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* BirdPoopGag: The seagull pooping on the whaling captaink, which got cut from the English dub.

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* BirdPoopGag: The seagull pooping on the whaling captaink, captain, which got cut from the English dub.


A mildly obscure movie, animated in Denmark in [[TheEighties 1984]], ''Samson And Sally'' is a ComingOfAgeStory centering around a young, white sperm whale named Samson. He and his herd live their lives in the Arctic Ocean, eating [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods octopuses]], hiding from the Iron Beasts (whaling ships) who hunt them, and dealing with the destruction that [[HumansAreBastards mankind]] wreaks on their ocean. Shortly after a run-in with one Iron Beast, the herd comes across an orphaned whale named Sally, who they take in. The two young whales grow closer, eventually leading to a FallingInLoveMontage. Shortly afterwards, Samson leaves the herd to search for his hero, the legendary white whale, Literature/MobyDick. Based on the much darker novel "The Song of the Whales" by Bent Haller.

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A mildly obscure movie, animated in Denmark in [[TheEighties 1984]], ''Samson And Sally'' is a ComingOfAgeStory centering around a young, white sperm whale named Samson. He and his herd live their lives in the Arctic Ocean, eating [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods octopuses]], octopuses, hiding from the Iron Beasts (whaling ships) who hunt them, and dealing with the destruction that [[HumansAreBastards mankind]] wreaks on their ocean. Shortly after a run-in with one Iron Beast, the herd comes across an orphaned whale named Sally, who they take in. The two young whales grow closer, eventually leading to a FallingInLoveMontage. Shortly afterwards, Samson leaves the herd to search for his hero, the legendary white whale, Literature/MobyDick. Based on the much darker novel "The Song of the Whales" by Bent Haller.
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* LetsMeetTheMeat: During the {{BLAM}}, one of the walruses comes across a can of sardines, who dance down his arm and dive into his mouth.

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* LetsMeetTheMeat: During the {{BLAM}}, [=BLAM=], one of the walruses comes across a can of sardines, who dance down his arm and dive into his mouth.
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* HumansAreMorons: As said by [[spoiler:Moby Dick]], "Mankind is not vicious, mankind is stupid!"

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* HumansAreMorons: As said by [[spoiler:Moby Dick]], "Mankind "[[HanlonsRazor Mankind is not vicious, mankind is stupid!"stupid!]]"
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* BirdPoopGag: The seagull pooping on the whaling captaink, which got cut from the English dub.
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* BittersweetEnding: Over all [[spoiler:has a happy ending for Samson, who ends up with a family of his own. But he feels let down by his idol who wasn't able to help him, and its implied humanity is done for]]

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* BittersweetEnding: Over all [[spoiler:has a happy ending for Samson, who ends up with a family of his own. But he feels let down by his idol who wasn't able to help him, and its it's implied humanity is done for]]

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* BittersweetEnding

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* BittersweetEndingBittersweetEnding: Over all [[spoiler:has a happy ending for Samson, who ends up with a family of his own. But he feels let down by his idol who wasn't able to help him, and its implied humanity is done for]]


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* CarnivoresAreMean: Downplayed. The main character is a sperm whale, which are active hunters, although mainly of small fish and cephalopods, and they aren't depicted as being mean. Killer Whales are treated more like ravenous monsters than animals, although they are more than willing to hunt whales themselves.
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* ArtStyleDissonance: On and off. For the most part the style is appropriate to the story, but the characters will also make exaggerated movements more reminiscent of a Saturday morning cartoon. Between that and a number of odd scenes, it's safe to say that this movie had some pretty strange art direction
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* RuinsOfTheModernAge: [[spoiler:A sunken New York City]]. Doubles as scenery porn.

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* RuinsOfTheModernAge: [[spoiler:A sunken New York City]]. Doubles as scenery porn.SceneryPorn.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The pod's leader (presumably Samson's father, though this is never confirmed) speaks in a stern, no-nonsense tone most of the time, but everything he says and does helps to ensure the pod's survival.
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-->'''Samson''': I miss Sally so much! I wonder if I'll ever see her again.

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-->'''Samson''': I miss Sally [Sally] so much! I wonder if I'll ever see her again.
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* [[spoiler:AfterTheEnd: It's implied throughout the movie that mankind is on its last leg and has stopped trying to protect the environment.]]

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* [[spoiler:AfterTheEnd: It's AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:It's implied throughout the movie that mankind is on its last leg and has stopped trying to protect the environment.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Samson does indeed find Moby Dick and is disappointed that his idol is old and tired and unable to help except to procide some sage advice.

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* BrokenPedestal: Samson does indeed find Moby Dick and is disappointed that his idol is old and tired and unable to help except to procide provide some sage advice.
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-->''Samson'': I miss Sally so much! I wonder if I'll ever see her again.
-->''Seagull'': I'm sure you won't... unless you keep your eyes and ears open!

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-->''Samson'': -->'''Samson''': I miss Sally so much! I wonder if I'll ever see her again.
-->''Seagull'': -->'''Seagull''': I'm sure you won't... unless you keep your eyes and ears open!
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* BrokenPedestal: Samson does indeed find Moby Dick and is disappointed that his idol is old and tired and unable to help except to procide some sage advice.


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* DeadpanSnarker: The seagull, though he means well and helps Samson escape a whaler. He even provides some sage advice mixed in with the snark.
-->''Samson'': I miss Sally so much! I wonder if I'll ever see her again.
-->''Seagull'': I'm sure you won't... unless you keep your eyes and ears open!
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Samson and Sally's FallingInLoveMontage involves lots of cuddling, nipping, and tail pulling, and ends with Sally pushing Samson behind a rock. A heart drifts up from behind the rock and proceeds to swell larger and larger, beating faster and faster, before finally bursting. The next scene opens on a sunny day, a blissfully sleeping Samson, and a knowing-eyed Sally. Honestly, if it weren't for the ages of both whales, it wouldn't be ambiguous at all.

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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Samson and Sally's FallingInLoveMontage involves lots of cuddling, nipping, and tail pulling, and ends with Sally pushing Samson behind a rock. A heart drifts up from behind the rock and proceeds to swell larger and larger, beating faster and faster, before finally bursting. The next scene opens on a sunny day, a blissfully sleeping Samson, and a knowing-eyed Sally. Honestly, if it weren't for the ages of both whales, it wouldn't be ambiguous at all.
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Samson and Sally's FallingInLoveMontage involves lots of cuddling, nipping, and tail pulling, and ends with Sally pushing Samson behind a rock. A heart drifts up from behind the rock and proceeds to swell larger and larger, beating faster and faster, before finally bursting. The next scene opens on a sunny day, a blissfully sleeping Samson, and a knowing-eyed Sally. Honestly, if it weren't for the ages of both whales, it wouldn't be ambiguous at all.
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A mildly obscure movie, animated in Denmark in [[TheEighties 1984]], ''Samson And Sally'' is a ComingOfAgeStory centering around a young white whale named Samson. He and his herd live their lives in the Arctic Ocean, eating [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods octopuses]], hiding from the Iron Beasts (whaling ships) who hunt them, and dealing with the destruction that [[HumansAreBastards mankind]] wreaks on their ocean. Shortly after a run-in with one Iron Beast, the herd comes across an orphaned whale named Sally, who they take in. The two young whales grow closer, eventually leading to a FallingInLoveMontage. Shortly afterwards, Samson leaves the herd to search for his hero, the legendary white whale, Literature/MobyDick. Based on the much darker novel "The Song of the Whales" by Bent Haller.

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A mildly obscure movie, animated in Denmark in [[TheEighties 1984]], ''Samson And Sally'' is a ComingOfAgeStory centering around a young young, white sperm whale named Samson. He and his herd live their lives in the Arctic Ocean, eating [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods octopuses]], hiding from the Iron Beasts (whaling ships) who hunt them, and dealing with the destruction that [[HumansAreBastards mankind]] wreaks on their ocean. Shortly after a run-in with one Iron Beast, the herd comes across an orphaned whale named Sally, who they take in. The two young whales grow closer, eventually leading to a FallingInLoveMontage. Shortly afterwards, Samson leaves the herd to search for his hero, the legendary white whale, Literature/MobyDick. Based on the much darker novel "The Song of the Whales" by Bent Haller.
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A mildly obscure movie, animated in Denmark in [[TheEighties 1984]], ''Samson And Sally'' is a ComingOfAgeStory centering around a young white whale named Samson. He and his herd live their lives in the Arctic Ocean, eating [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods octopuses]], hiding from the Iron Beasts (whaling ships) who hunt them, and dealing with the destruction that [[HumansAreBastards mankind]] wreaks on their ocean. Shortly after a run-in with one Iron Beast, the herd comes across an orphaned whale named Sally, who they take in. The two young whales grow closer, eventually leading to a FallingInLoveMontage. Shortly afterwards, Samson leaves the herd to search for his hero, the legendary white whale, Literature/MobyDick.

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A mildly obscure movie, animated in Denmark in [[TheEighties 1984]], ''Samson And Sally'' is a ComingOfAgeStory centering around a young white whale named Samson. He and his herd live their lives in the Arctic Ocean, eating [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods octopuses]], hiding from the Iron Beasts (whaling ships) who hunt them, and dealing with the destruction that [[HumansAreBastards mankind]] wreaks on their ocean. Shortly after a run-in with one Iron Beast, the herd comes across an orphaned whale named Sally, who they take in. The two young whales grow closer, eventually leading to a FallingInLoveMontage. Shortly afterwards, Samson leaves the herd to search for his hero, the legendary white whale, Literature/MobyDick.
Literature/MobyDick. Based on the much darker novel "The Song of the Whales" by Bent Haller.

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* UnderwaterRuins: [[spoiler:Atlantis, a.k.a. a Sunken New York]]

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* UnderwaterRuins: [[spoiler:Atlantis, [[spoiler:The City Man Built, a.k.a. a Sunken New York]]York]]
** Altantis is given an offhand mention while the titular characters are exploring and see what they think may be ruins. The don't bother going for a closer look.
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* AtlantisIsBoring: Pretty much averted. Lots of interesting events occur in this movie. On the other hand, while "The City Man Built" (a sunken New York City) is not uninteresting, it seems to be devoid of much life aside from [[spoiler: the aging Moby Dick]].
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A mildly obscure movie, animated in Denmark in [[TheEighties 1984]], ''SamsonAndSally'' is a ComingOfAgeStory centering around a young white whale named Samson. He and his herd live their lives in the Arctic Ocean, eating [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods octopuses]], hiding from the Iron Beasts (whaling ships) who hunt them, and dealing with the destruction that [[HumansAreBastards mankind]] wreaks on their ocean. Shortly after a run-in with one Iron Beast, the herd comes across an orphaned whale named Sally, who they take in. The two young whales grow closer, eventually leading to a FallingInLoveMontage. Shortly afterwards, Samson leaves the herd to search for his hero, the legendary white whale, Literature/MobyDick.

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A mildly obscure movie, animated in Denmark in [[TheEighties 1984]], ''SamsonAndSally'' ''Samson And Sally'' is a ComingOfAgeStory centering around a young white whale named Samson. He and his herd live their lives in the Arctic Ocean, eating [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods octopuses]], hiding from the Iron Beasts (whaling ships) who hunt them, and dealing with the destruction that [[HumansAreBastards mankind]] wreaks on their ocean. Shortly after a run-in with one Iron Beast, the herd comes across an orphaned whale named Sally, who they take in. The two young whales grow closer, eventually leading to a FallingInLoveMontage. Shortly afterwards, Samson leaves the herd to search for his hero, the legendary white whale, Literature/MobyDick.
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A mildly obscure movie, animated in Denmark in [[TheEighties 1984]], ''SamsonAndSally'' is a ComingOfAgeStory centering around a young white whale named Samson. He and his herd live their lives in the Arctic Ocean, eating [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods octopuses]], hiding from the Iron Beasts (whaling ships) who hunt them, and dealing with the destruction that [[HumansAreBastards mankind]] wreaks on their ocean. Shortly after a run-in with one Iron Beast, the herd comes across an orphaned whale named Sally, who they take in. The two young whales grow closer, eventually leading to a FallingInLoveMontage. Shortly afterwards, Samson leaves the herd to search for his hero, the legendary white whale, MobyDick.

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A mildly obscure movie, animated in Denmark in [[TheEighties 1984]], ''SamsonAndSally'' is a ComingOfAgeStory centering around a young white whale named Samson. He and his herd live their lives in the Arctic Ocean, eating [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods octopuses]], hiding from the Iron Beasts (whaling ships) who hunt them, and dealing with the destruction that [[HumansAreBastards mankind]] wreaks on their ocean. Shortly after a run-in with one Iron Beast, the herd comes across an orphaned whale named Sally, who they take in. The two young whales grow closer, eventually leading to a FallingInLoveMontage. Shortly afterwards, Samson leaves the herd to search for his hero, the legendary white whale, MobyDick.
Literature/MobyDick.
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* SunkenCity: New York and others.
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* [[spoiler: AfterTheEnd: It's implied throughout the movie that mankind is on its last leg and has stopped trying to protect the environment.]]

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* [[spoiler: AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:AfterTheEnd: It's implied throughout the movie that mankind is on its last leg and has stopped trying to protect the environment.]]



* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler: Samsom's mother death is juxtaposed directly with Samson and Sally's FallingInLoveMontage.]]

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* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler: Samsom's [[spoiler:Samson's mother death is juxtaposed directly with Samson and Sally's FallingInLoveMontage.]]



* ParentalAbandonment: Both of Sally's parents are dead before the movie begins, [[spoiler: and Samson's mother dies in the movie.]]

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* ParentalAbandonment: Both of Sally's parents are dead before the movie begins, [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and Samson's mother dies in the movie.]]



* RuinsOfTheModernAge: [[spoiler: a sunken New York City]]. Doubles as scenery porn.

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* RuinsOfTheModernAge: [[spoiler: a [[spoiler:A sunken New York City]]. Doubles as scenery porn.



* UnderwaterRuins: [[spoiler: Atlantis, a.k.a. a Sunken New York]]

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* UnderwaterRuins: [[spoiler: Atlantis, [[spoiler:Atlantis, a.k.a. a Sunken New York]]
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* BadassBoast: Sampson claims to be able to destroy an iron beast with a single strike from his tail.

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* BadassBoast: Sampson Samson claims to be able to destroy an iron beast with a single strike from his tail.
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* HongKongDub: The English dub, in several scenes.
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A mildly obscure movie, animated in Denmark in [[TheEighties 1984]], ''SamsonAndSally'' is a ComingOfAgeStory centering around a young white whale named Samson. He and his herd live their lives in the Arctic Ocean, eating [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods octopuses]], hiding from the Iron Beasts (whaling ships) who hunt them, and dealing with the destruction that [[HumansAreBastards mankind]] wreaks on their ocean. Shortly after a run-in with one Iron Beast, the herd comes across an orphaned whale named Sally, who they take in. The two young whales grow closer, eventually leading to a FallingInLoveMontage. Shortly afterwards, Samson leaves the herd to search for his hero, the legendary white whale, MobyDick.

!!This film provides examples of:

* [[spoiler: AfterTheEnd: It's implied throughout the movie that mankind is on its last leg and has stopped trying to protect the environment.]]
* AllMythsAreTrue: Though they might not be quite how they're described. [[spoiler: Moby Dick is an old, decrepit whale, living in Atlantis, which is apparently a sunken New York City.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: The last scene of the movie shows adult Samson and Sally defending their baby from killer whales.
* BadassBoast: Sampson claims to be able to destroy an iron beast with a single strike from his tail.
* BittersweetEnding
* ComingOfAgeStory
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Initially, Samson hates eating octopuses. It ends up being a phase, though.
* FallingInLoveMontage
* GreenAesop: It's pretty apparent. Along with the usual 'save the whales' aesop, we get one about the environment.
* HumansAreBastards: Over the movie, the whales have to deal with two oil spills, radiation dumping, and whalers.
* HumansAreCthulhu: They're also one of the only things that can kill a whale.
* HumansAreMorons: As said by [[spoiler:Moby Dick]], "Mankind is not vicious, mankind is stupid!"
* LetsMeetTheMeat: During the {{BLAM}}, one of the walruses comes across a can of sardines, who dance down his arm and dive into his mouth.
* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler: Samsom's mother death is juxtaposed directly with Samson and Sally's FallingInLoveMontage.]]
* NoNameGiven: Samson, Sally, and Moby Dick are the only characters whose names are mentioned.
* ParentalAbandonment: Both of Sally's parents are dead before the movie begins, [[spoiler: and Samson's mother dies in the movie.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: [[NoNameGiven The Seagull]], also a DeadpanSnarker
* RuinsOfTheModernAge: [[spoiler: a sunken New York City]]. Doubles as scenery porn.
* [[ShesAManInJapan She's A Man In English]]: In the English dub, Samson's mother is given a deep, clearly male voice in her first scenes. This effectively turns her into a new, unnamed character whose relation to Samson is uncertain.
* SpaghettiKiss: Done with an octopus tentacle
* UnderwaterRuins: [[spoiler: Atlantis, a.k.a. a Sunken New York]]
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