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''David Copperfield'' is a ''very'' loose 1993 AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/CharlesDickens' famous literary masterpiece. It stars Julian Lennon as both the speaking and singing voice of its protagonist.
Like the novel it was based on, the film starts with David's birth in Blunderstone, England in 1820. His great-aunt Betsey takes great offence to his being born a boy and storms out, but David's mother and their faithful servant Peggotty dote on him. David (nicknamed "Davey") grows up happy, but his mother is frail and feels they need someone to take care of them. So she marries the wealthy but blackhearted cheese merchant, Edward Murdstone who wastes no time sending Davey to work as a slave in his cheese factory. Now, it's up to Davey to escape Murdstone and his dim-witted partner Grimby and save not just his mother but the other orphans that have been taken by Murdstone. Oh yeah, and there's a giant vulture mixed in there somewhere too.
Like the novel it was based on, the film starts with David's birth in Blunderstone, England in 1820. His great-aunt Betsey takes great offence to his being born a boy and storms out, but David's mother and their faithful servant Peggotty dote on him. David (nicknamed "Davey") grows up happy, but his mother is frail and feels they need someone to take care of them. So she marries the wealthy but blackhearted cheese merchant, Edward Murdstone who wastes no time sending Davey to work as a slave in his cheese factory. Now, it's up to Davey to escape Murdstone and his dim-witted partner Grimby and save not just his mother but the other orphans that have been taken by Murdstone. Oh yeah, and there's a giant vulture mixed in there somewhere too.
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''David Copperfield'' is a ''very'' loose 1993 AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/CharlesDickens' famous literary masterpiece. It stars Julian Lennon as both the speaking and singing voice of its protagonist.
Like the novel it was based on, the film starts with David's birth in Blunderstone, England in 1820. His great-aunt Betsey takes great offence to his being borna boy male and storms out, but David's mother and their faithful servant Peggotty dote on him. David (nicknamed "Davey") grows up happy, but his mother is frail and feels they need someone to take care of them. So she marries the wealthy but blackhearted cheese merchant, Edward Murdstone who wastes no time sending Davey to work as a slave in his cheese factory. Now, it's up to Davey to escape Murdstone and his dim-witted partner minion Grimby and save not just his mother but the other orphans that have been taken abducted by Murdstone. Oh yeah, and there's a giant vulture mixed in there somewhere too.
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It was made for and first broadcast on Creator/{{NBC}} during the holiday season and is now available on DVD from Creator/GoodTimesEntertainment.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Clara Copperfield in the novel is more akin to a {{manchild}}. In the 1993 movie, however, her childish qualities are toned down and her only childish trait that remains is the FatalFlaw of her being too trusting in others.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Clara Copperfield in the novel is more akin to a {{manchild}}. In the 1993 movie, film, however, her childish qualities are toned down and her only childish trait that remains is the FatalFlaw of her being too trusting in others.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Thanks in part to adapting out a lot of the story, Murdstone takes a bigger stage in being a villain, taking all the 90's cartoon movie villain traits like [[YouKilledMyFather murdering the parents]] and getting a final battle. In the book he is horrified at Clara's death, rather than actively trying to encourage it.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Thanks in part to adapting out a lot of the story, Murdstone takes a bigger stage in being a villain, taking all the 90's cartoon movie villain traits like [[YouKilledMyFather murdering the parents]] and getting a final battle. In the book book, he is horrified at Clara's death, rather than actively trying to encourage it.
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* AnimatedMusicalAnimatedMusical: The film features nine songs composed by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, the songwriting duo behind ''Film/PetesDragon''.
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* DisappearedDad: Mr. Copperfield dies before Davey is born.
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* FatBastard: Grimby is overweight and the second worst villain in the movie.
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* KilledOffForReal: Clara dies halfway through the movie.
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* LeanAndMean: The main villain is a very skinny guy.
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* KilledOffForReal: Clara dies halfway through the movie.
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* LeanAndMean: The main villain isa very skinny guy.skinny.
* LeanAndMean: The main villain is
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* SpiritualSuccessor: As an adaptation of a classic story told with anthropomorphic animals with a lion playing the role of the main antagonist, this is for all intents and purposes a spiritual successor to ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood.''
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* SpiritualSuccessor: As an adaptation of a classic story told with anthropomorphic animals with a lion playing the role of the main antagonist, this is for all intents and purposes a spiritual successor to ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood.''''WesternAnimation/RobinHood''.
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* VillainSong: "Welcome To My Warehouse" sung by Murdstone [[RunningGag (and Grimby).]]
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* VillainSong: "Welcome To to My Warehouse" sung by Murdstone [[RunningGag (and Grimby).]]Grimby)]].
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the novel, Grimby's name is Grinby.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the novel, Grimby's name is Grinby. It is unknown if this was an intentional name change or if it was a misspelling that was never corrected.
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* SpirutualSuccessor: As an adaptation of a classic story told with anthropomorphic animals with a lion playing the role of the main antagonist, this is for all intents and purposes a spiritual successor to ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood.''
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* SpirutualSuccessor: SpiritualSuccessor: As an adaptation of a classic story told with anthropomorphic animals with a lion playing the role of the main antagonist, this is for all intents and purposes a spiritual successor to ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood.''
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* SpirutualSuccessor: As an adaptation of a classic story told with anthropomorphic animals with a lion playing the role of the main antagonist, this is for all intents and purposes a spiritual successor to ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood.''
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* FesteringFungus: The "Moldies"; workers in Murdstone's factory who were exposed to a failed experiment to create a "cheeseless cheese" that then went moldy. Whoever touches the mold is enveloped in a thick crust of fungal yuck, to the point they almost look like {{Blob Monster}}s. Worse? They're ''contagious'', so Murdstone keeps them locked up in the basement and uses them as a threat to keep his workers in line; disobey, and join the Moldies.
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* LightEmUp: [[spoiler:It turns out that sunlight can kill the mold that creates the Moldies, so at the film's climax, the former fungus-coated freaks are restored to normal when they are allowed to bathe in the sunlight after years in darkness.]]
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* TakeThat: The "Moldies" were a failed attempt by Murdstone to invent "a kind of cheeseless cheese", which is clearly a jab at "spray cheese".
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* WantedASonInstead: Gender-flipped; great-aunt Betsey wanted a grand-niece and came loaded with presents for such... when she learns she got a grand-nephew instead, she sings a musical number literally titled "I Hate Boys" and storms out. She does regret this behavior when she meets the older David, though.
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* AdaptationalKarma: Murdstone gets his just desserts in this version.
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* AdaptedOut: Tons, since the novel is such a doorstopper and a lot of it wouldn't be considered suitable for young children. Peggotty's family is gone, Dora, Steerforth's entire plotline, Murdstone's sister, etc.
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* AdaptedOut: Tons, since the novel is such a doorstopper and a lot of it wouldn't be considered suitable for young children. Peggotty's family is gone, Dora, Uriah Heep, Steerforth's entire plotline, Murdstone's sister, etc.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Thanks in part to adapting out a lot of the story, Murdstone takes a bigger stage in being a villain, taking all the 90's cartoon movie villain traits like [[YouKilledMyFather murdering the parents]] and getting a final battle.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Thanks in part to adapting out a lot of the story, Murdstone takes a bigger stage in being a villain, taking all the 90's cartoon movie villain traits like [[YouKilledMyFather murdering the parents]] and getting a final battle. In the book he is horrified at Clara's death, rather than actively trying to encourage it.
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* DoesNotLikeMen: Aunt Bestey. She even has a song about it. She gets better later and even seems to be developing an interest in Agnes' father.
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* DoesNotLikeMen: Aunt Bestey.Betsey. She even has a song about it. She gets better later and even seems to be developing an interest in Agnes' father.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Clara, who ignores her son's warnings that she shouldn't marry [[ObviouslyEvil Murdstone]].
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Clara Copperfield in the novel is more akin to a {{manchild}}. In the 1993 movie, however, her childish qualities are toned down and her only childish trait that remains is the FatalFlaw of her being too trusting in others.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Thanks in part to adapting out a lot of the story, Murdstone takes a bigger stage in being a villain, taking all the 90's cartoon movie villain traits like [[YouKilledMyFather murdering the parents]] and getting a final battle.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Thanks in part to adapting out a lot of the story, Murdstone takes a bigger stage in being a villain, taking all the 90's cartoon movie villain traits like [[YouKilledMyFather murdering the parents]] and getting a final battle.
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** In fact, ''all'' of Murdstone's security {{Mooks}} are rats.
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Like the novel it was based on, the film starts with David's birth in Blunderstone, England in 1820. His great-aunt Betsey takes great offence to his being born a boy and storms out, but David's mother and their faithful servant Peggotty dote on him. David (nicknamed "Davey") grows up happy, but his mother is frail and feels they need someone to take care of them. So she marries the wealthy but blackhearted cheese merchant, Mr. Murdstone who wastes no time sending Davey to work as a slave in his cheese factory. Now, it's up to Davey to escape Murdstone and his dim-witted partner Grimby and save not just his mother but the other orphans that have been taken by Murdstone. Oh yeah, and there's a giant vulture mixed in there somewhere too.
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Like the novel it was based on, the film starts with David's birth in Blunderstone, England in 1820. His great-aunt Betsey takes great offence to his being born a boy and storms out, but David's mother and their faithful servant Peggotty dote on him. David (nicknamed "Davey") grows up happy, but his mother is frail and feels they need someone to take care of them. So she marries the wealthy but blackhearted cheese merchant, Mr. Edward Murdstone who wastes no time sending Davey to work as a slave in his cheese factory. Now, it's up to Davey to escape Murdstone and his dim-witted partner Grimby and save not just his mother but the other orphans that have been taken by Murdstone. Oh yeah, and there's a giant vulture mixed in there somewhere too.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: An odd example: the characters all wear full outfits of clothes but losing them and going half-dressed doesn't seem to be a big deal. A lot of the orphans only have hats or scarves and Davey even spends most of the movie without his ''pants''.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: An odd example: the characters all wear [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal full outfits of clothes clothes]] but losing them and going half-dressed doesn't seem to be a big deal. A lot of the orphans only have hats or scarves and Davey even spends most of the movie without his ''pants''.
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* YouDirtyRat: Grimby is a rat who's a villainous DirtyCoward.
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* YouDirtyRat: Grimby is a rat who's a villainous DirtyCoward.DirtyCoward.
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* FatBastard: Grimby is overweight and the second worst villain in the movie.
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* LeanAndMean: The main villain is a very skinny guy.
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* TheDreaded: The Cheese Monster is this to Murdstone's workers.
* FatAndSkinny: Grimby and Murdstone.
* FatAndSkinny: Grimby and Murdstone.
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: The Cheese Monster betrays Murdstone after she overhears he's going to cook her as a meal for his guards.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Murdstone's factory is a death trap even by Victorian standards. Justified since he's too much of a greedy creep to bother with safety measures.
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* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the "in name only" kind.
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* AnimatedMusical
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Agnes has blonde ringlets and is a very good person.
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* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: An example. There are no humans and even the few non-anthropomorphisized animals talk.
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* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: An example. There are no humans and even the few non-anthropomorphisized animals talk.talk.
* YouDirtyRat: Grimby is a rat who's a villainous DirtyCoward.
* YouDirtyRat: Grimby is a rat who's a villainous DirtyCoward.
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* BlackWidow: Murdstone is a rare male example: he marries Clara for her money then refuses to let her see a doctor til it's too late to treat her IncurableCoughOfDeath.
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* ActionGirl: Aunt Betsey proves to be one in the climax when she leads an army of police to arrest Murdstone.
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* KilledOffForReal: Clara dies halfway through the movie.
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Like the novel it was based on, the film starts with David's birth in Blunderstone, England in 1820. His great-aunt Betsey takes great offence to his being born a boy and storms out, but David's mother and their faithful servant Peggotty dote on him. David grows up happy, but his mother is frail and feels they need someone to take care of them. So she marries the wealthy but blackhearted cheese merchant, Mr. Murdstone who wastes no time sending David to work as a slave in his cheese factory. Now, it's up to David to escape Murdstone and his dim-witted partner Grimby and save not just his mother but the other orphans that have been taken by Murdstone. Oh yeah, and there's a giant vulture mixed in there somewhere too.
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Like the novel it was based on, the film starts with David's birth in Blunderstone, England in 1820. His great-aunt Betsey takes great offence to his being born a boy and storms out, but David's mother and their faithful servant Peggotty dote on him. David (nicknamed "Davey") grows up happy, but his mother is frail and feels they need someone to take care of them. So she marries the wealthy but blackhearted cheese merchant, Mr. Murdstone who wastes no time sending David Davey to work as a slave in his cheese factory. Now, it's up to David Davey to escape Murdstone and his dim-witted partner Grimby and save not just his mother but the other orphans that have been taken by Murdstone. Oh yeah, and there's a giant vulture mixed in there somewhere too.
* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: An odd example: the characters all wear full outfits of clothes but losing them and going half-dressed doesn't seem to be a big deal. A lot of the orphans only have hats or scarves and Davey even spends most of the movie without his ''pants''.
* AdaptedOut: Tons, since the novel is such a doorstopper and a lot of it wouldn't be considered suitable for young children. Peggotty's family is gone, Dora, Steerforth's entire plotline, Murdstone's sister, etc.
* AdaptedOut: Tons, since the novel is such a doorstopper and a lot of it wouldn't be considered suitable for young children. Peggotty's family is gone, Dora, Steerforth's entire plotline, Murdstone's sister, etc.
* DisappearedDad: Mr. Copperfield dies before Davey is born.
* DisneyAcidSequence: The songs "Imagination" and the reprise of "Is There Anyone?" are both set to bizarre visuals that come out of nowhere.
* DisneyAcidSequence: The songs "Imagination" and the reprise of "Is There Anyone?" are both set to bizarre visuals that come out of nowhere.
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* VillainSong: "Welcome To My Warehouse" sung by Murdstone [[RunningGag (and Grimby).]]
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* VillainSong: "Welcome To My Warehouse" sung by Murdstone [[RunningGag (and Grimby).]]]]
* WickedStepmother: Murdstone is an evil step''father''.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: An example. There are no humans and even the few non-anthropomorphisized animals talk.
* WickedStepmother: Murdstone is an evil step''father''.
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'''''David Copperfield''''' is a ''very'' loose 1993 AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/CharlesDickens' famous literary masterpiece.
Like the novel it was based on, the film starts with David's birth in Blunderstone, England in 1820. His great-aunt Betsey takes great offence to his being born a boy and storms out, but David's mother and their faithful servant Peggotty dote on him. David grows up happy, but his mother is frail and feels they need someone to take care of them. So she marries the wealthy but blackhearted cheese merchant, Mr. Murdstone who wastes no time sending David to work as a slave in his cheese factory. Now, it's up to David to escape Murdstone and his dim-witted partner Grimby and save not just his mother but the other orphans that have been taken by Murdstone. Oh yeah, and there's a giant vulture mixed in there somewhere too.
Did we mention David is an anthropomorphic cat in this version?
As you can probably tell, "loose adaptation" doesn't quite do it justice.
It was made for and first broadcast on NBC during the holiday season and is now available on DVD from GoodTimes Entertainment.
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!!The fim provides examples of the following tropes:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Grimby is one for Peggotty.
* BadBoss: Murdstone kidnaps orphans to work in his cheese factory and then treats them as actual slaves.
* CatsAreMean: Averted for David and his mother. Played straight for Murdstone.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Aunt Bestey. She even has a song about it. She gets better later and even seems to be developing an interest in Agnes' father.
* VillainSong: "Welcome To My Warehouse" sung by Murdstone [[RunningGag (and Grimby).]]
Like the novel it was based on, the film starts with David's birth in Blunderstone, England in 1820. His great-aunt Betsey takes great offence to his being born a boy and storms out, but David's mother and their faithful servant Peggotty dote on him. David grows up happy, but his mother is frail and feels they need someone to take care of them. So she marries the wealthy but blackhearted cheese merchant, Mr. Murdstone who wastes no time sending David to work as a slave in his cheese factory. Now, it's up to David to escape Murdstone and his dim-witted partner Grimby and save not just his mother but the other orphans that have been taken by Murdstone. Oh yeah, and there's a giant vulture mixed in there somewhere too.
Did we mention David is an anthropomorphic cat in this version?
As you can probably tell, "loose adaptation" doesn't quite do it justice.
It was made for and first broadcast on NBC during the holiday season and is now available on DVD from GoodTimes Entertainment.
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!!The fim provides examples of the following tropes:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Grimby is one for Peggotty.
* BadBoss: Murdstone kidnaps orphans to work in his cheese factory and then treats them as actual slaves.
* CatsAreMean: Averted for David and his mother. Played straight for Murdstone.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Aunt Bestey. She even has a song about it. She gets better later and even seems to be developing an interest in Agnes' father.
* VillainSong: "Welcome To My Warehouse" sung by Murdstone [[RunningGag (and Grimby).]]