Line #37 Film/Hop


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3	''Hop'' is a 2011 {{Creator/Universal}} live-action/CG film focusing on the exploits of E.B. (Creator/RussellBrand), a young rabbit who is next in line to become the world-famous Easter Bunny of legend. His father (Creator/HughLaurie) can't wait to provide him with the title, but E.B. tends to sway more to the young, hip side of the Bunny family tree and doesn't want to follow in his father's footsteps, instead wanting to make it big in the world of rock.
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5	He leaves for Hollywood in order to realize his dream and happens upon Fred (Creator/JamesMarsden), a kindred slacker who is house-sitting a mansion. After being nearly run over by Fred's car, he reluctantly takes in E.B., who wastes no time in causing him as much grief as possible. Soon however, Fred and E.B. learn that they have to contend with Carlos (Creator/HankAzaria), one of the Easter Bunny chick assistants who decides that it's time for them to take over the holiday due to their doing all the work.
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7	!!This film contains examples of:
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9	* AdamWesting: Creator/DavidHasselhoff AsHimself, the host and judge of talent contest "Hoff Knows Talent", which does sound [[Series/AmericasGotTalent slightly]] [[Series/AmericanIdol familiar]] and of course odd talking things are [[Series/KnightRider nothing new to him]].
10	* AlternateLandmarkHistory: Because the rabbits are all from [[{{Pun}} Easter Island]], several moai are seen in the film. They're apparently the secret entrances to the Easter Bunny's whole operation.
11	* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version has a different theme song called [[https://youtu.be/4eflnMZZndg?feature=shared "Hug Tomo"]] by Not Yet.
12	* AmazonBrigade: The Pink Berets, fluffy female rabbits who have a penchant for blowgun darts.
13	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Fred's adopted sister Alex sings horribly at her Easter play, and is loud to her brother.
14	* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: E.B. and Fred being crowned co-Easter Bunnies.
15	* BadassAdorable: The Pink Berets look cute and wear the said hats, but they kick ass.
16	* BigBad: Carlos the chick, who plans to take over Easter Island for his own.
17	* BluntMetaphorsTrauma: When Carlos starts planning to take over Easter Island:
18	-->'''Carlos''': The stubborn old bunny refuses to crown anyone else. This can only mean one thing, my friends: We are going to have to take matters into our own hands.
19	-->'''Phil''': Um, Carlos.
20	-->'''Carlos''': Yes, Phil?
21	-->'''Phil''': Yeah, um, we don't have hands, per se.
22	-->'''Carlos''': Eh, no, it's a figure of speech, Phil.
23	* TheCameo:
24	** Russell Brand, who voices EB, pops up as a production assistant on "Hoff Knows Talent", talking to the character he voices.
25	** The voice over the speaker at the Playboy Mansion? That's really Hugh Hefner.
26	* ChariotPulledByCats: The Easter Bunny's sleigh is pulled by a team of tiny, downy chicks that can fly somehow. [[spoiler:And later also by Carlos who has been mutated into a bunny-chick abomination.]]
27	* ChekhovsSkill: It was E.B's drumming in the end that saved the day.
28	* ColorCharacter: The Pink Berets are a trio of elite female bunnies wearing...pink berets.
29	* CoolBigSis: Samantha, who is actually a cool younger sis but plays the role of an older sibling in trying to help Fred get his act together.
30	* CurbStompBattle: After Carlos goes OneWingedAngel, he easily wipes the floor with E.B.
31	* DeadpanSnarker: Both Fred and E.B. are often sarcastic to each other.
32	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This was Illumination's second film, at which time they were leaning toward becoming a label for family films in general, not just computer-animated feature films. To date, this has been Illumination's only live-action film and the only film to have no involvement from their in-house, Paris-based animation studio.
33	* EasterBunny: The title of Easter Bunny is passed down between generations. However, the rabbit who's currently next-in-line for the title doesn't want to inherit it.
34	%%* [[EasterEpisode Easter Plot]]
35	* ExpressiveEars: E.B.'s ears are very expressive. His dad's, not so much, perhaps as a distinction between the two.
36	* FaceHeelTurn: Carlos, the second-in-command chick to the Easter Bunny empire who wants to take the mantle for himself. Even though the Easter Bunny is a good guy, Carlos has been somewhat of a jerk for a while, which would make him a subversion of TheStarscream as well.
37	* FakingTheDead: When the pink berets catch up to E.B., he dresses a frozen turkey in his shirt and throws it in a pot to fake his death, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero accidentally framing Fred for his murder in the process]].
38	%%* FantasticallyIndifferent: Most people's reactions to hearing E.B. talk.
39	* FantasyForbiddingFather: E.B’s father does not approve of his son playing the drums as his career choice and tries to make him his heir as the Easter Bunny.
40	* FamilyBusiness: Easter is like this, currently under the ownership of E.B.'s soon-to-retire father.
41	* FollowInMyFootsteps: E.B.'s father, owner of the title of Easter Bunny, wants his son to continue the legacy.
42	* TheForeignSubtitle: In Brazil, the movie is known as "Hop - Rebelde sem [=Páscoa=]" (Rebel Without Easter)
43	* FromZeroToHero: Fred O' Hare is the BlackSheep of the family. His father adopted an Asian girl as a replacement offspring for Fred. Fred is such a slacker that he nearly botches a house-sitting gig, and arrives late for a job interview, both of which were effectively gift-wrapped for him by his older sister. However, when Fred crosses paths with the renegade rabbit E.B., he discovers a passion for spreading Easter joy, and undergoes a TrainingMontage for the purpose. Fred will ultimately rescue the Easter Bunny from a ''coup d'etat'' by TheStarscream, and earn his place as co-Easter Bunny. Fred's fluency in Mandarian Chinese and his knowledge of Asian customs also lets the Easter holiday permeate the Chinese market, which heretofore had been impenetrable.
44	* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: E.B.'s father is fully dressed. Also, E.B. is fully dressed at the end, even though he is a HalfDressedCartoonAnimal in most of the duration of the movie. The Pink Berets wear berets, weapons belts and nothing else.
45	* FunnyAnimal: E.B. is happy, and culturally charged, and since he's animated he is quite a humor-minded guy.
46	* {{Handwave}}:
47	** In one scene, E.B. explains that he can talk because of a simple mixture of magic and cuteness.
48	** The Hoff's explanation for why he doesn't find a talking rabbit strange is that [[Series/KnightRider he was on a show with a talking car]].
49	* HaplesslyHiding: E.B. hides among the soft toys on Fred's bed so that Fred's wife will think he's a soft toy. However, when she does, she picks him up and hugs him.
50	* HiddenDepths: Fred apparently speaks perfect Mandarin, enabling him and E.B. to finally penetrate the China market. Makes sense in context he would know the language because he has a Chinese little sister who may be fluent.
51	* ICantLookGesture: Bit, the smallest of the three Pink Berets, turns away from the sight of a partially thawed turkey dressed in a flannel shirt that Patch levers from a boiling pot. The Pink Berets presume that this is the horrible fate of E.B., the renegade son and heir of the Easter Bunny. How an elite commando unit could confuse a frozen turkey for a rabbit carcass is never explained.
52	* {{Irony}}: E.B's drumming distances him from his father and causes him to run away, almost destroying Easter. Yet that same drumming is what saves Easter in the end.
53	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The Pink Berets are the only female bunnies seen in the film.
54	* TheKlutz: The smallest member of the Pink Berets keeps slamming into things and tripping up during their action moves.
55	* KillerRabbit: The Pink Berets, they may look cute but they will kick your ass with some of their attacks.
56	* LargeAndInCharge: Carlos is the largest chick seen. He gets larger when he goes one-winged angel.
57	* LogoJoke: The Universal logo is in the shape of an egg.
58	* MeaningfulName: Fred '''O'Hare''' in a [[SarcasmMode very subtle]] example.
59	** And his mother's name is '''Bonnie''' O'Hare.
60	* NeverTrustATrailer:
61	** The trailers for this movie made it look like an ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' rip-off (didn't help that both films are directed by Tim Hill).
62	** The earliest trailer featured nothing more than the protagonist playing the drums, with absolutely no indication of what the film was about.
63	* NumberTwo: It's constantly brought up that Carlos is E.B.'s father's number two chick and he is ''not'' happy about it.
64	* OdeToFood: E.B. often sings "I Want Candy". While the original song was about a girl named Candy, when he sings it, it's about actual candy.
65	* OneDoseFitsAll: When the Pink Berets are discovered near the iconic Hollywood sign by a patrolman, they shoot one blowgun dart to his neck, which drops him unconscious almost instantly. Later, when the Pink Berets encounter Fred O'Hare in the mansion's kitchen, the bunnies think that Fred has killed their charge, E.B. Fred gets a volley of six darts to the face, which ought to be fatal, or nearly so. Nope, it only keeps him in la-la land for a few hours. Somewhere, a pharmacist is crying...
66	* OneWingedAngel: Carlos undergoes a transformation into a chick/bunny hybrid when the Egg of Destiny scepter bestows its powers upon him. Unfortunately, it also increases his size and strength right before E.B. has to take him on.
67	* TheParodyBeforeChristmas: The movie ends with Fred saying, "Now Cheepers, now Peepers, now Biscuit and Fuzzy, now Chucky, now Plucky, now Feathers [[OddNameOut and Carlos]]" as the chicks pull him in a sleigh like reindeer.
68	* PlayboyBunny: The Pink Berets mistake a group of Playboy bunny girls for actual rabbits.
69	* PoopingFood: E.B. can poop jellybeans and does so to prove he's the Easter bunny.
70	* ProductPlacement: Heavily advertised by UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}. None in the actual film, though.
71	* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Happens during E.B. vs. OneWingedAngel Carlos. E.B. exhausts himself while trying to fight him off.
72	* PursueTheDreamJob: E.B. refused to inherit the mantle of The Easter Bunny, escaping instead to Los Angeles seeking to become a drummer in a band.
73	* ShapedLikeItself: [[spoiler: Carlos--"This is a ''coup d'etat'', which is French for...''coup d'etat''!"]]
74	** [[spoiler: Also, the principle by which E.B. survives his ride on the chocolate-carving machine.]]
75	* ShoutOut:
76	** The film has a reference to ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks''' infamous "raisin" gag and turns it into something [[{{Pun}} more palatable]].
77	** At one point, the shadows of the Pink Berets briefly mimic the cover of the first ''Series/CharliesAngels'' movie.
78	** "I didn't like it. I... ''loved'' it." is actually Simon Cowell's catchphrase.
79	** The scene where E.B. dresses a frozen turkey in his shirt and throws it in a pot to fake his death is taken from the "bunny boiler" scene in ''Film/FatalAttraction''.
80	* TheSlacker: James Marsden's character, Fred, at least according to the synopsis.
81	* SolidGoldPoop: Not hugely valuable, but Easter Bunnies apparently poop jelly beans.
82	* TemptingFate: "How could this night get any worse? Oh, I see, car accident, thank you."
83	* TheStinger: After becoming co-Easter Bunnies, E.B. and Fred make the first successful China delivery.
84	* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Fred thinks this will happen to E.B. if he's spotted talking in public.
85	* ToiletHumor: Rabbits crap jellybeans.
86	* TrainingFromHell: What E.B. puts Fred through to see if he is capable of being the Easter Bunny, and the young bunny eventually realizes the human has some talent for it.
87	* TrainingMontage: E.B. trains Fred into becoming the easter bunny.
88	* TranquillizerDart: The Pink Berets tranquilize their opponents.
89	* UnexplainedAccent: E.B. and his father have (different) British accents, and the villain is Spanish. It's made fairly clear that they all live on the island full-time.
90	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: NOBODY besides Fred finds an anthropomorphic talking rabbit strange, and the movie makes sure to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] the Hell out of it. Granted, adding scenes of being chased down by TheMenInBlack would be total overkill and disrupt the light fluffy tone of the movie. So it's just easier to handwave it off.
91	* UsurpingSanta: Carlos, a disgruntled chick assistant to the Easter Bunny, plans to become the new Easter Bunny because he is tired of being unappreciated. When he finally gets the power he wants, he goes One-Winged Angel, turning him into a strange chick/bunny hybrid.
92	* TheVoiceless: The Pink Berets never talk.
93	* WeaksauceWeakness: Phil's uncontrollable compulsion to dance when E.B. plays the drums, causing him to direct the sled out of control and into a crash landing.
94	* WellDoneSonGuy: E.B.'s father acts this way to his son when he returns to rescue Fred and defeat Carlos.
95	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We don't see the Pink Berets again after Carlos chocolate-coats them. It's easy enough to assume they were freed afterward, but it's never seen.
96	* WhyDontYouMarryIt: Carlos tells Phil that if he loves E.B. so much, he should marry him.
97	* WritersCannotDoMath: The factory is said to have been running 4000 years, making it more than twice as old as the holiday it serves.

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