Line #48 WesternAnimation/Smallfoot


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smallfoot.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} Not every legend is a tall tale.]]'']]
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4	->'''Stonekeeper:''' Disobeying the stones is a grave offense. From this day forward, you will be banished from the village. Until you are ready to stand before us all and tell us the truth. \
5	'''Migo:''' I am...telling the truth.
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7	''Smallfoot'' is a CGI 3D animated musical-comedy adventure film from Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/SonyPicturesImageworks, based on the unpublished children’s book ''Yeti Tracks'' by Sergio Pablos. It was directed by Karey Kirkpatrick and Jason Reisig and features an AllStarCast consisting of Creator/ChanningTatum, Creator/JamesCorden, Creator/{{Zendaya}}, Music/{{Common}}, UsefulNotes/LeBronJames, Creator/DannyDeVito, Creator/GinaRodriguez, Creator/YaraShahidi, Creator/ElyHenry, and Creator/JimmyTatro.
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9	''Smallfoot'''s protagonist is Migo (Tatum), a young teenage male Himalayan Yeti who lives in a small village hidden behind an endless sea of clouds high up in the Himalayan mountains, on Mount Everest. He lives among his people, they tell each other stories about mythical small monsters from the lands down below, creatures they simply know only as "Smallfoot". Until one day that will possibly change his entire life for the better, when he encounters one and finally discovers that Smallfeet are real...
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11	It was released in theatres worldwide on September 28, 2018.
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13	Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r9GPgvN8As Teaser]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34cHO5_LX9g Trailer 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGFJHElc5VU Trailer 2]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBw6EvIxIS8 Trailer 3]].
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15	!!''Smallfoot'' provides examples of:
16	* ActorIsTheTitleCharacter: The movie was advertised this way. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx5YqFKjTCY Zendaya is Meechee]].
17	* AlliterativeTitle: In UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}}, the title was translated as "Pé[[note]]Foot[[/note]] Pequeno[[note]]Small[[/note]]".
18	* AnimalTalk: The yetis' language sounds like low growling to humans, while human speech sounds like high-pitched gibberish to yetis. At one point, Migo is holding a conversation with a female Himalayan black bear, which to Percy sounds like the two roaring at each other. Oddly for this trope bears don't talk.
19	* AnimatedMusical: The movie features several songs sung by the beloved characters.
20	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Migo defends Percy by saying that he [[spoiler: isn't like the humans in the past who nearly wiped out the yetis’ ancestors. That's when the Stonekeeper asks if Percy treated Migo with open arms when they first met. A flashback of Percy treating Migo with fear and panic (he acted the same way the Smallfoot did to the Yetis’ ancestors in the past) wordlessly answers his question, in total shock.]]
21	-->[[spoiler:'''Stonekeeper:''' You think knowledge is power, Migo? Question is, what are you gonna do with that power?]]
22	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[spoiler: Percy gets arrested for disturbing the peace, destruction of public property, internet fraud, discharging fireworks within the city limits, loitering and then for "looking weird"]].
23	* BaitAndSwitchComment: Positive example;
24	-->'''Stonekeeper:''' Migo, you will never be the gong-ringer.\
25	'''Migo:''' Wait, what?\
26	'''Stonekeeper:''' ...If you don't practice.
27	* BearsAreBadNews: Played with. While trapped in a cave with Migo, Percy encounters a gigantic and aggressive bear. We later see from Migo's POV that the bear is just pissed about her family being woken.
28	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Percy goes back for Migo when the latter is helplessly stuck in a BearTrap because the yeti in question protected Percy from a bear. He even wraps up Migo's wounded big toe with duct tape.
29	* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The stars of the film are Himalayan Yetis, envisioned here as tall, shaggy, ape-like hominids/humans with bodies and faces completely covered in fur and small to medium sized horns on their heads. Himalayan Yetis are a “type of Bigfoot” found in Asia.
30	* BioluminescenceIsCool: The yetis use large glowing snails as illumination. They even think the sun is one.
31	* BrickJoke:
32	** When Migo and Percy first meet, Percy eventually accidentally knocks himself out with the tranquilizer dart and Migo tries to revive him only to accidentally knock out his tooth. It isn't until TheStinger that Percy notices he's missing a tooth while filming his show.
33	** [[spoiler:When Gwangi and Kolka drop down the mountain to help Migo find Meechee, Migo asks what happened to Fleem. Cut to Fleem weighing all the pros and cons of going. It's only when the other yetis are on their way back up the mountain that Fleem finally drops down asking what did he miss out on.]]
34	* CerebusCallback: During their initial meeting, Percy tries to fend himself from Migo by throwing a ski pole at him like a spear (it's [[NoSell ineffective]]), unsuccessfully wrestles with Migo's face, and aims a tranquilizer gun at him (only to accidentally shoot himself). Through Migo's eyes, this is all just the Smallfoot playing around, and appropriately so, it's PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler:Later, during "Let it Lie", he has [[PlayedForDrama a flashback to all of Percy's shenanigans]] and is chilled to realize he was acting just like the Smallfoot humans who attacked the ancestor yetis in the past (spearing, strangling, shooting).]]
35	* CharacterDevelopment: Percy goes from a selfish arrogant and fame-hungry person to a selfless person with reignited integrity over the course of the movie.
36	* ChekhovsGun:
37	** The Stonekeeper says the stones are here to protect the village and to keep them safe. [[spoiler:Later on in the movie near the ending, he ends up throwing the entire stone robe at the Smallfoot humans who are chasing his people.]]
38	** The Cargo Plane that nearly crashes into Migo at the beginning of the movie is used again later on. [[spoiler:After Migo discovers land for the first time, the wrecked plane is accidentally used as a transportation device for Migo to travel faster to the Smallfoot village.]]
39	** The tranquilizer gun that Percy tries to shoot at Migo during their first encounter, instead of tranquilizing the Yeti it tranquilizes Percy, well it’s [[spoiler:used again near the ending of the movie to tranquilize Migo the Yeti, and thankfully that time Percy didn’t get tranquilized by it again.]]
40	** The yeti costume that Percy bought from a store near the beginning of the movie [[spoiler:is used by Percy near the ending of the movie to lure the cops away from Migo to save Migo’s life and to protect him from the violent Smallfoot humans]].
41	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Migo has had a huge crush on Meechee since they were young kids, but has always been too shy and scared to say anything to her. [[spoiler:He finally gets the courage to tell her how he feels for her, and to his delight, she feels the same way.]]
42	* ClapperGag: The Yetis use giant bioluminescent snails as lighting, which they activate by clapping their hands to wake them up.
43	* CloseOnTitle: Just like the previous animated movies released from Warner Animation Group, this movie's title card appears right before the credits.
44	* CrushBlush: Migo blushes when Meechee congratulates him for getting his very first gong ringer helmet at the beginning of the movie. Later, when Migo is about to be lowered down the mountain below the clouds on a rope strapped to a harness, Meechee makes him feel better by saying, ‘You’re gonna to do great.” Then Migo blushes again and asks her, ‘Yeah? You really think so?’
45	** [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] with Percy towards Brenda, as shown during "Percy's Pressure", where Percy can be seen lightly blushing when he makes eye contact with Brenda during his performance.
46	* CueTheSun: The Yetis believe that ringing a gong awakes the great glowing snail that crawls across the sky, which is what they believe the sun to be. [[spoiler:Dorgle missing the gong one morning and seeing the sun rise regardless sends him into an existential crisis.]]
47	* ADogNamedDog: Migo is another word for the Abominable Snowman.
48	* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The majority of the film takes place in four days and three nights.
49	* FaeriesDontBelieveInHumansEither: These yetis don't believe that what they call a "smallfoot" actually exists -- until one literally shows up.
50	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Fleem. It's implied he's only with the S.E.S. because no-one else is willing to put up with him (and even they seem to just barely tolerate him).
51	-->'''Gwangi:''' Yeah, Fleem sucks.
52	-->'''Kolka:''' Fleem’s pathetic.
53	* FunWithAcronyms: The S.E.S., which stands for '''S'''mallfoot '''E'''videntiary '''S'''ociety (or as Fleem prefers, '''S'''mallfoot '''E'''xists, '''S'''uckas!).
54	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: [[SummonBackupDancers The backup dancers]] during Percy's song.
55	* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: The Stonekeeper believes that all humans are selfish savages, as [[spoiler:he shows Migo wall carvings of them attacking the yetis’ ancestors in the past during "Let it Lie". Subverted later when Meechee sees human paintings in a Yeti Museum in the Smallfoot city, depicting the ''Yeti'' as monsters and realizes the mutual misunderstanding that both species imply about each other]].
56	* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: Fleem says when Migo is being lowered down below the clouds.
57	-->'''Fleem:''' Migo! If you die, can I have all your worldly possessions?\
58	'''Gwangi, Meechee, and Kolka:''' FLEEM!\
59	'''Fleem:''' Right, sorry. ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint When]]'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint you die.]]
60	* IgnoranceIsBliss: [[spoiler: The Stonekeeper truly knows that smallfeet exist, but intentionally kept everyone in the dark about it because he wants to protect them so that they won’t die off and become extinct from the Smallfeet. It even gets lampshaded later on when Migo says everything was better when he didn't know about the existence of smallfeet]].
61	* ImpactSilhouette: Whenever the characters fall from a great height, they leave a perfect impression in the snow. Gwangi, however, hits the ground so hard he leaves a huge snow crater.
62	* TheInternetIsForCats: Percy's nature show is suffering because people prefer videos of hogs twerking, squirrels riding water skis or monkeys riding on the backs of dogs.
63	* {{Irony}}: Percy lampshades how ironic it is that the tranquilizer dart he intended for Migo ends up hitting himself instead.
64	** Meechee, the daughter of the Stonekeeper who so claims there are no smallfoot (or a world below the clouds), is head of S.E.S. who strive to prove the smallfoot exist.
65	* LiteralMetaphor: The Yeti village's laws are set in stone. They're literally written on stone tablets.
66	* TheLoad: Fleem. He never really contributes to the S.E.S.'s efforts, more often than not complicating matters much more worse instead.
67	* LivingDinosaurs: In a sense - the Yeti village has a population of surviving woolly mammoths, which due to the Yetis' size compared to them, [[HorseOfADifferentColor are ridden like horses.]]
68	* MamaBear: A literal one shows up when Percy wanders into her cave and unintentionally wakes her up in the process, only for Migo to show up and calm the bear down.
69	* MeaningfulName: Migo's name sounds like a shortened version of the spanish word "Amigo", which means "[[NiceGuy Friend]]". And that’s what Migo is, he’s man’s best friend.
70	** It's also [[ADogNamedDog another word]] for the Abominable Snowman.
71	* MissingMom: Implied. Dorgle mentions Migo's mom near the beginning of the film, but all we ever see of her is a picture.
72	* MistakenForAnImposter: Percy wants his producer/co-worker Brenda to dress in a yeti costume so he could film her chasing and attacking him as a way to boost his show's ratings. When Brenda soon abandons him with the costume, Percy goes after her... only to accidentally run into Migo. Thinking Migo is Brenda in the yeti costume at first, he plays along until he sees the real Brenda driving away on a snow mobile and soon mistakenly realizes he's facing a real breathing yeti.
73	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Stonekeeper has this reaction when [[spoiler:Meechee decides to take Percy back to his home town on her own after having Migo lie to the whole village]].
74	** Earlier, [[spoiler: Migo has this reaction after lying to the whole village that Percy was, in fact, a rare type of yak, and calling Gwangi straight up crazy for thinking the stones are all wrong and that there’s a machine down in the mountains that Stonekeeper is hiding, therefore costing him his friendship with the S.E.S members]].
75	* NoAntagonist: The closest thing the film has to a villain is [[spoiler:the Stonekeeper, a WellIntentionedExtremist who is only looking to keep his people safe from the dangerous Smallfeet, and by the end of the film has a HeelRealization. The policemen going after the yetis in the climax are also just doing what they were trained to do, protect the Smallfoot civilians from what appears to them to be a threat]].
76	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Percy seems to be a parody of the late Steve Irwin.
77	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: Percy shoots Migo with a tranquilizer gun in order to save him. And then he puts on the yeti costume. This causes him to lose his fame and to get arrested]].
78	* TheNoseless: All the yetis are designed with no visible noses. Their noses are probably hidden under their fur below their eyes. [[FridgeBrilliance This makes sense, evolution-wise, given the dry, thin air, and it mitigates the risk the cold clime poses to a prominent proboscis--less chance of losing one's nose to severe frostbite.]]
79	* OpeningNarration
80	* PaintingTheFrostOnWindows: Subverted. The yetis believe ringing the village gong is what causes the sun to rise every morning. [[spoiler:Dorgle (who had that job for years) is stunned to realize when he fails to ring the gong one morning, yet sees the sun rise anyway.]]
81	* PrecisionFStrike: Fleem says "a bunch of crap" near the beginning of the film. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], but this is the first time something mildly vulgar, is heard in a Warner Animation Group production.
82	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Implied InUniverse. Percy's You Telly (a BlandNameProduct version of Website/YouTube) show is on the brink of cancellation due to people preferring to watch twerking hogs over him. Later on in the movie, Brenda reveals that she uploaded his video of Migo when he was trapped with the yeti in the bear cave online and that his video went totally viral and he has gotten a lot of voicemails. One of them is Gayle at the Network telling him that if he can get that yeti alive, then he and his show is saved.
83	* ShipTease: There's a bit of this between Percy and Brenda to an extent.
84	* ShooOutTheClowns: Fleem is absent for most of the third act.
85	* ShooTheDog: [[spoiler:To save Migo from the authorities, Percy shoots him with a tranquilizer dart, then puts on the yeti costume and gets himself captured. Even under the influence of the tranquilizer, Migo intuits that Percy shot him to save his life.]]
86	* ShoutOut:
87	** According to yeti lore, the mountain they live on is an island held up by giant mountain mammoths. [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Sound familiar?]]
88	** As the yetis run through the human city, Gwangi keeps knocking out street lamps, which when viewed from above, makes it look like a game of ''VideoGame/PacMan''.
89	** The game that Meechee learns how to play in her room while learning how to speak to the Smallfoot, resembles ''VideoGame/CandyCrushSaga''.
90	** Percy sings a parody of Music/{{Queen}}'s "Under Pressure" in the Yak Shack during Karaoke Night right before meeting Migo the Yeti.
91	** Migo’s song at the beginning, “Perfection”, is very similar in beat and tone to the song that Emmett the construction worker sings “Everything is Awesome” on his way to work in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''. What’s also hilarious is that the two movies are made by the same company, Warner Animation Group. Migo is also supposed to literally be a hairy/furry extension of Emmett as well.
92	** The biggest shout out in Smallfoot is to Franchise/LooneyTunes. “You're able to do some Road Runner-type of feel,” said Reisig. “There's a sequence where Migo's falling down the mountain and rolling in a snowball and landing on a bridge and falling into cliffs and creating character-shaped holes. There are so many homages to Looney Tunes, down to the shape of their eyes. It's very unusual to have characters with long oval eyes. That's very WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, and the whole Warner Brothers character library.”
93	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: After spending some time in the yeti village in one day, Percy starts suffering from high altitude sickness due to lack of oxygen on such a high peak.
94	* TakeThat: Against variable interest rate mortgages, Percy doesn't quite understand what that means either.
95	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Female yetis have thicker fur around their legs, suggesting that they may or may not be wearing skirts.
96	* TranslationConvention: Neither humans nor yetis understand what the other is saying, only hearing low growling and high-pitched gibberish from each other respectively.
97	* TheUnfavorite: Implied to be the case with Thorp.
98	-->'''Thorp:''' (''to Migo'') Hey, Migo! My dad wants to see you, which must be nice for you ‘cause he never wants to see me. Why did I shout that out? That’s so embarrassing.
99	* TheUnmasquedWorld: [[spoiler:The film ends with the Yetis revealing themselves to the humans finally and the two species soon become best friends.]]
100	* UseYourHead: Migo's dad Dorgle has the job of sounding the gong that, according to yeti lore, makes the sun rise every morning. He does so by hurling himself with a sling shot and hitting it with his head. Years of doing it has flattened his head and shortened his stature, but he believes it's the only way to ring a gong (he dismisses a former family member gong ringer who suggested using a mallet).
101	* VillainSong: Or more like AntiVillain Song: "Let it Lie"
102	* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Stonekeeper [[spoiler:deceives the Yetis and maintains a huge machine to keep the cloud cover (really steam) around the mountains, and much of their daily routine is dedicated to unwittingly fueling it, but he only does it to protect them, due to believing HumansAreTheRealMonsters]].
103	* WhamLine: During "Let it Lie":
104	-->'''Migo:''' Wait, we're below the clouds.\
105	'''Stonekeeper:''' Or so it would seem. Look closer...\
106	'''Migo:''' [[spoiler:...Those aren't clouds, that's ''steam!'']]
107	* WhatYouAreInTheDark:
108	** In the climax, [[spoiler:Percy tells Migo “I hope you understand why I have to do this.” and tranquilizes the yeti. At first, it appears he's going to capture Migo... and he very well could've, but that's not in his intention. Instead, he uses the opportunity to keep Migo out of harm while he distracts the chase party]].
109	** Even before that, Percy had a chance to run away and leave Migo stuck in the bear trap, and no one would be the wiser. But after having a short battle with his own conscience, he decides the more honorable path would be to repay Migo for saving him from the bear.
110	* WhiteAndGreyMorality: The closest thing this movie has to a villain is the Stonekeeper, and even then, his actions are born from a ([[WellIntentionedExtremist however misguided]])desire to protect his village.
111	* YouHaveToBelieveMe:
112	** Migo is exiled for claiming to have seen a Smallfoot. He sets out to find proof of them to prove he's not lying.
113	** The pilot Migo scared goes around town yelling at people that he saw a yeti. Percy doesn't believe him, but it does give him the idea to fake an encounter with a yeti.
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115	->''[[Music/NiallHoran ♫ When you're right here beside me\
116	There's nothing else I need\
117	Your eyes keep me reminded\
118	That nothing's out of reach\
119	When you're with me\
120	It feels like I'm finally free... ♫]]''

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