History WesternAnimation / Delgo

* BrokenAesop: The movie has an PrejudiceAesop with Delgo being shown as wrong for thinking Nohrin are all evil. However, Lockni and Nohrin end up uniting to fight the real threat: AlwaysChaoticEvil the Ando, thus implying that Delgo's [[DarthWiki/WarpThatAesop real problem was hating the wrong race]].

* MundaneMadeAwesome: The voting scene. Levitating rocks is just more visually-engaging than having council members say "aye" or "nay".

* SmoochOfVictory: [[spoiler:The last scene, followed by an immediate cut to credits.]]

* PositiveDiscrimination: Played with. The climactic battle is sparked when King Zahn declares war on the Lokni, believing them to have his daughter. The Lochni, meanwhile, are clearly portrayed as fighting out of concern for their people. ''Played with'', mind you, because an earlier scene shows Lokni villagers starting a small riot against Nohrin villagers.

* NiceHat: Filo sports a nifty cap.

* TheBigDamnKiss: Right before the credits.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Okay, Delgo, here's the sitch: you're in melee with Sedessa's main Ando henchman. He's got two feet and a few hundred pounds on you, he's got a warhammer that weighs as much as you, and by sheer stroke of luck you've managed to loop your pickax through his nose, pointing its payload of telekinetic phlebotinum right between his eyes. What do you do?
** Answer: [[spoiler: Jump away from the guy like an idiot and wait until it's knocked loose, tele-retrieve it, then ''wave the light in his eyes'' until he cracks the crystal.]] Way to go!

* NiceHat: Filo, considering his scrappy status, at least has the decency to sport a nifty cap.
* NoFlowInCGI: The characters have pointy hair, or no hair at all, and mostly wear pants. Work began in 1999, and it was released in 2008, and this is the result. By then CGI had the swing of things for years. Again, it was released in 2008, the same year that Kung Fu Panda was released, and that had CGI at least twenty times better than what is seen here.

* RebelliousPrincess: Well, marginally rebellious.

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Embraced while averting TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn.
* TimeShiftedActor: Delgo.

* HollywoodTactics: So, your species has higher tech than the other guys ''and'' you can fly. That's pretty good, right? Bad news: the other guys have powerful psychics and, presumably, because they're land-bound, are able to wear much sturdier armor than you. So, what do you do? [[WhatAnIdiot Hover one foot above the ground in thick swarms and engage the foe at melee range, conspicuously ignoring the psions.]] At least the effects are more or less what you'd expect.

* PunchClockVillain: Outside of Prando, the Ando are depicted as ordinary, if slightly Dim witted folk who don't seem to realize the implications of Sedessa's plans.

* BrokenAesop: Two civilizations learn that they shouldn't fight each other... and then they team up to fight the army of Sedessa, monstrous beings known as the Ando.

* DamselInDistress: Kyla is captured by Sedessa so that she can sever her wings and set up another war with the Lochni and Nohrin.

->''"In the land of Jhamora, the humble Lockni lived in peace. Far away, lost in the clouds, the land of the winged Nohrin grew barren, depleted of essential resources. Concerned for his people, the Nohrin king sent scouts to find a new home. The Nohrin king vowed not to leave until the last of his people had safely resettled. He sent Sedessa, his ambitious younger sister to govern the Nohrin in the new land. Time passed and tensions rose as the Nohrin sought more land. Finally, the Lockni would give no more. Hatred, once stirred took on a life of its own."''

* AerithAndBob: You have names like "Delgo," "Filo," "Raius," and "Zahn," side-by-side with "Kyla" and "Marley."

The story is set in the land of Jhamora, where a group of lizard-people called the Lockni allow a group of displaced dragonfly-people called the Nohrin to settle on their lands. The Lockni immediately regret this decision when a power-hungry Nohrin named Sedessa (Anne Bancroft in her last performance) tries to enslave them. Sedessa is exiled but returns fifteen years later, bent on conquest and with an army of ogre-like monsters called Ando backing her up. It's up to Delgo, the telekinetic son of one of Sedessa's victims, and a cast of colorful side characters to stop her.

* BrokenAesop: An anti-war story. Two civilizations learn that they shouldn't fight each other... and then they team up to fight the army of Sedessa, monstrous beings known as the Ando.

* MultipleDemographicAppeal: A case study in why you shouldn't try to invoke this deliberately unless you're damn sure what you're doing (and even then, think twice). The plot and themes are a little too heavy for really little kids; on the other hand, Filo and the scene mentioned above under "AllAnimalsAreDogs" could only have been intended for really little kids.

* SceneryPorn: The biggest praise the film tends to get is the imaginative world and beautiful environments. A couple of the monsters and bits of fantasy tech are cool, too. But it's not much and you'd think that a movie from 2008 would have had more to admire.

* SaveTheVillain: Delgo saves Sedessa from falling to her death. When she attempts to kill him anyway, Kyla finishes her off.

* Villains Want Mercy: Sadessa begs to be saved when she is hanging on for her life.

* NoFlowInCGI: The characters have pointy hair, or no hair at all, and mostly wear pants. Work began in 1999, and it was released in 2008, and this is the result. TWO THOUSAND FUCKING EIGHT! By then CGI had the swing of things for years. Again, it was released in 2008, the same year that Kung Fu Panda was released, and that had CGI at least twenty times better than what is seen here.

* BrokenAesop: An anti-war story. Two civilizations learn that they shouldn't fight each other... and then they team up to fight the armies of trolls, goblins and other monsters. Moreover, the fact that the monsters are AlwaysChaoticEvil severely undermines the anti-bigotry message.

* MadScientist: Complete with the EvilLaugh. He gets a little [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik-esque]] battle pod, too.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Okay, Delgo, here's the sitch: you're in melee with a reptile-ogre... thingy... he's got two feet and a few hundred pounds on you, he's got a warhammer that weighs as much as you, and by sheer stroke of luck you've managed to loop your pickax through his nose, pointing its payload of telekinetic phlebotinum right between his eyes. What do you do?
** Answer: [[spoiler: Jump away from the ogre like an idiot and wait until it's knocked loose, tele-retrieve it, then ''wave the light in his eyes'' until he cracks the crystal.]] Way to go!

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Sedessa is not only racist towards the Lochni, but she also happens to be a warmonger.

* TimeShiftedActor: Delgo

* {{Irony}}: The whole fact that [[Film/{{Avatar}} the most successful movie of all time]] and what used to be the least successful have such similar plots.