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7 | [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell After twenty years of development and thirty months in production]], the film known as ''The Happy Cricket'' finally saw the light of day in 2001. |
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9 | [[TheHero Christopher]] is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin happy cricket]] who spends his days playing his [[MacGuffin magic stringless guitar]] for his friends. But, his peace is interrupted when a purple lizard named [[BigBad Wartlord]] bans music. Making matters worse, Linda the Night Star falls from the sky. Making matters worse, Wartlord, having mistaken the star for a diamond, is also searching for her. Thus, it's up to Christopher and his friends to rescue the night star, and stop Wartlord. Also, there's a GreenAesop tacked on just to be educational. |
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11 | This is... a movie. |
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14 | !!''The Happy Cricket'' contains examples of: |
15 | %% * TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: All over the place. Most notable is one scene where Cartibella flies around some CGI flowers, and a later scene with Wartlord holding the inert Night Star. |
16 | * AwardBaitSong: "Night Star" has the soothing melody of a Disney love ballad. |
17 | %%* ChekhovsGun: The slingshot. |
18 | * DeusExMachina: |
19 | ** [[spoiler: Linda brings all the plants back to life after returning to the sky.]] |
20 | ** At the climax, [[spoiler: Leonardo's house is flown in, piloted by the girls, allowing Christopher and friends to escape the burning castle]]. |
21 | * DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: When Christopher plays his guitar for Linda, the star glows so brightly it forces Wartlord over the edge of his castle and into the flames below.]] |
22 | %% * {{Expy}}: Christopher and Linda seem to be based on Jiminy Cricket and the Blue Fairy, respectively. |
23 | * GenreShift: The first movie was a fantasy film set in the countryside, involving a magic MacGuffin, fantasy monsters and a spirit toucan. The sequel switches to a modern city with night clubs and killer robots. |
24 | * GreenAesop: "The Earth is not blue anymore! It must be because of this pollution thing!" |
25 | %% * HumanAliens: Linda the Night Star looks human during "Night Star" |
26 | %% * IAmSong: "Come On, Let's Dance" serves as this for Christopher |
27 | %% * LimitedAnimation: The short ''The Solar Eclipse'' has this, along with a recycled soundtrack. |
28 | %% * MacGuffin: Christopher's magic stringless guitar that only he can play |
29 | * MacGuffinTurnedHuman: Linda is a variant, spending most of the movie as an inanimate object. |
30 | * TheMovie: For the Happy Cricket character first seen in Sharp Electronics commercials in the '80s. |
31 | * NumberTwoForBrains: Wartlord's second-in-command, Buffuno, follows in the tradition of brainless evil minions who somehow manage to stay employed. |
32 | %% * SimpletonVoice: Buffuno sounds like this in the English dub |
33 | * TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Trailers for the sequel spoil the revelation that [[spoiler: the titular 'giant bugs' are mechanical]]. |
34 | * ViewersAreGoldfish: The characters feel the need to repeat exposition, explain plot points multiple times, and describe what they just saw/was just explained to them. |
35 | %% * VillainSong: "Majesty Rap" and "Jungle's Rap", both preformed by Wartlord's minions. |
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