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[[caption-width-right:204:Never trust a [[CoversAlwaysLie film poster]] like this.]]

''The Ugly Duckling and Me'' is a 2006 Danish movie (made in English) that tells the story of a rat, Ratso, who gets saddled with a very ugly duckling who thinks Ratso is his 'mama'. Ratso plans to exhibit Ugly (as everyone starts calling the duckling) as a sideshow freak, thus a portion of the movie deals with their journey to the carnival where Ratso's cousin Ernie works, with all sorts of bumps along the way.

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!!'''This film contains examples of:'''
* [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarrassing Dad]]: Bemoaned by Ugly when Ratso starts provoking him to conclude that he's become a teenager.
* BeautifulAllAlong: Of course.
* CatsAreMean: Subverted with [[spoiler:Ernie.]]
* CallingTheOldManOut
* ChildrenRaiseYou
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Brazillian dub of this movie is known as "Putz! A Coisa Tá Feia" (translating to something like "Damn! Things Just Got Ugly").
* FallingInLoveMontage: Jessie and Ugly
* FeatherFingers: Gets a bit silly after a while...
* FourFingeredHands
* FunnyAnimal
* GreatEscape: Ratso's escape from the duckyard.
* HandPuppet: "William".
* HappilyAdopted
* HeelRealization
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: [[spoiler:Swan-Ugly and Jessie.]]
* [[InformedDeformity Informed Ugliness]]: Just about everything and everyone reacts this way to Ugly.
* LoveRedeems
* MouseWorld
* MyGodYouAreSerious: Jessie's reaction to Ugly's amazing 'dancing'.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: "Jeff".
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer made it appear that Ugly was being exhibited as the world's ugliest duckling right from the start (and as more of a routine thing than in the film). Not the case in the movie.
* NoCartoonFish
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Done to Ugly [[spoiler:(twice)]]
* RuleOfFunny: Probably the only reason why [[spoiler:a cat can be a rat's cousin.]]
* ShoutOut: To both ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/{{Titanic}}''. Someone on-staff must've been a JamesCameron fan.
* ShowdownAtHighNoon: Ratso prepares for one of these when he goes to [[spoiler:rescue Ugly.]]
* [[spoiler:RunawayFiance: Ratso.]]
* [[StageMom Stage Dad]]
* [[spoiler:ShotgunWedding: Between Ratso and Phyllis]]
* TalkingToThemself: [[spoiler:Ernie and [[HandPuppet William]].]]
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