History WesternAnimation / TitanAE

** That [[SmallAnnoyingCreature cockroach chef]], who insults Cale and calls humans "unsanitary". When the Drej attack the cafeteria, he seems to care more for the safety of himself and his food than Cale and Korso. Also, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking his voice is annoying.]] Is it really that tragic when the Drej shoot and splatter him over the wall?

* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Not the first to be featured in a Bluth film, but certainly the first to be (mercifully) ''killed''!

%%* BigBad: The Drej Queen.

** Similarly, the *Phoenix* has a design clearly taken from the French SNECMA *Coleoptere,* a prototype VTOL tested in the late 1950s.

* ForceFieldDoor: Cale is thrown into one of these energy jails by the [[AliensAreBastards Drej]]. Seemingly inescapable, his only hope is to [[spoiler:touch the walls, using his fingers force himself out of the cell]].

* BigBad: The Drej Queen.

* YouWouldntShootMe: [[After killing Preed, Korso]] tells Cale this at gun point. The latter still gives a warning shot.

''Titan A.E.'' received mixed reviews from critics and was also a commercial disaster, leading to the closure of Fox Animation Studios, and proved to be the final nail in the coffin for [[CreatorKiller Bluth's already floundering career]], forcing him into retirement until 2015. In a case of DuelingMovies, the superficially similar ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'' released a couple of years later also flopped badly, taking [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation funding]] for traditional WesternAnimation along with it. A variety of explanations for the film's failure have been suggested:
* [[invoked]]Its [[DevelopmentHell development was protracted]], with Bluth being the second director to have worked on it. The race to release before ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'' certainly didn't help.

%% * AbsentMindedProfessor: Gune.

%%* AnimeHair: Akima definitely, and Cale to a lesser extent.
%%* AntiHero: Korso.

%%* ApocalypseWow: The film's ActionPrologue.

%% * BigSleep: See DisneyDeath.

%%* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Preed.]]

%%* StabTheScorpion:
%%-->'''Cale:''' You're never gonna have a better shot, Korso.\\
%%'''Korso:''' No. I won't.

%% * TechnoWizard: Cale.

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: There's a rather jarring contrast between the computer-generated and traditional hand animation. Though this may be intentional in order to drive home how alien the Drej are.

* AnimeHair: Akima definitely, and Cale to a lesser extent.
* AntiHero: Korso.

* ApocalypseWow: The film's ActionPrologue.

* ConspicuousCG: There's a rather jarring contrast between the computer-generated and traditional hand animation. Though this may be intentional in order to drive home how alien the Drej are.

** [[spoiler:Preed]] has the same problem. He [[spoiler:betrays Korso and holds him, Cale and Akima at gunpoint]], stating that if he [[spoiler:kills the three]], the Drej will spare his own life. Akima tries to reason with him, stating that the Drej are highly unlikely to hold up their end of the bargain, but [[spoiler:Preed]] has already gone into too much of a murderous frenzy to listen.

* IntelligentGerbils: Most of the alien designs are like this, so they rather come off as typical children's cartoon {{talking animal}}s, until they start shooting people, getting their necks broken, and so on. It's all part of the film's UncertainAudience problem.

The movie eventually managed to find an audience, and has become something of a CultClassic. It is worth watching for its [[SceneryPorn impressive visuals]], cheerful willingness to [[TropesAreNotBad embrace]] and [[BetterThanABareBulb lampshade]] sci-fi tropes, and the wittier parts of the script.

-->'''[[spoiler:Cook]]:''' [[spoiler:No no! Down there! He went down there! Down-- [BAM!] Ohh... Bulls-eye...]]

'''Cale:''' Coward! You know the odds of a ship docking are a thousand to one!\\
''[cue the ''[[CoolStarship Valkyrie]]'']''\\
'''Cale:''' And that would be the one...

* CrashIntoHello: Subverted when Cale and Stith collide in the corridor outside the medical bay. Their first encounter has all the elements of a MeetCute with none of the romantic undertones, coming closer to HateAtFirstSight thanks to Cale's abrasiveness and Stith's sour mood.
-->'''Cale:''' You wanna watch who you're stepping on!
-->'''Stith:''' Or you'll '''what?'''

* PettingZooPeople: Most of the alien designs are like this, so they rather come off as typical children's cartoon {{talking animal}}s, until they start shooting people, getting their necks broken, and so on. It's all part of the film's UncertainAudience problem.

* AssholeVictim