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8	->''"You know, other people's hate destroyed my love, and I couldn't do nothing about it. But you two, you can."''
9	-->-- '''Featherstone'''
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11	A young man falls in love with a woman named Juliet, but why must he suffer the pressure of his peers, while struggling to be with his true love born of a rival family? Through the impossible, he faces obstacles without fail, with the help of his midget sidekick... and... plastic... flamingo... ornament? Oh. Right. This man's name is [[IncrediblyLamePun Gnomeo]]. And the characters are living ceramic garden gnomes in a back yard. [[DontExplainTheJoke Get it?]]
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13	''Gnomeo & Juliet'' takes [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet the most famous love story of all time]], places it in the back yards of neighboring English households and scores the whole thing to classic hits by Music/EltonJohn. Elton and his husband David Furnish executive produced the film through their company Rocket Pictures, critical reaction was tepid but the film was a popular hit, making $194 million off a $36 million budget. In development at Disney for at least a decade, the animation was later farmed out to Starz Animation and ultimately released under the Creator/TouchstonePictures banner in 2011, on Valentine's Day weekend.
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15	A sequel entitled ''WesternAnimation/SherlockGnomes'' was released on March 23, 2018 by Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, with Johnny Depp as the title character.
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17	!!This film provides examples of:
18	* AbusiveParents: Lord Redbrick goes from an [[MyBelovedSmother irritating overprotective father]] to this when Juliet's romance with a Blue - and the son of Lady Bluebury, his archenemy - is revealed. He has the Red Goons gluing her feet on her pedestal, [[WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou insisting that ''she'' forced him to do this.]] Subverted when the Terrafirminator marches to Juliet's pedestal and he realizes she's going to die because of his selfishness; fortunately, Gnomeo rescues her in the nick of time and Lord Redbrick no longer makes any objections.
19	* ActionGirl: Juliet [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot the ninja garden gnome]].
20	* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Oh you don't even know the end of it.
21	* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: In ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', a lot of characters die. In this comedic adaptation [[RecycledInSpace with lawn ornaments]], nobody dies - not even Tybalt, who gets reassembled for the DancePartyEnding! This is even Lampshaded during Gnomeo's conversation with a bronze Shakespeare statue, where he calls the original a "horrible ending." The Shakespeare statue thinks it's great (if still tragic), and even expects it of the gnomes.
22	* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Not even an animal. A lawn ornament mushroom.
23	* AlmostKiss: Repeated several times.
24	* AndThisIsFor: Benny shouts, "This one's for Gnomeo!" just before he orders the Terrifirminator.
25	* AsYouKnow: During the lawnmower race, Dolly Gnome does this: "Now, I know you don't need me to tell you the rules, but I'm gonna, because I wanna!"
26	* AwesomenessIsVolatile: The ad for the Terrafirminator claimed that looking at it would cause people's heads to explode.
27	* BadOmenAnecdote: Gnomeo has a chat with a statue of Creator/WilliamShakespeare, who tells him that [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet he knows this story]]. When Gnomeo asks what happens to the lovers in that story, Shakespeare tells him that they both die.
28	--> '''Gnomeo:''' ''They both die?'' What kind of an ending is that?
29	--> '''Shakespeare:''' My dear boy, this is a tragedy.
30	--> '''Gnomeo:''' Yeah, you're telling me, mate! It's rubbish! There's gotta be a better ending than ''that!''
31	* BalconyWooingScene: Technically speaking, Juliet is on the top of her tower during the retelling of the balcony scene with Gnomeo, but it still counts.
32	* TheBigDamnKiss: Gnomeo and Juliet, [[spoiler: just after they survived the Terrafirminator]], until they're interrupted by Mr Capulet and Mrs Montague coming back home.
33	* {{Bowdlerise}}: The cover of "Crocodile Rock" at the end was tweaked slightly to make it more kid-friendly and more appropriate to the film's plot. For example, "Me and Suzie had so much fun" was changed to "Gnomeo and Juliet had so much fun" and "Lawdy mama, those Friday nights when Suzie wore her dresses tight" was changed to "Everybody is feeling right, 'cause we gonna dance all night".
34	* BrickJoke: While lost out in the city, Gnomeo comes across [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare a statue]] who notes that the story of his tragic romance [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet sounds familiar]], with him saying that he expects the couple to die at the end because of it. He reappears only during an explosion the two are seemingly incinerated by.
35	-->'''Shakespeare:''' "Told you so."
36	* ChekhovsGun: The lights and music display [[spoiler:comes in handy at the climax]].
37	* ClotheslineStealing: Nanette steal the black sock used by Juliet as a camouflage costume, and lose Mr Capulet's shorts in the process. The next morning, Mr Capulet blame Mrs Montague for it.
38	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The two neighboring houses are painted in red and blue colors. The two sides of the war are red gnomes and blue gnomes, both with the respective colors on their outfits, and most of the ornaments are one or the other, depending on their garden. The characters even refer to themselves as Reds and Blues. In case it wasn't clear enough.
39	** And some things that are shared, like the Cupid's flower and the lawnmower at the end, are purple—red and blue combined.
40	* CompositeCharacter:
41	** Benny is named after Benvolio from the original play, but his personality and role in the story is a lot closer to that of Mercutio.
42	* CycleOfRevenge: The Blue and Red have always been at odds, but during [[ExtremelyShortTimespan the two days (or so)]] the story takes place, Tybalt cheats during a lawnmower race. Gnomeo and Benny avenge this by graffiting the red garden well, and Tybalt gets revenge by vandalizing the Blue wisteria and breaking Benny's hat. It culminates with [[spoiler: Tybalt being broken and [[SerialEscalation Benny destroying the two gardens]], before Lady Blueberry and Lord Red Brick wisely decide to make peace]].
43	* DancePartyEnding: The show ends with the garden ornaments from both gardens rocking out to Elton John’s “Crocodile Rock”.
44	* DarkReprise: Listen for a slow, orchestral version of the guitar riff from "Saturday Night's (Alright for Fighting)" in the scene just after [[spoiler:Tybalt dies.]]
45	* DeathIsCheap: After all the fuss and drama made over [[spoiler:Tybalt and Gnomeo's (supposed) deaths, in the DancePartyEnding Tybalt is glued back together and aside from the odd limb dropping off is PERFECTLY FINE!]]
46	* DecompositeCharacter: Both Mrs Montague and Lady Blueberry who are Lord Montague from the original play (in addition of being [[GenderBender gender bended]] versions). Same with Lord Capulet, represented by both Mr Capulet and Lord Red Brick.
47	* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:In the DancePartyEnding, Benny just happens to find Featherstone's lost love on the internet and orders her.]]
48	* DisneyDeath: Occurs not once, but ''twice'' during the movie:
49	** The first is when Gnomeo is apparently hit and smashed by a passing truck; the wreckage is actually from a blue ceramic dish that fell out of the vehicle.
50	** Second time occurs during the finale when Gnomeo is trying to save Juliet from the Terrafirminator: Dust clears, everyone gapes in shock, the rubble begins to shake ... and then [[SubvertedTrope someone else crawls out]], subverting this. More shock, then it begins to shake as the display tower activates, [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion to reveal Gnomeo and Juliet safe and sound]]]], making a double subvert.
51	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A gnome's hat-height. [[spoiler:Made even more blatant when an envious Tybalt (with a small hat) smashes Benny's large... hat.]]
52	* DroolHello: Gnomeo realises that a vicious bulldog is [[RightBehindMe behind him]] this way.
53	* EverybodyLives: While it at first seems that [[spoiler:Tybalt died]], he appears glued back together in the ending.
54	* TheFaceless: Both Mrs Montague and Mr Capulet.
55	* FeudingFamilies: The Reds and the Blues, obviously.
56	* FunWithSubtitles: The film takes a crack at martial arts movies.
57	** Even more hilarious, when Nanette switches back to English, the subtitles switch to Japanese.
58	* GirlInTheTower: At first [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], as Lord Redbrick wants Juliet to stay, for her safety, at the top of her tower. She cannot get into anyway (it's a miniature version, being a lawn ornament). But Juliet runs away every time she can. Near the end anyway, it's played straight as Lord Redbrick, traumatized by the fact that [[spoiler: Tybalt has just been broken]] and [[InternalReveal the reveal]] that Juliet has fallen in love with a Blue gnome, make the goons glue her feet on the tower's pedestal. Thus the equivalent of locking her in. [[spoiler: It's nearly fatal to Juliet when the Terrafirminator is thrown at her, and Gnomeo vainly tries to free her.]]
59	* HappyEnding: Unlike in the original play, here the star-crossed lovers [[DisneyDeath are revealed to be alive]] after the feuding families reconcile.
60	* HeldGaze: A very very obvious one when Gnomeo and Juliet first encounter each other after they both grab hold of the flower. It causes them to look into each other's eyes and they hold each other's gazes for a ''looong'' moment.
61	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Gnomeo and Benny on the blue side. Tybalt and Fawn on the red side.
62	** Nanette and Juliet on the red side as well.
63	* HopeSpot: Played straight, then subverted, in the climax. After [[spoiler:the Terrafirminator destroys Juliet's castle, with her and Gnomeo inside, both families are aghast at their apparent loss. A hand suddenly pops out of the rubble, giving them hope, only for it to turn out to be someone else. However, after accidentally activating the Tiki display, the group discover that Gnomeo and Juliet are indeed okay]].
64	* IPhony: Mrs. Capulet's laptop has a banana on it... instead of an apple.
65	* JukeboxMusical: The whole movie is set to the music of Music/EltonJohn, even to the point of one character serenading another with the (incorrect) lyrics of Your Song. This is a given considering his production company Rocket Pictures co-produced the project.
66	* KarmaHoudini: Benny. Despite destroying both the Reds and the Blues' gardens and [[spoiler:very nearly killing both of the main characters]], he never seems to get any sort of punishment and ends up getting a happy ending along with everyone else.
67	* KnightTemplarParent: Lord Redbrick. His over-protectiveness [[spoiler:almost kills Juliet when she can't run away from the Terrafirmanator lawn mower.]] Of course, it'd be somewhat unreasonable to expect him to have predicted that one.
68	* LargeHam:
69	** Creator/PatrickStewart is having so much fun as Shakespeare's statue. May very well be SelfDeprecation given his theatre background.
70	** Also, the Terrafirminator's announcer. Helps that it's voiced by Wrestling/HulkHogan!
71	* LastKiss: [[spoiler:{{Invoked}} when Gnomeo stays with Juliet on her pedestal, as it appears they're going to be killed by The Terrafirminator. Subverted however, as they turn out to be fine.]]
72	* LivingToys: In this case, this movie involves around garden gnomes rather than toys.
73	* LockAndLoadMontage: Gnomeo gets one (with duct tape, garden stakes, mud, and a spray nozzle) before his first raid into the Red yard.
74	* LoveAtFirstSight: Gnomeo and Juliet, while their camouflage clothes conceal their actual colors.
75	* MakeoverMontage: Both Gnomeo and Juliet, just before their first date. CucumberFacial is even used on Gnomeo, no less, and with a single slice given his height.
76	* {{Malaproper}}: Lord Redbrick uses 'incinerating' in the place of 'insinuating' and then mistakes 'illiterate' for 'illegitimate.' He also says 'constipation' in place of 'consternation.'
77	* MsFanservice: Dolly Gnome, the race announcer parodying Music/DollyParton.
78	* MundaneMadeAwesome: The Terrafirminator is a high tech lawnmower advertised by Hulk Hogan.
79	* NeverSayDie: Notably {{averted}}, especially with a scene devoted to comparing the plot to the source material. [[spoiler:Even if Tybalt does [[UnexplainedRecovery get better]] later.]]
80	* NotHisSled: Gnomeo and Juliet live and get a HappilyEverAfter.
81	* PairTheSpares: Paris/Nanette. Hey, [[{{Series/Extras}} Darren Lamb and Maggie got together]].
82	* PaperThinDisguise: Benny's ridiculous daisy costume completely fools Tybalt's miniature minions when he hides out in an arrangement of daisies.
83	* ParentalBonus: There's a fair bit of innuendo and adult references made throughout the film. First and foremost among them, the gnomes. In the UK, the presence of garden gnomes can indicate that the garden's owners are swingers, which would put the rivalry between Miss Montague and Mr Capulet in [[SlapSlapKiss a different perspective...]]
84	* RedOniBlueOni: Played straight with the Red and Blue gnome clans. The reds in general are more aggressive, with Tybalt's anger countering Gnomeo's collected style, and Lord Redbrick being more confrontational than Lady Bluebury. However this gets flipped after [[spoiler: Gnomeo "dies"]] and Lord Redbrick and the reds becomes more somber and Lady Bluebury and the blues becomes more emotional.
85	* SealedWithAKiss: Gnomeo and Juliet, on the purple lawnmower, just before the end credits.
86	* SighOfLove: Both Gnomeo and Juliet give an enamoured sigh while returning to their respective gardens after their secret date.
87	* ShoutOut:
88	** So many Creator/WilliamShakespeare references everywhere it'd make your head spin. The feuding neighbor's houses are 2B and not 2B for starters... The movers are named Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. There is also a truck labeled [[Theatre/TheTempest Tempest]] Teapots and the "[[Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew Taming of the Glue]]" brand seen later in the movie. And that's just scraping the surface!
89	** Even to other works. ''Film/BrokebackMountain'', anyone?
90	** Also ''Series/{{Lassie}}'' (is TimmyInAWell again?), and a mention for Music/LittleRichard in the same phrase, no less!
91	** Was that Alan Titchmarsh on Ms. Montague's screensaver?
92	** It may have been a fluke of the Russian translation, but one of Lady Bluebury's calls to arms seemed to have come from [[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior Lord Humungus]] himself!
93	*** In the English version she declares, "Unleash [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar the dogs of war]]!"
94	** They even sneak in one to WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}. "[[spoiler:Tybalt]] can't be with us anymore."
95	** Part of Featherstone's scrapbook of his owners' failed marriage is a ticket to a performance of Theatre/AsYouLikeIt.
96	** Heck, [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare The Bard]] himself appears! (or at least, his statue does) voiced by Patrick Stewart!
97	** Featherstone: [[Film/TheGraduate One word. Plastic.]]
98	** Featherstone again: "I may not be a smart bird, [[Film/ForrestGump but I know what love is]]".
99	** The Terrafirminator / Film/TheTerminator.
100	** When Juliet first tries to leave the garden: "Out, out!", then the dog's owner calls out "[[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} Damn Spot]]! Over here, boy!"
101	** During the climactic battle, the concrete bunnies [[Film/BraveHeart don blue warpaint.]]
102	** During the battle scene, [[spoiler: Gnomeo]] falls into the pond, [[Film/SavingPrivateRyan and bobs up and down almost as if he were wading onto Omaha Beach.]]
103	* SideEffectsInclude: The ad for the Terrafirminator ends with a list of side effects, including dry mouth, [[HearingVoices voices telling you to burn things]], tightened hamstrings, and persistent feelings of awesomeness. In rare instances some people may explode when viewing the Terrafirminator.
104	** Also filed under FreezeFrameBonus and ShoutOut (to "Terminator", natch).
105	* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Everyone who died in the original story makes it out okay in the ending here. ([[UnexplainedRecovery Double-subverted by Tybalt]].)]]
106	* StarcrossedLovers: Par for the course with a Romeo and Juliet parody.
107	* TalkingToTheDead: Gnomeo asks Shakespeare for advice.
108	* TalkingIsAFreeAction: [[spoiler:While the Terrafirminator is flying through the air at them (in slow motion), our main characters have a brief chat, at normal speed.]]
109	* TestosteronePoisoning: The ad for the Terrafirminator plays it up like the ultimate man's mower. Having Wrestling/HulkHogan narrate it only reinforces this. Brother.
110	* {{Tomboy}}: Juliet tries to be this, rather than TheOjou her father expects her to be.
111	* TwiceToldTale: Stated as such in the opening.
112	--> Red Good Gnome: ''The story you are about to see has been told before. A lot. We're going to tell it again. But different.''
113	* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:Tybalt]] during the DancePartyEnding.
114	* VisualPun:
115	** What's spray-painted behind the bulldog's head when he spits Gnomeo out? [[spoiler:3x3. As in 9. As in K9.]]
116	** Also a reference to Theatre/{{Macbeth}}.
117	*** The house's respective addresses are [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} "2B" and "2B" crossed out]].
118	* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The film is basically a garden gnome version of "Romeo and Juliet" and while Tybalt is here, he is ''nothing'' compared to the destructive [[KnightOfCerebus Terrafirminator]] lawnmower once it goes out of control and starts destroying everything.
119	* WithCatlikeTread:
120	** Benny's idea of a costume for an 'ultimate stealth' mission involves dressing as a daisy and strapping a blue spray can (that rattles as he moves) to his back.
121	*** The spray can was part of the mission, he used it to vandalize the well in the Red garden.
122	*** And the daisy costume [[spoiler:comes in handy when they [[RuleOfFunny have to hide in a bed of daisies]].]]

Context WesternAnimation / GnomeoAndJuliet