing pond" (sans clothing) during the outing, embarrasses Judy by calling her an affectionate nickname, encourages Jonathan after Mr. Brown dismisses his wish to become an astronaut, and is the first person to actually approach Paddington and offer to help him. She's kind-hearted, eccentric and affectionate, albeit in an Amazingly Embarrassing Parents way.
  • Jonathan leaps up onto a park bench, announces that he wants to be an astronaut, and is the second person after Mrs. Brown to approach Paddington. He's impulsive and excitement-seeking, but with a good heart.
  • Judy reacts with sullen embarrassment to both her mother's actions on the outing and her mother's overtures, never takes her headphones off, and follows her father's instructions in keeping her eyes down when they pass Paddington. She's your typical moody, introverted teenager.
• Everyone Has Standards: Mr. Curry may not like Paddington but he won't see him taxidermied; he helped Millicent because he thought she was sending Paddington back to Peru. After realizing what he had done and how Millicent shows no remorse over Paddington's safety, Mr. Curry calls the Browns to tell them what happened so they can save Paddington.
• Family-Unfriendly Violence: Millicent's character has a few surprising moments of this for a family film, such as when she tortures the cab driver to figure out Paddington's location — even threatening to remove body parts and later on seems to have no problems with the idea of killing and stuffing the entire Brown family when they challenge her.
• Fantastic Racism: Paddington gets some of this for being a bear.
• Faux Affably Evil: Millicent maintains a soothing maternal tone, even when talking about how she is going to kill and stuff Paddington, who she is conversing with.
• Fish out of Water: Paddington doesn't quite get modern city life.
• For Inconvenience, Press "1": Mr. Brown is put on hold when calling his insurance company.
  Female voice: Thank you for holding. Your call is...
  Male voice: MODERATELY
  Female voice: ...Important to us.
• Found Family: Paddington is eventually fully welcome in the Brown home.
  Mr. Brown: It doesn't matter that he comes from the other side of the world, or that he's a different species. We love him, and that makes him family!
• "Get Out of Jail Free" Card: Millicent spent half of the movie trying to add the obviously sentient Paddington to her stuffed animal collection. In-story it might be possible to mount a legal defence on the grounds that Paddington was not human, but she also was willing to kill and stuff the entire Brown family. Her punishment? Community service in a petting zoo.
  No! Not that! Anything but that!
• G-Rated Drug: Peruvian bears really like marmalade. Lampshaded by Mr Brown describing it as "a worrying marmalade habit".
• Greek Chorus: The calypso band throughout the film.
• Great White Hunter: Subverted. The Explorer is about to shoot on the bears, but then one of them approaches him and knocks a scorpion of his jacket. He then sees they are intelligent enough to build bamboo technology and even learn English he befriends them and lets them live. Played straight however with the other members of the Geographer's Guild, however.
• Heel–Face Turn: After seeing her true intentions and realizing he was nothing but Millicent's pawn, Mr Curry phones the Browns to tell them everything in an attempt to save Paddington.
• Hidden Depths: Mr Brown used to be as free-spirited as Mrs Brown. He changed after his first child was born.
• I'm Taking Her Home with Me!: Mrs Brown's reaction to Paddington much to the (initial) chagrin of the other family members, except Jonathan.
• Improvised Weapon: Paddington is able to make clever use of his marmalade sandwich during the during the climax.
• Informed Obscenity: Mr Brown's attempt to pronounce Paddington's bear name is met with the following:
  Paddington: [with forced calm and a mouthful of cake] Mr Brown. That is extremely rude.
• Insignia Rip-Off Ritual: In a flashback to Millicent's childhood, this is revealed to have happened to Montgomery Clyde after refusing to reveal the bears' location to the rest of the Geographers' Guild.
• Jerkass Has a Point: Mr. Brown isn't exactly wrong to be concerned about having a rather uncivilized and eccentric bear move into his house (or protective of his family in general); he just takes it a bit too far. Paddington himself admits that he probably didn't make the best first impression when he first arrived. Mr. Brown also points out that it's hard to find who the Explorer is if they don't know what his name in English is.
• Kindhearted Simpleton: Mrs. Brown. She's not exactly unintelligent, but she is a little bit of a Cloudcuckoolander, and judging from some rather pointed comments from Mr. Brown and Judy it is implied that she has allowed her kind heart to overrule her good judgement on more than one occasion.
• Line-of-Sight Name: How Mrs. Brown gives Paddington his English name. Since this is not the only thing in the line of sight, however, this initially causes a certain degree of confusion:
  Mr. Brown: "Ketchup?" You want to call him "Ketchup?" "Ketchup the Bear?"
• Magical Realism: The movie has this general vibe, what with the Wes Anderson-inspired "heightened reality" style, scenes such as viewing the goings-on in the Brown household through a dollhouse replica, and of course the talking clothed bear that no-one seems to find unusual enough to comment on.
• Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Paddington seems to provide a non-romantic example for Mr Brown and Lucy. Played with regarding Mrs. Brown; she fits the general character type and has this kind of relationship with Mr. Brown in the present, but a flashback reveals that he was once just as adventurous, carefree and laidback as she is, only to become an uptight worry-wort the very second their first child was born.
• Mommy Mobile: A flashback reveals that, the moment Mr. and Mrs. Brown had their first kid, they immediately traded their Cool Bike for a dull, beige Volvo station wagon. It was literally waiting for them as they left the hospital with their baby.
• Mythology Gag:
  • Aunt Lucy mentions World War II evacuees to Paddington before he leaves to London, one of the things that inspired Paddington's character.
  • The Browns meeting Paddington for the first time plays out very similarly to how it happened in the original TV series. Paddington's later trouble with an escalator references another episode.
• Never Found the Body: The only thing that Paddington can find of Uncle Pastuzo is the hat.
• Never Say "Die": When sending off Paddington to London, a very weary-sounding Aunt Lucy says she's "too old and too tired to go any further"; she reassures him she'll be safe at the Home for Retired Bears, but "it is not yet time for you to retire". All of it seems to be her way of gently saying a final goodbye, but the ending sequence shows that there is actually such a Home in Peru, and Lucy is alive and well.
• The Nicknamer: Paddington at one point notes that Mrs Brown has quite the talent for coming up with affectionate nicknames for her children, that her daughter in particular finds excruciatingly embarrassing.
• No Animals Were Harmed: The credits assure us with tongue firmly in cheek that "No bears were harmed in the making of this film".
• Noodle Implements: When describing how the foibles of the Brown family are warming on him, Paddington brings up the numerous odd things that Mrs. Brown carries around in her purse for unknown reasons. This is accompanied by a shot of Mrs. Brown pulling out a mini-globe, a large lump of mineral, and a severed doll hand — the latter of which prompts an "Ah! There you are."
• Oh, Crap!:
  • Paddington when he realises that Millicent is planning to stuff him as an exhibit in the museum.
  • Mr. Curry, when he learns that Millicent isn't interested in him and was just using him to get to Paddington, and also what her plans for Paddington are.
  • Mr. Brown when he almost falls off the museum's facade and holds on to a gargoyle for dear life.
  • Paddington again when he's about to fall into the museum's furnace.
  • Millicent when the pigeons attack her.
• Opening The Floodgates: When Mr. Brown opens the door after Paddington floods the bathroom.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: Mr. Brown's disguise as the cleaning lady. He even has his ID card examined by a rather dimwitted security guard and successfully explains away the changes in appearance — including a literal Spot Check and a missing arm.
• Parental Bonus: A few examples dotted throughout the film, the most darkly notable of which is the origin of the flowers Mr Curry presents to Millicent, which are heavily implied to have come from an accident memorial, given he found them tied to a lamppost.
• Parental Sexuality Squick: When Mr. Brown gives a Big Damn Kiss to Mrs. Brown before climbing out the window to rescue Paddington, Judy and Jonathan turn away in embarrassment and disgust.
• Parental Substitute: Aunt Lucy and Uncle Pastuzo are this to Paddington having raised him since his parents died, before the Browns take on the role.
• Parents as People: Ms.Brown ends up agreeing with Mr.Brown that Paddington doesn't belong in the house and that they should hand him over to the authorities to protect their children after the fire. She very quickly regrets it as overhearing the conversation leads to Paddington running away and then kidnapped and nearly killed by Millicent.
• Parent Service: Let's just say that it's not the kids that will appreciate the lingering shots of a very shapely Nicole Kidman in a variety of tight-fitting leather outfits.
• Partially-Concealed-Label Gag: Paddington mistakes a car for a taxi, but really the door was open, so it reads, "Taxidermist".
• Plot Tailored to the Party: The Browns rescuing Paddington from the museum gives each family member a chance to shine:
  • They use Mary's knowledge of the sewers to sneak in.
  • Mrs Bird distracts the security guard with a drinking contest.
  • Jonathan knows how to shut the power down.
  • Judy hears Paddington growling and, understanding bear, is able to find out where he is.
  • Henry climbs across the window ledge and later shields Paddington from Millicent.
• Pragmatic Adaptation: The filmmakers took the first few chapters of the first book A Bear Called Paddington and then crafted an original story, while staying true to the spirit of the books. Director Paul King said he was inspired by the line "Paddington soon settled down and became one of the family" and wanted to see how that would happen.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: After the family finds Paddington has run away, Mr. Brown remarks that he never really fit in anyway much to the dismay and shock of the rest of the family who calls him out for saying such a thing. Mrs. Bird then gives him a piece of her mind:
  Mrs. Bird: You just don't get it, do you? This family needs that wee bear every bit as much as he needs you. There. I said my piece.
• Related in the Adaptation: Mrs Bird was originally the Brown's housekeeper. It would be very unusual for a present day middle class English family to employ a live-in housekeeper so she is described as a relative, though what relationship she has to any of them is never stated.
• Refusal of the Call: Mr Brown initially refuses to search for Paddington, still firmly believing that the family is better off without him. Not only does this cause his family to angrily call him out and shun him for his selfishness, but Paddington later ends in Millicent's grip, putting the bear in great danger. Thankfully, Mr Curry's call allows Mr Brown to set off to save him alongside his family before it's too late.
• Running Gag: The flock of pigeons who pop up whenever Paddington tries to take a bite of his marmalade sandwich.
• Schizo Tech: The Geographer's Guild has a pneumatic tube system for its archives, controlled by computer and obviously tied into an old legacy database system. (Which might seem redundant in an era when such archives are generally digitized.)
• Setting Update: The books were first written in the 1950s. The film is clearly set in modern times, but does have a timeless feel to it. The sequel dates it to the 2010s by showing The Spire in London.
• Shout-Out:
  • Paddington has to dive under a falling door just like Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark. And just like Indy, he has to go back for his hat.
  • The sequence in which Paddington climbs up the furnace chimney is a clear homage to the Burj Khalifa sequence in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, complete with one of the gloves failing at an inopportune time. For bonus points, the M:I theme briefly plays when Paddington begins to climb the chimney.
• Signs of Disrepair: On his first night in London, Paddington is shown sitting in front of the Lost & Found department, with only the "LOST" part of the sign over the door illuminated; when Mrs. Brown comes back to talk with him, "FOUND" flickers on.
• Some Call Me "Tim": Paddington's original bear name is a deep, throaty growl that humans can't pronounce. When Mr. Brown tries, Paddington remarks that what he said was very rude. He gratefully accepts Mrs. Brown's suggestion of having a English name, "Paddington".
• Speaks Fluent Animal: Judy, who has a flair for languages, becomes fluent in Bear with Paddington's help. Later it becomes a Chekhov's Skill.
• Staircase Tumble: When Paddington gets tranquilised by Millicent, he ends up falling down the museum's staircase.
• Steampunk: The Geographer's Guild with its pneumatic archive tube system.
• Technical Euphemism: Mr. Brown says that if Paddington doesn't know anyone who can be his guardian, he'll have to be put in a facility. Jonathan asks if he'll be sent to an orphanage, and Mr. Brown insists that it's an "institution for young souls whose parents have sadly passed on".
• Television Geography: The five minute taxi ride from Paddington Station to the Browns' house would pass precisely none of the mandatory London landmarks shown en route. Lampshaded by Mr Brown and by the cabby's reply: "The bear said it was his first time in London."
• Title Drop: Played with; since the movie has a Main Character Title, obviously this happens frequently. However, the last line is also a title drop to the first book of the original stories, which this film acts as a partial adaptation of:
  Paddington: I'm a bear. A bear called Paddington.
• Trademark Favorite Food: For Paddington, it's marmalade.
• Tragic Keepsake: Paddington's hat. It used to belong his Uncle Pastuzo.
• Un-person: Pretty much what happened to Montgomery Clyde after refusing to reveal the bears' exact location to the rest of the Geographers' Guild. Not only is he kicked out, but his expedition is struck from the records as if it never happened, which explains why the receptionist coldly tells Paddington and Mr. Brown that the Guild has never visited Peru.
• The Unpronounceable: Paddington's real name is a sort of roaring noise that humans can't manage. Mr Brown's attempt gets an Informed Obscenity reaction from Paddington. Hilariously Paddington is seen giving Judy lessons in bear language and she's rather adept at it.
• Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Everyone in London seems very uninterested that there's a talking bear wandering about. It's even lampshaded when Johnathan says he didn't know bears could talk, Paddington remarks that he's a very rare kind of bear. In Peru, there's a real retirement home for them.
• Unwitting Pawn: Mr. Curry never realizes that Millicent is using him to get to Paddington, until it's too late.
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: A nice kiddie film about a bear from Peru trying to be accepted by his adoptive family in Britain... with a villainous taxidermist that wants to turn him into a stuffed animal for her collection and will not let anything stop her, which includes attacking security guards, torturing people and trying to kill several humans (including said adoptive family) that get in her way.
• Villain Ball: Millicent's plan to capture and murder Paddington in order to present him as a stuffed specimen to the Geographers' Guild is completely unnecessary and obviously only exists to create a source of conflict to drive the story. If anything, stuffing Paddington would be detrimental to her attempt to clear her father's name as the Guild would be less likely to accept a dead specimen as proof that the species of bear he claimed to have encountered actually existed. If she had simply tracked Paddington down, explained the situation with her father and politely asked Paddington to come to the Geographers' Guild to be presented as a live specimen (maybe in exchange for giving him a home) Paddington would most likely have agreed to this and everyone would have been happy.
• Villainous Breakdown: Millicent loses it when her plans are foiled.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Mr. Brown gets a few variants of this from his family when he suggests that they don't look for Paddington under the excuses that 'it's better this way' and 'he never really belonged there': Jonathan angrily calls him out before storming off, Judy coldly shuns him as she goes to her room, Mary rushes off to look for Paddington herself, and later makes a comment that that's clearly a jab at his uncaring attitude before turning away from him and Mrs.Brown gives him a "Reason You Suck" Speech, saying that the family needs Paddington.
• Wig, Dress, Accent: When Mr. Brown poses as a cleaning lady in order to sneak into the post office.
• Wrench Wench: Mrs Bird is seen welding the bathtub after Paddington's accident.

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