History WesternAnimation / Planes

* What theHell,Hero?: Dusty chastises Ishani for setting him up for a loss and almost getting him killed when she told him to take a dangerous shortcut.

* WhattheHell,Hero?: Dusty chastises Ishani for setting him up for a loss and almost getting him killed when she told him to take a dangerous shortcut.

** Despite not a Pixar movie, [[Creator/PixarRegulars John Ratzenberger]] voiced a one-scene cameo, Harland. Harland is a somewhat-ditzy and MotorMouth jet tug that Dusty asked the direction to the pit row, and he told Dusty the long and complicated description of the navigation until Tripp, the boeing plane he accompanied, told Dusty to just go straight ahead and to the right.

** The aircraft carrier ''Dwight D. Flysenhower'' is the ''[[https://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/cvn69/Pages/default.aspx Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'' but with the hull number [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar changed]] from CVN-[[LOL69 69]] to CVN-81.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: ''Flysenhower'' 's hull number is changed from its real-life counterpart ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'''s one of CVN-69 to CVN-81, [[Lol69 for obvious reasons]].

* {{Adorkable}}: Dusty.
** Franz Fliegenhosen. A tiny Messerschmitt Tiger/Aerocar hybrid with SplitPersonality, who befriends Dusty.

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Dusty Crophopper went out of his way to prevent Bulldog from crashing, ending up in Last Place again.

* EyeScream: Towards the end of the second leg, Bulldog gets oil spilt all over his eyes, leaving him blinded. Fortunately, Dusty helps him finish.

* [[AcrophobicBird Acrophobic Plane]]: Dusty. [[spoiler:Skipper, too.]]

* CulturalTranslation: Rochelle is a different nationality depending on which country you're in.

* ProductPlacement: Tripp [[note]]both a PunnyName and nod to Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan Am[[/note]], an American Airlines 777 makes a [[TheCameo cameo]] appearance and is featured in promotional materials. Probably one of the more [[TropesAreNotBad not bad]] cases of product placement in recent memory since it works perfectly in the context of the movie's universe.

* BrokenAesop: Dusty Crophopper, dreams of competing against his heroes in a race around the world. Unfortunately, being a crop duster, he's not built for speed and must compensate with his considerable skill, setting up a lesson about how hard work and talent aren't as important as dedicated practice and perseverance. And then the rest of the cast donates new, superior parts to him so he can compete in the finale, to the point that by the time he's upgraded and ready to fly, he's not actually a crop duster anymore. Guess you can't be a winner unless [[HardWorkHardlyWorks you're built to win after all.]] Then again, he ''did'' fly the majority of the race as a stock cropduster and managed to get pretty far, and the only reason he got a major upgrade is because he suffered a near-fatal crash in the final legs of the race that left him no longer flightworthy. Those who donated the parts were people that he either helped out along the way, or those whom Dusty had gained the respect of through his perseverance and selfless actions. So really, the Aesop wasn't so much broken as it was derailed into one about how being a kind underdog is better than being a naturally talented jerkass.

* PunnyName: The USS Flysenhower, which is a clear pun on CVN-69, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

* BigNo: Ripslinger when [[spoiler: he is about to crash following Dusty's win.]]

* EyeTwitch: Dusty gets one when Chug mentions all the dangerous obstacles he’ll be facing after learning he got into the Wings Around the Globe.

* EyeScream: Towards the end of the first leg, Bulldog gets oil spilt all over his eyes, leaving him blinded. Fortunately, Dusty helps him finish.