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%%* CainAndAbel: Robert is the Cain to the King's Abel.

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%%* * CainAndAbel: Robert is the Cain to the King's Abel.Abel, having turned to villainy out of jealousy after seeing how his brother had "squandered" the royal family's wealth helping the needy.



* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Strangely in a movie named for the TropeNamers, this trope is averted. The eponymous "pirates" aren't actually pirates in this case, they are waiters, and they are actually shown doing their job. The actual pirates in the movie are shown actually pirating. The bartenders are bartending. And the royal characters are all RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething.

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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Strangely in a movie named for the TropeNamers, this trope is averted. The eponymous "pirates" aren't actually pirates in this case, they are waiters, and they are actually shown doing their job. (Though once their adventure starts, they're shown slacking off at first instead of helping sail the ship.) The actual pirates in the movie are shown actually pirating. The bartenders are bartending. And the royal characters are all RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething.



* SaveThePrincess: [[GenderInvertedTrope Gender-inverted]], as it's the ''prince'' who needs rescuing. [[spoiler:Played straight later on in the movie.]]

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* SaveThePrincess: [[GenderInvertedTrope Gender-inverted]], as it's the ''prince'' who needs rescuing. [[spoiler:Played straight later on in rescuing, although the movie.princess is in dire need of some help doing it. [[spoiler:Eventually she is captured and they both need rescued.]]


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* SecretTestOfCharacter: The Help-Seeker starts flashing blue, indicating that the trio's adventure has come to a close and they're ready to go home, at the exact moment that Eloise needs their help the most. George persuades Larry to ignore it and proceed with the rescue. At the end of the film, they ask the king about this, and he tells them outright that it had been a test.
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The film follows George, Elliot and Sedgewick (Pa Grape, Larry the Cucumber, and Mr. Lunt, respectively), three layabout waiters who work at a pirate-themed dinner theater. After they accidentally destroy part of the restaurant and get fired, they come across a strange golden ball...which teleports the three back in time to the 17th century.

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The film follows George, Elliot and Sedgewick (Pa Grape, Larry the Cucumber, and Mr. Lunt, respectively), three layabout waiters who work at a pirate-themed dinner theater. After they accidentally destroy part of the restaurant and get fired, they come across a strange golden ball... which teleports the three back in time to the 17th century.
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The second full-length ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' film after ''[[WesternAnimation/JonahAVeggieTalesMovie Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie]]'', ''The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A [=VeggieTales=] Movie'' was produced through Big Idea and the animation was done by Starz Animation. The film was distributed by Universal Studios and released in 2008.

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The second full-length ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' film after ''[[WesternAnimation/JonahAVeggieTalesMovie Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie]]'', ''The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A [=VeggieTales=] Movie'' was produced through Big Idea and the animation was done by Starz Animation. The film was distributed by [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Studios Pictures]] and released in 2008.
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* TenMinuteRetirement: The Pirates all kind of give up when they learn just how dangerous Robert is. George comes out of it gradually via interaction with Eloise, but Sedgewick outright leaves the first chance he gets and Elliot almost ditches as well. Elliot changes his mind pretty quickly and Sedgewick returns later on.

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* TenMinuteRetirement: The Pirates all kind of give up when they learn just how dangerous Robert is. George comes out of it gradually via interaction with Eloise, but Sedgewick outright leaves the first chance he gets and Elliot almost ditches as well. Elliot changes his mind pretty quickly and Sedgewick returns later on.
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* SchizoTech: In an era of sailing ships and exploration, the King and the BigBad are apparently master tinkers that have built, respectively, a TimeMachine and a sort of PoweredArmor.

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* SchizoTech: In an era of sailing ships and exploration, the King and the BigBad are apparently master tinkers that tinkerers who have built, respectively, a TimeMachine and a sort of PoweredArmor.
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** The audience knows from the opening scene that the attack on ''The Steadfast'' and Alexander's abduction were Robert's doing. Eloise and company don't learn this until later on; all they have to go on is the cutlass Robert left behind and they don't realize who it belongs to. At the bar, Jolly Joe recognizes the sword, and Eloise is rather disconcerted to learn of her uncle's involvement.

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** The audience knows from the opening scene that the attack on ''The Steadfast'' and Alexander's abduction were Robert's doing. Eloise and company don't learn this until later on; all they have to go on is the cutlass Robert left behind and they don't realize who whom it belongs to. At the bar, Jolly Joe recognizes the sword, and Eloise is rather disconcerted to learn of her uncle's involvement.
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* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:The King is the one that rescues the heroes from the villain's lair.]] According to the [[WordOfGod commentary]], this is justified since the film is a Christian parable.

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* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:The King is the one that who rescues the heroes from the villain's lair.]] According to the [[WordOfGod commentary]], this is justified since the film is a Christian parable.
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* ThemeTunelessEpisode: Just like the previous movie in the franchise, the film does not use the ''[=VeggieTales=]'' theme song. Instead, the opening titles use an instrumental of the Silly Song "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything".
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->''We are the PiratesWhoDontDoAnything''

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->''We are the PiratesWhoDontDoAnything''ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything''
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->''We are the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything''

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->''We are the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything''PiratesWhoDontDoAnything''
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* DancePartyEnding: So, after pulling YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle, the movie is finally over. The end credits start rolling...and then get interrupted with Sedgewick saying that the movie's still not actually over yet. Cue "Rock Monster", in which ''everyone'' dances to a song that is sung to the tune of the B-52's "Rock Lobster."

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* DancePartyEnding: So, after pulling YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle, the movie is finally over. The end credits start rolling...and then get interrupted with Sedgewick saying that the movie's still not actually over yet. Cue "Rock Monster", in which ''everyone'' dances to a song that is sung to the tune of the B-52's Music/TheB52s' "Rock Lobster."Lobster".
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* AscendedExtra: Pa Grape plays George in this movie. In most [=VeggieTales=] Pa plays anything from a bit-part character to a somewhat-major side character...but in this movie he's the main protagonist.

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* AscendedExtra: Pa Grape plays George in this movie. In most [=VeggieTales=] ''[=VeggieTales=]'', Pa plays anything from a bit-part character to a somewhat-major side character...but in this movie he's the main protagonist.



** Sedgewick's girlfriend Ellen. While she doesn't do anything herself to forward the plot, Sedgewick [[ThePowerOfLove remembering his love for her]] snaps him out of a HeroicBSOD [[WorthLivingFor and ends up saving his life.]]
** In the BadGuyBar scene, look closely at some of the dancing pirates. One of them later shows up to help Robert give Alexander a demonstration of how he plans to assassinate Alexander's father. Another one [[spoiler:spies on the protagonists in the bar while they're talking to Jolly Joe and his wife, and later he and a buddy kidnap Eloise and Willory. And steal ''The Steadfast'' while they're at it.]]

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** Sedgewick's girlfriend Ellen. While she doesn't do anything herself to forward the plot, Sedgewick [[ThePowerOfLove remembering his love for her]] snaps him out of a HeroicBSOD [[WorthLivingFor and ends up saving his life.]]
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** In the BadGuyBar scene, look closely at some of the dancing pirates. One of them later shows up to help Robert give Alexander a demonstration of how he plans to assassinate Alexander's father. Another one [[spoiler:spies on the protagonists in the bar while they're talking to Jolly Joe and his wife, and later he and a buddy kidnap Eloise and Willory. And steal ''The Steadfast'' while they're at it.]]it]].



* ConcertClimax: After the movie decides [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle it doesn't want to end yet.]] [[spoiler:While Sir Frederick is in the middle of a performance, Robert tries to kill him, mistaking him for George. The protagonists have to stop him.]]

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* ConcertClimax: After the movie decides [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle it doesn't want to end yet.]] yet]]. [[spoiler:While Sir Frederick is in the middle of a performance, Robert tries to kill him, mistaking him for George. The protagonists have to stop him.]]



* DarkerAndEdgier: The villain plans to assassinate his brother, and it's played entirely seriously. There are several [[NeverSayDie not-explicitly-stated]] but not-veiled-at-all death threats, a lot of which are aimed at a teenager and his little sister. There's the ominous line about cucumbers slicing easier than coconuts. And until about halfway through the movie the main protagonists [[BystanderSyndrome are worse than useless, even though they know lives are on the line.]]

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* DarkerAndEdgier: The villain plans to assassinate his brother, and it's played entirely seriously. There are several [[NeverSayDie not-explicitly-stated]] but not-veiled-at-all death threats, a lot of which are aimed at a teenager and his little sister. There's the ominous line about cucumbers slicing easier than coconuts. And until about halfway through the movie the main protagonists [[BystanderSyndrome are worse than useless, even though they know lives are on the line.]]line]].



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Island of Walking Rocks is an island, populated by [[RockMonster walking rocks.]]

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Island of Walking Rocks is an island, populated by [[RockMonster walking rocks.]]rocks]].



%%* EvilOverlooker: Robert does this on the cover.

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%%* * EvilOverlooker: Robert does this on the cover.cover by standing on one of the ship's masts and glaring down at the protagonists.



* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:Eloise falls victim to this twice. When Alexander refuses to tell Robert when the King's returning, Robert reveals that he has Eloise, and says that he [[SadisticChoice might consider letting the two of them live if Alexander manages to remember.]] Later on, Robert uses her as a hostage against the Pirates. This time it earns him a chandelier in his face courtesy of George.]]

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* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:Eloise falls victim to this twice. When Alexander refuses to tell Robert when the King's returning, Robert reveals that he has Eloise, and says that he [[SadisticChoice might consider letting the two of them live if Alexander manages to remember.]] remember]]. Later on, Robert uses her as a hostage against the Pirates. This time it earns him a chandelier in his face courtesy of George.]]



* InterrogatedForNothing: Robert tries to force Alexander to tell him when the King is returning so that his assassination plan can be carried out, [[spoiler:and takes Eloise hostage in order to force the issue.]] Problem is, Alexander really doesn't know.

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* InterrogatedForNothing: Robert tries to force Alexander to tell him when the King is returning so that his assassination plan can be carried out, [[spoiler:and takes Eloise hostage in order to force the issue.]] issue]]. Problem is, Alexander really doesn't know.



* ModestRoyalty: Alexander and Eloise. According to DVD extras they went that way with Eloise in particular because they realized it would look a bit silly for her to be wearing clothing that wasn't practical for traveling.
* MoodWhiplash: One rather dark scene has Robert explaining his plans to Alexander, including forcing him to see a demonstration of how Robert intends to kill the King, [[spoiler:and threatening Eloise to try to get Alexander to tell him when the King will return.]] This scene is followed up by Elliot singing a really goofy song and George getting annoyed by it.

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* ModestRoyalty: Alexander and Eloise. According to DVD extras extras, they went that way with Eloise in particular because they realized it would look a bit silly for her to be wearing clothing that wasn't practical for traveling.
* MoodWhiplash: One rather dark scene has Robert explaining his plans to Alexander, including forcing him to see a demonstration of how Robert intends to kill the King, [[spoiler:and threatening Eloise to try to get Alexander to tell him when the King will return.]] return]]. This scene is followed up by Elliot singing a really goofy song and George getting annoyed by it.



* NeverTrustATitle: The "Pirates" in this movie aren't the same "Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" who appeared in the old silly song and the previous [=VeggieTales=] movie. They're different characters, with different names, and they're waiters, not pirates-who-don't-do-anything. They just happen to be called "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" and they just happen to still be played by Pa Grape, Larry the Cucumber, and Mr. Lunt.

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* NeverTrustATitle: The "Pirates" in this movie aren't the same "Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" who appeared in the old silly song and the previous [=VeggieTales=] ''[=VeggieTales=]'' movie. They're different characters, with different names, and they're waiters, not pirates-who-don't-do-anything. They just happen to be called "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" and they just happen to still be played by Pa Grape, Larry the Cucumber, and Mr. Lunt.



* RescueIntroduction: Alexander doesn't meet George, Elliot and Sedgewick until towards the end of the film, when they show up to rescue him [[spoiler: and Eloise and Willory.]]

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* RescueIntroduction: Alexander doesn't meet George, Elliot and Sedgewick until towards the end of the film, when they show up to rescue him [[spoiler: and Eloise and Willory.]]Willory]].



* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The entire royal family. Robert and the King [[GadgeteerGenius are both master tinkerers]], Alexander [[WarriorPrince will jump into the fight alongside his crew]], and Eloise [[{{Determinator}} will never give up trying to save a loved one in danger.]]
* SadisticChoice: Robert gives one to Alexander. Either Alexander tell Robert when the King's returning so Robert can assassinate him, or [[spoiler:Alexander and Eloise both die.]]

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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The entire royal family. Robert and the King [[GadgeteerGenius are both master tinkerers]], Alexander [[WarriorPrince will jump into the fight alongside his crew]], and Eloise [[{{Determinator}} will never give up trying to save a loved one in danger.]]
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* SadisticChoice: Robert gives one to Alexander. Either Alexander tell Robert when the King's returning so Robert can assassinate him, or [[spoiler:Alexander and Eloise both die.]]die]].



* SchizoTech: In an era of sailing ships and exploration, the King and the BigBad are apparently master tinkers that have built, respectively, a TimeMachine and a sort of PoweredArmour.

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* SchizoTech: In an era of sailing ships and exploration, the King and the BigBad are apparently master tinkers that have built, respectively, a TimeMachine and a sort of PoweredArmour.PoweredArmor.



* SummonEverymanHero: Eloise sends the Help-Seeker to find heroes. It goes into the future and whisks the Pirates to the seventeenth century after Elliot presses a few buttons. Sedgewick [[DidntWantAnAdventure is not amused.]]

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* SummonEverymanHero: Eloise sends the Help-Seeker to find heroes. It goes into the future and whisks the Pirates to the seventeenth century after Elliot presses a few buttons. Sedgewick [[DidntWantAnAdventure is not amused.]]amused]].



* SwissCheeseSecurity: Played with concerning Robert's lair. Actually finding the lair at all is a bit of a problem. Once they actually get there, they encounter a sea dragon [[spoiler:that is mechanical and easy to shut down]]...and that's about it. They don't even run into a single guard until they reach the cell where Alexander is being held [[spoiler:along with Eloise and Willory]]. Said guard is [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy asleep.]] And then Robert catches them trying to leave, and [[spoiler:leaving turns out to be impossible and they all need to be saved via the King making a timely reappearance.]]

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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Played with concerning Robert's lair. Actually finding the lair at all is a bit of a problem. Once they actually get there, they encounter a sea dragon [[spoiler:that is mechanical and easy to shut down]]...and that's about it. They don't even run into a single guard until they reach the cell where Alexander is being held [[spoiler:along with Eloise and Willory]]. Said guard is [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy asleep.]] asleep]]. And then Robert catches them trying to leave, and [[spoiler:leaving turns out to be impossible and they all need to be saved via the King making a timely reappearance.]]reappearance]].



* TheUnchosenOne: The SecretTestOfCharacter convinces the pirates that since the Help-Seeker doesn't work it's really down to them to save the day without TheChosenOne status. This is eventually revealed to be part of it's function to motivite them, it actually works perfectly.
* UnexplainedAccent: According to audio commentary, the royal family were all supposed to be British. However, the actress they found for Eloise, while sounding perfect for the role vocally, [[OohMeAccentsSlipping apparently couldn't fake a British accent]], so they just decided to [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent not bother with the accents for Alexander and Eloise.]] The King and Robert still have British accents and Eloise's butler Willory is still played by Archibald Asparagus.

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* TheUnchosenOne: The SecretTestOfCharacter convinces the pirates that since the Help-Seeker doesn't work it's really down to them to save the day without TheChosenOne status. This is eventually revealed to be part of it's its function to motivite them, it actually works perfectly.
* UnexplainedAccent: According to audio commentary, the royal family were all supposed to be British. However, the actress they found for Eloise, while sounding perfect for the role vocally, [[OohMeAccentsSlipping apparently couldn't fake a British accent]], so they just decided to [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent not bother with the accents for Alexander and Eloise.]] Eloise]]. The King and Robert still have British accents and Eloise's butler Willory is still played by Archibald Asparagus.



* YoureInsane: One of Robert's own men when Robert [[spoiler: tries to tell his men to return and insists on fighting after the King shows up.]]

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* YoureInsane: One of Robert's own men when Robert [[spoiler: tries to tell his men to return and insists on fighting after the King shows up.]]up]].
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* AntiquatedLinguistics: Both Alexander and Eloise sometimes do this. Eloise is a bit more prone to it.

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* %%* AntiquatedLinguistics: Both Alexander and Eloise sometimes do this. Eloise is a bit more prone to it.



* CallToAdventure: In the form of the Help-Seeker device.

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* DeusExMachina / TheCavalry: [[spoiler:The King is the one that rescues the heroes from the villain's lair.]] According to the [[WordOfGod commentary]], this is justified since the film is a Christian parable.

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* DeusExMachina / TheCavalry: DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:The King is the one that rescues the heroes from the villain's lair.]] According to the [[WordOfGod commentary]], this is justified since the film is a Christian parable.



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* CainAndAbel: Robert is the Cain to the King's Abel.

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** SummonEverymanHero: Eloise sends the Help-Seeker to find heroes. It goes into the future and whisks the Pirates to the seventeenth century after Elliot presses a few buttons. Sedgewick [[DidntWantAnAdventure is not amused.]]



* DeusExMachina / TheCavalry: [[spoiler:The King is the one that rescues the heroes from the villain's lair.]] According to the [[WordOfGod commentary]], this is {{justified|Trope}} since the film is a Christian parable.

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* DeusExMachina / TheCavalry: [[spoiler:The King is the one that rescues the heroes from the villain's lair.]] According to the [[WordOfGod commentary]], this is {{justified|Trope}} justified since the film is a Christian parable.



* EvilOverlooker: Robert does this on the cover.

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* ShoutOut: Several to the VideoGame/MonkeyIsland series.

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* %%* ShoutOut: Several to the VideoGame/MonkeyIsland series.


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* SummonEverymanHero: Eloise sends the Help-Seeker to find heroes. It goes into the future and whisks the Pirates to the seventeenth century after Elliot presses a few buttons. Sedgewick [[DidntWantAnAdventure is not amused.]]

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