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* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: Tor]] became the king by doing this.

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* SiblingMurder: AliensSpeakingEnglish: The Raphiccans have no trouble communicating with the humans.
* BigBad: Tor.
* {{Bookends}}: The film starts with Simon being captured by a giant alien, and ends with
[[spoiler: Tor]] became Tor being captured by an alien even larger than him]].
* ChaseScene: When Caroline and Jac are fleeing from
the king by doing police cruisers while en route to Dr. Droids.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Prince Ragis]] is prophesized to be
this.



* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Prince Ragis]] is prophesized to be this.
* {{Technobabble}}: The explanation of how the portal works
* {{Hellgate}}: The teleporter on Raphicca is this on two separate occasions

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* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Prince Ragis]] is prophesized to be this.
* {{Technobabble}}: The explanation of how
ElaborateUndergroundBase: Where Simon Weir conducted his experiments with the portal works
teleporter.
* FoodFight: Jac starts one during Tor's speech.
* {{Hellgate}}: The teleporter on Raphicca is this on two separate occasionsoccasions.



* IWillFindYou: Jac spent seven years trying to find out what happened to his father, and eventually heads for the planet Raphicca to do so.



* WeaponizedTeleportation: Tor first attempts to use the portal to conquer other planets, and then tries to use it to allow a more powerful army to invade and destroy Raphicca after he is defeated.
* TeleportationMisfire: Tor accidentally shattering one of the power crystals causes this.



* RoboticReveal: The one who runs the Dr. Droids shop reveals himself as a very human-looking robot upon meeting the Weirs
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Where Simon Weir conducted his experiments with the teleporter
* BigBad: Tor
* {{Bookends}}: The film starts with Simon being captured by a giant alien, and ends with [[spoiler: Tor being captured by an alien even larger than him]].
* IWillFindYou: Jac spent seven years trying to find out what happened to his father, and eventually heads for the planet Raphicca to do so.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The Raphiccans have no trouble communicating with the humans.

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* RobotBuddy: Arthur to Simon.
* RoboticReveal: The one who runs the Dr. Droids shop reveals himself as a very human-looking robot upon meeting the Weirs
Weirs.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Where Simon Weir conducted his experiments with the teleporter
* BigBad: Tor
* {{Bookends}}: The film starts with Simon being captured by a giant alien, and ends with
SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: Tor being captured by an alien even larger than him]].
* IWillFindYou: Jac spent seven years trying to find out what happened to his father, and eventually heads for
Tor]] became the planet Raphicca to do so.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The Raphiccans have no trouble communicating with the humans.
king by doing this.



* RobotBuddy: Arthur to Simon
* ChaseScene: When Caroline and Jac are fleeing from the police cruisers while en route to Dr. Droids.
* FoodFight: Jac starts one during Tor's speech.

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* RobotBuddy: Arthur {{Technobabble}}: The explanation of how the portal works.
* TeleportationMisfire: Tor accidentally shattering one of the power crystals causes this.
* WeaponizedTeleportation: Tor first attempts
to Simon
* ChaseScene: When Caroline
use the portal to conquer other planets, and Jac are fleeing from the police cruisers while en route then tries to Dr. Droids.
* FoodFight: Jac starts one during Tor's speech.
use it to allow a more powerful army to invade and destroy Raphicca after he is defeated.
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* {{Monster}}: Tor killed his brother to assume the throne, tortures Simon to coerce Allana into using the crystals to activate the portal, uses artillery to indiscriminately kill his own troops and the rebels alike, then tries to use the portal to allow Raphicca to be conquered by a more powerful alien army after being defeated in battle.
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* Technobabble: The explanation of how the portal works
* Hellgate: The teleporter on Raphicca is this on two separate occasions

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* Technobabble: {{Technobabble}}: The explanation of how the portal works
* Hellgate: {{Hellgate}}: The teleporter on Raphicca is this on two separate occasions



* Foodfight: Jac starts one during Tor's speech.

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* Foodfight: FoodFight: Jac starts one during Tor's speech.

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Thru the Moebius Strip is a 3D animated film made in Shenzhen, China and produced in Hong Kong. The story involves an inventor named Simon Weir, who invents a device that enables him to teleport to anywhere in the universe. Upon travelling to a distant planet, he is captured by a race of giant aliens. Seven years later, his son, Jac, refuses to believe that Simon has died. He locates the teleportation device and embarks on a journey to rescue his father. Along the way, he is caught in the middle of a civil war.

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Thru ''Thru the Moebius Strip Strip'' is a 3D animated film made in Shenzhen, China China, and produced in Hong Kong. The story involves an inventor named Simon Weir, who invents a device that enables him to teleport to anywhere in the universe. Upon travelling traveling to a distant planet, he is captured by a race of giant aliens. Seven years later, his son, Jac, refuses to believe that Simon has died. He locates the teleportation device and embarks on a journey to rescue his father. Along the way, he is caught in the middle of a civil war.




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* Bookends: The film starts with Simon being captured by a giant alien, and ends with [[spoiler: Tor being captured by an alien even larger than him]].

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\n* Bookends: {{Bookends}}: The film starts with Simon being captured by a giant alien, and ends with [[spoiler: Tor being captured by an alien even larger than him]].
him]].
















* Monster: Tor killed his brother to assume the throne, tortures Simon to coerce Allana into using the crystals to activate the portal, uses artillery to indiscriminately kill his own troops and the rebels alike, then tries to use the portal to allow Raphicca to be conquered by a more powerful alien army after being defeated in battle.

* Foodfight: Jac starts one during Tor's speech.

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\n* Monster: {{Monster}}: Tor killed his brother to assume the throne, tortures Simon to coerce Allana into using the crystals to activate the portal, uses artillery to indiscriminately kill his own troops and the rebels alike, then tries to use the portal to allow Raphicca to be conquered by a more powerful alien army after being defeated in battle.

battle.
* Foodfight: Jac starts one during Tor's speech.speech.
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* PowerCrystal: High Priestess Shepway and her apprentice Allana use crystals to fuel this magic and to power the portal on the Raphiccan side.

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* PowerCrystal: High Priestess Shepway and her apprentice Allana use crystals to fuel this their magic and to power the portal on the Raphiccan side.



* Monster: Tor killed his brother to assume the throne, tortures Simon to coerce Allana into using the crystals to active the portal, uses artillery to indescriminately kill his own troops and the rebels alike, then tries to use the portal to allow Raphicca to be conquered by a more powerful alien army after being defeated in battle.

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* Monster: Tor killed his brother to assume the throne, tortures Simon to coerce Allana into using the crystals to active activate the portal, uses artillery to indescriminately indiscriminately kill his own troops and the rebels alike, then tries to use the portal to allow Raphicca to be conquered by a more powerful alien army after being defeated in battle.
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* Monster: Tor killed his brother to assume the throne, tortures Simon to coerce Allana into using the crystals to active the portal, uses artillery to indescriminately kill his own troops and the rebels alike, then tries to use the portal to allow Raphicca to be conquered by a more powerful alien army after being defeated in battle.

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* Monster: Tor killed his brother to assume the throne, tortures Simon to coerce Allana into using the crystals to active the portal, uses artillery to indescriminately kill his own troops and the rebels alike, then tries to use the portal to allow Raphicca to be conquered by a more powerful alien army after being defeated in battle.battle.

* Foodfight: Jac starts one during Tor's speech.
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* ChaseScene: When Caroline and Jac are fleeing from the police cruisers while en route to Dr. Droids.

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* ChaseScene: When Caroline and Jac are fleeing from the police cruisers while en route to Dr. Droids.Droids.

* Monster: Tor killed his brother to assume the throne, tortures Simon to coerce Allana into using the crystals to active the portal, uses artillery to indescriminately kill his own troops and the rebels alike, then tries to use the portal to allow Raphicca to be conquered by a more powerful alien army after being defeated in battle.
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[[caption-width-right:220:"Arthur, you're almost as bad as Simon!" "It runs in the programming"]]

Thru the Moebius Strip is a 3D animated film made in Shenzhen, China and produced in Hong Kong. The story involves an inventor named Simon Weir, who invents a device that enables him to teleport to anywhere in the universe. Upon travelling to a distant planet, he is captured by a race of giant aliens. Seven years later, his son, Jac, refuses to believe that Simon has died. He locates the teleportation device and embarks on a journey to rescue his father. Along the way, he is caught in the middle of a civil war.

The film was first shown to the public at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, where it was praised for its animation.

!! Thru the Moebius Strip contains examples of:

* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: Tor]] became the king by doing this.

* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: The old king's death is claimed to be as a result of him being gored by a wild espar, while in reality it was due to [[spoiler: Tor stabbing him]]. Ragis realizes that this is a coverup when it is pointed out that the body only had one puncture wound, while an attack by the beast would have left two.

* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Prince Ragis]] is prophesized to be this.

* Technobabble: The explanation of how the portal works

* Hellgate: The teleporter on Raphicca is this on two separate occasions

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tor shatters one of the crystals powering the portal, causing it to malfunction and send him to a desert planet inhabited by creatures much larger than him.

* NoBiochemicalBarriers: The atmosphere of Raphicca is suitable for humans, and Simon lived there for seven years, so he had to have been given food and water during this time.

* WeaponizedTeleportation: Tor first attempts to use the portal to conquer other planets, and then tries to use it to allow a more powerful army to invade and destroy Raphicca after he is defeated.

* TeleportationMisfire: Tor accidentally shattering one of the power crystals causes this.

* OneDimensionalThinking: When an object falls through the portal at the beginning, Arthur tries to run away from it in a straight line and gets crushed.

* PowerCrystal: High Priestess Shepway and her apprentice Allana use crystals to fuel this magic and to power the portal on the Raphiccan side.

* RoboticReveal: The one who runs the Dr. Droids shop reveals himself as a very human-looking robot upon meeting the Weirs

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Where Simon Weir conducted his experiments with the teleporter

* BigBad: Tor

* Bookends: The film starts with Simon being captured by a giant alien, and ends with [[spoiler: Tor being captured by an alien even larger than him]].

* IWillFindYou: Jac spent seven years trying to find out what happened to his father, and eventually heads for the planet Raphicca to do so.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The Raphiccans have no trouble communicating with the humans.

* SlowClap: After Tor reveals that he has rebuilt the Raphiccan army, his advisor rises and starts clapping, followed by the rest of the audience.

* RobotBuddy: Arthur to Simon

* ChaseScene: When Caroline and Jac are fleeing from the police cruisers while en route to Dr. Droids.

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