History WesternAnimation / OnceUponAForest

* AngerBornOfWorry: At the beginning, when the Furlings are on the road and unaware that it's dangerous, Cornelius sees them then angrily raises his voice telling them to get off the road as a Range Rover car nearly runs over Russell. Cornelius sternly warns them about the road, telling them to avoid it forget seeing it.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: A society of crows mourns a child stuck in the mud whom they believe is impossible to rescue. The heroes create an elaborate device to save him, inspiring the crowd to excitedly burst into a gospel-influenced song about it.

* AnAesop: Edgar's lament that he never kissed his mother goodbye seems to be one of these. The message here seems to be "Never take your loved ones for granted, because you never know if it's your last time together." [[spoiler:Happily, Edgar gets a second chance at it.]]

* SerendipitouSurvival: Thanks to being on their ramble, Cornelius and the Furlings aren't in the meadow during the gas accident. Unfortunately, not only does this mean that they have no idea what happened to their families while they were gone, but a worried Michelle races back home because of it [[spoiler:and gets a lethal dose of gas]].

* ItsQuietTooQuiet: In the midst of reprimanding the Furlings for capsizing their boat, Cornelius suddenly notices a large flock of birds flying overhead and concludes that things are too quiet. He orders them to return home, and it is then that they finally see the damage the gas has caused.

** [[spoiler:The furlings know they're home when Edgar realizes that they're in front of the tree Cornelius pulled a piece of bark from during a lecture at the beginning of the movie, and he still has the piece of bark and it fits into the little hole made when it was taken out.]]

* ComingInHot: [[spoiler:They crash the Flapper Wingamathing after it hits a telephone pole and catches on fire.]]

* FantasticRacism: The furlings encounter a bullying squirrel in Oakdale Meadow named Waggs who seems to have something against every species other than squirrels.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: Only by working together do they pull through.

%% * ThreeAmigos

** [[spoiler: Michelle is brought out of her coma by the herbs, and one by one the furlings are tearfully reunited with their parents. But when Michelle asks Cornelius where her parents are, they're not coming back for her. They're dead.]]
** And beyond that, [[spoiler: there are doubtless many other families in Dapplewood who were torn apart in a similar fashion. But, as Cornelius tells his niece, "If everyone works as hard to restore Dapplewood as your friends did to save you," things will gradually get better.]]

* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Michelle, after finding out her parents are dead. The implications of how Michelle will need to cope with that after the movie ends is tragic enough.]]

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Michelle's parents die due to the toxic gas. The point is harshly driven home at the end of the film, when after everyone is reunited with their parents Cornelius must explain to Michelle that her parents are never coming back.]]

%% * CheerfulChild: Michelle, [[spoiler: at least until her coma and her parents dying.]]

** [[spoiler: Also, the magnifying glass that Abigail decides to pack on a complete whim saves her life when the owl captures her, and she uses it to enlarge her teeth and scare it off.]]

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Michelle doesn't wake up right away when they give her the herbs, but eventually does.]]

* GreenAesop: [[spoiler: While the effects of the gas leak are shown as world-shattering to the animals, humans immediately take responsibility and begin clean-up efforts. The Aesop seems to be that yes, humans have messed this world up a lot, but we can all do something to make things better and correct our mistakes.]]

%% * HeartwarmingOrphan: [[spoiler: Michelle, after her parents die.]]

** Implied throughout the film as humans are the accidental cause of a gas leak that devastates Dapplewood, and also killed Cornelius's parents in the past, [[spoiler: but then turned around and averted at the end when humans are seen cleaning up the mess they created in Dapplewood, to the surprise of Cornelius and the furlings. So humans can be bastards, but they're not all bad.]]

** [[spoiler: Abigail falls off the flapper-wingamathing while trying to retrieve the lungwort from the side of a very tall cliff, but is saved by grabbing onto the wing after Russel swoops the flying machine down to catch her.]]

* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Michelle is orphaned by the gas leak killing her parents.]]

%% * PromotionToParent: [[spoiler: Cornelius, with the death of Michelle's parents.]]

* SwissArmyTears: [[spoiler: Michelle doesn't wake up until Cornelius' tears fall on her face.]]
* TakeMyHand: [[spoiler: Edgar rescues Abigail this way as she's clinging to the wing of the flapper wingamathing.]]

--> '''Cornelius:''' No, furlings, [[spoiler: there's a deadly gas in there!]]

-->'''Cornelius:''' [[spoiler: Not ALL the mommies and daddies.]]

* OffModel: See if you can count how many times Abigail's eyes change from blue to green and back again. A good example is when she's in the owl's tree her eyes are blue, but when she meets Willy, her eyes are green.

''Once Upon a Forest'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation 1993]] animated film with an environmental theme, released by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]]. Based on the Furlings characters created by Rae Lambert, it was directed by Charles Grosvenor and produced by David Kirschner, [[HeAlsoDid the creator of the]] ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' and ''Film/ChildsPlay'' franchises. It was made by Creator/HannaBarbera in association with [[Creator/{{ITV}} [[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Cymru Wales]].

''Once Upon a Forest'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation 1993]] animated film with an environmental theme, released by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]]. Based on the Furlings characters created by Rae Lambert, it was directed by Charles Grosvenor and produced by David Kirschner, [[HeAlsoDid the creator of the]] ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' and ''Film/ChildsPlay'' franchises. It was made by Creator/HannaBarbera in association with [[Creator/{{ITV}} HTV Cymru Wales]].

** Edgar goes from being a cowardly, worrying {{Nerd}} to a brave, quick-thinking {{Nerd}}.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Michelle's parents die due to the toxic gas. The point is harshly driven home at the end of the film, when after everyone is reunited with their parents Cornelius must explain to Michelle that her parents are never coming back.]]

%% * IllGirl: Michelle, after the toxic gas overcomes her.

* BerserkButton: Never insult Michelle in front of Edgar. Waggs knows this all too well.