Night at the Museum
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| Name: | Night at the Museum Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (sequel) Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2nd Sequel) Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (3rd Sequel) |
| Abbreviation(s): | NatM |
| Creator: | Milan Trenc (book) Films: Thomas Lennon & Robert Ben Garant (screenplay) Shawn Levy (director) |
| Date(s): | 1993 (book published) December 22, 2006 (film) May 22, 2009 (film sequel) December 11, 2014 (2nd film sequel) December 9, 2022 (3rd film sequel) |
| Medium: | Live-action films, animated films, books, comics, video games |
| Country of Origin: | United States |
| External Links: | Wikipedia (Book) Wikipedia (film) IMDB |
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Night at the Museum is a live-action fantasy adventure-comedy film based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Milan Trenc. It was followed by a sequel in 2009 and the third film was released in 2014. An animated sequel was released in 2022 with an entirely new voice cast.
Junior novels were released alongside the live-action films, three of which are screen-to-page adaptations. The other two are original stories, catalogued in the Nick's Tales series.
Canon
- Larry Daley is a divorced father who applies for a job as a night watchman at New York City's American Museum of Natural History and subsequently discovers that the exhibits, animated by a magical Egyptian artifact, come to life at night.[1]
Characters
Characters marked with * are minor characters.
| Night at the Museum (NatM) | Battle of the Smithsonian (BotS) | Secret of the Tomb (SotT) | Kahmunrah Rises Again (KRA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Daley | Amelia Earhart | Merenkahre | Joan of Arc |
| Nick Daley | Kahmunrah | Shepseheret | Seth |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Ivan the Terrible | Tilly | Mia* |
| Jedediah | Napoleon Bonaparte | Sir Lancelot | Ronnie* |
| Octavius | Al Capone | Laaa | Bodhi* |
| Dr. McPhee | George Armstrong Custer | Madeline Phelps* | Mrs. Montefusco* |
| Attila the Hun | Tess* | Hugh Jackman* | Nefertiti* |
| Sacagawea | Joey Motorola* | Trixie | Statue of Ra* |
| Ahkmenrah | The Thinker* | Craig† | Venus de Milo |
| Cecil Fredericks | Aphrodite Kallipygos* | ||
| Gus | Ed* | ||
| Reginald | George Foreman | ||
| Erica Daley* | Darth Vader* | ||
| Dexter | Oscar the Grouch* | ||
| Rexy | The Tuskeegee Airmen* | ||
| Christopher Columbus* | Albert Einstein Bobbleheads* |
†Craig is a character that only appeared in the short film A Day In the Afterlife that was packaged with the DVD release of Secret of the Tomb.
Canon Relationships
Certain relationships are canon or explored in the films, and are listed as follows. Most of the canon ships don't last beyond the movie they appear in, with the exception of the romantic involvement of Teddy Roosevelt and Sacajawea.
| Character A/Character B | Appeared In | Ship Name |
|---|---|---|
| Larry Daley/Rebecca Hutman | NatM | |
| Teddy Roosevelt/Sacajawea | NatM, BotS, SotT | |
| Larry Daley/Amelia Earhart | BotS | Flyin' Aces |
| Larry Daley/Tess | BotS | |
| Nick Daley/Mia | KRA |
Fandom
The book fandom seems non-existent, with most of the fandom dealing with the movieverse. This is likely in part due to people simply not knowing about the existence of the original book, or any of the novels written for the films.
The most popular pairing from the movies is Jedediah/Octavius, a slash pairing. Commonly known as 'Jedtavius' and 'Tiny Cowboy/Tiny Roman,' this pairing first became popular on tumblr, most likely as a joke, with users posting things like "I ship tiny cowboy and tiny roman from Night at The Museum". An early example by sassenach-kiss states "let’s stop kidding ourselves, we all know the true otp is Jedediah and Octavius from Night At the Museum".[2] One of the most popular of these posts, written by tumblr user dicaeopolis, states "Fuck all romance except whatever the fuck that lil cowboy and roman guy from night at the museum had going on" and has since gained over 139,000 notes.[3] As of 2024, there are over 900 Jedediah/Octavius fics on AO3 alone.[4] A fan wiki even portrays the pairing as canon[5].
Other than the Jedtavius shippers, the Night At The Museum fandom does, surprisingly, exist. While mostly found on Archive of Our Own and Tumblr, the fandom also resides in small pockets on other sites, including FanFiction.net. Tumblr users in the NATM fandom commonly tag their posts as 'NATM' (shorthand for 'Night At The Museum') and 'NATM Trash' (derived from the shorthand for Night At The Museum combined with the common fandom slang 'trash' implying a deep love for the NATM fandom).
Major ships in this fandom are Ahkmenrah/Larry (sometimes referred to as Tablet Guardians), Lancelot/Larry (sometimes referred to as Knightguard), and Amelia Earhart/Larry, which was born from the release of Battle of the Smithsonian. Various other ships exist, including Al Capone/Napoleon (Capoleon), Lancelot/Octavius (Tin Cans), and Joan of Arc/Sacagawea (Femslash Figures).
Jedediah, Octavius, Ahkmenrah, Larry, Sacagawea, Amelia Earhart and Robin Williams' Theodore Roosevelt are all often portrayed as favorite characters.
Example Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanart
- Ahkmenrah from Night At The Museum! by tamamacake
- Sacagawea by slamrockshake
- Jedediah & Octavius by mostly-natm, discussing The Snap of Avengers: Infinity War
- NATM & Ant-Man crossover by madeformarvelguy; Scott Lang discovers Jedediah & Octavius.
- Ahkmenrah by faithdrawsthings
- Custer and Lancelot by mostly-natm
- Teddy Roosevelt by mostly-natm
Fanfics
- Any Weather by EwokRae22
- Down Then Left by mournwiththemoon
Fan Projects
- The NatM Zine, a collaborative art book and fanfiction zine released in 2022 that raised over 8,000 Euros for charity.
Fanvids
MMD Animations
- New State Style by Luna Moth Media
- Ievan Polkka (with guns) by Luna Moth Media
- Sand Planet by Luna Moth Media
Animatics
- Somewhere Love is Waiting for You by Skystar40
- A Lovely Night by Aro Art
- Centuries by Aro Art
- I’ll Marry a Wealthy Man by DT/Tomatoteddy
- Hidden in the Sand by lemonchips
- I Won't Say I'm In Love by mostly-natm
AMVs
- March to the Sea by night-at-the-musian
- I'll Never Let You Go by night-at-the-musian
- Learning to Fly by night-at-the-musian
- Lapis Lazuli by night-at-the-musian
- In The Best Case Scenario We'd Die At The Same Time by night-at-the-musian
- Louisa by girlblocker
Archives and Communities
- Night at the Museum & crossovers fanfics at FFN
- Night at the Museum fanworks at AO3
- For the Love of Night at the Museum, a blog active from 2013 to 2016. (Archived Version)
- The NatM Search, a fan site opened in 2023.
LiveJournal Communities
- nightathemuseum, a general fic community. Abandoned since 2012.
- nightmuseumfic, a general fic community. Abandoned since 2012.
- natmfic, a general fic community. Abandoned since 2009.
- amelialarry, a Flyin' Aces pairing community. Abandoned since 2010.
- Chest Bump, a Jedtavius pairing community. Abandoned since 2015.
Canon Resources
References
- ^ Night at the Museum Wikipedia
- ^ untitled Tumblr post by sassenach-kiss (28 March 2015)
- ^ untitled tumblr post by dicaeopolis, Archived version, 23 September 2019. (Accessed 19 October 2022.)
- ^ Jedediah/Octavius AO3 tag, Archived version (Accessed 19 October 2022.)
- ^ Tumblr post of screenshot of the NATM Octavius page which states "He is enemies-later-friends-later-boyfriends with Jedediah".
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