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* AsYouKnow: Amy is a teenager who grew up in New Zealand but still needs clarification as to what the governing Crown is when a Canadian mentions it.
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* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Igor, a goose with a limp which makes him run slower than the others, and who consequently can't fly as well.

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* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Igor, a goose with a limp which makes him walk and run slower than the others, and who consequently which causes him to have difficulty flying as he can't get up to takeoff speed. Once he does manage to get airborne, though, he's fine -- that is, until he collides with Amy's plane and loses a few critical feathers, requiring them to come up with an alternate solution of strapping him into the plane with a baby carrier (so he can still see the route). The epilogue reveals that he, along with the rest of the geese, was able to successfully fly as well.back to Canada the following spring.
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* DisappearedDad: Why Amy doesn't really get along with Thomas at first. While he technically wasn't the one who left, he counts as this trope because he didn't make much of an effort to stay in Amy's life after the divorce. He admits it was because he was having trouble facing the reality of his own mistakes (suggested to be that he was so wrapped up in his art that he didn't have time for his wife and child) that led to the separation.

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* DisappearedDad: Why Amy doesn't really get along with Thomas at first. While he technically wasn't the one who left, left them, he nonetheless counts as this trope because he didn't make much of an effort to stay in Amy's life after the divorce. He admits it was because he was having trouble facing the reality of his own mistakes (suggested to be that he was so wrapped up in his art that he didn't have time for his wife and child) that led to the separation.
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* DisappearedDad: Why Amy doesn't really get along with Thomas at first. While technically it was Amy and her mom who did the leaving (presumably because he was more focused on his art projects than on them), he counts as this trope because he didn't make much of an effort to stay in Amy's life after the divorce. He admits it was because he was having trouble facing the reality of his own mistakes that led to the separation.

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* DisappearedDad: Why Amy doesn't really get along with Thomas at first. While he technically it was Amy and her mom wasn't the one who did the leaving (presumably because he was more focused on his art projects than on them), left, he counts as this trope because he didn't make much of an effort to stay in Amy's life after the divorce. He admits it was because he was having trouble facing the reality of his own mistakes (suggested to be that he was so wrapped up in his art that he didn't have time for his wife and child) that led to the separation.

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* BlatantLies:
** When the park ranger comes by the house again to remark that the geese are flying, Amy attempts to scare him off by making her uncle sound more threatening than he is, going as far as stating that his nickname is "Killer".
** When David is trying to get the supplies across the border to Thomas and Amy, he tries telling the border patrol that the gear is for his camping trip. When the guard points out that he's carrying a ridiculous amount of fuel, he states that he brought a generator along on his trip to power a blender and DVD player. The guard doesn't seem to buy it.



%%* ComingOfAgeStory: For Amy.

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%%* ComingOfAgeStory: For Amy.* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Amy's Uncle David. He has a ''lot'' of quirks, and introduces himself to Amy by bringing up a Christmas when she was a baby and she ate the Silly Putty he gave her.



* MoodWhiplash: When Amy and Thomas land at the air base, they are arrested by soldiers and taken to the commanding officer, who chews them out for making an unauthorized landing. Then, when Amy apologizes and says "[they] promise not to do it again", the commander starts laughing. The scene cuts to the entire company getting their picture taken with the pilots and birds, then sending them off with a salute.



%%* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Dana Delany as Susan.

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%%* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Dana Delany as Susan.* ParentsAsPeople: Thomas was ultimately the one who caused his and Amy's mother's separation, and he failed to visit Amy or attempt to maintain a relationship with her. However, it's clear throughout the film that he's trying to build a relationship with her, and does everything within his power (including selling his Lunar Lander replica and building ''two'' aircraft) to help Amy get the geese south.



%%* PrettyBoy: Barry.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Air Force base commander. He's rightfully pissed off at Amy and Thomas landing illegally at the base (and nearly getting themselves shot), but after chewing them out for a few minutes, it becomes clear he's trying very, very hard not to laugh. He and his men send them off the next morning with a salute.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Air Force base commander. He's rightfully pissed off at Amy and Thomas landing illegally at the base (and nearly getting themselves shot), but after chewing them out for a few minutes, it becomes clear he's trying [[ActuallyPrettyFunny very, very hard not to laugh. laugh]]. He lets them spend the night at the base, then he and his men send them off the next morning with a salute.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In Universe example; while he's chewing out Thomas and Amy for disrupting the air base, he pauses to yell at some airmen who are playing with the geese in a hanger.
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* VillainyFreeVillain: The park ranger who tries to pinion the geese, and who later confiscates them, is only following the law concerning domesticated geese (except for the part where he took them in the middle of the night without a permit).
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Though more than a few reviewers commented on the timing of the film ([[DistancedFromCurrentEvents it was delayed after Jessica Dubroff, a seven-year-old girl, was killed when she was at the controls of a small plane during a transcontinental flight, along with her father and flying instructor]]), the film was generally well-received and is considered one of the better and more underrated family films of the time.
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After her mother dies in a car accident, Amy Alden (Paquin), a 13 year old girl, moves from UsefulNotes/NewZealand to Ontario to live with her father, Thomas Alden (Daniels), an eccentric inventor whom she barely remembers (her parents split up when she was 3). Amy doesn't like the lonely surroundings, she doesn't know what to make of her father, and she misses home and her mother.

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After her mother dies in a car accident, Amy Alden (Paquin), a 13 year old 13-year-old girl, moves from UsefulNotes/NewZealand to Ontario to live with her father, Thomas Alden (Daniels), an eccentric inventor whom she barely remembers (her parents split up when she was 3). Amy doesn't like the lonely surroundings, she doesn't know what to make of her father, and she misses home and her mother.



Though more than a few reviewers commented on the timing of the film ([[DistancedFromCurrentEvents it was delayed after Jessica Dubroff, a seven year old girl, was killed when she was at the controls of a small plane during a transcontinental flight, along with her father and flying instructor]]), the film was generally well-received and is considered one of the better and more underrated family films of the time.

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Though more than a few reviewers commented on the timing of the film ([[DistancedFromCurrentEvents it was delayed after Jessica Dubroff, a seven year old seven-year-old girl, was killed when she was at the controls of a small plane during a transcontinental flight, along with her father and flying instructor]]), the film was generally well-received and is considered one of the better and more underrated family films of the time.
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* AdultFear: Your 13-year-old child tries to take the wheel of a vehicle they don't know how to operate and gets into a major crash. It's no wonder Thomas starts crying with relief when he realizes Amy is okay.
** Amy watching Thomas fall to earth after his plane breaks down, unable to do anything to help him -- and keep in mind that not only is he her only living parent, but the death of her mother is also still relatively recent. Fortunately, he gets out of it with only a dislocated shoulder.

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* AllThereInTheManual: The novelisation establishes why the park ranger didn't clip the geese' wings straight away after he abducted them; now that they've grown, that kind of operation requires more preparation than just the quick snip he would have needed to perform if he'd done it when they were still chicks.



* RealityEnsues: The novelisation establishes why the park ranger didn't clip the geese' wings straight away after he abducted them; now that they've grown, that kind of operation requires more preparation than just the quick snip he would have needed to perform if he'd done it when they were still chicks.
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* DisappearedDad: Why Amy doesn't really get along with Thomas at first. While technically it was Amy and her mom who left him (presumably because he was more focused on his art projects than them), he didn't make much of an effort to stay in Amy's life after the divorce. He admits it was because he was having trouble facing the reality of his own mistakes that led to the separation.

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* DisappearedDad: Why Amy doesn't really get along with Thomas at first. While technically it was Amy and her mom who left him did the leaving (presumably because he was more focused on his art projects than on them), he counts as this trope because he didn't make much of an effort to stay in Amy's life after the divorce. He admits it was because he was having trouble facing the reality of his own mistakes that led to the separation.

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-->''"C'mon, Geese!"''

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-->''"C'mon, ->''"C'mon, Geese!"''



After her mother dies in a car accident, Amy Alden (Paquin), a 13 year old girl, moves from UsefulNotes/NewZealand to Ontario to live with her father, Thomas Alden (Daniels), an eccentric inventor whom she barely remembers (her parents split up when she was 3). Amy doesn't like the lonely surroundings, she doesn't know what to make of her father, and she misses home and her mother. Then one day, after a bulldozer has knocked down a tree on some property near their house (which Thomas is upset about), Amy discovers a nest of abandoned eggs on the ground. She takes the eggs to Thomas' barn, and they hatch into baby geese. Because of the process of "imprinting", the geese think Amy is their mother, [[PetBabyWildAnimal and she takes care of them as a mother would]]. However, soon it will be time to migrate south, so Thomas, an amateur pilot, builds ultralight aircraft for himself and Amy so they can get the geese to fly and then be able to fly south for the winter. Along with the problems of flying, and getting the geese to fly, Thomas and Amy also have to deal with Glenn (Jeremy Ratchford), a park ranger who initially tries to pinion the geese to render them flightless ([[{{Understatement}} Amy doesn't respond well to this]]), and then wants to confiscate them when they start flying. Not only that, but Amy and Thomas' intended destination for the geese (a bird sanctuary in South Carolina) becomes a battleground between environmentalists and developers.

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After her mother dies in a car accident, Amy Alden (Paquin), a 13 year old girl, moves from UsefulNotes/NewZealand to Ontario to live with her father, Thomas Alden (Daniels), an eccentric inventor whom she barely remembers (her parents split up when she was 3). Amy doesn't like the lonely surroundings, she doesn't know what to make of her father, and she misses home and her mother. mother.

Then one day, after a bulldozer has knocked down a tree on some property near their house (which Thomas is upset about), Amy discovers a nest of abandoned eggs on the ground. She takes the eggs to Thomas' barn, and they hatch into baby geese. Because of the process of "imprinting", the geese think Amy is their mother, [[PetBabyWildAnimal and she takes care of them as a mother would]]. However, soon it will be time to migrate south, so Thomas, an amateur pilot, builds ultralight aircraft for himself and Amy so they can get the geese to fly and then be able to fly south for the winter. Along with the problems of flying, and getting the geese to fly, Thomas and Amy also have to deal with Glenn (Jeremy Ratchford), a park ranger who initially tries to pinion the geese to render them flightless ([[{{Understatement}} Amy (Amy doesn't respond well to this]]), this), and then wants to confiscate them when they start flying. Not only that, but Amy and Thomas' intended destination for the geese (a bird sanctuary in South Carolina) becomes a battleground between environmentalists and developers.
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* AnswerCut: When Thomas first finds Amy and the newly-hatched goslings in the barn.
-->'''Amy:''' Can I keep them? Please?\\
(''Cut to a shot of goslings in the house.'')
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** Amy watching Thomas fall to earth after his plane breaks down, unable to do anything to help him -- and keep in mind that not only is he her only living parent, but the death of her mother is also still relatively recent. Fortunately, he gets out of it with relatively minor injuries.

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** Amy watching Thomas fall to earth after his plane breaks down, unable to do anything to help him -- and keep in mind that not only is he her only living parent, but the death of her mother is also still relatively recent. Fortunately, he gets out of it with relatively minor injuries.only a dislocated shoulder.
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* NoMoreForMe: Referenced. After Amy and Thomas accidentally end up flying through downtown Baltimore, a news anchor suggests that, "If anybody is still into a two-martini lunch in Baltimore, they may swear off for good after this."

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