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2 | [[caption-width-right:220:"Arthur, you're almost as bad as Simon!" "It runs in the programming"]] |
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4 | ''Thru the Moebius Strip'' is a 3D animated film made in Shenzhen, China, and produced in Hong Kong. The story involves an inventor named Simon Weir, who invents a device that enables him to teleport to anywhere in the universe. Upon traveling to a distant planet, he is captured by a race of giant aliens. Seven years later, his son, Jac, refuses to believe that Simon has died. He locates the teleportation device and embarks on a journey to rescue his father. Along the way, he is caught in the middle of a civil war. |
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6 | The film was first shown to the public at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, where it was praised for its animation. |
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8 | !!''Thru the Moebius Strip'' contains examples of: |
9 | * AliensSpeakingEnglish: The Raphiccans have no trouble communicating with the humans. |
10 | * BigBad: Tor. |
11 | * {{Bookends}}: The film starts with Simon being captured by a giant alien, and ends with [[spoiler: Tor being captured by an alien even larger than him]]. |
12 | * ChaseScene: When Caroline and Jac are fleeing from the police cruisers while en route to Dr. Droids. |
13 | * TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Prince Ragis]] is prophesized to be this. |
14 | * TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: The old king's death is claimed to be as a result of him being gored by a wild espar, while in reality it was due to [[spoiler: Tor stabbing him]]. Ragis realizes that this is a coverup when it is pointed out that the body only had one puncture wound, while an attack by the beast would have left two. |
15 | * ElaborateUndergroundBase: Where Simon Weir conducted his experiments with the teleporter. |
16 | * FoodFight: Jac starts one during Tor's speech. |
17 | * {{Hellgate}}: The teleporter on Raphicca is this on two separate occasions. |
18 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tor shatters one of the crystals powering the portal, causing it to malfunction and send him to a desert planet inhabited by creatures much larger than him. |
19 | * IWillFindYou: Jac spent seven years trying to find out what happened to his father, and eventually heads for the planet Raphicca to do so. |
20 | * NoBiochemicalBarriers: The atmosphere of Raphicca is suitable for humans, and Simon lived there for seven years, so he had to have been given food and water during this time. |
21 | * OneDimensionalThinking: When an object falls through the portal at the beginning, Arthur tries to run away from it in a straight line and gets crushed. |
22 | * PowerCrystal: High Priestess Shepway and her apprentice Allana use crystals to fuel their magic and to power the portal on the Raphiccan side. |
23 | * RobotBuddy: Arthur to Simon. |
24 | * RoboticReveal: The one who runs the Dr. Droids shop reveals himself as a very human-looking robot upon meeting the Weirs. |
25 | * SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: Tor]] became the king by doing this. |
26 | * SlowClap: After Tor reveals that he has rebuilt the Raphiccan army, his advisor rises and starts clapping, followed by the rest of the audience. |
27 | * {{Technobabble}}: The explanation of how the portal works. |
28 | * TeleportationMisfire: Tor accidentally shattering one of the power crystals causes this. |
29 | * WeaponizedTeleportation: Tor first attempts to use the portal to conquer other planets, and then tries to use it to allow a more powerful army to invade and destroy Raphicca after he is defeated. |
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