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* MagicalBarefooter: The Water Babies are all barefoot and even Tom temporarily loses his footwear when he's transformed into a Water Baby.
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* MysteriousPast: The film briefly touches on Tom being a lost water baby, but never explains how he got lost and ended up on land in the first place.
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* OnlyOneName: Tom has no last name, since he has no parents.
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: In the original book, Tom and Elly end up resurrected in the then-present day, Tom becoming a successful 'man of science' who has no time for relationships, especially with Elly, However, in the film, Tom returns straight back to practically the same time as he left, with Lord Hanover taking Tom in to live with Elly as a reward for revealing the duplicity of Mr. Grimes, with no reference made to what happened to either of them next.
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* AnimatedAdaptation: Very loosely of ''The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby'' by Charles Kingsley.
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* AnimatedAdaptation: Very ''Extremely'' loosely of ''The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby'' by Charles Kingsley.Kingsley, omitting over two-thirds of the book.
* AnimatedCreditsOpening: The opening credits are done alongside a simple sequence depicting a young chimney sweep climbing through a maze of chimneys named 'A Story of a Little Chimney Sweep in the Year 1850'.
* AnimatedCreditsOpening: The opening credits are done alongside a simple sequence depicting a young chimney sweep climbing through a maze of chimneys named 'A Story of a Little Chimney Sweep in the Year 1850'.
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* BittersweetEnding: Depending on the version...
** The movie leans more on the 'sweet' side, with Tom and Elly now implied to be almost brother and sister, while not mentioning where Mr. Grimes went.
** The book is more pragmatic, stating that, while Tom became a successful man of science, he never married Elly, since no-one below the rank of prince or princess ''ever'' marries in a fairy tale.[[note]]Strictly speaking, however, Elly '''''is''''' the closest the narrative has to a princess...[[/note]]
** The movie leans more on the 'sweet' side, with Tom and Elly now implied to be almost brother and sister, while not mentioning where Mr. Grimes went.
** The book is more pragmatic, stating that, while Tom became a successful man of science, he never married Elly, since no-one below the rank of prince or princess ''ever'' marries in a fairy tale.[[note]]Strictly speaking, however, Elly '''''is''''' the closest the narrative has to a princess...[[/note]]
* HandWave: The author in the original book handwaves the fact Tom and Elly never become a couple by saying that '''no-one below the rank of prince or princess ever marries in a fairy tale'''.[[note]]Ignoring any possible title Elly could have due to being part of the Hanover family...[[/note]]
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* NeverSayDie: In both the movie and original book. A notable incident in the book has Elly accept some wings from the fairies and fly off, only reuniting with Tom in the final chapters.
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* NeverSayDie: In both the movie and the original book. A book, with one of the most notable incident versions showing a heartbroken Elly, due to Tom becoming a Water Baby, abruptly being 'given wings', all but implying that she was turned into an angel, so she could be reborn in the book has Elly accept some wings from the fairies and fly off, only reuniting with Tom in the final chapters.20th century.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Mr. Grimes and Masterman are both horrible people and criminals who try to frame a young boy for theft. By the end, they're both caught for their crimes and it's implied they will be hanged.
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** Elly was born into a wealthy family of nobility, being the niece of a lord (possibly grandniece, given how old her Uncle John appears to be).
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** Elly was clearly born into a very wealthy family--in fact, her family appears to be of nobility, being the niece of a lord (possibly grandniece, as Elly's Uncle John[[note]]Possibly her ''grand''-uncle, given how old her Uncle John he appears to be).be[[/note]] is stated to be a Lord.
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* BraveScot: The appropiately named Jock the lobster.
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* BraveScot: The appropiately appropriately named Jock the lobster.
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* BittersweetEnding: Depending on the version...
** The movie leans more on the 'sweet' side, with Tom and Elly now implied to be almost brother and sister, while not mentioning where Mr. Grimes went.
** The book is more pragmatic, stating that, while Tom became a successful man of science, he never married Elly, since no-one below the rank of prince or princess ''ever'' marries in a fairy tale.[[note]]Strictly speaking, however, Elly '''''is''''' the closest the narrative has to a princess...[[/note]]
** The movie leans more on the 'sweet' side, with Tom and Elly now implied to be almost brother and sister, while not mentioning where Mr. Grimes went.
** The book is more pragmatic, stating that, while Tom became a successful man of science, he never married Elly, since no-one below the rank of prince or princess ''ever'' marries in a fairy tale.[[note]]Strictly speaking, however, Elly '''''is''''' the closest the narrative has to a princess...[[/note]]
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* NeverSayDie: In both the movie and original book. A notable incident in the book has Elly accept some wings from the fairies and fly off, only reuniting with Tom in the final chapters.
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** The novelization[[labelnote:*]] Yes, there was a novel based on this film that was [[RecursiveAdaptation itself based on a novel]][[/labelnote]] outright ''makes'' them the same character. Grimes and Masterman flee from Harthover when they realize they have fallen under suspicion for the robbery. They try to escape by sea, fall out of their boat and are [[HandWave somehow]] transformed into a shark and an eel, later conveniently finding their way back to shore and regaining their human form in time for the final confrontation. No explanation is given for this (unlike with Tom, who is pretty clearly implied in both versions to be a lost Water Baby) and they're completely baffled by it. It also creates an AdaptationInducedPlotHole, since the Killer Shark's existence is already well-known to the inhabitants of the sea, which couldn't be the case if he had literally just appeared on the scene.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Elly is golden haired and very kind to Tom right from the start. It's her who helps clear his name when her uncle wants to hang him for the theft he was framed for.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Elly is golden haired and very kind to Tom right from the start. It's her who She helps clear his name when her uncle wants to hang him for the theft he was framed for.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The heroes bombard the shark's underwater fortress by cutting chunks off an ice shelf that's floating overhead, and by dropping giant balls of ice. Apparently, ice only floats when it's really big in this movie.
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* UptownGirl: Tom's a street urchin with virtually no money to his name--Elly, on the other hand, was born into an extremely wealthy family and is even the niece of a lord.
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* UptownGirl: Elly and Tom couldn't be more different from each other, socially-speaking --
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to the salmon after the otters started chasing them?
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to the salmon after the otters started chasing them?them?
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''The Water Babies'' is a 1978 [[MediumBlending live action-animated]] feature film, very loosely based on the classic children's novel ''The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby'' by Charles Kingsley.
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''The Water Babies'' is a 1978 [[MediumBlending live action-animated]] feature film, very loosely based on the classic children's novel ''The Water-Babies, ''Literature/TheWaterBabies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby'' by Charles Kingsley.
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When Tom, a 12-year-old Victorian chimney sweep, is wrongfully blamed for being a thief, he makes a run for it and ends up jumping into a violent river. There he encounters a civilization of anthropomorphic underwater creatures. Before he can return to the surface and clear his name, however, he must help rescue his new friends, the Water Babies, from an evil shark who bears a striking resemblence to his cruel master, Mr. Grimes.
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When Tom, a 12-year-old Victorian chimney sweep, is wrongfully blamed framed for being a thief, stealing, he makes a run for it and ends up jumping into a violent river. There he encounters a civilization of anthropomorphic underwater creatures. Before he can return to the surface and clear his name, however, he must help rescue his new friends, the Water Babies, from an evil shark who bears a striking resemblence to his cruel master, Mr. Grimes.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Terrence the seahorse, oh so much.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Elly's Uncle John believes her when she tells him Tom was framed and immediately switches to trying to help Tom rather than arrest him.
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'''''The Water Babies''''' is a 1978 [[MediumBlending live action-animated]] feature film, very loosely based on the classic children's novel ''The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby'' by Charles Kingsley.
When Tom, a 12-year-old Victorian chimney sweep, is wrongfully blamed for being a thief, he makes a run for it and ends up jumping into a violent river. There he encounters a civilization of anthropomorphic underwater creatures. Before he can return to the surface and clear his name, however, he must help rescue his new friends, the Water Babies, from an evil shark who bears a striking resemblence to his cruel master, Mr. Grimes.
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!!''The Water Babies'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* TheAlcoholic: Both Mr. Grimes and Masterman are drunk throughout most of the film.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Terrence the seahorse, oh so much.
* AndYouWereThere: The cartoon sea creatures are voiced by people Tom had met before in the real world.
* AnimatedAdaptation: Very loosely of ''The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby'' by Charles Kingsley.
* AnimatedMusical
* BookEnds: The live action sequences open and close the film.
* BraveScot: The appropiately named Jock the lobster.
* CanonForeigner: A few characters were added: Jock, a Scottish lobster, Terence, an [[AmbiguouslyGay effeminate]] starstruck Seahorse, and Claude, a foppish French swordfish.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Lady Harriet, who has to be told exactly what her husband's job is despite being married to him for who knows how long.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Elly is golden haired and very kind to Tom right from the start. It's her who helps clear his name when her uncle wants to hang him for the theft he was framed for.
* KarmicDeath: Mr. Grimes tries to get Tom hanged for a theft he committed. Guess what's heavily implied to happen to him in the end.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Mr. Grimes and Masterman are both horrible people and criminals who try to frame a young boy for theft. By the end, they're both caught for their crimes and it's implied they will be hanged.
* LimitedAnimation: Several sequences are obviously repeated.
* MeaningfulName: Mr. Grimes is filthy on the skin and in the heart.
* MediumBlending: The film opens and ends with live action BookEnds but the bulk is animated.
* UndyingLoyalty: Toby would follow Tom anywhere.
* UptownGirl: Tom is a street urchin and Elly is the niece of a lord.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to the salmon after the otters started chasing them?
[[caption-width-right:331:Highcockalorum!]]
'''''The Water Babies''''' is a 1978 [[MediumBlending live action-animated]] feature film, very loosely based on the classic children's novel ''The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby'' by Charles Kingsley.
When Tom, a 12-year-old Victorian chimney sweep, is wrongfully blamed for being a thief, he makes a run for it and ends up jumping into a violent river. There he encounters a civilization of anthropomorphic underwater creatures. Before he can return to the surface and clear his name, however, he must help rescue his new friends, the Water Babies, from an evil shark who bears a striking resemblence to his cruel master, Mr. Grimes.
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!!''The Water Babies'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* TheAlcoholic: Both Mr. Grimes and Masterman are drunk throughout most of the film.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Terrence the seahorse, oh so much.
* AndYouWereThere: The cartoon sea creatures are voiced by people Tom had met before in the real world.
* AnimatedAdaptation: Very loosely of ''The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby'' by Charles Kingsley.
* AnimatedMusical
* BookEnds: The live action sequences open and close the film.
* BraveScot: The appropiately named Jock the lobster.
* CanonForeigner: A few characters were added: Jock, a Scottish lobster, Terence, an [[AmbiguouslyGay effeminate]] starstruck Seahorse, and Claude, a foppish French swordfish.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Lady Harriet, who has to be told exactly what her husband's job is despite being married to him for who knows how long.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Elly is golden haired and very kind to Tom right from the start. It's her who helps clear his name when her uncle wants to hang him for the theft he was framed for.
* KarmicDeath: Mr. Grimes tries to get Tom hanged for a theft he committed. Guess what's heavily implied to happen to him in the end.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Mr. Grimes and Masterman are both horrible people and criminals who try to frame a young boy for theft. By the end, they're both caught for their crimes and it's implied they will be hanged.
* LimitedAnimation: Several sequences are obviously repeated.
* MeaningfulName: Mr. Grimes is filthy on the skin and in the heart.
* MediumBlending: The film opens and ends with live action BookEnds but the bulk is animated.
* UndyingLoyalty: Toby would follow Tom anywhere.
* UptownGirl: Tom is a street urchin and Elly is the niece of a lord.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to the salmon after the otters started chasing them?
