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* CoolCrown: Princess Camille dons one of these for Nemo's coronation ceremony.
* CoolKey: The key to the Forbidden Door.



-->'''The Nightmare King:''' Ooo, pajamas do ''scare'' me so! Mwahahaha!

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-->'''The Nightmare King:''' Ooo, pajamas do ''scare'' me so! Mwahahaha![[EvilLaugh Mwahahaha!]]


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* CigarChomper: Flip.

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* CigarChomper: Flip. See also MustHaveNicotine below.

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* CigarChomper: Flip

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* ChekhovsGun: Early on, Flip accidentally pulls a map of Nightmare Land out of his coat, hastily switching it out for a Slumberland one. After the king is kidnapped, Flip's map is used for a rescue mission to Nightmare Land.
* CigarChomper: FlipFlip.

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* OhNoNotAgain: During the song about training Nemo to be a prince, the horse that Nemo tries riding on flips him off his seat and onto the fat dancing lady, who catches him, and he says, "Not again!", indicating that she has tried to make him dance before.

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* OhNoNotAgain: During the song about training Nemo to be a prince, the horse that Nemo tries riding on flips him off his seat and onto the fat dancing lady, lady from a few minutes before, who catches him, and he says, "Not again!", indicating that she has tried to make him dance before.again!".

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'''''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland''''' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the ComicStrip ''[[ComicStrip/LittleNemo Little Nemo In Slumberland]]'' by Creator/WinsorMcCay. In it, a young boy named Nemo travels to Slumberland in his dreams after receiving an invitation from Princess Camille. There he is trained to become the new prince. But, under the bad influence of the trickster clown Flip, Nemo inadvertently unleashes the Nightmare King, and has to save King Morpheus after he's kidnapped and taken to Nightmareland.

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'''''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland''''' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the ComicStrip ''[[ComicStrip/LittleNemo Little Nemo In in Slumberland]]'' by Creator/WinsorMcCay. In it, a young boy named Nemo travels to Slumberland in his dreams after receiving an invitation from Princess Camille. There he is trained to become the new prince. But, under the bad influence of the trickster clown Flip, Nemo inadvertently unleashes the Nightmare King, and has to save King Morpheus after he's kidnapped and taken to Nightmareland.



* TheCollector: Toward the end, [[spoiler: The Nightmare King has captured the Professor, Flip, princess, and king in large collumns which he calls his "collection"]]

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* TheCollector: Toward the end, [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:the Nightmare King has captured the Professor, Flip, princess, and king in large collumns which he calls his "collection"]]"collection"]].



* DeadpanSnarker: Flip



** The "sitting in a tree inside cloud/dandelion/cotton candy puffs with clothes strewn about" snippet is certainly worth mentioning, as Nemo and Camille would ''probably'' have had to have seen each other naked at some point for them to end up like that.
*** Which also means they at least know what gender Bonbon is!

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** The "sitting in a tree inside cloud/dandelion/cotton candy puffs with clothes strewn about" snippet is certainly worth mentioning, as Nemo and Camille would ''probably'' have had to have seen each other naked at some point for them to end up like that.
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that. (Which also means they at least know what gender Bonbon is!Bon Bon is!)



* TheHerosJourney: Follows it quite closely, actually.



* TheHerosJourney: Follows it quite closely, actually.



* NuttySquirrel: Icarus.

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* NuttySquirrel: Icarus.Icarus
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Was recently released on Blu-Ray disk, this time with the original Japanese audio as an option.

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Was recently released on Blu-Ray disk, disc in 2012, this time with the original Japanese audio as an option.
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* ThanksForTheMammary: Flip accidentally grabs Princess Camille's breasts shortly after they rescue her from water goblins in Nightmareland and gets elbowed for it. Then again, she wasn't old enough to really have much in the way of breasts.

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* ThanksForTheMammary: Flip accidentally grabs Princess Camille's breasts chest shortly after they rescue her from water goblins in Nightmareland and gets elbowed for it. Then again, she wasn't old enough to really have much in the way of breasts.
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* NuttySquirrel: Icarus

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* NuttySquirrel: IcarusIcarus.
* OhNoNotAgain: During the song about training Nemo to be a prince, the horse that Nemo tries riding on flips him off his seat and onto the fat dancing lady, who catches him, and he says, "Not again!", indicating that she has tried to make him dance before.
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* TheCollector: Toward the end, [[spoiler: The Nightmare King has captured the Professor, Flip, princess, and king in large collumns which he calls his "collection"]]
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Was recently released on Blu-Ray disk, this time with the original Japanese audio as an option.
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* ManChild: Nemo first meets King Morpheus when he's playing with a toy train in a playroom atmosphere.

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* ManChild: Nemo first meets King Morpheus when he's while the king is playing with a toy train in a playroom atmosphere.

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* AdultChild: Nemo first meets King Morpheus when he's playing with a toy train in a playroom atmosphere.


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'''''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland''''' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the ComicStrip ''[[ComicStrip/LittleNemo Little Nemo In Slumberland]]'' by WinsorMcCay. In it, a young boy named Nemo travels to Slumberland in his dreams after receiving an invitation from Princess Camille. There he is trained to become the new prince. But, under the bad influence of the trickster clown Flip, Nemo inadvertently unleashes the Nightmare King, and has to save King Morpheus after he's kidnapped and taken to Nightmareland.

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'''''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland''''' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the ComicStrip ''[[ComicStrip/LittleNemo Little Nemo In Slumberland]]'' by WinsorMcCay.Creator/WinsorMcCay. In it, a young boy named Nemo travels to Slumberland in his dreams after receiving an invitation from Princess Camille. There he is trained to become the new prince. But, under the bad influence of the trickster clown Flip, Nemo inadvertently unleashes the Nightmare King, and has to save King Morpheus after he's kidnapped and taken to Nightmareland.
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* TheHeroesJourney: Follows it quite closely, actually.
* HerosWantRedheads

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* TheHeroesJourney: TheHerosJourney: Follows it quite closely, actually.
* HerosWantRedheadsHeroesWantRedheads
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* HeroesWantRedheads

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* HeroesWantRedheadsHerosWantRedheads
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* TheHeroesJourney: Follows it quite closely, actually.
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'''''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland''''' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the ComicStrips ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'' by WinsorMcCay. In it, a young boy named Nemo travels to Slumberland in his dreams after receiving an invitation from Princess Camille. There he is trained to become the new prince. But, under the bad influence of the trickster clown Flip, Nemo inadvertently unleashes the Nightmare King, and has to save King Morpheus after he's kidnapped and taken to Nightmareland.

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'''''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland''''' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the ComicStrips ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'' ComicStrip ''[[ComicStrip/LittleNemo Little Nemo In Slumberland]]'' by WinsorMcCay. In it, a young boy named Nemo travels to Slumberland in his dreams after receiving an invitation from Princess Camille. There he is trained to become the new prince. But, under the bad influence of the trickster clown Flip, Nemo inadvertently unleashes the Nightmare King, and has to save King Morpheus after he's kidnapped and taken to Nightmareland.
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** Princess Camille to Nemo: "Your underwear is rather cute."
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***Which also means they at least know what gender Bonbon is!

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Camille is actually King Morpheus\' daughter, but that does make her The Ugly Guys Hot Daughter


* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Professor Genius and Princess Camille, though he isn't "mad" per se.


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* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Princess Camille, daughter of King Morpheus, who looks rather old to be her father.
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Professor Genius and Princess Camille, though he isn't "mad" per se.

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* EverythingsNuttierWithSquirrels



* NuttySquirrel: Icarus



* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Icarus, the flying squirrel, in the film only.

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* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Icarus, the flying squirrel, in the film only.squirrel.
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'''''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland''''' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the ComicStrips ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'' by WinsorMcCay.

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'''''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland''''' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the ComicStrips ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'' by WinsorMcCay.
WinsorMcCay. In it, a young boy named Nemo travels to Slumberland in his dreams after receiving an invitation from Princess Camille. There he is trained to become the new prince. But, under the bad influence of the trickster clown Flip, Nemo inadvertently unleashes the Nightmare King, and has to save King Morpheus after he's kidnapped and taken to Nightmareland.
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It was produced in the late Eighties in Japan, where it was released in 1989 with limited release in the US. In 1992 a re-cut edition was released in the US. This film also served as the basis for ''Nemo'' and ''VideoGame/LittleNemoTheDreamMaster'', two {{Capcom}}-developed video games for the arcade and {{NES}}, respectively, in 1990. The latter ultimately became [[AdaptationDisplacement more well-known than the both the film and the comic itself.]]

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It was produced in the late Eighties by TokyoMovieShinsha in Japan, where it was released in 1989 with limited release in the US. In 1992 a re-cut edition was released in the US. This film also served as the basis for ''Nemo'' and ''VideoGame/LittleNemoTheDreamMaster'', two {{Capcom}}-developed video games for the arcade and {{NES}}, respectively, in 1990. The latter ultimately became [[AdaptationDisplacement more well-known than the both the film and the comic itself.]]
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* CigarChomper: Flip
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* MoodWhiplash: Nemo's dream at the beginning of the movie quickly becomes a nightmare. Also, when the Nightmare king invades Nemo's coronation ceremony and kidnaps the King.
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* AmbiguousGender: In the original comics, Bon Bon (also known as The Candy Kid) [[http://postcardcollector.org/forum/extensions/InlineImages/image.php?AttachmentID=3740 was male]]. In the movie... it's a little less clear. S/he's voiced by a female, but that's quite common for young male characters as well. The longer hair and pastel clothes mean nothing in this film. Fandom [[ViewerGenderConfusion tends to be split on this]] as well.

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* AmbiguousGender: In the original comics, Bon Bon (also known as The Candy Kid) [[http://postcardcollector.org/forum/extensions/InlineImages/image.php?AttachmentID=3740 org/forum/uploads/2011/02/Little%20Nemo%20-%201906-02-25-CandyKid.jpg was male]]. In the movie... it's a little less clear. S/he's voiced by a female, but that's quite common for young male characters as well. The longer hair and pastel clothes mean nothing in this film. Fandom [[ViewerGenderConfusion tends to be split on this]] as well.
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It was produced in the late Eighties in Japan, where it was released in 1989 with limited release in the US. In 1992 a re-cut edition was released in the US. This film also served as the basis for ''Nemo'' and ''Little Nemo: The Dream Master'', two {{Capcom}}-developed video games for the arcade and {{NES}}, respectively, in 1990. The latter ultimately became [[AdaptationDisplacement more well-known than the both the film and the comic itself.]]

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It was produced in the late Eighties in Japan, where it was released in 1989 with limited release in the US. In 1992 a re-cut edition was released in the US. This film also served as the basis for ''Nemo'' and ''Little Nemo: The Dream Master'', ''VideoGame/LittleNemoTheDreamMaster'', two {{Capcom}}-developed video games for the arcade and {{NES}}, respectively, in 1990. The latter ultimately became [[AdaptationDisplacement more well-known than the both the film and the comic itself.]]
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'''''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland''''' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the ComicStrips ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'' by WinsorMcCay.

It was produced in the late Eighties in Japan, where it was released in 1989 with limited release in the US. In 1992 a re-cut edition was released in the US. This film also served as the basis for ''Nemo'' and ''Little Nemo: The Dream Master'', two {{Capcom}}-developed video games for the arcade and {{NES}}, respectively, in 1990. The latter ultimately became [[AdaptationDisplacement more well-known than the both the film and the comic itself.]]
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!!''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* AccidentalPervert: Flip
* AdultChild: Nemo first meets King Morpheus when he's playing with a toy train in a playroom atmosphere.
* AmbiguousGender: In the original comics, Bon Bon (also known as The Candy Kid) [[http://postcardcollector.org/forum/extensions/InlineImages/image.php?AttachmentID=3740 was male]]. In the movie... it's a little less clear. S/he's voiced by a female, but that's quite common for young male characters as well. The longer hair and pastel clothes mean nothing in this film. Fandom [[ViewerGenderConfusion tends to be split on this]] as well.
* AmplifierArtifact: The Royal Scepter.
* BigGood: King Morpheus, who incidentally shares the name of another [[Film/TheMatrix Big Good]].
* BigNo: Many times, mostly by Nemo.
* ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou: Nemo sees people very similar in appearance and mannerisms to the characters he meets in Slumberland at the beginning when he goes to watch a circus parade.
* CanonForeigner: Professor Genius, who seems partly based on Dr. Pill from the comics though his appearance is different. Also, Icarus, Nightmareland and the Nightmare King are unique to the film.
* CatapultNightmare: Coupled with a BigNo. And it turns out to be a DreamWithinADream.
* CompressedAdaptation: It took Nemo months to finally reach the Princess in the comics, and yet in the film Nemo dreams everything that happens to him in Slumberland in a single night. Of course, doing a plot like the movie has as a weekly comic would probably translate to about one or two years worth of storyline.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Execution in Slumberland is carried out by firing the convicted into space from a giant cannon.
* CoolTrain: King Morpheus rides around in a toy one.
* CuteBruiser: Princess Camille, seen when she punches Flip straight in the jaw.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Princess Camille
* DisneyDeath: Nemo at the end.
* DreamWithinADream: Happens to Nemo twice. Both times he realizes he's still dreaming when, after waking up from a CatapultNightmare, he finds the Royal Scepter in his bed.
* EtTuBrute: Nemo breaks his promise not to open the Forbidden Door, releasing the Nightmare King and getting King Morpheus kidnapped.
* EverythingsNuttierWithSquirrels
* FantasyWorldMap: Flip is the only one who has a map of both Slumberland and Nightmareland. Not only that but he's also the only one who can understand it.
* FlatCharacter: Nemo is pretty much the blandest character in the movie. He's really not all that different from how he was in the comics, though.
* FunPersonified: Flip
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
** So, Princess Camille orders Nemo to her palace from his bed in order to become her "playmate"?
** Princess Camille to Nemo: "Your underwear is rather cute."
** The "sitting in a tree inside cloud/dandelion/cotton candy puffs with clothes strewn about" snippet is certainly worth mentioning, as Nemo and Camille would ''probably'' have had to have seen each other naked at some point for them to end up like that.
** Flip accidentally grabbing Camille's chest. See ThanksForTheMammary.
* HeroesWantRedheads
* HeroismIncentive: Nemo initially refuses to go with the Professor to Slumberland because [[GirlsHaveCooties the Princess being a girl makes him uneasy]]. But when he gets the Princess' gift of cookies, he gladly accepts the invitation.
* InsistentTerminology
** Nemo is '''NOT''' in his underwear. He's in his pajamas.
** And Icarus is ''not'' a rat.
* {{Jerkass}}: Flip
* LastMinuteHookup: Nemo and the Princess finally kiss at the end... too bad Nemo wakes up from his dream immediately afterward.
* MagicalIncantation: "Jazama Pajama! Pajama Jazama!!"
-->'''The Nightmare King:''' Ooo, pajamas do ''scare'' me so! Mwahahaha!
* MaleGaze: Flip eying and attempting to flirt with the obviously underage Princess Camille.
* MarshmallowHell: A dance teacher pushes Nemo into her buxom bosom, much to his dismay.
* {{Mordor}}: Nightmare Castle
* MustHaveNicotine: Flip continues to sneak cigars even after the princess banned him from smoking any.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The Boomps, who are "good goblins" and are just misunderstood by the other residents of Nightmareland.
* NiceHat: Both Flip and the Professor have nice top hats.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Nemo is the one who unleashes the Nightmare King, after Flip talks him into opening the forbidden door.
* NightmareSequence: Pretty much the whole second half of the movie, plus the first dream he has.
* OrWasItADream: A couple times Nemo wakes up in his bed, thinking that the whole adventure was a dream; only to find the Royal Scepter under the covers of his bed.
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: The Boomps.
* PajamaCladHero
* TheProfessor: Professor Genius
* TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation
* SayMyName: By Nemo most of the time, although Princess Camille does her share of it too.
* SceneryPorn: If you like Studio Ghibli's penchant for prettiness, you'll like this.
* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Slight variation. Flip and Nemo run between two rows of large pillars while being chased by guards.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Nightmare King was being imprisoned behind a giant door beneath Slumberland, and King Morpheus decides to entrust the only key that can open the door to Nemo.
* SealedWithAKiss
* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Icarus, the flying squirrel, in the film only.
* SpeechImpairedAnimal: Icarus
* StationaryWings: Icarus, the flying squirrel, who can hover and stay aloft while gesticulating wildly.
* TechnicolorDeath: [[spoiler:The Nightmare King's death is very colorful.]]
* ThanksForTheMammary: Flip accidentally grabs Princess Camille's breasts shortly after they rescue her from water goblins in Nightmareland and gets elbowed for it. Then again, she wasn't old enough to really have much in the way of breasts.
* ThroughHisStomach: Nemo initially doesn't care to meet Princess Camille... until Bon Bon presents the cookies she'd prepared as a gift for him, at which point he's all for it.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The movie seems pretty lighthearted and happy until the Nightmare King is unleashed.
* VillainProtagonist: Flip, somewhat.
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