Line #28 Animation/KikoRikiAnimatedFilms


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3	->'''Carlin''': My friends and I live happily right here in a distant paradise. Peace, quiet and tranquility, completely untouched by... well, I don't even know what it's untouched by. We've never been touched.\
4	'''Rosa''': I was just touched by a touching romance novel.\
5	'''Olga''': I baked some cookies with a touch of nutmeg.\
6	'''Krash''': I'm touching my nose with my tongue.\
7	'''Carlin''': Will you guys get out of here?\
8	'''Dokko''': No need to get... touchy.\
9	'''Carlin''': Hey, I said we were happy, I didn't say we weren't off our rockers! Anyway, welcome to our home, [=KikoRiki=]! Safety, beauty, friendship, we got it. If you're looking for excitement, purpose and a chance to really shine... not our thing, really. Not that I'm complaining, an old bird like me... Who needs that stuff? Okay boys, queue the crescendo.
10	--> '''Narration at the beginning of ''[=KikoRiki=]. Team Invincible'''''
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12	From 2011 to 2018 three CGI movies were released in the ''Animation/KikoRiki'' series:
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14	* ''[=KikoRiki=]. Team Invincible'' (2011) [[note]]''Смешарики. Начало'' (''[=KikoRiki=]. Beginning''), also advertised overseas as ''Kikoriki: The Movie''[[/note]] - A prequel set before the original series. Krash and Chiko find a television in one of the caves, from which they and their friends learn about the "[[ShowWithinAShow Lucien Show]]". Believing everything shown to be real, [=KikoRiki=] decide to set off to a giant city in hopes of helping Lucien fight the crime.
15	* ''[=KikoRiki=]. Legend of the Golden Dragon'' (2016) [[note]]''Смешарики. Легенда о Золотом Драконе'', also advertised in UK as ''Super Furry Animals''[[/note]] - Dokko invents Improveriser, a helmet that allows you to swap bodies with somebody else. Hoping to use it to make himself better, [[FreakyFridayFlip Wally accidentally swaps minds with a caterpillar]]. The situation is further complicated by a CelestialDeadline he's put in, the conflict with the natives, who think Wally is "The Golden Dragon" that will save them from some kind of disaster, and interference from Lara and Diesel, a pair of tomb raiders who only care about the "Golden" part.
16	* ''[=KikoRiki=]. Deja Vu'' (2018) [[note]]''Смешарики. Дежавю'', also advertised in UK as ''The Time Team''[[/note]] - Krash wants to make Barry an unforgettable birthday party, so he calls the [=DejaVu=] agency, who specialize in time travel, to help. Not knowing for sure what kind of parties do they offer and his failure to pay up causes his friends to be scattered across various time periods. Now Krash has to team up with his AlternateSelf to find his friends while trying to avoid being obliterated by Mole, a soft-spoken but ruthless intern with a desire to become an EmployeeOfTheMonth.
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18	The movies differ from the original shorts by having more focused plot and the aversion of NoAntagonist, which the series was known for. ''Team Invincible'' was also the first in the series to use CGI, which would be carried over for some of the later projects in the series.
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20	!!The films provide examples of:
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24	* ADayInTheLimelight: While the entire EnsembleCast of the series is present and plays some role, each film puts spotlight on one of the main characters: Barry for ''Team Invincible'', Wally for ''Legend of the Golden Dragon'' and Krash for ''Deja Vu''.
25	* BigBad:
26	** Dr. Caligari from "Lucien's Show" is presented as such in ''Team Invincible''. [[spoiler:[[MeanCharacterNiceActor The actor playing him, Eugine, turns out to be a long-time friend of Barry's]] and the real main antagonist is the Boss, a director of their show who uses its fame to distract the citizens and commit theft]].
27	** Lara and Diesel in ''Legend of the Golden Dragon'', a pair of tomb raiders, who decide to use Wally to their wit and get a golden statue from Chameleon natives.
28	** Mole in ''Deja Vu'', an agent from the Deja Vu agency, who wants to get rid of the [=KikoRiki=] due to Krash not being able to pay for his services, and get back the Chrono-Clicker that Krash took away from him, all for the sake of promotion.
29	* BigDamnMovie: The original shorts are about an everyday life of [=KikoRiki=] in their own isolated country [[NoAntagonist with no antagonistic characters]] and the world outside of the place they live in is usually not explored. All three of the films are more dramatic, have clear antagonists to them and most of the time take place outside of protagonists' hometown.
30	* DarkerAndEdgier: Not by much, but the films are overall more serious than the shorts. Take ''Team Invincible'' for example - the gang visits a city filled with corruption, Chiko and Pin get arrested after being mistaken for thieves (complete with realistic-looking ''shotguns'' being pointed at them) and have to be rescued by their friends, and at the end of the day [[spoiler:a director of Barry's show turns out to be a criminal, who uses the show to distract unsuspecting viewers from his real plans]]. Definitely not something you'll see in the regular ''[=KikoRiki=]'' episode.
31	* RecurringRiff: The original show's intro ThemeTune is occasionally incorporated into the soundtrack, most notably in ''Deja Vu''.
32	* TheStinger:
33	** ''Team Invincible'': After the credits end, we are shown that [[spoiler:Eugene helped the police to arrest the Boss and his henchmen.]]
34	** ''Legend of the Golden Dragon'': Krash finds a business card of the [[SequelHook Deja Vu agency]].
35	** ''Deja Vu'': During the mid-credits scene, it is shown that [[spoiler:Mole is TrappedInThePast, declaring himself "Hunter of the month".]] In the post-credit scene, there's a brief scene of Krash playing with a snow globe.
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38	[[folder:''[=KikoRiki=]. Team Invincible'']]
39	* AccidentalPublicConfession: Just a few minutes before Wally's news report, he [[CaughtOnTape accidentally left one of cameras on, which filmed]] [[spoiler:the two robbers that framed Pin and Chiko coming into the studio to show Boss their stolen items while gloating how well their show works as a distraction]], which was later shown during the Julien Show marathon.
40	* AirVentPassageway: Krash, Chiko, Barry and Pin escape from the prison through the ventilation.
41	* BigDamnReunion: [[spoiler:After Krash and Barry find Chiko in prison, the former is overjoyed and goes in for the hug, as the two friends were separated for a long time. This doesn't last long, as Barry interrupts them.]]
42	* BlatantBurglar: The two robbers that Chiko meets in the museum wear black masks and gloves.
43	* CameraSpoofing: Dokko uses this trick to allow Carlin to saw through the iron grate unhindered.
44	* CaughtUpInARobbery: [[spoiler:Chiko finds himself a temporary home at the museum with the guard Pin until his friends can find him. Next night, he meets two robbers trying to steal valuable items and is lead to assume they work at the museum as cleaners, dim-wittingly assisting them in the robbery. After they drive away, the police arrives, [[MistakenForThief mistakes Chiko and Pin for thieves]], and arrests them. The rest of the movie revolves around the rest of the [=KikoRiki=] gang [[GreatEscape breaking the two out of jail]].]]
45	* CeilingCling: Escaping from the hospital, Wally hides on the ceiling of the elevator for a some time.
46	* DeadlyRotaryFan: During the escape through the ventilation, Barry, Krash, Chiko and Pin almost get sucked into a huge fan.
47	* DisasterDominoes: Krash accidentally destroys a cave he and Chiko found by trying expired popcorn and coughing loudly, though they at least get a chance to take a television with them.
48	* DominoMask: Part of Lucien's attire. Rest of the [=KikoRiki=] have their own blue masks, mimicking him.
49	* DrawingStraws: After being put under quarantine, [=KikoRiki=] use this to choose who should escape and tell Lucien about their arrival. Wally ends up being the one. This is also how they realize [[spoiler:Chiko is not with them]].
50	* ElevatorFailure: Due to the power outage, Barry, Krash, Chiko and Pin have to escape from the elevator into the ventilation.
51	* ForeignReScore: In the English dub of the film, the "Ягода-малинка" song that plays a few times in the original show is replaced with "Cherokee Shuffle", likely because it wouldn't have the [[CulturalTranslation cultural impact]].
52	* {{Hobos}}: A homeless man with [[HoboGloves gloves]] and a [[ShoppingCartOfHomelessness cart]] gives Chiko advice to get to the museum.
53	* HeroicFireRescue: The first thing Lucien does on the screen is rescue a child from a burning house.
54	* MythologyGag: Krash corrects the crooked camera in the same way as in the intro of the original show.
55	* OriginsEpisode: The film is set before the main series, and explains how Barry and Pin ended up on the [=KikoRiki=] island.
56	* ShowWithinAShow: "Lucien's Show", an extremely popular in-universe superhero show that stars Barry. Said show is pretty much the main driving point of the movie that convinced [=KikoRiki=] to leave their island and search for Lucien. After Barry is fired, the show is briefly rebranded into the "Julien Show", [[spoiler:before being presumably shut down after Boss' arrest.]]
57	* SoundtrackDissonance: When Barry is fired from his job and he leaves the TV studio, [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn the music group]] starts singing a cheerful [[https://youtu.be/sEdno3JW0Uo song]] about how everything is fine.
58	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When the heroes arrive at the city's limits by water, they are confronted by the border patrol who start demanding their documents and boating license. Upon hearing that they don't have such and that they allegedly came "from the sea", the officers promptly arrest the whole party ([[spoiler:sans Chiko]]) and place them under the quarantine.
59	* WireDilemma: Dokko doesn't know which of the two wires disables the alarm. He cuts both and turns off not just the alarm system, [[BigBlackout but all of the electricity in the city as well]].
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62	[[folder:''[=KikoRiki=]. Legend of the Golden Dragon'']]
63	* AbortedArc: The conference the [=KikoRiki=] were planning to attend is never brought up even once throughout the rest of the film.
64	* BeYourself: The reason Wally even wanted to use Improveriser is because he felt he wasn't as good as his friends at anything (clever and nimble as Krash, strong as Barry, smart as Dokko), but soon realizes that no matter what, he prefers being himself.
65	* CelestialDeadline: Wally's body swap with a caterpillar is made worse by the fact that his new body starts going through pupation. Dokko notes that this is something one can't control, and if Wally becomes a butterfly before he can get his old body back they have no guarantee the body swap will work again. And unfortunately for them, getting back caterpillar in Wally's body turns out to be difficult.
66	* TheChiefsDaughter: The Chief tries to get his daughter married to the Golden Dragon. Contrary to the trope, however, she is very unattractive.
67	* TheChosenOne: Natives have a prophecy that claims their tribe will meet an uncertain doom, but will be saved by something known as "The Golden Dragon". When one of them finds Wally (after he swapped bodies with caterpillar), they assume he is the Golden Dragon. [[spoiler:They were right... Sort of.]]
68	* FakeActionPrologue: The film starts with Wally, Krash, Chiko and Rosa escaping from a meteor shower through the jungle, before flying down on gliders and being eaten by a giant frog... Which turns out to be a video game they're playing while at Dokko's.
69	* FunWithAcronyms: The gang was planning to attend the FRED (Festival of Ranting Engineering Dweebs) conference.
70	* FreakyFridayFlip: The movie uses this as a premise. Dokko has built an Improveriser, a helmet that can make two people swap their talents. Wally decides to use it to make himself better, but after accidentally swapping with a catterpillar, the gang learns that it swaps bodies as well. The other character to get her hands on the Improveriser is Lara, who uses Wally's body to get the gold from the natives. Later, while Wally tries to get his body back, [[spoiler:both Lara and Diesel switch bodies with each other, and stay that way in the end of the film.]]
71	* InconvenientParachuteDeployment: A caterpillar (In Wally's body) does this in ''Legend of the Golden Dragon''. This causes Barry to accidentally break the plane's door and makes even more mishap as other [=KikoRikis=] try to land safely.
72	* VocalDissonance: Krash turns out to be able to sing with a gentle and thin voice. He then switches to his usual voice for a rap part of his song.
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76	* AfraidOfClowns: Chiko is shown to be terribly afraid of clowns due to Krash's Arbor Day stunt. Ironically, when Krash tries to order some clowns for Barry's upcoming birthday party, he's told that they themselves have developed a fear of hedgehogs. He gets over his fear by the end of the film, if only because clowns seem like a cakewalk in comparison to [[FightingAcrossTimeAndSpace what he and his friends get to experience]].
77	* AllPartOfTheShow: When Krash, Shark, Mole, Dokko, and Barry interrupt Olga, Wally and Chiko's performance when they teleport to the Ancient China, Emperor's assistant tries to save the situation by claiming it to be a martial arts demonstration he planned all along.
78	* BarBrawl: An intense firefight happens between Mole's crew and the criminals from Wild West, with the winner taking Krash, who was just captured by the them. They destroy the whole bar in process, [[spoiler:but Mole and his assistants ultimately win.]]
79	* CasualTimeTravel: [=DejaVu=] agency specializes at tours to different time periods, which is made possible thanks to their Chrono-Booth machines. They give Agent Mole a Chrono-Clicker, a small flashlight-esque remote that makes time traveling even easier. And as Mole himself puts it:
80	-->'''Mole:''' Run your fingers through Einstein's hair, plunder a pirate ship, sleep in Napoleon's bed, see if [[AncientAstronauts aliens built the pyramids]]!
81	* DenialOfAnimality: In Middle Ages, moose were treated as (and act like) a brainless steed for bears. Given that Barry the bear and Dokko the moose are the ones to end up in this era, you can tell the latter, an intelligent person from the times where he and Barry are equals, doesn't enjoy his stay and objects to the treatment he receives.
82	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: [=DejaVu=] agency's motto is "The time of your life guaranteed guaranteed".
83	* FightingAcrossTimeAndSpace: Krash and Shark travel across various time periods while being chased by Mole, who wants to get his Chrono-Clicker back and erase the protagonists.
84	* TheMiddleAges: To find Barry and Dokko, Krash and Shark teleport to the Middle Ages. The former assumes they'll see knights, dragons, princesses and wizards, but the latter is quick to tell him that they'll instead see things like black plague and crazy witch hunts.
85	* MoreDakka: The Wild West bandit leader whips out a minigun during the firefight with Mole's team. By the time he runs out of cannon balls to shoot, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the bar roof collapses on him]].
86	* {{Slurpasaur}}: In ''[=KikoRiki=]'' universe, the Stone Age dinosaurs resemble frogs.
87	* TimeMachine: [=DejaVu=] agency has two: Chrono-Booth is a [[Series/DoctorWho TARDIS]]-esque phone booth. Chrono-Clicker is much smaller, but far more efficient method, being a small remote that can create temporary portals to the other time periods.
88	* VillainOpeningScene: The movie opens by introducing Mole, explaining his primary motivation (Becoming an EmployeeOfTheMonth), and how he got his hands on Chrono-Clicker.
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