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%%* TheMole: [[CaptainObvious Mole]].

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* ManHug: Buddy shows open affection for his best friend Surly and is not afraid to hug him, but Surly [[RealMenHateAffection usually hits him for it or pushes him off, saying "Get your hands off me!" ]] [[spoiler:Until his DisneyDeath, where after Buddy realizes Surly is alive he is overjoyed and runs to hug Surly. Surly flinches back slightly, and Buddy stops, since Surly doesn't like hugs. [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming Then Surly glomps him instead.]] ]]

* 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); that is the very definition of the term, "Hot Pursuit."

* BigBad: [[spoiler: King, and also Raccoon.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Raccoon]].

* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Psy]] appears during the end credits to sing his signature song.

* ChildrenAreCruel: The Girl Scout at the beginning of the movie kicks Fingers in the shin, and can also be seen kicking [[spoiler: Psy]] in the credits.

* CloudCuckooLander: Grayson.

* CuteMute: Buddy.
* DancePartyEnding: The cast dances to [[spoiler: "Gangnam Style"]] during the credits. [[spoiler: Psy]] himself even appears.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Surly.]]

** [[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.]]
** It's also implied [[spoiler: Knuckles]] goes over the waterfall as well.

* ADogNamedDog: Raccoon and Mole.
* DoubleEntendre: The ''title''.

* DullSurprise: Every single policeman.
* EmbarrassingLastName: [[spoiler:"Percy King Dimpleweed!"]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Raccoon seems pretty shocked and upset when [[spoiler: the cardinal gets apparently eaten by a bunch of cats.]]
* GambitPileup

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Surly and Buddy.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[spoiler: In the end, Surly is content to be this: helping the park community with only Andie knowing the truth]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: When Surly is being weighed down by Raccoon as the gang strain to hold him fast, he deliberately lets go to save them.]]

* InevitableWaterfall: [[spoiler: The climax of the movie takes place on one.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: Whenever Surly steals something, he keeps it all for himself.

* {{Jerkass}}: Surly.
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Again, Surly.
*** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Surly again with the perspective he gained after his adventures helping Andie and her friends]].
*** JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Surly again. The fact that he never trusted Raccoon from the start and it was a good thing he did]]

* MadeOfIron: Raccoon's cardinal friend, to the point that it's a RunningGag. In fact, [[spoiler: the only ones in the film that die are some street rats and possibly Knuckles]].
* ManHug: Buddy shows open affection for his best friend Surly and is not afraid to hug him, but Surly [[RealMenHateAffection usually hits him for it or pushes him off, saying "Get your hands off me!" ]] [[spoiler: Until his DisneyDeath, where after Buddy realizes Surly is alive he is overjoyed and runs to hug Surly. Surly flinches back slightly, and Buddy stops, since Surly doesn't like hugs. [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming Then Surly glomps him instead.]] ]]

* MeaningfulName: The word surly means "rude and unfriendly", or "menacing or threatening in appearance." Subverted towards the end of the movie.

* TheMole: [[CaptainObvious Mole]].

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

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: [[spoiler: 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."]]
* PlotHole: [[spoiler: In the big finale, the truck containing the nuts and all the characters falls in a river. Surly, Raccon, and Knuckles go over the falls while the others stand on a log at the edge and all the nuts float in the river. The city is clearly visible behind them, upstream. The next scene has them and all the nuts floating into the park, which is necessarily upriver from them.]]

* TheStinger: During a credits scene, [[spoiler: it is revealed that Raccoon survived his fall off the waterfall and has drifted out to sea on a life buoy. His cardinal friend prepares to leave him, but Raccoon begs him to stay, which he does. [[FromBadToWorse And then several sharks start circling them...]]]]
* SuddenlyVoiced: Precious and [[spoiler: Buddy]].

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Fingers and Lucky.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Jimmy and Johnny. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Jamie]].

** Buddy, [[spoiler: until Surly's DisneyDeath.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Buddy:''' [[TearJerker "Best... friend..."]]]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Raccoon seems fond of this trope. Andie, despite her competence, doesn't follow orders as well as he'd like. So he [[UriahGambit 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.]]

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Raccoon was last seen stuck out at sea with sharks slowly surrounding him. Since he doesn't appear in the sequel, it's possible he was KilledOffscreen]].

Although it was critically blasted (it is one of the worst-reviewed animated movies with a paltry 10% Website/RottenTomatoes score), its low budget and relatively strong box office returns made the film a big enough success for a sequel to be scheduled for August 18, 2017, ''Nutty by Nature''.

[[WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge Sound Familiar?]]

Although it was critically blasted (It is one of the worst reviewed animated movies), its low budget and relatively strong box office made the film a big enough success for a sequel to be scheduled for August 18, 2017, ''Nutty by Nature''.

Although it was critically blasted (It is one of the worst reviewed animated movies), its low budget and relatively strong box office made the film a big enough success for a sequel to be scheduled for January, 2016.

* NuttySquirrel: Grayson.

* BrooklynRage: Jamie. Also ''all'' of the characters, but especially Fingers.

* DoubleMeaning: The human villains' frequent reliance on BrooklynRage means they use a lot of stereotype gangster speak, including "rat" in reference to a traitor or saboteur. So when King commands his gang to "find the rat," his men, knowing both the "gangster definition" of rat ''and'' their boss' phobia of said rodents, are unsure about what kind of rat he means in this context.

--> '''Raccoon:''' I'm afraid his is the wrong kind of nut.

* DoubleMeaning: The human villains' frequent reliance on BrooklynRage means they use a lot of stereotype gangster speak, including "rat" in reference to a traitor or saboteur. So when King blames Surly (who he thinks is a rat instead of a squirrel) for nearly ruining the bank job, he commands his gang to "find the rat." His men, though, knowing both the "gangster definition" of rat ''and'' their boss' phobia of said rodents, ask for clarification about what kind of rat he means in this context.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler:King's robbery would've succeeded if he hadn't insisted on doublecrossing Fingers and Lucky at the last minute.]] Likewise, [[spoiler:Knuckles']] insistence on trying to kick King when he's down and take all of the money at the waterfall more or less leads directly to his implied DisneyVillainDeath.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Raccoon seems fond of this trope. Andie, despite her competence, doesn't follow orders as well as he'd like. So he [[UriahGambit 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.]]

Although it was critically blasted, its low budget and relatively strong box office made the film a big enough success for a sequel to be scheduled for January, 2016.