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3''Boundin''' is a 2003 animated short film (five minutes) by Creator/{{Pixar}}, one of the WesternAnimation/PixarShorts. It was written and directed by Bud Luckey.
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5A sheep lives on a sheep ranch somewhere in the American West. He loves to dance, and his graceful dancing makes him popular with all the other animals. Unfortunately, one day the young sheep is taken away and shorn of all his wool. The young sheep, who is laughed at by all the other animals, loses his confidence and can no longer dance. That is, until a friendly {{jackalope}} gives the sheep a pep talk.
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7''Boundin''' received a December 2003 screening to qualify it for the Oscars, and it properly debuted in November 2004, when it played in theaters in front of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''. Bud Luckey, who made this short, provided the voice of Rick Dicker the relocation guy in ''The Incredibles''.
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10!!Provides examples of:
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12* BlitheSpirit: The jackalope arrives on the ranch to teach the sheep to be happy and dance again.
13* DisapprovingLook: When the moles laugh at the sheep's nakedness, the jackalope gives them stink eye to make them shut up.
14* DudeNotFunny: The jackalope stands up for the sheep against his insensitive friends who laugh at his predicament.
15* EmpathicEnvironment: It's dark and rainy when the humans shear the lamb, but it becomes sunny again when the jackalope shows up.
16* FearsomeCrittersOfAmericanFolklore: One of the main characters of the short is the most iconic of these critters, a jackalope.
17* GentleGiant: The jackalope is far larger than the sheep, and is very nice and friendly.
18* GrayRainOfDepression: The formerly sunny scene turns instantly to black clouds and pouring rain as the rancher's hand enters the screen and snatches the sheep. The rain continues to pour as the newly and completely shorn sheep is tossed back onto its rock, and glumly contemplates its new reflection in a puddle of water. Then a literal beam of light from the sun heralds the arrival of the jackalope.
19* NamelessNarrative: We just get species names.
20* {{Narrator}}: Bud Luckey narrates the story. This is a rare example of a Pixar theatrical short that averts SilenceIsGolden and/or MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon; ''Lava'' is another.
21* NiceGuy: The jackalope, when seeing a poor sheep crying, stops and gives him a pep talk out of pure kindness.
22* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: The jackalope, having helped the little sheep, goes bounding away, as the moles follow.
23* RhymesOnADime: The whole story is narrated as a rhyming poem.
24* TimeSkip: A time skip cuts from the newly confident sheep, bounding away in the summer sun, to winter and the sheep still bounding, having grown a new wool coat in the interim.
25* VisualPun: When the lamb begins bounding, the other animals bob up and down and calliope music is heard, making it resemble a merry-go-round.
26* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: The jackalope helps the sheep restore his faith in himself.
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