History WesternAnimation / TheSimpsonsMovie

--->'''Wiggum:''' Well, they're China's problem now.

** There's a TakeThat toward oil drilling companies destroying Alaska's beauty when the family reaches the Alaskan border.
** Russ Cargill's plan is a TakeThat towards environmentalists who take their ideology too far and value "saving the planet" over human life.

** The DVD Commentary confirms that the Grand Theft Walrus sequence was a Take That toward the Penguin craze started by ''Film/MarchOfThePenguins'' and ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'', which ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp'' was indulging in around the same time.

* NeverMyFault: This is the reason why this movie has a plot in the first place. Due to Homer's reckless actions almost causing Springfield to perish, he attempts to run away from his problems and refuses to own up to his mistakes. It isn't until his family abandons him and he gets an epiphany does he decide to stop being selfish, take responsibility for his actions, and set things right.

** Two of the movie's official trailers have a FakeOutOpening featuring a dancing CGI bunny before the logo suddenly descends and crushes him. The narrator claims the movie will buck the trend by using traditional animation in an age where computer animation had become standard for feature films. This is somewhat undermined by the film's abundant use of CGI (which is CelShaded, but still noticeable).

* AnimationBump: Zig-zagged. While there's noticeably more prominent shading, a broader color palette such as everything having a yellowish color and CG abound, not to mention a handful of more fluidly-animated scenes which were animated in-house and some CG-enhanced scenes by Creator/RoughDraftStudios, most of the animation is about on-par with a contemporaneous HD episode of the show. This was also the first animated feature to use UsefulNotes/ToonBoom, which streamlined production and allowed for multiple scenes to be fully animated before getting cut, a practice that would continue to be used on the show proper.

** Two of the movie's official trailers have a FakeOutOpening with a dancing CGI bunny before the logo suddenly descends and crushes him. The narrator claims the movie will buck the trend by using traditional animation in an age where computer animation had become standard for feature films. This is somewhat undermined by the film's abundant use of CGI (which is CelShaded, but still noticeable).

* TrailersAlwaysLie: Two of the movie's official trailers (one with Homer and the wrecking ball, the other is Homer with the hammer and nail on a roof with Bart) claims that The Simpsons Movie (in 2D) will use traditional animation and fight off the trend of computer animation that brings in 3D worlds. While partially true, The Simpsons Movie used a lot of computer animation and even presented 3D scenes multiple times. At least one-third of the movie is in 3D.

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* ArtisticLicensePolitics: The President is Austrian-born Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. Only people born in the United States and raised as American citizens are allowed to become Presidential candidates.

* AnAesop:
** Life isn't all about you. The people you surround yourself with are just as important.
** A secondary one: we're going to have to do something about the environment sooner or later, and the longer we leave it, the harder it will be to fix.
** You can't keep mistreating people around you and expect them to keep tolerating it. At some point, people will eventually get fed up with you and not want to be around you any longer.

The movie was directed by series veteran David Silverman (co-director of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'') and was released in theaters in North America on July 27, 2007, the summer between seasons 18 and 19.

The movie was released in theaters in North America on July 27, 2007, the summer between seasons 18 and 19.

* AbsentAnimalCompanion: Plopper, aka "Spider-Pig," singlehandedly causes the entire plot of the film to occur by becoming the object of Homer's devoted love and serving as the tipping point for an environmental crisis in Springfield. About halfway through the film he falls into a sinkhole and is never seen or mentioned again. (According to a deleted scene, however, he survived the incident, something the series proper would later confirm.)

%%* HeroesWantRedheads: Lisa to Colin.