Line #5 YMMV/TheAdventuresOfTheAmericanRabbit


1	* AdaptationDisplacement: Many people may not know about the original book[[note]]Originally titled "The Legend of the American Rabbit"[[/note]] by artist Stewart Moskowitz which was first published three years earlier. On the other hand, other than allowing the use of his characters, he wasn't directly involved in the making of the movie.
2	* {{Anvilicious}}: About everything from honesty to sportsmanship to [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking proper piano technique]].
3	* AntiClimaxBoss: The final duel between Rob and the main villain is ridiculous and uninteresting. It starts with him kidnapping the moose child at the dam and leaving him on a rock in the middle of ''ankle-deep water'' '''close to the heroes''' and ends with [[spoiler: Vultor losing control of his flight in a snowstorm]].
4	* AssPull: Everywhere. From the Legacy to the lightning powers to the world domination scheme involving chocolate. It's all there.
5	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The music for this was done by Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, AKA Flo (Volman) and Eddie (Kaylan), of Music/TheTurtles, [[Music/FrankZappa The Mothers Of Invention]] and ''WesternAnimation/DownAndDirtyDuck'' fame.
6	* BrokenAesop: The film suffers from this big time. The BigBad's henchmen are a biker gang called The Jackals, who are... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin jackals]]. Several times throughout, characters address that no one should assume all jackals are evil just because of the actions of a few bad apples. All well and good, except that there are ''no'' good jackals in the movie -- every one we see is a member of the biker gang and working for the main villain.
7	* DesignatedHero: Rob constantly misses opportunities to stop the Jackals throughout the movie, and only directly stops about two of them by the time the movie's over.
8	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ping, the WesternAnimation/{{Garfield\|AndFriends}}-voiced gorilla. Supposedly, besides attempting to make money to rebuild a bar, the characters traveling with Rob believe that they have a "duty to fight against evil," but out of all of them, Ping is the only one who actually does anything against the Jackal antagonists. In fact, he's probably more effective than Rob is, American Rabbit or not.
9	* HamAndCheese: Kenneth Mars deserves credit for taking this route as the BigBad Walt; his performance is the only thing everyone remotely enjoys about this movie.
10	* HilariousInHindsight:
11	** The penguins in New York City bear a surprising resemblance to those of ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin''. Though this movie came out way before Club Penguin was a thing.
12	** During the ending, one of the hares and later, Rob, mentions the titular rabbit is doing a barrel roll. It wouldn't be until a decade later that another [[VideoGame/StarFox64 hare would mention the now memetic "Do A Barrel Roll!" line.]]
13	* StrangledByTheRedString: Rob and Bunny hook up at the end, mostly because he's the hero and she's the only girl.
14	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:
15	** The main theme to the movie is this to Music/JohnWilliams's ''Film/{{Superman\|TheMovie}}'' theme.
16	** The Jackals' theme sounds very similar to Foghat's "Slow Ride".
17	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
18	** In the movie, it is mentioned that not all jackals are bad. However, every jackal seen in the movie is a villain. They could have had Vultor decide that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the jackals were no longer useful to him]] and leaving them to die on the burning boat in New Orleans. Robert could have saved them, leading to a HeelFaceTurn.
19	** The whole situation regarding the generational Legacy. Where did it come from? What purpose does it serve, especially since it appears to give Rob's home village some kind of special protection from the outside world? Is it exclusive to Rob's family? Did he inherit it from one of his parents? Does the Legacy just randomly pick a new baby being born to bestow its powers?
20	** The movie could be seen as They ''Condensed'' a Perfectly Good Plot. If this were a SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon or similar series, there would be more than enough time for proper WorldBuilding and CharacterDevelopment, and for each major setpiece to warrant a full episode, among other things. As it is, it plays more as a RandomEventsPlot where things just happen in quick succession.
21	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids:
22	** The film tends to zigzag this with its violence, but the surprising amount of talk about morals and taking political action (such as nonviolent protest) would probably bore and/or confuse kids.
23	** The film also completely averts FrothyMugsOfWater with beer being shown front and center in several shots. One character that the Jackals encounter even being a drunkard in an alleyway.

Context YMMV / TheAdventuresOfTheAmericanRabbit