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''The Electric Piper'' is a 2003 Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} television movie that's essentially an animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed because their parents are too uptight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamlin, finally getting the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
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''The Electric Piper'' is a 2003 Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} television movie that's essentially an animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': ''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed because their parents are too uptight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamlin, finally getting the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
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'''Sly:''' Yeah, I guess I do.
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* AnAesop: Janice brings up that while Sly has done a lot with his music playing, it's not a substitute for actually doing things for real.
-->'''Janice:''' Mick wanted to make real music. For real people. I want to see the real world. Real life...it's something you don't want to miss. You know what I mean?\\
-->'''Janice:''' Mick wanted to make real music. For real people. I want to see the real world. Real life...it's something you don't want to miss. You know what I mean?\\
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It was originally aired once and then remained lost for over ten years, after which a miracle happened; in August 2016, someone contacted an anonymous Nickelodeon employee who happened to have salvaged a copy of the film. It wasn't long before the film sprouted all over Website/YouTube, although chances are slim it'll air on Nick again.
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It was originally aired once and then remained lost for over ten years, after which a miracle happened; in August 2016, someone contacted an anonymous Nickelodeon employee who happened to have salvaged a copy of the film. It wasn't long before the film sprouted all over Website/YouTube, although chances are slim it'll air on Nick again.
again. However it aired on Nick Canada's Pluto TV service on their "nickmovies" channel on March 19, 2023, marking it the first time in over 20 years where The Electric Piper re-aired on an official Nickelodeon channel.
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''The Electric Piper'' is a 2003 Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} television movie that's essentially an animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed because their parents are too uptight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamelin, finally getting the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
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''The Electric Piper'' is a 2003 Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} television movie that's essentially an animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed because their parents are too uptight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamelin, Hamlin, finally getting the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Sly made the adults in Hamelin age and he did try to keep the kids from leaving, but he admits that he didn't want Mick to die and even brings him back to life.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Sly made the adults in Hamelin Hameln age and he did try to keep the kids from leaving, but he admits that he didn't want Mick to die and even brings him back to life.
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* RapidAging: What happens to the adults of Hamlin after Sly takes their children.
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* RapidAging: What happens to the adults of Hamlin Hamlein after Sly takes their children.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The opening song, "You're Entering Hamlin". It's a happy tune that sounds like something you'd hear out of a travel commercial, coupled with footage of the CrapsackWorld Hamelin is.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The opening song, "You're Entering Hamlin".Hamelin". It's a happy tune that sounds like something you'd hear out of a travel commercial, coupled with footage of the CrapsackWorld Hamelin is.
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''The Electric Piper'' is a 2003 Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} television movie that's essentially an animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed because their parents are too uptight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamlin, finally getting the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
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''The Electric Piper'' is a 2003 Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} television movie that's essentially an animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed because their parents are too uptight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamlin, Hamelin, finally getting the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Sly made the adults in Hameln age and he did try to keep the kids from leaving, but he admits that he didn't want Mick to die and even brings him back to life.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Sly made the adults in Hameln Hamelin age and he did try to keep the kids from leaving, but he admits that he didn't want Mick to die and even brings him back to life.
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''The Electric Piper'' is a 2003 Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} television movie that's essentially an animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed, because their parents are too up tight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamlin, which finally gets the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
After he sends away the rats, however, the mayor refuses to give up the Harley. In retaliations, Sly convinces the town children to live with him in his cavern.
After he sends away the rats, however, the mayor refuses to give up the Harley. In retaliations, Sly convinces the town children to live with him in his cavern.
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''The Electric Piper'' is a 2003 Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} television movie that's essentially an animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed, noticed because their parents are too up tight.uptight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamlin, which finally gets getting the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
After he sends away the rats, however, the mayor refuses to give up the Harley. Inretaliations, retaliation, Sly convinces the town children to live with him in his cavern.
After he sends away the rats, however, the mayor refuses to give up the Harley. In
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Sly, as glimpsed in "I'm Gonna Climb the Mountain". His parents were neglectful and cold and he lived in near-poverty, so he left at the first opportunity. It's also why he wants to make a new family with the children of Hamlin since Mayor Dixon was just like his own father.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Sly, as glimpsed in "I'm Gonna Climb the Mountain". His parents were neglectful and cold and he lived in near-poverty, near poverty, so he left at the first opportunity. It's also why he wants to make a new family with the children of Hamlin since Mayor Dixon was just like his own father.
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* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: It's a retelling of The Pied Piper, what do you expect? They do come back to Hamlin by the end of the film, though and they go off with him by their own free will.
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* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: It's a retelling of The Pied Piper, what do you expect? They do come back to Hamlin by the end of the film, though and they go off with him by of their own free will.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Janice is outgoing, dreams of having a career and traveling the world while Mick is shy and more musically inclined.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Janice is outgoing, and dreams of having a career and traveling the world while Mick is shy and more musically inclined.
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* MusicalThemeNaming: Mick and Janis are named after Mick Jagger and Music/JanisJoplin respectively. Sly is possibly after Music/SlyStone, though he obviously doesn't resemble him.
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* MusicalThemeNaming: Mick and Janis are named after Mick Jagger and Music/JanisJoplin respectively. Sly is possibly after Music/SlyStone, though he obviously doesn't resemble him.
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* OpenMindedParent: Pat is a very downplayed version. She's more than willing to let her son take guitar lessons at a community center, while her husband is adamantly against it.
* ParentsAsPeople: All the parents, especially Nick and Pat (Mick and Janice's parents); they all genuinely want what's best for their children, but have become so overprotective and neglectful keeping a perfect small town that the kids feel ignored and decide to go with Sly. They get better by the end, fortunately.
* ParentsAsPeople: All the parents, especially Nick and Pat (Mick and Janice's parents); they all genuinely want what's best for their children, but have become so overprotective and neglectful keeping a perfect small town that the kids feel ignored and decide to go with Sly. They get better by the end, fortunately.
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* OpenMindedParent: Pat is a very significantly downplayed version. She's more than willing to let her son take guitar lessons at a community center, while her husband is adamantly against it.
* ParentsAsPeople: All the parents, especially Nick and Pat (Mick and Janice's parents); they all genuinely want what's best for their children, but have become so overprotective and neglectful in keeping a perfect small town that the kids feel ignored and decide to go with Sly. They get better by the end, fortunately.
* ParentsAsPeople: All the parents, especially Nick and Pat (Mick and Janice's parents); they all genuinely want what's best for their children, but have become so overprotective and neglectful in keeping a perfect small town that the kids feel ignored and decide to go with Sly. They get better by the end, fortunately.
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* PleaseWakeUp: Janice asks of this after she sees her brother drop into the chasm.
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* PleaseWakeUp: Janice asks of for this after she sees her brother drop into the chasm.
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* RhymesOnADime: Sly's speak pattern makes good work of this.
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* RhymesOnADime: Sly's speak speech pattern makes good work of this.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The opening song, "You're Entering Hamlin". Basically, it's a happy tune that sounds like something you'd hear out of a travel commercial, coupled with footage of the CrapsackWorld Hamlin is.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The opening song, "You're Entering Hamlin". Basically, it's It's a happy tune that sounds like something you'd hear out of a travel commercial, coupled with footage of the CrapsackWorld Hamlin Hamelin is.
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* WaxingLyrical: Many of the lines in the show are actually ripped off from lyrics. For example, when the kids leave Sly to go back to their parents, he mutters, "Alone again. Naturally."
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* WaxingLyrical: Many of the show's lines in the show are actually ripped off from lyrics. For example, when the kids leave Sly to go back to their parents, he mutters, "Alone again. Naturally."
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* SkeweredPriorities: "I Smell A Rat" highlights how the adults are focused on more trivial things than the rats rampaging Hamelin.
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* SkeweredPriorities: SkewedPriorities: "I Smell A Rat" highlights how the adults are focused on more trivial things than the rats rampaging Hamelin.
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* NiceHat: Sly's traveling get-up includes a stylish top hat with a long yellow scarf wrapped around it.
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* CoolBike: Sly's payment for getting rid of the rats is Nick's motorcycle. Unfortunately, Nick refusing to give it to him has Sly convince the kids to join him.
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* CoolBike: Sly's payment for getting rid of the rats is Nick's motorcycle.old motorcycle (which he doesn't use, just keeps for nostalgia's sake). Unfortunately, Nick refusing to give it to him has Sly convince the kids to join him.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As Nick tells Janis she doesn't have to worry about being smart [[StayInTheKitchen due to her sex]], Pat can be seen in the background humming in an irritated tone and tossing all the mail in the trash.
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* FormerTeenRebel: Nick and Pat were this, as seen in a flashback à la ''Film/TheWildOne''.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As Nick tells Janis she doesn't have to worry about being smart [[StayInTheKitchendue to her sex]], as long as they're smart about who they marry]], Pat can be seen in the background humming in an irritated tone and tossing all the mail in the trash.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As Nick tells Janis she doesn't have to worry about being smart [[StayInTheKitchen
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Janice is outgoing dreams of having a career and traveling the world while Mick is shy and more musically inclined.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Janice is outgoing outgoing, dreams of having a career and traveling the world while Mick is shy and more musically inclined.
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* OpenMindedParent: Pat is a very downplayed version. She's more than willing to let her son take guitar lessons, while her husband is adamantly against it.
* ParentsAsPeople: All the parents, especially Nick and Pat, Mick and Janice's parents; they all genuinely want what's best for their children, but have become so overprotective and neglectful keeping a perfect small town that the kids feel ignored and decide to go with Sly. They get better by the end, fortunately.
* ParentsAsPeople: All the parents, especially Nick and Pat, Mick and Janice's parents; they all genuinely want what's best for their children, but have become so overprotective and neglectful keeping a perfect small town that the kids feel ignored and decide to go with Sly. They get better by the end, fortunately.
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* OpenMindedParent: Pat is a very downplayed version. She's more than willing to let her son take guitar lessons, lessons at a community center, while her husband is adamantly against it.
* ParentsAsPeople: All the parents, especially Nick andPat, Mick Pat (Mick and Janice's parents; parents); they all genuinely want what's best for their children, but have become so overprotective and neglectful keeping a perfect small town that the kids feel ignored and decide to go with Sly. They get better by the end, fortunately.
* ParentsAsPeople: All the parents, especially Nick and
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* RapidAging: What happens to the adults of Hamelin Hamlin after Sly takes their children.
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* WaxingLyrical: Many of the lines in the show are actually ripped off from lyrics. For example, when the kids leave Sly to go back to their parents, he mutters, "Alone again. Naturall."
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* WaxingLyrical: Many of the lines in the show are actually ripped off from lyrics. For example, when the kids leave Sly to go back to their parents, he mutters, "Alone again. Naturall.Naturally."
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Sly doesn't brainwash the kids to join him and he willingly lets them go after a pep talk with Janice.
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* SkeweredPriorities: "I Smell A Rat" highlights how the adults are focused on more trivial things than the rats rampaging Hamelin.
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* WaxingLyrical: Many of the lines in the show are actually ripped off from lyrics. For example, when the kids leave Sly to go back to their parents, he mutters, "Alone again. Naturall."
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* AdultFear: You were a lousy parent to your kid, so one day he/she runs away to live with a stranger you don't trust. All you can do is hope your child comes back so you can repent.
** Made even worse at the end, in which ''the mayor has forgotten how many years had passed since the children left''...when at most it's only been a few ''days''.
** Made even worse at the end, in which ''the mayor has forgotten how many years had passed since the children left''...when at most it's only been a few ''days''.
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* MissingChild: You were a lousy parent to your kid, so one day he/she runs away to live with a stranger you don't trust. All you can do is hope your child comes back so you can repent.
** Made even worse at the end, in which ''the mayor has forgotten how many years had passed since the children left''...when at most it's only been a few ''days''.
** Made even worse at the end, in which ''the mayor has forgotten how many years had passed since the children left''...when at most it's only been a few ''days''.
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* MusicalThemeNaming: Mick and Janice are named after Mick Jagger and Janice Joplin respectively.
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* MusicalThemeNaming: Mick and Janice Janis are named after Mick Jagger and Janice Joplin respectively.Music/JanisJoplin respectively. Sly is possibly after Music/SlyStone, though he obviously doesn't resemble him.
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* SergentPepperShoutOut: In the "Fabulous Swimming Rats" number, Sly wears George's, Janice wears Paul's (with a tricorner) and Mick wears John's (with a matching marching hat)
* ShoutOut: You could make a drinking game with all the refferences to [[TheSixties 1960's]] pop culture.
* ShoutOut: You could make a drinking game with all the refferences to [[TheSixties 1960's]] pop culture.
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* SergentPepperShoutOut: SgtPeppersShoutOut: In the "Fabulous Swimming Rats" number, Sly wears George's, Music/GeorgeHarrison's uniform, Janice wears Paul's Music/PaulMcCartney's (with a tricorner) and Mick wears John's Music/JohnLennon's (with a matching marching hat)
hat).
* ShoutOut: You could make adrinking game DrinkingGame with all the refferences references to [[TheSixties 1960's]] pop culture.
* ShoutOut: You could make a
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* FlowerInHerHair: In her hippie get-up, Janice gets a daisy in her hair.
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* FlowerInHerHair: FlowersOfNature: In her hippie get-up, Janice gets a daisy in her hair.
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* AbbeyRoadCrossing: With astronauts!
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** Made even worse at the end, in which ''the mayor has forgotten how many years had passed since the children left''...if it actually ''has'' been years...
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** Made even worse at the end, in which ''the mayor has forgotten how many years had passed since the children left''...if it when at most it's only been a few ''days''.
* AnAesop: Janice brings up that while Sly has done a lot with his music playing, it's not a substitute for actually''has'' been years...doing things for real.
-->'''Janice:''' Mick wanted to make real music. For real people. I want to see the real world. Real life...it's something you don't want to miss. You know what I mean?\\
'''Sly:''' Yeah, I guess I do.
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-->'''Janice:''' Mick wanted to make real music. For real people. I want to see the real world. Real life...it's something you don't want to miss. You know what I mean?\\
'''Sly:''' Yeah, I guess I do.
* BloodlessCarnage: Mick falls a long way from the chasm but there's no sign of blood at all.
* {{Bookends}}: The song "You're entering Hamelin" plays at the beginning and end of the film.
* {{Bookends}}: The song "You're entering Hamelin" plays at the beginning and end of the film.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Sly's magic when he plays the guitar is purple, while Mick's is orange.
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* DisneyDeath: While guiding everyone through the cavern at the end, Mick accidentally drops his pick, causing him to plummet. Fortunately, Sly comes back with his Harmonica to revive him.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Being set in the 1960s, there is lots of casual sexism early on in the special.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Being set in the 1960s, there is lots of casual sexism early on in the special.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Being set in the 1960s, there is lots of casual sexism early on in the special.
* DisneyDeath: While guiding everyone through the cavern at the end, Mick accidentally drops his pick, causing him to plummet. Fortunately, Sly comes back with his Harmonica to revivehim.
him.
*DeliberateValuesDissonance: Being set in EveryoneHasStandards: Sly made the 1960s, there is lots of casual sexism early on adults in Hameln age and he did try to keep the special. kids from leaving, but he admits that he didn't want Mick to die and even brings him back to life.
* FlowerInHerHair: In her hippie get-up, Janice gets a daisy in her hair.
* DisneyDeath: While guiding everyone through the cavern at the end, Mick accidentally drops his pick, causing him to plummet. Fortunately, Sly comes back with his Harmonica to revive
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* FlowerInHerHair: In her hippie get-up, Janice gets a daisy in her hair.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Janice dreams of having a career -- pilot, surgeon, etc. -- while Mick is more musically inclined.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Janice is outgoing dreams of having a career -- pilot, surgeon, etc. -- and traveling the world while Mick is shy and more musically inclined.
* NoodleIncident: Janice apparently did open-heart surgery on a walrus.
* PleaseWakeUp: Janice asks of this after she sees her brother drop into the chasm.
* SergentPepperShoutOut: In the "Fabulous Swimming Rats" number, Sly wears George's, Janice wears Paul's (with a tricorner) and Mick wears John's (with a matching marching hat)
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* SignificantWardrobeShift: Mick swaps his blue and white polo for a tie-dye shirt when he heads off to join Sly.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Mick swaps his blue and white polo for a tie-dye shirt when he heads off to join Sly.
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* StealthPun: Sly sent the rats ''up the river''.
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* BigYes: Sly shouts "YEAH!" when he sees the kids wanting to join him.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Downplayed with Janice and Mick with their jeans: Janice's is pink and Mick has blue.
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* SgtPepperShoutOut: In the "Fabulous Swimming Rats" number, Sly wears George's, Janice wears Paul's (with a tricorner) and Mick wears John's (with a matching marching hat)
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Mick swaps his blue and white polo for a tie-dye shirt when he heads off to join Sly.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Mick swaps his blue and white polo for a tie-dye shirt when he heads off to join Sly.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Mayor Dixon refusing to pay Sly with the motorcycle is the last straw for the children and they decide to join Sly in his mountain hideaway.
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** Made even worse at the end, in which ''the mayor has forgotten how many years had passed since the children left''.
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** Made even worse at the end, in which ''the mayor has forgotten how many years had passed since the children left''.left''...if it actually ''has'' been years...
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Sly, as glimpsed in "I'm Gonna Climb the Mountain". His parents were neglectful and cold and he lived in near-poverty, so he left at the first opportunity. It's also why he wants to make a new family with the children of Hamlin.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Sly, as glimpsed in "I'm Gonna Climb the Mountain". His parents were neglectful and cold and he lived in near-poverty, so he left at the first opportunity. It's also why he wants to make a new family with the children of Hamlin.Hamlin since Mayor Dixon was just like his own father.
* GreenEyedMonster: Implied to be the reason why Nick refused to give Sly the motorcycle; he's jealous that Sly was able to do what he was unable to do.
* HairContrastDuo: Shy musically inclined brown-haired Mick and confident and adventurous red-haired Janice.
* HairContrastDuo: Shy musically inclined brown-haired Mick and confident and adventurous red-haired Janice.
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* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: It's a retelling of The Pied Piper, what do you expect? They do come back to Hamlin by the end of the film, though.
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* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: It's a retelling of The Pied Piper, what do you expect? They do come back to Hamlin by the end of the film, though.though and they go off with him by their own free will.
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* UngratefulBastard: Mayor Dixon refuses to give up his precious Harley to Sly even after Sly got rid of the rats. This fuels Sly to leave and the children to follow him after.
* YouthfulFreckles: Janice.
* YouthfulFreckles: Janice.
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-->'''Mayor:''' Did you see what he did?'''\\did?\\
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* CassandraTruth: The rat problem is seemingly noticed only by the town kids.The adults do eventually take notice, however, with their nudging.
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* CassandraTruth: The rat problem is seemingly noticed only by the town kids. The adults do eventually take notice, however, with their nudging.
* ChekhovsSkill: Mick uses the guitar magic he learned from Sly to help his friends get home.
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-->'''Mayor: Did you see what he did?'''
-->'''Mick and Janice: Yeah!'''
-->'''Mayor: ...to the WALL?'''
-->'''*screen pans to [[ImpactSilhouette two rat-shaped holes in the wall]]*'''
* ChekhovsSkill: Mick uses the guitar magic he learned from Sly to help his friends get home.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Sly, as glimpsed in "I'm Gonna Climb the Mountain". His parents were neglecful and cold and he lived in near-poverty, so he left at the first opportunity. It's also why he wants to make a new family with the children of Hamlin.
-->'''Mick and Janice: Yeah!'''
-->'''Mayor: ...to the WALL?'''
-->'''*screen pans to [[ImpactSilhouette two rat-shaped holes in the wall]]*'''
* ChekhovsSkill: Mick uses the guitar magic he learned from Sly to help his friends get home.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Sly, as glimpsed in "I'm Gonna Climb the Mountain". His parents were neglecful and cold and he lived in near-poverty, so he left at the first opportunity. It's also why he wants to make a new family with the children of Hamlin.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Sly, as glimpsed in "I'm Gonna Climb the Mountain". His parents were
* InexplicablyAwesome: How exactly Sly even obtained his powers -- as he was shown to be just a normal boy in the past -- is never really explained.
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* MagicMusic: Sly's music can do much more than just lead things away: he can create platforms, levitate things, and even ''turn himself into a gust of wind''.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Janice dreams of becoming a pilot, while Mick is more musically inclined.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Janice dreams of becoming a pilot, while Mick is more musically inclined.
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* MagicMusic: Sly's music can do much more than just lead things away: he can create platforms, levitate things, revive the dead and even ''turn himself into a gust of wind''.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Janice dreams ofbecoming having a career -- pilot, surgeon, etc. -- while Mick is more musically inclined.
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* DisneyDeath: While guiding everyone through the cavern at the end, Mick accidentally drops his pick, causing him to plummet. Fortunatley, Sly comes back with his Harmonica to revive him.
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* DisneyDeath: While guiding everyone through the cavern at the end, Mick accidentally drops his pick, causing him to plummet. Fortunatley, Fortunately, Sly comes back with his Harmonica to revive him.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Janice dreams of becoming a pilot, while Mick is more musically inclined.
* MusicalThemeNaming: Mick and Janice are named after Mick Jagger and Janice Joplin respectively.
* MusicalThemeNaming: Mick and Janice are named after Mick Jagger and Janice Joplin respectively.
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* RhymesOnADime: Sly's speak pattern makes good work of this.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As Nick tells Janis she doesn't have to worry about being smart [[StayInTheKitchen due to her sex]], Pat can be seen in the background humming in an irritated tone and tossing all the mail in the trash.
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* OpenMindedParent: Pat is a very downplayed version. She's more than willing to let her son take guitar lessons, while her husband is adamantly against it.
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* RapidAging: What happens to the adults of Hamelin after Sly takes their children
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* ShoutOut: You could make a drinking game with all the refferences to [[TheSixties 1960's]] pop culture.
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''The Electric Piper'' is a 2003 {{Nickelodeon}} television movie that's essentially an animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed, because their parents are too up tight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamlin, which finally gets the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
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''The Electric Piper'' is a 2003 {{Nickelodeon}} Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} television movie that's essentially an animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed, because their parents are too up tight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamlin, which finally gets the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Sly, as glimpsed in "I'm Gonna Climb the Mountain". His parents were neglecful and cold and he lived in near-poverty, so he left at the first opportunity. It's also why he wants to make a new family with the children of Hamlin.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Being set in the 1960s, there is lots of casual sexism early on in the special, most likely to set the tone of the CrapsaccharineWorld that is Hamlin.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Being set in the 1960s, there is lots of casual sexism early on in the special, most likely to set the tone of the CrapsaccharineWorld that is Hamlin.special.
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The Electric Piper is a Nickelodeon movie from 2003.
''The Electric Piper'' is essentially a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed, because their parents are too up tight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamlin, which finally gets the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
''The Electric Piper'' is essentially a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed, because their parents are too up tight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamlin, which finally gets the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
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The Electric Piper is a Nickelodeon movie from 2003.
''The Electric Piper'' is essentially a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed, because their parents are too up tight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamlin, which finally gets the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
After he sends away the rats, however, the mayor refuses to give up the Harley. In retaliations, Sly convinces the town children to live with him in his cavern.
It was originally aired once and then remained lost for over ten years, after which a miracle happened; in August 2016, someone contacted an anonymous Nickelodeon employee who happened to have salvaged a copy of the film. It wasn't long before the film sprouted all over Website/YouTube, although chances are slim it'll air on Nick again.
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* AdultFear: You were a lousy parent to your kid, so one day he/she runs away to live with a stranger you don't trust. All you can do is hope your child comes back so you can repent.
** Made even worse at the end, in which ''the mayor has forgotten how many years had passed since the children left''.
* CassandraTruth: The rat problem is seemingly noticed only by the town kids.The adults do eventually take notice, however, with their nudging.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Sly demonstrates his ability to the mayor.
-->'''Mayor: Did you see what he did?'''
-->'''Mick and Janice: Yeah!'''
-->'''Mayor: ...to the WALL?'''
-->'''*screen pans to [[ImpactSilhouette two rat-shaped holes in the wall]]*'''
* ChekhovsSkill: Mick uses the guitar magic he learned from Sly to help his friends get home.
* DisneyDeath: While guiding everyone through the cavern at the end, Mick accidentally drops his pick, causing him to plummet. Fortunatley, Sly comes back with his Harmonica to revive him.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Being set in the 1960s, there is lots of casual sexism early on in the special, most likely to set the tone of the CrapsaccharineWorld that is Hamlin.
* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: It's a retelling of The Pied Piper, what do you expect? They do come back to Hamlin by the end of the film, though.
* MagicMusic: Sly's music can do much more than just lead things away: he can create platforms, levitate things, and even ''turn himself into a gust of wind''.
* ParentsAsPeople: All the parents, especially Nick and Pat, Mick and Janice's parents; they all genuinely want what's best for their children, but have become so overprotective and neglectful keeping a perfect small town that the kids feel ignored and decide to go with Sly. They get better by the end, fortunately.
* SoundtrackDissonance: The opening song, "You're Entering Hamlin". Basically, it's a happy tune that sounds like something you'd hear out of a travel commercial, coupled with footage of the CrapsackWorld Hamlin is.
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''The Electric Piper'' is essentially a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} animated retelling of ''The Pied Piper'': in a town called Hamlin, rats are a common issue that only children noticed, because their parents are too up tight. Our two main characters, Mick and his sister Janice, meet a mysterious guitarist named Sly who offers to take care of the rats, only for the mayor to push him away. (Sly wanted his Harley motorcycle in exchange) Overjoyed, the rats start a full-scale takeover of Hamlin, which finally gets the mayor to enlist Sly's help.
After he sends away the rats, however, the mayor refuses to give up the Harley. In retaliations, Sly convinces the town children to live with him in his cavern.
It was originally aired once and then remained lost for over ten years, after which a miracle happened; in August 2016, someone contacted an anonymous Nickelodeon employee who happened to have salvaged a copy of the film. It wasn't long before the film sprouted all over Website/YouTube, although chances are slim it'll air on Nick again.
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!! ''We're proud to present the Fabulous Swimming Tropes!''
* AdultFear: You were a lousy parent to your kid, so one day he/she runs away to live with a stranger you don't trust. All you can do is hope your child comes back so you can repent.
** Made even worse at the end, in which ''the mayor has forgotten how many years had passed since the children left''.
* CassandraTruth: The rat problem is seemingly noticed only by the town kids.The adults do eventually take notice, however, with their nudging.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Sly demonstrates his ability to the mayor.
-->'''Mayor: Did you see what he did?'''
-->'''Mick and Janice: Yeah!'''
-->'''Mayor: ...to the WALL?'''
-->'''*screen pans to [[ImpactSilhouette two rat-shaped holes in the wall]]*'''
* ChekhovsSkill: Mick uses the guitar magic he learned from Sly to help his friends get home.
* DisneyDeath: While guiding everyone through the cavern at the end, Mick accidentally drops his pick, causing him to plummet. Fortunatley, Sly comes back with his Harmonica to revive him.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Being set in the 1960s, there is lots of casual sexism early on in the special, most likely to set the tone of the CrapsaccharineWorld that is Hamlin.
* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: It's a retelling of The Pied Piper, what do you expect? They do come back to Hamlin by the end of the film, though.
* MagicMusic: Sly's music can do much more than just lead things away: he can create platforms, levitate things, and even ''turn himself into a gust of wind''.
* ParentsAsPeople: All the parents, especially Nick and Pat, Mick and Janice's parents; they all genuinely want what's best for their children, but have become so overprotective and neglectful keeping a perfect small town that the kids feel ignored and decide to go with Sly. They get better by the end, fortunately.
* SoundtrackDissonance: The opening song, "You're Entering Hamlin". Basically, it's a happy tune that sounds like something you'd hear out of a travel commercial, coupled with footage of the CrapsackWorld Hamlin is.
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