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* GreaterScopeVillain: Queen Ofeefa is the one giving Lord Nooth his orders, including the most plot-significant one that he'd ''better not lose'' the football match against the cavemen. [[spoiler:However, it's subverted when she actually appears in person and turns out to be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, taking the loss gracefully and complimenting the tribe on their victory.]]

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* GracefulLoser: The Team Captain of Real Bronzio. [[spoiler: After losing to Dug and his tribe, he is clearly devastated as this is his first ever loss, but after Dug offers him a sporting handshake over the ‘good game’ he responds in kind and congratulates Dug on his victory.]]

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* GracefulLoser: The Team Captain of Real Bronzio. [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After losing to Dug and his tribe, he is clearly devastated as this is his first ever loss, but after Dug offers him a sporting handshake over the ‘good game’ game’, he responds in kind and congratulates Dug on his victory.]]
* ImpliedDeathThreat: Not death per se but the Queen, through the message bird, warns Nooth to not screw up in the game against the cavemen by threatening to send him down the mines. Making the point even clearer is the message bird [[GroinAttack crushing a couple of walnuts in its hand.
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* ImpliedDeathThreat: Not death per se but the Queen, through the messenger bird, warns Nooth to not screw up in the game against the cavemen by threatening to send him down the mines. Making the point even clearer is the messenger bird [[GroinAttack crushes a couple of walnuts in its hand.]]



* NotInFrontOfTheParrot: The Queen's messenger bird repeats her "technical issues" before delivering the actual message, and then mistakes Nooth's referring to the Queen as a "silly old bat" for his response and flies off.

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* NotInFrontOfTheParrot: The Queen's messenger message bird repeats her "technical issues" before delivering the actual message, and then mistakes Nooth's referring to the Queen as a "silly old bat" for his response and flies off.



** A Giant Man-Eating Duck, which chases the tribe after one of them pisses it off. [[spoiler: They manage to tame it by the finale, and it becomes an invaluable ally.]]

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** A Giant Man-Eating Duck, which chases the tribe after one of them pisses it off. [[spoiler: They [[spoiler:They manage to tame it by the finale, and it becomes an invaluable ally.]]



* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: The Queen anticipates Nooth would try to talk back so she has the message bird grab Nooth by the nose and squeeze hard to get him to shut up and listen.

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* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: The Queen anticipates Nooth would try to talk back so she has the message bird grab Nooth by the nose necklace and squeeze hard to get him to shut up and listen.

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* PresentDayPast: The Bronze Age city has busy traffic, showers and a soccer stadium complete with checkered balls.


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* PurelyAestheticEra: The Bronze Age city has busy traffic, showers and a soccer stadium complete with checkered balls.

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* BigBad: Lord Nooth

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* BigBad: Lord NoothNooth.


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* {{Bookends}}: The film begins and ends with the characters going on a hunt, which involves a rabbit.
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* TitleDrop: When Dug wakes up Chief Bobnar, he complains it's too early, to which Dug responds, "But Chief, we're the ''early man''".

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* NeverTrustATitle: Although the film has a prehistoric setting, the "Man" in the title refers as much to the setting -- Manchester -- as it does with "mankind".


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* PunBasedTitle: Although the film has a prehistoric setting, the "Man" in the title refers as much to the setting -- Manchester -- as it does with "mankind". The foreign language titles ruin the pun title.

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%%* OneMillionBC: {{Downplayed|Trope}} example in Dug's tribe's valley.%%ZCE



* AnachronismStew: For RuleOfFunny reasons. The opening scene, said to be set in the "neo-pleistocene", features a classic OneMillionBC setting with cavemen and dinosaurs coexisting. The rest of the movie takes place "ages later", with a stone-age tribe coexisting with a bronze-age civilization that has domesticated mammoths, but also some modern spins (most importantly, ''football''). Not to mention that at some point the characters eat ''primordial soup''.

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* AnachronismStew: For RuleOfFunny reasons. The opening scene, said to be set in the "neo-pleistocene", features a classic OneMillionBC HollywoodPrehistory setting with cavemen and dinosaurs coexisting. The rest of the movie takes place "ages later", with a stone-age tribe coexisting with a bronze-age civilization that has domesticated mammoths, but also some modern spins (most importantly, ''football''). Not to mention that at some point the characters eat ''primordial soup''.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: A ''Ceratosaurus'' makes an appearance fighting a ''Triceratops'' in the opening. Also, the Bronze Age people domesticate muskoxen.
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Watch the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLTDY9yZDRM teaser]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRiPQ8YNrVs full trailer.]]

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Watch the '''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLTDY9yZDRM teaser]] and the Teaser]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggnigvymLlU US Teaser]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRiPQ8YNrVs full trailer.]]Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiNkCP7unTE US Trailer]]
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Hognob vocalizes like a dog rather than a pig, letting out barks and howls.

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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Hognob acts and vocalizes like a dog rather than a pig, such as letting out barks and howls.
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* ImpliedDeathThreat: Not death per senior the Queen, through the messenger bird, warns Nooth to not screw up in the game against the cavemen by threatening to send him down the mines. Making the point even clearer is the messenger bird [[GroinAttack crushes a couple of walnuts in its hand.]]

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* ImpliedDeathThreat: Not death per senior se but the Queen, through the messenger bird, warns Nooth to not screw up in the game against the cavemen by threatening to send him down the mines. Making the point even clearer is the messenger bird [[GroinAttack crushes a couple of walnuts in its hand.]]
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* ImpliedDeathThreat: Not death per senior the Queen, through the messenger bird, warns Nooth to not screw up in the game against the cavemen by threatening to send him down the mines. Making the point even clearer is the messenger bird [[GroinAttack crushes a couple of walnuts in its hand.]]
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->''"You’re pretty brave, caveman. And stupid. Actually, more stupid than brave really."''

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->''"You’re pretty brave, caveman. And stupid. Actually, more stupid than brave brave, really."''
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->''"You’re pretty brave, caveman. And stupid. Actually, more stupid than brave really."''
-->--'''Goona'''
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'''Stadium Audience:''' A CAVEMAN?\\

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'''Stadium Audience:''' A CAVEMAN?\\CAVEMAN?
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* OverlyLongGag: The scene where Dug falls down the stadium chairs goes on for at least 25 seconds. In a clever of LampshadeHanging that is [[ShowDontTell shown but not said]], Hognob at one point looks at his wrist as if checking a watch to see how long this gag is.

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* OverlyLongGag: The scene where Dug falls down the stadium chairs goes on for at least 25 seconds. In a clever use of LampshadeHanging that is [[ShowDontTell shown but not said]], Hognob at one point looks at his wrist as if checking a watch to see how long this gag is.
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* OverlyLongGag: The scene where Dug falls down the stadium chairs goes on for at least 25 seconds. In a clever of LampshadeHanging that is [[ShowDontTell shown but not said]], Hognob at one point looks at his wrist as if checking a watch to see how long this gag is.
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* BigBad: Lord Nooth

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