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3 | ''Kiwi!'' is an animated short made for creator Dony Permedi's master's thesis in animation. It tells the story of a very determined kiwi bird who works to accomplish his dream. At only two minutes and thirty seconds long, it might have the shortest "start-to-{{tearjerk|er}}" ratio of any cartoon around. |
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5 | Watch it on Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs here]]. Bring tissues. |
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7 | '''Due to the short's nature, there will be unmarked spoilers below.''' |
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10 | !!This animated short provides examples of: |
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12 | * AmbiguousEnding: Done intentionally on behalf of the creator. |
13 | * ArmlessBiped: It's {{subverted|Trope}} in that the kiwi does actually have tiny little wings. |
14 | * BittersweetEnding: He gets what he wants in the end, but at a pretty steep cost. |
15 | * BookEnds: Starts and ends with a title card displaying the word "Kiwi!". |
16 | * CallOfTheWildBlueYonder: The entire plot is based on Kiwi's ill-fated dream of flying. |
17 | * {{Determinator}}: The Kiwi. He's willing to spend his life nailing dozens of trees to the side of a cliff and jump off it just to achieve his dream, even if it lasts for less than a minute. |
18 | * DrivenToSuicide: This is [[AmbiguousEnding implied]] as the kiwi jumps off the cliff. |
19 | * FeetFirstIntroduction: The first scene of Kiwi is a shot on his feet. |
20 | * GogglesDoNothing: They certainly don't stop the tears... |
21 | * {{Hammerspace}}: From whence he pulls an actual hammer, plus some nails. |
22 | * HappyDance: As he looks over the cliff one last time and sees all the trees he nailed down, the kiwi jumps up and kicks his feet together in excitement. |
23 | * LastNoteNightmare: The thump at the end of the short. |
24 | * MoodMotif: Very effective. A tuba plays for the kiwi's first appearance. A glockenspiel plays during his flight. A slowed down version of the same tune plays during the credits. |
25 | * MoodWhiplash: After the ending, we are once again treated to the title screen "Kiwi!", which comes off as inappropriately cheerful given the circumstances. |
26 | * NotQuiteFlight: It's falling off the side of a mountain with trees nailed to the side so as to simulate flight. |
27 | * OneWordTitle |
28 | * SingleTear: The Kiwi sheds one as he lives his dream of flying. |
29 | * SoundtrackDissonance: A glockenspiel plays while the Kiwi implicitly kills itself. |
30 | * TragicDream: Kiwi's dream of being able to fly does not come true without the ultimate sacrifice. |
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