History WesternAnimation / TheWild

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Let's see...before Samson and his friends could win in turtle hockey (with a cameo from [[Series/HockeyNightInCanada Don Cherry]], voicing in the appearance of a penguin, on commentary!), Ryan accidentally starts a stampede, which causes his dad to lose the game. Then Samson berates his son for costing them the game, calls him out for always moping around, and asks if he did this because he couldn't roar. The look on his son's face tells us that Samson immediately regretted saying that and instantly tried to apologize. We later learn why he felt bad saying that.

* AscendedToCarnivorism: The wildebeest.

* SecretKeeper: Early in the film, Benny is the only one who knows Samson's deep dark secret. [[spoiler:The secret turns out to be he's not from the wild, but was born in a circus. Strangely, the other animals didn't call Benny out for keeping this from them.]]

* [[spoiler:BecomingTheMask]]: [[spoiler:Samson.]]

* [[spoiler:IHaveNoSon]]: [[spoiler:Samson's father forsakes him for not being a ''real'' lion.]]

* [[spoiler:WasItAllALie]]: Samson tells his son and friends stories about his adventures in the wild. [[spoiler:However, as they search for Ryan, Samson's friends find it odd that he tells them to runaway from rapid dogs rather than fighting them off. Then, when they're in Africa, he was unwilling to eat a rude hyrax. They feel as though he's not really from the wild. Samson says its true, he's a phony. And he's sorry for lying to them and unable to protect them. Followed by an OhCrap moment.]]

A movie distributed by Creator/{{Disney}} (but made by the now-defunct [[CanadaEh Canadian]] C.O.R.E. Feature Animation studio) starring Samson the lion (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland) and his son, Ryan, an anaconda named Larry, a koala named Nigel (voiced by Creator/EddieIzzard), a giraffe named Bridget (voiced by Creator/JaneaneGarofalo), and a squirrel named Benny.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Let's see...before Samson and his friends could win in turtle hockey (with a cameo from [[HockeyNightInCanada Don Cherry]], voicing in the appearance of a penguin, on commentary!), Ryan accidentally starts a stampede, which causes his dad to lose the game. Then Samson berates his son for costing them the game, calls him out for always moping around, and asks if he did this because he couldn't roar. The look on his son's face tells us that Samson immediately regretted saying that and instantly tried to apologize. We later learn why he felt bad saying that.

* DuelingMovies: With ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''.

* AllAnimationIsDisney: Because it was distributed by Disney as part of their deal with C.O.R.E. Feature Animation, a lot of people seem to think it's a Disney movie.

* MissingMom: Galena, Samson's wife and Ryan's mother. She was never even mentioned onscreen and it is thought she died. But she appeared in a deleted scene, where she's worried that her husband and son are in danger and relies on Benny to find them.

* DuelingMovies: With ''{{Madagascar}}''.

* [[spoiler:IHaveNoSon]]: [[spoiler:Samson's father forsake him for not being a ''real'' lion.]]

A movie distributed by {{Disney}} (but made by the now-defunct [[CanadaEh Canadian]] C.O.R.E. Feature Animation studio) starring Samson the lion (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland) and his son, Ryan, an anaconda named Larry, a koala named Nigel (voiced by EddieIzzard), a giraffe named Bridget (voiced by JaneaneGarofalo), and a squirrel named Benny.

* XMeetsY: ''{{Madagascar}}'' meets ''TheLionKing'' meets ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The theme song for the Japanese version of ''WesternAnimation/TheWild'' is called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFx4c7ZG_jI "Prisoner of Love"]] by the Gospellers.

* TheMockbuster: Many people who watched the film when it went to theaters complained that it was a ripoff ''Film/{{Madagascar}}'', which was released a year earlier.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The theme song for the Japanese version of ''WesternAnimation/TheWild'' is called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2oAPeR00Wc "Prisoner of Love"]] by the Gospellers.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Let's see...before Samson and his friends could win in turtle hockey (with a cameo from [[HockeyNightInCanada Don Cherry]], voicing in the appearance of a penguin, on commentary), Ryan accidentally starts a stampede, which causes his dad to lose the game. Then Samson berates his son for costing them the game, calls him out for always moping around, and asks if he did this because he couldn't roar. The look on his son's face tells us that Samson immediately regretted saying that and instantly tried to apologize. We later learn why he felt bad saying that.

A movie distributed by {{Disney}} (but made by the now-defunct [[CanadaEh Canadian]] C.O.R.E. Feature Animation studio) starring Samson the lion (voiced by KieferSutherland) and his son, Ryan, an anaconda named Larry, a koala named Nigel (voiced by EddieIzzard), a giraffe named Bridget (voiced by JaneaneGarofalo), and a squirrel named Benny.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Let's see...before Samson and his friends could win in turtle hockey (with a cameo from [[HockeyNightInCanada Don Cherry]] on commentary), Ryan accidentally starts a stampede, which causes his dad to lose the game. Then Samson berates his son for costing them the game, calls him out for always moping around, and asks if he did this because he couldn't roar. The look on his son's face tells us that Samson immediately regretted saying that and instantly tried to apologize. We later learn why he felt bad saying that.

A movie distributed by {{Disney}} (but made by the now-defunct [[CanadaEh Canadian]] C.O.R.E. Feature Animation studio) starring Samson the lion and his son, Ryan, an anaconda named Larry, a koala named Nigel (voiced by EddieIzzard), a giraffe named Bridget (voiced by Janeane Garofalo), and a squirrel named Benny.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Let's see...before Samson and his friends could win in turtle hockey, Ryan accidentally starts a stampede, which causes his dad to lose the game. Then Samson berates his son for costing them the game, calls him out for always moping around, and asks if he did this because he couldn't roar. The look on his son's face tells us that Samson immediately regretted saying that and instantly tried to apologize. We later learn why he felt bad saying that.

A movie distributed by {{Disney}} (but made by the now-defunct C.O.R.E. Feature Animation studio) starring Samson the lion and his son, Ryan, an anaconda named Larry, a koala named Nigel, a giraffe named Bridget, and a squirrel named Benny.

* AllAnimationIsDisney: Because it was distributed by Disney as part of their deal with C.O.R.E. Feature Animation, a lot of people seem to think it's a Disney movie. '''''It's not.''''' We're looking at ''you'', DougWalker.

* EyesOfGold: Samson and Ryan.

A movie marketed by {{Disney}} starring Samson the lion and his son, Ryan, an anaconda named Larry, a koala named Nigel, a giraffe named Bridget, and a squirrel named Benny.

* ShoutOut: The back-story for the villain references {{The Gods Must Be Crazy}}. A talking koala (modeled after one of the main characters, no less) doll falls from an airplane, saving the life of a wildebeest, who reveres it as divine and sets up a ReligionOfEvil around it.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Let's see...before Samson and his friends could win in turtle hockey, Ryan accidentally starts a stampede, which causes his dad to lose the game. Then Samson berates his son for causing them the game, calls him out for always moping around, and asks if he did this because he couldn't roar. The look on his son's face tells us that Samson immediately regretted saying that and instantly tried to apologize. We later learn why he felt bad saying that.
* OhCrap: Ryan's look after accidently causing a stampede.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The theme song for the Japanese version of ''TheWild'' is called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2oAPeR00Wc "Prisoner of Love"]] by the Gospellers.