History WesternAnimation / BirdBoyTheForgottenChildren

* DownerBeginning; Both the prequel and the movie start in an unnamed island where anthropomorphic animals live their own lives peacefully, until one day the local nuclear factory suddenly explodes, killing off the majority of population, birds, trees and all fish in the area.

''Birdboy: The Forgotten Children'' (Spanish: ''Psiconautas, los niños olvidados''; festival title: ''Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children'') is a 2015 Spanish animated coming-of-age film written and directed by Creator/AlbertoVázquez and Pedro Rivero, based on the comic ''Psiconautas'' by Vázquez. It is the follow-up to the pair's short film ''Birdboy'', following the titular character, a shy outcast in a post-apocalyptic society, and Dinky, a teenage mouse runaway who wishes to leave her desolate island home.

''Birdboy: The Forgotten Children'' (Spanish: ''Psiconautas, los niños olvidados''; festival title: ''Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children'') is a 2015 Spanish animated coming-of-age film written and directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, based on the comic ''Psiconautas'' by Vázquez. It is the follow-up to the pair's short film ''Birdboy'', following the titular character, a shy outcast in a post-apocalyptic society, and Dinky, a teenage mouse runaway who wishes to leave her desolate island home.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Demons (especially Birdboy's) are always represented with a red monochromatic color scheme.

* ARealManIsAKiller: After a speech with a guard, the bullies want to become policemen to own a gun.

* ParentalFavouritism: Dinky parents love more their dog son than her, specially her stepdad

''Birdboy: The Forgotten Children'' (Spanish: ''Psiconautas, los niños olvidados''; festival title: ''Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children'') is a 2015 Spanish animated coming-of-age film written and directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, based on the comic ''Psiconautas'' by Vázquez. (No relation to the [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} video game of the same name in English]]). It is the follow-up to the pair's short film ''Birdboy'', following the titular character, a shy outcast in a post-apocalyptic society, and Dinky, a teenage mouse runaway who wishes to leave her desolate island home.

''Birdboy: The Forgotten Children'' (Spanish: ''Psiconautas, los niños olvidados''; festival title: ''Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children'') is a 2015 Spanish animated coming-of-age film written and directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, based on the comic ''Psiconautas'' by Vázquez. (No relation to the [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} video game of the same name]]). It is the follow-up to the pair's short film ''Birdboy'', following the titular character, a shy outcast in a post-apocalyptic society, and Dinky, a teenage mouse runaway who wishes to leave her desolate island home.

''Birdboy: The Forgotten Children'' (Spanish: ''Psiconautas, los niños olvidados''; festival title: ''Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children'') is a 2015 Spanish animated coming-of-age film written and directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, based on the comic ''Psiconautas'' by Vázquez. It is the follow-up to the pair's short film ''Birdboy'', following the titular character, a shy outcast in a post-apocalyptic society, and Dinky, a teenage mouse runaway who wishes to leave her desolate island home.

* RayOfHopeEnding: [[spoiler: Dinky, Sandra and Little Fox are nearly executed by the Forgotten Children, but are saved by Birdboy going on a OneWingedAngel rampage to rescue them. Then when they try to leave the island during a storm, [[RealityEnsues they nearly drown when the inflatable duck raft they're riding gets capsized by a wave,]] and only survive thanks to Zachariah. Meanwhile, Birdboy is shot dead by the police [[StarCrossedLovers mere moments after Dinky told Birdboy she loves him.]] Zachariah takes Dinky and the others back to the island, meaning she's still stuck with parents who love their dog more than they love her [[AbusiveParents and don't seem to realize or care that she almost died twice in one day.]] However, the scrapyards could potentially become safer thanks to Birdboy decimating the Forgotten Children, and Birdboy's soul guides Dinky to a secret cave containing a tree which produces magic acorns, [[PassingTheTorch posthumously entrusting her with his task to bring the island back to life.]]]]
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: The rubber duck wasn't made for traveling through the sea, much less during a rainy night, and gets capsized after less than two minutes.]]

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Spanish: Psiconautas, los niños olvidados; festival title: Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children) is a 2015 Spanish animated coming-of-age film written and directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, based on the comic Psiconautas by Vázquez. It is the follow-up to the pair's short film Birdboy, following the titular character, a shy outcast in a post-apocalyptic society, and Dinky, a teenage mouse runaway who wishes to leave her desolate island home.

!! Birdboy provides examples of:

* AbusiveParents: The parents of Dinky fits this trope, especially the husband.

* {{Adorkable}}: Little Fox.

* BittersweetEnding: Of the ''very'' bittersweet variety. [[spoiler: Dinky, Sandra and Little Fox are nearly executed by the Forgotten Children, but are saved by Birdboy going on a OneWingedAngel rampage to rescue them. Then when they try to leave the island during a storm, [[RealityEnsues they nearly drown when the inflatable duck raft they're riding gets capsized by a wave,]] and only survive thanks to Zachariah. Meanwhile, Birdboy is shot dead by the police [[StarCrossedLovers mere moments after Dinky told Birdboy she loves him.]] Zachariah takes Dinky and the others back to the island, meaning she's still stuck with parents who love their [[ItMakesSenseInContext luchador dog thing]] more than they love her [[AbusiveParents and don't seem to realize or care that she almost died twice in one day.]] The only two reasons it isn't a complete downer are that the scrapyards could potentially become safer thanks to Birdboy decimating the Forgotten Children, and that Birdboy's soul guides Dinky to a secret cave containing a tree which produces magic acorns, [[PassingTheTorch posthumously entrusting his task of reviving the island to her.]]]]

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: The rubber duck wasn't made for traveling through the sea, much less in a rainy night, not lasting long enough in the sea]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Implied. When the two rats and their sons fight and kill their respective opponent, the white rat father adopts his opponent's son as his own and is later seen along side him at the end of the film. Due to the culture and society of The Forgotten Children; it's implied that this sort of conflict and adoption happens frequently, as the white rat father and black rat son don't even question nor show grief of what's transpired. Almost as if this happens often.]]

* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Implied. When the two rats and their sons fight and kill their respective opponent, the white rat father adopts his opponent's son as his own and is later seen along side him at the end of the film. Due to the culture and society of The Forgotten Children; it's implied that this sort of conflict and adoption happens frequently, as the white rat father and black rat son don't even question nor shew grief of what's transpired. Almost as if this happens often.]]

* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Implied. When the two rats and their sons fight and kill their respective opponent, the white rat father adopts his opponent's son as his own and is later seen along side him at the end of the film. Due to the culture and society of The Forgotten Children; it's implied that this sort of conflict and adoption happens frequently, as the white rat father and black rat son don't even question nor shew grief of what's transpired. Almost as if this happens often.