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* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: The movie cannot seem to go five minutes without the characters breaking into a [[JukeboxMusical pop song]]. Sometimes these songs are appropriate to the plot ("Strange Magic" as a love duet), others seem to have been shoehorned in ("Bad Romance" as the fairy armies' marching song). Opinion is divided among viewers about whether this made the movie better or worse but the fact that several songs are repeated multiple times did not help matters with the latter group.
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-->'''Marianne''': ''Who's'' the beast?

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-->'''Marianne''': ''Who's'' the beast?beast?
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->"Got it! [[Main/TheEnd Tea Blend]]! Nailed it again!"\\
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: ZigZagged, from the paunchy and wizened but well-meaning Fairy King, to the beautiful and fundamentally good Marianne and Dawn, to [[spoiler: the heroic at heart Bog King,]] to Roland, who one of the prettiest members of the cast but easily the ugliest one on the inside.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: ZigZagged, from the paunchy and wizened but well-meaning Fairy King, to the beautiful and fundamentally good Marianne and Dawn, to [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the heroic at heart Bog King,]] to Roland, who one of the prettiest members of the cast but easily the ugliest one on the inside.



* CommonalityConnection: Marianne and [[spoiler: the Bog King]] bond over how much they hate love since both of them have had bad experiences.

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* CommonalityConnection: Marianne and [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the Bog King]] bond over how much they hate love since both of them have had bad experiences.



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* GladIThoughtOfIt: One of [[{{Jerkass}} Roland's]] minions suggests using a LovePotion which Roland's insulted by, since he thinks it implies he can't woo Princess Marianne successfully on his own. When he thinks of other ways to woo her, he "comes up with" the idea to use a love potion. He then tricks [[DoggedNiceGuy Sunny]] into coming up with the love potion idea and encourages him to make one.

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* GladIThoughtOfIt: One of [[{{Jerkass}} Roland's]] minions suggests using a LovePotion which Roland's insulted by, since he thinks it implies he can't woo Princess Marianne successfully on his own. When he thinks of other ways to woo her, he "comes up with" the idea to use a love potion. He then tricks [[DoggedNiceGuy Sunny]] into coming up with the love potion idea and encourages him to make one.
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* CompanyCrossReferences: Marianne is seen training with a sword while blindfolded, [[Film/ANewHope much like the hero from another a George Lucas film]].

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* CompanyCrossReferences: Marianne is seen training with a sword while blindfolded, [[Film/ANewHope much like the hero from another a George Lucas film]].

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* CompanyCrossReferences: Marianne is seen training with a sword while blindfolded, [[Film/ANewHope much like the hero from another a George Lucas film]].



* ShoutOut: Marianne is seen training with a sword while blindfolded, [[Film/ANewHope much like the hero from another a George Lucas film]].
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Created by Creator/GeorgeLucas and animated by Creator/LucasfilmAnimation in association with Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic, InspiredBy ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', and released by Creator/TouchstonePictures in 2015, this uniquely-styled animated feature tells the tale of a Fairy Princess, a Bog King, and a {{love potion}}.

This was the first Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} production to be released by Creator/{{Disney}} after the studio was sold by to them by Lucas. [[JukeboxMusical It does this through using as many pop songs as possible.]]

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Created by Creator/GeorgeLucas and animated by Creator/LucasfilmAnimation in association with Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic, InspiredBy ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', and released by Creator/TouchstonePictures in 2015, this uniquely-styled animated feature tells the tale of a Fairy Princess, a Bog King, and a {{love potion}}.

potion}}. [[JukeboxMusical It does this through using as many pop songs as possible.]]

This was the first Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} production to be released by Creator/{{Disney}} after the studio was sold by to them by Lucas. [[JukeboxMusical It does this through using as many pop songs as possible.]]
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Created by Creator/GeorgeLucas and animated by Lucasfilm Animation, InspiredBy ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', and released by Creator/TouchstonePictures in 2015, this uniquely-styled animated feature tells the tale of a Fairy Princess, a Bog King, and a {{love potion}}.

[[JukeboxMusical It does this through using as many pop songs as possible.]]

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Created by Creator/GeorgeLucas and animated by Lucasfilm Animation, Creator/LucasfilmAnimation in association with Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic, InspiredBy ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', and released by Creator/TouchstonePictures in 2015, this uniquely-styled animated feature tells the tale of a Fairy Princess, a Bog King, and a {{love potion}}.

This was the first Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} production to be released by Creator/{{Disney}} after the studio was sold by to them by Lucas. [[JukeboxMusical It does this through using as many pop songs as possible.]]
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* ParentsSuckAtMatchmaking: At the very beginning of the movie [[ArrangedMarriage Dagda sets up Marianne to marry Roland]] who she is happily in love with, at least until [[TooDumbToLive she catches him cheating on her in broad daylight]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk from then on she sees what a selfish person he is]] and wants nothing to do with him let alone get married to him, something her father Dagda ends up agreeing with near the end of the film.
** Griselda keeps arranging girlfriends to her son Bog, at hopes of bringing love back to the goblin kingdom. He rejects all of them, but Griselda insists she won't give up. Fortunately, she approves when he falls in love with Marianne.
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* MythPrologue: The film starts with a map being opened on a table to show the Fairy Kingdom and the Dark Forest, "side by side, but worlds apart". The narrator explains that all along the border between the kingdoms, magic primroses bloom and that they are used to make love potions, because "everybody deserves to be loved". The camera approaches as it focuses on an animated lavender butterfly, then the map vanishes to show the title and then the real scenery appears, showing that the butterfly is Marianne, one of the main protagonists.
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* HeroVsVillainDuet: "C'mon Marianne/Stronger", as Roland tries to convince Marianne he didn't mean to cheat on her on their wedding day, while Marianne has seen through to his true, shady self.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Though understandably described as a "lizard", Lizzy seems to actually be a rare example of a tuatara in fiction.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: ZigZagged, from the paunchy and wizened but well-meaning Fairy King, to the beautiful and fundamentally good Marianne and Dawn, to the [[spoiler: the heroic at heart Bog King,]] to Roland, who one of the prettiest members of the cast but easily the ugliest one on the inside.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: ZigZagged, from the paunchy and wizened but well-meaning Fairy King, to the beautiful and fundamentally good Marianne and Dawn, to the [[spoiler: the heroic at heart Bog King,]] to Roland, who one of the prettiest members of the cast but easily the ugliest one on the inside.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Roland cheating on Marianne right before their wedding in '' '''broad daylight.''' '' If he'd only waited a few hours, he'd have been king.

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* ChirpingCrickets: When Sunny tries to rally his fellow elves into saving [[spoiler:Dawn]], an onscreen cricket chirps awkwardly when no one joins in. It then [[EvenTheDogIsAshamed falls silent, hangs its head, and backs away]] when everyone stares at it.



* ChirpingCrickets: When Sunny tries to rally his fellow elves into saving [[spoiler:Dawn]], an onscreen cricket chirps awkwardly when no one joins in. It then [[EvenTheDogIsAshamed falls silent, hangs its head, and backs away]] when everyone stares at it.



* CommonalityConnection: Marianne and [[spoiler: the Bog King]] bond over how much they hate love since both of them have had bad experiences.



* CommonalityConnection: Marianne and [[spoiler: the Bog King]] bond over how much they hate love since both of them have had bad experiences.



* EnchantedForest: The Dark Forest, which is about as [[DarkIsEvil hostile and scary as you'd expect]], being home to the goblins. [[spoiler:The Bog King shows Marianne [[DarkIsNotEvil the beauty of the forest]] during their duet.]]
* EliteMooks: Among the goblins, there seems to be several subspecies, one of which is significantly bigger and brawnier than the others.

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* EliteMooks: Among the goblins, there seems to be several subspecies, one of which is significantly bigger and brawnier than the others.
* EnchantedForest: The Dark Forest, which is about as [[DarkIsEvil hostile and scary as you'd expect]], being home to the goblins. [[spoiler:The Bog King shows Marianne [[DarkIsNotEvil the beauty of the forest]] during their duet.]]
* EliteMooks: Among the goblins, there seems to be several subspecies, one of which is significantly bigger and brawnier than the others.
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* SickeninglySweethearts: The love potion causes those afflicted with it to sing sappy love songs while kissing and cuddling the first person they see. This disgusts the goblins.



* SickeninglySweethearts: The love potion causes those afflicted with it to sing sappy love songs while kissing and cuddling the first person they see. This disgusts the goblins.



* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Roland is described by his former fiancé as a cheating, power-hungry scumbag but he successfully convinced a large number of people that he was not to blame for the canceled wedding.


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** Marianne and [[spoiler:The Bog King's]] duet [[JukeBoxMusical Strange Magic]] is full of these from when Marianne first entered [[TheLostWoods the Dark Forest]]. The various features of the forest that frightened her then are shown to be harmless or even beautiful.

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** Marianne and [[spoiler:The Bog King's]] duet [[JukeBoxMusical Strange Magic]] is full of these from when Marianne first entered [[TheLostWoods [[EnchantedForest the Dark Forest]]. The various features of the forest that frightened her then are shown to be harmless or even beautiful.



* EnchantedForest: The Dark Forest, which is about as [[DarkIsEvil hostile and scary as you'd expect]], being home to the goblins. [[spoiler:The Bog King shows Marianne [[DarkIsNotEvil the beauty of the forest]] during their duet.]]



* TheLostWoods: The Dark Forest, which is about as [[DarkIsEvil hostile and scary as you'd expect]], being home to the goblins. [[spoiler:The Bog King shows Marianne [[DarkIsNotEvil the beauty of the forest]] during their duet.]]
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* GossipEvolution: The Dark Forest mushrooms provide intel to the Bog King but since they are immobile, they have to whisper it mushroom to mushroom until it gets to a goblin; somewhere along the line, it gets nonsensical. Possibly subverted in the post-credits scene, when the mushrooms all roll their eyes and seethe with frustration at Thang getting the whisper wrong, implying that we've only been hearing the messages get mangled because [[Cloudcuckoolander Thang's been the one saying them aloud]].

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* GossipEvolution: The Dark Forest mushrooms provide intel to the Bog King but since they are immobile, they have to whisper it mushroom to mushroom until it gets to a goblin; somewhere along the line, it gets nonsensical. Possibly subverted in the post-credits scene, when the mushrooms all roll their eyes and seethe with frustration at Thang getting the whisper wrong, implying that we've only been hearing the messages get mangled because [[Cloudcuckoolander [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Thang's been the one saying them aloud]].
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* GossipEvolution: The Dark Forest mushrooms provide intel to the Bog King but since they are immobile, they have to whisper it mushroom to mushroom until it gets to a goblin. Somewhere along the line, it gets nonsensical.

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* GossipEvolution: The Dark Forest mushrooms provide intel to the Bog King but since they are immobile, they have to whisper it mushroom to mushroom until it gets to a goblin. Somewhere goblin; somewhere along the line, it gets nonsensical.nonsensical. Possibly subverted in the post-credits scene, when the mushrooms all roll their eyes and seethe with frustration at Thang getting the whisper wrong, implying that we've only been hearing the messages get mangled because [[Cloudcuckoolander Thang's been the one saying them aloud]].
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* NotSoDifferent: Marianne and [[spoiler:the Bog King]] quickly realize how similar they are: sword fighting hobby, annoying matchmaking parents, strongly against the idea of love [[spoiler:due to both of them being spurned by their first love.]] It quickly leads to [[spoiler:BirdsOfAFeather.]]

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