by AZwheelman September 03, 2021
The "Boss Baby Principle" states that if someone with significantly limited pop culture knowledge is exposed to influential media, they will compare said media to the closest thing they have previously consumed.
The name of the principle is in reference to a hypothetical scenario in which an individual, likely a young child, has only watched one movie in their life: the hit 2017 DreamWorks Animation "The Boss Baby." If this person was to watch any other movie, regardless of how similar or drastically different it is to the computer-animated comedy film starring Alec Baldwin, they would necessarily find similarities between it and "The Boss Baby."
"The Boss Baby" is used as an example because of its use of extremely common thematic tropes and because it is a film targeted at young, pop culture illiterate children. The average Boss Baby fan may see common film tropes (third act breakup, road trip, sibling dynamics, etc.) in other films and assume that the filmmakers were inspired by "The Boss Baby."
The name of the principle is in reference to a hypothetical scenario in which an individual, likely a young child, has only watched one movie in their life: the hit 2017 DreamWorks Animation "The Boss Baby." If this person was to watch any other movie, regardless of how similar or drastically different it is to the computer-animated comedy film starring Alec Baldwin, they would necessarily find similarities between it and "The Boss Baby."
"The Boss Baby" is used as an example because of its use of extremely common thematic tropes and because it is a film targeted at young, pop culture illiterate children. The average Boss Baby fan may see common film tropes (third act breakup, road trip, sibling dynamics, etc.) in other films and assume that the filmmakers were inspired by "The Boss Baby."
Leonardo DiCaprio's cocky entrepreneur character in The Wolf of Wall Street is a pretty blatant ripoff of Theodore “Ted” Templeton Jr. from the Boss Baby if you ask me.
Just got done watching The Matrix. Great film, gives me a lot of Boss Baby vibes.
Just got done watching The Matrix. Great film, gives me a lot of Boss Baby vibes.
by onki phosbat March 14, 2023
The boss with whom a kind of unwitting intimacy springs up because he/she is one of those people who doesn’t get the concept of personal space, i.e. he/she comes too close when talking, and tends to brush shoulders when walking side by side.
by Fleur Consultancy February 25, 2009
That kind of boss who asks you to work on the weekends, to come in early and leave late, and of course ask the impossible to get done yesterday. But that one day of the year, he or she buys a hot sloppy pizza for your hard work that still goes un-recognized.
by Nasty Nate Mate December 03, 2020
True boss man. If anyone is like Rafael they are so cool because they are a Boss Man. Boss Man is so 😎💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎😎🙈
by marypoo October 04, 2021
Person 1: WOW! Who is that?
Person 2: That's the Romania final boss! He's super sexy.
Person 1: Im cumming.
Person 2: That's the Romania final boss! He's super sexy.
Person 1: Im cumming.
by berecka October 18, 2022
by Boss Me Up June 03, 2022