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  • When Jane approaches the box that Ruth is in, she's downright excited when she thinks that the energetic baby is a dangerous beast.
  • The fact that the Willoughby parents don't even know Jane's name and just refer to her as "That girl."
  • Upon watching Jane approach Ruth, the cat eagerly watches and licks his paws, asking to open the box so he can sit in it.
  • Pretty much anything the Twins say or do.
  • Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby being afraid of the Orphan Baby.
  • Ruth's extremely rapid crawling speed, despite being a baby, is pretty hilarious. At one point, Tim sees her crawling towards the towards the parents living room while freaking out, only for her to rapidly crawl away. He breathes a sigh of relief, only for Ruth to crawl back inside in seconds, her shadow appearing behind Mr and Mrs Willoughby before they shriek at realizing another baby is in the house.
  • "Another Child? WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING?"
  • The Willoughby parents, annoyed that a baby is in the house complain about all the ways they tried to parent to Tim.
    Father: I mean, we've tried everything!
    Mother: Ignored him...
    Father: Coal bin.
    Mother: Neglected him...
    Father: Coal bin!
    Mother: Never played with him...
    Father: Coal bin! You think that THAT would work! NOPE! Nothing works!
    • After Ruth coos at the parents and ruins Mothers zen, she says "I wish we could kick them all out." Cue the parents eyes widening and exchanging a look, then a cut to them being booted out.
    • Also Mother's sheer glee at Father kicking them out to get rid of Ruth.
    Father: You...
    Mother: (Presses face to window) Do it Father!
    Father: ...are...
    Mother: (Pops up behind him in the doorway) Do it!
    Father: ...punished!!!!!
    Mother: YESSSSSS!
  • Jane catching the oats that Tim accidentally splashed Nanny with in a bowl as they slide off of her face.
  • Baby Ruth crawling all over the candy factory and eating stuff like crazy as Melanoff chases after her.
  • The Cat questioning how the clever Willoughby children came from their parents.
  • Jane excitedly telling Tim she has an idea to get rid of their parents and pointing at the travel agency, only for Tim to freak out when he looks too far to the left at first and instead sees a guy with a chainsaw, and a butcher with a cleaver, thinking that Jane had something more graphic in mind.
  • The Nannauplt, where the twins make a catapult to get rid of the Nanny while suspicious of her. Tim asks if they just expecting her to come in there and sit down in the hammock/catapult. Cue to her coming in and doing just that.
    • While the Nanny bonds with the Barnaby's, Tim keeps signalling to them to tell them to launch her, even miming pulling the lever, but they ignore him. Soon, Tim tries to run, but lands in the catapult and the Nanny, curious, pulls the lever and launches him into the closed window, with Tim sticking to the glass. Then she pulls the other lever, opening the window and dropping him outside the house.
  • Jane singing her song on the bus with lyrics pertaining to a piece of used gum she just found.
    Jane: (singing) Riding a bus, taking us home. Under my seat, I found some gum. (plops it in her mouth) Look at the world, zipping by quick. Chewing this gum is making me sick.
    • It continues as they arrive home. Eating old gum is a bad way to go!
  • When the Orphan Services cars crash into each other and cause a massive pile in their rush to get after Nanny, one OS car calmly steers out from its parking spot and starts honking at the carpile.
  • All of Commander Melanoff's medals being made of candy.
  • The fact that Jane grows a mustache at the end.
    • To Tim’s chagrin he’s the only Willoughby without a mustache - even Nanny has her Phil-disguise mustache in place by that point!
    • The Barnabys also gain surprisingly deep voices with their mustaches.
      • Look closely at the Barnaby's. They have chest hair too!

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