History WesternAnimation / Elemental2023

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The issue of the broken spillway door is forgotten about after the TimeSkip. While it was presumably fixed, it seems odd not that it not even gets a mention after all the trouble revolving around it.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The issue of the broken spillway door is forgotten about after the TimeSkip. While it was presumeably fixed, it seems odd not that it not even gets a mention after all the trouble revolving around it.]]

* PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales: Zig-Zagged. A majority of the adult male water citizens wear shirts but no pants, while the opposite applies to male fire citizens such as Burnie. Meanwhile, the majority of female characters are shown fully clothed, but some characters such as Gale and Cinder are shown with their lower halves exposed.

* ManOfKryptonite: A major concern for Ember, complicating her budding feelings for Wade, is the fact that they are two opposing elements that could seriously harm one-another, making her reluctant to even touch him. [[spoiler:Ultimately downplayed, as it only becomes a problem if they're trapped in environments that favor one party over the other. Otherwise, they can touch, hold each other, and even [[BigDamnKiss kiss]] with little worry]].

* CompanyCrossReferences: The film has several posters that parody previous Pixar films.
** [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Elemental/Gallery?file=Elemental_-_WIND-E.jpg This one]] features Gale Cumulus in a parody of ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' called "Wind-E", as a pun on the fact that she's a wind elemental. The background is colored blue, similarly to much of the promotional art for ''Wall-E''.
** [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Elemental/Gallery?file=Elemental_-_Wave.jpg This one]] features Wade in front of a grass background and a logo reading "Wave", in reference to ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''.
** [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Elemental/Gallery?file=Elemental_-_Soil.jpg This one]] with Clod, an earth elemental, has a logo in the background reading "Soil" in the same font as the logo for ''WesternAnimation/{{Soul}}''.
** [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Elemental/Gallery?file=Elemental_-_Burning_Red.jpg This one]] showing Ember with a school student name tag is a spoof of ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', with the student name tag being similar to the one Mei wears and a logo for "Burning Red" in the corner, a pun on how Ember is a fire woman.

* {{Irony}}: In the prologue, a young Ember has an experience in scaring off two Water teenagers who were being disrespectful of the shop, giving her and Bernie the impression that Water makes bad customers at the Fireplace. But some years later while learning to run the shop herself, Ember also learns the hard way that Fire customers can be just as rude and obnoxious in their own way.

* VisualPun: Let's face it, [[spoiler:the BigDamnKiss between Ember and Wade is very steamy. Alternatively, it could be seen as a hot wet kiss]].

* AnAesop:
** A person's culture is not their identity, only one part of it.
** Even very different people can find common ground if both sides keep an open mind.
** [[spoiler:Always communicate with your parents. Hiding things makes the problem worse.]]
** Anger is not an inherent flaw, there is a reason why it's there.
** There's a subtle one throughout the film of being able to achieve more together than apart. Several times there's instances of different elementals using their combined talents to do something that otherwise would be impossible, most obviously [[spoiler:Gale and Wade using their talents together to create a stable air bubble for Ember to travel underwater in.]]

* VisualPun: Let's face it, [[spoiler:the BigDamnKiss between Ember and Wade is very steamy.]]

---> '''Wade:''' Funny, and this whole time, I thought you were so strong, but it turns out, you're just afraid.