Ratatouille: Difference between revisions

* [[Be Yourself]]: A major theme in the movie, although it is mildly subverted because Linguini and Rémy only reach success in the first place because they are basically each other.

{{quote|"Let's think this out: you know how to cook, and I know how to... appear human."}}

* [[Big Eater]]: Émile. Oh dear God, ''Émile''. Could probably qualify as a [[Fat Bastard]] in some interpretations.

* [[Bound and Gagged]]: Done by the rats to both Skinner and a health inspector near the end of the movie to get them out of the way, if only temporarily.

* [[Brandishment Bluff]]: [[Multiple Choice Past|One of the stories]] Horst tells of why he was in prison is that he once "held up the second biggest bank in France using only a ball-point pen."

*** The title of his column is given at the very beginning of the film: "The Grim Eater".

** Skinner is based on the French star comedian [[wikipedia:Louis de Funès|Louis de Funès.]]

* [[Dropping the Bombshell]]: Skinner reveals during a discussion with his lawyer that he is paranoid about the rat, thinking Linguine is trying to psyche him out. Skinner's lawyer notes that he had to take a second sample of Linguine's hair. When Skinner asks why, the lawyer says:

{{quote|''Lawyer'': The first time, it came back identified as ''rodent'' hair.}}

* [[Escape Convenient Boat]]: Rémy attempts this twice; it doesn't work the first time, but does the second.

* [[Even the Rats Won't Touch It]]: Linguini's attempt at soup, quite literally. Rémy catches a whiff of it and ''chokes''—quite a feat, considering [[Rule of Funny|rats don't have a gag reflex]].

* [[Executive Meddling]]: For the better, perhaps. The film's original director, Jan Pinkava, was replaced with Brad Bird after Pinkava was unable to come up with a satisfactory resolution to the story. Bird, who had won an Oscar for his work on ''[[The Incredibles]]'' a year earlier, was given a tight deadline to rewrite the script using ''already finished models of the characters in place'' and make it better! Among the most apparent changes were redesigning the rats to make them less cartoony and ''killing off Gusteau'', only having him appear through Rémy's imagination. He won a second Oscar for this film. Needless to say, he took a brief hiatus from film-making after this.

* [[Face Palm]]: Colette while Ego is observing the kitchen in Gusteau's after his meal.

* [[Fake Nationality]]: [[Janeane Garofalo]] as Colette, [[Brad Garrett]] as Gusteau, and Ian Holm as Skinner. None of them are French.

* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: In one scene, Linguini is hinted to be wearing boxers with the logo of [[The Incredibles|a certain other film by Pixar]] imprinted on them.

* [[Head Pet]]: Rémy, while technically not a pet, rides on top of Linguini's head to control him while cooking since the chef's hat hides him from sight.

* [[Heroic Bastard]]: Linguini is one.

* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Colette <s>arguably</s> qualifies.

* [[Monumental View]]: Linguini's apartment has a magnificent view of the Eiffel tower.

* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: Horst.

* [[My Car Hates Me]]: Happens to the health inspector.

* [[National Stereotypes]]: Virtually all French stereotypes make cameos here. Almost all are affectionate, however.

* [[Vomit Discretion Shot]]: Linguini does this out a window after a brief taste of his own soup... before Remy fixes it.

* [[Welcome to Hell]]: Shown in a nightmare.

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]]: Lampshaded. Rémy's major struggle is the fact that humans think rats are gross; the movie shows them as just mischievous and self-interested at worst.

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Rémy has to fight for his respect as a chef, through Linguini at least.

 

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