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2	[[caption-width-right:270:Featuring all your favorite, [[YouDontLookLikeYou completely redesigned]], characters!]]
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4	The 1988 BigDamnMovie of the ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s'' cartoon. ''Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw'' was a retooling of the concept and seemed to take place in a different universe to the original show.
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6	The main story took place in the 1950's, [[FramingDevice told by an adult Whopper]] as a story for [[ChasteToons his niece and nephew]] in the present (or at least the present back when the film was made). In Whopper's tale, the Pound Puppies and their human friends are organizing an adoption bazaar, only taking time out to admire the Bone of Scone: a mysterious bone that bestows puppy power and lets dogs and humans communicate.
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8	However, a [[ObviouslyEvil mysterious man]] named [=McNasty=] turns up to adopt some puppies a day early and also seems to have some plans of his own for the strange artifact...
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10	The film was a BoxOfficeBomb and forgotten immediately after its release. Most people who have seen it aren't fond of it, with having a cheesy and stupid plot, poor voice acting, lame musical numbers, and animation that looks more suited for television than theaters among the criticisms this movie frequently faces. Because of the commercial failure and lukewarm reviews, this was the last media related to the franchise [[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 until 2010]].
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12	!!''The Legend of Big Paw'' contains examples of the following tropes:
13	* TheFifties: One of the stories takes place there.
14	* AlternateContinuity: The absence of Holly, Katrina Stoneheart, and other characters from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon as well as the changes in art style make it clear that this movie is a separate continuity.
15	* AnachronismStew: The film's base story is said to take place in the 1950's, but Big Paw's musical number "I'm a Puppy, Too" is a take-off of the song "Duke of Earl", which wasn't released until 1962.
16	* AnimalTalk: In a weird variation of this, The Bone of Scone grants humans and dogs [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg (and cats)]] the ability to understand each other in the form of Puppy Power, but all other animals remain unable to communicate with either humans or dogs. This creates a weird moment where Colette is talking to the two children helping at the Pound and suddenly switches over to dog-like barking the moment the Bone of Scone is broken.
17	* AnimatedMusical: This is an animated film with a lot of musical numbers.
18	* ArtEvolution: Thoroughly inverted, as the animation is of noticeably lower quality than the original cartoon, featuring a wealth of animation errors and bland backdrops, making for what some may find to be a visually unappealing movie.
19	* BagOfKidnapping: Lumpy and Bones use this method to kidnap Collette, Whopper, and Beamer.
20	* BigDamnMovie: The movie has more drama than the Hanna-Barbera series because of Colette being separated from her children for most of the film, the Bone of Scone being temporarily broken, and [=McNasty=]'s scheme of conquering the world with dogs transformed into vicious brutes.
21	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:All the animals in the pound sans Cooler, Colette's children, and the two Pound Purries end up going through the Mean Machine and turning into vicious attack dogs under [=McNasty=]'s control.]]
22	* CallARabbitASmeerp: Since all the dogs in the movie are "puppies" regardless of age, Colette's newborn puppies are instead called "puplings".
23	** Also, the kittens at the pound are referred to as "Pound Purries."
24	-->-- '''WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic''': ''What, was Pound Pussies too controversial?''
25	* CanisMajor: Big Paw is a gigantic dog.
26	* CaptainErsatz: Lumpy and Bones are incredibly blatant copies of Horace and Jasper from ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians''.
27	* CaptainObvious: Cooler all throughout the movie.
28	-->'''Cooler:''' That's it! Saying "I love you" changes them back to normal!
29	* CardCarryingVillain: [=McNasty's=] personality matches his ObviouslyEvil look.
30	* CassandraTruth: Whopper follows [=McNasty=] after he adopts four puppies from the pound and hears him outline his entire EvilPlan about how he's going to steal the Bone of Scone from the museum and use it to take over the world. When he heads back to the pound and tries to tell Cooler, Cooler instantly dismisses it as another one of Whopper's tall tales.
31	* ACatInAGangOfDogs: Hairball and Charlemagne are two cats who are allies to the Pound Puppies.
32	* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Reflex's reflexive reaction to the ringing of a bell later comes in handy in reversing the effects of [=McNasty=]'s Mean Machine]].
33	** A smaller one, but [=McNasty=]'s cat allergy later provides Cooler with a means to escape.
34	* CleanPrettyChildbirth: Colette gives birth to her puppies in the dress she wears throughout the movie and, after a nurse puppy dabs at her brow, she has the strength to take part in a musical number.
35	* CoversAlwaysLie: The movie poster has almost nothing to do with the movie's actual content.
36	* CryingWolf: Like in the Hanna-Barbera series, Whopper has a habit of telling tall tales. This is pretty much why Cooler doesn't believe Whopper when he tries to warn him about [=McNasty=]'s plan and also why the other pups don't believe Whopper when he later tells them he saw Big Paw.
37	* DancePartyEnding: The last song has everyone dance.
38	* DisappearedDad: The father of Colette's puppies is never seen nor mentioned.
39	* DogsLoveFireHydrants: Whopper's nephew stops to whizz behind a hydrant at one point in the film's beginning.
40	* DullSurprise: Whopper's niece and nephew don't sound very astonished when he tells them his story about puppy power.
41	* ElvisImpersonator: For some reason, Marvin [=McNasty=] turns into an Elvis impersonator near the end of his VillainSong.
42	* EvilBrit: [=McNasty=] is a villain with a British accent, voiced by George Rose no less.
43	* EvilOverlooker: Done surprisingly cleverly on the main poster. The shadowy figure looming over the character has a hairy head and sharp teeth so at first one could think that’s the titular Big Paw. However, on close inspection, one can make out a long pointy nose, making it clear it’s [=McNasty=].
44	* EvilPlan: Marvin [=McNasty=]'s scheme is to somehow use the Bone of Scone to become king and conquer the world.
45	* FangsAreEvil: Marvin [=McNasty=] is the main villain and he has enormous sharp teeth.
46	* FantasticRacism: Cooler looks down on cats. He discourages the two Pound Purries that live in the Pound from coming with the Puppies on their rescue mission by saying "tracking is a dog's job".
47	* FatAndSkinny: Lumpy and Bones are fat and skinny, respectively.
48	* FramingDevice: The main story, which takes place in TheFifties, is told in [[TheEighties the present]] by grown-up Whopper.
49	* FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: Most of the main characters mostly walk and stand on two legs, but will get down on all fours to do things like bark and growl at the bad guys, in contrast to [=McNasty=]'s guard dogs, who stay on all fours most of the time.
50	* FurryConfusion: This movie features both half-dressed cartoon animals that can talk and gesture like humans and more realistically proportioned animals that don't speak. Age isn't an issue either, since Colette's puppies are able to talk. Both types live in the same pound and can be adopted by humans, with Reflex even worrying about his reactions to a bell making him unadoptable. Hrm...
51	* GenerationXerox: The two living members of the [=McNasty=] clan we see have the exact same character design, pointy teeth, and voice. And, judging by the portraits in the [=McNasty=] manor, this applies to everyone in that bloodline regardless of gender.
52	* GentleGiant: Big Paw's tremendous size is matched only by his friendly nature.
53	* GoodFeelsGood: Bones states that it feels great to be good after he, [=McNasty=], and Lumpy are made good by the Mean Machine.
54	* HeelFaceBrainwashing: [[spoiler:This is what happens to [=McNasty=] and his two goons when they're stuck into the Mean Machine, as it makes good people bad and bad people good.]]
55	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:[=McNasty=], after using his Mean Machine to brainwash animals to do his evil bidding, ends up getting brainwashed himself.]]
56	* JukeboxMusical: Kind of. The actual music came from famous fifties songs, but the lyrics were written for the film.
57	* LargeHam: [=McNasty=] is very hammy and chews the scenery with every line.
58	%%* MacGuffin: The Bone of Scone is the object the film's plot hinges on.
59	* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: The best way one can tell that [=McNasty=] is up to no good is the fact that he's the only human character with razor sharp teeth.
60	* TheMovie: The first (and presently only) full-length film for the ''Pound Puppies'' franchise.
61	* MundaneSolution: During the course of the movie, The Bone of Scone is broken in half and all of humanity loses the ability to speak with cats and dogs. [=McNasty=] later repairs the ancient, magical artifact of legend and restores Puppy Power by... sticking the two halves together with craft glue.
62	* NameMcAdjective: The villain, Marvin [=McNasty=].
63	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Cooler lands the group into trouble not once, not twice, but ''three times'' by [[LeeroyJenkins constantly rushing into places]]. Nose Marie criticizes him after each screw-up, too.
64	* NonIndicativeName: [=McNasty=]'s ancestor Sir [=McNasty=] is given the title Black Knight in spite of not wearing black armor.
65	* NonSerialMovie: While the film shares some characters with ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s'', it is plainly a separate continuity from the Hanna-Barbera series.
66	* NowDoItAgainBackwards: The Mean Machine was designed to make nice, innocent puppies evil. Putting someone evil into The Mean Machine, on the other hand, makes them good. [[spoiler:Guess what happens to the bad guys.]]
67	* ObviouslyEvil: His name is [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast McNasty]] and he looks like the lovechild of [[Film/{{Nosferatu}} Renfield]] and [[Film/BatmanReturns the Penguin]]? [[SarcasmMode Nah, nothing suspicious about him!]]
68	** Surprisingly, he keeps his name and features [[spoiler:after The Mean Machine reverses him into a good guy]] and he becomes a scary-looking sharp-toothed man who happens to love puppies.
69	* PaperThinDisguise: Cooler disguises himself as a cat by wearing a helmet with a face painted on it and a brush on his tail.
70	* PlotAllergy: [=McNasty=] is allergic to cats, which comes in handy when Cooler disguises himself as a cat so he can be brought out of [=McNasty=]'s house along with the Pound Purries.
71	* PoundsAreAnimalPrisons: Averted for the most part, where the pound is a very humane animal shelter that runs pet adoptions and brings up the responsibilities about caring for a pet. [[spoiler:It very quickly falls into this trope when [=McNasty=] takes it over and brainwashes the animals inside.]]
72	* PowerOfLove: The victims of The Mean Machine can be literally cured just by hearing the phrase "I love you."
73	* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Used during the museum chase sequence, with the addition of a trap door to really make the improbable directions everyone goes absurd.
74	* SissyVillain: [=McNasty=], particularly when he swings his hips at one point during his VillainSong.
75	* TakeOverTheWorld: [=McNasty's=] EvilPlan is to take over the world, after taking over the pound and then the country.
76	* ThreeMonthOldNewborn: Colette's puplings are born the day [=McNasty=] tries to steal The Bone of Scone but their eyes are fully open and they have enough strength, even after they haven't been nursed by Colette all day, to walk through a tunnel that links the pound to the museum.
77	* UncattyResemblance: The final musical number features some people with pets who look like them.
78	* VillainSong: "The King of Everything", where [=McNasty=] sings of his scheme to use the Bone of Scone to be king and to turn Colette and Whopper into vicious guard dogs.
79	* VillainousLegacy: Marvin [=McNasty=] comes from a long family bloodline that has been after the Bone of Scone for centuries. [=McNasty=] even refers to it as "the [=McNasty=] destiny".
80	* TheVoiceless: [=McNasty=]'s mutated guard dogs never say anything beyond providing faint musical accompaniment for the "King of Everything" villain song.
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