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* EarnYourHappyEnding: See DistantFinale above; after going through absolute ''Hell'' trying to reach the ocean while keeping both the baby albatros and himself alive, the bilby can finally enjoy a peaceful life, having plenty of food and no longer being alone.
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*DeadlyDingos: They attempt to EAT Bilby.
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* TerribleTrio: The bilby almost gets eaten by three dingoes.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: On their journey, the bilby and the chick get attacked by a float of crocodiles.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: On their journey, the bilby and the chick get attacked by a float of crocodiles. The bilby also ends up on the stomach of a hungry croc during the travel montage.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: The title character, if you haven't guessed, is a bilby (A.K.A. rabbit-eared bandicoot). There is also a monitor lizard, a frilled lizard and a group of echidnas making an appearance. The bird of prey snatching the chick at the end of the short, based on its coloration and its habitat, is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-bellied_sea_eagle white-bellied sea eagle]].
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: The title character, if you haven't guessed, is a bilby.bilby (A.K.A. rabbit-eared bandicoot). There is also a monitor lizard, a frilled lizard and a group of echidnas making an appearance. The bird of prey snatching the chick at the end of the short, based on its coloration and its habitat, is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-bellied_sea_eagle white-bellied sea eagle]].
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* FreezeFrameBonus: At a brief scene in the montage of EverythingTryingToKillYou the bilby and albatross chick are menaced by what appears to be the shadow of a [[LivingDinosaurs theropod dinosaur.]]
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* BeeAfraid: At one point the bilby is running from a swarm of bees while carrying the chick.
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* ScaryStingingSwarm: At one point the bilby is running from a swarm of bees while carrying the chick.
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* MaliciousMonitorLizard: The short opens with a hungry monitor lizard trying to catch the bilby.
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''Bilby'' is a [[AllCGICartoon computer-animated]] short film by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, one of the first two in the studio's short films program (the other is ''Bird Karma''). It was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally planned]] to be a feature-length musical film, titled ''Larrikins'' and directed by Music/TimMinchin. However, when [[ExecutiveMeddling the film got cancelled]], a group of animators who worked on the character models for the film used them to create this short instead.
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''Bilby'' is a [[AllCGICartoon computer-animated]] short film by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, one of the first two in the studio's short films program (the other is ''Bird Karma''). It was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally planned]] to be a feature-length musical film, titled ''Larrikins'' and directed by Music/TimMinchin. However, when [[ExecutiveMeddling the film got cancelled]], a group of animators who worked on the character models for the film used them to create this short instead.
instead. It can be found on Blu-ray and DVD copies of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld''.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: The bilby gives an epic one to the eagle that snatches the chick.
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: A monitor lizard, a snake, a frilled lizard and a bunch of crocodiles all menace the bilby at some point.
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: A monitor lizard, a snake, a frilled lizard and a bunch of crocodiles all menace the bilby and/or the albatross at some point.
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* LovableCoward: The bilby is introduced as someone constantly running and hiding from predators. Taking care of the albatross chick brings out his brave side, though.
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* PetTheDog: The bilby takes a fruit from a beetle, knocking it up by accident. Before leaving, he helps the beetle get back on its feet.
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* SillyAnimalSound: After the bilby beats him up, the eagle flies away clucking like a chicken.
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* AndCallHimGeorge: One of the threats the bilby and the albatross chick encounter is an overly cuddly koala that nearly smothers the bilby with a hug.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The TravelMontage consists of the bilby and the chick running from hungry predators, stampeding herbivores, natural disasters... and some curious platypuses that just look at them.
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* EverythingTryingToKillYou: The Outback is full of dangerous predators, from monitor lizards to scorpions to dingoes and crocodiles. Even the non-predatory wildlife is dangerous, such as the echidnas covered in prickly spines and the stampeding kangaroos.
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* EverythingTryingToKillYou: The Outback is full of dangerous predators, from monitor lizards to scorpions to dingoes and crocodiles. Even the non-predatory wildlife is dangerous, such as the echidnas covered in prickly spines and the stampeding kangaroos. Not to mention the non-living threats like bushfires, boulders and [[QuicksandSucks quicksand]].
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* AnimalStampede: The bilby and the chick nearly get trampled by a mob of kangaroos.
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* AnimalStampede: The During their TravelMontage, the bilby and the chick nearly get trampled first by a flock of emus, then by a mob of kangaroos.kangaroos.
* BeeAfraid: At one point the bilby is running from a swarm of bees while carrying the chick.
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* PiranhaProblem: Among the threats encountered by the bilby and the chick is a school of small carnivorous fish that attack them like cartoon piranhas (although real piranhas [[MisplacedWildlife live in South America]]).
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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The albatross chick is an adorable ball of white fluff with huge eyes.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: On their journey, the bilby and the chick get attacked by a float of crocodiles.
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* TravelMontage: A very rapid one depicting the bilby's journey to the ocean, where almost every shot is [[EverythingTryingToKillYou some kind of dangerous situation]].
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* MoodWhiplash: When the albatross chick is lifted into the air, it's played as a glorious, upbeat moment - until she's snatched by an eagle. It looks like the short was a ShaggyDogStory - but then the bilby [[LetsGetDangerous gets dangerous]] and engages in an epic fight with the eagle.
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* MoodWhiplash: When the albatross chick is lifted into the air, it's played as a glorious, upbeat moment - until she's snatched by an eagle. It looks like the short it was a ShaggyDogStory AllForNothing - but then the bilby [[LetsGetDangerous gets dangerous]] and engages in an epic fight with the eagle.
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: Fortunately subverted. It looks like the bilby's journey was AllForNothing when the albatross chick is snatched by an eagle - but the bilby [[LetsGetDangerous gets dangerous]] and rescues the chick from the predator.
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''Bilby'' is a [[AllCGICartoon computer-animated]] short film by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, one of the first two in the studio's short films program (the other is ''Bird Karma''). It was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally planned]] to be a feature-length musical film, titled ''Larrikins'' and directed by Creator/TimMinchin.Music/TimMinchin. However, when [[ExecutiveMeddling the film got cancelled]], a group of animators who worked on the character models for the film used them to create this short instead.
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The short tells the story of the eponymous bilby, who finds an albatross chick in the middle of the Australian Outback and makes a brave effort to return it to its home by the ocean.
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* DistantFinale: The last shot of the short is the albatross, now grown up, landing next to the bilby living happily by the ocean, surrounded with fruit.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: The Outback is full of dangerous predators, from monitor lizards to scorpions to dingoes and crocodiles. Even the non-predatory wildlife is dangerous, such as the echidnas covered in prickly spines and the stampeding kangaroos.
* KangaroosRepresentAustralia: It wouldn't be an Australian story without a bunch of kangaroos appearing. They stampede through the scene, almost trampling the bilby and the albatross.
* KidnappingBirdOfPrey: In the climax of the short, the albatross chick is snatched by an eagle.
* LandDownunder: Where the short takes place.
* LetsGetDangerous: The bilby is initially introduced as living in constant fear, hiding and running from predators. However, protecting the albatross chick brings out his parental instincts, culminating in an epic fight with the eagle.
* MoodWhiplash: When the albatross chick is lifted into the air, it's played as a glorious, upbeat moment - until she's snatched by an eagle. It looks like the short was the ShaggyDogStory - but then the bilby [[LetsGetDangerous gets dangerous]] and engages in an epic fight with the eagle.
* PapaWolf: The bilby braves through all sorts of hostile environments to return the chick to the ocean. And when the eagle snatches the chick, he [[LetsGetDangerous gets dangerous]] and beats up the bird of prey.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: A monitor lizard, a snake, a frilled lizard and a bunch of crocodiles all menace the bilby at some point.
* ScaryScorpions: The bilby rescues the chick from a swarm of scorpions.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: The title character, if you haven't guessed, is a bilby. There is also a monitor lizard and a group of echidnas making an appearance.
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The short tells the story of the eponymous bilby, who finds an albatross chick in the middle of the Australian Outback and makes a brave effort to return it to its home by the ocean.
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* DistantFinale: The last shot of the short is the albatross, now grown up, landing next to the bilby living happily by the ocean, surrounded with fruit.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: The Outback is full of dangerous predators, from monitor lizards to scorpions to dingoes and crocodiles. Even the non-predatory wildlife is dangerous, such as the echidnas covered in prickly spines and the stampeding kangaroos.
* KangaroosRepresentAustralia: It wouldn't be an Australian story without a bunch of kangaroos appearing. They stampede through the scene, almost trampling the bilby and the albatross.
* KidnappingBirdOfPrey: In the climax of the short, the albatross chick is snatched by an eagle.
* LandDownunder: Where the short takes place.
* LetsGetDangerous: The bilby is initially introduced as living in constant fear, hiding and running from predators. However, protecting the albatross chick brings out his parental instincts, culminating in an epic fight with the eagle.
* MoodWhiplash: When the albatross chick is lifted into the air, it's played as a glorious, upbeat moment - until she's snatched by an eagle. It looks like the short was the ShaggyDogStory - but then the bilby [[LetsGetDangerous gets dangerous]] and engages in an epic fight with the eagle.
* PapaWolf: The bilby braves through all sorts of hostile environments to return the chick to the ocean. And when the eagle snatches the chick, he [[LetsGetDangerous gets dangerous]] and beats up the bird of prey.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: A monitor lizard, a snake, a frilled lizard and a bunch of crocodiles all menace the bilby at some point.
* ScaryScorpions: The bilby rescues the chick from a swarm of scorpions.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: The title character, if you haven't guessed, is a bilby. There is also a monitor lizard and a group of echidnas making an appearance.
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