The Boss Baby: Family Business

2021 film directed by Tom McGrath

The Boss Baby: Family Business (stylized as The Boss Baby: Family Busine$$, also known as The Boss Baby 2: Family Business and in other territories simply as The Boss Baby 2) is a 2021 American computer-animated comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the sequel to The Boss Baby (2017). The film's plot follows the now-adult Templeton brothers who are brought back together after the new Boss Baby requests their help to stop a professor from erasing childhoods worldwide. The movie stars the voices of Alec Baldwin, James Marsden, Amy Sedaris, Ariana Greenblatt, Jeff Goldblum, Eva Longoria, Jimmy Kimmel, and Lisa Kudrow.

Directed by Tom McGrath. Written by Michael McCullers. Story by Tom McGrath and Michael McCullers.
Playtime is over. (taglines)
I love casual Fridays. (taglines)
  • [first line] Time is a funny thing. When I was a kid the days lasted forever, but the years... Well, they went by so fast. Before you know it, you are all grown up. It even happened to me.
  • Once you grow up, you can never go back.
  • Yeah, I guess sometimes you just... you grow up… and... grow apart.
  • Hey, my old… [straining] What did you do?!

Ted Jr. / Boss Baby

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  • [as he is being chased by baby ninjas] Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!
  • The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!
  • You want me to be a baby again?
  • Never touch another man is pony.
  • I have a beautiful voice.

Tabitha

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  • But, Uncle Ted, I have missed you so much.
  • [after she gets a new pony from Ted] Oh my god. Uncle Ted is the best!
  • [to her dad, Tim] Do not you think I am a little old for that now?

Tina / New Boss Baby

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  • [first words; to his daddy, Tim] Hi, daddy.
  • I am in the family business.
  • [to her daddy and uncle] Excuse me. I hate to interrupt, but may I make a suggestion - why do not you both suck it? [tosses two pacifiers into the air and throws them into their mouths]
  • Baby Corp has developed a new super-duper baby formula that can turn a grown-up back into a baby. We have in it cherry, grape, orange, and lime.
  • [to Armstrong] You know, doc, childhood does not last forever… but family sure does!

Carol

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  • You know what they say: it is all about the dough.
  • Tina! What is your problem!
  • [after hearing Tim is voicemail that was sent to Ted (secretly) by Tina] Well, that was unsettling.

Grandma Janice

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  • [staring suspiciously at Tim, a.k.a. Marcos Lightspeed] So, Marcos Lightspeed, is that what you said? [Tim: Mm-hmm.] Sounds like a cartoon name.
  • You guys should really change the locks.
  • [to Tabitha] Sweetheart, I cried, then I went blank.

Grandpa Ted Sr.

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  • Smile! [poses for a picture with his granddaughter]
  • Aha! The key still works!
  • Except Tim did not wear glasses.

Dr. Armstrong

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  • Why do parents get to be in charge, anyway? They had their chance, and what do we get? Pollution, politics, wars.
  • We may be small, but we are about to teach grown-ups a big lesson.
  • I even had parents. Mine were child psychologists who made me part of an experiment. [Ted, Jr.: Really?] They expose me to ten thousand hours of Mozart, language lessons, and public radio. [TJ: I hate public radio.] It was at that point, I realized I was smarter than my parents, and with my first step, I ran away from home. Why? They pushed me around. I got told what to do all the time, but a single word changed my life - "No".

Whizzy (Wizzie, Wizard)

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  • [in Tim is nightmare] Oh, he broke my arm!
  • You shall not pass!
  • Time's up!
  • [sees a phone] Oh, sweet! He who findeth keepeth. [clears throat]

Others

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  • Nathan Pickles: You will be singing a different tune at rehearsal. The wrong tune.
  • George: I like glue. Glue is good.
  • Creepy Girl: [repeated line] I like ponies.

Dialogue

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OPENING FANTASY
[First lines]
Tim Voice Over: Time is a funny thing. When I was a kid... the days lasted forever.
Young Tim: (in the background) One, two, three... [Land on seven-year old Tim counting against a tree as his parents and Boss Baby hide in a bush]
Tim's Mother: Hide, hide, hide!
Tim's Father: Quick! Over here!
Young Tim: Four, five, six...
Tim Voice Over: But the years... well, they went by so fast.
Tim's Mother: Tim, no peeking!
Tim's Father: Yeah, no peeking! [The camera slowly circles the tree. On the other side of tree... Tim is now all grown-up]
Adult Tim: Seven, eight, nine...
Tim Voice Over: Before you know it... you're all grown-up, it even happened to me.
Adult Tim: Nine and a half... Ten! Ready or not, here I come! [The screen freezes, on the goofy face Tim makes as he bursts out to give chase]

DOWNSIZING
Tim's Kitchen
Tina: [opens her briefcase and very carefully pulls out a bottle of formula] It's the perfect disguise. And it only lasts 48 teensy-weensy hours.
Adult Tim: Oh, I am in on the mission!
Tina: [slaps Tim's hand away from the bottle] Sorry, Pops, it's not your mission.
Adult Tim: Aw...
Uncle Ted: [reading the bottle] Warning: may cause drooling, babbling, emotional outburts, fits of laugter, loss of bowel control? Chubby thighs? I think some guys at my gym take this stuff. [He squirts a drop of the formula onto his finger and his entire hand shrinks] Ah! MY TEXTING HAND!
Tina: (to Tim) Even though it is your daughter's school? Doesn't seem fair, does it? [Jumping at the chance to help his daughter, and one-up his brother, and Tim takes the bottle of formula] (deadpan) Daddy, no, please stop. [Tim takes a sip, and he reverts back to a teenager] [Adult Tim: Whoa!] What? It actually works!
Uncle Ted: [straining] It's mine! [He sticks his tiny fingers up Tim's nose and wrestles the bottle from Tim. He takes a sip, and he also reverts back to a teenager, then Tina's reverse psychology is working] I'm better at this kind of thing!
Tim: And what kind of thing is that, Flock of Seagulls? [They tackle each other, and the formula rolls away]
Ted: Everything!
Tim: Gotcha!
Tina: [watches as they chase each other around the house, taking gulps as they grab the bottle back and forth] You might feel very emotional, have some mood swings. [She pulls a toy teapot out of her case and begins to set up a tea party for her and Story Bear. As the argument escalates, they continue to get younger, their now-oversize clothes falling off of them, and Tim hits the wall and shrinks again] [Tim: Hey!] Ouch, there's the awkward stage. Now the tea's hot, Connie.
Tim: (in pre-pubescent voice) You always have to be the hero, don't you?
Ted: What's that supposed to mean? [He sprays Tim's legs with the formula, they shrink, and Tim keeps running at Ted on tiny legs]
Tim: (in pre-pubescent voice) Never see him... All of a sudden, he shows up with a pony!
Ted: You're just jealous, helmet head!
Tim: She's my daughter! [He stomps on Ted's coat, and Ted falls back into him]
Ted: She's my niece!
Tina: (to Story Bear) Do you want cream or sugar? [The two stumble backwards onto Tina's exersaucer and fly down the hall. Tim hits the wall, cracking a picture of the brothers laughing together as children]
Ted: I was always the successful one!
Tina: Mommy says no running in the house! [She takes a sip as Tim and Ted continue their chase in the kitchen]
Tim: Hand over the bottle, mullet! [He grabs the bottle as Ted shrinks into his clothes] You can't hug money, you know! [He races off, taking another sip when... "WHAM!!!" ...He trips as Precious sticks out a leg through through the dog door. He falls to the floor, now, conveniently, a seven-year old]
Ted: But you can, Tim, you can! [He grabs the formula again, fist bumping the pony before running away with Tim, slipping out of his too-large clothing, hot in pursuit.]
Tina: Men, am I right? [Ted takes one last gulp as Tim body slams him out fo his clothes... Uncle Ted is now Boss Baby]
Ted Jr.: It's not personal, it's business, Leslie! [Tim charges toward him]
Tim: Well, it's personal to me, Lindsey! [He gives Boss Baby a Purple-Nurple, then Boss Baby screams "AHHH!". Boss Baby reaches out and gives Tim a double Purple-Nurple, then he screams "AHHHHH!!". They circle around each other, still twisting]
Tim and Ted Jr.: Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!
Tina: (to Story Bear) I'm sorry, Connie, I have to cut this short. Tomorrow we'll talk about your problems. [She marches over, covering her eyes] Okay, time-out, this has gone far enough! [Just then, Tabitha and Carol return home]


BRO BONDING TRIP
Tabitha: Hey, we're home! And we've got another tree!
Carol: A real one! [Tim and Boss Baby look at each other, panicked]
Tina: (decisive) Um, upstairs now! Go, go, go, go, go, go... [Boss Baby grabs a lamp shade and Tim grabs an empty box to cover themselves as she dives into a laundry basket to change back into a onesie. They all ran upstairs as Carol struggles to pull the big end of a big tree through the door, with Tabitha holding up the pointy end]
Carol: Nope, ok, to the right!
Tabitha: How can I come to the heavy end?
Carol: Because you're young and strong, honey. Little bit more. Come on! [Carol and Tabitha struggle to place the new tree in its stand as the boys race up the stairs]
Ted Jr.: Me first!
Carol: Tim? Ted?
Tabitha: Mom? [She points to their old tree, which is right next to their new one]
Upstairs
[Tim attempts to toss Boss Baby up to the attic door]
Tim: Get the cord, get the cord, get the cord, get the cord, get the cord!
Tina: You just can't disappear, you need a cover story.
Boss Baby: Ow!
Tim: Oh, right, my soft spot.
Carol: Where are tou guys?
Tina: Uh, uh, tell her you're packing.
Tim: (calling out to Carol) We're upstairs! Uh... packing.
Downstairs
Carol: Packing? For what?
Upstairs
Tina: (gets idea) Ooh, you're going on a brother bonding trip!
Tim: We're going on a brother bonding trip!
Downstairs
Carol: Now? But, Tim, your parents are coming tomorrow.
Upstairs
Tina: (whispering to Tim) They can help out!
Tim: Yeah, they can help out. [That doesn't go over as well as Tim hoped]
Carol: What... No, you can't leave me alone with your parents!? [She starts up the stairs. (Yikes!)]
Downstairs
[As Carol starts to come up the stairs, Tina slides down the rail past Carol]
Carol: Oh, Tina! [Distracted, she goes after her and catches her] What are you doing?! [She puts Tina in her playpen as Tabitha struggles with the tree in the background] All right, you know what, you're going to baby jail.
Tabitha: Oh no, oh, no, oh no!
Carol: Tabitha! Oh, honey, I'm sorry!
Tabitha: A little help here!
Carol: Hold it up, hold it up! [Tina pulls Ted's cellphone from her onesie and calls the helicopter pilot]
Tina: (imitating Ted) This is Ted Templeton, a man. You can go ahead and take off, I have an urgent family business. [Carol: To the right, honey] Yes, I have a family.
Carol: Tim, I'm coming up there. Yeah, we need to talk. [Tina leaps into her exersaucer and grabs a pair of scissors]
Tabitha: Mom?
Carol: Oh, Tina! Put that down, put that down, put that down, put that down!
Tabitha: Tina!
Carol: Put that down! [She grabs the scissors, and Tina races away] Put that down! Get back here! Tina, stop! [Tina begins pulling objects off a table. Tabitha runs over and catches them as they fall] What has gotten into you! [Tina gestures toward the door as she puts her back in the playpen]
Tim: Time for us to go!
Carol: What... Now!
Ted Jr.: Yeah, my helicopter's double-parked.
Tim: Bye! [He slams the front door behind him]
Carol: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, so soon?
Tabitha: Oh no! [Carol and Tabitha watch the helicopter fly away as Tim and Boss Baby run upstairs behind them]
Carol: What... Did they really just leave?
Tabitha: Yep.
Inside
[Tina watches Boss Baby scurry away]
Tina: Hide! [She collapses in her playpen] I gotta lose this baby fat. [Carol walks back inside]
Carol: Tina, what is your problem?

Tim: Go left! Go left! Go left!
Ted Jr: I'm gonna go where navigation says.
Navigation: Turn left.
Ted Jr: Thank you, navigation.

Taglines

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  • Playtime is over.
  • I love casual Fridays.

Cast

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Wikipedia
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