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1	* AccidentalInnuendo: One song has the lyric "Suddenly I feel so [[TheStoner high]], I could almost cry".
2	* AlternateAesopInterpretation: Stella's moral is basically how you can't get everything you want. However, she ends up getting ''what'' she wants at the end: Which is to be able to keep Sasha. While some view it as a BrokenAesop since she ''does'' get what she wants, it can be interpreted more as "You can get a better thing by waiting".
3	* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: This is some gorgeous hand-drawn animation! So gorgeous it's almost always compared to Creator/DonBluth's works in terms of visuals.
4	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The VillainSong "Intelligence" has become a fan-favorite. Even fans who didn't like the other songs in the movie tend to like this one.
5	* CrossesTheLineTwice: While Joe's death may be a bit disturbing, the fact that he [[HoistByHisOwnPetard brought it onto himself]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough by a trick]], his sudden gasp when he finally goes, and Fly's expression when it happens makes it a ''little'' bit funny, at the least.
6	* CultClassic: This film is pretty much unknown among most people. However, it actually has gained a [[http://www.theneitherworld.com/hiaf/ fansite]].
7	* FanNickname: "[[Film/HarryPotter Snapefish]]" for Joe, due to sharing the same voice actor (Creator/AlanRickman).
8	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film found ''much more'' success in Germany and France than anywhere else. In Germany in particular, it was #7 in the top ten box office draws.
9	* HarsherInHindsight: The professor's memory problems are PlayedForLaughs in the film. Years later, his voice actor Creator/TerryJones was forced to retire due to an onset of dementia (which eventually claimed his life in 2020), making it significantly less funny nowadays.
10	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
11	** Fly and Stella once they meet up as fish, with Stella hugging Fly and crying about how scared she was, [[BigBrotherInstinct him hugging her back and comforting her then cheering her up by playing with her]].
12	** Most of Stella and Sasha's interactions are this.
13	* {{Moe}}: Stella is adorable in both her human and starfish forms.
14	* MoralEventHorizon: Joe is revealed to be completely beyond redemption when he [[spoiler:[[WouldHurtAChild leaves the three children]] to be eaten by piranhas, [[TheSociopath knowing full well]] that these characters are transformed humans that need the potion more than he does.]]
15	* RetroactiveRecognition:
16	** Creator/AaronPaul as Chuck, eight years before he became famous for playing [[Series/BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]].
17	** Creator/DavidBateson also went on to be best known for his role as Agent 47 in the ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' series.
18	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Chuck's laptop, the Millennium 2000 PMX (referencing the year this film was made) uses Floppy Disks for backing up data from a system crash. Floppies have relatively low storage by today standards. Today's laptops would instead do the same thing with smaller devices with higher storage such as [[MediaNotes/UniversalSerialBus USB]] storage & [[Platform/SDCard MicroSD Cards]].
19	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Despite receiving a U rating (or a G rating in the United States), the film contains some FamilyUnfriendlyViolence. For example, a shark character eats sapient fish, which is PlayedForLaughs; [[spoiler:a crab injures Fly to the point of blood]]; and [[spoiler:Joe dies by getting a DeathByIrony when he drowns after turning into a human]]. This can be partially chalked up to ValuesDissonance, where Danish values for media aimed at children are lower.
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