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* BrokenAesop: The film suffers from this big time. The BigBad's henchmen are a biker gang called The Jackals, who are... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin jackals]]. Several times throughout, characters address that no one should assume all jackals are evil just because of the actions of a few bad apples. All well and good, except that there are ''no'' good jackals in the movie -- every one we see is a member of the biker gang and working for the main villain.
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** The main theme to the movie is this to Music/JohnWilliams's ''Film/{{Superman}}'' theme.

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** The main theme to the movie is this to Music/JohnWilliams's ''Film/{{Superman}}'' ''Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'' theme.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The music for this was done by Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, AKA Flo (Volman) and Eddie (Kaylan), of The Turtles, [[Music/FrankZappa The Mothers Of Invention]] and ''WesternAnimation/DownAndDirtyDuck'' fame.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The music for this was done by Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, AKA Flo (Volman) and Eddie (Kaylan), of The Turtles, Music/TheTurtles, [[Music/FrankZappa The Mothers Of Invention]] and ''WesternAnimation/DownAndDirtyDuck'' fame.

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* AdaptationDisplacement: Many people may not know about the original book[[note]]Originally titled "The Legend of the American Rabbit."[[/note]] by artist Stewart Moskowitz which was first published three years earlier. On the other hand, other than allowing the use of his characters, he wasn't directly involved in the making of the movie.

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* AdaptationDisplacement: Many people may not know about the original book[[note]]Originally titled "The Legend of the American Rabbit."[[/note]] Rabbit"[[/note]] by artist Stewart Moskowitz which was first published three years earlier. On the other hand, other than allowing the use of his characters, he wasn't directly involved in the making of the movie.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The main theme to the movie is this to Music/JohnWilliams's ''Film/{{Superman}}'' theme.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: In the movie, it is mentioned that not all jackals are bad. However, every jackal seen in the movie is a villain. They could have had Vultor decide that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the jackals were no longer useful to him]] and leaving them to die on the burning boat in New Orleans. Robert could have saved them, leading to a HeelFaceTurn.

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In the movie, it is mentioned that not all jackals are bad. However, every jackal seen in the movie is a villain. They could have had Vultor decide that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the jackals were no longer useful to him]] and leaving them to die on the burning boat in New Orleans. Robert could have saved them, leading to a HeelFaceTurn.



* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The film tends to zigzag this with its violence, but the surprising amount of talk about morals and taking political action (such as nonviolent protest) would probably bore and/or confuse kids.

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The film tends to zigzag this with its violence, but the surprising amount of talk about morals and taking political action (such as nonviolent protest) would probably bore and/or confuse kids.
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** The whole situation regarding the generational Legacy. Where did it come from? What purpose does it serve, especially since it appears to give Rob's home village some kind of special protection from the outside world? Is it exclusive to Rob's family? Did he inherit it from one of his parents? Does the Legacy just randomly pick a new baby being born to bestow its powers?
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** The penguins in New York City bear a surprising resemblance to those of ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''.

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** The penguins in New York City bear a surprising resemblance to those of ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''. Though this movie came out way before Club Penguin was a thing.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The main theme to the movie is this to Music/JohnWilliams's ''{{Superman}}'' theme.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The main theme to the movie is this to Music/JohnWilliams's ''{{Superman}}'' ''Film/{{Superman}}'' theme.
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*StrangledByTheRedString: Rob and Bunny hook up at the end, mostly because he's the hero and she's the only girl.
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** The film also completely averts FrothyMugsOfWater with beer being shown front and center in several shots. One character that the Jackals encounter even being a drunkard in an alleyway.

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* HilariousInHindsight: The penguins in New York City bear a surprising resemblance to those of ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''.

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penguins in New York City bear a surprising resemblance to those of ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''.''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''.
**During the ending, one of the hares and later, Rob, mentions the titular rabbit is doing a barrel roll. It wouldn't be until a decade later that another [[VideoGame/StarFox64 hare would mention the now memetic "Do A Barrel Roll!" line.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: The penguins in New York City bear a surprisingly large resemblance to those in ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: The penguins in New York City bear a surprisingly large surprising resemblance to those in of ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''.



* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The film tends to zigzag this with its violence (not completely), but the political attire would probably get kids confused about what the movie itself is about due to being animated.

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** The movie could be seen as They ''Condensed'' a Perfectly Good Plot. If this were a SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon or similar series, there would be more than enough time for proper WorldBuilding and CharacterDevelopment, and for each major setpiece to warrant a full episode, among other things. As it is, it plays more as a RandomEventsPlot where things just happen in quick succession.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The film tends to zigzag this with its violence (not completely), violence, but the surprising amount of talk about morals and taking political attire action (such as nonviolent protest) would probably get kids confused about what the movie itself is about due to being animated.
bore and/or confuse kids.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: The final duel between Rob and the main villain is ridiculous and uninteresting. It starts with Vultor kidnapping the moose child at the dam and leaving him on a rock in the middle of ''ankle-deep water'' '''closeby the heroes''' and ends with [[spoiler:Vultor losing control of his flight in a snowstorm.]]

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* AntiClimaxBoss: The final duel between Rob and the main villain is ridiculous and uninteresting. It starts with Vultor him kidnapping the moose child at the dam and leaving him on a rock in the middle of ''ankle-deep water'' '''closeby '''close to the heroes''' and ends with [[spoiler:Vultor [[spoiler: Vultor losing control of his flight in a snowstorm.]]snowstorm]].



* HamAndCheese: Kenneth Mars deserves credit for taking this route as [[BigBad Vultor]], and his performance is the only thing everyone remotely enjoys about this movie.

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* HamAndCheese: Kenneth Mars deserves credit for taking this route as [[BigBad Vultor]], and the BigBad Walt; his performance is the only thing everyone remotely enjoys about this movie.



* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The main theme to the movie sound a lot like Music/JohnWilliams's {{Superman}} theme.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The main theme to the movie sound a lot like is this to Music/JohnWilliams's {{Superman}} ''{{Superman}}'' theme.
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* SnarkBait: When "(a) testament to mediocrity" is one of the ''kinder'' things this film has been called, you can probably guess that it`s this.

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* DesignatedHero: Rob constantly misses opportunities to stop the Jackals throughout the movie, and only directly stops like two of them by the time the movie's over.

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* DesignatedHero: Rob constantly misses opportunities to stop the Jackals throughout the movie, and only directly stops like about two of them by the time the movie's over.


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* SnarkBait: When "(a) testament to mediocrity" is one of the ''kinder'' things this film has been called, you can probably guess that it`s this.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The film tends to zigzag this with its violence (not completely), but the political attire would probably get kids confused about what the movie itself is about due to being animated.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The film tends to zigzag this with its violence (not completely), but the political attire would probably get kids confused about what the movie itself is about due to being animated.animated.

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* BrokenAesop: Rob insists that not all jackals are bad, and that there were good ones as well, but at the end, all the jackals in the movie are villainous.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: About everything from honesty to sportsmanship to proper piano technique.

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* {{Anvilicious}}: About everything from honesty to sportsmanship to [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking proper piano technique.technique]].

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* BrokenAesop: Rob insists that not all jackals are bad, and that there were good ones as well, but at the end, all the jackals in the movie are villainous.



* HamAndCheese: Kenneth Mars deserves credit for taking this route as [[BigBad Vultor]]. His performance is possibly the only remotely enjoyable thing about this movie.

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* HamAndCheese: Kenneth Mars deserves credit for taking this route as [[BigBad Vultor]]. His Vultor]], and his performance is possibly the only thing everyone remotely enjoyable thing enjoys about this movie.

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So I suppose every instance of the words "do(ing) a barrel roll" retroactively refers to the meme now? (Edit Tip 15: Memes don't automatically make things wittier. Resist the urge to shoehorn one in.)


* HilariousInHindsight: At the end, someone says "Wow! It looks like he's doing a [[VideoGame/StarFox64 barrel]] [[MemeticMutation roll]]!"
** The penguins in New York City bear a surprisingly large resemblance to those in ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: At the end, someone says "Wow! It looks like he's doing a [[VideoGame/StarFox64 barrel]] [[MemeticMutation roll]]!"
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The penguins in New York City bear a surprisingly large resemblance to those in ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The main theme to the movie sound a lot like {{John Williams}}'s {{Superman}} theme.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The main theme to the movie sound a lot like {{John Williams}}'s Music/JohnWilliams's {{Superman}} theme.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: In the movie, it is mentioned that not all jackals are bad. However, every jackal seen in the movie is a villain. They could have had Vultor decide that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the jackals were no longer useful to him]] and leaving them to die on the burning boat in New Orleans. Robert could have saved them, leading to a HeelFaceTurn.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: In the movie, it is mentioned that not all jackals are bad. However, every jackal seen in the movie is a villain. They could have had Vultor decide that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the jackals were no longer useful to him]] and leaving them to die on the burning boat in New Orleans. Robert could have saved them, leading to a HeelFaceTurn.HeelFaceTurn.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The film tends to zigzag this with its violence (not completely), but the political attire would probably get kids confused about what the movie itself is about due to being animated.

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"Canon Sue" is Flame Bait that should not be allowed; see "Flame Bait" page for more details.


* AwesomeMusic: The music for this was done by Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, AKA Flo (Volman) and Eddie (Kaylan), of The Turtles, [[Music/FrankZappa The Mothers Of Invention]] and ''WesternAnimation/DownAndDirtyDuck'' fame.
* CanonSue: Rob. He's destined from before he was born to become a superhero, is always morally righteous, plays sports well, and is a musical prodigy. The people around him ''constantly'' talk about how wonderful he is.
** The entire first 8 minutes of the film are nothing but praise for Rob. ''Entirely''. This is an 80 minute movie.

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* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The music for this was done by Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, AKA Flo (Volman) and Eddie (Kaylan), of The Turtles, [[Music/FrankZappa The Mothers Of Invention]] and ''WesternAnimation/DownAndDirtyDuck'' fame.
* CanonSue: Rob. He's destined from before he was born to become a superhero, is always morally righteous, plays sports well, and is a musical prodigy. The people around him ''constantly'' talk about how wonderful he is.
** The entire first 8 minutes of the film are nothing but praise for Rob. ''Entirely''. This is an 80 minute movie.
fame.



* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ping, the [[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends Garfield]]-voiced gorilla. Supposedly, besides attempting to make money to rebuild a bar, the characters traveling with Rob believe that they have a "duty to fight against evil," but out of all of them, Ping is the only one who actually does anything against the Jackal antagonists. In fact, he's probably more effective than Rob is, American Rabbit or not.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ping, the [[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends Garfield]]-voiced WesternAnimation/{{Garfield|AndFriends}}-voiced gorilla. Supposedly, besides attempting to make money to rebuild a bar, the characters traveling with Rob believe that they have a "duty to fight against evil," but out of all of them, Ping is the only one who actually does anything against the Jackal antagonists. In fact, he's probably more effective than Rob is, American Rabbit or not.
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** The penguins in New York City bear a surprisingly large resemblance to those in VideoGame/ClubPenguin.

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** The penguins in New York City bear a surprisingly large resemblance to those in VideoGame/ClubPenguin.''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: At the end, someone says "Wow! It looks like he's doing a [[VideoGame/StarFox barrel]] [[MemeticMutation roll]]!

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* HilariousInHindsight: At the end, someone says "Wow! It looks like he's doing a [[VideoGame/StarFox [[VideoGame/StarFox64 barrel]] [[MemeticMutation roll]]!roll]]!"
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** The Jackals' theme sounds very similar to Foghat's "Slow Ride".
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ping, the [[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends Garfield]]-[[HeyItsThatVoice voiced]] gorilla. Supposedly, besides attempting to make money to rebuild a bar, the characters traveling with Rob believe that they have a "duty to fight against evil," but out of all of them, Ping is the only one who actually does anything against the Jackal antagonists. In fact, he's probably more effective than Rob is, American Rabbit or not.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ping, the [[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends Garfield]]-[[HeyItsThatVoice voiced]] Garfield]]-voiced gorilla. Supposedly, besides attempting to make money to rebuild a bar, the characters traveling with Rob believe that they have a "duty to fight against evil," but out of all of them, Ping is the only one who actually does anything against the Jackal antagonists. In fact, he's probably more effective than Rob is, American Rabbit or not.
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** The entire first 8 minutes of the film are nothing but praise for Rob. *Entirely*. This is an 80 minute movie.

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** The entire first 8 minutes of the film are nothing but praise for Rob. *Entirely*.''Entirely''. This is an 80 minute movie.

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