History Film / CliffordTheBigRedDog

* VillianBall: The movies conflict hinges on Lyfegro trying to steal Clifford instead of simply asking Emily Elizabeth if they could take a sample from him.

* IdiotBall: The movies conflict hinges on Lyfegro trying to steal Clifford instead of simply asking Emily Elizabeth if they could take a sample from him.

->''"I wish you were big and strong and the world couldn't hurt us."''

* AdaptedOut: Emily Elizabeth's father, and Clifford's TV series exclusive companions T-Bone and Cleo are all left out of the film.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the original books and TV series, Emily Elizabeth is drawn as a blond girl. In the film, she's a brunette with dark brown/auburn hair.

* IdiotBall: The movies conflict hinges on Lyfegro trying to steal Clifford instead of simply asking Emily Elizabeth if they could take a sample from Clifford.

* {{Kaiju}}: Clifford is an elephant-sized canine with an unusually red colored fur.

* RousingSpeech: Emily Elizabeth towards the end convincing everyone that differences don't matter, and that love is more important than all.

* UnconventionalVehicleChase: Emily and her friends and family being chased by Lyfegro's security guards and the cops towards the end to get to Mr. Bridwell for his answer.

* DoingInTheScientist: The explanation of Cliffords size change is all but stated to be magical as he goes from smaller than a cat to the size of an elephant overnight, removing most of the MaybeMagicMaybeMundane from previous versions of the character.

* UnconventionalVehicleChase: Emily, her friends and family being chased by Lyfegro's security guards and the cops towards the end to get to Mr. Bridwell for his answer.

* AdaptationalLocationChange: The film places their setting in New York City, whereas in the original Clifford book and TV series, they live on Bridwell/Birdwell Island off the coast of an unnamed city, presumably based off of New York.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Unlike all other Clifford media like the books and the TV series, the Howards don't move to a rural area of the mainland U.S.(books) or to Birdwell Island (TV series).

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Unlike all other Clifford media like the books and the TV series, the Howards don't move to a rural area of the mainland U.S.(books) or to Bridwell Island (TV series).

* CoolPet

The story is about Emily Elizabeth Howard (Darby Camp), a middle schooled girl who gets bullied and lives with her mother and slobbish but well-intentioned uncle Casey (Creator/JackWhitehall) who finds a red dog has stowed away in her backpack and over time grows gigantic in size and has to help him overcome the difficulties of society.

* PutOnTheBus: Elizabeth’s mother is introduced in the beginning of the movie only to be forced out of the story by work and having the parental role filled in by Uncle Casey (who's irresponsible anď therefore funnier) until Mom returns for the ending.

* ThoseTwoActors: Kenan Thompson and Alex Moffat, known for being in Series/SaturdayNightLive together, and who play in ''quite a lot'' of movies and TV shows together along with many of their other SNL cast castmates from time to time, appear in the film in minor roles. Alex Moffat as one of Zack Tieran's Lyfegro employees, and Kenan Thompson plays as the veterinarian they take Clifford to.

The story is about Emily (Darby Camp), a middle schooled girl who gets bullied and lives with her mother and slobbish but well-intentioned uncle Casey (Creator/JackWhitehall) who finds a red dog has stowed away in her backpack and over time grows gigantic in size and has to help him overcome the difficulties of society.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the original books, Emily-Elizabeth comes from a typical suburban family and she becomes Clifford's owner with no issues. Here, she's the lonely child of a single mother in the care of a slacker uncle and she has to keep Clifford a secret because her building doesn't allow pets. The plot is also more high stakes whereas the books mainly focused on the trouble Clifford innocently gets into because of his large size and curiosity.
* AdaptationExpansion: It appears there is way more detail here about Emily Elizabeth, and Clifford's life in general.

* AdaptedOut: Emily-Elizabeth's father, and Clifford's TV series exclusive companions T-Bone and Cleo are all left out of the film.

-->-- '''Emily-Elizabeth'''

The story is about Emily-Elizabeth Howard (Darby Camp), a middle schooled girl who gets bullied and lives with her mother and slobbish but well-intentioned uncle Casey (Creator/JackWhitehall) who finds a red dog has stowed away in her backpack and over time grows gigantic in size and has to help him overcome the difficulties of society.

* AdultFear: Emily-Elizabeth and her friends trying to save Clifford from being operated on at Lyfegro.

* AdaptedOut: Emily-Elizabeth's father, and Clifford's companions T-Bone and Cleo are all left out of the film.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Unlike all other Clifford media like the books and the TV series, the Howards don't move to a rural area of the mainland U.S.(books) or to Bridwell Island(TV series).

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Unlike all other Clifford media like the books and the TV series, the Howards don't move to Bridwell Island.

* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Emily's adoption of Clifford is facilitated by Mr. Bridwell, a man who runs an animal rescue out of a tent, justifying its mobility, that a veterinary nurse recognizes from her long career as the source of many strange animal cases that invariably improved people's lives.

** Justified since the actress who played Emily is brunette and they did not dye her hair for the film.

* PutOnTheBus: Elizabeth’s mother is introduced in the beginning of the movie only to be forced out of the story by work and having the parental role filled in by Uncle Casey until she returns for the ending, raising the question of why the writers didn’t simply have Emily Elizabeth live with her uncle.

* SwissArmyTears: Clifford still becomes big from Emily-Elizabeth's love but it doesn't happen until she sheds a tear on him while sharing her wish for everyone to be more loving like him. The trailers emphasize it by making the tear glow prominently, but it [[NeverTrustATrailer doesn't gloe in the film]].

* ThoseTwoActors: Kenan Thompson and Alex Moffat, known for being in SaturdayNightLive together, and who play in ''quite a lot'' of movies and TV shows together along with many of their other SNL cast castmates from time to time, appear in the film in minor roles. Alex Moffat as one of Zack Tieran's Lyfegro employees, and Kenan Thompson plays as the veterinarian they take Clifford to.

* SwissArmyTears: Clifford still becomes big from Emily-Elizabeth's love but it doesn't happen until she sheds a tear on him while sharing her wish for everyone to be more loving like him. The trailers emphasize it by making the tear glow prominently, but it [[NeverTrustATrailer doesn't in the film proper]].

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Unlike all other media, the Howards don't move to Bridwell Island.

The film also stars Creator/{{Tony Hale}} as Zack Tieran, Creator/SiennaGuillory as Maggie Howard, David Alan Grier as Mr. Packard, Creator/{{Russell Wong}} as Mr. Yu, Creator/{{Kenan Thompson}} as Clifford's veterinarian and Creator/{{John Cleese}} as Mr. Birdwell.

* AbandonedPetInABox: Downplayed, Mr. Birdwell finding Clifford at the park fighting with some pigeons.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Unlike all other media, the Howards don't move to Birdwell Island.

* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: Mr. Birdwell telling Emily-Elizabeth that the only way to solve her problem is by standing up for herself.

* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Emily's adoption of Clifford is facilitated by Mr. Birdwell, a man who runs an animal rescue out of a tent, justifying its mobility, that a veterinary nurse recognizes from her long career as the source of many strange animal cases that invariably improved people's lives.

* UnconventionalVehicleChase: Emily, her friends and family being chased by Lyfegro's security guards and the cops towards the end to get to Mr. Birdwell for his answer.

* AdaptedOut: Emily-Elizabeth's father is left out of the film.

The film also stars Creator/{{Tony Hale}} as Zack Tieran, Creator/SiennaGuillory as Maggie Howard, David Alan Grier as Mr. Packard, Creator/{{Russell Wong}} as Mr. Yu, Creator/{{Kenan Thompson}} as Clifford's veterinarian and Creator/{{John Cleese}} as Mr. Bridwell.

* AbandonedPetInABox: Downplayed, Mr. Bridwell finding Clifford at the park fighting with some pigeons.

* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: Mr. Bridwell telling Emily-Elizabeth that the only way to solve her problem is by standing up for herself.

* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Emily's adoption of Clifford is facilitated by Mr. Bridwell, a man who runs an animal rescue out of a tent, justifying its mobility, that a veterinary nurse recognizes from her long career as the source of many strange animal cases that invariably improved people's lives.

* UnconventionalVehicleChase: Emily, her friends and family being chased by Lyfegro's security guards and the cops towards the end to get to Mr. Bridwell for his answer.