

They advise Larry to leave some of the lights on and warn him not to let anything "in.or out". Because of recent financial troubles, the museum plans to replace Cecil and his two colleagues Gus and Reginald with one guard.

He also has failed in his dream job to be an inventor because The Clapper light switch has "stolen his thunder" for his similar invention "The Snapper." His ex-wife Erica believes that he is a bad example to their eleven year-old son Nick Daley, and Larry fears that Nick respects his future stepfather, bond trader Don, more than him particularly because Nick tells him that he wants to leave the sport he and Larry followed when living together hockey, to become a bond trader like Don.Ĭecil Fredericks, an elderly night security guard about to retire from the American Museum of Natural History, hires Larry despite his unpromising résumé. Larry Daley is divorced, unable to keep a stable job, and has failed at many business ventures.
