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3 | Spark Plug Entertainment is a [[BigApplesauce New York-based]] [[AllCGICartoon computer animation]] company founded by [[Series/{{Manswers}} Michael Schelp]] in 2006. The American equivalent of Creator/VideoBrinquedo, it specializes in DirectToVideo {{Mockbuster}} computer-animated features. Its first film was ''Bug Bites: An Ant's Life'', first released in 1998 and later re-released in 2006 as the company was founded. Spark Plug has released 12 titles. |
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5 | !!Notable movies include: |
6 | [[index]] |
7 | * ''Bug Bites: An Ant's Life'' (later known as simply ''An Ant's Life'') |
8 | * ''WesternAnimation/ACarsLifeSparkysBigAdventure'' |
9 | * ''WesternAnimation/PlanBee'' |
10 | * ''WesternAnimation/PiperPenguinAndHisFantasticFlyingMachines'' (formerly ''Penguins: Waddle On'') |
11 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpidersWebAPigsTale'' |
12 | * ''Cars Life 2'' (no byline) |
13 | * ''The Adventures of Scooter the Penguin'' |
14 | * ''Car's Life 3: The Royal Heist'' |
15 | * ''Car's Life 4: Junkyard Blues'' |
16 | [[/index]] |
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18 | !!Tropes in these movies include: |
19 | * AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The names of the penguins in ''Piper Penguin'' which all begin with P. |
20 | %%* BeeAfraid: For ''Plan Bee''. |
21 | %%* BigEater: Joey in ''Plan Bee''. |
22 | * BlandNameProduct: Krill Cola (Coca-Cola) and PNN (CNN) in ''Piper Penguin''. |
23 | %%* CaptainErsatz |
24 | %%* CloudCuckoolander: Pepperoni in ''Piper Penguin'', who is also TheSpeechless. |
25 | * CoversAlwaysLie: The DVD front covers (at least the Italian ones) always have a line talking about some of the characters being special guest stars. Because you know, [[BlatantLies Sal Caterpillar is a very famous cartoon character and his appearance in ''An Ant's Life'' was very shocking for everyone]]. |
26 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The conversation between Rose and Didi about the geckos from Malaysia sounds vaguely reminiscent of people complaining about immigration. |
27 | %%* DrillSergeantNasty: The Krill Cola [[{{Pun}} krill sargent]] who somehow sounds like [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Daffy Duck]]. |
28 | %%* DumbMuscle: Winthrop the walrus in ''Piper Penguin''. |
29 | * {{Filler}}: ''An Ant's Life'' is only 25 minutes long, so to fill time, four classic cartoons from Creator/{{MGM}}, Famous Studios, and Creator/WarnerBros were added to the DVD. |
30 | %%* {{Gasshole}}: Once again, Winthrop in ''Piper Penguin'', whose burping comes in handy later in the film. |
31 | %%* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: ''Plan Bee'' plays it straight with Queen Akif, but averts it with Queen Beatrice. Also averted in ''A Car's Life 3'' with Queen Limousine. |
32 | %%** Another straight example is Queen Josephine from ''An Ant's Life''. |
33 | %%* {{Gonk}}: So many of Spark Plug's characters are, but the best example is the lantern-jawed bee Pistol in ''Plan Bee''. |
34 | * GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Diesel in ''A Car's Life'', who is always seen holding a cigarette with her antenna, and is always pointed out as being bad. |
35 | %%* HappilyAdopted: Winthrop in ''Piper Penguin'', who is the titular character's step-brother. |
36 | * InNameOnly: These cartoons only loosely follow the plot of what they're trying to rip off. |
37 | * InsectGenderBender: Played straight in ''Plan Bee'', which features a male worker bee as its protagonist. Averted in ''An Ant's Life'', where all the worker ants are depicted as female. |
38 | %%* JerkJock: Punch in ''Piper Penguin''. |
39 | %%* KarmaHoudini: Why doesn't that bitchy teacher in ''Piper Penguin'' stop Punch the jock? |
40 | * KentBrockmanNews: ''Piper Penguin'' has the PNN reporter [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Peraldo Penguin]], who has the audacity to [[spoiler: insult Piper as his flying machine fails the first time around.]] |
41 | %%* LargeHam: The teacher in ''Piper Penguin''. |
42 | %%* LikableVillain: Many of the villains are like this to most Internet users. |
43 | * MickeyMousing: Piper slamming his head against his locker while opening it up in ''Piper Penguin''. |
44 | * NoBudget: There's a reason they've been compared to Creator/DingoPictures and Creator/VideoBrinquedo. |
45 | * NoExportForYou: ''Piper Penguin'' never saw a region 1 release until 2011. |
46 | %%* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The two geckos in ''An Ant's Life'', as well as the snakes in ''Spider's Web''. |
47 | %%* SadistTeacher: Miss Prim in ''Piper Penguin''. |
48 | * ShownTheirWork: ''An Ant's Life'' has a lot of bug facts clumsily woven into the script. |
49 | * ThisIsADrill: At one point, the bees in ''Plan Bee'' drill into the flowers to collect nectar, complete with the sound of a [[HellIsThatNoise dentist's drill]]. |
50 | %%* TwoLinesNoWaiting: ''An Ant's Life'' has this. |
51 | %%* ValleyGirl: Buffy in ''Plan Bee'' and Venom from ''Spider's Web''. |
52 | * UrExample: ''An Ant's Life'' happens to be the first 3D animated Mockbuster ever made, as it rips off both the [[WesternAnimation/{{Antz}} second]] and [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife third]] feature length 3D films ever made, both centering around an ant colony. |
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