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* [[Acclaimed Flop]]: The film failed to reach $70 million on a $60 million budget, despite the fact that it's beloved by both critics and the audiences alike.
* The Chinese's Zŭxiān bǎohù, a belief that one's ancestors will protect them in a form that involves bringing charms, talismans, or familiars to life, which what Monkey is.▼
* [[Actor Allusion]]:
** The villager which is portrayed by [[George Takei]] exclaims "[[Catch Phrase|Oh my!]]"
** [[Ralph Fiennes]] portrays a [[Harry Potter|villain, who is a pale-skinned magical immortal]]. Complete with a callous attitude towards [[Muggles]] that he {{spoiler|transforms into a giant snake}} for the climatic battle.
*** Fiennes again for {{spoiler|[[Red Dragon|transforming into a dragon.]]}}
*** Don't forget, this isn't the first time {{spoiler|that he was King}}.
*** Or {{spoiler|a stop-motion animation film's villain.}}
** Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa narrated [[Overwatch]]'s short film "Dragons", which also has a ''Hanzo''.
* [[Box Office Bomb]]: Despite its near-universal acclaim, ''Kubo'' is one of 2016 Summer Bomb Buster. The production only budget is $60 million, $100 million (including advertising). Box office: $69.9 million.
▲* [[Chinese Mythology]]: The Chinese's Zŭxiān bǎohù, a belief that one's ancestors will protect them in a form that involves bringing charms, talismans, or familiars to life, which what Monkey is.
* Kubo and the Two Strings took five years to make.
* [[Compressed Hair]]: The human characters have real human hair, but it's stylized with silicone rubber.
* [[The Danza]]: There's a few:
** Like Ken was voiced by [[Ken Takenmoto]]
** Same with Minae who had the same first name as her voice actress, [[Minae Noji]].
* [[Fake Nationality]]: Most of the cast aren't Japanese. [[Ralph Fiennes]] attempts to bury his English born accent when portraying the Moon King, the results: [[Japanese Ranguage|Overpronouncing his Rs]].
** McConaughey had to practice speaking without his trademark Texas drawl.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] Seems that the [[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Warden]] decided to have a quiet life after getting defeated by Katara and some earthbenders in a prison uprising.
** The Moon King was a [[Liberty's Kids|British General and Lord]], who didn't know that James
** Beetle played for the baseball team, the [[Angels in the Outfield|California Angels]], who needed a miracle to win because of their losing streak.
** Hashi is an aristocratic [[Memoirs of a Geisha|patron]], who bids for against a rival for Sayuri's virginity.
** Kameyo also cares for another [[Johnny Bravo|fatherless boy, er, man]].
** Turns out that Kubo is the [[Game of Thrones| youngest Stark son]].
** Miane works for [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|the Shredder]] as his hitman.
** Miho used to serve tea as one of the [[Memoirs of a Geisha| Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha]].
* [[In Memoriam]]: This film was dedicated to the late [[Shigeru Mizuki]], the creator of ''[[GeGeGe no Kitaro]]''.
* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: The Sisters' feathered capes include 183 feathers, all individually handmade and kept together with piano wire and woven into ball joints of the spine.
** Each feather can be slide over without getting stuck.
** There's also the 861 laser-etched and uniquely sized feathers, which gave its raven cloak appearance.
* [[Latex Space Suit]]: LAIKA made a full-body fur suit for Monkey. It's the first of its kind, since it's comprised of silicone, which cut in a tattered and cut row fashion.
* [[Rookie Red Ranger]]: This is Travis Knight's first film.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Kubo's themes featuring eyes being stolen and replace, like one of Laika's earlier film, ''[[Coraline]]''.
** At the closing credits, a [[Coraline (animation)|cat came through the door]].
** [[ParaNorman|followed by Norman's head and a zombie's hand]].
** [[The Boxtrolls| a few boxtrolls]].
** The closing credits resembles [[Mulan]], with its 2D animation.
** Old classics, like [[The Empire Strikes Back]], [[Raiders of the Lost Ark]], and .
** Tons of layers of irony, meaning, and symbolism: The Moon King's crest is an eye; since he's blind, therefore he wants to physically and symbolically have his whole family blind. This is called a "snake eye", at the end he transforms into the gigantic monster. The "eye" is an archery equipment (a bowstring spool) that's stylized. This weapon is associated with Beetle.
** Japanese mythology/folklore:
*** Momotaro/Peach Boy: Both Kubo and Momotara have superpowers and goes on a quest with three non-human companions: a flying scout (That's a paper doll), a brilliant monkey, and a strong yet loyal Beetle (or dog); even aided by items that his parents provided. In the end {{spoiler|after depowering the foe leader, spares their lives.}}
*** Things take turns for the worst when supernatural/goddesses marry human men in Japanese mythology/folklore: like both the women end up as single mothers and alone. This seems like a subversion, since {{spoiler|Kubo ends up tending his mother, who is comatose during the day}}. But is played straight as {{spoiler|Beetle/Hanzo almost takes over for Monkey when her magic runs out and "leaves"}}, then subverted again {{spoiler|both parents are killed and Kubo ends up taking care of his grandfather.}}
* [[Shown Their Work]]: The LAIKA animators attended an origami and kirigami convention, just to become experts in the art form.
* [[So My Kids Can Watch]]: [[Matthew McConaughey]] wanted to be in the film, so there can be a character that his kids can enjoy. Plus, his kids love the [[Plucky Comic Relief]]s in movies.
** He went even further: while McConaughey was preparing for his role as Beetle, he practiced different voices in front of his kids, asking them which was the funniest.
* [[X Meets Y]]: Laika uses both [[Stop Motion]] and [[Computer animation]] to bring ''Kubo and the Two Strings'' to life.
* [[Puppet Show]]: The yokai puppet for the "Garden of Eyes" is six feet tall.
** The creatures' eyeballs are made of a metal mesh, which covers the whole sphere. The pupils are LED lights.
** Hayns, one of LAIKA's supervisor of the puppet lab considers the Sisters as one of the highlight of her career. These puppets are the "Most proud of in her entire career."
** The ''Hall of Bones'' set took 360 square feet.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: Laika teamed up with Stratasys, a 3D printing company, to make the puppets.
* [[Voices in One Room]]: Averted. The voice acting was recorded first and individually. The actors record saying their lines differently, until they got the correct one.
* The Moon King transformed into a dunkleosteus-like entity.
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