History WesternAnimation / Hoodwinked

* SequelHook: The movie ends with Red, Granny, Wolf, and Twitchy getting invited to join the Happily Ever After Agency by Nicky Flippers. ''WesternAnimation/HoodwinkedTwoHoodVersusEvil'' would follow up on this plot point.

* {{Flanderization}}: Though a bit rare in films (and almost unheard of in animated ones), there are exceptions in here.
** The Wolf starts out to be more clever than he looks and sports different disguises and even scares Red at one point - albeit accidentally (when his tail gets caught in Twitchy's camera, the result of [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Twitchy being too close to the Wolf's tail while trying to fix his camera - having accidentally swallowed it after Red crashed through his perch during her fall]]). Among disguises we see are as a businessman, undercover in a baker's shop, and as a health inspector who scalded himself with hot coffee (by wearing a suit and a neck brace). Some other disguises are less successful, like his Granny disguise.
*** In the sequel however, he seems to be more naive and he only sports one disguise throughout: [[PaperThinDisguise a white beard and mustache with a top-hat.]]
*** Wolf's {{Flanderization}} could come from his mixed feelings about Red getting in the way of clear thinking. He shapes up a bit once they resume working together.
** Kirk is an aspiring actor and yodeler in the first film, attempting to act like a woodsman without much trouble. In the sequel, he seems to be more flamboyant and [[LargeHam very campy at some points]]

* HypocriticalHumor: [[spoiler:Boingo]] urges Keith to change his name to something like "Boris" because it doesn't sound [[TomTheDarkLord evil enough]]. This coming from a villain who's name is [[spoiler:"Boingo"]], and the fact that the alternate name means basically the same thing as the original, as 'Keith' is Scottish-Gaelic for "from the battlefield" while 'Boris' is Slavic, for "battler" or "warrior".

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Japeth the Goat, who was supposedly placed under a curse which means he can only sing not speak normally. That said, he appears to say a few words without singing at one point, but honestly the definition of "singing" is too braud to definitevly say it isn't.

* MightyLumberjack: Invoked with Kirk Kirkkendall, an actor playing a burly [[GermanicEfficiency German]] [[AnAxeToGrind axeman]] in foot cream commercials.

* RaisedByWolves: The Wolf, naturally. When he says this, [[CutawayGag a brief shot is shown of his family portrait]].

* ExcitedShowTitle: Often shown on-screen and mainly used by WordOfGod and Wiki/TheOtherWiki. Well, not on this website.

* CaffeineBulletTime: used by Twitchy at one point.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** A very organic look was given to contrast the film from what producer Preston Stutzman called the "candy-coated, brightly colored pastel world[s]" of other CGI films. The filmmakers also took cues from ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' about skewing characters' shapes: for example, if you look closely at Kirk, one eye is slightly larger than the other. [[http://www.awn.com/articles/drtoon/dr-toon-peek-under-hood/page/5%2C1 Sometimes, you wonder if he may have had a small birth defect]]. And Red only has four fingers on each hand, and her overall appearance resembles that of a doll. It's best seen when [[http://www.awn.com/articles/drtoon/dr-toon-peek-under-hood/page/6%2C1 her hands are extended]].
** Unlike the ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' franchise, this film is not supposed to be a deconstruction, so a different style of humor is used. Also, supernatural elements (magic, wizards, fairies) are not present in the story (well, for the most part. Japeth was [[CursedWithAwesome cursed 37 years ago by a mountain witch]] that [[BlatantLies only allows him to sing]]).

A sequel titled ''WesternAnimation/HoodwinkedTooHoodVersusEvil'', in which the Wolf and Red team up to rescue Literature/HanselAndGretel, was released in April 2011 after several years in DevelopmentHell. [[DependingOnTheWriter The animation was noticeably altered]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking we could understand Twitchy]], it got a TheyChangedItNowItSucks reaction from viewers.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Implied. When Boingo speaks to Wolf and Twitchy about Red, Twitchy clearly doesn't believe Boingo is being honest with him and Wolf and later agrees with his friend that they were wrong to trust Boingo about his "shortcut". While Twitchy is right to [[spoiler: not trust Boingo given how evil the latter turned out to be]], it's likely his distrust was founded on the belief that Boingo was covering for Red (who he and Wolf believed to be involved in the Goody Bandit scheme that was plaguing the woods) rather than suspicion that [[spoiler: Boingo himself is the Goody Bandit]].

* RashomonStyle: Varation. The four accounts are all accurate (often using the exact same animation from both the same and slightly different angles when they overlap), but we still get a different impression from their limited perspectives: slightly different dialogue, different lighting (for instance, in the first encounter Red has with the Wolf, the trees cast bigger shadows in Red's story than they do in the Wolf's story), objects being positioned differently, and even different actions by the characters (Red's story does not include the part where she physically beats up the Wolf).

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "Now, dear, if there are two things I don't do, it's lie, and play extreme sports." Which isn't technically a lie, due to the "if".

* RashomonStyle: Variation: The four accounts are all totally accurate (using literally the exact same animation from both the same and slightly different angles when they overlap), but we still get a different impression from their limited perspectives: slightly different dialogue, different lighting (for instance, in the first encounter Red has with the Wolf, the trees cast bigger shadows in Red's story than they do in the Wolf's story), objects being positioned differently, and even different actions by the characters (Red's story does not include the part where she physically beats up the Wolf).

* MagicSkirt: While Red employs SkirtOverSlacks, Granny's skirt stays in place regardless of what physical stunts she performs.

* SkirtOverSlacks: Red wears a blue skirt over blue jeans. In the second movie, she ditches the skirt.
** Justified. Anyone who has lived or hiked in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Montana or Wyoming (where the high alpine environments and vegetation are similar to the settings of the movie) will tell you that it's a good idea to wear pants to protect your knees from mosquito bites or avoid scraping your knees on rocks. Red obviously knows this.

* BrokenPedestal: Red invokes this trope when Granny's secret extreme sports life is revealed:

'''Red Puckett:''' Open your eyes! I've never even been outside of the forest! Don't you think I'd want more than that?\\

* WasItAllALie: Red found out about her Granny's double life. She felt betrayed because Granny never lets her do anything. Granny thought Red was happy and it was important that she [[PassingTheTorch run the business as their ancestors had done]]. Granny realized she deserves more in life.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Takes over an entire day, with each of the suspects' stories happening earlier at day and the crime scene occurring at night. [[spoiler:Boingo]]'s defeat occurred the next day at dawn.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Twitchy finds a stick of dynamite in the mine cart, thinking it's a candle. He lights the fuse on one, the Wolf comments on its brightness, and asks what kind they are.
-->'''Twitchy:'''' Uh, "[[DynamiteCandle DEEN-A-MEET-AY]]." [[Film/AChristmasStory Hmmm, must be Italian]].\\
'''Wolf:''' [[ExplainExplainOhCrap Ahh! Lose the candle!]]

** The pig who keeps reacting quizzically whenever Flippers uses food metaphors. For instance:

* GrandmasRecipe: Red Riding Hood's grandmother has a recipe for irresistible cookies. That is, until this recipe and others like it are mysteriously absconded by TheVillain, who seeks to corner the goodie market.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: In a FreezeFrameBonus, when the Wolf is describing his column "Facts and Fairy Tales", the front page of an edition of ''The Once Upon a Times'' is shown. The tiny text "Woodland County Editon" can be seen in a border on the visible part of the page. Based on the trees and the alpine environments, the movie setting appears to be somewhere in the heart of the Rocky Mountains (the vistas, such as distant ones in Red's treehouse scene, look like what you might see in Yellowstone or Rocky Mountain National Parks). There also is a small chands of this potentially being somewhere in the state of Oregon, since that also has mountains, as well as European and skiing cultures. None of these theories have been proven though.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: In a FreezeFrameBonus, when the Wolf is describing his column "Facts and Fairy Tales", the front page of an edition of ''The Once Upon a Times'' is shown. The tiny text "Woodland County Editon" can be seen in a border on the visible part of the page. Based on the trees and the alpine environments, the movie setting appears to be somewhere in the heart of the Rocky Mountains (the vistas, such as distant ones in Red's treehouse scene, look like what you might see in Yellowstone or Rocky Mountain National Parks).

* BilingualBonus: When [[spoiler:Boingo]] is issuing orders to his henchmen, he orders Dolph to tie up Red, Lesa to hold Granny's recipe book, Vincent to get Kirk's truck, and then tells Keith, "[[YouGetMeCoffee Darn it, change your name]]! Please! That's not scary! And I'm embarrassed to say it. 'Boris.' Try that. ''(Keith lowly growls and storms off)'' 'Keith.' You know, oh, '[[SarcasmMode watch out for Keith!]]'"
** Though Andy Dick [[ThrowItIn ad-libbed this line]], the bonus is not intentional. The alternate name and the original name mean basically the same thing in different languages: "Keith" is Scottish-Gaelic for "from the battlefield", while "Boris" is Slavic for "battler" or "warrior".
** When Kirk tells Jimmy at the audition that he wants to be a member of the Happy Yodelers, we see a poster that reads, in Swedish, "Tonite only, Sporthalen - Eskiltuna, Tisdag 29 oktober 19.00".

* RealityEnsues: Japeth the goat, according to him, can only sing rather than speak. As a result, he has to live alone in the mountains because other people find it extremely irritating.
** Relatedly, he can't scream when he's afraid, as evidenced when caught unprepared by an avalanche.

* RealityEnsues: Japeth the goat, according to him, can only sing rather than speak. As a result, he can't scream when he's afraid, as evidenced when caught unprepared by an avalanch.

* MissedASpotCheck: A media crew fails to recognize Red without her red cloak on, and instead charge off after a large male bear jogger wearing a red hoodie.