Line #23 Animation/ThruTheMoebiusStrip


1	[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/moebiuspromo_1.jpg]]
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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