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* AwesomeMusic: Following their triumph with the ''{{Antz}}'' score, John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams made this score, possibly the best score to ever feature a ''kazoo''.
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** Or you might mistake it for [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath bits of gore sticking out]].
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* TearJerker: [[BigNO Rocky's]] [[FutileHandReach reaction]] when Ginger is seemingly killed by Mrs Tweedy can be pretty heart tugging.

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* TearJerker: [[BigNO Rocky's]] [[FutileHandReach reaction]] when Ginger is seemingly killed by Mrs Mrs. Tweedy can be pretty heart tugging.
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*** What makes it extra scary when she goes AxCrazy is when Ginger and Rocky discover Mrs. Tweedy holding onto the lights, she roars at them. Can't blame them for screaming.



** Dude, the guy is ''crying''.

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** Dude, the guy is ''crying''.''[[ManlyTears crying]]''.
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* BetterThanItSounds
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* HoYay: Nick and Fetcher seems to be a little closer than just being ThoseTwoGuys and HeterosexualLifePartners.
-->'''Fetcher:''' ''(practically swooning)'' Wanna dance?
-->'''Nick:''' ... alright.
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* MemeticMutation: "In the unlikey case of an emergency, stick your head between your knees and kiss your bum good-bye!"
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** What would have happened to Babs if the Tweedy's hadn't [[spoiler: switched to pie production over egg farming?]]
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*** [[spoiler: Probably not, since she managed to survive the machine explosion.]]

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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Mrs. Tweedy has been compared to [[{{Disney/SleepingBeauty}} Maleficent]] in terms of scariness, and for good reason. With her motivation being stereotypical greed, she could easily have become a comical LargeHam, but she...doesn't. Her lack of emotion as she carries out her plan is precisely what makes her so chilling. And ''then'' we have the climax, where she goes AxCrazy and maniacally tries to slaughter our heroes, arguably ForTheEvulz at that point. To top it all off, think about the film in relation to WorldWarTwo; it shouldn't take long to realize that Mrs. Tweedy is an {{Expy}} of '''Hitler.''' Enjoy the movie, kids.
** When Ginger and Rocky get trapped in the pie machine.
** The offscreen death of one of the chicken's by axe in the beginning of the movie. You don't see anything but you hear the sound.


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* NightmareFuel: Mrs. Tweedy has been compared to [[{{Disney/SleepingBeauty}} Maleficent]] in terms of scariness, and for good reason. With her motivation being stereotypical greed, she could easily have become a comical LargeHam, but she...doesn't. Her lack of emotion as she carries out her plan is precisely what makes her so chilling. And ''then'' we have the climax, where she goes AxCrazy and maniacally tries to slaughter our heroes, arguably ForTheEvulz at that point. To top it all off, think about the film in relation to WorldWarTwo; it shouldn't take long to realize that Mrs. Tweedy is an {{Expy}} of '''Hitler.''' Enjoy the movie, kids.
** When Ginger and Rocky get trapped in the pie machine.
** The offscreen death of one of the chicken's by axe in the beginning of the movie. You don't see anything but you hear the sound.
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** [[spoiler: Wait a sec, wouldn't that door ''kill'' Mrs. Tweedy?!]]
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* FridgeHorror: What might have happened if the plane never got the Christmas lights hooked on, and Rocky and Ginger had nothing to pull themselves back onto the plane?
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* AnimationAgeGhetto: ''ChickenRun'' is a semi-mature film, but was billed as a children's film.

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* AnimationAgeGhetto: ''ChickenRun'' ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' is a semi-mature film, but was billed as a children's film.
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** According to TheOtherWiki, the producers attempted to avert this by dropping a character from the early scripts named Nobby (who was supposed to be Ginger's little brother, and thus TheBumblebee) in order to avoid being excessively cute.

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** According to TheOtherWiki, the producers attempted to avert this by dropping a character from the early scripts named Nobby (who was supposed to be Ginger's little brother, and thus TheBumblebee) the KidAppealCharacter) in order to avoid being excessively cute.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: You just got to love the look on Ginger's face when Babs reminds her of Rocky by calling her "Doll face", including looking at his poster in a sad manner (why didn't she remove that poster anyway?) Also Rocky's reaction when he thinks Ginger's been killed.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: You just got to love the look on Ginger's face when Babs reminds her of Rocky by calling her "Doll face", inluding looking at his poster in a sad manner (why didn't she remove that poster anyway?) Also Rocky's reaction when he thinks Ginger's been killed.

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: You just got to love the look on Ginger's face when Babs reminds her of Rocky by calling her "Doll face", inluding including looking at his poster in a sad manner (why didn't she remove that poster anyway?) Also Rocky's reaction when he thinks Ginger's been killed.
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* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: You just got to love the look on Ginger's face when Babs reminds her of Rocky by calling her "Doll face", inluding looking at his poster in a sad manner. Why didn't she remove that poster anyway? Also Rocky's reaction when he thinks Ginger's been killed.

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* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: You just got to love the look on Ginger's face when Babs reminds her of Rocky by calling her "Doll face", inluding looking at his poster in a sad manner. Why manner (why didn't she remove that poster anyway? anyway?) Also Rocky's reaction when he thinks Ginger's been killed.
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* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: You just got to love the look on Ginger's face when Babs reminds her of Rocky by calling her "Doll face", inluding looking at his poster in a sad manner. Why didn't she remove that poster anyway? Also Rocky's reaction when he thinks Ginger's been killed.
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* TearJerker: [[BigNO Rocky's]] [[FutileHandReach reaction]] when Ginger is seemingly killed by Mrs Tweedy can be pretty heart tugging.
** Dude, the guy is ''crying''.
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* FridgeLogic: Naturally, an egg will only hatch a chick if the mother hen bred with a rooster. Which means that all the chicks we see at the end would be either all Ginger and Rocky's offspring, or the guy ... ensured everyone's eggs would give them one. Although it probably plays by the fictional rule that an egg always hatches if it doesn't end up as food.
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** The offscreen death of one of the chicken's by axe in the beginning of the movie. You don't see anything but you hear the sound.
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* SpecialEffectFailure: See above.

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* SpecialEffectFailure: See the second entry under {{Narm}} above.
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** When Ginger and Rocky get trapped in the pie machine.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Babs.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Rocky a JerkAss, [[spoiler: who lead the girls on false promises and turned their backs on them]], or is he a sympathetic man (or rooster) who was put into this situation by a goal driven chicken who would stop at nothing to get what she wants, and gets treated like a JerkAss even though he technically, never lied in the first place.

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Rocky a JerkAss, [[spoiler: who lead the girls on false promises and turned their backs on them]], them only to have a sudden attack of conscience that prompts him to return]], or is he a sympathetic man (or rooster) who was put into this situation by a goal driven chicken who would stop at nothing to get what she wants, and gets treated like a JerkAss even though he technically, never lied in the first place.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Rocky a JerkAss, [[spoiler: who lead the girls on false promises and turned their backs on them]], or is he a sympathetic man (or rooster) who was put into this situation by a goal driven chicken who would stop at nothing to get what she wants, and gets treated like a JerkAss even though he technically, never lied in the first place.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Pretty much the whole soundtrack, although [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUDCbOVmSdU Main Titles]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFR3Fmx2BP4&feature=related Building the Crate]] stand out.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The main theme tune.

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** According to TheOtherWiki, the producers attempted to avert this by dropping a character from the early scripts named Nobby (who was supposed to be Ginger's little brother) in order to avoid being excessively cute.

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** According to TheOtherWiki, the producers attempted to avert this by dropping a character from the early scripts named Nobby (who was supposed to be Ginger's little brother) brother, and thus TheBumblebee) in order to avoid being excessively cute.



* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Averted. The game based on the movie is a pretty good steath game with exciting levels and funny mini-games.




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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: See NeverTrustATrailer. The film was marketed as a kids' comedy but is actually quite mature and surprisingly dark.
** Like all good fairy tales!

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