Bean: Tropes

Signature tropes

The ones that say the most about Bean. Pick one to read it.

• Paper-Bag PoppingRare · in 6 titlesIn a gag reused from the series, Bean tries to amuse a boy sitting next to him on the plane by blowing up his airsickness bag and popping it to wake up the sleeping passenger in front.Read →
• Mistaken for Profoundin 72 titlesWhen Bean has to describe his job to someone, he states that his job is to "sit and look at the paintings."Read →
• Wet Blanket Wifein 88 titlesDavid's wife Allison isn't all that unreasonable in not wanting Bean to stay with them, but immediately taking the kids to her mother's place and later threatening to leave David for good over the ma…Read →
• Bait-and-Switch Accusationin 97 titlesJust as it seems they've gotten away with the Whistler's Mother coverup, David asks Bean what he did with the original ruined version.Read →
• Ascended Fridge Horrorin 118 titlesThe movie somehow manages to invert it. Bean destroys a priceless masterpiece, but he covers it up by replacing it with a poster of the same painting, and cue the happy if hilarious ending.Read →
• Digging Yourself Deeperin 347 titlesSubverted when Mr. Bean is forced to give an improvised speech on the Whistler's Mother painting.Read →