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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The "Welcome to Cargo" sign seen at the beginning of the movie claims that Cargo is in North Dakota. However, Clunker Island is a bit of a mystery. Danny and Cabigail have to take ''a ferry'' to get there, implying that Clunker Island is somewhere in the ocean, despite North Dakota being a landlocked state. Though North Dakota ''does'' have some rather large lakes, it seems unlikely that Clunker Island could exist in any of them.
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* SettingIntroductionSong: The movie opens with "Cargo", performed by the citizens of Cargo, which is about life in their peaceful and friendly city.
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** "Clunkers" also qualifies, since it's about the residents of Clunker Island intending to take away Danny and Cabigail's parts.
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* DealWithTheDevil: [[Main/TheDon Don]] and [[Main/TheBully Rudy Carleone]] meet up with Danny and Cabigail and tell them that they'll forgive Danny for totaling Rudy if the former races against Speedy Fireball on Rudy's behalf in "a pink slip challenge". If Danny wins, Rudy gets Speedy's pink slip, but if Danny loses, he loses his pink slip to Rudy and gets sent to Clunker Island. Danny accepts this challenge, as Clunker Island is exactly where he needs to go to save his father.
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* TheAllegedCar: The Clunkers on Clunker Island certainly qualify, with them claiming that they've ''cannibalized'' other cars' parts.
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* SentientVehicle: This movie is stuffed to the gills with living cars that look more like toys than anything.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Don and Rudy Carleone meet up with Danny and Cabigail and tell them that they'll forgive Danny for totaling Rudy if the former races against Speedy Fireball on Rudy's behalf in "a pink slip challenge". If Danny wins, Rudy gets Speedy's pink slip, but if Danny loses, he loses his pink slip to Rudy and gets sent to Clunker Island. Danny accepts this challenge, as Clunker Island is exactly where he needs to go to save his father.

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* DealWithTheDevil: Don [[Main/TheDon Don]] and [[Main/TheBully Rudy Carleone Carleone]] meet up with Danny and Cabigail and tell them that they'll forgive Danny for totaling Rudy if the former races against Speedy Fireball on Rudy's behalf in "a pink slip challenge". If Danny wins, Rudy gets Speedy's pink slip, but if Danny loses, he loses his pink slip to Rudy and gets sent to Clunker Island. Danny accepts this challenge, as Clunker Island is exactly where he needs to go to save his father.

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* DealWithTheDevil: Don and Rudy Carleone meet up with Danny and Cabigail and tell them that they'll forgive Danny for totaling Rudy if the former races against Speedy Fireball on Rudy's behalf in "a pink slip challenge". If Danny wins, Rudy gets Speedy's pink slip, but if Danny loses, he loses his pink slip to Rudy and gets sent to Clunker Island. Danny accepts this challenge, as Clunker Island is exactly where he needs to go to save his father.



* IronicEcho: "It's in your/our oil." First said by Art when he tells Danny he'd make a good mechanic, and later by Danny near the end when he accepts this career.

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** "Sometimes, we have to do the right thing, no matter the cost." First said by Art during his argument with Danny, and later by Danny when he promises to find Art's numerous parts stolen by the clunkers.
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"It's in your/our oil." First said by Art when he tells Danny he'd make a good mechanic, and later by Danny near the end when he accepts this career.
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* TheDon: Don [[Main/PunnyName Carleone]] is a [[Film/TheGodfather Don Corleone]] homage square and true.
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* PainToTheAss: During the demolition derby, Danny rams into the Monster Truck's tailgate.
-->'''Danny:''' I thought you deserved a good spanking!
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-->'''Danny:''' Hang on, if you've never seen ''The Carshank Redemption'', where did you get the idea for that?!\\
'''Vin:''' I saw it in a movie.\\

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-->'''Danny:''' Hang on, Wait, if you've never you haven't seen ''The Carshank Redemption'', where did you get the idea for that?!\\
this?\\
'''Vin:''' Alright, get this - I saw it in a movie.movie once.\\



'''Vin:''' Nope. Never heard of it.\\

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'''Vin:''' Nope. Never heard of it.seen that one.\\

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* JustAFleshWound: At the hospital, a severely damaged car drives in saying he just needs an oil change. Cue said car being towed away to Clunker Island against his wishes.


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* OnlyAFleshWound: At the hospital, a severely damaged car drives in saying he just needs an oil change. Cue said car being towed away to Clunker Island against his wishes.
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* AnimatedMusical: This film contains quite a few original (yet poorly-written) songs, despite [[Franchise/{{Cars}} its competition]] never falling under this trope.


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* DirtyCoward: Vin is pretty much this, as he tends to bail out when he and Danny get into trouble.


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* RightBehindMe: Danny has this reaction after he says that Art would kill him if he knew he was illegally racing and Vin starts panicking a little.
-->'''Danny:''' He's right behind me, isn't he?\\
'''Vin:''' Later, Danny! ''(drives off)''


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** Not to mention this film's take on ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' - ''Chromeo and Tooliet''.


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* TriumphantReprise: The citizens of Cargo all sing an epic (so to speak) reprise of the opening number, "Cargo", just before the end credits.

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* CoversAlwaysLie:
** For starters, the Monster Truck is ''hilariously'' diminutive.
** Second, Art is colored red instead of teal.
** Finally, Cargo is shown to be a much bigger city than shown in the film.



** ''Film/TheGodfather'' is frequently referenced in scenes regarding Don Carleone and his son Rudy. Danny even says that Don made him "[[AnOfferYouCantRefuse an offer he couldn't refuse]]"

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** ''Film/TheGodfather'' is frequently referenced in scenes regarding Don Carleone and his son Rudy. Danny even says that Don made him "[[AnOfferYouCantRefuse an offer he couldn't refuse]]"refuse]]".

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* CreatorCameo: Director James Cullen Bressack does the voice of Don Carleone.



* IronicEcho: "It's in your/our oil." First said by Art when he tells Danny he'd make a good mechanic, and later by Danny near the end when he accepts this career.



* PaperThinDisguise: [[Main/LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. Danny and Cabigail borrow some costumes from a thespian theater and dirty themselves up so they can look old enough to get into a demolition derby. The bouncer is not convinced and points out that they're simply wearing disguises.



** Quite a few characters also have the word "car" incorporated into their names.

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** Quite Additionally, quite a few characters also have the word "car" incorporated into their names.


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* SmallNameBigEgo: Speedy Fireball, who constantly brags about his speed and how he's never lost a race.


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* YouAreGrounded: Art says this to Danny after finding out that he lied to his father and took part in underground racing.
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* DullSurprise: Happens frequently due to the film's low-budget animation.


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** "Clunkers", sung by the Clunker Island vehicles, about how their horrid little lives and what they do for a living.


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* ImplausibleDeniability: Each instance of Danny and/or Cabigail saying they're not a couple.
* JustAFleshWound: At the hospital, a severely damaged car drives in saying he just needs an oil change. Cue said car being towed away to Clunker Island against his wishes.
* ListSong: "What Do You Do", sung by Art, is pretty much this, as it lists off the various things he's had to do to ensure his son lives a safe, practical life.


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* PlayingSick: Vin convinces Danny to do this to get out of taking a "surprise quiz" he didn't study for.


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** Quite a few characters also have the word "car" incorporated into their names.
* PuppyLove: Danny and Cabigail are two classmates who slowly grow more attracted to each other throughout the movie. By the end, the two are more-or-less a couple.


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* ShoutOut:
** ''Film/TheGodfather'' is frequently referenced in scenes regarding Don Carleone and his son Rudy. Danny even says that Don made him "[[AnOfferYouCantRefuse an offer he couldn't refuse]]"
--->'''Don Carleone:''' "An offer you couldn't refuse". I like that. Has a nice ring to it. Can I use it?\\
'''Danny:''' It's all yours!
** There's also the aforementioned references to ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''.


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* VomitIndiscretionShot: Danny ''pukes oil'' in front of the class and the teacher. He's Main/PlayingSick, but still.

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* PunnyName: Cabigail. [[Main/DontExplainTheJoke You know, like "Cab" fused with "Abigail"?]]


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* PunnyName: Cabigail. [[Main/DontExplainTheJoke You know, like "Cab" fused with "Abigail"?]]

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* AllStarCast: This film somehow features the voices of Creator/HaleyJoelOsment as Danny, Creator/MelissaJoanHart as Cabigail, Creator/JasonMewes as Vin, and even the late Creator/EdAsner as Art.

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* AllStarCast: This film somehow features BitingTheHandHumor: At one point, Art sees a poster for ''[[Film/{{Sharknado}} Carnado]]'' and thoroughly criticizes it. Mind you, both this movie and ''Sharknado'' were produced by [[Creator/TheAsylum the voices of Creator/HaleyJoelOsment as Danny, Creator/MelissaJoanHart as Cabigail, Creator/JasonMewes as Vin, same company]].
* CrapsackWorld: Clunker Island, which is populated with rusty, beat-up cars who steal parts from each other
and even the late Creator/EdAsner as Art.new arrivals and sentence two cars to death by compactor each morning.
* ADogNamedDog: The Monster Truck.


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* IWantSong:
** "I Wanna Go'', sung by Cabigail, about how she always wants to be by Danny's side, even behind bars.
** "Where the Autos Are", sung by Carlotta, about how she wants to leave Clunker Island and live her own life.


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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Main/PlayedForLaughs. Danny quotes a movie called ''[[Film/TheShawshankRedemption The Carshank Redemption]]'', which neither Cabigail nor Vin seem to have heard of. Immediately after, however, Vin reveals his plan for escaping juvenile detention garage: through a large hole in the wall hidden behind a poster of [[Creator/RitaHayworth Rita Carworth]].
* PunnyName: Cabigail. [[Main/DontExplainTheJoke You know, like "Cab" fused with "Abigail"?]]
-->'''Danny:''' Hang on, if you've never seen ''The Carshank Redemption'', where did you get the idea for that?!\\
'''Vin:''' I saw it in a movie.\\
'''Danny:''' That movie was ''Carshank Redemption''!\\
'''Vin:''' Nope. Never heard of it.\\
'''Danny:''' Oh, come ''on!''
* RunningGag: Throughout the film, Danny and Cabigail deny any ideas that they're a couple, despite both obviously crushing on each other.


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* VillainSong: "Monster Truck", sung by, well, the Monster Truck, about his intent to get even with Danny.


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** To a lesser extent, there's also Rudy Carleone, a male sports car about Danny's age... voiced by Creator/JessicaDiCicco. The results are... about what you'd expect.
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''[=CarGo=]'' is a low-budget Main/AllCGICartoon produced by Creator/TheAsylum and Toolvox Productions released in 2017, coinciding ([[Main/TheMockbuster on purpose]]) with the release of [[WesternAnimation/Cars3 a better known CGI movie about cars]], [[WesternAnimation/ACarsLifeSparkysBigAdventure so no change]] [[Creator/VideoBrinquedo there, then]]. Set in the (obviously) fictional town of Cargo, North Dakota, Danny Carbunkle is a teenage sports car who's persuaded by his "friend" Vin to ditch school and participate in underground racing. Later, Danny's father Art finds out and grounds Danny, but then gets into a nasty accident and is declared totaled. Now it's up to Danny and his other friend Cabigail to save Art from getting scrapped on the dreaded Clunker Island.

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* AllStarCast: This film somehow features the voices of Creator/HaleyJoelOsment as Danny, Creator/MelissaJoanHart as Cabigail, Creator/JasonMewes as Vin, and even the late Creator/EdAsner as Art.
* IAmSong:
** "Teenage Car", sung by Danny, about how he's, well, a teenage car and that no one understands him, though it also explains how someday he'll grow up and truly enjoy himself.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Danny desires to be "something cool, like a race car".
* TheMockbuster: Verily, having been produced by Creator/TheAsylum and timed to cash in on ''WesternAnimation/Cars3''.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Vin persuades Danny to play sick to get out of taking a test and take part in illegal street racing (twice).
*VocalDissonance: Art sounds ''absurdly'' old to be simply Danny's father; a consequence of being voiced by Creator/EdAsner.
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