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* AmbiguousEnding: What happens once Daphne and Tiny exit the crumbling theater? Do they die? Do the AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence? Are they going on to [[EarnYourHappyEnding a better life]]? You decide!
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* AmbiguousEnding: What happens once Daphne and Tiny exit the crumbling theater? Do they die? Do the they AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence? Are they going on to [[EarnYourHappyEnding a better life]]? You decide!
* RageBreakingPoint: After timidly receiving Mr. Hugh's abuse for many years, upon Mr. Hugh threatening to bring a red hot poker to make the dogs jump high enough to reach his head for the hat trick (Tiny is a full head shorter than him), Tiny growls and shakes in fury and instead teaches them to bite his nose when given the trigger word 'hat'.
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* TruthInTelevision: Films were originally shown alongside {{vaudeville}} acts in their infancy, eventually eclipsing the live acts entirely. Most early cinemas were even converted vaudeville theaters.
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* TruthInTelevision: Films were originally shown alongside {{vaudeville}} acts in their infancy, eventually eclipsing the live acts entirely. Most early cinemas were even converted vaudeville theaters.theaters.
* VisualGag: In a ShoutOut to ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' mentioned above, when the projection screen collapses on Mr. Hugh and kills him, he kicks a bucket over as he falls.
* VisualGag: In a ShoutOut to ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' mentioned above, when the projection screen collapses on Mr. Hugh and kills him, he kicks a bucket over as he falls.
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* MeaningfulEcho: In the beginning, Daphne tries to encourage Tiny to go through with his vaudeville act, despite its lack of popularity, because "the show must go on". Later on, when Tiny wants to go back to his basket because he's afraid society won't accept him or his dogs, to which Daphne responds with a rousing speech that there's a better life out there. Tiny repeats the previous line "The show must go on" to affirm that he and his dogs ready to move on and live a better life with Daphne.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The organist is a terrifying looking ghost with a deep booming voice, but he saves Tiny from falling to his death. [[GoodIsNotNice He is not so merciful to the much crueler Hugh.]]
* DraggedOffToHell: Implied to be what happens to Hugh.
-->"Going... down."
-->"Going... down."
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* EvilSoundsDeep:
** The ghostly organist speaks with a deep voice in his sole line.
-->"Going... down."
** Mr. Hugh himself has a rather deep, growly voice, and he's a real nasty piece of work.
** The ghostly organist speaks with a deep voice in his sole line.
-->"Going... down."
** Mr. Hugh himself has a rather deep, growly voice, and he's a real nasty piece of work.
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* EvilSoundsDeep:
** The ghostly organist speaks with a deep voice in his sole line.
-->"Going... down."
**EvilSoundsDeep: Mr. Hugh himself has a rather deep, growly voice, and he's a real nasty piece of work.
** The ghostly organist speaks with a deep voice in his sole line.
-->"Going... down."
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* {{Blackmail}}: Hugh threatens Daphne that if she wants any more parts in his pictures, she'll keep her nose out of his business, allowing him to bully Tiny unchallenged.
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* StealingTheCredit: As the dog tricks in Hugh's pictures grew in popularity, Hugh got the credit for them when it was Tiny that was training the dogs.
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Not to be confused with Creator/AlfredHitchcock's 1950 [[Film/StageFright crime thriller]].
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Not to be confused with Creator/AlfredHitchcock's [[Film/StageFright1950 1950 [[Film/StageFright crime thriller]].thriller]], or [[Film/StageFright2014 the 2014 slasher musical]].
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''Stage Fright'' is a 1997 BAFTA-winning animated short by Creator/AardmanAnimations, written and directed by Steve Box, who animated on ''WesternAnimation/ACloseShave'' and, later, co-directed ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit''.
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''Stage Fright'' is a 1997 BAFTA-winning animated short by Creator/AardmanAnimations, Creator/AardmanAnimations. It was written and directed by Steve Box, who animated on ''WesternAnimation/ACloseShave'' and, later, co-directed ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit''.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: One of the dogs' tricks is to jump up and place a hat on someone's head when they say "Hat!" Tiny neglects the fact that Hugh is twice his height when Hugh wants to use the trick in one of his films and the dog ends up only going as high as his nose, biting him when he does.
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* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Hugh. He couldn't care less about the dogs, and they hate him equally.
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* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Hugh. He couldn't care less about the dogs, dogs' well being so long as they perform, and they hate him equally.
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* IronicDeath: During their showdown in the theater, Hugh pulls out a large metal pin to beat up Tiny and Daphne... unaware that it was there to hold up the same projection screen on which his movies were shown. The screen drops on his head and [[KarmicDeath kills him instantly]].
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* IronicDeath: During their showdown in the theater, When cornered by Tiny's dogs, Hugh pulls out a large metal pin to beat up Tiny and Daphne...them up... unaware that it was there to hold up the same projection screen on which his movies were shown. The screen drops on his head and [[KarmicDeath kills him instantly]].
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* TheShowMustGoOn: Daphne says this to Tiny when he's afraid to perform his act. It becomes a MeaningfulEcho when she says it to persuade him to leave the crumbling theater.
* TruthInTelevision: Films were originally shown alongside {{vaudeville}} acts in their infancy, eventually eclipsing the live acts entirely. In fact, most early cinemas were converted vaudeville theaters.
* TruthInTelevision: Films were originally shown alongside {{vaudeville}} acts in their infancy, eventually eclipsing the live acts entirely. In fact, most early cinemas were converted vaudeville theaters.
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* TheShowMustGoOn: Daphne says this to Tiny when he's afraid to perform his act. It becomes a MeaningfulEcho when she says it to persuade him to leave the crumbling theater.
theater. The overall message of the film is that staying in the past may feel safe but eventually, you have to face the future.
* TruthInTelevision: Films were originally shown alongside {{vaudeville}} acts in their infancy, eventually eclipsing the live acts entirely.In fact, most Most early cinemas were even converted vaudeville theaters.
* TruthInTelevision: Films were originally shown alongside {{vaudeville}} acts in their infancy, eventually eclipsing the live acts entirely.
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* EndOfAnAge: Downplayed. In the beginning, Tiny and his dogs are facing this when their vaudeville act is being overshadowed by Hugh's films. But in the end, Daphne implies to him that he ''can'' make a comeback, despite film's popularity.
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* AmbiguousEnding: What happens once Daphne and Tiny exit the crumbling theater? Do they die? Do the AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence? Are they going on to a better life? You decide!
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* AmbiguousEnding: What happens once Daphne and Tiny exit the crumbling theater? Do they die? Do the AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence? Are they going on to [[EarnYourHappyEnding a better life? life]]? You decide!
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Not to be confused with [[Film/StageFright the 1950 crime drama]].
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Not to be confused with Creator/AlfredHitchcock's 1950 [[Film/StageFright the 1950 crime drama]].thriller]].
* ChekhovsGunman: The theater organist briefly seen near the beginning comes back later to [[spoiler:bring Tiny back up from the pit, and bring Mr. Hugh down into it.]]
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* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Hugh.
* EvilSoundsDeep: The ghostly organist's sole line.
* EvilSoundsDeep: The ghostly organist's sole line.
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* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Hugh.
Hugh. He couldn't care less about the dogs, and they hate him equally.
*EvilSoundsDeep: EvilRedhead: Mr. Hugh, who is shown to be a heartless monster, has long red hair that stands straight up.
* EvilSoundsDeep:
** The ghostlyorganist's organist speaks with a deep voice in his sole line.
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* EvilSoundsDeep:
** The ghostly
** Mr. Hugh himself has a rather deep, growly voice, and he's a real nasty piece of work.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: The wicked Mr. Hugh always wears a pair of round glasses.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: The wicked Mr. Hugh always wears a pair of round glasses.
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* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Mr. Hugh
* OminousPipeOrgan: One plays when the ghostly organist comes to take Hugh's soul to hell.
* OminousPipeOrgan: One plays when the ghostly organist comes to take Hugh's soul to hell.
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* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Mr. Hugh
Hugh plays the hero in his series of short films, but off the camera, he blackmails and abuses his costars.
* OminousPipeOrgan:One plays This type of music is heard frequently throughout the short. The theater itself has an organ, played by a mysterious man in a white robe. Near the end, it turns out that [[spoiler:the organist is actually a ghost, and when Mr. Hugh dies, the ghostly organist comes to take Hugh's his soul to hell.hell,]] while playing some ''especially'' ominous music.
* OminousPipeOrgan:
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The film tells the story of Tiny, a [[{{Vaudeville}} music hall]] has-been who's dog-juggling act is upstaged by the blooming medium of motion pictures. His friend Daphne stars in many of these films as the love interest to the character "Lonesome Arnold," who's actor, Mr. Hugh, is [[NiceCharacterMeanActor a brute once the cameras stop running]]. As Daphne's career prospers and Tiny's disappears, Hugh exploits both of them by getting Tiny to train the dogs for his films, mostly so Daphne will keep acting in them.
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The film tells the story of Tiny, a [[{{Vaudeville}} music hall]] has-been who's whose dog-juggling act is upstaged by the blooming medium of motion pictures. His friend Daphne stars in many of these films as the love interest to the character "Lonesome Arnold," who's whose actor, Mr. Hugh, is [[NiceCharacterMeanActor a brute once the cameras stop running]]. As Daphne's career prospers and Tiny's career disappears, Hugh exploits both of them by getting Tiny to train the dogs for his films, mostly so Daphne will keep acting in them.
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* TheDogBitesBack: Hugh's abuse of Tiny eventually leads to one of his dogs biting him on the nose. ''Twice''.
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* TheDogBitesBack: Hugh's abuse of Tiny eventually leads to one of his dogs biting him Hugh on the nose. ''Twice''.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: The ghostly organists sole line.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: The ghostly organists organist's sole line.
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* HowWeGotHere: The film begins with Tiny training the dogs, only for Hugh to enter and start bullying him. It ends with this scene's aftermath.
* IronicDeath: During their showdown in the theater, Hugh pulls out a large metal pin to beat up Tiny and Daphne... unaware that it was there to hold up the same projection screen that his movies were shown on, which drops on his head and [[KarmicDeath kills him instantly]].
* IronicDeath: During their showdown in the theater, Hugh pulls out a large metal pin to beat up Tiny and Daphne... unaware that it was there to hold up the same projection screen that his movies were shown on, which drops on his head and [[KarmicDeath kills him instantly]].
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* HowWeGotHere: The film begins with Tiny training the dogs, only for but Hugh to enter enters and start starts bullying him. It ends with this scene's aftermath.
* IronicDeath: During their showdown in the theater, Hugh pulls out a large metal pin to beat up Tiny and Daphne... unaware that it was there to hold up the same projection screenthat on which his movies were shown on, which shown. The screen drops on his head and [[KarmicDeath kills him instantly]].
* IronicDeath: During their showdown in the theater, Hugh pulls out a large metal pin to beat up Tiny and Daphne... unaware that it was there to hold up the same projection screen
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* TheShowMustGoOn: Daphne says this to Tiny when he's afraid to perform his act. It becomes a MeaningfulEcho when she say it to convince him to leave the crumbling theater.
* TruthInTelevision: Films were originally shown alongside {{Vaudeville}} acts in their infancy, eventually eclipsing the live acts entirely. In fact, most early cinemas were converted vaudeville theaters.
* TruthInTelevision: Films were originally shown alongside {{Vaudeville}} acts in their infancy, eventually eclipsing the live acts entirely. In fact, most early cinemas were converted vaudeville theaters.
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* TheShowMustGoOn: Daphne says this to Tiny when he's afraid to perform his act. It becomes a MeaningfulEcho when she say says it to convince persuade him to leave the crumbling theater.
* TruthInTelevision: Films were originally shown alongside{{Vaudeville}} {{vaudeville}} acts in their infancy, eventually eclipsing the live acts entirely. In fact, most early cinemas were converted vaudeville theaters.
* TruthInTelevision: Films were originally shown alongside
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