Yes, the bad calls made at Gusteau’s were so dumb they need their own page.
- Linguini and Remy form an alliance so that Remy can cook for Linguini in the kitchen. They come up with a system so that when Remy pulls on Linguini's hair, Linguini's body moves like a marionette.
You'd Expect: That Linguini would start writing the recipes down, or figure out a way to communicate with the rat. Remy can't write but he can read, and Linguini can understand most of his miming. Practically speaking, there may be occasions of them getting separated, or even Linguini wanting to give Remy a night off. If on the off-chance their relationship goes sour (which it does), Linguini will be able to tell the other chefs how to replicate the dishes like the sweetbread or the soup. Linguini is shown to have the capability to take notes and listen, as he does when Collette mentors him. Even if Linguini doesn't know what the ingredients are, Remy does and can match them, and he could identify them by what they look like/what container they're in.
Instead: Linguini doesn't think this far ahead. While he accuses Remy of treating him like a puppet after an argument over Linguini not revealing Remy to the press and the reviewer Anton Ego and kicks him out of the kitchen when Remy leads hordes of rats into the restaurant out of spite, he realizes that without "Little Chef"'s recipes, the kitchen can't function and impress Ego with a new dish. Collette manages to do this, by cooking alongside Remy when she talks to him and he shows her his way of making ratatouille. - After customers tire of Linguini's soup, they ask him to make something new. Skinner is shocked, and suspicious that Linguini is Smarter Than You Look after reading the letter from Renata that Linguini is Gusteau's son. Skinner is waiting on a DNA test to see if this is true.
You'd Expect: That Skinner would realize that, suspicions aside, Linguini is a good chef, so sabotaging him by making him prepare a bad dish could easily cause the restaurant to lose another star.
Instead: Skinner spitefully orders Colette and Linguini to prepare a sweetbread recipe that Gusteau considered "a disaster". He hopes this will discredit Linguini at the cost of the restaurant's reputation. Fortunately, Remy fixes the recipe and prepares it before Colette can stop "Linguini" from changing it, and it's only then that Skinner realizes how "good" this is and the near-miss he had. - After the night of success with changing a sweetbread recipe, and Remy reuniting with his family, he returns to the restaurant to find Linguini passed out on the kitchen floor after a night of cleaning while drunk. Remy hears Collette entering as well.
You'd Expect: Remy to let Collette find Linguini sleeping. It's not a bad thing given the kitchen is clean and that he performed double duty as garbage boy and chef, which means that, to Collette, Linguini is either a dedicated worker or the boss's puppy to kick.
Instead: Remy uses his marionette skills and a pair of sunglasses to feign that Linguini is awake, and Collette takes offense with how Linguini won't talk about his night talking to the boss since, if not for her, he wouldn't have made it so far. - After a falling out with Linguini due to his Acquired Situational Narcissism, Remy stops thinking straight and tells Emile and a few rodents about a new food source that he wants to share with everyone. Naturally, they tell Django, Remy's dad and the leader of the colony, about this new food source, which happens to be Gusteau's kitchen.
You'd Expect: Django to become suspicious and ask Remy why he's suddenly advocating for stealing food, as Remy had been close-mouthed about his new "home" and had vehemently advocated for the colony to not steal food in the past. Additionally, since Django also believes in staying hidden (as one human seeing them means that it's over for their newest food supply), he should at least make a plan with Remy for how to get in without the humans finding them.
Instead: He's completely fine with this, and when Remy leads them to the kitchen, Django praises his son for being so lucrative and leads everyone on a stealing frenzy.
The Result: Linguini walks in to reconcile with Remy, discovers the rest of the colony, and throws them out, causing the colony to lose a potentially viable food source. Even then, they got lucky that's all that happened - if it had been any of the other chefs or the food inspector, the colony would have likely been killed. It's only after this that Django tries to stop Remy from returning to Gusteau's, now knowing that his son could get harmed if the humans see him.
