History WesternAnimation / Abominable

* IdenticalStranger: Dr. Zara's hairstyle, when she lets it down, makes her resemble [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Princess Merida]].

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Dr. Zara and the Captain try to [[CarFu ram Everest with one of the armored trucks]], but in the process cause an avalanche that [[DisneyVillainDeath sends them over the side of a cliff]].]]

* FakeBrit: An InUniverse example, as [[spoiler:Dr. Zara is an American pretending to be British (Irish, to be specific)]].

* GiganticAdultsTinyBabies: Everest is a young yeti, a child, but when he is reunited with his family, his parents and other adult yetis are around 50 feet tall or larger. Everest fits inside the palms of his parents' paws.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Even at the foot of [[spoiler:the Himalayan Mountains]], it's still too cold to traverse such a place without proper winter gear and jackets. [[spoiler:Fortunately, after the climax, Mr. Burnish remedies that and supplies our heroes with some coats.]]
** A heartwarming variety: [[spoiler:Yi's photo of her late father is actually folded back, and has her mother and grandmother in it. This reminds Yi that just because she misses her father doesn't mean the rest of her family wasn't a part of her life too.]]

A spinoff television series, ''WesternAnimation/AbominableAndTheInvisibleCity'' is scheduled to premiere on Creator/{{Peacock}} and Creator/{{Hulu}} on October 5, 2022, with much of the voice cast from the film set to return.

* FakeBrit: An InUniverse example, as [[spoiler:Dr. Zara is an American pretending to be British]].

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Dr. Zara and the Captain try to ram Everest, but in the process cause an avalanche that [[DisneyVillainDeath sends their car over the side of a cliff]].]]

The first trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap0NRJD-2ts here]].

A spinoff television series, ''WesternAnimation/AbominableAndTheInvisibleCity'' is scheduled to premiere on Creator/{{Peacock}} and Creator/{{Hulu}} on October 5, 2022, with much of the voice cast from the film set to return.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:While the captain was willing to double cross Mr. Burnish after he had realized that he was wrong about Everest, he was genuinely shocked at Dr. Zara's lack of remorse after she pushed Yi of a bridge and she even implied that she'll kill Peng and Jin as well. He even tried to remind Dr. Zara that they need Everest alive, when she had decided to kill the yeti instead.]]

* TightsUnderShorts: Yi wears black tights under her shorts.

* RealityEnsues: Even at the foot of [[spoiler:the Himalayan Mountains]], it's still too cold to traverse such a place without proper winter gear and jackets. [[spoiler:Fortunately, after the climax, Mr. Burnish remedies that and supplies our heroes with some coats.]]
** A heartwarming variety: [[spoiler:Yi's photo of her late father is actually folded back, and has her mother and grandmother in it. This reminds Yi that just because she misses her father doesn't mean the rest of her family wasn't a part of her life too.]]

* NotSoDifferent: A sweet variety where [[spoiler:Jin and Mr. Burnish bond over realizing they both have spent their life "looking down on the world" and have rediscovered their sense of wonder looking at the now clear sky.]]

* RedheadInGreen: Dr. Zara, who is Irish [[spoiler:American]].

* BigNo: [[spoiler:Dr. Zara]] screams this when [[spoiler:she and the captain]] fall down a cliff after being swept up by an avalanche.aft

* Big"NO!": [[spoiler:Dr. Zara]] screams this when [[spoiler:she and the captain]] fall down a cliff after being swept up by an avalanche.aft

** A heartwarming variety: [[spoiler:Yi's photo of her late father is actually folded back, and has her mother and grandmother in it. Just because Yi misses her father doesn't mean the rest of her family wasn't a part of her life too.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler Mr. Burnish remembers that the yeti he encountered all those years ago only attacked him and then disappeared because [[PapaWolf it was protecting its young]].]]

** The movie is set up to make viewers see that Mr. Burnish is just a remorseless millionaire who is more concerned with restoring his reputation than anything else, while his assistant Dr. Zara is a zoologist who seeks to protect and preserve unique animal specimens. [[spoiler: It goes on to show that Burnish ''does'' have a genuine, if somewhat misguided appreciation for the beauty of nature and even undergoes a HeelRealization about hunting Everest, while Dr. Zara is a mercenary in disguise who's trying to capture Everest so she can sell him to the highest bidder.]]

** At first, it seems like Jin will ride off on a motorcycle to find the others. [[spoiler: The bike speeds off without him, crashing.]]
** In the credits, three photos shown one after another: a Whooping Snake looking menacingly at Duchess, the Whooping Snake again with a rodent-sized lump inside it, and finally [[spoiler: a shot of Burnish feeding bao to both the snake and Duchess]].

* BecomingTheMask: A variant, where one antagonist becomes [[spoiler: what the other was pretending to be. Mr. Burnish ends up caring about Everest just as much as Dr. Zara claimed she did.]]
* BigDamnHero: [[spoiler: Jin]] comes in the nick of time.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Dr. Zara may act like a well-meaning zoologist, seemingly caring a great deal about animals more than old bitter Mr. Burnish. In reality, she's a ruthless, greedy animal smuggler who hates animals, even her animal sidekick Duchess.]]

*** On a deeper level, Jin goes from being voyeuristic/narcissistic to [[spoiler: giving his phone away in order to buy a boat, for his friends' sake.]]
* ClassyCane: Mr. Burnish's pick ax serves as this. [[spoiler: At least, up until he tosses it aside, as it embodies his obsession with capturing a yeti.]]

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Dr Zara and the captain]] are caught in an avalanche and are last seen having their vehicle being swept off a cliff.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: While the captain was willing to double cross Mr. Burnish after he had realized that he was wrong about Everest, he was genuinely shocked at Dr. Zara's lack of remorse after she pushed Yi of a bridge and she even implied that she'll kill Peng and Jin as well. He even tried to remind Dr. Zara that they need Everest alive, when she had decided to kill the yeti instead.]]

* ExactEavesdropping: Jin is woken up by the Whooping Snake just in time to overhear [[spoiler: Dr. Zara revealing her evil plans]].
* {{Expy}}: Burnish is one to [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} Charles Muntz]]: a former explorer who [[spoiler: [[HeelRealization almost]]]] wastes his life away trying to capture an exotic creature that will restore his reputation.
* FakeBrit: An InUniverse example, as [[spoiler: Dr. Zara is an American pretending to be British]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mr. Burnish appreciates a lovely tree in all its natural beauty, before he orders one of his men to cut it down. [[spoiler: ...[[PetTheDog so he can add it to his personal zoo]]]]. While his appreciation of nature was short-lived, it is still there.
** When Jin is captured by Burnish’s men, [[spoiler: Dr. Zara]] is the one who suggests that Everest could pose a danger to Yi and Peng, which convinces Jin into revealing where they’re going. [[spoiler:With her seemingly being more [[OnlySaneMan reluctant to find Everest than Mr. Burnish]] it seems odd at first for her of all characters to resort to active manipulation, but it hints at her [[EvilAllAlong true nature and intentions for Everest]].]]
** Jin bonding with [[spoiler: Mr. Burnish over the latter telling about his backstory and his finding a yeti. It gives the audience a clue that the old man isn't without heart, not to mention he would see Jin, Yi and Pang as prodigy explorers.]]

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Yi and her friends think that bridge to the Himalayan Mountains marks the end of all their troubles. And cue the helicopters in three, two one...]]

* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: The movie initially portrays Dr. Zara and Mr. Burnish as being a reasonable animal lover and a greedy hunter obsessed with the yeti, respectively. By the end, their roles have been switched: Burnish refuses to capture Everest and Zara is the one who tries to take him, dead or alive.]]

--> '''Jin:''' What about your family? Don't they need you too? Always busy, never home. What's that all about, Yi?
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Dr. Zara and the Captain try to ram Everest, but in the process cause an avalanche that [[DisneyVillainDeath sends their car over the side of a cliff]].]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Dr. Zara throws down Duchess, calling her a useless "rat" while shedding her disguise as a zoologist.]]

* NotSoDifferent: A sweet variety where [[spoiler: Jin and Mr. Burnish bond over realizing they both have spent their life "looking down on the world" and have rediscovered their sense of wonder looking at the now clear sky.]]

* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Jin didn't ''have'' to worry about little Duchess after Dr. Zara disowned her. Yet, he took the time to leave her in Mr. Burnish's care before he left.]]

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: Subverted. [[spoiler: Instead of blaming Everest for breaking her late father's violin, Yi runs into the bamboo forest to vent her grief.]]

* PunchClockVillain: Most of the Burish employees hunting Everest don't seem malicious, and [[spoiler: aren't in on the plot to sell Everest, with Zara hurriedly tranquilizing Burish when he's about to call them off and making it look like he had a stroke or something to them]]. Captain Fletcher zigzags this [[spoiler: being in on the plan in exchange for 10% of the money, but coming across as a MinionWithAnFInEvil in some of his dialogue and being a bit uneasy about Zara's murderous lengths, not that this saves him from sharing in her DisneyVillainDeath]].

* RealityEnsues: Even at the foot of [[spoiler: the Himalayan Mountains]], it's still too cold to traverse such a place without proper winter gear and jackets. [[spoiler: Fortunately, after the climax, Mr. Burnish remedies that and supplies our heroes with some coats.]]
** A heartwarming variety: [[spoiler: Yi's photo of her late father is actually folded back, and has her mother and grandmother in it. Just because Yi misses her father doesn't mean the rest of her family wasn't a part of her life too.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Mr. Burnish remembers that the yeti he encountered all those years ago only attacked him and then disappeared because [[PapaWolf it was protecting its young]].]]

* RedheadInGreen: Dr. Zara, who is Irish [[spoiler: American]].

** The rainfall that happens while [[spoiler: Yi cries upon a Buddha statue.]]
** [[spoiler: Mr. Burnish tossing aside his trademark pick ax represents his finally letting go of his obsession with capturing a yeti.]]
** [[spoiler: Dr. Zara removing her glasses and letting her hair down is an ominous indication that she's completely discarding the facade of a caring and meek scientist and unleashing her true nature.]]

* SelfServingMemory: Mr. Burnish regales that the last time he saw a yeti, it had attacked him and he had defended himself with nothing but his pick ax before it mysteriously disappeared. [[spoiler: At the climax, he has an epiphany of what ''really'' happened all those years ago. It didn't attack him for no reason: it was trying to protect its babies. And it vanished because it used its powers to take itself and its family to safety ''from him''. Also of note is how Burnish doesn't quite remember how ''huge'' the yeti actually was as the adult ones the protagonists encounter at the end are much, much larger than he recalls.]]