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* AmbiguousSituation: We already know that everyone else hears the animals making realistic animal noises when Dr. Dolittle hears them talking, but we don't know whether it's because of TranslationConvention or InvisibleToNormals, at least not until an owl says "You're the one who can hear us, aren't you?", confirming that it's a case of InvisibleToNormals.



* InvisibleToNormals: It's explicitly stated that the animals really are speaking English even though everyone except Dr. Dolittle hears them making animal noises; an owl tells Dr. Dolittle "You're the one who can hear us, aren't you?" instead of the predictable "You're the one who understands us, aren't you?".



* MediumAwareness: It's explicitly stated that the animals can hear the movie's [[TranslationConvention translation]] when an owl tells Dr. Dolittle "You're the one who can hear us, aren't you?" instead of the predictable "You're the one who understands us, aren't you?".



* TranslationConvention: Since the movie is shown from Dr. Dolitte's perspective, the animals speak English (except for one orangutan, who speaks Spanish).
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* {{Jerkass}}: Mark Weller and Blaine Hammersmith in the first film. Mark Weller, though somewhat good-intentioned is very greedy while Blaine is Dolittle's old rival from their medical school days.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Mark Weller and Blaine Hammersmith in the first film. Mark Weller, though somewhat good-intentioned is very greedy while Blaine is Dolittle's old rival from their medical school days. Also, the two rats who always makes fun of everyone and one of 'em is an UngratefulBastard to John even after he took care of him.
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-->"'Blaine''' (''To John''): Do you think he (the cat) would talk back to you ?\\
"'John''': He just might.\\
"'Blaine''': And what would he say?\\
''' Bettleheim''': I'd say Blain Hammersmith was a butthead.

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-->"'Blaine''' -->'''Blaine''' (''To John''): Do you think he (the cat) would talk back to you ?\\
"'John''':
? \\
'''John''':
He just might.might. \\
"'Blaine''': '''Blaine''': And what would he say?\\
''' Bettleheim''':
say? \\
'''Bettleheim''':
I'd say Blain Hammersmith was a butthead.

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