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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: See Nightmare Fetishist, below.
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Like the book, the film follows a brave young mouse named Despereaux (voiced by Creator/MatthewBroderick), who meets and eventually saves the young human Princess Pea (Creator/EmmaWatson) from a plot by the exiled mouse Roscuro (Creator/DustinHoffman) and the leader of the rats, Botticelli (Creator/CiaranHinds).
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Like the book, the film follows a brave young mouse named Despereaux (voiced by Creator/MatthewBroderick), who meets and eventually saves the young human Princess Pea (Creator/EmmaWatson) from a plot by the exiled mouse rat Roscuro (Creator/DustinHoffman) and the leader of the rats, Botticelli (Creator/CiaranHinds).
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* DistinguishingMark: Mig has a heart-shaped birthmark on the back of her neck. [[spoiler:When her father sees it, he realizes that she is his daughter who he gave up as a baby because he couldn't take care of her, all those years ago.]]
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** The colouring and designs of the mice seems inpired on the pictures of [[Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder Brueghel the Elder]], who portraited the common life of peasants.
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** The colouring and designs of the mouses seems inpired on the pictures of [[Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder Brueghel the Elder]], whom portraited the common life of peasants.
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** The colouring and designs of the mouses mice seems inpired on the pictures of [[Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder Brueghel the Elder]], whom portraited the common life of peasants.
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* CompositeCharacter: Gregory is a composite of the jailer from the book and [[spoiler:Mig's father]]
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* TheChainOfHarm: Mentioned in the ending narration:
-->'''Narrator:''' So, you could call all of this a big misunderstanding if you wanted to. A king was hurt, so he hurt a rat. And a rat was hurt, so he hurt a princess. And a princess was hurt, so she hurt a servant girl without even meaning to do it. And that servant had been hurting for so long, that almost nothing could make her feel better. But was it a mistake, or was it just good luck? Because the servant girl went back to her farm. And the jailer finally found his princess. And the king found something stronger than grief. And the mice finally got rid of their fear. And the people of Dor lived side-by-side with their rats...all except one, who went back to sea and felt a cool breeze each morning, and the sun on his face every afternoon. And we'd tell you that they all lived HappilyEverAfter, but...what fun is that?
* CompositeCharacter: Gregory is a composite of the jailer from the book and [[spoiler:Mig'sfather]]father]].
-->'''Narrator:''' So, you could call all of this a big misunderstanding if you wanted to. A king was hurt, so he hurt a rat. And a rat was hurt, so he hurt a princess. And a princess was hurt, so she hurt a servant girl without even meaning to do it. And that servant had been hurting for so long, that almost nothing could make her feel better. But was it a mistake, or was it just good luck? Because the servant girl went back to her farm. And the jailer finally found his princess. And the king found something stronger than grief. And the mice finally got rid of their fear. And the people of Dor lived side-by-side with their rats...all except one, who went back to sea and felt a cool breeze each morning, and the sun on his face every afternoon. And we'd tell you that they all lived HappilyEverAfter, but...what fun is that?
* CompositeCharacter: Gregory is a composite of the jailer from the book and [[spoiler:Mig's
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: In the book, Miggery had gone partially deaf from all the times her abusive "uncle" slapped her on the ears. In this film she can hear just fine.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the book, the rats are described to be ugly, and Roscuro's ugly appearance is actually the cause of the Queen's heart attack but in the movie, the rats don't look particularly ugly. Desperaux also looks less like a real mouse and more like an infant in the movie.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Roscuro in the book was a common castle rat who was already being trained to steal and trick to stay true to [[YouDirtyRat his species' reputation]], not the domesticated, bumbling companion of a human sailor.
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Botticelli]], as he gets eaten by a cat.
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* {{Expy}}: Botticelli looks like the rat version of [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Anton Ego]].
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* GoodIsBadAndBadIsGood: Despereaux is not frightened by things that are intended to scare him (such as carving knives) and draws a picture of a cat in his book, nicknaming it “Fluffy.” Such courage and appreciation for cute animals would be considered normal behaviors among humans, but his parents and teachers are all shocked and horrified about this.
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Roscuro starts off as a good guy and a TokenGoodTeammate for the rats, [[spoiler:has a FaceHeelTurn after Pea rejects his apology, and eventually settles on the Face side for good when he stops the rats from eating Pea and helps Despereaux defeat Botticeli.]]
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* NeverBareHeaded: Despereaux keeps his red hat on most of the time, although he does take it off when bowing in front of Pea.
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* OpeningShoutOut: Early on in the film, the meager Despereaux becomes enchanted with certain, often-recurred Renaissance notions of heroism: honor, courage, chivalry, and truth. When Despereaux encounters Hovis, the older mouse [[CrypticConversation cryptically]] references these precise words to reassure the frightened mouse.
-->'''Hovis:''' Courage, right?\\
'''Despereaux:''' And truth. And honor.\\
'''Hovis:''' Good. But especially courage.\\
'''Despereaux:''' I'm ready.
-->'''Hovis:''' Courage, right?\\
'''Despereaux:''' And truth. And honor.\\
'''Hovis:''' Good. But especially courage.\\
'''Despereaux:''' I'm ready.
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* ResourcefulRodent: Despereaux uses a sewing needle as a sword and the rodent civilisation often uses junk and trash as objects, clothes, etc.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Roscuro is one for the rats [[spoiler:until his (temporary) FaceHeelTurn]].
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* ShoutOut: Boldo is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo Giuseppe Arcimboldo]], famous for painting detailed portraits of human heads comprised of other things (fruit and vegetables, flowers, animals).
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**Boldo is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo Giuseppe Arcimboldo]], famous for painting detailed portraits of human heads comprised of other things (fruit and vegetables, flowers,animals).animals).
** The sewers are inspired on [[Creator/HieronymusBosch Hyeronymus Bosch's]] portrait of Hell, in "Garden of Delights".
** Princess Pea's design is inspired on [[Art/TheBirthOfVenusBotticelli Venus of Botticelli]].
** The colouring and designs of the mouses seems inpired on the pictures of [[Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder Brueghel the Elder]], whom portraited the common life of peasants.
**Boldo is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo Giuseppe Arcimboldo]], famous for painting detailed portraits of human heads comprised of other things (fruit and vegetables, flowers,
** The sewers are inspired on [[Creator/HieronymusBosch Hyeronymus Bosch's]] portrait of Hell, in "Garden of Delights".
** Princess Pea's design is inspired on [[Art/TheBirthOfVenusBotticelli Venus of Botticelli]].
** The colouring and designs of the mouses seems inpired on the pictures of [[Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder Brueghel the Elder]], whom portraited the common life of peasants.
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''The Tale of Despereaux'' is [[TheFilmOfTheBook an animated film adaptation]] of [[Literature/TheTaleOfDespereaux the original novel]], directed by Creator/SamFell and Rob Stevenhagen. It was released in 2008 by {{Creator/Framestore}}.
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Like the book, the film follows a brave young mouse named Despereaux (voiced by Creator/MatthewBroderick), who meets and eventually saves the young human Princess Pea (Creator/EmmaWatson) from a plot by the exiled mouse Roscuro (Creator/DustinHoffman) and the leader of the rats, Botticelli (Creator/CiaranHinds).
The voice cast also includes Creator/TraceyUllman as Miggery "Mig" Sow the servant girl, Creator/RobbieColtrane as Gregory the jailer, Creator/WilliamHMacy, Creator/TonyHale, and Creator/FrancesConroy as Despereaux's family, Creator/KevinKline as Chef Andre, and Creator/FrankLangella as the mayor.
Like the book, the film follows a brave young mouse named Despereaux (voiced by Creator/MatthewBroderick), who meets and eventually saves the young human Princess Pea (Creator/EmmaWatson) from a plot by the exiled mouse Roscuro (Creator/DustinHoffman) and the leader of the rats, Botticelli (Creator/CiaranHinds).
The voice cast also includes Creator/TraceyUllman as Miggery "Mig" Sow the servant girl, Creator/RobbieColtrane as Gregory the jailer, Creator/WilliamHMacy, Creator/TonyHale, and Creator/FrancesConroy as Despereaux's family, Creator/KevinKline as Chef Andre, and Creator/FrankLangella as the mayor.
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''The Tale of Despereaux'' is [[TheFilmOfTheBook an animated film adaptation]] of [[Literature/TheTaleOfDespereaux]], released in 2008 by {{Creator/Framestore}}.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the book, the rats are described to be ugly, and Roscuro's ugly appearance is actually the cause of the Queen's heart attack but in the movie, the rats don't look particularly ugly. Desperaux also looks less like a real mouse and more like an infant in the movie.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Roscuro in the book was a common castle rat who was already being trained to steal and trick to stay true to [[YouDirtyRat his species' reputation]], not the domesticated, bumbling companion of a human sailor.
* AdaptedOut: In the novel, Despereaux was mentioned to have a sister, Merlot, but she doesn’t make an appearance in the film.
* BlindSeer: After Despereaux is [[spoiler:exiled for the crime of consorting with humans,]] he meets the blind mouse Hovil, whose eyes are pearly white. Hovil is charged, among other tasks, with overseeing the gateway into the darkened sewers beneath the dungeon. Early on, he is the only mouse who seems sympathetic to Despereaux's curiosity and fearlessness. [[spoiler:It appears to the viewer that Hovis lowers criminals into the sewers using a thread whose color corresponds to their crime. For Despereaux, convicted of courage, the thread is red.]]
-->'''Despereaux:''' Red?\\
'''Hovil:''' Ah, so they tell me. You're the brave one?\\
'''Despereaux:''' I guess.\\
'''Hovil:''' Wear it proudly. There's no shame.
* BrattyFoodDemand: The leader of the boorish dungeon rats demonstrates his authority to Roscuro by showing him a large group of rats surrounding a large pile of food and chanting, "Eat! Eat!" but not daring to eat until the leader has rung the gong.
* CompositeCharacter: Gregory is a composite of the jailer from the book and [[spoiler:Mig's father]]
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Botticelli]], as he gets eaten by a cat.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: See Nightmare Fetishist, below.
* {{Expy}}: Botticelli looks like the rat version of [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Anton Ego]].
%%* FacelessMasses: {{Averted}}. In the scene when the king finally decides to try soup again, there is a MAN with a BEARD who has BOOBS in the crowd! %%What???
* FaceplantingIntoFood: A rare PlayedForDrama example. When the queen witnesses Roscuro coming out of her bowl of soup, the resulting shock causes her to die on the spot and she faceplants right into her soup.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:The Queen.]] It's unclear if she suffered a fatal heart attack, or drowned in her soup after fainting and faceplanting in it, but neither option is pleasant.
* FisherKing: The kingdom goes grey and overcast when the King goes into mourning.
* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Despereaux, Roscuro and other mouse and rat characters, unlike their book counterparts, who are drawn nude.
* GoodIsBadAndBadIsGood: Despereaux is not frightened by things that are intended to scare him (such as carving knives) and draws a picture of a cat in his book, nicknaming it “Fluffy.” Such courage and appreciation for cute animals would be considered normal behaviors among humans, but his parents and teachers are all shocked and horrified about this.
* HappilyEverAfter: {{Subverted}}. The narrator remarks that this is normally where everyone lives happily ever after in the epilogue, but "what fun is that?"
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Roscuro starts off as a good guy and a TokenGoodTeammate for the rats, [[spoiler:has a FaceHeelTurn after Pea rejects his apology, and eventually settles on the Face side for good when he stops the rats from eating Pea and helps Despereaux defeat Botticeli.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The jailer regrets being so mean to Mig when [[spoiler:he realizes she’s his daughter]].
* NeverBareHeaded: Despereaux keeps his red hat on most of the time, although he does take it off when bowing in front of Pea.
* NightmareFetishist: Despereaux drew pictures of cats in his notebook, much to his teacher's (and parents') horror.
* OpeningShoutOut: Early on in the film, the meager Despereaux becomes enchanted with certain, often-recurred Renaissance notions of heroism: honor, courage, chivalry, and truth. When Despereaux encounters Hovis, the older mouse [[CrypticConversation cryptically]] references these precise words to reassure the frightened mouse.
-->'''Hovis:''' Courage, right?\\
'''Despereaux:''' And truth. And honor.\\
'''Hovis:''' Good. But especially courage.\\
'''Despereaux:''' I'm ready.
* ProphetEyes: Hovis the thread-master, but only in the film.
* ResourcefulRodent: Despereaux uses a sewing needle as a sword and the rodent civilisation often uses junk and trash as objects, clothes, etc.
* SeriousBusiness: Soup. To the point the Narrator claims the people love Soup Day more than Christmas.
* ShoutOut: Boldo is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo Giuseppe Arcimboldo]], famous for painting detailed portraits of human heads comprised of other things (fruit and vegetables, flowers, animals).
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Gregory the Jailer]], as the rats chewed through his rope.
* SuicidalGotcha: For the audience. The subversion of the HappilyEverAfter occurs while [[spoiler:Despereaux is hanging from a window and apparently falls to his death. They later reveal him gliding away on his huge ears to his next adventure.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: Roscuro is one for the rats [[spoiler:until his (temporary) FaceHeelTurn]].
* UnreliableVoiceover.
-->'''Narrator:''' First of all, rats hate the light. They spend their lives in the darkness. (A rat is shown looking right at the sun.)
-->'''Narrator:''' They're also terrified of people, which is why they slink and cower all the time. (The rat walks right up to a human.)
-->'''Narrator:''' And as far as telling the truth as concerned, well, that is impossible, because as everyone knows, a rat can't talk. (The rat begins speaking to the human.)
* VocalDissonance: The mice and rats speak with deep, human-like voices rather than the high squeaky one rodents have in RealLife. It is shown they do speak human language in-universe, so this is really is how they sound and not just for the listening pleasure of the viewers.
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