History WesternAnimation / BackToTheOutback

* SssssnakeTalk: Maddie has a few instances of this, most notably in the lullaby she sings.

* NoOshaCompliance: The wildlife park Chaz works at lets people walk right up to "cute" animals, has nothing to stop people from falling into the crocodile pool other than a waist-high wall that children can easily climb over, and during his show where he shows off "the deadliest creatures on the planet", there are no barriers between him and the guests, and he even brings said deadly animals ''right up to the people in the front row'', and allows what he believes to be a frantic, angry crocodile to run around near them. If Jackie wasn’t actually [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood a really nice crocodile]], or even if they had a different crocodile in the pool, [[spoiler: Chazzie]] would have been croc food.

* IAteWhat: Chaz turns around to vomit when his son gives him . . . something to drink based off of something he read in one of his fathers adventure/survival books.

* PredationIsNatural: Predators are never shown in a bad light just for being predators, fitting the film’s theme of the cast being NotEvilJustMisunderstood animals, most of which are predators themselves. When Dave and the other Tasmanian devils lead the group to a colony of ghost bats who can lead them through the mountains, and tells them not to worry because "they only drink warm blood", he remembers that Pretty Boy is the only member of the group who ‘’isn’t'' cold blooded, and just comments "Oh, sorry mate. That’s a bit awkward.".

* NoOshaCompliance: The wildlife park Chaz works at let’s people walk right up to "cute" animals, has nothing to stop people from falling into the crocodile pool other than a waist-high wall that children can easily climb over, and during his show where he shows off "the most dangerous animals on the planet", there are no barriers between him and the guests, and he even brings said deadly animals ''right up to the people in the front row'', and allows what he believes to be a frantic, angry crocodile to run around near them. If Jackie wasn’t actually [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood a really nice person]], or even if they had a different crocodile in the pool, [[spoiler: Chazzie]] would have been croc food.

* NoOshaCompliance: The wildlife park Chaz works at let’s people walk right up to "cute" animals, has no nothing to stop people from falling into the crocodile pool other than a waist-high wall that children can easily climb over, and during his show where he shows off "the most dangerous animals on the planet", there are no barriers between him and the guests, and he even brings said deadly animals ''right up to the people in the front row'', and allows what he believes to be a frantic, angry crocodile to run around near them. If Jackie wasn’t actually [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood a really nice person]], or even if they had a different crocodile in the pool, [[spoiler: Chazzie]] would have been croc food.

** Chaz introduces Maddie, a taipan (one of the most dangerous snakes in the world) as Medusa, a monstrous, murderous woman from Greek Mythology famously depicted with snakes for hair.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Two of the three Tasmanian devils the group meets are called Lucifer and Beelzebub, the names of which are shared by two figures who are often portrayed as separate demons, or as different names for the devil.

* MeaningfulName: Played with. Chaz officially introduces Maddie as "Medusa" in her first appearance in his show, almost certainly after the figure from Greek mythology, famously depicted as a monstrous woman with snakes instead of hair. While he likely thought it was a fitting name seeing how deadly taipans can be, Maddie doesn’t really share any traits with her namesake other than eating meat and being a snake.

-->''Maddie'': No, Vlad! Get off his neck! Bad, bad bat!

** Frank, the funnel web spider, is a good-natured arachnid and close friend to Maddie who desperately craves a girl to call his own
** Legs Luciano is a charming redback spider who leads an entire horde of similarly-noble spiders who help save the main group from a mob of angry humans and help them navigate through the city.

* SnakesAreSinister: PlayedWith, but ultimately a rare [[AvertedTrope aversion]] as while the humans see her as a threatening monster, Maddie is one of the sweetest people you could ever meet.

* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: Smaller, more realistic bugs seem to be fair game for being tortured and eaten, while bigger bugs like Nigel the scorpion have a relatively cuddly design by comparison.

* CurbStompBattle: Dave, Lucifer, and Beelzebub kick Chaz’s butt quite handily, causing him to frantically call to his son to throw him a rope so he can get the hell out of there.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: When Chaz introduces Maddie to the audience at his show, he calls her "Medusa", but among the other animas, she just goes by Maddie.

* MisplacedWildlife: Downplayed. Nigel notes that they are not in Tasmania when they encounter Tasmanian devils (a species that in the past could be found throughout Australia, but now are only found on the island state), prompting their leader, Dave, to explain that they were passing through the area on holiday.

* AmbiguousSituation: Does Norine [[SpeaksFluentAnimal understand]] what Maddie is saying, or is she just really good at interpreting what animal noises and body language means?