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Once Milo meets Whitmore and convinces him of his own personal determination and commitment he is invited to join an expedition that is setting out to make the unprecedented trip to Atlantis itself. The rag-tag team is led by Commander Rourke, a straight, no-nonsense military man, who also knew Milo's grandfather and worked with him on the previous expedition where they ''found'' the Shepherd's Journal. Once they arrive at the destination from which they might never return, they discover an underdeveloped, dying society that has abandoned and forgotten their written language -- and Milo becomes a translator between the two cultures. However, it is revealed that there is an ulterior purpose to the expedition that Milo is unaware of, and his compatriots are not all that they seem.
While Atlantis is technically in the [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney canon]], it does not appear much in modern promotionals, probably because the movie did not do too well in the theater, adding to the growing fear that 2D animated movies were dead (though Disney's ''other'' [[Recess: School's Out|2D animated movie did better]] for the year). It was otherwise notable for being accused of ripping off set pieces similar to those in ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' (an unrelated anime series also about Atlantean mythology) and ''[[Stargate]]''. (''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', however, is unrelated.) See also ''[[Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis]]'', a [[
While it was both a critical and financial failure, the film is [[Critical Dissonance|fairly popular]] for being vastly different than standard Disney fare - it's similar to ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'' in this regard, although it gains some credit for not nearly being a [[Franchise Killer]] for the [[Disney Animated Canon]].
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* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: It is {{spoiler|Helga's [[Last Breath Bullet]] after Rourke betrays her}} that really foils the [[Evil Plan]].
* [[Dying Race]]: The Atlanteans.
* [[Embarrassing Slide]]: Milo intends to start his lecture by showing a slide of the Leviathan, "a creature so terrifying that sailors were said [[Go Mad
* [[Everything Makes a Mushroom]]: Cooky's cooking is so bad it creates a mushroom cloud when the crew all drop their food in a cauldron at the same time.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: Kida. What's so unique about her is the fact that of all the princesses created by Disney, she's actually the only one of them to ever become Queen at the end of her film.
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** When Whitmore shows the files of the crew, {{spoiler|Rourke's photo is partially covered-up. All the good guys' photos are fully uncovered.}}
* [[Freudian Slip]]: "I know how to swim pretty girl -- ''good''! Pretty good, I swim pretty good."
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Milo asks Wilhelmina Bertha Packard about having pajamas, only to be told that she sleeps in the nude. Doctor Joshua Strongbear Sweet gives Milo a pair of blindfolds, explaining that she also [[Fan Disservice| sleepwalks]].
* [[Gas Mask Mooks]]: The soldiers that come along on the expedition.
* [[Going Native]]: {{spoiler|Milo at the end of the film.}}
* [[Golem]]: Those shield-generator dudes from the beginning and ending.
* [[The Greatest History Never Told]]: Sweet was a medic during the Spanish-American War.
* [[
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Audrey, Sweet, Mole, Vinny, Cookie and Ms. Packard join Milo after it is revealed that they were [[Evil All Along]].}}
* [[The High Queen]]: Kida, who not only becomes Queen at the end of this film, but is also one of the ''few'' Princesses created by Disney to ever become Queen.
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* [[Toilet Humor]]: "To whoever took the 'L' from the 'MOTOR POOL' sign, [[Deadpan Snarker|ha ha, we are very amused.]]"
* [[Tomboy Princess]]: Kida.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Translation Convention]]: The Atlanteans, despite having their own [[Constructed Language]], speak English amongst themselves for much of the film.
* [[Tribal Face Paint]]: The Atlanteans have varied designs on their faces.
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