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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Aerial cube.
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* NiceHat: The hero's plain black bowler. The golden one is not so nice.
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* ManInWhite: The Infant is clad in a white bodysuit (the same outfit that the Child in ''Saltimbanco'' wears).
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* BookEnds: A blue and yellow aurora borealis illuminating a starry sky.[[note]]Blue and yellow are Cirque's signature colors; most of their tents are striped in this way.[[/note]]

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* BookEnds: A blue and yellow aurora borealis illuminating a starry sky.[[note]]Blue and yellow are Cirque's Cirque du Soleil's signature colors; most of their tents are striped in this way.[[/note]]colors.[[/note]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The Narrator looks out at and addresses the audience directly for the film's closing line.



* FriendToAllChildren: The protagonist, in the end. It turns out that he's recounting his experiences to some of them (as well as the audience) as they prepare to embark on their own journies.

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* FriendToAllChildren: The protagonist, in the end. It turns out that he's recounting his experiences to some of them (as ([[BreakingTheFourthWall as well as the audience) audience]]) as they prepare to embark on their own journies.



* NamelessNarrative: No characters have proper names, mostly because there isn't any real-world language dialogue between them.



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* SingingSimlishSingingSimlish: The film's soundtrack, though as noted above the CD included an English-language version of one song.

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* BookEnds: A blue and yellow aurora borealis illuminating a starry sky.[[note]]Blue and yellow are Cirque's signature colors; most of their tents are striped in this way.[[/note]]
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* Gestation - Taiko drums, ''{{Mystere}}''

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* Gestation - Taiko drums, ''{{Mystere}}''''Theatre/{{Mystere}}''
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* GrowingUpSucks: Zig-zagged. The protagonist is excited as he matures from Child to Adolescent to Young Man, as he becomes independent and able to shape his destiny...but he leaves his faithful guardians behind in the process, and eventually his adult longing for love leads to him becoming a chilly Middle-Aged Man who has no joy, wonder, or friends. In the end, he chooses to embrace his childhood ideals once more [[spoiler: and thus reaches true maturity, becoming a loving Old Man who can guide others]]. Growing up doesn't suck...but one has to know what growing up truly means, namely learning and growing into an independent person without abandoning all ideals and connections with others.

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* GrowingUpSucks: Zig-zagged. The protagonist is excited as he matures from Child to Adolescent Youth to Young Man, as he becomes independent and able to shape his destiny...but he leaves his faithful guardians behind in the process, and eventually his adult longing for love leads to him becoming a chilly Middle-Aged Man who has no joy, wonder, or friends. In the end, he chooses to embrace his childhood ideals once more [[spoiler: and thus reaches true maturity, becoming a loving Old Man who can guide others]]. Growing up doesn't suck...but one has to know what growing up truly means, namely learning and growing into an independent person without abandoning all ideals and connections with others.



* ThePowerOfLove: It is altruistic love (born of respect and compassion for others) that brings the protagonist around and is declared the greatest of the three keys to fulfilling life's journey.

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* ThePowerOfLove: It is altruistic love (born love, born of respect and compassion for others) others, that brings the protagonist around and is declared the greatest of the three keys to fulfilling life's journey.
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* Young Man - Statue [hand-to-hand], ''{{Quidam}}''

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* Young Man - Statue [hand-to-hand], ''{{Quidam}}''''Theatre/{{Quidam}}''
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* PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The final shot takes place just as the sun is beginning to rise; panning up to the remains of the clear, starry night sky, the drifting blue and yellow aurora borealis seen at the start of the film appears again up there.

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* PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The final shot takes place just as the sun is beginning to rise; panning up to the remains of the clear, starry night sky, the drifting blue and yellow aurora borealis seen at the start of the film appears again up there.there -- symbolizing both a happy ending (the protagonist has found personal fulfillment...) and a happy beginning (...and will now guide others towards their own destinies).
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* PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The final shot takes place just as the sun is beginning to rise; panning up to the remains of the clear, starry night sky, the drifting blue and yellow aurora borealis seen at the start of the film appears again up there.
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* GrowingUpSucks: Zig-zagged. The protagonist is excited as he matures from Child to Adolescent to Young Man, as he becomes independent and able to shape his destiny...but he leaves his faithful guardians behind in the process, and eventually his adult longing for love leads to him becoming a chilly Middle-Aged Man who has no joy, wonder, or friends. In the end, he chooses to embrace his childhood ideals once more [[spoiler: and thus reaches true maturity, becoming a loving Old Man who can guide others]]. Growing up doesn't suck...but one has to know what growing up truly means, namely learning and growing into an independent person without abandoning all ideals and connections with others.
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* PaddleballShot: While the [=IMAX=] 3D format is used primarily to give the film a look and feel of grandeur and envelopment, there are toss-things-in-the-viewer's face shots too: the first sight of a bungee "bird" is shot from the hero's POV as it descends to within inches of his/the viewer's face, for instance.
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* OvernightAgeUp: This effects the transformation of [[spoiler: the Middle-Aged Man into the Old Man]], with the twist that [[spoiler: he doesn't feel old, as love redeeming him also gives him back his youthful spirit]].
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* SceneryPorn: CirqueDuSoleil + scenes shot primarily on location rather than in a studio (save for the opening segment in the cave) + [=IMAX=] + [=3D=] = this.

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* SceneryPorn: CirqueDuSoleil Creator/CirqueDuSoleil + scenes shot primarily on location rather than in a studio (save for the opening segment in the cave) + [=IMAX=] + [=3D=] = this.
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''CirqueDuSoleil: Journey of Man'' is an IMAX 3D short (39 minutes) from 2000.

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''CirqueDuSoleil: ''Creator/CirqueDuSoleil: Journey of Man'' is an IMAX 3D short (39 minutes) from 2000.
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* ShooOutTheClowns: The Flounes literally vanish into thin air after the aerial cube segment, representing TheEveryman starting to forget his roots. [[spoiler: They return at the end.]]
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* SameLanguageDub: For the closing scenes that have the protagonist actually speaking onscreen, the performer playing him has his voice dubbed over with Ian [=McKellan=]'s (down to the gasps of delight when [[spoiler: he's reunited with the Flounes]]). The filmmakers were able to get away with this because [=McKellan=] wasn't yet a household name when it was made -- the first ''Film/XMen'' movie opened a few months after this hit theaters -- so most viewers wouldn't have realized this trope was in effect.

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* SameLanguageDub: For the closing scenes that have the protagonist actually speaking onscreen, the performer playing him has his voice dubbed over with Ian [=McKellan=]'s [=McKellen=]'s (down to the gasps of delight when [[spoiler: he's reunited with the Flounes]]). The filmmakers were able to get away with this because [=McKellan=] [=McKellen=] wasn't yet a household name when it was made -- the first ''Film/XMen'' ''[[Film/XMen1 X-Men]]'' movie opened a few months after this hit theaters -- so most viewers wouldn't have realized this trope was in effect.
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** Agape: He becomes [[spoiler: The Old Man]] whose unconditionally loving heart makes him a FriendToAllChildren.
* FriendToAllChildren: As it turns out, [[spoiler: the Old Man.]]

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** Agape: He becomes [[spoiler: The Old Man]] whose a man with an unconditionally loving heart makes him a FriendToAllChildren.
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* FriendToAllChildren: As it The protagonist, in the end. It turns out, [[spoiler: out that he's recounting his experiences to some of them (as well as the Old Man.]]audience) as they prepare to embark on their own journies.

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** Eros: The Young Man realizes he wants to be loved via witnessing the statue act (performed by a man and a woman), triggering his DealWithTheDevil. The deal leads him ''away'' from it, however, and it takes...

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** Storge: The Flounes serve as The Child's first friends, parental figures, and constant companions. Unfortunately, as he becomes an Adolescent, he leaves them behind. [[spoiler: They return at the end, when he achieves Agape.]]
** Eros: The Young Man realizes he wants to be loved via witnessing the statue act (performed by a man and a woman), triggering his DealWithTheDevil. The deal leads him ''away'' away from it, however, ''all'' love, however...
** Phileo: The Middle-aged Man is reminded of what he left behind when the Vagabond Girl offers friendship (and his old hat) to him,
and it takes...the banquine performers are a demonstration of friendship's strength and power. Reaching an epiphany...

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* TheFourLoves: Explored.
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** Eros: The Young Man realizes he wants to be loved via witnessing the statue act (performed by a man and a woman), triggering his DealWithTheDevil. The deal leads him ''away'' from it, however, and it takes...
** Agape: He becomes [[spoiler: The Old Man]] whose unconditionally loving heart makes him a FriendToAllChildren.



* IJustWantToBeLoved: The Young Man realizes this is his wish via witnessing the statue act (performed by a man and a woman), triggering his DealWithTheDevil. In the end, his epiphany in middle age leads him [[spoiler: to embodying unconditional love and respect for others. He now wants ''to love'' and does so]].

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* TheEveryman

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* TheEverymanTheEveryman: Our hero.



* IJustWantToBeLoved: The Young Man realizes this is his wish via witnessing the statue act (performed by a man and a woman), triggering his DealWithTheDevil. In the end, his epiphany in middle age leads him [[spoiler: not simply to romantic love, but to embodying unconditional love and respect for others]].

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* IJustWantToBeLoved: The Young Man realizes this is his wish via witnessing the statue act (performed by a man and a woman), triggering his DealWithTheDevil. In the end, his epiphany in middle age leads him [[spoiler: not simply to romantic love, but to embodying unconditional love and respect for others]].others. He now wants ''to love'' and does so]].



* SilenceIsGolden: There's no English dialogue -- just linking narration that transitions into a monologue in the final scene.



* VanillaEdition: The [=DVD=]; even though the film had two trailers and a promotional short -- the latter appeared on the [=VHS=] release! -- they weren't included on the disc despite ''tons'' of space, owing to the film's brevity.

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* VanillaEdition: The [=DVD=]; [=DVD=] and Blu-Ray editions; even though the film had two trailers and a promotional short -- the latter appeared on the [=VHS=] release! -- they weren't they're never included on the disc despite ''tons'' of available space, owing to the film's brevity.

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* SceneryPorn: CirqueDuSoleil + [=IMAX=] + [=3D=] = this.

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* SameLanguageDub: For the closing scenes that have the protagonist actually speaking onscreen, the performer playing him has his voice dubbed over with Ian [=McKellan=]'s (down to the gasps of delight when [[spoiler: he's reunited with the Flounes]]). The filmmakers were able to get away with this because [=McKellan=] wasn't yet a household name when it was made -- the first ''Film/XMen'' movie opened a few months after this hit theaters -- so most viewers wouldn't have realized this trope was in effect.
* SceneryPorn: CirqueDuSoleil + scenes shot primarily on location rather than in a studio (save for the opening segment in the cave) + [=IMAX=] + [=3D=] = this.
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* RealLifeRelative: The Young Man is played by the son of [[spoiler: the Old Man]].
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* RewrittenPopVersion: The end credits music, taken from an act in ''[=~"O"~=]'', is in [[Main/SingingSimlish Simlish]]; the pop version that appeared on the soundtrack album replaced this with newly-written English lyrics.

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* RewrittenPopVersion: The end credits music, taken from an act in ''[=~"O"~=]'', ''"O"'', is in [[Main/SingingSimlish Simlish]]; the pop version that appeared on the soundtrack album replaced this with newly-written English lyrics.



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