History WesternAnimation / TheHappyCricket

%% * OffModel: Happens frequently throughout most of the film.

After twenty years of development and thirty months in production, the film known as ''The Happy Cricket'' finally saw the light of day in 2001.

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: All over the place. Most notable is one scene where Cartibella flies around some CGI flowers, and a later scene with Wartlord holding the inert Night Star.
* AwardBaitSong: Attempted with "Night Star". It has the soothing melody of a Disney love ballad, but the lyrics make it impossible to take seriously.

* DamselInDistress: An unusual case is Linda the Night Star, who spends a grand total of ''two minutes'' as an actual character, and is an inanimate object for the rest of the movie.

* {{Expy}}: Christopher and Linda seem to be based on Jiminy Cricket and the Blue Fairy, respectively.
* GenreShift: The first movie was a fantasy film set in the countryside, involving a magic macguffin, fantasy monsters and a spirit toucan. The sequel switches to a modern city with night clubs and killer robots.

* HumanAliens: Linda the Night Star looks human during "Night Star"
* IAmSong: "Come On, Let's Dance" serves as this for Christopher
* TheKiddieRide: The film was clearly made with only the smallest of children in mind.
* LimitedAnimation: The short ''The Solar Eclipse'' has this, along with a recycled soundtrack.
* MacGuffin: Christopher's magic stringless guitar that only he can play
* MacGuffinTurnedHuman: Linda is a variant, spending most of the movie as an inanimate object. With the exception of a short song halfway through, Linda's sentience in the film is mostly just an InformedAttribute.

* NumberTwoForBrains: Wartlord's second-in-command, Buffuno, follows in the tradition of brainless evil minions who somehow manage to stay employed
* OffModel: Happens frequently throughout most of the film.
* SimpletonVoice: Buffuno sounds like this in the English dub
* SugarBowl: The protagonists are constantly upbeat, even when [[spoiler: Wartlord dies in front of them]].
* TooDumbToLive: The toads, who mistake Christopher, Barnaby and Leonardo for ghosts when they're breaking into the castle.

* VillainSong: "Majesty Rap" and "Jungle's Rap", both preformed by Wartlord's minions.

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: All over the place. Most notable is one scene where Cartibella flies around some CGI flowers, and a later scene with Wartlord holding the inert Night Star.

* ConspicuousCG: All over the place. Most notable is one scene where Cartibella flies around some CGI flowers, and a later scene with Wartlord holding the inert Night Star.

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* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Linda brings all the plants back to life after returning to the sky.]]

* TheKiddieRide: The film was clearly made with only the smallest of children in mind

After twenty years of development and thirty months in production, the film known as '''''The Happy Cricket''''' finally saw the light of day in 2001.

[[TheHero Christopher]] is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin happy cricket]] who spends his days playing his [[MacGuffin magic stringless guitar]] for his friends. But, his peace is interrupted when a purple lizard named [[BigBad Wartlord]] bans music. Making matters worse, [[MacGuffinGirl Linda the Night Star]] falls from the sky. Making matters worse, Wartlord, having mistaken the star for a diamond, is also searching for her. Thus, it's up to Christopher and his friends to rescue the night star, and stop Wartlord. Also, there's a GreenAesop tacked on just to be educational.

* MacGuffinGirl: Linda is a variant, spending most of the movie as an inanimate object. With the exception of a short song halfway through, Linda's sentience in the film is mostly just an InformedAttribute.

[[TheHero Christopher]] is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin happy cricket]] who spends his days playing his [[MacGuffin magic stringless guitar]] for his friends. But, his peace is interrupted when a purple lizard named [[BigBad Wartlord]] bans music. Making matters worse, [[MacGuffinGirl Linda the Night Star]] falls from the sky. Making matters worse, Wartlord, having mistaken the star for a diamond, is also searching for her. Thus, it's up to Christopher and his friends to rescue the night star, and stop Wartlord. Also, there's a GreenAesop.

* AwardBaitSong: Attempted with "Night Star".

%%* AwardBaitSong: Attempted with "Night Star".

%%* ConspicuousCG
%%* DamselInDistress: An unusual case is Linda the Night Star.

%%* HumanAliens: Linda

%%* TheKiddieRide

%%* MacGuffin: The guitar.
%%* MacGuffinGirl: Linda is a variant.

%%* NumberTwoForBrains: Buffuno.
%%* ObviouslyEvil: Wartlord.
%%* OffModel: Happens frequently throughout most of the film.
%%* SimpletonVoice: Buffuno.

After 20 years of development, and 30 months in production, the film known as ''The Happy Cricket'' finally saw the light of day in the year 2001.

* AwardBaitSong: Attempted with "Night Star".
* ChekhovsGun: The slingshot.
* ConspicuousCG
* DamselInDistress: An unusual case is Linda the Night Star.

* HumanAliens: Linda

* TheKiddieRide

* MacGuffin: The guitar.
** MacGuffinGirl: Linda is a variant.

* NumberTwoForBrains: Buffuno.
* ObviouslyEvil: Wartlord.
* OffModel: Happens frequently throughout most of the film.
* SimpletonVoice: Buffuno.

* '''ConspicuousCG'''

* {{Padding}}: The first third, which focuses on finding a magical toucan, is ''loaded'' with padding.
* RecycledTheSeries

* ChekhovsGun: The slingshot

* DistressedDamsel: An unusual case is Linda the Night Star.

* SimpletonVoice: Buffuno

* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Linda brings all the plants back to life after returning to the sky.]]
** At the climax, [[spoiler: Leonardo's house is flown in, piloted by the girls, allowing Christopher and friends to escape the burning castle]].

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: When Christopher plays his guitar for Linda, the star glows so brightly it forces Wartlord over the edge of his castle and into the flames below.]]

[[TheHero Christopher]] is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin happy cricket]] who spends his days playing his [[MacGuffin magic stringless guitar]] for his friends. But, his peace is interrupted when a purple lizard named [[BigBad Wartlord]] bans music. Making matters worse, [[MacGuffinGirl Linda the Night Star]] falls from the sky. Making matters worse, Wartlord, having mistaken the star for a diamond, is also searching for her. Thus, it's up to Christopher and his friends to rescue the night star, and stop Wartlord.

[[TheHero Christopher]] is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin happy cricket]] who spends his days playing his [[MacGuffin magic stringless guitar]] for his friends. But, his peace is interrupted when a purple lizard named [[BigBad Wartlord]] bans music. Making matters worse, [[MacGuffinGirl Linda the Night Star]] falls from the sky. Making matters worse, Wartlord, having mistaken the star for a diamond, is also searching for her. Thus, it's up to Christopher and his friends to rescue the night star, and stop Wartlord.

* NoExportForYou: The sequel, ''The Happy Cricket and the Giant Bugs'', along with most of the television series.

* Padding: The first third, which focuses on finding a magical toucan, is ''loaded'' with padding.