Line #54 Creator/SparkPlugEntertainment


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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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