Rover Dangerfield

A 1991 animated feature film produced by Hyperion Pictures and released by Warner Bros, starring the voice talents of comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who also wrote and co-produced the film. It is about a street dog named Rover, who is owned by Connie, a Las Vegas showgirl. However, Rover gets dumped off Hoover Dam by Connie's boyfriend, Rocky; however, rather than drowning, Rover ends up on a farm.


 * Babies Ever After
 * Black Comedy Burst: The Turkey scene.
 * Casanova Wannabe: Rover.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Rover.
 * Dead Turkey Comedy: Averted. The turkey gets killed, but it ain't played for laughs.
 * Well, afterwards it isn't, but the goofy way Rover tries to revive said Turkey clearly was meant to.
 * Epic Fail: Rover fails so badly at sheep herding that when he turns his back on them to be with Daisy they've somehow gotten stuck up a tree.
 * Family-Unfriendly Death: Yes, children, the silly turkey dies, on camera, mouth agape, eyes wide in terror.
 * And broken neck swaying.
 * Fan Service: There's a shot of Rover's owner in a very skimpy Las Vegas showgirl uniform at one point -- it shows shocking skin considering it's in a movie for children.
 * Fish Eyes: As is apparently common in cartoons of Rodney Dangerfield himself, Rover's eyes are often drawn slightly like this.
 * Gender Equals Breed:
 * Humanoid Female Animal: Inverted; the film provides a rare example of the opposite!
 * Hurricane of Puns: In some scenes, the one-liners contain puns a lot.
 * Incredibly Lame Pun: Basically the main source for humor.
 * Ink Suit Actor: Rover to Rodney Dangerfield.
 * Jerkass: Rocky, the nastiest dog-kicking classic "bad boy" you'll ever see.
 * Long Bus Trip: Eddie, Rover's little buddy at the beginning. Whatever happened to him in the end?
 * Mood Dissonance: Two characters are Killed Off for Real during the span of the movie, one on-screen and one off-screen, and both in rather dark ways.
 * Nice Guy: Raffles.
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed
 * One-Liner
 * Obviously Evil: Rocky.
 * Of Corpse He's Alive: Rover attempts this with the turkey. The farmer isn't fooled.
 * Shoot the Dog: Subverted.
 * The Renaissance Age of Animation
 * Viva Las Vegas: Though most of the film takes place on a farm, the shots in Vegas have lots of scenes of flashing lights, casinos, and sequin clad feathery showgirls.