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** During the dance party on the bus after Marcellus is rescued and the main cast is completely assembled, Arlo suddenly asks about the aquarium, causing the fish man to go catatonic.
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* LuminescentBlush: Much of the characters have a little tinge of blush in their cheeks, in keeping up with the faux-retro aesthetic. Specific characters also have a blush somewhere else; Tony in particular has the blush on his ear points, Ansel has his coating the end of his nose and his entire earlobe, and Edmée has a combination of all three positions.
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* ExhaustedEyeBags: Most characters are deliberately drawn with small wrinkles under their eyes, despite not showing any signs of fatigue either way, possibly to keep up with the retro-aesthetic animation. Alia would be a permanent exception to this.
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* ExhaustedEyeBags: Most characters are deliberately drawn with small wrinkles dimples under their eyes, despite not showing any signs of fatigue either way, possibly to keep up with the retro-aesthetic animation. Alia would be a permanent exception to this.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: All the main characters have their moments of introduction which allude to their personalities.
** Arlo is first seen excitedly exiting Edmée's shack and exploring the swamp.
** Edmée was introduced slamming her door open suspiciously before cooing at the sight of baby Arlo.
** Ruff and Stucky were first seen intimidating a tourist at their museum.
** Bertie is introduced pushing Ruff and Stucky away and using her strength to rescue Arlo.
** Furlecia is introduced wrestling a farmer and showing sass.
** Tony was first seen bribing a farmer.
** Alia is introduced exiting her bus hyperactively.
** Marcellus was first seen having broken out by Arlo, though he shows his personality for the first time during the CampfireCharacterExploration.
** Ansel was first seen in an interview presenting his next big project.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Most characters are deliberately drawn with small wrinkles under their eyes, despite not showing any signs of fatigue eitherway.way, possibly to keep up with the retro-aesthetic animation. Alia would be a permanent exception to this.
** Arlo is first seen excitedly exiting Edmée's shack and exploring the swamp.
** Edmée was introduced slamming her door open suspiciously before cooing at the sight of baby Arlo.
** Ruff and Stucky were first seen intimidating a tourist at their museum.
** Bertie is introduced pushing Ruff and Stucky away and using her strength to rescue Arlo.
** Furlecia is introduced wrestling a farmer and showing sass.
** Tony was first seen bribing a farmer.
** Alia is introduced exiting her bus hyperactively.
** Marcellus was first seen having broken out by Arlo, though he shows his personality for the first time during the CampfireCharacterExploration.
** Ansel was first seen in an interview presenting his next big project.
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* EyeScream: During "More More More" as Arlo is getting resented by the animals, an angry egret pokes him in the eye. He is then seen with a black eye in the next scene with the turtle.
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* LyricalDissonance: "Better Life", when you listen to the lyrics, is a song about abandoning your individuality in order to get by in the world. Arlo is so distracted by the upbeat nature of the song that it takes a while for him to realize how sketchy the message actually is. "[[BrokenAesop Break yourself]]" indeed.
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* LyricalDissonance: LyricalDissonance:
** "Better Life", when you listen to the lyrics, is a song about abandoning your individuality in order to get by in the world. Arlo is so distracted by the upbeat nature of the song that it takes a while for him to realize how sketchy the message actually is. "[[BrokenAesop Break yourself]]"indeed.indeed.
** Downplayed with "More More More". It is indeed an upbeat song about Arlo wanting to be loved by everyone, but at one point he briefly lapses into a verse where the animals resent him in various ways before being left alone with Jeromio, just before the riverboat appears.
** "Better Life", when you listen to the lyrics, is a song about abandoning your individuality in order to get by in the world. Arlo is so distracted by the upbeat nature of the song that it takes a while for him to realize how sketchy the message actually is. "[[BrokenAesop Break yourself]]"
** Downplayed with "More More More". It is indeed an upbeat song about Arlo wanting to be loved by everyone, but at one point he briefly lapses into a verse where the animals resent him in various ways before being left alone with Jeromio, just before the riverboat appears.
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* CuttingBackToReality: Arlo's ImagineSpot ends with him striking a final pose with the jazz dancers and animals; the second Sansavelt spots him, we see him in reality striking the same exact pose before getting nervous.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Just after Ansel's part in "Something's Missing" [[spoiler:which nearly exposes his birdman identity to the crowd]], he promptly flees the gala as Arlo chases him.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** The second "More More More" ends, so does Arlo's ImagineSpot as he gets spotted by a boy named Sansavelt; Arlo's response is to flee back into the swamp in fear.
** Just after Ansel's part in "Something's Missing" [[spoiler:which nearly exposes his birdman identity to the crowd]], he promptly flees the gala as Arlo chases him.
** The second "More More More" ends, so does Arlo's ImagineSpot as he gets spotted by a boy named Sansavelt; Arlo's response is to flee back into the swamp in fear.
** Just after Ansel's part in "Something's Missing" [[spoiler:which nearly exposes his birdman identity to the crowd]], he promptly flees the gala as Arlo chases him.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Arlo leaves the swamp, Jeromio is not seen again for the rest of the movie outside of visions. Edmée also disappears the same way, aside from TheStinger.
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* ZanyScheme: To fulfil the promise to Tony's gang they will take him to New York, Arlo has to break out Marcellus from an aquarium in North Carolina which Tony has planned himself. Though not seen, we do hear the results of such.
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: While Bertie is trying to blend in with the New Yorkers, she utters their oddly famous "I'm walkin' here!".
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* CatchPhrase: "Rickety biscuit!" for Arlo; "Ba-gooh-ma mia!" for Tony. "I'm walkin' here!" apparently serves as one for the New Yorkers.
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** An early one done by Arlo's ImagineSpot in "More More More" as Arlo dances past and his hand fills up the camera which resolves into the trombone of one of the jazz band members.
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* ColorfulContrails: During "Wash the Hurt Away" as Arlo is swimming through the sewer tunnel at high speed, a yellow-green contrail is protruding from his backside.
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* DiegeticSwitch: Played with a few times. "Wash the Hurt Away" starts off with Arlo singing the song out of nowhere before transitioning to his internal thoughts from the point he flies out the tunnel. Arlo and Ansel are also shown playing instruments a few times (a box guitar and banjo for the former, a grand piano for the latter), but the music continues even when they stop. Specific songs also flip back and forth between onscreen singing and internal thoughts the same way.
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* LocationSong: "New York, My Home", a brief song performed in the prologue just before Arlo is introduced, which sets the mood and tone of the city.
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* DarkReprise: "The Collage of Broken Dreams", which segues into the BSODSong, is an unhappy mashup of "Better Life", "Beyond These Walls", "More, More, More", and "Follow Me Home", with more cynical lyrics.
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* DarkReprise: DarkReprise:
** "The Collage of Broken Dreams", which segues into the BSODSong, is an unhappy mashup of "Better Life", "Beyond These Walls", "More, More, More", and "Follow Me Home", with more cynicallyrics.lyrics.
** And just between said moments as Arlo is floating in the lake in Central Park and plunging into the sewer grate, the background score is playing a lustful instrumental reprise of "New York, My Home".
** "The Collage of Broken Dreams", which segues into the BSODSong, is an unhappy mashup of "Better Life", "Beyond These Walls", "More, More, More", and "Follow Me Home", with more cynical
** And just between said moments as Arlo is floating in the lake in Central Park and plunging into the sewer grate, the background score is playing a lustful instrumental reprise of "New York, My Home".
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** You know where you truly belong once you've appreciated it as such.
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** You You'll know where you truly belong once you've appreciated seen it as such.for yourself.
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* AnAesop:
** Appreciate yourself. It doesn't matter however you look like, whether you're a human, an animal, or half-animal whatsoever; it's what's inside you that counts.
** You know where you truly belong once you've appreciated it as such.
** Your friends can be family, too.
** Appreciate yourself. It doesn't matter however you look like, whether you're a human, an animal, or half-animal whatsoever; it's what's inside you that counts.
** You know where you truly belong once you've appreciated it as such.
** Your friends can be family, too.
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* GainingConfidenceSong:
** "Beyond These Walls" starts out as a sultry ballad by Arlo over his anxiousness of thinking what would happen if he leaves the swamp, before transitioning to a powerful number where he gains the confidence and is determined to find his way home.
** "Follow Me Home" begins with Bertie solemnly voicing her background as TheDrifter and lamenting that no one seems to accept her and has no place to call her home, before it changes to a duet between her and Arlo where she feels brave again and becomes more accepting of herself.
** "Beyond These Walls" starts out as a sultry ballad by Arlo over his anxiousness of thinking what would happen if he leaves the swamp, before transitioning to a powerful number where he gains the confidence and is determined to find his way home.
** "Follow Me Home" begins with Bertie solemnly voicing her background as TheDrifter and lamenting that no one seems to accept her and has no place to call her home, before it changes to a duet between her and Arlo where she feels brave again and becomes more accepting of herself.
* PepTalkSong:
** Arlo's part of "Follow Me Home" is this, as he encourages Bertie to accept her image and believe in herself.
** Ansel's number "Better Life" seems to be this at first, given how Arlo is taking advice to "change himself" and embrace his life better, but it soon takes on a whole new meaning when he realizes Ansel was trying to distract him from what's important, and gets turned away from him in return.
** Arlo's part of "Follow Me Home" is this, as he encourages Bertie to accept her image and believe in herself.
** Ansel's number "Better Life" seems to be this at first, given how Arlo is taking advice to "change himself" and embrace his life better, but it soon takes on a whole new meaning when he realizes Ansel was trying to distract him from what's important, and gets turned away from him in return.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre:
** Arlo to Bertie about her drifter status and she's better than she thought.
** Bertie to Arlo after Ansel disowns him and recognizes him as the first person who appreciated her for who she is. Later Tony and his gang when they admit he changed their ways and accept him as one of the group.
** Arlo to Bertie about her drifter status and she's better than she thought.
** Bertie to Arlo after Ansel disowns him and recognizes him as the first person who appreciated her for who she is. Later Tony and his gang when they admit he changed their ways and accept him as one of the group.
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* OpenTheIris: Arlo does this a few times when he gets astounded over something. Most exemplified when he is under a sugar rush in Willow Button.
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** Done by Ansel in "Better Life" just after the line "I rose up into me."
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* IdiosyncraticWipes: Twice in succession during the "Beautiful Together" sequence. First when Arlo dances past the screen before the song begins when Ansel allows he and his friends to rebuild and live at Seaside by the Seashore, and again by Furlecia during the song when the group is marching down the boardwalk.
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** When the Beast tracks down Arlo's footprints, the view dissolves from an ExtremeCloseUp of its eye to a similar reflection of the full moon in the river Arlo and Bertie run through
** While Bertie is admiring the shell Arlo gave her, the background behind her changes from the beach to the bus interior with her in the same exact position and pose.
** When the Beast tracks down Arlo's footprints, the view dissolves from an ExtremeCloseUp of its eye to a similar reflection of the full moon in the river Arlo and Bertie run through
** While Bertie is admiring the shell Arlo gave her, the background behind her changes from the beach to the bus interior with her in the same exact position and pose.
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* CampfireCharacterExploration: Once all the main characters have been assembled, they spend the night on a beach having a campfire where Marcellus tells of his time in the aquarium and everyone gets to bond with each other.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Furlecia gets stabbed in her "love handles" by her opponent's hoe during her introduction scene.
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* OhCrap:
** Arlo is clearly petrified when he encounters Ruff and Stucky for the first time. He gets it again when they capture him at the museum.
** Arlo has a mild reaction when Edmée forces him to taste the underbelly of a snail.
** Edmée when Arlo brings up the mention of his MissingMom.
** Tony when Arlo manages to impress the doorman.
** Ansel when he nearly exposes [[spoiler:his bird-man identity]] to the crowd during "Something's Missing", followed by Arlo getting the same reaction in the next shot.
** Ruff and Stucky when [[spoiler:Ansel flies in to save Arlo.]]
** Arlo is clearly petrified when he encounters Ruff and Stucky for the first time. He gets it again when they capture him at the museum.
** Arlo has a mild reaction when Edmée forces him to taste the underbelly of a snail.
** Edmée when Arlo brings up the mention of his MissingMom.
** Tony when Arlo manages to impress the doorman.
** Ansel when he nearly exposes [[spoiler:his bird-man identity]] to the crowd during "Something's Missing", followed by Arlo getting the same reaction in the next shot.
** Ruff and Stucky when [[spoiler:Ansel flies in to save Arlo.]]
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* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: This is how the Beast is introduced. Arlo is also seen with these briefly when inside the mouth of a non-anthropomorphic alligator during "More More More".
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** Stucky does this when first encountering Arlo.
** [[spoiler:Ansel does it when he reveals his bird-man identity to the crowd.]]
** Stucky does this when first encountering Arlo.
** [[spoiler:Ansel does it when he reveals his bird-man identity to the crowd.]]
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* ParasolParachute: In the final verse of "Beyond These Walls", Arlo uses a parasol to parachute through various floating landmarks of New York.
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** In the last verse of "Better Life" as Ansel is putting a feather on Arlo's hat, the spotlights surrounding them are red. In some cultures, red symbolizes bad luck and danger, foreshadowing Ansel's response to Arlo after the song ends.
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* AllThereInTheScript:
** The boyfriend of the couple Arlo scares away after leaving the swamp, while unnamed in the script, is named Bradley Alouicious in the end credits.
** The lackey Tony calls to get Ansel's address is named Little Bitty Louie.
** The boyfriend of the couple Arlo scares away after leaving the swamp, while unnamed in the script, is named Bradley Alouicious in the end credits.
** The lackey Tony calls to get Ansel's address is named Little Bitty Louie.
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* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: When Ansel talks about his past growing up in Seaside by the Seashore, his parents were neither mentioned nor appear in the flashback. In fact he left by himself to become a success in the city with no adult supervision. It unknown if Ansel is an orphan or did he run away.
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** When Ansel talks about his past growing up in Seaside by the Seashore, his parents were neither mentioned nor appear in the flashback. In fact he left by himself to become a success in the city with no adult supervision. It unknown if Ansel is an orphan or did he runaway.away.
** It is also unknown where happened to Bertie and Alia's parents either. Both are teenagers living independently from parental supervision. Bertie mentions growing up that she used to be normal before she grew bigger and became different, did not mention any parents, or if she was an orphan. And nothing know about Alia past or if she had parents.
** When Ansel talks about his past growing up in Seaside by the Seashore, his parents were neither mentioned nor appear in the flashback. In fact he left by himself to become a success in the city with no adult supervision. It unknown if Ansel is an orphan or did he run
** It is also unknown where happened to Bertie and Alia's parents either. Both are teenagers living independently from parental supervision. Bertie mentions growing up that she used to be normal before she grew bigger and became different, did not mention any parents, or if she was an orphan. And nothing know about Alia past or if she had parents.
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Bertie, who towers above every other character in height and width.
