History Animation / TheKey

* AnAesop: Towards the end, obviously. So much that the film ''really'' wanted to get the message across with everybody in the scene turning to say it to [[NoFourthWall (what seemed to be) the viewer]].

* {{Widget}}: From the short block of text above that summarizes the film, the fairies alone might be the first clue how oddly fantastical the movie will get. But one might've never expected the robots, [[CrapsaccharineWorld the questionably idyllic lands]] and the kingdom guarded by a four-headed dragon.

** Later, the boy has grown and when it was finally time for him to go, he is seen hurrying up with his parents' farewells, growing impatient when the father asks for a kiss, which he lets him [[NoSympathy while he just tells his visibly crying mother]] [[KickTheDog to go away]]. Good thing he goes through some much-needed CharacterDevelopment later.

* ChekhovsSkill: The scientist takes the robot to the grandfather's apartment and asks him to fix the robot girl after being broken, but the grandfather's eyes are not what they used to be. [[spoiler: Just then, the grandchild--who he had recently taught him the basics of handling tools--decides to return instead of continuing his journey to the Land of Happiness. He's able to fix the little robot]].

* EasyComeEasyGo: Part of the recurring theme of the movie. When he's advised to go to a place called "the Kingdom of Quick Feats and Easy Victories" to obtain a key after going through obstacles designed for him to win, [[EpicFail the key snaps in half when he tried to use it]]. When he's later advised by to go to his grandfather and make a key for himself, the result is more rewarding because he worked on it despite several trials. [[spoiler: It is not shown if the key would have opened the lock since the boy decided to stay with his grandfather.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The grandfather is portrayed in the first few minutes as a FantasyForbiddingFather of sorts, with planning to throw out right away the magic red ball of yarn the fairies gave him, though he was really just concerned for his grandson's outcome because he thinks that no one should be granted ready-made happiness. Especially not the Land of Happiness where the boy was to go to, [[CrapsaccharineWorld not after the things he had just seen back there]]... That and he's actually a CoolOldGuy.
** Later, the boy has grown and when it was finally time for him to go, he is seen hurrying up with his parents' farewells, growing impatient when the father asks for a kiss, which he let him [[NoSympathy while he just tells his visibly crying mother]] [[KickTheDog to go away]]. He didn't turn out so well, did he? Good thing he had the CharacterDevelopment as seen above.

* NoNameGiven: We never find out what the boy's name really is, and is only referred to as (in this case) "the boy", son, grandson, child, etc. in contrast to many of the named characters in this movie, which this work page simply didn't mention for convenience's sake.

* RhymesOnADime: The poetic robot, of course, as it is programmed to do so. Subverted when [[spoiler: he got drunk and loses the rhyming, as after he was told off by the robot girl, he simply told her to leave him alone, and it was none of her business]].
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: The poetic robot develops a mind of its own and runs away to show his talent to the world. [[spoiler: He is brought back inebriated, for some reason, after drinking too much oil.]]

* SpoiledBrat: The boy grows up to be this because of the parents overindulging him. [[spoiler: He gets better]].

* TragicDream: Parodied. The poetry robot is shunned by humans for being too robotic in his prose. [[spoiler: To that end, he gets drunk in oil with another failed poet.]]

* AdultFear: Having one's child be left in an open field and find his own way to where his life would lead. This is also extreme in the case that he's probably only a ''toddler'' yet the boy grew by "the hour", so it can only be guessed how much time had passed. Not much, it seemed.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The four-headed dragon that the boy encounters is actually [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zmey_Gorynych Zmey Gorynych]], albeit with an additional female head.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The four-headed dragon that the boy encounters is actually [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zmey_Gorynych Zmey Gorynych]].

'''''The Key''''' (Russian: '''''Ключ'''''; ''Klyuch'') is a 1961 [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet]] animated film, directed by Lev Atamanov. It was produced at the Creator/{{Soyuzmultfilm}} studio in Moscow.

* BadassMustache: The grandfather, complete with twirling the ends of it occasionally whenever he's in deep thought.

* DefiniteArticleTitle: What the title becomes, when translated to English. In Russian, it's simply called ''[[OneWordTitle Klyuch]]''.

The film can be watched with subtitles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Jb_UArJ2g here]], which is separated in four parts.

* ChekhovsSkill: The scientist takes the robot to the grandfather's apartment and asks him to fix the robot girl after being broekn, but the grandfather's eyes are not what they used to be. [[spoiler: Just then, the grandchild--who he had recently taught him the basics of handling tools and originally on the way to open the lock to the Land of Happiness after making the key--comes back. He's able to fix the little robot]].

* CrapsaccharineWorld: The Land of Happiness, as it turns out. The 'saccharine' part being so literal to the fact that the land is sticky with candy and the river runs milk. The concept of being in a perpetual state of rest and relaxation is enough for the grandfather to save his grandson from a life of mediocrity.