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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. It eventually got an animated series which narrates the events after the first film.
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!!'''This film contains examples of:'''

* AccidentalMisnaming: Ratso calls Jessie "Jeff" at several points of the film.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Bemoaned by Ugly when Ratso starts provoking him to conclude that he's become a teenager.
* BeautifulAllAlong: Much like the fairytale it adapts, this film ends with [[spoiler:Ugly becoming a pretty swan]].
* BigNo: Ratso is rather fond of these, particularly in the animated series, in which he lets out one each time something goes terribly wrong.
* CatsAreMean: Subverted with [[spoiler:Ernie.]] He initially chases Ratso down and almost eat him before recognizing him as [[spoiler:his cousin]], at which point he becomes more affectionate towards him and Ugly.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Ugly calls out [[spoiler:Ratso]] when he realizes that [[spoiler:he wanted him to be a sideshow freak:]]
-->'''Ugly''': Is that why you brought me here... for people to laugh at me?
-->'''Ratso''': No!
-->'''Ugly''': Jessie was right. That's the only reason you wanted me around!
-->'''Ratso''': Yes...
-->'''Ugly''': I guess I'm stupid ''and'' ugly! ''(runs away)''
* ChildrenRaiseYou: While Ratso starts out as a {{Jerkass}}, he gradually improves after adopting Ugly.
%%* FallingInLoveMontage: Jessie and Ugly
* FeatherFingers: Since the movie stars anthropomorphic birds, most of them use their wing feathers to gesture and hold objects.
* FourFingeredHands: Most of the mammal character have these.
%%* FunnyAnimal
* GreatEscape: Ratso's escape from the duckyard.
* HandPuppet: Ernie the cat owns a chicken hand puppet named "William".
%%* HappilyAdopted
* HeelRealization: Ratso finally realizes that he [[spoiler:shouldn't exhibit Ugly as a freak after Ugly saves him from Ernie]], but it's too late as [[spoiler:Ugly doesn't hear his warnings and ends up making a fool out of himself]].
%%* HugeGuyTinyGirl: [[spoiler:Swan-Ugly and Jessie.]]
* [[InformedDeformity Informed Ugliness]]: Just about everything and everyone reacts this way to Ugly.
%%* LoveRedeems
* MouseWorld: The rats, cats, birds and worms in this film seem to have a human-like community to themselves.
* MyGodYouAreSerious: Jessie's reaction to Ugly's amazing 'dancing' is to laugh, then realize he was doing it in earnest.
* 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: While most of the characters look cartoony, a pike shown in one scene is more realistic in comparison (excluding the fact that it's gigantic).
%%* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Done to Ugly [[spoiler:(twice)]].
* RuleOfFunny: Probably the only reason why [[spoiler:a cat can be a rat's cousin.]]
%%* RunawayFiance: Ratso.
* ShoutOut: To both ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' (Ratso standing on a train and yelling "I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD!!!"). Someone on-staff must've been a Creator/JamesCameron fan.
* ShowdownAtHighNoon: Ratso prepares for one of these when he goes to [[spoiler:rescue Ugly.]]
* StageMom: Ratso initially forces Ugly to exhibit himself as the ugliest duckling in the world.
%%* ShotgunWedding: Between Ratso and Phyllis
%%* TalkingToThemself: [[spoiler:Ernie and [[HandPuppet William]].]]
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