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Woody Woodpecker (2017)

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  • Audience-Alienating Premise: The idea of a film centered around a cartoon character that is now virtually unknown (at least in the US, not so much in Latin America) due to the fading popularity of his cartoons didn't exactly appeal to many people. This wasn't helped by the trailers indicating that it would be a Cliché Storm like previous cartoon-to-live-action film adaptations.
  • Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: Woody's short rap about himself. It's there for no reason other than reviving the classic song from his starring debut "Everybody Thinks I'm Crazy".
  • Harsher in Hindsight: The premise is not so lighthearted when in the years afterwards the Amazon saw an increase of forest fires affecting local tribes and wildlife .
  • Memetic Psychopath: Due to his over-the-top antics and the film's inability to create a world where cartoony humour can work, this version of Woody receives this treatment.
  • Tainted by the Preview: The trailers for the film... weren't well-received, due to showing that the film would be a generic Human-Focused Adaptation like Alvin and the Chipmunks, such as including Toilet Humour.
  • Took the Bad Film Seriously: Timothy Omundson as Lance Walters. Ditto Eric Bauza, whose Woody is often considered one of the film's only redeeming qualities.

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