Line #96 WesternAnimation/Igor


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3	A 2008 CGI animated film that [[AffectionateParody spoofs and references]] various horror movies, most obviously Film/{{Frankenstein\|1931}}. Set in Malaria, a country that thrives on MadScience, and where all hunchbacks have no choice but to become [[TheIgor Igors]]. The title character (voiced by Creator/JohnCusack), however, has plans to break free from his station and become a MadScientist himself, with the help of his friends Scamper (Creator/SteveBuscemi), an immortal and suicidal rabbit, and Brain (Creator/SeanHayes), a robot brain in a jar. Igor's attempt at creating an [[FrankensteinsMonster evil monster]] backfires, and he ends up creating an [[UglyCute Ugly]] CuteMonsterGirl named Eva (Creator/MollyShannon), who [[MinionWithAnFInEvil isn't evil in the slightest]] and would rather be an actress.
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5	Igor's quest for glory is hampered by [[FakeUltimateHero Dr. Schadenfreude]] (Creator/EddieIzzard), who has won the Evil Science Fair every year by stealing the winning invention from an actual MadScientist, and who sees Eva as his ticket not just to winning, but to taking control of the kingdom from King Malbert (Creator/JayLeno), who has a secret or two of his own. On top of that, Igor starts to develop feelings for Eva and begins to question the way the kingdom is run. Is being evil really their only option? And can a giant actress in a red dress really win the Evil Science Fair with showtunes?
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7	The film also features the voices of Creator/JohnCleese, Creator/ArsenioHall, Creator/JenniferCoolidge, Creator/ChristianSlater, among others.
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10	!!This movie provides examples of:
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12	* AmbitionIsEvil:
13	--> '''Eva''': So, I have to step on people to get ahead?
14	--> '''Igor''': Uh, yeah.
15	* AnimalMotifs: A number of characters have this: Jaclyn - snake, Dr. Glickenstein - crocodile, King Malbert - armadillo/cockroach
16	* ArcWords: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Pull! The!]] [[LargeHam Switch!]]
17	* AristocratsAreEvil: King Malbert is already evil, being the leader of a conspiracy to blackmail the world with evil inventions, but he turns out to be even worse [[spoiler:as he's the reason that Malaria turned into a {{dystopia}} in the first place.]]
18	* AssholeVictim: Both deaths shown in the film (Not counting Scamper's "deaths") come from those who had it coming big time: [[BadBoss Dr.]] [[TooDumbToLive Glickenstine]] who is killed due to a malfunction in the invention and [[GreaterScopeVillain King]] [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Malbert]] [[spoiler: who is crushed by the very weather ray he created]].
19	* AttackReflector: Eva's indestructible skin does this.
20	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: During the final moments of the film, Igor presents Eva (whom he is now dating) his latest plans. Eva is deeply touched, asking if it could really work, to which Igor replies that they could simply adopt if not.]] [[SubvertedTrope Cut to the image of his plans which is actually a dog.]]
21	* BadBoss: The evil scientists are this to their Igors.
22	* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: The people of Malaria believe this.
23	* BastardUnderstudy: Igor is this for Dr. Glickenstein.
24	* BeleagueredAssistant: An Igor must serve their assigned Mad Scientist faithfully, even in the face of abuse, or if they are far smarter than them. Or else it's the Igor recycling plant for them.
25	* BigElectricSwitch: Every MadScientist in Malaria gets one, to activate their EldritchAbomination. It's an Igor's primary duty to throw this switch on command.
26	* {{Blackmail}}: Malaria stays afloat by creating various evil inventions and then threatening the rest of the world to pay up, or those inventions will be unleashed.
27	* BlamingTheTools: Brain has a habit of calling things stupid when actually he's to blame for the thing not satisfying him — he misspells his own name on his jar and then says, "Stupid permanent marker!" when trying to rub it off. Then, when he can't get a remote control to work, he says, "Stupid remote!", even though the whole reason it didn't work was because he dropped it in water.
28	* BlindMistake: Used a couple of times with the blind orphans.
29	-->'''Scamper:''' No, no, no, it goes the other way! Are you bl... let me fix that.
30	** [[CrossesTheLineTwice And right after that, the blind orphans perform a musical number, and one walks the wrong way.]]
31	%%* BookcasePassage: Found using LuckBasedSearchTechnique.
32	* BrainInAJar: One of the main characters, named [[ADogNamedDog Brain]]. In a twist from most depictions of these sorts of characters, rather than being a genius, this brain is a complete moron.
33	* {{Brainwash}}: An actual business in Malaria, the Brain Wash, where Igor takes Eva to turn her evil, and Brain gets a literal washing.
34	* TheBully: Dr. Schadenfreude and Jaclyn both exchange FloweryInsults to one another for each other's amusement more than they do to others. King Malbert is also a much straighter example, as he bullies ''everyone'' he comes across, including Schadenfreude.
35	* CampStraight: Dr. Schadenfreude can be rather campy, but he is definitely straight.
36	* CardCarryingVillain: Malaria is a population full of them, openly referring to themselves as "evil" all the time. [[spoiler:Finding out that Malara being a {{dystopia}} thanks to "bad weather" was a lie made up by King Malbert ends up [[HeelFaceTown reverting everyone to normal lifestyles again]], and no longer proudly refer to themselves as such.]]
37	* CareerNotTaken: Igor wanted to be a MadScientist, but being born with a hunchback means that he is forced by Malaria's culture to be TheIgor, which makes him more of a BastardUnderstudy with even less human rights.
38	* ChekhovsGag: During the scene where Eva is brought to life, Scamper throws the switch before he and Brain were to do it at the count of three, much to Brain's chagrin. Later on, when they're going down the recycling chute to save Igor, Brain says they'd jump on the count of three, then shoves Scamper in before he says '3'.
39	* ChekhovsGun: The "wish you weren't there" card.
40	* ConveyorBeltODoom: The Igor Recycling Plant.
41	* CrapsackWorld: Malaria was once a prosperous landscape until dark storm clouds came that turned into a wasteland where the only way to make a living is to create evil inventions and have the world pay a ransom to keep Malaria from unleashing them on the world. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that King Malbert was the one responsible for the storm clouds.]]
42	* CreatorCameo: Chris [=McKenna=], the writer, plays a man in the crowd at the Killiseum, who says, "''That's'' Dr. Schadenfreude's invention?"
43	* CreepyAsymmetry: Eva, being made from pieces of dead people, has almost no symmetry, and nearly defies the creepy part. That is, until her Evil Bone gets activated, turning her into a OneWomanArmy who makes short work of other monsters in Malaria's GladiatorGames.
44	* CueTheSun: As Igor gets through to Eva about the choice to be good, the sun slowly comes out over the arena.
45	* CuteMonsterGirl: Eva turns out to be fairly pretty despite being meant to look monsterous, even after having her evil bone activated.
46	* CuttingTheKnot: Scamper and Brain are trying to disable [[spoiler: the king's weather device]], but it's taking too long. Brain makes a comment that they'd all die except for Scamper, giving Scamper the idea to just bite into the machine, since he can't die even while being massively electrocuted to disable it.
47	* DarkReprise: Eva sings the evil version of "Tomorrow" from ''Theatre/{{Annie}}''.
48	* DeadpanSnarker: Scamper. Also Jaclyn and Dr. Schadenfreude towards eachother.
49	* DeathSeeker: Scamper again, but he can't die. [[spoiler: [[CharacterDevelopment He eventually comes to believe that living really isn't so bad]].]]
50	* DefeatMeansMenialLabor: At the end, [[spoiler: Dr. Schadenfreude becomes a pickle salesman while Jaclyn (In her true form) becomes a pretzel saleswoman as a punishment for their scheme]].
51	* TheDitz: Brain.
52	-->'''Igor''': Maybe it just, uh, spontaneously combusted?
53	-->'''Brain''': Oh, yeah, sure. I’ve read about that in, uh... [[SuddenlyShouting WHO AM I KIDDING?!]] [[NeverLearnedToRead I CAN’T READ!!!]]
54	* ADogNamedDog: Brain is a BrainInAJar...
55	** IronicName: but you could call him "[[TheDitz brainless]]" and be completely spot-on.
56	* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:Dr. Schadenfreude took King Malbert's throne, though it was very brief.]]
57	* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: [[spoiler:King Malbert intentionally made Malaria into a dystopian wasteland where the citizens need to become {{Mad Scientist}}s in order to keep the city afloat so he could profit from it.]]
58	* EmperorScientist: King Malbert
59	* EvenEvilHasStandards:
60	** While Igor certainly intended his creation to be evil, he was horrified when he thought his creation was killing the blind orphans at the local home for blind orphans.
61	-->'''Igor''': That's so...''evil!'' I mean, which is great, but--blind ''orphans''?!
62	*** Igor also shows shock at Shadenfreude's intention to overthrow the the king, [[spoiler: though that was before he learns the truth about him.]]
63	** A PlayedForLaughs example from King Malbert, showing his disgust that the talk show host isn't wearing any pants (said host being invisible) and scrathing his invisible...
64	** Dr. Schadenfreude is just as shocked as everyone else when he learns of [[spoiler: King Malbert being responsible for Malaria being such a CrapsackWorld]].
65	* EvilVersusEvil: Evil scientists compete at the science fair. Schadenfreude also wants to overthrow Malbert.
66	* EvilPaysBetter: [[spoiler: Turns out Malbert turned Malaria into a land of evil scientists so he could reap the profits.]]
67	* EvilTastesGood: Subverted. Dr. Glickenstein made an evil lasagna that tasted good, but it didn't kill anyone, thus making it not truly evil.
68	* FakeUltimateHero: Dr. Schadenfreude wins the Evil Science Fair every year, but he does so by stealing an invention from another MadScientist.
69	* FauxAffablyEvil
70	** Dr. Schadenfreude "invites" Igor to his lair, which he turns into a spa to get him to hand over Eva to him in exchange from making Igor Malaria's new evil scientist like he wants. What keeps this from being genuinely affable is how he tried to shrink Igor (even if said method is non-lethal) earlier when he could've just tried to talk him into it from the start.
71	** King Malbert, even more so. On the surface, he's a firm believer of NecessarilyEvil with a charismatic showman-like personality (Hey, he is voiced by Jay Leno after all.). Doesn't change the fact that he is selfish, tyrannical, and [[spoiler: a liar to boot]].
72	* FauxtivationalPoster: "Who doesn't like tortured kittens?"
73	* FictionalCountry: The dismal nation of Malaria, which is home and sanctuary to {{Mad Scientist}}s galore, each given their own creepy castle as their residence ''cum'' laboratory. Malaria is ruled by the evil and devious King Malbert.
74	* FlatCharacter: Besides being a complete {{Jerkass}}, more than any other character in the whole film, King Malbert doesn't have much to him besides embiggening himself regarding "saving Malaria after the storm killed the town's crops". This is because [[spoiler:he actually ''doesn't'', as he's purely driven by {{greed}} and lied about the storm clouds in order to profit from evil inventions created by {{Mad Scientist}}s.]]
75	* FooledByTheSound: When Igor hears shouts coming from the orphanage, he thinks [[FrankensteinsMonster Eva]] is killing the orphans. However, when he enters, he finds out they're shouting with joy instead.
76	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Igor (Choleric), Eva (Plhegmatic), Scamper (Melancholic) and Brain (Sanguine).
77	* FrankensteinsMonster: Eva.
78	* FreudianExcuse: Dr. Glickenstein seems to suffer through mother issues.
79	* FurAndLoathing: Jaclyn's baby-seal boots.
80	* GentleGiant: Eva.
81	* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Igor is going through a HeroicBSOD in the recycling plant, Brain snaps him out of it, saying he's the only one who can save Eva from Schadenfreude.
82	-->'''Igor''': [[DumbassHasAPoint Brain, that maybe the smartest thing you've ever said!]]
83	* GladiatorGames: The Evil Science Fair, where {{Mad Scientist}}s' inventions duke it out to be the last one standing.
84	* GlassShatteringSound: Eva hitting a high note cracks Brain's jar.
85	-->'''Brain:''' ''(dazed)'' I think I wet myself.
86	* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Schadenfreude berates Eva to the point that she hits him, activating her Evil Bone. However, she grows so evil that she starts the process of destroying the entire stadium, killing him and everyone else in it had Igor not intervened.]]
87	* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Scamper regenerates any damage, no matter how extreme. He takes advantage of this in the climax, chewing his legs off to escape from a trap and later shorting out the Weather Ray by biting into random wires to burn them out.
88	* GoryDiscretionShot: Averted. Scamper gets a cannonball shot through his head on screen. [[RefugeInAudacity From a Mother's Day Card.]]
89	** [[spoiler:Played straight with King Malbert. After Brain and Scamper dismantle the Weather Ray, it falls towards the arena. Malbert looks up and sees his invention falling towards him, its reflection in his sunglasses. Cut to Igor and Eva averting their eyes while a crash is heard and dust gathers near them.]]
90	* GratuitousLaboratoryFlasks: It shows chemistry glassware in Dr. Glickenstein's castle, though this MadScientist tends to use motors, metallurgy and electricity for creating monsters. Given that the nation of Malaria runs on a MadScientist-based economy, the chemistry setup is likely a standard-issue feature of their castles, along with a TortureCellar and SharkPool. One early unused poster for the movie even had the letters of the title formed out of spiraling chemical glassware.
91	* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:King Malbert. None of this would have happened if he hadn't caused the cloud cover and restructured Malaria's society.]]
92	* HateSink: [[spoiler:King Malbert destroyed all the crops in Malaria and created a system where those born with hunchbacks would become a SlaveRace and the people of Malaria would create doomsday devices to blackmail the world for money. His actions lead to suffering for everyone in Malaria, and he did this all so he could boost his public image.]] Once everyone finds this out, he quickly becomes the most hated person in Malaria. Likewise, he serves as the person the audience can hate since he is responsible for all the evil in Malaria.
93	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: King Malbert is crushed by a piece of his WeatherControlMachine, while [[KarmicDeath demanding proof]] of his treachery.]]
94	* {{Homage}}: The first appearance of Eva is from behind, like in the original Frankenstein movie.
95	** The blind orphans merge two characters that the monster met.
96	** The Brain Wash has a reference to the movie ''Film/TheFly1986'', with the manager ([[PunnyName Buzz Offman]]) and attendant ([[Creator/JeffGoldblum Jeff]]).
97	** In the scene in the sauna, Schadenfreude's igor has a Hawaiian shirt and a mustache, which is the animator's nod to ''Series/MagnumPI''
98	** Eva standing at the top of the stairs, all dressed up, evokes ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'', complete with "I'm ready for my cloesup."
99	** Going back to ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', Mary Shelley referred to the monster being named "Adam". This one is named [[Literature/TheBible Eva]].
100	* HumanResources: When Igors outlive their usefulness, they're sent to the recycling plant.
101	* HypercompetentSidekick: Igor to Glickenstein. [[IDontPayYouToThink Too bad he doesn't listen to him]].
102	* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: Malaria, Latin for [[MeaningfulName "bad air"]]. Also, you know, a horrible, horrible disease.
103	* {{Immortality}}: Scamper, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever a source of much frustration for him]]. Lies somewhere between GoodThingYouCanHeal and FromASingleCell.
104	* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Schadenfreude tries to use a shrink ray on Igor, but winds up shrinking himself and Jaclyn.
105	* IncrediblyLameFun:
106	-->'''Brain''': Our work here is done.
107	-->'''Scamper''': ''Our'' work? You spent the entire time playing with a piece of ribbon.
108	-->(''Brain proceeds to play with the ribbon some more, laughing'')
109	* IWouldSayIfICouldSay
110	* TheIgor: A whole slew of them. And they are basically a slave race, forced to serve Mad Scientists.
111	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Igor gives this kind of speech to Eva [[spoiler:after her evil bone is activated and she's BrainwashedAndCrazy]]. He even [[CallBack reminds her of her earlier words]] "I'd rather be a good nobody than an evil somebody."
112	* IShallTauntYou: Schadenfreude does this to Eva to activate her evil bone.
113	* InvisibleStreaker: Carl Cristall, who refuses to wear pants, despite wearing other pieces of clothing.
114	-->"I'm coming to you live, invisible, and totally au naturale.”
115	* JekyllAndHyde: [[spoiler: Jaclyn and Heidi, and all of her other personalities she uses.]]
116	* JerkAss: Glickenstein, King Malbert, Malbert's royal guards, Schadenfreude & Jaclyn. There's a lot of jerks.
117	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Scamper. He's snarky, inconsiderate, rather insensitive, possesses quite a cynical mindset as a result of Igor giving him immortality, and highly critical of other people, but he is a loyal companion to Igor and Brain, and [[spoiler:ends up being the one to stop King Malbert's reign over Malaria by destroying his WeatherControlMachine.]]
118	* LiarRevealed: Igor pretends to be the deceased Dr. Glickenstein in order to pursue his goal to create an evil sapient being. [[spoiler:King Malbert eventually finds out and throws him into the igor recycling plant in a plot to kill him off. Unfortunately, Scamper follows behind and saves him from his fate, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain giving Igor the opening to find out that]] ''[[NiceJobFixingItVillain Malbert]]'' [[NiceJobFixingItVillain has been a liar too]].]]
119	* LightningCanDoAnything: As part of the parody, lightning is used for basically everything. It powers rockets and is used by Igor to bring Eva to life.
120	* MadScientist: The ruling class of people in Malaria.
121	* MadScienceFair: The Evil Science Fair is where mad scientists from the Kingdom of Malaria create doomsday devices of various shapes and sizes and pit them against one another. The winner wins first place, the invention used to threaten the world with ransom to fuel Malaria's economy.
122	* MadScientistLaboratory: Several, actually.
123	* {{Manchild}}: Thanks to the complete absence of mental maturity, [[TheDitz Brain]] has a childish demeanor and likes to play with toys. He's also [[{{Keet}} easily excited]] and is completely clueless to his surroundings.
124	* AMillionIsAStatistic: King Malbert has clearly [[DeadlyEuphemism "recycled"]] a lot of Igors with the recycling plant many times before [[spoiler:he does the same to the titular Igor upon discovering his experiment to create Eva]], but none of the characters remark on this.
125	* MistakenForToilet: At one point, Schadenfreude reminds his Igor that [[PuttingThePeeInPool the jacuzzi]] is not a bathroom.
126	* MeaningfulName:
127	** [[spoiler:[[JekyllAndHyde Jaclyn and Heidi are the same person]].]]
128	** Also, Dr. Schadenfreude, which is German for "Happiness at the misfortune of others."[[note]] "[[Theatre/AvenueQ That]] ''[[Theatre/AvenueQ is]]'' [[Theatre/AvenueQ German!]]"[[/note]]
129	* MisterBig: King Malbert.
130	* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Dr. Schaudenfreude's plan to overthrow King Malbert is kickstarted when Malbert shows no respect for him despite his victories and mocks him in front of his own guests.
131	%%* MonsterMash
132	* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: All the {{Mad Scientist}}s.
133	* MsFanservice: Jaclyn, this is intentionally invoked with her many disguises. She's essentially the most traditionally attractive character in the film. [[spoiler:Even her true form isn't hard on the eyes.]]
134	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: King Malbert, Dr. Schadenfreude.
135	* TheNapoleon: King Malbert.
136	* NearDeathExperience: Igor, Scamper, and Brain receive one near the climax of the film in the Igor recycling chamber. The former one being the initial victim of the recycle and the lattermost being his attempting saviours (Brain reconciles Igor when Igor begins to deprecate himself, then attempts to extend his arm enough to reach the switch to disable the conveyor; Scamper then immediately does exactly what Brain wanted to do by releasing himself from the conveyor by gnawing his own feet off while Brain convinces Igor to gain the confidence to save Eva from potentially wide danger).
137	* NiceGirl: Played Straight with Eva. Even before she was brainwashed into pursuing acting, she was a GentleGiant who had no desire to hurt anyone. And, after learning that the only way to make it big in Malaria was to be evil, she stated that she'd rather be a good nobody, than a bad somebody.
138	* NighInvulnerable: Igor modifies Eva's skin to be immune to harm. This lets her smash through walls easily and makes a shrink ray blast bounce off.
139	* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Dr. Glickenstein & Jaclyn.
140	* NonHumanSidekick: Scamper and Brain.
141	%%* NoPeriodsPeriod: "If she's having a ''woman problem'', it's all yours."
142	* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[spoiler: Schadenfreude convinces Eva to come with him by showing her Igor and Heidi embracing. It turns out that while Heidi was trying to kiss Igor, he was pushing her away, about to tell her that he's in love with someone else.]]
143	* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Jaclyn as Heidi.]] Igors must not appear to be smarter than their Mad Scientist.
144	* ObviousVillainSecretVillain: Dr. Schadenfreude is a {{Jerkass}} who openly antagonizes Igor and co. in his plan to usurp Malaria. [[spoiler:King Malbert himself, who rules Malaria, is also a {{Jerkass}} and a ManipulativeBastard who forced his citizens to become evil by creating clouds with a WeatherControlMachine in a plot to earn profits from the rest of the world through blackmail.]]
145	%%* OpeningMonologue
146	* PerpetualStorm: The land of Malaria is besieged by ever encompassing storm clouds which force its inhabitants to become {{Mad Scientist}}s to survive. [[spoiler:Said clouds were brought about by King Malbert's weather machine.]]
147	* PetTheDog: While he is not above being a BadBoss to his Igor like the other mad scientists, Dr. Scadenfreude did once say some good compliments about him while arguing with Jacklyn/Heidi. [He's a good listener, he has soft hands, and unlike you he sometimes shaves his legs.] He also doesn't force his Igor to talk with the typical slur the other Igors have.
148	* PrecisionFStrike: Schadenfreude lets one "dammit" slip when he discovers Igor has invented something that he hasn't stolen yet.
149	%%* PygmalionPlot
150	* RampJump: leading to a SloMoBigAir.
151	* RefugeInAudacity: Scamper's mere existence is this.
152	* SecretUndergroundPassage: When the trio are trying to escape security at the Igor recycling plant, Brain starts rapping on the wall to find one of these, declaring there's always one around. Igor declares there is no secret passage while leaning against the wall in defeat...and [[LuckBasedSearchTechnique ends up causing it to open to reveal a flight of stairs]].
153	-->'''Brain:''' ''(Smugly)'' I'm sorry, you were saying?\
154	'''Igor:''' [[ExactWords Technically]], it's a secret ''staircase''.
155	* ShadowDiscretionShot: Schadenfreude pulling out the shrink ray, also [[spoiler:Jaclyn shifting into her true form]].
156	* ShapeshifterDefaultForm: [[spoiler:When she isn't using the transforming pills, Jaclyn looks like an attractive blonde. Turns out this is ''also'' a form she takes on with the pills, her true form being a female hunchback]].
157	* SheCleansUpNicely: After discovering Schadenfreude's true intentions, Igor rushes back home, intending to tell Eva the truth about the Evil Science Fair. Not seeing her when he comes in, he calls for her...and she appears at the top of the staircase, decked out in a fancy gown and practically sparkling. Igor is understandably floored.
158	* ShipperOnDeck: Scamper (and eventually Brain) for Igor and Eva, going to far as to outright ''force'' him to address his feelings for the lady. On several occasions. Brain even remarks that "our work here is done" when they think they've succeeded.
159	* ShoutOut:
160	** To ''Film/YoungFrankenstein''. Dr Schadenfreude plays a few bars of ''Putting on the Ritz'' in the piano medley in his opening scene.
161	** [[Literature/TheBookOfBunnySuicides Scamper and his repeated suicide attempts.]]
162	* SlapSlapKiss: Schadenfreude and Jaclyn. Unfortunately for [[ButtMonkey Schadenfreude's Igor]], [[MisplacedRetribution they take the former out on]] ''[[MisplacedRetribution him]]''.
163	* SleazyPolitician: King Malbert.
164	%%* SlipperySkid
165	* TheSociopath: King Malbert is Malaria's ruthless ruler who {{blackmail}}s the world into providing the city with money when the storm from before destroyed the city's crops using the deadly inventions the city's {{Mad Scientist}}s come up with as a means of threatening the world popualtion, and he is perfectly willing to kill off any Igor henchman who disappoint him by acting on their own. He's also egotistical, apathetic, impulsive, and has zero depth to his personality. [[spoiler:To add to this, he's responsible for the rain in the first place, and made the rain happen solely so he could benefit from it. When he's exposed of his deception, he displays no remorse and vilifies Igor for exposing him.]]
166	* SoundtrackDissonance:
167	** The blind orphans sing "I Can See Clearly Now".
168	** The credits to the movie has "Pocketful of Sunshine" play. Which does not suit a dark and grim movie like this.
169	* SpeechImpediment: Parodied. All Igors have perfectly normal voices, but are taught how to speak with lisps in Igor school and made to use them when addressing their superiors such as the king or scientists.
170	* SuicideAsComedy: Scamper.
171	* TakeThat: The filmmakers have admitted that the idea of a leader keeping his people in literal darkness as a means of controlling them, while not a ''direct'' accusation of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's administration and their lack of transparency, was certainly a reflection on it.
172	* TalkShow: "Cristall Clear, with [[{{Invisibility}} Carl Cristall]]."
173	* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Igor and Eva.
174	* TokenEvilTeammate: The only truly "evil" evil villain out of everyone in the film is [[spoiler:King Malbert, who has no redeeming qualities, is a selfish, corrupt jerk of a king, and set the entire plot in motion in the first place. Everyone else reforms once he's killed by his own weather ray because he was the one actually corrupting Malaria's population.]]
175	* TokenGoodTeammate: Ironically, the titular Igor and Eva are this to the whole of Malaria but don't realize it [[spoiler:until the end where they tell the rest of Malaria the lesson that BeingEvilSucks and King Malbert is a ManipulativeBastard]]. However, this is a case of AccidentalHero, because Igor intended for Eva to be TheBrute, but instead turned into an actress thanks to [[TheDitz Brain]] accidentally causing her to be brainwashed into an actress instead of a villain.
176	* TooDumbToLive: Glickenstein. [[spoiler:He's a case where being stupid not only ''does'' kill him, but also kickstarts the plot]].
177	* UglyAllAlong: Jaclyn is a FemmeFatale who visit various {{Mad Scientist}}s to seduce them and glean their secrets. She works for Doctor Schadenfreude, who has been outperforming his peers for some time thanks to Jaclyn's spy work. In the end, Jaclyn runs out of transformation pills, and reverts to her true self: an ugly, hunchbacked Igor.
178	* UglyHeroGoodLookingVillain: While Igor is actually one of the more good-looking hunchbacks, Schadenfreude is more conventionally handsome. Especially when compared to the other {{MadScientist}}s
179	* TheVamp: Jaclyn.
180	* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Despite the dark setting the film takes place in, it's still a family-friendly one, not unlike your average Tim Burton flick. King Malbert is the source of everything dark in this story.
181	* VillainSong: Eva in BrainwashedAndCrazy mode.
182	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler: Jaclyn, thanks to a set of pills.]]
183	* WeakenedByTheLight: While he's installing it, Igor mentions Eva's evil bone loses its power in the light. [[spoiler:When the sun comes out at the end, its light negates the evil bone and reverts Eva to normal.]]
184	* WeatherControlMachine: [[spoiler:King Malbert's beacon on his castle is really a machine to manipulate storm clouds, which he used to block out Malaria's sun and kill all their crops, giving him an excuse to turn his kingdom into a land of evil]].
185	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Glickenstein gets himself offed fairly early in the movie]].
186	* WellIntentionedExtremist: The mad scientists, even Dr Schadenfreude who steals inventions to make as his own, sincerely think being evil is the only way to survival for Malaria thanks to the king's lie.
187	* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: At one point Scamper comments, "Can you imagine a face like that on a 40-foot screen?" Cut to [[NostrilShot Extreme Close Up]] of Eva.
188	* WorthLivingFor: Previously-suicidal and immortal Scamper gets this. Right before he ends up on the ConveyorBeltOfDoom. He is pretty concerned that the raging inferno they are headed towards might actually kill him.
189	* YouAreWhatYouHate: Jaclyn looks down on hunchbacks and can't stand the sight of them. [[spoiler:Guess what she is without the transforming pills.]]
190	* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: This is Dr. Schadenfreude's reaction when he learns that Igor invented life. Jaclyn finds it amusing that even an ''Igor'' is smarter than him.
191	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The fate of Igors with no masters and/or that invent things themselves is being "recycled" in the Igor Recycling Plant by [[TheSociopath King Malbert]]. [[spoiler:The protagonist Igor nearly suffers this fate in the climax.]]

Context WesternAnimation / Igor