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* HeldGaze: Near the end of the Animal Jam sequence. Danny and Sawyer look deeply into each other's eyes, having an AlmostKiss, but Sawyer, discouraged that no matter how hard they try, no one in the movie industry with hire them, [[MomentKiller breaks the moment]].
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* ShoutOut: [[TheAristocats Danny is a poor orange cat who meets fortuitously with a high-class fluffy white cat. They work together to stop an evil person who seems to care for animals but secretly hates them and wants to exploit them for money. Along the way they meet several kooky friends who are also really good musical performers, and these friends (along with the orange cat) help the white cat learn to not be so uptight. Eventually the orange cat]] [[spoiler:[[TheAristocats wins the white cat's heart.]]]]
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* BatmanGambit: Danny pulls off a rather impressive one with the final dance number. NiceGuy that he is, he sets it up so that, if Darla had gracefully sat back and let the song play, she'd come off smelling like a rose, her reputation further enforced. ''But'' by this point he's fully aware of the likelihood of that happening and has obviously coached his friends to just run with whatever it is she pulls off. He even takes a very brief moment to shove it in her face after her first couple attempts fail.
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* AdrenalineMakeover: Pudge and his electrified hairdo.
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This movie contains many {{Shout Out}}s to classic films, most notably ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' and ''SunsetBoulevard''. Although it was underpromoted and it underperformed at the box office, it has a loyal following to this day (particularly among the FurryFandom). It's also worth noting that animating Sawyer was one of LaurenFaust's earliest jobs in the animation business.
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This movie contains many {{Shout Out}}s to classic films, most notably ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' and ''SunsetBoulevard''. Although it was underpromoted and it underperformed at the box office, it has a loyal following to this day (particularly among the FurryFandom). It's also worth noting that animating Sawyer was one of LaurenFaust's earliest jobs in the animation business.
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''Cats Don't Dance'' is a 1997 film, and, other than ''ThePagemaster'' in 1994, the only one made by Turner Entertainment's animation unit before WarnerBros took over.
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''Cats Don't Dance'' is a 1997 film, and, other than ''ThePagemaster'' in 1994, the only one made by Turner Entertainment's animation unit before WarnerBros took over.
over. The film was choreographed by Gene Kelly, and the main character was based on him as well. Kelly died in 1996 mid-production.
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* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Danny has green eyes and orange fur.
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[[caption-width-right:255: They don't make films like this anymore...]]
''Cats Don't Dance'' is a 1997 film, and, other than ''ThePagemaster'' in 1994, the only one made by Turner Entertainment's animation unit before WarnerBros took over.
The film takes place in the GoldenAgeOfHollywood in the year 1939, and the plot centers around a singing and dancing cat named Danny, who dreams of being a big movie star. He gets a role in the latest movie starring [[TastesLikeDiabetes sickeningly adorable]] child star [[MeaningfulName Darla]] [[ShirleyTemple Dimple]], only to find out the hard way that [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything animals in Hollywood only get minor roles]]. Determined to show Hollywood their talent, Danny rounds up some of his newfound friends, and tries to find a way to impress the studio exec producing the film. When Darla finds out about this, she starts to show her true (read: evil) nature, and decides to sabotage the animals' plans, so they don't steal her spotlight.
This movie contains many {{Shout Out}}s to classic films, most notably ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' and ''SunsetBoulevard''. Although it was underpromoted and it underperformed at the box office, it has a loyal following to this day (particularly among the FurryFandom). It's also worth noting that animating Sawyer was one of LaurenFaust's earliest jobs in the animation business.
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!!''Cats Don't Dance'' contains examples of:
* AccidentalPublicConfession: Darla's very loud statement that [[spoiler:she should have drowned them all when she FLOODED THE STAGE!]] She doesn't notice a microphone is hanging right above her until it's too late.
* AlmostKiss: Danny and Sawyer.
* AngelFaceDemonFace: Darla could turn this off and on at will, going from adorable moppet to demon child.
* AnimatedMusical
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When the other animals tell Danny how much Hollywood sucks for them, Danny counters with "Then why are you still here?"
* AwardBaitSong: "I Do Believe". However, due to being buried deep in the end credits (after they've been rolling for a couple minutes, and after a long stretch of reprise-less instrumental music), it tends to be forgotten among the rest of the movie's songs.
* BarefootCartoonAnimals: Most of the animal characters.
* BattleButler: Darla's butler, Max.
* BigRedButton: ''Grand-Daddy of All Switches''.
* BlondesAreEvil: Even though she's ''supposed'' to be HairOfGold.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Darla.
* BreakTheCutie: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Picture_48_copy_3014.jpg Danny]], who formerly provided the page picture. On the left, bus ride coming in. On the right, bus ride going out.
* BrokenBird: Sawyer.
-->'''Woolie:''' Ah, poor Sawyer. I thought she'd be the one to make it. Such a dancer, with a voice like an angel...
* BrotherhoodOfManimals: Anthropomorphic animals interact with humans, but are considered a minority.
* CampGay: ''KingKong''. Don't get him started.
* CatsAreMean: {{Averted}}.
* CatStereotype: Danny (an orange male cat) and Sawyer (a white female cat). Sawyer has orange eyes unlike the white cat stereotype, however.
* CheshireCatGrin: Darla, at the very end of "Big And Loud (Part 2)", [[http://yfrog.com/n5scarydarladimplep gives a blink-and-you'll-miss-it smile]] that's somewhere between this, SlasherSmile and PsychoticSmirk. [[AccidentalNightmareFuel It's pretty darn creepy.]] And when she's scheming:
-->'''Darla:''' Max, invite that cat...to teaaaaaa... [''iris out on huge, [[SlasherSmile disturbing]] grin'']
* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Wooly is a refined, well-read elephant who can play piano. Mammoth Studios uses him as their VanityPlate.
* ClimacticMusic: "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
* CurseCutShort: A particular noticeable one in the beginning is also a ShoutOut to ''GoneWithTheWind''.
-->'''Sawyer:''' Frankly, Clark, I don't give a--\\
'''Clark:''' (Whining) Sawyer!
* DarkReprise: "Big And Loud". Now in VillainSong flavor.
* DawsonCasting: Relatively averted. Darla's voice actress was about 12 when doing the movie (though Darla may have been a bit younger than that), and her singing voice was even ''younger''.
* DeadpanSnarker: [[CatsAreSnarkers Sawyer]], big time. [[GrumpyOldMan Cranston Goat]] also qualifies.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Sawyer.
* {{Determinator}}: Danny.
* DialogueReversal:
-->"How does the kittycat go?"\\
"Meow?"\\
"Very good."
* DisneyAcidSequence:
** ''See'' DarkReprise ''above''.
** "The Animal Jam".
* EnfantTerrible: Darla, of course.
* EpicFail: The audition Darla sets up for them with L.B. Mammoth. Not only does the whole town get flooded, but they drag L.B. himself behind them on the anchor and he ends up tied to the mast when the boat sinks. Nice audition.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Pudge the Penguin.
* EvilLaugh
* FantasticRacism: Humans towards animals. The whole movie can be interpreted as an allegory for the prejudice and marginalization African-American actors and singers faced in the 1930s and 40s in Hollywood.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "[...] I'll make sure that LB sees your ''splashy'' debut."
* {{Funny Animal}}s
* FurryConfusion: If all animals are sapient, what about that [[http://toonguru.com/CDD/screens/scenes/17/pages/CDD017_048.htm mink stole]]? Of course, then again, that ''is'' [[FurAndLoathing Darla's wardrobe]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
-->'''Danny:''' Looks like we're gonna be the only two cats on the ark.\\
'''Sawyer:''' [[DeadpanSnarker So much for preserving the species]].
* GilliganCut:
-->'''Tilly:''' Well?\\
'''Sawyer:''' I can't do this.\\
'''Tilly:''' And?\\
'''Sawyer:''' I can't do this.\\
'''Tilly:''' So?\\
''*CUT*''
-->'''Sawyer:''' I can't ''believe'' I'm doing this...
* GreenEyedRedhead: Danny has green eyes and red/orange fur.
* HappyEnding: Danny and company do get their big break...
** EarnYourHappyEnding: ...Though they have to go through a lot to get it. (Danny personally has to go through ''hell'').
* HesBack: Danny.
* HiddenDepths: The elephant is a talented pianist, the turtle is an action star, and the secretary can out-sing and out-dance anyone else in the cast (except Danny).
* HollywoodHealing: When Danny first addresses the audience after his rooftop fight, he has a black eye. As he fixes his ruffled clothes, his black eye completely heals.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Danny trusting Darla to set up an audition with L.B. Mammoth.
* HonorableElephant: Woolie.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Non-romantic: Darla and her butler Max.
* HumanoidFemaleAnimal / PettingZooPerson: Sawyer.
* IAmSong
* IdeaBulb: Max dutifully holds a little light bulb over Darla's head.
-->'''Max:''' [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Ping!]]
* IronicEcho: Darla advises Danny to "make it big and loud" and [[SpringtimeForHitler through Darla's efforts]] "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" certainly ends up being big and loud. The DialogueReversal example listed above is also one.
* JabbaTableManners: When Darla pigs out on a huge pile of junk food -- [[AndADietCoke and one apple]] -- in her balcony box.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Danny and Pudge are dancing to some {{BGM}} when all of a sudden, Danny stops and wonders where that music is coming from. Turns out it's Wooly the Mammoth playing piano in his trailer across the street.
* LyricalDissonance: The first bit of Darla's ''Li'l Ark Angel'' song "My Little Boat on the Sea" is appropriately minor-key and matches its lyrics as it describes TheGreatFlood, but Darla's TastesLikeDiabetes cheerful performance of same matches neither. And then it's MoodWhiplash into the ''really'' cutesy-wootsy part.
-->Now the people they were so bad\\
That the Lord made the rain come down.\\
And he washed away the bad cities,\\
And he washed away the bad towns,\\
And all of the people drowned!\\
[''cherubic smile and cute pose while anguished silhouettes sink in the background'']
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: {{Defied}} by Darla in the climax, who does everything she can to ''stop'' the animals from pulling one off. She fails, resulting in an InUniverse example that [[AwesomenessIsVolatile literally knocks the stunned, grinning audience's teeth out]] and catapults the animals to stardom.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: "Donald? Dino?"
* NaiveNewcomer: Danny, full stop.
* NeverSayDie: Well...
--> Darla: ''singing'' and all of the people drowned! ''grins charmingly''
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Darla, {{in-universe}}.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Danny's attempt to get the animals' talent noticed allows Darla to make things much worse for them.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Darla's attempts to stop the animal's performance result in one of the most spectacular auditions in all cinema history, complete with gunfire and spectacular light performances.
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: This is parodied in the end credits, with "No animals were harmed in the making of this film. Although, some were erased and had to be redrawn."
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Mammoth Studios, run by "L.B. Mammoth", is clearly MGM. Also, Darla's looks are obviously [[http://www.cdd4ever.com/Backlot03/CDDMSheets/DarlaMS01.gif based on]] [[http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/CLASS/130-127~Shirley-Temple-Posters.jpg Shirley Temple]] with some Jane Withers thrown in, and her first name is taken from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darla_Hood another child star]].
* NotSoStoic: During the Animal Jam song, Sawyer begins typing along to the beat, her color getting a bit brighter, and then enthusiastically returns the typing carriage to its original position, only to suddenly get hold of herself and straighten up. Also happens again just a few seconds later when she accidentally makes an emergency ladder slam to the ground... with her on it. Her fur puffs up and her claws extend while she makes a very amusing neurotic expression, eyes darting around, then immediately pretends nothing happened and composes herself. ''Typical cat''.
* OffscreenTeleportation: When Darla is escorting Danny out of her mansion after giving him the Big and Loud musical number, Max holds a door open for them. They walk down the hall a short way, and Max is waiting for them at the exit with Danny's hat, despite him never moving from the first door. Leads to a Funny Moment when Danny stops, stares at Max, turns his head to see if he's still holding the door, then turns back and stares ahead blankly with a befuddled expression as Darla hands him his hat. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRCGxQ27J3A Can be seen here at 4:18]]
* OhCrap:
** Max gets one in his last scene with Danny. See DialogueReversal.
** Darla gets one for her EngineeredPublicConfession.
* OppositesAttract: Here's a hint. They're both cats.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The animals pairs in "Li'l Ark Angel" are in matching sailor suits, pink and blue. And that's the ''least'' cutesy thing about that picture.
* ThePollyanna: Tilly.
* PretentiousLatinMotto: Mammoth Pictures' "Optimum est Maximum"; which translates to "Bigger is Better".
* PrimaDonnaDirector: Flanigan could be described as such.
* PrincessCurls: Darla wears them.
* PrincessesPreferPink: Not that she's official royalty, but Darla is surrounded by sugar-pink and purple and hearts and cuddly wuddly stuffed animals to project an image of innocent cuteness.
* [[RedHeadedHero Red-Furred Hero]]: Danny.
* RedheadInGreen: Danny.
* TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation
* RousingSpeech: Danny giving this to the animals when asked why they're even staying in Hollywood since they couldn't become actors: because they just couldn't forget their dreams.
* SacrificialLamb: A lamb was asked to play this role.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Inverted in Danny and Sawyer; more like "Keet and Kuudere".
* ShipperOnDeck: Tilly is supportive of Danny and Sawyer together. She even tried to get Sawyer all neat when she's about to meet him (again).
* ShowWithinAShow
* SittingSexyOnAPiano: During Darla's "Big and Loud" number -- since it's a Max-sized piano and she's small, she can roll around for several minutes with no danger of falling off.
* SpoiledBrat: Darla, obviously.
* SquashedFlat: Darla gets this treatment in the climax.
* StealthHiBye: Max.
* StepfordSmiler: Darla.
* TastesLikeDiabetes: Parodied with ''Li'l Ark Angel'', and Darla in general. In-universe example.
* ThreeActStructure
* TrashCanBand: The song "Animal Jam" in the middle of the movie revolves around this.
* TriumphantReprise: At the beginning of the movie, "Our Time Has Come" played during Danny's trip to Hollywood. At end of the film when Danny and the others became stars, it's played again in a much louder tone.
* TurtlePower: T.W. Turtle. He even gets to [[spoiler:play in the ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie!]]
* TwitchyEye: Darla.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: When Danny jumps off the bus to explain his (ultimately successful) plan to Pudge, the dialogue is replaced with MickeyMousing.
* TheVamp: Funnily and disturbingly enough, Darla.
* VillainousBreakdown: Darla when all her efforts to stop the animals impromptu number in the finale backfire immensely. It ends with her [[HoistByHisOwnPetard outing herself]] to an audience while she's ranting at Danny.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Guess who.
* [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl White-Furred Pretty Cat]]: Sawyer.
* WideEyedIdealist: Danny.
* WingdingEyes: Darla's flaming-skull eyes when she pulls the Mother Of All Switches.
* XRaySparks: Pudge's electric handshake shocks T.W. at the end.
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[[caption-width-right:255: They don't make films like this anymore...]]
''Cats Don't Dance'' is a 1997 film, and, other than ''ThePagemaster'' in 1994, the only one made by Turner Entertainment's animation unit before WarnerBros took over.
The film takes place in the GoldenAgeOfHollywood in the year 1939, and the plot centers around a singing and dancing cat named Danny, who dreams of being a big movie star. He gets a role in the latest movie starring [[TastesLikeDiabetes sickeningly adorable]] child star [[MeaningfulName Darla]] [[ShirleyTemple Dimple]], only to find out the hard way that [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything animals in Hollywood only get minor roles]]. Determined to show Hollywood their talent, Danny rounds up some of his newfound friends, and tries to find a way to impress the studio exec producing the film. When Darla finds out about this, she starts to show her true (read: evil) nature, and decides to sabotage the animals' plans, so they don't steal her spotlight.
This movie contains many {{Shout Out}}s to classic films, most notably ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' and ''SunsetBoulevard''. Although it was underpromoted and it underperformed at the box office, it has a loyal following to this day (particularly among the FurryFandom). It's also worth noting that animating Sawyer was one of LaurenFaust's earliest jobs in the animation business.
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!!''Cats Don't Dance'' contains examples of:
* AccidentalPublicConfession: Darla's very loud statement that [[spoiler:she should have drowned them all when she FLOODED THE STAGE!]] She doesn't notice a microphone is hanging right above her until it's too late.
* AlmostKiss: Danny and Sawyer.
* AngelFaceDemonFace: Darla could turn this off and on at will, going from adorable moppet to demon child.
* AnimatedMusical
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When the other animals tell Danny how much Hollywood sucks for them, Danny counters with "Then why are you still here?"
* AwardBaitSong: "I Do Believe". However, due to being buried deep in the end credits (after they've been rolling for a couple minutes, and after a long stretch of reprise-less instrumental music), it tends to be forgotten among the rest of the movie's songs.
* BarefootCartoonAnimals: Most of the animal characters.
* BattleButler: Darla's butler, Max.
* BigRedButton: ''Grand-Daddy of All Switches''.
* BlondesAreEvil: Even though she's ''supposed'' to be HairOfGold.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Darla.
* BreakTheCutie: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Picture_48_copy_3014.jpg Danny]], who formerly provided the page picture. On the left, bus ride coming in. On the right, bus ride going out.
* BrokenBird: Sawyer.
-->'''Woolie:''' Ah, poor Sawyer. I thought she'd be the one to make it. Such a dancer, with a voice like an angel...
* BrotherhoodOfManimals: Anthropomorphic animals interact with humans, but are considered a minority.
* CampGay: ''KingKong''. Don't get him started.
* CatsAreMean: {{Averted}}.
* CatStereotype: Danny (an orange male cat) and Sawyer (a white female cat). Sawyer has orange eyes unlike the white cat stereotype, however.
* CheshireCatGrin: Darla, at the very end of "Big And Loud (Part 2)", [[http://yfrog.com/n5scarydarladimplep gives a blink-and-you'll-miss-it smile]] that's somewhere between this, SlasherSmile and PsychoticSmirk. [[AccidentalNightmareFuel It's pretty darn creepy.]] And when she's scheming:
-->'''Darla:''' Max, invite that cat...to teaaaaaa... [''iris out on huge, [[SlasherSmile disturbing]] grin'']
* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Wooly is a refined, well-read elephant who can play piano. Mammoth Studios uses him as their VanityPlate.
* ClimacticMusic: "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
* CurseCutShort: A particular noticeable one in the beginning is also a ShoutOut to ''GoneWithTheWind''.
-->'''Sawyer:''' Frankly, Clark, I don't give a--\\
'''Clark:''' (Whining) Sawyer!
* DarkReprise: "Big And Loud". Now in VillainSong flavor.
* DawsonCasting: Relatively averted. Darla's voice actress was about 12 when doing the movie (though Darla may have been a bit younger than that), and her singing voice was even ''younger''.
* DeadpanSnarker: [[CatsAreSnarkers Sawyer]], big time. [[GrumpyOldMan Cranston Goat]] also qualifies.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Sawyer.
* {{Determinator}}: Danny.
* DialogueReversal:
-->"How does the kittycat go?"\\
"Meow?"\\
"Very good."
* DisneyAcidSequence:
** ''See'' DarkReprise ''above''.
** "The Animal Jam".
* EnfantTerrible: Darla, of course.
* EpicFail: The audition Darla sets up for them with L.B. Mammoth. Not only does the whole town get flooded, but they drag L.B. himself behind them on the anchor and he ends up tied to the mast when the boat sinks. Nice audition.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Pudge the Penguin.
* EvilLaugh
* FantasticRacism: Humans towards animals. The whole movie can be interpreted as an allegory for the prejudice and marginalization African-American actors and singers faced in the 1930s and 40s in Hollywood.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "[...] I'll make sure that LB sees your ''splashy'' debut."
* {{Funny Animal}}s
* FurryConfusion: If all animals are sapient, what about that [[http://toonguru.com/CDD/screens/scenes/17/pages/CDD017_048.htm mink stole]]? Of course, then again, that ''is'' [[FurAndLoathing Darla's wardrobe]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
-->'''Danny:''' Looks like we're gonna be the only two cats on the ark.\\
'''Sawyer:''' [[DeadpanSnarker So much for preserving the species]].
* GilliganCut:
-->'''Tilly:''' Well?\\
'''Sawyer:''' I can't do this.\\
'''Tilly:''' And?\\
'''Sawyer:''' I can't do this.\\
'''Tilly:''' So?\\
''*CUT*''
-->'''Sawyer:''' I can't ''believe'' I'm doing this...
* GreenEyedRedhead: Danny has green eyes and red/orange fur.
* HappyEnding: Danny and company do get their big break...
** EarnYourHappyEnding: ...Though they have to go through a lot to get it. (Danny personally has to go through ''hell'').
* HesBack: Danny.
* HiddenDepths: The elephant is a talented pianist, the turtle is an action star, and the secretary can out-sing and out-dance anyone else in the cast (except Danny).
* HollywoodHealing: When Danny first addresses the audience after his rooftop fight, he has a black eye. As he fixes his ruffled clothes, his black eye completely heals.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Danny trusting Darla to set up an audition with L.B. Mammoth.
* HonorableElephant: Woolie.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Non-romantic: Darla and her butler Max.
* HumanoidFemaleAnimal / PettingZooPerson: Sawyer.
* IAmSong
* IdeaBulb: Max dutifully holds a little light bulb over Darla's head.
-->'''Max:''' [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Ping!]]
* IronicEcho: Darla advises Danny to "make it big and loud" and [[SpringtimeForHitler through Darla's efforts]] "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" certainly ends up being big and loud. The DialogueReversal example listed above is also one.
* JabbaTableManners: When Darla pigs out on a huge pile of junk food -- [[AndADietCoke and one apple]] -- in her balcony box.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Danny and Pudge are dancing to some {{BGM}} when all of a sudden, Danny stops and wonders where that music is coming from. Turns out it's Wooly the Mammoth playing piano in his trailer across the street.
* LyricalDissonance: The first bit of Darla's ''Li'l Ark Angel'' song "My Little Boat on the Sea" is appropriately minor-key and matches its lyrics as it describes TheGreatFlood, but Darla's TastesLikeDiabetes cheerful performance of same matches neither. And then it's MoodWhiplash into the ''really'' cutesy-wootsy part.
-->Now the people they were so bad\\
That the Lord made the rain come down.\\
And he washed away the bad cities,\\
And he washed away the bad towns,\\
And all of the people drowned!\\
[''cherubic smile and cute pose while anguished silhouettes sink in the background'']
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: {{Defied}} by Darla in the climax, who does everything she can to ''stop'' the animals from pulling one off. She fails, resulting in an InUniverse example that [[AwesomenessIsVolatile literally knocks the stunned, grinning audience's teeth out]] and catapults the animals to stardom.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: "Donald? Dino?"
* NaiveNewcomer: Danny, full stop.
* NeverSayDie: Well...
--> Darla: ''singing'' and all of the people drowned! ''grins charmingly''
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Darla, {{in-universe}}.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Danny's attempt to get the animals' talent noticed allows Darla to make things much worse for them.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Darla's attempts to stop the animal's performance result in one of the most spectacular auditions in all cinema history, complete with gunfire and spectacular light performances.
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: This is parodied in the end credits, with "No animals were harmed in the making of this film. Although, some were erased and had to be redrawn."
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Mammoth Studios, run by "L.B. Mammoth", is clearly MGM. Also, Darla's looks are obviously [[http://www.cdd4ever.com/Backlot03/CDDMSheets/DarlaMS01.gif based on]] [[http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/CLASS/130-127~Shirley-Temple-Posters.jpg Shirley Temple]] with some Jane Withers thrown in, and her first name is taken from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darla_Hood another child star]].
* NotSoStoic: During the Animal Jam song, Sawyer begins typing along to the beat, her color getting a bit brighter, and then enthusiastically returns the typing carriage to its original position, only to suddenly get hold of herself and straighten up. Also happens again just a few seconds later when she accidentally makes an emergency ladder slam to the ground... with her on it. Her fur puffs up and her claws extend while she makes a very amusing neurotic expression, eyes darting around, then immediately pretends nothing happened and composes herself. ''Typical cat''.
* OffscreenTeleportation: When Darla is escorting Danny out of her mansion after giving him the Big and Loud musical number, Max holds a door open for them. They walk down the hall a short way, and Max is waiting for them at the exit with Danny's hat, despite him never moving from the first door. Leads to a Funny Moment when Danny stops, stares at Max, turns his head to see if he's still holding the door, then turns back and stares ahead blankly with a befuddled expression as Darla hands him his hat. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRCGxQ27J3A Can be seen here at 4:18]]
* OhCrap:
** Max gets one in his last scene with Danny. See DialogueReversal.
** Darla gets one for her EngineeredPublicConfession.
* OppositesAttract: Here's a hint. They're both cats.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The animals pairs in "Li'l Ark Angel" are in matching sailor suits, pink and blue. And that's the ''least'' cutesy thing about that picture.
* ThePollyanna: Tilly.
* PretentiousLatinMotto: Mammoth Pictures' "Optimum est Maximum"; which translates to "Bigger is Better".
* PrimaDonnaDirector: Flanigan could be described as such.
* PrincessCurls: Darla wears them.
* PrincessesPreferPink: Not that she's official royalty, but Darla is surrounded by sugar-pink and purple and hearts and cuddly wuddly stuffed animals to project an image of innocent cuteness.
* [[RedHeadedHero Red-Furred Hero]]: Danny.
* RedheadInGreen: Danny.
* TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation
* RousingSpeech: Danny giving this to the animals when asked why they're even staying in Hollywood since they couldn't become actors: because they just couldn't forget their dreams.
* SacrificialLamb: A lamb was asked to play this role.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Inverted in Danny and Sawyer; more like "Keet and Kuudere".
* ShipperOnDeck: Tilly is supportive of Danny and Sawyer together. She even tried to get Sawyer all neat when she's about to meet him (again).
* ShowWithinAShow
* SittingSexyOnAPiano: During Darla's "Big and Loud" number -- since it's a Max-sized piano and she's small, she can roll around for several minutes with no danger of falling off.
* SpoiledBrat: Darla, obviously.
* SquashedFlat: Darla gets this treatment in the climax.
* StealthHiBye: Max.
* StepfordSmiler: Darla.
* TastesLikeDiabetes: Parodied with ''Li'l Ark Angel'', and Darla in general. In-universe example.
* ThreeActStructure
* TrashCanBand: The song "Animal Jam" in the middle of the movie revolves around this.
* TriumphantReprise: At the beginning of the movie, "Our Time Has Come" played during Danny's trip to Hollywood. At end of the film when Danny and the others became stars, it's played again in a much louder tone.
* TurtlePower: T.W. Turtle. He even gets to [[spoiler:play in the ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie!]]
* TwitchyEye: Darla.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: When Danny jumps off the bus to explain his (ultimately successful) plan to Pudge, the dialogue is replaced with MickeyMousing.
* TheVamp: Funnily and disturbingly enough, Darla.
* VillainousBreakdown: Darla when all her efforts to stop the animals impromptu number in the finale backfire immensely. It ends with her [[HoistByHisOwnPetard outing herself]] to an audience while she's ranting at Danny.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Guess who.
* [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl White-Furred Pretty Cat]]: Sawyer.
* WideEyedIdealist: Danny.
* WingdingEyes: Darla's flaming-skull eyes when she pulls the Mother Of All Switches.
* XRaySparks: Pudge's electric handshake shocks T.W. at the end.
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