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* {{Adorkable}}: Mei is a sweet little goat who's just so darn dorky and clumsy that he steals the spotlight from Gabu most of the time.
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** The film and the original book have a very dedicated fanbase in the LGBTQ community. This is especially true in the west, where they gained a cult following in the gay community. Most of the backlash toward Mei's gender flip in [[Anime/OneStormyNightSecretFriends the CGI series]] comes from gay fans due to UnfortunateImplications with Mei and Gabu's interactions and relationship in the animated series compared to the film.

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** The film and the original book have a very dedicated fanbase in the LGBTQ community. This is especially true in the west, where they gained a cult following in the gay community. Most of the backlash toward Mei's gender flip in [[Anime/OneStormyNightSecretFriends the CGI series]] comes from gay fans due to UnfortunateImplications with Mei and Gabu's interactions and relationship in the animated series compared to the film.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: It is a movie about the arguably homosexual romance between two very close male friends of wildly different species, and the opening scene features a wolf violently and bloodily getting his ear torn off by a MamaGoat. To say nothing of prey-friend Mei begging carnivore-friend Gabu to eat him near the end. However, it's still a kid's movie — and a fairly gentle-hearted one at that.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: It is a movie about the arguably homosexual romance between two very close male friends of wildly different species, and the opening scene features a wolf violently and bloodily getting his ear torn off by a MamaGoat.mama goat. To say nothing of prey-friend Mei begging carnivore-friend Gabu to eat him near the end. However, it's still a kid's movie — and a fairly gentle-hearted one at that.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: It is a movie about the arguably homosexual romance between two very close male friends of wildly different species, and the opening scene features a wolf violently and bloodily getting his ear torn off by a MamaGoat. To say nothing of prey-friend Mei begging carnivore-friend Gabu to eat him near the end. However, it's still a kid's movie — and a fairly gentle-hearted one at that.

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* {{Narm}}: When Mei tries to [[spoiler:make an amnesiac Gabu remember him at the end, it's hard not to laugh at his first choice of words being "We went on picnics together."]]


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* {{Narm}}: When Mei tries to [[spoiler:make an amnesiac Gabu remember him at the end, it's hard not to laugh at his first choice of words being "We went on picnics together."]]
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** The film and the original book have a very dedicated fanbase in the LGBT community. This is especially true in the west, where they gained a cult following in the gay community. Most of the backlash toward Mei's gender flip in [[Anime/OneStormyNightSecretFriends the CGI series]] comes from gay fans due to UnfortunateImplications with Mei and Gabu's interactions and relationship in the animated series compared to the film.

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** The film and the original book have a very dedicated fanbase in the LGBT LGBTQ community. This is especially true in the west, where they gained a cult following in the gay community. Most of the backlash toward Mei's gender flip in [[Anime/OneStormyNightSecretFriends the CGI series]] comes from gay fans due to UnfortunateImplications with Mei and Gabu's interactions and relationship in the animated series compared to the film.



* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film has gained a cult following with the LGBT community in western countries, especially in the US. While the fanbase is small, the film gained very positive reactions and reviews with the gay community in the western anime community. Some really admired how charming the relationship between Mei and Gabu was in the film, along with the fact that ''One Stormy Night'' is as close as an animated children's film can get to having a positive depiction of a gay relationship between two male protagonists.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film has gained a cult following with the LGBT LGBTQ community in western countries, especially in the US. While the fanbase is small, the film gained very positive reactions and reviews with the gay community in the western anime community. Some really admired how charming the relationship between Mei and Gabu was in the film, along with the fact that ''One Stormy Night'' is as close as an animated children's film can get to having a positive depiction of a gay relationship between two male protagonists.



* PeripheryDemographic: While the book and film were aimed at a family audience, the 2005 film gained a bigger following with teens and young adults in the west, mainly with the furry fandom, anime community, and especially the LGBT community.

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* PeripheryDemographic: While the book and film were aimed at a family audience, the 2005 film gained a bigger following with teens and young adults in the west, mainly with the furry fandom, anime community, and especially the LGBT LGBTQ community.
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* FridgeBrilliance: The climax of the film shares a lot of similarities to the DownerBeginning. In both scenes, [[spoiler:Mei's mother and Gabu is fighting an entire wolf pack to protect Mei, they ''both fight Giro'', Gabu at one point lands in the exact same position Mei's mother did after being wounded, and the fight ends with her and Gabu dying or appearing to die.]]

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* FridgeBrilliance: The climax of the film shares a lot of similarities to the DownerBeginning. In both scenes, [[spoiler:Mei's mother and Gabu is are fighting an entire wolf pack to protect Mei, they ''both fight Giro'', Gabu at one point lands in the exact same position Mei's mother did after being wounded, and the fight ends with her and Gabu dying or appearing to die.]]
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** Was Gabu staring at Mei's rear because he was hungry or... It doesn't hep that WordOfGod was that that scene was an intentional allusion to the Creator/MarilynMonroe walk.

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** Was Gabu staring at Mei's rear because he was hungry or... It doesn't hep help that WordOfGod was that that scene was an intentional allusion to the Creator/MarilynMonroe walk.
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** The film and the original book have a very dedicated fanbase in the LGBT community. This is especially true in the west, where they gained a cult following in the gay community. Most of the backlash toward Mei's gender flip in the CGI series comes from gay fans due to UnfortunateImplications with Mei and Gabu's interactions and relationship in the animated series compared to the film.

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** The film and the original book have a very dedicated fanbase in the LGBT community. This is especially true in the west, where they gained a cult following in the gay community. Most of the backlash toward Mei's gender flip in [[Anime/OneStormyNightSecretFriends the CGI series series]] comes from gay fans due to UnfortunateImplications with Mei and Gabu's interactions and relationship in the animated series compared to the film.

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* AnimationAgeGhetto: Subverted! This is supposed to be a kids movie and yet it was popular enough among older anime fans to get an unofficial English dub. The English dub exists on Website/YouTube ''with the permission of the original producers'' largely because [[NoExportForYou they have no intention of ever localizing it in English]].



* OutOfTheGhetto: This is supposed to be a kid's movie and yet it was popular enough among older anime fans to get an unofficial English dub. The English dub exists on Website/YouTube ''with the permission of the original producers'' largely because [[NoExportForYou they have no intention of ever localizing it in English]].



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** On Tumblr, the film is referred as "gay goat anime".
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** The film and the original book have a very dedicated fanbase in the LGBT community. This is especially true in the west, where they gained a cult following in the gay community. Most of the backlash toward Mei's gender flip in the CGI series comes from gay fans due to unfortunate implications with Mei and Gabu's interactions and relationship in the animated series compared to the film.

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** The film and the original book have a very dedicated fanbase in the LGBT community. This is especially true in the west, where they gained a cult following in the gay community. Most of the backlash toward Mei's gender flip in the CGI series comes from gay fans due to unfortunate implications UnfortunateImplications with Mei and Gabu's interactions and relationship in the animated series compared to the film.
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** Gabu and Mei: ForbiddenFriendship or starcrossed lovers? Have at it.

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** Gabu and Mei: ForbiddenFriendship or starcrossed forbidden lovers? Have at it.



* RainbowLens: A [[MasculineFeminineSameGenderCouple burly male wolf and cutesy male goat]] become close friends and run away to be together after escaping the stigma of their family's disdain towards their friendship.

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* RainbowLens: A [[MasculineFeminineSameGenderCouple [[MasculineFeminineGayCouple burly male wolf and cutesy male goat]] become close friends and run away to be together after escaping the stigma of their family's disdain towards their friendship.

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* AdaptationDisplacement: There was a book series originally but most of it has never been exported. The series was later adapted into a manga, movie, and an anime series.
* {{Fanon}}: Mei and Gabu are a couple.
* LGBTFanbase:
** Well, we've got an AmbiguouslyGay goat and wolf, an endearing story that could be interpreted as a love story, and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything two characters who just want to be together despite what both of their societies think of their relationship]].
** The film and the original book have a very dedicated fanbase in the LGBT community. This is especially true in the west, where they gained a cult following in the gay community. Most of the backlash toward Mei's gender flip in the CGI series comes from gay fans due to unfortunate implications with Mei and Gabu's interactions and relationship in the animated series compared to the film.



* AlternateCharacterInterpretation
** Gabu and Mei: ForbiddenFriendship or starcrossed lovers? Have at it.
** That Gabu [[spoiler:never got amnesia and was just trying to forget everything he and Mei experienced.]]
** Was Gabu staring at Mei's rear because he was hungry or... It doesn't hep that WordOfGod was that that scene was an intentional allusion to the Creator/MarilynMonroe walk.
* AnimationAgeGhetto: Subverted! This is supposed to be a kids movie and yet it was popular enough among older anime fans to get an unofficial English dub. The English dub exists on Website/YouTube ''with the permission of the original producers'' largely because [[NoExportForYou they have no intention of ever localizing it in English]].
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtVgMiD7nf4 'Our Parting Meal']], playing when Mei and Gabu [[spoiler:are trapped on the mountain and Mei asks Gabu to eat him.]] TearJerker warning.
--> '''Mei:''' [[spoiler:I’ve been thinking of something the whole time we’ve been in this blizzard. Life eventually ends. But that doesn’t mean that the fact that we met, or the time we spent together, will disappear. Right?]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxj_HB5NaUM "With My Life"]] deserves a mention too, particularly the part from 0:43 that plays when Gabu howls before [[spoiler:leaping off a cliff [[TookALevelInBadass to fight his pack.]]]]
* DesignatedVillain: While they don't seem like a very nice bunch in general, the wolves are still primarily portrayed as villains for doing what wolves do: eating meat to survive. Though they may have crossed the line when [[spoiler:they decided to chase after Gabu and Mei out of spite alone.]]
* FridgeBrilliance: The climax of the film shares a lot of similarities to the DownerBeginning. In both scenes, [[spoiler:Mei's mother and Gabu is fighting an entire wolf pack to protect Mei, they ''both fight Giro'', Gabu at one point lands in the exact same position Mei's mother did after being wounded, and the fight ends with her and Gabu dying or appearing to die.]]
* FridgeLogic: Where did Mei and Gabu's scarves during their second meeting come from?
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film has gained a cult following with the LGBT community in western countries, especially in the US. While the fanbase is small, the film gained very positive reactions and reviews with the gay community in the western anime community. Some really admired how charming the relationship between Mei and Gabu was in the film, along with the fact that ''One Stormy Night'' is as close as an animated children's film can get to having a positive depiction of a gay relationship between two male protagonists.
* {{Narm}}: When Mei tries to [[spoiler:make an amnesiac Gabu remember him at the end, it's hard not to laugh at his first choice of words being "We went on picnics together."]]
* MemeticMutation:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4OM3mT3NNA It's Mei!]]
** [[AccidentalInnuendo Mei's butt sequence]] is a meme in itself, more precisely the scene where we're forced to watch Gabu drool over it.
* {{Moe}}: Mei and Gabu, though its hard to tell which one is the better example...



* RainbowLens: A [[MasculineFeminineSameGenderCouple burly male wolf and cutesy male goat]] become close friends and run away to be together after escaping the stigma of their family's disdain towards their friendship.

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* PeripheryDemographic: While the book and film were aimed at a family audience, the 2005 film gained a bigger following with teens and young adults in the west, mainly with the furry fandom, anime community, and especially the LGBT community.
* PopularWithFurries: The 2005 film in particular is popular due to its cute character designs and interesting plot involving InterspeciesFriendship. It helps that the main duo are AmbiguouslyGay.
* RainbowLens: A [[MasculineFeminineSameGenderCouple burly male wolf and cutesy male goat]] become close friends and run away to be together after escaping the stigma of their family's disdain towards their friendship.friendship.
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* ValuesDissonance: Controversy exists over the homoerotic overtones of the anime. WordOfGod confirmed that, in actuality, Mei was ''always'' intended to be a male character, but was written in the children's books as gender-ambiguous so that he'd appeal as much if he were female as if he were male. The film merely restored that gender specificity.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: That incredibly adorable, doe-eyed goat who sports a pink scarf and has a deep friendship with a male wolf is a ''boy''. It's especially noticeable due to his [[VocalDissonance masculine voice]].
* TheWoobie:
** Mei is just so ''gosh darn cute'' when he's being terrified.
** Poor, poor Mei and Gabu, they just never get a break. The movie even starts off with a TearJerker. Mei and his mother were attacked by Giro. Mei's mother fights the wolves off, managing to rip off Giro's ear and slash his left eye. Sadly, she was killed by the wolves since she was outnumbered. Mei, without looking back, continues to run, knowing his mother won't be coming back soon. He gets rejected by his society when they find out that he is friends with Gabu. They both run away from home and decide to climb a huge mountain. [[spoiler: When they cross the mountain, a huge blizzard incapacitates Mei and Gabu brings him into a cave. Mei is dying and he knows it too, because in order to save him from his suffering he tells Gabu to eat him so that he can survive the mountain for both of them. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids Such a cheerful, upbeat character, suddenly gives up hope and wants his best friend to end his misery?]] Even though, they both survive the mountain, Mei finds that Gabu got amnesia after getting caught in an avalanche and he only sees Mei as a delicious goat. The one true friend you finally made and had a great adventure with, suddenly wants to kill you, simply because he lost his memories of the times you've spent together that you said would last forever? Yup, Mei just hit major [[TheWoobie Woobie]] status. The look on his face too, was absolute shock and terror, and desperately crying and begging for Gabu to remember him didn't help matters either. It makes you want to give Mei a huge hug and tell him that you're proud that he [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned his Happy Ending with Gabu!]] ''Thank God'' that Gabu's amnesia was only temporary. [[FridgeHorror Or else...]]]]
** Gabu is definitely the biggest [[TheWoobie Woobie]]. When he was just a pup, his mother died, and his pack mates would [[KidsAreCruel tease him for his cowardice.]] [[note]]It's never told whether that flashback took place before or after Gabu's mother died. If that flashback happened after her death, that would explain Gabu's fearfulness since he was just a pup and without a mother, he probably felt lonely and unloved. Which makes that scene [[HarsherInHindsight a lot more]] [[TearJerker depressing.]][[/note]] [[FromBadToWorse It gets worse,]] when the pack finds out that he's been hanging out with a goat, they punish him by making him sleep in a hole for the night. Then, after Gabu and Mei run away from home, [[spoiler:his own {{Jerkass}} pack mates, who bullied him as a pup, are now trying to kill him. [[DarkestHour Even worse,]] when he and Mei are crossing the mountain, they get caught in a blizzard and take refuge in a cave Gabu dug up. They are both starving to the point where Mei looks like he won't make it. The only true friend Gabu has ever made and protected for so long, [[DespairEventHorizon suddenly gives up hope,]] and [[HeroicSacrifice offers himself as a simple meal]] to Gabu so he can survive. [[TearJerker Gabu completely breaks down weeping]], and when he leaves the burrow, he starts searching for grass to feed Mei, hinting that he'd rather ''starve to death'' than do it. After all that he's been through, it makes you want to give him a big hug and tell him that you're proud that he [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned his Happy Ending.]]]]
** For that record, Mei's grandmother. She lost her child to wolves and then experiences her grandchild befriending the same species that killed her daughter and then him running away with said species. Most likely, she believes Mei ended up killed as well.
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** Gabu deciding to fight his pack when realizing they won't stop chasing him and Mei. A decision he declares by letting out a loud howl, before leaping off a tall cliff and charging them head on. During the fight, the wolves are also given [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing eyes]] and ''teeth'' to make them look truly terrifying, ''Gabu'' included.
** The fact that despite the starvation, the exhaustion and the lethal cold while being chased by the furious wolves, Gabu and Mei finally manage to reach the emerald forest behind the giant mountain, only by themselves.
* RainbowLens: A [[MasculineFeminineSameGenderCouple burly male wolf and cutesy male goat]] become close friends and run away to be together after escaping the stigma of their family's disdain towards their friendship.

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