History Animation / Manivald

The short can be viewed on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFwMiDzsero&list=PLwS9UB1I_O3rav8uSjLb4X83gCBnpy4Jk&index=49&t=0s YouTube]], [[https://vimeo.com/338441565 Vimeo]] and [[https://www.amazon.com/Manivald-Chintis-Lundgren/dp/B07H4VDM8R/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Manivald&qid=1563995990&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Amazon Prime]].

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Manivald, Toomas and several other male characters are naked, while Mother and Toomas's daughter wear distinctly feminine [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal accessories]], such as pears or a bow.

* BittersweetEnding: Manivald finally [[GrewASpine grows a spine]] and leaves his mother... only to discover that the man he just had sex with [[YourCheatingHeart has a wife and family]] and [[KickTheDog wants nothing to do with him anymore]], meaning he has nowhere to go. However, it's implied that he makes friends with the traveling musicians and that [[AndTheAdventureContinues they'll help him out]]. Meanwhile, Manivald's mother is left lonely and upset at home.

* YourCheatingHeart: After bedding both Manivald and his mother, Toomas is revealed to have a wife and two children.

* BiTheWay: Toomas beds both Manivald and Manivald's mother. He's also [[YourCheatingHeart married to a woman]].

* TranquilFury: Being so naturally quiet and awkward, Manivald walking out on his mother simply has him putting his knife and fork down while eating his birthday cake, packing two suitcases and calmly leaving without a word.

A follow up, ''Toomas Beyond The Valley of The Wild Wolves'', was released in 2019.

A follow up, ''Toomas Beyond The Valley of The Wild Wolves'', began touring the festival circuit on 2019.

The short depicts the 33rd birthday of the title character, a [[ADegreeInUseless well educated, yet unemployed]] ManChild fox who lives with his [[MyBelovedSmother well-meaning but stifling single mother]] and doesn't do much with his life beyond hanging out with her and practicing the piano. Tensions between mother and son slowly reach their breaking point when they find themselves in a LoveTriangle with [[ComingOutStory Toomas]], a [[MrFanservice sexy, adventurous]] [[HotMenAtWork handyman]] wolf called in to fix the washing machine.

* SomethingElseAlsoRises: Manivald's afore-mentioned ImagineSpot ends with a cork popping on a champagne bottle, white bubbly liquid flowing ''en mass''. A few seconds later, we see Manivald and Toomas under the covers in his bed. It doesn't exactly take a genius to figure out what happened.

The short depicts a birthday in the life of the title character, a [[ADegreeInUseless well educated, yet unemployed]], [[ManChild 32-going-on-33-year-old fox]], who lives with his [[MyBelovedSmother well-meaning but stifling single mother]] and doesn't do much with his life beyond hanging out with her and practicing the piano. Tensions between mother and son slowly reach their breaking point when they find themselves in a LoveTriangle with [[ComingOutStory Toomas]], a [[MrFanservice sexy, adventurous]] [[HotMenAtWork handyman]] wolf called in to fix the washing machine.

* BiTheWay: The next place Manivald sees Toomas after a night with him is his mother's bedroom with a towel around his waist.

* ComingOfAgeStory: After his... [[ComingOutStory misadventure]] with a cheating wolf handyman, Manivald goes stops being a spineless ManChild and moves out of his mother's house.

* YourCheatingHeart: After bedding both Manivald and his mother, Manivald visits Toomas at his apartment... only to be greeted by his two children and the sound of his wife's voice.

* BiTheWay: After a night with him, the next Manivald

The short depicts a birthday in the life of the title character, a [[ADegreeInUseless well educated, yet unemployed]], [[ManChild 32-going-on-33-year-old fox]], who lives with his [[MyBelovedSmother well-meaning but stifling single mother]] and doesn't do much with his life beyond hanging out with her and practicing the piano. Tensions between mother and son slowly reach their breaking point when they find themselves in a LoveTriangle with Toomas, a [[MrFanservice sexy, adventurous]] [[HotMenAtWork handyman]] wolf called in to fix the washing machine.

* ComingOfAgeStory

* FanDisservice: Mother putting her dentures back in after having sex with Toomas. Try not to thing too hard about that one.[[labelnote: If you really don't get it...]]It's implied that she took out her dentures to give him a gum job (ie, a blow job from someone without teeth).[[/labelnote]]
* FurIsClothing: Manivald wears boxer shorts under his fur.

The short depicts a day in the life of the title character, a [[ADegreeInUseless well educated, yet unemployed]], [[ManChild 32-going-on-33-year-old fox]], who lives with his [[MyBelovedSmother well-meaning but stifling single mother]] and doesn't do much with his life beyond hanging out with her and practicing the piano. Tensions between mother and son slowly reach their breaking point when they find themselves in a LoveTriangle with Toomas, a [[MrFanservice sexy, adventurous]] [[HotMenAtWork handyman]] wolf called in to fix the washing machine.

According to Lundgren, the short is currently being developed into a series for an unnamed US network. In it, Manivald will have moved in with his friend Tilt the Hedgehog, who, unbeknownst to his conservative wife Hilda, is a cross dresser and runs a gay bar. Meanwhile, Manivald's relationship with his mother is "going to get worse."

[[caption-width-right:350:He looks [[ThousandYardStare this way]] for most of the film.]]

The short depicts a day in the life of the title character, a [[ADegreeinUseless well educated, yet unemployed]], [[ManChild 32-going-on-33-year-old fox]], who lives with his [[MyBelovedSmother well-meaning but stifling single mother]] and doesn't do much with his life beyond hanging out with her and practicing the piano. Tensions between mother and son slowly reach their breaking point when they find themselves in a LoveTriangle with Toomas, a [[MrFanservice sexy, adventurous]] [[HotMenAtWork handyman]] wolf called in to fix the washing machine.

* BittersweetEnding: Manivald finally [[GrewASpine grows a spine]] and leaves his mother.. only to discover that the man he just had sex with [[YourCheatingHeart has a wife and family]] and [[KickTheDog wants nothing to do with him anymore]], meaning he has nowhere to go. However, it's implied that he makes friends with the traveling musicians and that [[AndTheAdventureContinues they'll help him out]]. Meanwhile, Manivald's mother is left lonely and upset at home.

* ADegreeinUseless: Manivald is shown to have masters degrees in everything from Russian Poetry to Theoretical Geography, yet is unemployed.

* ImagineSpot: Manivald has an extended one when he and Toomas are in his room, in which the two of them have a romantic countryside getaway, followed by Toomas bridal carrying him into a cottage where they... ahem, "consummate."

* MyBelovedSmother: Manivald has one of these, who enables him to stay and home and remain dependent on her.

* ReallyGetsAround: Toomas. He sleeps with Manivald, then Manivald's mother.

* TantrumThrowing: A mild example occurs when Mother thinks that Toomas has disappeared before she can finish sculpting him, and she passive-aggressively knocks over her unfinished sculpture in frustration.

* TranquilFury: Being so naturally quiet and awkward, Manivald walking out on his mother simply had him putting his knife and fork down while eating his birthday cake, packing two suitcases and calmly leaving without a word.

* NotGrowingUpSuck: Before he learns that [[GrowingUpSucks the opposite is true as well]] (see above), Manivald is clearly unhappy being completely dependent on his mother well into his thirties, not doing anything fun or adventurous.

The short depicts a day in the life of the title character, a [[ADegreeinUseless well educated, yet unemployed]], [[ManChild 32-going-on-33-year-old fox]], who lives with his [[MyBelovedSmother well-meaning but stifling mother]] and doesn't do much with his life beyond hanging out with her and practicing the piano. Tensions between mother and son slowly reach their breaking point when they find themselves in a LoveTriangle with Toomas, a [[MrFanservice sexy, adventurous]] [[HotMenAtWork handyman]] wolf called in to fix the washing machine.

* Bookends: At the beginning of the short, Manivald watches a traveling band march by his window and tries to pick on on their little jazz tune before his mother walks in on him, at which point he pretends to have been playing classical music. After leaving her, he joins the band in the park.

The short depicts a day in the life of the title character, a [[ADegreeIsUseless well educated, yet unemployed]], [[ManChild 32-going-on-33-year-old fox]], who lives with his [[MyBelovedSmother well-meaning but stifling mother]] and doesn't do much with his life beyond hanging out with her and practicing the piano. Tensions between mother and son slowly reach their breaking point when they find themselves in a LoveTriangle with Toomas, a [[MrFanservice sexy, adventurous]] [[HotMenAtWork handyman]] wolf called in to fix the washing machine.

The short depicts a day in the life of the title character, a [[ADegreeIsUseless well educated, yet unemployed]], [[AdultChild 32-going-on-33-year-old fox]], who lives with his [[MyBelovedSmother well-meaning but stifling mother]] and doesn't do much with his life beyond hanging out with her and practicing the piano. Tensions between mother and son slowly reach their breaking point when they find themselves in a LoveTriangle with Toomas, a [[MrFanservice sexy, adventurous]] [[HotMenAtWork handyman]] wolf called in to fix the washing machine.

* ADegreeIsUseless: Manivald is shown to have masters degrees in everything from Russian Poetry to Theoretical Geography, yet is unemployed.

The short depicts a day in the life of the title character, a [[ADegreeIsUseless well educated, yet unemployed]], [[{{Manchild}} 32-going-on-33-year-old fox]], who lives with his [[MyBelovedSmother well-meaning but stifling mother]] and doesn't do much with his life beyond hanging out with her and practicing the piano. Tensions between mother and son slowly reach their breaking point when they find themselves in a LoveTriangle with Toomas, a [[MrFanservice sexy, adventurous]] [[HotMenAtWork handyman]] wolf called in to fix the washing machine.

* FanDisservice: Mother putting her dentures back in after having sex with Toomas. Try not to thing too hard about that one.[[lablenote: If you really don't get it...]]It's implied that she took out her dentures to give him a gum job (ie, a blow job from someone without teeth).[[/lablenote]]

The short depicts a day in the life of the title character, a [[ADegreeIsUseless well educated, yet unemployed]], [[ManChild 32-going-on-33-year-old fox]], who lives with his [[MyBelovedSmother well-meaning but stifling mother]] and doesn't do much with his life beyond hanging out with her and practicing the piano. Tensions between mother and son slowly reach their breaking point when they find themselves in a LoveTriangle with Toomas, a [[MrFanservice sexy, adventurous]] [[HotMenAtWork handyman]] wolf called in to fix the washing machine.

* FanDisservice: Mother putting her dentures back in after having sex with Toomas. Try not to thing too hard about that one.[[lablenote:If you really don't get it...]]It's implied that she took out her dentures to give him a gum job (ie, a blow job from someone without teeth).[[/lablenote]]