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* MotorMouth: Zachariah is constantly talking on the Mary and Joseph wedding. FridgeBrilliance kicks up when you remember what happened to him in The Bible, and you could say that he's catching up on the time when he wasn't capable of talking.
* MythologyGag: On Mary and Joseph wedding, Elizabeth comments on her husband Zachariah [[MotorMouth constant talking]], "that she liked him more when he didn't talk" referencing the fact that Zachariah had lost the ability to speak until his wife give birth to their son, John.



* PluckyComicRelief: Dave the dove provides most of the comedy in the movie.

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** Felix, due to being youngest of the three camels. He is shown to be rather goofy and loudmouthed, and often gets into arguments with Cyrus.

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* ButtMonkey: Dave the Dove is the target of most of the jokes and slapstick.

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* ComicTrio: The camels fit this trope like a glove with Cyrus as TheLeader, Felix as TheFool and Deborah as the OnlySaneMan.

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* ComicTrio: The camels fit this trope like a glove with Cyrus as TheLeader, Felix as TheFool and Deborah as the OnlySaneMan.OnlySaneWoman.



* FriendOrIdolDecision: Bo wants to leave the mill so he can join royal caravan. When the opportunity for it finally arises, he realizes that his bond with Mary and Joseph is more important than his dream.



* NonActionBigBad: Herod leaves all the dirty work to his hunter.



* PluckyComicRelief: Dave the dove provides most of the comedy in the movie.



* SavageWolves: Thaddeus is a prime example of this, until the end when he became a NobleWolf.

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* SavageWolves: Thaddeus is a prime example of this, until the end when he became a becomes NobleWolf.



* TheThreeWiseMen: Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar are secondary characters in the movie.



* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Given that his motivation is ''infanticide'', King Herod is naturally not portrayed as lightly as most of the other characters.

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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Given that his motivation is ''infanticide'', King Herod is naturally not portrayed as lightly as most of the other characters.characters.
* WomenAreWiser: Deborah is shown to be more smarter than Felix.
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* StarOfBethlehem: The titular star brings all the characters - both human and animal - to Bethlehem.
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* DeadHatShot: [[spoiler:Once Herod's hunter falls to his death, all that is shown is his helmet bouncing to the side.]]

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Featuring an AllStarCast of sorts, boasting Yeun, Creator/KellyClarkson, Creator/KristinChenoweth, Creator/TylerPerry, Creator/OprahWinfrey, Tracy Morgan, Creator/KrisKristofferson, Creator/KeeganMichaelKey and Creator/ChristopherPlummer among many, many others. The teaser trailer, first released by USA Today, can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVgQuZf5o1M here]]. It is the first religious-themed animated film to be released to a wide audience since ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''.

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Featuring an AllStarCast of sorts, boasting Yeun, Creator/KellyClarkson, Creator/KristinChenoweth, Creator/TylerPerry, Creator/OprahWinfrey, Tracy Morgan, Creator/KrisKristofferson, Creator/KeeganMichaelKey and Creator/ChristopherPlummer among many, many others. The teaser trailer, It is the first religious-themed animated film to be released by USA Today, can be viewed to a wide audience since ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''.

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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVgQuZf5o1M here]]. It is the first religious-themed animated film to be released to a wide audience since ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''.Teaser Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/9NjvYZtwk00 Official Trailer]]
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* SeldomSeenSpecies:
** Abby is a pygymy jerboa.
** Rufus is a breed of extinct dog known as an Alaunt.
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* BigBad: King Herod, for obvious reasons. Though he's more of an OverarchingVillain, while his [[TheDragon Dragon]], the "royal dog walker," acts as the primary threat to the protagonists.

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* BigBad: King Herod, for obvious reasons. Though he's more of an OverarchingVillain, while his His [[TheDragon Dragon]], the "royal dog walker," acts as the primary threat to the protagonists.
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* TranslationConvention: Around the animals.

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* HumanLadder: The camels do this a number of times while they’re at the palace.

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* HumanLadder: The camels do this a number of times while they’re they're at the palace.



* ItWillNeverCatchOn: After Jesus is born Deborah says that people worldwide will celebrate that moment for thousands of years to come by giving presents and singing carols. Cyrus and Felix laugh at her.

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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: After Jesus is born born, Deborah says that people worldwide will celebrate that moment for thousands of years to come by giving presents and singing carols. Cyrus and Felix laugh at her.



** Abby is a pygymy jerboa
** Rufus is a breed of extinct dog known as an Alaunt

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** Rufus is a breed of extinct dog known as an AlauntAlaunt.
* SilentAntagonist: King Herod's hunter never says a single word throughout the whole film and only grunts.

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* ScoobyStack: The camels are overly fond of this trope.



* ScoobyStack: The camels are overly fond of this trope.
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* InstantBirthJustAddWater: Averted. No water breaking is depicted, and it's a while after labor starts before Jesus is born.
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Given that his motivation is ''infanticide'', King Herod is naturally not portrayed as lightly as most of the other characters.
Funny/TheStar

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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Given that his motivation is ''infanticide'', King Herod is naturally not portrayed as lightly as most of the other characters.
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Given that his motivation is ''infanticide'', King Herod is naturally not portrayed as lightly as most of the other characters.

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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Given that his motivation is ''infanticide'', King Herod is naturally not portrayed as lightly as most of the other characters.characters.
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It was only in the early trailers, not in the final movie.


** In the Italian dub, Bo the donkey is voiced by Nanni Baldini, who also voiced... [[Franchise/{{Shrek}} Donkey]].
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*AnachronisticAnimal: Inverted with Rufus, who might resemble a modern Staffordshire Bull Terrier but could possibly be an extinct breed of dog known in the ancient world as an Alaunt.
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* SavageWolves: Thaddeus is a prime example of this, until the end when he became a NobleWolf.
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** Rufus is a breed of extinct dog known as a Alaunt

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* DisasterDominoes: Bo causes those twice. He tries to do one thing that goes amazingly wrong and then, by sheer luck, he gets what he wanted (being freed of the millstone first, and later stopping Herod's Hunter for a short while).
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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Ruth likes to be ''very'' close to her friends, as she is used to do in her herd.
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* DenserAndWackier: In comparison with the [[''Literature/TheFourGospels'' source material.]]

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* DenserAndWackier: In comparison with the [[''Literature/TheFourGospels'' [[Literature/TheFourGospels source material.]]
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* DenserAndWackier: In comparison with the gospels, this movie adds a lot of humor, and characters like Joseph are given a ButtMonkey status in some scenes.

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* DenserAndWackier: In comparison with the gospels, this movie adds a lot of humor, and characters like Joseph are given a ButtMonkey status in some scenes.[[''Literature/TheFourGospels'' source material.]]

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*DenserAndWackier: In comparison with the gospels, this movie adds a lot of humor, and characters like Joseph are given a ButtMonkey status in some scenes.



* LightIsNotGood: The Star of Bethlehem's light [[DeconstructiveParody drove the barn animals insane with insomnia]].

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* LightIsNotGood: PlayedForLaughs. The Star of Bethlehem's light [[DeconstructiveParody drove the barn animals insane with insomnia]].
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: After Jesus is born one of the camels says that people worldwide will celebrate that moment for thousands of years to come by giving presents and singing carols. The other two camels laugh at her.

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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: After Jesus is born one of the camels Deborah says that people worldwide will celebrate that moment for thousands of years to come by giving presents and singing carols. The other two camels Cyrus and Felix laugh at her.
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: After Jesus is born one of the camels say that people worldwide will celebrate that moment for thousands of years to come by giving presents and singing carols. The other two camels laugh at her.

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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: After Jesus is born one of the camels say says that people worldwide will celebrate that moment for thousands of years to come by giving presents and singing carols. The other two camels laugh at her.
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: After Jesus is born one of the camels say that people worldwide will celebrate that moment for thousands of years to come by giving presents and singing carols. The other two camels laugh at her.
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