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* PlotHole: [[spoiler:How could Hypatia's son Tycho exist when she was trapped in the past? Justified, as much of the story is made up on the fly by children.]]
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''Orion and the Dark'' is a 2024 animated fantasy comedy film from Creator/DreamWorksAnimation based on a book by Emma Yarlett. It is directed by Sean Charmatz (''WesternAnimation/TrollsHolidayInHarmony''), written by Creator/CharlieKaufman, and stars the voices of Creator/JacobTremblay, Creator/PaulWalterHauser, Creator/WernerHerzog, Creator/AngelaBassett, Creator/IkeBarinholtz, Creator/NatasiaDemetriou, Golda Rosheuvel, Creator/AparnaNancherla, Matt Dellapina, Jack Fisher, and Creator/CarlaGugino.

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''Orion and the Dark'' is a 2024 animated fantasy comedy film from Creator/DreamWorksAnimation based on a book by Emma Yarlett. It is directed by Sean Charmatz (''WesternAnimation/TrollsHolidayInHarmony''), written by Creator/CharlieKaufman, and stars the voices of Creator/JacobTremblay, Creator/PaulWalterHauser, Creator/WernerHerzog, Creator/AngelaBassett, Creator/IkeBarinholtz, Creator/NatasiaDemetriou, Golda Rosheuvel, Creator/GoldaRosheuvel, Creator/AparnaNancherla, Matt Dellapina, Jack Fisher, Creator/MattDellapina, Creator/JackFisher, and Creator/CarlaGugino.
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* SelfDeprecation: [[spoiler: Hypatia makes a comment on how convinient of an ending would be making Orion no longer afraid of the Dark and then ending the story on a DancePartyEnding. Probably lampshading Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's tendency of pulling these type of endings]].
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* LogoJoke: The [=DreamWorks=] logo is a drawing on a notebook. Orion appears in the moon and draws a light switch on it, changing it from night to day. [[CallBack The letters also change into different colors.]]

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* ShoutOut: Sleep is designed after a {{Muppet}}.
** The cartoon Orion is watching about several [[AnimateInanimateObject Animate Inanimate Objects]] on a ConveyorBeltOfDoom advancing toward a giant crushing machine could be an homage to WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster.

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Sleep is designed after a {{Muppet}}.
** The cartoon Orion is watching about several [[AnimateInanimateObject Animate Inanimate Objects]] on a ConveyorBeltOfDoom advancing toward a giant crushing machine could be an homage to WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster.''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster''.

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What Orion thinks of fits this trope better. The Nothing After Death is about there being an empty afterlife after death.


* CessationOfExistence: Discussed. Part of the reason for Orion’s fears is his belief that there is no afterlife and his inability to comprehend nothingness. [[spoiler:However, over the course of the film, he learns to accept that just because you don’t know an ending, you don’t have to be afraid of the middle part, eventually coming to save Dark from a manifestation of this fear in his dream.]]



* TheNothingAfterDeath: Discussed. Part of the reason for Orion’s fears is his belief that there is no afterlife and his inability to comprehend nothingness. [[spoiler:However, over the course of the film, he learns to accept that just because you don’t know an ending, you don’t have to be afraid of the middle part, eventually coming to save Dark from a manifestation of this fear in his dream.]]
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** The cartoon Orion is watching about several [[AnimateInanimateObject/Animate Inanimate Objects]] on a ConveyorBeltOfDoom advancing toward a giant crushing machine could be an homage to WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster.

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** The cartoon Orion is watching about several [[AnimateInanimateObject/Animate [[AnimateInanimateObject Animate Inanimate Objects]] on a ConveyorBeltOfDoom advancing toward a giant crushing machine could be an homage to WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster.
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** The cartoon Orion is watching about several AnimateInanimateObjects on a ConveyorBeltOfDoom advancing toward a giant crushing machine could be an homage to WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster.

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** The cartoon Orion is watching about several AnimateInanimateObjects [[AnimateInanimateObject/Animate Inanimate Objects]] on a ConveyorBeltOfDoom advancing toward a giant crushing machine could be an homage to WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster.
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** The cartoon Orion is watching about several AnimateInanimateObjects on a ConveyorBeltOfDoom advancing toward a giant crushing machine could be an homage to WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: As shown in the trailer, Dark does not have a high opinion of his counterpart Light, being annoyed at his appearance. It's not even just about jealousy though— if Light catches up to him and the rest of the other Nighttime Entities, he'll destroy Dark and the very concept of Darkness itself, forcing him and the others to constantly be on the run from Light as a result.

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* SitcomArchNemesis: As shown in the trailer, Dark does not have a high opinion of his counterpart Light, being annoyed at his appearance. It's not even just about jealousy though— if Light catches up to him and the rest of the other Nighttime Entities, he'll destroy Dark and the very concept of Darkness itself, forcing him and the others to constantly be on the run from Light as a result.
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* TwoGirlsToATeam: The Night Entities are a gender-inverted version as Dark and Insomnia are the only males on the team.

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* TheNineties: A FreezeFrameBonus on Orion's permission slip shows that the story takes place in 1995.

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* TheNineties: A FreezeFrameBonus on Orion's permission slip shows that the story takes place in 1995. Adding to that, school bully Richi Panichi sports a curtain haircut, the cell phones Orion thinks spread deadly radiation are the keypad-only type and one scene shows a desktop computer with a CRT monitor in the background.



* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Dark, as presented in the trailer, is a dark being who is meant to represent all darkness.

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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Dark, as presented in the trailer, Dark is a dark being who is meant to represent all darkness.darkness. The other Night Entities represent Sleep, Insomnia, Quiet, Unexplained Noises and Sweet Dreams respectively.



* CatchingSomeZs: Unlike the other Night Entities, Sleep fittingly leaves behind a trail of Z's whenever she flies.



* DarkIsNotEvil: In fact, as the trailer shows, he’s a friendly fellow who just wants to teach Orion some courage.

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* DarkIsNotEvil: In fact, as the trailer shows, he’s a friendly friendly, jovial fellow who just wants to teach Orion some courage.



* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Hypatia is a very perceptive and insightful little girl, something [[spoiler:an adult Orion]] comments on more than once.

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* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Non-vulgar example. Hypatia is a very perceptive and insightful little girl, something [[spoiler:an adult Orion]] comments on more than once. once.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Sweet Dreams, a gentle female Night Entity who looks like she's wearing a long, flowing dress, is a pinkish-purple color.



* InSeriesNickname: Due to his habit of being afraid of everything, Orion has become infamous with the nighttime entities to the point of being referred to as "The Screamer".

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Due to his habit of being afraid of everything, Orion has become infamous with the nighttime entities to the point of being referred to as "The Screamer".Screamer".
** Richi Panichi calls Orion "Cryin' Orion" for the same reason.
* InstantSedation: Sleep puts people to, well, sleep quickly by using magical items including a magical chloroform rag.


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* TrueBlueFemininity: Sleep is a blue female Night Entity with an unmistakably feminine voice and [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics noticeable eyelashes]].


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* WingdingEyes: Insomnia's pupils resemble a digital clock display. They're usually both zeroes but they shift through different numbers whenever he stresses out.

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* ClockRoaches: [[spoiler:Orion's grandson Tycho]] came back in time because [[spoiler:Hypatia's]] presence has summoned monsters in the timestream, so he needs to return her to her proper time period to fix everything.



* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Hypatia is a very perceptive and insightful little girl, something [[spoiler:an adult Orion]] comments in more than once.

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* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Hypatia is a very perceptive and insightful little girl, something [[spoiler:an adult Orion]] comments in on more than once.


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* NervousWreck: Orion is filled with anxiety and fears of unlikely events. His daughter Hypatia has some of this but toned down compared to Orion, mostly sharing a fear of the dark and anxiety expressing her feelings with others.
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* {{Spoonerism}}: One of Orion's many fears. He often refuses to speak in class when he knows the answer, or even say good morning, out of worry that he'll swap the letters by accident.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The film is ironically faithful to the book up until the point where the daughter requests making changes to the story.
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* LightIsNotGood: Light itself is a nice guy, [[spoiler:but without Dark he oversaturates the world, causing the world to wither from overheating without meaning too]]. In [[spoiler:Orion's adult life]], the light pollution of Manhattan blocking out the starry night is given brief attention.

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* LightIsNotGood: Light itself is a nice guy, [[spoiler:but without Dark he oversaturates the world, causing the world to wither from overheating without meaning too]].to]]. In [[spoiler:Orion's adult life]], the light pollution of Manhattan blocking out the starry night is given brief attention.
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* KarmaHoudini: Richi Panichi, the school's resident [[TheBully bully]], bullies Orion in the locker room at the beginning. After that, he completely disappears from the movie and is only seen again as a figment of Orion's imagination, leaving him to keep on with his bullying without getting in trouble.
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* ForgoneConclusion: [[spoiler:Hypatia's design gives away the fact that Orion succeeds in courting his childhood crush Sally]].

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* ForgoneConclusion: ForegoneConclusion: [[spoiler:Hypatia's design gives away the fact that Orion succeeds in courting his childhood crush Sally]].

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* ArtShift: Orion's drawings depicting his fears are drawn more simplistic and scribbly to contrast the CGI-animation.



* ChekhovsSkill: Hypatia is stated to have an interest in poetry. [[spoiler:When she inserts herself into her father's story, she uses a new poem to rally the Night Entities to return]].



* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Hypatia is a very perceptive and insightful little girl, something an adult Orion comments in more than once.

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* ForgoneConclusion: [[spoiler:Hypatia's design gives away the fact that Orion succeeds in courting his childhood crush Sally]].
* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Hypatia is a very perceptive and insightful little girl, something an [[spoiler:an adult Orion Orion]] comments in more than once.



* LightIsNotGood: Light itself is a nice guy, but without Dark he oversaturates the world, causing the world to wither from overheating without meaning too. In Orion's adult life, the light pollution of Manhattan blocking out the starry night is given brief attention.

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* LightIsNotGood: Light itself is a nice guy, but [[spoiler:but without Dark he oversaturates the world, causing the world to wither from overheating without meaning too. too]]. In Orion's [[spoiler:Orion's adult life, life]], the light pollution of Manhattan blocking out the starry night is given brief attention.

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Not true. The Croods didn’t really have a villain either, they were just trying to escape a disaster.


* TheNineties: A FreezeFrameBonus on Orion's permission slip shows that the story takes place in 1995.



* TheNineties: A FreezeFrameBonus on Orion's permission slip shows that the story takes place in 1995.
* NoAntagonist: This stands out as the first [=DreamWorks=] movie to ''not'' have a traditional villain. Though Light is brought up as Dark's more popular and beloved rival, [[spoiler:he isn't intentionally malicious and is just doing his job. Even after he erases Dark, he feels genuinely uncomfortable with the new world of light he's creating and is more than relieved when the heroes bring him back to life]].

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* TheNineties: A FreezeFrameBonus on Orion's permission slip shows that the story takes place in 1995.
* NoAntagonist: This stands out as the first [=DreamWorks=] movie to ''not'' have a traditional villain. Though Light is brought up as Dark's more popular and beloved rival, [[spoiler:he isn't intentionally malicious and is just doing his job. Even after he erases Dark, he feels genuinely uncomfortable with the new world of light he's creating and is more than relieved when the heroes bring him back to life]].

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