#natm1

[caterpillarinacave]

I know we’ve all said it a million times but one of the best parts of NATM1 is still that it spent the entire first 3/4ths of the movie setting up Ahkmenrah as this constant unnerving presence that’s kept locked away out of genuine fear and then he’s really just:

[fdrsamericanflagduckfloaty]

Quick Brain dump what’s been going through your 1800’s looking brain

literally nothing but NATM

im gonna add a barrier if you dont wanna see the weirdest thought train ever

im gonna explain in words how my brain was like 4 seconds ago

NATM NATM Teddy NATM Him him him him NATM NATM Robin Willaims NATM TEDDY TEDDY NATM his knees ATTILA oh my god oh my god im gonna cry NATM Teddy Teddy Teddy Owen Wilson NATM Teddy

i can give you context but also i wont

and then when i read 1800's my brain instantly went

The Alienist. ...Teddy-

and i had to stop that train of thought because the next word was deranged in matter of speaking

but anyways out of wondering how my brain works rn i thought 'Teddy's so babygirl' and honestly yeah i agree with my brain. NATM Teddy is so babygworl

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[togetherness23]

The Eureka (from Night at the Museum) in my “human” AU

lore below readmore (assumes you know the plot of NATM1)

*Opens can of worms* In general, the “human” forms of engines usually speak for their engines (kinda like how the Lorax speaks for the trees), and often poof in and out of existence via gold dust. They cannot interact with reality in a lot of ways ways (such as not being able to grab and move physical objects), but they can communicate with humans just fine. In the case of the Eureka model, it is able to show its “human” form every night as with the sentient awakening of the miniatures due to the magic tablet, due to it having similar magical properties to gold dust.

Eureka’s “human” form manifested right after the night guard Larry Daley was tied down to the tracks, raring and begging for its engine to be fired up when Jedediah pitched the idea and a driver came over to it in her tunnel. It was a huge shock to the rest of the diorama, partially due to her not being a physical miniature despite being visible and similarly sized. They all get on rather happily now, as the rest of the exhibits do with Larry as the night guard (assuming that practically everybody in that museum did things like shed all their prejudices in NATM canon…). Eureka’s “human” form is a young sprightly woman, who desires to grow a long, villainous moustache to twiddle her fingers with someday.

The Eureka greatly desires to have a big, cinematic moment. It leaped at the chance of heroically (or, perhaps more befitting, stereotypically villainously?) taking down the ‘giant’ (Larry) that got tied down to the tracks. Though it completely failed, it became such a popular and hilarious memory among the miniatures that Eureka was happy despite injuring herself. This doesn’t stop her from trying to outdo itself though, having watched more movie train stunts thanks to the miniatures’ access and constant usage of the front lobby desk computer.

Eureka’s “human” form, unlike her engine resting in a tunnel, can sometimes be seen bumbling around the diorama on her own when she’s not trying to advocate for its engine to do more movie-esque stunts. You’d usually spot her talking a big game about what it ‘remembered’ as a ‘movie star’ in a saloon or idly watching the railroad construction (which seems to never be finished).

The Eureka, like most other exhibit characters, has a confusingly selective memory that somewhat reflects how it was remembered in history rather than the memories of an actual life. It remembers its sister, Palisade; and its much later days when it was featured in Warner Bros movies. However, the Eureka is unaware of other events; such as once being badly damaged in Old Vegas, or working for the Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company after its service on the Eureka & Palisade Railway.

[delma-z-dywanu]

LIL COWBOY AND ROMAN HEADCANNOND *v2*

(and maybe some descriptions, idk i just write what comes to my head)

Oct (since he is the stronger one, was a general AND an emparor of rome) always feels guilty when anything bad happens to Jed (or anyone of his friends/other minatures). He often bottels up his feelings, becouse he is scared of loosing his image as a strong and fearless leader. Jed is patient and tries his best to help Octo go through his traumas.

Oct has trobules sleeping alone (since he died in his sleep, all alone) so Jed (even tho he is an early riser, becouse he was an explorer) makes sure to stay by his side when he wakes up. (Octo also does not sleep long, since he had been an emparor and a general)

Jed is scared of bears, and animals that look simillar to them, becouse in his prevoius life he fought with a bear and nearly died (his skin was ripped of his face, and one of his partners had sewn it in place)

Octavius snores, and I mean it. He snores as loud as a thunderstorm. When Jed had slept at his place for the first time he thought someone was attacking the roman diorama

Octo teached Jed how to swim and read

Jed can play guitar well

Octavius cannot dance, Jed taught him some simple moves

Both men are scared of being alone. It has its roots down in their previous lives. Jed, an explorer, never got time to settle down, atacked by a bear, sewn together and a few days after the fight for his life, attacked by a Wild tribe, left to snowly bleed out on a grassland. Octo, a young boy on a throne with an empire to run, later a general, looking out for his pepole, having three wifes only for political benefits, expelling his own daughter away, feeling guilty about it until his final breath, dying alone in his sleep.

They were the toppers on their wedding cake

Before natm1 (when they were fighting every night) Octo broke Jed's nose at least 5 times

Octo has a lovely singing voice, but he doesn't show it off very often

When Jed proposed to Octavius, Octo laughed. Jed felt his heart shatter, thinking he had done something wrong, proposing to the roman. He tried getting up and running away, to hide and cry his heart out, but Octo saw his watering eyes and explained to him that he laughed becouse in his pocket was an engadgment ring aswell.

Jed loves to complement Octavius. Octavius on the other hand likes to tease the cowboy, becouse he thinks that he looks cute when flustered.

Octavius loves Jedediah's eyes, he complimentes them (and him) in latin

Jed tried to learn latin to suprise Oct, but it didn't go well

Jed knows how to draw maps, navigate and knows a lot about plants in the wild. He also knows a little bit of Spanish and mandarin from the other cowboys and his prevoius life.

Geez thats long, i hope it makes sense

[surrealcervidae]

YAPPER WARNING

Are there any fics abt Jed being "eternally grateful" to Octavius?? I have a headcanon where Jed broke his femur in the car crash in the first movie and Octavius carried him bridal style back to the museum, saving his life despite being sworn enemies for half a century. And. Would Jed not pull the eternally grateful trope?? By that I mean he dedicates his life to repaying Octavius in little ways or like insisting he be his servant for a while before Octavius gets so annoyed with it and concerned for his mental state that he forbids him to act like that (I think there was a Phineas and Ferb episode like this??? And i think im basing this off of that subconsciously??????). Would him being Eternally Grateful not play a part in him making sure Octavius didn't get captured by Al Capone's goons in natm2??? And if this didn't start in natm1 then no way it doesn't after natm2, come ON.

I want to read a silly story where the climax is Jed trying to get Octavius to use him as a fucking door mat or something, and it's been like a week of Jed doing dumb shit like this and Oct is so DONE and picks him up off the floor and is like shaking him like "WHERE IS THE MAN I FPUGHT FOR FIFTY YEARS??? DO NOT ACT THIS PATHETIC, I KNOW YOURE NOT TBIS PATHETIC PLEASE!!!!" And then Jed snaps back to normal like nothing happened

[sw33t-oubliette]

girl was so cringefail they called her a complete loser on the natm1 imdb page

[secretly-larry-daley]

my friend said to me: “damn my otp moai head x caveman never became canon” after we finished natm1. so, king of crackfic, i bestow it upon ye.

[night-at-the-musian]

I—

Wow, what a beautiful relationship. I didn’t even realize a caveman even INTERACTED with the moai head. Welp, that’s certainly going on the list of crackships! Honestly could see it working….slightly? Lmao

Moai x Caveman 4ever 💪💪💪

[wiggles-mcgee]

OH MY GOD SO SO REAL

larry would already have laid out traps for all the animatronics and be ready to beat the shit out of a robot, that man made a game plan in natm1 and he would absolutely do it again, he has shown countless times to have strategy and he would be prepared.

meanwhile michael would be folded like a chair, sobbing five seconds after the sun goes down

im just saying larry daley could survive fnaf but that doesnt mean micheal afton could live a natm

[maniaemagna]

Larry: What was in my coffee...?!

[benisasoftboi]

Are the Night at the Museum movies technically RPF?

[fdrsamericanflagduckfloaty]

NATM4! Jedediah has 1 braincell. NATM1-3! Jedediah has 2 braincells. Together they make 1 braincell ultimately.

For the translation of my ass handwriting:

Jedediah: You're gay.

Octavius: Jedediah we have been together for 15 years and you are wearing the gloves and bracelet I got you for our 5th anniversary.

Jedediah: ...

Jedediah: Touche.

[togetherness23]

stumbled across this site with some special NATM1 wallpaper images and found this image. YALL. EUREKA HAS A COACH!!!!!!!!

[sw33t-oubliette]

i think its fucking hilarious hpw the beginning of natm1 is just establishing larry as such a fucking loser . girl gets hit in the head with a hockey puck in the first like 10 minutes

[ardentwench]

Ever notice how often Larry licks his lips?

I did, and I decided to gif it.

And it happens a lot.

I mean

Just in the first movie

I found 16 moments to gif

And I might of even missed a couple

The man doesn’t know how to keep his tongue in his mouth

I stg that would drive anyone with the hots for him mad, and he wouldn’t even be knowing he was doing it.

[literallyramimalektrash]

No but real talk why isn't the natm trilogy on Netflix

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