History Film / Clifford

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: [[spoiler: The main attraction of Dinosaur World is a huge, animatronic ''Tyrannosaurus'' aptly named "Larry, the scary Rex".]]

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Dinosaur World, a park full of animatronic dinos.

* CompanionCube: Steffen, Clifford's toy ''Brontosaurus''.

* CompanionCube: Stephan, Clifford's toy ''Brontosaurus''.

%%* CompanionCube: Stephan, Clifford's toy ''Brontosaurus''.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Roger blows up the school gym because he wasn't allowed to join the school basketball team.

%%* VillainProtagonist: Clifford.

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: [[spoiler: The main attraction of Dinosaur World is a huge, animatronic ''Tyrannosaurus'' aptly named "Larry, the scary Rex".]]

* TyrannosaurusRex: [[spoiler: The main attraction of Dinosaur World is a huge, animatronic ''Tyrannosaurus'' aptly named "Larry, the scary Rex".]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoilers: Martin lets his hatred towards Clifford get the best of him and ends up becoming worse of a monster than what Clifford ever was.]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: At the climax, Larry the scary Rex malfunctions and nearly kills Clifford, but he is saved by his uncle.

* AmusementParkOfDoom: Dinosaur World is an example of this...well, since [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor it ended up being a comeuppance]] for Clifford's antics throughout the film.

* BoundAndGagged: Bound but not Gagged. Martin has Clifford in a straitjacket during his visit to Dinosaur World.

* ClearMyName: Part of Martin's motivation in the latter part of the film. Clifford initially framed him for placing a bomb under city hall, leading to his arrest. When the charge didn't stick and no bomb was found, the police filed charges against him for initiating a panic. Martin repeatedly tries to get Clifford to sign the confession which would clear his name

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Martin lets his hatred towards Clifford get the best of him and ends up becoming worse of a monster than what Clifford ever was.

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Played with. Martin begins the film caring very much for Clifford, but after the latter puts the former through so much Hell, he ends up going insane and sees no problem with leaving Clifford to die. However, he does eventually forgive Clifford.
* QuestForSex: It is implied that this is the main reason why Mr. Ellis took Sarah Davis to San Francisco. It is obvious as he is trying to [[BlackComedyRape put some moves on her]] and woo her away from Martin.
* RecordedSplicedConversation: Clifford gets Martin arrested in front of Sarah's family after calling in a fake bomb threat in city hall, made out of mixing audios of Martin's scolding of Clifford with his answering machine.

* TyrannosaurusRex: The main attraction of Dinosaur World is a huge, animatronic ''Tyrannosaurus'' aptly named "Larry, the scary Rex".

* WhatTheHellHero: Martin's stupidity gets the best of him when he decides to put the ride on hyperdrive to scare the Hell out of Clifford, but this causes the ride to break and Clifford almost dies because of him. He later regrets soon.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Clifford always uses the word "bestest" to describe things.

* BigBad: Clifford.

* CompanionCube: Stephan, Clifford's toy ''Brontosaurus''.

* {{Jerkass}}: Clifford.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Clifford, Clifford, Clifford

* SanitySlippage: Oh so much for [[ButtMonkey Martin]] as the movie progresses...

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Martin gives a blistering one to Clifford after [[spoiler: rescuing him from the Larry the Scary Rex ride]].

** Also, Sarah dishes one out to Martin while he encounters her in San Francisco. See HypocriticalHumor above.

* ThisMeansWar: Clifford's reaction to his uncle failing to keep a promise.
* TimeShiftedActor: Averted.

* VillainProtagonist: Clifford.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Clifford always uses the word "bestest" to describe things.

* Big Bad: Clifford.

* Villain Protagonist: Clifford.
* What the Hell, Hero?: Martin's stupidity gets the best of him when he decides to put the ride on hyperdrive to scare the Hell out of Clifford, but this causes the ride to break and Clifford almost dies because of him. He later regrets soon.

* He Who Fights Monsters: Martin lets his hatred towards Clifford take the best of him and ends up becoming worse of a monster than what Clifford ever was.

* ProtagonistJourneyTo illain: Played with. Martin begins the film caring very much for Clifford, but after the latter puts the former through so much Hell, he ends up going insane and sees no problem with leaving Clifford to die. However, he does eventually forgive Clifford.

* Jerkass: Clifford.

* PointyHairedBoss: Gerald Ellis (DabneyColeman) is Martin's boss. At some point, he decides that the location Martin chose for the train line they are designing is off. He chooses a location two miles away. Martin quickly estimates that this would cause the line to go right through the Sepulveda Dam. Ellis still doesn't get that this is a problem, "you'll come up with something."
* Protagonist Journey to Villain: Played with. Martin begins the film caring very much for Clifford, but after the latter puts the former through so much Hell, he ends up going insane and sees no problem with leaving Clifford to die. However, he does eventually forgive Clifford.