History WesternAnimation / TheNutJob

''The Nut Job'' is a 3D computer-animated film released in North America on January 17, 2014 by Open Road Films.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Raccoon seems fond of this trope. Andie, despite her competence, doesn't follow orders as well as he'd like. So he sends her out on what is apparently an intentionally doomed mission, seemingly never expecting her to return. It would appear this is also why he sends the recently brain-damaged Grayson with her - in his current state, Grayson is a joke as the "park hero" (no matter what the other animals think of him) and an embarrassment to Raccoon's leadership. He later does this to ''all'' the heroic characters by locking them in a van, since their role in making the mission fail and frame Surly for it is now over.]]

* GenderBlenderName: Andie.

* Cute Mute: Buddy.

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: TheStinger reveals that Raccoon survived his fall over the waterfall, and has drifted out to sea on a life buoy. The Cardinal flies out to sit with him. Raccoon responds with a snarky comment. The Cardinal takes offense and prepares to leave, to which Raccoon quickly backtracks and says, "Please stay."

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Part of the robbers' getaway plan was to cross state lines, apparently expecting the police that were hot on their tails to suddenly break off pursuit at that invisible boundary. Police ''can'' cross state lines in pursuit of a suspect if the person is suspected of a felony (e.g. robbing a bank).

*** Weirdly, this scene, along with a few others, appears to have been removed from the upcoming DVD release.

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Subverted. Raccoon does go over the waterfall along with [[DisneyDeath Surly]], but it is later revealed that he survived the fall and has drifted out to sea.]]

* [[spoiler: TakingYouWithMe: Before going over the waterfall, Raccoon grabs Surly in hopes that he will be rid of him for good. Surly survives the fall.]]

* TheVoiceless: Buddy, [[spoiler: until Surly's DisneyDeath.]]

The movie follows the adventures of Surly, a squirrel ([[ItsAllAboutMe who only looks out for himself]]) who is banished from the park he lives in after he accidentally destroys the other animals' food supply for winter after one of his many thefts goes awry. Forced to survive in the city, he and his rat friend [[TheVoiceless Buddy]] come across a nut shop and plan a heist of epic proportions, even if it means getting the other park animals to help out before the winter weather arrives. Elsewhere, the owners of the nut shop are planning their own heist: to rob the bank that across the street. It's a race against time to see who can pull off their heist first.

* HiddenDepths: For all of Surly's early misanthropy, you'll notice that he is determined to drive away Buddy when he is exiled as he growls, "This is my punishment."

-->Surly: Oh, great.

-->Surly: Looking for that squirrel, huh? Me too. [cup falls off]

* IdiotHero: Grayson takes it to new levels of obliviousness and stupidity, but he means well.

* SquirrelsInMyPants: At least one of the characters ends up crawling inside one of the bank robber's pants.

* WomenAreWiser: Andie is sincerely determined to help her community and is the only park dweller who has the skill and determination to do that reliably.

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Fingers and Lucky, at least insofar as they're a lot less ruthless and naive than their old boss, King.

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Squirrel]]: Andie is the only park dweller who is a real asset to the park community.

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Fingers and Lucky are a lot less ruthless and naive than King and Knuckles.

* ChildrenAreCruel: The girl scout at the beginning of the movie kicks the nut cart owner in the shin, and can also be seen kicking [[spoiler: Psy]] in the credits.