History WesternAnimation / FernGullyTheLastRainforest

If there were a Holy Trinity of {{Anvilicious}} children's animation of the early '90s, it would consist of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue''... and ''[=FernGully=]''.

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* AnimationBump: ''[=FernGully=]'' was done by a number of Asian, American and European studios, led by Kroyer Films; while neither Creator/WangFilmProductions or Creator/HanhoHeungUp were strangers to film by this point (having also worked together on ''[[Franchise/CareBears The Care Bears Movie]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/RoverDangerfield'')[[note]]Wang also worked on other films like ''Film/{{Tron}}'', ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s Pound Puppies: Legend of Big Paw]]'' and the second ''Care Bears'' movie; Hanho on ''WesternAnimation/StarchaserTheLegendOfOrin'' and ''ComicBook/WhenTheWindBlows'', as well as Ink & Paint and camera for a tech demo by Kroyer[[/note]], and Creator/LukFilm was the oldest out of all of them (albeit mostly in the colorization business), {{Saerom}} had not yet worked on a movie, and then-unknown outside of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' Creator/RoughDraftStudios was only about a year old at the time of the film's release, so it was definitely a challenge for both of them. Several other firms like Dutch company A. Film and American-based Creator/AvailableLightProductions, Creator/PacificTitle and Creator/TheHowardAndersonCompany helped out.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: NostalgiaCritic and NostalgiaChick's review of the first movie was where this trope originated from. As Nostalgia Chick coined it during the goanna's song, taking inspiration from a scene in AllDogsGoToHeaven

* AnimationBump: ''[=FernGully=]'' was done by a number of Asian, American and European studios, led by Kroyer Films; while neither WangFilmProductions or Creator/HanhoHeungUp were strangers to film by this point (having also worked together on ''[[Franchise/CareBears The Care Bears Movie]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/RoverDangerfield'')[[note]]Wang also worked on other films like ''Film/{{Tron}}'', ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s Pound Puppies: Legend of Big Paw]]'' and the second ''Care Bears'' movie; Hanho on ''WesternAnimation/StarchaserTheLegendOfOrin'' and ''ComicBook/WhenTheWindBlows'', as well as Ink & Paint and camera for a tech demo by Kroyer[[/note]], and Creator/LukFilm was the oldest out of all of them (albeit mostly in the colorization business), {{Saerom}} had not yet worked on a movie, and then-unknown outside of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' Creator/RoughDraftStudios was only about a year old at the time of the film's release, so it was definitely a challenge for both of them. Several other firms like Dutch company A. Film and American-based Creator/AvailableLightProductions, Creator/PacificTitle and Creator/TheHowardAndersonCompany helped out.

* LargeHam: Hexxus. TimCurry was enjoying himself immensely. Batty Koda also gets some hammy moments because... hell, it's Robin freakin' Williams. The man is ''made'' of ham.

** Batty is too small. He's definitely a fruit bat. But why is he only slightly taller than the fairies/Zak, who seem to be only a few inches tall at best? Flying Foxes are the largest bats in the ''world''. With wingspans up to ''six feet wide''. Even if you take into account possible stunted growth that's small.
*** Furthermore, he says his "radar's all shut up", but fruit bats can't echolocate.

* AnimationBump: ''[=FernGully=]'' was done by a number of Asian, American and European studios, led by Kroyer Films; while neither WangFilmProductions or Creator/HanhoHeungUp were strangers to film by this point (having also worked together on ''[[Franchise/CareBears The Care Bears Movie]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/RoverDangerfield'')[[note]]Wang also worked on other films like ''Film/{{Tron}}'', ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s Pound Puppies: Legend of Big Paw]]'' and the second ''Care Bears'' movie; Hanho on ''WesternAnimation/StarchaserTheLegendOfOrin'' and ''WhenTheWindBlows'', as well as Ink & Paint and camera for a tech demo by Kroyer[[/note]], and Creator/LukFilm was the oldest out of all of them (albeit mostly in the colorization business), {{Saerom}} had not yet worked on a movie, and then-unknown outside of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' Creator/RoughDraftStudios was only about a year old at the time of the film's release, so it was definitely a challenge for both of them. Several other firms like Dutch company A. Film and American-based Creator/AvailableLightProductions, Creator/PacificTitle and Creator/TheHowardAndersonCompany helped out.

* TheGrimReaper: Hexxus' true form seems to be a giant burning skeleton with a clock of tar. He's specifically mentioned to be the ancient embodiment of destruction, but it wouldn't take a leap of faith to infer that Hexxus' purpose is to bring about [[OmnicidalManiac the end of life itself]].

* HopeSpot: Zigzagged. After Zak succeeds in turning off the human's logging machine, Hexxus chokes from the lack of pollution (oh, the irony) and withers away. It seems the fight is over, but then he regenerates into an even stronger form that's essentially TheGrimReaper made of fire and tar.

** For all the times the first movie tries to show nature as beautiful and humans as destructive, the true villain of the film wasn't the humans, or even something created by them, but a living being who's polluting the forest so he can eat. [[KryptoniteFactor Life is literally toxic to him]], and pollution is his only sustenance. So basically, in a movie about how wonderful nature is, they made the bad guy a natural being whose nature is to feed on nature itself.
** Then again, the first movie makes it clear that nature consists of a balance of creation and destruction. A little destruction is okay as long as it's tempered with creation. Hexxuss is a problem because he's an OmnicidalManiac that wants to wipe out all life with a pollution WorldWreckingWave to create his own VillainWorld. The film also never claims that humans are destructive per se, just greedy, thoughtless, and/or short-sighted, which can lead to [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom unwittingly]] causing more destruction than the world can recover from.

** The little-known [[{{Sequelitis}} direct-to-video sequel]], ''Ferngully: The Magic Rescue'' follows the tradition by including one of these musical numbers. In it, the Fairies ride a roller coaster (?!) and sing a song. The song goes, "[[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry We're having fun! We're having fun!]] We're having [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment funner than the funnest fun!!!]]" (This should succinctly tell you ''everything'' you need to know about the sequel.)

* TheOtherDarrin: ''Everyone'' was recast for the sequel. Bizarrely, only one of the replacement voice actors (Matt K. Miller as Batty) has [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers any]] [[TenchiMuyo roles]] [[MaskedRider whatsoever]] outside this film.

** Batty's is too small. He's definitely a fruit bat. But why is he only slightly taller than the fairies/Zak, who seem to be only a few inches tall at best? Flying Foxes are the largest bats in the ''world''. With wingspans up to ''six feet wide''. Even if you take into account possible stunted growth that's small.

** Batty's size is rather inconsistent. He's definitely a fruit bat. But why is he only slightly taller than the fairies/Zak, who seem to be only a few inches tall at best? Flying Foxes are the largest bats in the ''world''. With wingspans up to ''six feet wide''. Even if you take into account possible stunted growth that's small.

** The sequel is even worse - he goes from a few inches taller than the faries, to about the size of a baby wombat, to big enough to carry a human child. And back again.

* CreatorCameo: One of the workers that reports to the Leveler, the one that says "Finito, good buddy," is the director Bill Kroyer.

** In the sequel it's truly broken - a forest fire burns down a large part of the rainforest. The fairies set to work fixing it, and by the time the heroes return triumphant, things are almost back to normal.
** For all the times the first movie tries to show nature as beautiful and humans as destructive, the true villain of the film wasn't the humans, or even something created by them, but a living being who's pollutiing the forest so he can eat. [[KryptoniteFactor Life is literally toxic to him]], and pollution is his only sustenance. So basically, in a movie about how wonderful nature is, they made the bad guy a natural being whose nature is to feed on nature itself.

* OneWingedAngel: After Hexxus' power source from human pollution is disconnected his smoke form dissipitates, and it momentarily seems like he's defeated. Then he harnasses his own power and transforms into a giant, black, cloacked skeleton made out of fire and tar. It's hinted to be his real form, as it's glimpsed earlier in the film during his VillainSong.

** For all the times the first movie tries to show nature as beautiful and humans as destructive, the true villain of the film wasn't the humans, or even something created by them, but a living being who's pollutiing the forest so he can eat.[[KryptoniteFactor Life is literally toxic to him]], and pollution is his only sustenance. So basically, in a movie about how wonderful nature is, they made the bad guy a natural being whose nature is to feed on nature itself.