History YMMV / FantasticMrFox

* MemeticOutfit: Ash's very...odd choice of dress, consisting of all-white clothes, a cape and the pants tucked into his socks. Its strangeness is {{lampshaded}} by Mr. Fox, with Mrs. Fox handwaving it as a phase Ash is going through.
** The observant will notice him reading a comic book about a superhero called White Mask in one scene (and a poster adorns his bedroom wall), so it's apparently some sort of makeshift superhero costume.

** The scene with the wolf towards the end. Sure, they had been foreshadowing wolves for a while, but it's still a huge change of tone.

* AlasPoorVillain: Rat.

* TearJerker: Despite the character's relationship with Mr. Fox, [[spoiler: the death of Rat is quite sad... even if it features a few laughs]]:
** Not a complete tear jerker, but still stronger than Heartwarming, seven words one statement: Ash, I'm so glad he was you.

* NightmareFuel: ''And how!'' Bean is outright ''described'' as 'The scariest man in the world', and he lives up to the part. His berserking when [[spoiler: Mr. Fox's letter arrived]] is ''terrifying''.
** Not to mention Rat. [[spoiler: Or Fox and Rat's fight in the electrical storage.]]
** Why has nobody noted down that CUSSING POSSUM and its dead. Hollow. Bulls-eye. Eyes. I would link, but I am still too terrified.
** [[http://inkywrists.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/fantastic-mr-fox5.jpg You mean like THIIIIIS?]]
** For me, it would be the Rabid Dog's [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes turning red]].

** The scene with the wolf towards the end.

** For me, it would be the Rabid Dog's eyes turning red.

*** And even made fun of America, in a way, since the difference between the humans and animals is that the animals are "wild", the american accents belong to the "uncivilized" side.

** That and the fact that they look just like the animated corpses of roadkill.

* NightmareFuel: ''And how!'' Bean is outright ''described'' as 'The scariest man in the world', and he lives up to the part. His berserking when [[spoiler: Mr. Fox's letter arrived]] is ''terrifying''.
** Not to mention Rat. [[spoiler: Or Fox and Rat's fight in the electrical storage.]]
** Why has nobody noted down that CUSSING POSSUM and its dead. Hollow. Bulls-eye. Eyes. I would link, but I am still too terrified.
** [[http://inkywrists.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/fantastic-mr-fox5.jpg You mean like THIIIIIS?]]
** For me, it would be the Rabid Dog's eyes turning red.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: ''And how!'' Bean is outright ''described'' as 'The scariest man in the world', and he lives up to the part. His berserking when [[spoiler: Mr. Fox's letter arrived]] is ''terrifying''.

* TearJerker: Despite the character's relationship with Mr. Fox, [[spoiler: the death of Rat is quite sad... even if it features a [[CrowningMomentOfFunny CMOF]]]]:
** Not a complete tearjerker, but still stronger than Heartwarming, seven words one statement: Ash, I'm so glad he was you.

** DirectorDisplacement: Despite being claimed as "A Wes Anderson Film", there were actually two directors. Anderson directed only the voices while animation director Mark Gustafson did all of the animation (and spent more time on set while Anderson would give directions through e-mail). The film's cinematographer even questioned Anderson's role on the project.

* AccidentalInnuendo
-->"Go downwards!" ordered Mr Fox. "We've got to go deep! As deep as we possibly can!"
** In a movie full of cussing (haha) I doubt any innuendo is accidental, not that the above example counts as innuendo, since they're digging to escape the farmers, who are relentless in their pursuit.

* UncannyValley: To [[{{Understatement}} some]], the realistic fur and eyes on the puppets can be unsettling.

* NightmareFuel: ''And how!'' Bean is outright ''described'' as 'The scariest man in the world', and he lives up to the part. His berserking when [[spoiler: Mr. Fox's letter arrived]] is ''terrifying''.
** Not to mention Rat. [[spoiler: Or Fox and Rat's fight in the electrical storage.]]
** Why has nobody noted down that CUSSING POSSUM and its dead. Hollow. Bulls-eye. Eyes. I would link, but I am still too terrified.
** [[http://inkywrists.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/fantastic-mr-fox5.jpg You mean like THIIIIIS?]]
** Honestly, whenever Mr. Fox smiled, this troper wanted to run home and hide under her blanket. Dido for when anyone ate. Beaver and Mr. Fox's fight also counts.
** For me, it would be the Rabid Dog's eyes turning red.
** DirectorDisplacement: Despite being claimed as "A Wes Anderson Film", there were actually two directors. Anderson directed only the voices while animation director Mark Gustafson did all of the animation (and spent more time on set while Anderson would give directions through e-mail). The film's cinematographer even questioned Anderson's role on the project.

* LoveItOrHateIt: It's surprising how polarizing this film is with people, but then again, most Wes Anderson films tend to be. Most reviewers lean toward "Love It", though.
* MemeticOutfit: Ash's very...odd choice of dress, consisting of all-white clothes, a cape and the pants tucked into his socks. Its strangeness is lampshaded by Mr. Fox, with Mrs. Fox handwaving it as a phase Ash is going through.

* AlasPoorVillain: Rat

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Kristofferson kicking a bully's ass with a display of fighting moves you'd never think possible to show in stop-motion.
** Ash has his own CMOA when he [[spoiler: makes a dash with machine guns firing at him, breaks a lock, and digs swiftly and smoothly out of sight before a rabid dog breaks loose on his enemies. Hotbox!]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
-->'''Bean''': That's just weak songwriting. You wrote a bad song, Petey!
** Even funnier when you remember that Petey is voiced by Jarvis Cocker.
** "Petey, bring us a ladder please."
** Apple juice... Apple juice flood...
** Mr. Fox eating his pancakes.
** The scene where Mr. Fox and Kylie drive the tiny motorcycle and sidecar from behind the regular-sized one had this Troper rolling on the floor.
** Come on guys, none of Mrs. Fox yet? Most notably:
-->"If what I think is happening
-->is happening
-->''it better not be.''"
*** It really does need three full lines to get the whole effect.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: When Ash admits to Kristofferson that he was wrong about his cousin being a showoff who wanted to embarrass him and eventually bonds with him as a good friend.
** Felicity's conversation with her son.
-->'''Felicity''': I know what it's like to feel... [hand gestures] ...different.
-->'''Ash''': I'm not different. Am I?
-->'''Felicity''': We all are. [points to Mr. Fox] Him especially. But there's something kinda fantastic about that, isn't there?
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The "Stunt Expo 2004" or "Great Harrowsford Square" music, with the The London Oratory School Boy's Choir singing Dahl's "Boggis, Bunce, and Bean" limerick to a full orchestration by Alexandre Desplat. It happens near the [[spoiler: end of the film when the animals are retaliating against all the humans]].
** Lyrics reprinted here for your convenience:
-->''Boggis and Bunce and Bean''
-->''One fat, one short, one lean''
-->''These horrible crooks''
-->''So different in looks''
-->''Were none the less equally mean.''
** Rat's theme (first heard on "Beans' Secret Cider Cellar") also qualifies. The latter part of the track his theme appears on ("[[spoiler: Just Another Dead Rat In A Garbage Pail (Behind A Chinese Restaurant)]]") makes a tender reference to the melody of the three farmers' theme. [[spoiler: This music is somber because of Rat's death.]]
** [[spoiler: Petey's banjo playing. Also doubles as a [[CrowningMomentOfFunny CMOF]] when Bean shows up.]]
** For us Beach Boys fans, "Heroes and Villains". Just to see that forgotten classic be revived for a major production is mind-blowing to say the least.
** What, no "Let Her Dance" love?

* {{Earworm}}: ''Boggis, Bunce and Bean...''

** That and the fact that they look just like the animated corpses of roadkill.----

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: How has the wolf scene ''not'' been mentioned yet?
** I don't see how that is when references have been made to Fox's phobia of wolves and the whole theme regarding "wild animals." It's certainly unexpected, but it's not as if there wasn't any build-up whatsoever in terms of plot or theme.
** This scene is not a BLAM, it's about Mr. Fox facing his fear/phobia, connecting with a "wild animal".
*** Perhaps not a BLAM in the truest sense, but it still seems to come out of nowhere, even with the scattered mentions of wolves throughout the movie. This was probably intentional, as the whole scene is ever-so-slightly silly (there's only snow around where the wolf's standing, for Pete's sake).
*** Additionally, the wolf gives the 'black power' salute for reasons that are never explained.
** No love for "That's just weak songwriting! You wrote a bad song, Petey!"?

* AccidentalInnuendo
-->"Go downwards!" ordered Mr Fox. "We've got to go deep! As deep as we possibly can!"
** In a movie full of cussing (haha) I doubt any innuendo is accidental, not that the above example counts as innuendo, since they're digging to escape the farmers, who are relentless in their pursuit.

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* AdaptationDecay/ AdaptationDistillation or PragmaticAdaptation: Depending who you ask.

* AdaptationDecay/ AdapatationDistillation or PragmaticAdaptation: Depending who you ask.

* AdaptationDecay: a HUGE helping for this troper.