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The story follows a young boy searching for his long lost sister. Guided by a fortune teller's instructions, he seeks out the elephant of a magician, who may be the key to reuniting the siblings.

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The story follows a young boy searching for his long lost long-lost sister. Guided by a fortune teller's instructions, he seeks out the elephant of a magician, who may be the key to reuniting the siblings.
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''The Magician's Elephant'' is a 2023 animated fantasy film based upon the book by Creator/KateDiCamillo. It is directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes, and stars the voices of Creator/NoahJupe, Creator/BenedictWong, Creator/PixieDavies, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry, Creator/AasifMandvi, Creator/CreeSummer, Creator/LorraineToussaint, Creator/MandyPatinkin, Creator/MirandaRichardson, and Creator/DawnFrench.

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''The Magician's Elephant'' is a 2023 animated fantasy film based upon the book ''Literature/TheMagiciansElephant'', by Creator/KateDiCamillo. It is directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes, and stars the voices of Creator/NoahJupe, Creator/BenedictWong, Creator/PixieDavies, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry, Creator/AasifMandvi, Creator/CreeSummer, Creator/LorraineToussaint, Creator/MandyPatinkin, Creator/MirandaRichardson, and Creator/DawnFrench.
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* AnAesop: The first step to making things better is by ''believing'' they can.
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* CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnswer: The fortune teller's only advice on how Peter can find his sister is to "Follow the elephant".

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in a permanent blanket of clouds across the sky.



* EmpathicEnvironment: The whole town is still suffering from the fallout of a war, in spirit at least, resulting

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* EmpathicEnvironment: The whole town is still suffering from the fallout of a war, in spirit at least, resulting in a permanent blanket of clouds across the sky.

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* {{Determinator}}: Peter's fundamental virtue is that even when set supposedly impossible tasks, he refuses to simply give up.

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* {{Determinator}}: Peter's fundamental virtue is that even when set supposedly impossible tasks, he refuses to simply give up.in a permanent blanket of clouds across the sky.



* EmpathicEnvironment: The whole town is still suffering from the fallout of a war, in spirit at least, resulting in a permanent blanket of clouds across the sky.

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* {{Determinator}}: Peter's fundamental virtue is that even when set supposedly impossible tasks, he refuses to simply give up.
* EmpathicEnvironment: The whole town is still suffering from the fallout of a war, in spirit at least, resulting resulting
* ExactWords: The fortune teller offers to answer one question for Peter
in exchange for his coin, but she makes a permanent blanket point of clouds across repeatedly warning him to ask the sky.''right'' question rather than waste it on something that won't give him the information he needs.
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''The Magician’s Elephant'' is a 2023 animated fantasy film based upon the book by Creator/KateDiCamillo. It is directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes, and stars the voices of Creator/NoahJupe, Creator/BenedictWong, Creator/PixieDavies, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry, Creator/AasifMandvi, Creator/CreeSummer, Creator/LorraineToussaint, Creator/MandyPatinkin, Creator/MirandaRichardson, and Creator/DawnFrench.

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''The Magician’s Magician's Elephant'' is a 2023 animated fantasy film based upon the book by Creator/KateDiCamillo. It is directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes, and stars the voices of Creator/NoahJupe, Creator/BenedictWong, Creator/PixieDavies, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry, Creator/AasifMandvi, Creator/CreeSummer, Creator/LorraineToussaint, Creator/MandyPatinkin, Creator/MirandaRichardson, and Creator/DawnFrench.



'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/JvNuYOR7b4w Trailer]]

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'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/JvNuYOR7b4w [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNuYOR7b4w Trailer]]



* GracefulLoser: The king's whole purpose is to be entertained, so he doesn't mind when Peter's impossible tasks result in Peter [[spoiler: losing an expensive sword or causing a valuable soldier to reconsider his calling, and even when the elephant sneezes on him, covering him in snot he takes it in stride because it gets the countess to laugh.]]

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* GracefulLoser: The king's whole purpose is to be entertained, so he doesn't mind when Peter's impossible tasks result in Peter [[spoiler: losing [[spoiler:losing an expensive sword or causing a valuable soldier to reconsider his calling, and even when the elephant sneezes on him, covering him in snot he takes it in stride because it gets the countess to laugh.]]



* PerpetualFrowner: The countess never smiles ever since she lost her brother in the war. [[spoiler: Getting her to laugh is the third impossible task the king sets for Peter.]]

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* PerpetualFrowner: The countess never smiles ever since she lost her brother in the war. [[spoiler: Getting [[spoiler:Getting her to laugh is the third impossible task the king sets for Peter.]]
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* Determinator: Peter's fundamental virtue is that even when set supposedly impossible tasks, he refuses to simply give up.

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* Determinator: {{Determinator}}: Peter's fundamental virtue is that even when set supposedly impossible tasks, he refuses to simply give up.up.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The storybook Vilna confiscated from a comrade in arms during the war.
** Gloria's ribbing of her husband's FleetingPassionateHobbies, specifically parachuting.
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* Macguffin: Everything Peter does is for the elephant, but honestly the elephant really has no purpose to the plot beyond a motivating incident for Peter.

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* Macguffin: MacGuffin: Everything Peter does is for the elephant, but honestly the elephant really has no purpose to the plot beyond a motivating incident for Peter.
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* Determinator: Peter's fundamental virtue is that even when set supposedly impossible tasks, he refuses to simply give up.


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* InnocentlyInsensitive: The King in a nutshell. He's self absorbed, he frequently makes remarks that are pretty callous, but ultimately he has no malice.


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* Macguffin: Everything Peter does is for the elephant, but honestly the elephant really has no purpose to the plot beyond a motivating incident for Peter.


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* OldSoldier: Vilna is very much this.

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The story follows a young boy searching for his long lost sister. Guided by a fortune teller’s instructions, he seeks out the elephant of a magician, who may be the key to reuniting the siblings.

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The story follows a young boy searching for his long lost sister. Guided by a fortune teller’s teller's instructions, he seeks out the elephant of a magician, who may be the key to reuniting the siblings.



!!''The Magician’s Elephant'' includes the following examples:

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!!''The Magician’s Magician's Elephant'' includes the following examples:
* AnAesop: The first step to making things better is by ''believing'' they can.


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* IneptMage: The titular Magician's power has waned in this world without wonder or hope. He can still do magic, but he only conjure random things, hence the elephant in place of a bouquet. [[spoiler:When he and the people start believing again, he gains enough control to send the elephant home.]]


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* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Vilna tries to invoke this by training Peter in the ways of the soldier, to make the boy tough enough for a cruel world.
* OrphanageOfLove: Aside from some wanderlust, Adele is perfectly happy in Sister Marie's orphanage.


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* ShellShockedVeteran: Vilna the soldier and Sister Marie have been scarred by the past war. The former copes by keeping to his military training, while the latter hides from the world in her orphanage.
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* GracefulLoser: The king's whole purpose is to be entertained, so he doesn't mind when Peter's impossible tasks result in Peter [[spoiler: losing an expensive sword or causing a valuable soldier to reconsider his calling, and even when the elephant sneezes on him, covering him in snot he takes it in stride because it gets the countess to laugh.]]


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* PerpetualFrowner: The countess never smiles ever since she lost her brother in the war. [[spoiler: Getting her to laugh is the third impossible task the king sets for Peter.]]

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The film will release on Creator/{{Netflix}} March 17, 2023.

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The film will release was released on Creator/{{Netflix}} March 17, 2023.



* FortuneTeller: At the start of the trailer, Peter visits a fortune teller who gives him the clue to find his sister.
* ImpossibleTask: In the trailer, someone proposes that Peter complete a series of impossible tasks in order to win the elephant.
* IWillFindYou: Quote Peter in the trailer: “My sister lives! And I will find her!”

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* EmpathicEnvironment: The whole town is still suffering from the fallout of a war, in spirit at least, resulting in a permanent blanket of clouds across the sky.
* FortuneTeller: At the start of the trailer, movie, Peter visits a fortune teller who gives him the clue to find his sister.
* ImpossibleTask: In the trailer, someone The king proposes that Peter complete a series of impossible tasks in order to win the elephant.
* IWillFindYou: Quote Peter in the trailer: “My is convinced that his sister lives! And I will is still alive, and is advised to follow an elephant to find her!”her.

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* ImpossibleTask: In the trailer, someone proposes that Peter complete a series of impossible tasks in order to win the elephant.
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* FortuneTeller: At the start of the trailer, Peter visits a fortune teller who gives him the clue to find his sister.
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''The Magician’s Elephant'' is a 2023 animated fantasy film based upon the book by Creator/KateDiCamillo. It is directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes, and stars the voices of Creator/NoahJupe, Creator/BenedictWong, Creator/PixieDavies, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry, Creator/AasifMandvi, Creator/CreeSummer, Creator/LorraineToussaint, Creator/MandyPatinkin, Creator/MirandaRichardson, and Creator/DawnFrench.

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''The Magician’s Elephant'' is a 2023 animated fantasy film based upon the book by Creator/KateDiCamillo. It is directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes, and stars the voices of Creator/NoahJupe, Creator/BenedictWong, Creator/PixieDavies, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry, Creator/AasifMandvi, Creator/CreeSummer, Creator/LorraineToussaint, Creator/MandyPatinkin, Creator/MirandaRichardson, and Creator/DawnFrench.Creator/DawnFrench.

The story follows a young boy searching for his long lost sister. Guided by a fortune teller’s instructions, he seeks out the elephant of a magician, who may be the key to reuniting the siblings.

The film will release on Creator/{{Netflix}} March 17, 2023.

'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/JvNuYOR7b4w Trailer]]
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!!''The Magician’s Elephant'' includes the following examples:
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''The Magician’s Elephant'' is a 2023 animated fantasy film based upon the book by Creator/KateDiCamillo. It is directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes, and stars the voices of Creator/NoahJupe, Creator/BenedictWong, Creator/PixieDavies, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry, Creator/AasifMandvi, Creator/CreeSummer, Creator/LorraineToussaint,

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''The Magician’s Elephant'' is a 2023 animated fantasy film based upon the book by Creator/KateDiCamillo. It is directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes, and stars the voices of Creator/NoahJupe, Creator/BenedictWong, Creator/PixieDavies, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry, Creator/AasifMandvi, Creator/CreeSummer, Creator/LorraineToussaint,Creator/LorraineToussaint, Creator/MandyPatinkin, Creator/MirandaRichardson, and Creator/DawnFrench.
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''The Magician’s Elephant'' is a 2023 animated fantasy film based upon the book by Creator/KateDiCamillo. It is directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes, and stars the voices of Creator/NoahJupe, Creator/BenedictWong, Creator/PixieDavies, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry, Creator/AasifMandvi,

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''The Magician’s Elephant'' is a 2023 animated fantasy film based upon the book by Creator/KateDiCamillo. It is directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes, and stars the voices of Creator/NoahJupe, Creator/BenedictWong, Creator/PixieDavies, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry, Creator/AasifMandvi,Creator/AasifMandvi, Creator/CreeSummer, Creator/LorraineToussaint,
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''The Magician’s Elephant'' is a 2023 animated fantasy film based upon the book by Creator/KateDiCamillo.

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''The Magician’s Elephant'' is a 2023 animated fantasy film based upon the book by Creator/KateDiCamillo. It is directed by Wendy Rogers, written by Martin Hynes, and stars the voices of Creator/NoahJupe, Creator/BenedictWong, Creator/PixieDavies, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry, Creator/AasifMandvi,
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