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
YungBossCapo, Yung Boss Capo, GCAPO, drippinsoflawless
by Yung Boss Capo January 31, 2021
by Mc0311 June 02, 2007
Easily one of the largest hacking communities in existence "BoSSeS WiT ATTiTuDe" or better known as BWA is known for hosting enormous text and voice communication lines where highly illegal activities and operations are planned and executed. Featuring well respected members of the hacking community such as AK47, Viruz, SA7AN, MLT, CosmoTheGod, and more BWA is known to have existed since early 2010. There have been multiple generations of the blackhat comnunity hosted on chats using clients such as mIRC Sky0e Discord KIK and Twitter.
by Bosses Wit Attitude August 02, 2021
Guy 1: Hey have you seen blink-182 lately?
Guy 2: Yeah! how cool is mark's new bass?
Guy 1: You mean, Like A Boss?
Guy 2: Yeah! how cool is mark's new bass?
Guy 1: You mean, Like A Boss?
by Metallicat 182 November 19, 2009
by oze January 06, 2005