Kubo and the Two Strings



Kubo and the Two Strings is a 2016 Stop Motion fantasy film directed and co-produced by Travis Knight, starring the voices of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, Rooney Mara, George Takei, and Matthew McConaughey. It is Laika's fourth feature film. Kubo and the Two Strings first premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival and later on was released to the United States on August 19, 2016.

The story revolves on Kubo, who wields a shamisen and must deal with his grandfather, the Moon King. Accompanying the young hero are Beetle and Monkey on this dangerous journey.

Not to be confused for Tite Kubo or Mitsuro Kubo.


 * Action Mom:Sariatus to a "T."
 * Advertised Extra:
 * An Aesop:
 * Adult Fear: Imagine being on the run from your in-laws and with your only child, because you married a guy they didn't like. Plus, they're hunting you down.
 * All-Star Cast: To start, there's Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Rooney Mara, just to name a few.
 * All There in the Manual: Some of the characters names, like the Moon King, Kubo's Mom and Aunts. They are not mention by name in the movie itself.
 * All There in the Script:
 * Anachronism Stew:
 * And Starring:
 * Animal Motifs:
 * Annoying Arrows:
 * Arc Words:
 * Armor Is Useless:
 * Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence:
 * Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever:
 * Audible Sharpness:
 * Badass Family:
 * Baleful Polymorph:
 * Bittersweet Ending:
 * Blank Slate:
 * Blue and Orange Morality: The Moon society is basically this.
 * Body Motifs:
 * Bon Festival
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall:
 * Brick Joke:
 * Brought Down to Normal: What happens to.
 * Character Name and the Noun Phrase:
 * Chekhov's Gun:
 * Clucking Funny:
 * Close Knit Community: The villagers are this.
 * Combined Energy Attack:
 * Comically Missing the Point:
 * Cool Sword: The Sword Unbreakable.
 * Creative Closing Credits:
 * Cut Short:
 * Daddy's Little Villains: Karasu and Washi.
 * Defeat Means Love:
 * Dem Bones:
 * Diagonal Cut:
 * Didn't Think This Through:
 * Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?:
 * Died Happily Ever After:
 * Divine Parentage:
 * Does This Remind You of Anything?
 * A Dog Named "Dog": Beetle is just "Beetle" and "Monkey" is named "Monkey."
 * Don't Explain the Joke:
 * Doomed Hometown:
 * Dramatic Slip:
 * Dynamic Difficulty:
 * The End:
 * Enemy Rising Behind:
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones: The villainous Moon King cares about his daughters and extended family...Even though it's twisted and complicated.
 * Everything's Better with Monkeys: Anything concerning Kubo's good luck charm.
 * Exactly What It Says on the Tin:
 * Eye Cam:
 * Eye Scream: How Kubo lost his other eye in his backstory.
 * Failed a Spot Check:
 * Family-Unfriendly Death:
 * Flipping Helpless: Whenever Beetle gets knock over.
 * Foreshadowing:
 * Freudian Trio:
 * Giant Eyes of Doom: The Garden of Eyes.
 * Giant Wall of Watery Doom:
 * Gory Discretion Shot:
 * Handicapped Badass:
 * Heaven Above:
 * Heel Face Brainwashing:
 * Hell of a Heaven:
 * The Hero's Journey:
 * Hidden in Plain Sight:
 * Homage: To Studio Ghibli and various Japanese mediums, like ink wash paintings and origami...To name a few.
 * The Hypnotoad: The Garden of Eyes monsters are this in spades.
 * Hungry Menace: Karasu and Washi are describe as being this.
 * Hypnotic Eyes: The many eyes in the aptly named "Garden of Eyes," revealing many secrets to its victims.
 * Insistent Terminology:
 * In the Back:
 * In the End You Are on Your Own:
 * Justified Title:
 * Karma Houdini:
 * Lampshade Hanging:
 * Laser Guided Amnesia:
 * Leaning on the Fourth Wall:
 * Lighter and Softer:
 * Leaning on the Fourth Wall:
 * Lightning Reveal:
 * Love At First Sight:
 * Luke, I Am Your Father:
 * Lured into a Trap:
 * Lying to Protect Your Feelings:
 * Mama Bear: Sariatus, Kubo's Mom.
 * MacGuffin:
 * Magical Guide:
 * Magic Compass:
 * Magic Music:
 * Martial Arts and Crafts: This is combine with The Power of Rock to Kubo's arsenal.
 * Meaningful Echo:
 * Metaphorically True:
 * Metaphor Is My Middle Name:
 * A Minor Kidroduction: In the prologue, Kubo was just a baby. Then fast forward 12 years later.
 * Mundane Utility:
 * Mysterious Watcher:
 * Mythology Gag:
 * Needle in A Needle Stack:
 * Nice Day, Deadly Night:
 * Nightmare Fuel: Where to start, there's:
 * Kubo's aunts, Karasu and Washi.
 * The whole Garden of Eyes underwater scene.
 * No Name Given:
 * No Ontological Inertia:
 * Not Using the Z Word:
 * Overly Long Gag:
 * Peek A Bangs: Kubo, himself.
 * Power Incontinence:
 * Power Incontinence:
 * Precision F-Strike:
 * Quest for Identity: Beetle's arc is this, only remembering that he used to fight with Hanzo.
 * Reality Ensues:
 * The Reason You Suck Speech:
 * Rousseau Was Right:
 * Rule of Cool:
 * Rule of Symbolism:
 * Rule of Three: Team Kubo: Kubo, Monkey, and Beetle.
 * The Moon King and his two daughters.
 * Quirky Town: The whole village located bellow the mountains has a strong sense of community, even caring about each other and Kubo.
 * Samurai
 * Samus Is a Girl: Kubo has been carrying around his lucky charm for a very long time, bestowing it the name Mr.Monkey, until it became alive.
 * Scary Shadow Fakeout:
 * Scenery Porn: All the scenery and backgrounds!
 * Secretly Dying:
 * Sheathe Your Sword:
 * Shout Out:
 * Shut UP Hannibal:
 * Significant Double Casting:
 * Single-Stroke Battle:
 * Sliding Scale of Living Toys:"Little Hanzo" (Level 4), since the little origami figure is shown to move independently on his own, i.e. pointing Kubo to the right directions, fighting, and etc.
 * Splitting the Arrow:
 * Stealth Pun:
 * The Stinger:
 * Stop Motion:
 * The Storyteller: Kubo's main job, whenever he's at the village, he tells of the adventures of Hanzo.
 * Surprisingly Sudden Death:
 * Sword of Plot Advancement:
 * Symbolic Blood:
 * Take a Third Option:
 * Talking in Your Dreams:
 * Talking to the Dead:
 * Tell Me About My Father:
 * That Was Not a Dream:
 * This Is Gonna Suck:
 * This Is Reality:
 * Thwarted Coup De Grace:
 * Together in Death:
 * Trailers Always Spoil:
 * Unreliable Narrator:
 * Unusually Uninteresting Sight:
 * Villain Beating Artifact: The "Helmet Invulnerable", "Sword Unbreakable", and "Breastplate Impenetrable."
 * Walk and Talk:
 * We Can Rule Together
 * Wham Line:
 * Wham Shot:
 * Where It All Began:
 * Windows of the Soul:
 * Youkai:
 * You Shall Not Pass: Sariatu does this, using her final magic, to face off her sisters and send Kubo to safety.
 * You Killed My Father:
 * You Shall Not Pass: Sariatu does this, using her final magic, to face off her sisters and send Kubo to safety.
 * You Killed My Father: