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[[File:r-a-d.jpg|frame|The only film in history to have a chicken lady, a rooster Elvis impersonator, and a [[Baleful Polymorph]] at the same time. [[Deranged Animation|And it just gets weirder from there...]]]]
Okay, stay with us here.
This is a very loose [[Adaptation Expansion]] of the tale of Chanticleer the rooster, who believed his crowing made the sun shine. It is also an equally loose adaptation of the play [
In this version, Chanticleer is an [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|affectionate caricature of Elvis Presley]]. After learning his singing doesn't have any effect on the weather, he runs away to seek his fortune as a rich rock star. Wouldn't you know it, Chanticleer ''does'' control the weather, so his friends run after him to try and convince him to come home and save the farm from flooding.<ref>It wasn't necessarily the ''WEATHER'' Chanticleer controlled, but rather {{spoiler|the sunrise. Without his crowing every morning, the sun would never rise.}}</ref> Fortunately, [[Celebrity Is Overrated|Chanticleer is disillusioned with his fame and fortune and fandom]], and agrees to return to the farm and save the day.
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Pretty straightforward as far as animated folktales go, right? Well, no. Because we didn't mention the [[Big Bad|Grand Duke]], an evil wizard owl who hates the sun and wants it to rain forever. Or, speaking of, the flood that started once Chanticleer left.
The disastrous box office failure of the film, thanks in no small part to the fact that it was up against three other animated films, one of them being ''[[Beauty and
To be fair, although the film runs in the exact opposite direction of everything Don Bluth stood for (including purposefully toning down anything truly scary), the film at least includes the very pretty character and effects animation that Bluth is well known for -- as well as quite a ''lot'' of his characteristic weirdness. A few folks even have warm nostalgia for the utter randomness and weird characters. And after all, the whole movie is ''supposed'' to be [[Deranged Animation|a sick kid's fever dream...]]
A making-of featurette can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsXU2cYF_98 here.]
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* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Goldie.
* [[Action Girl]]: Peepers.
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* [[Adorkable]]: Peepers.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: According to the [[Book Ends]], the whole movie is supposedly a story told to a sick kid by his mother.
** [[Or Was It a Dream?]]: Well, the ([[Narm|Narmy]]) closing sequence that [[Special Effects Failure|awkwardly combines]] [[Roger Rabbit Effect|reality and animation]] certainly doesn't think so!
*** It's worth noting that Patoo's narration implies that the tale of Chanticleer, the kid's fever dream, ''and'' the live-action bits are '''all''' real. Maybe. Have we mentioned that there are moments in the script that are confusing?
* [[Alternate Animal Affection]]: This movie has the "squashy beaks" variant, so birds can kiss like humans.
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** The weirdest thing about this whole plot element? It has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the story; it's mentioned at the very beginning and end of the animated portion and in a few lines that sound like they were thrown in as an afterthought. This leads more evidence to the [[Throw It In]] nature of the live-action/animation sequences.
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: The villain is the ''Grand Duke'' of Owls.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: In the Rostand play, the Grand Duke and Patou only appear briefly, although Patou does warn Chanticler about the treacherous Blackbird. The Blackbird and the rival rooster who fights Chauntecler are the main antagonists in the play.
* [[Astronomic Zoom]]: Done in the opening, going from a view of the earth from orbit to Chanticleer's uvula in a matter of seconds.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Hunch. He'd be frightening if he weren't so pathetically incompetant.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: An [http://oi52.tinypic.com/oky5uw.jpg unnamed owl] is always maltreated by the Grand Duke.
** Hunch is also regularly abused, beaten, and inadvertently transformed into things you'd see in a fever dream.
* [[Call
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Edmund, who, throughout the film, repeats everything several times.
* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: If animals in the world the Grand Duke transports Edmond to all live in the city or at least in a human like way, how are carnivores supposed to get their meal? On another note, since when do owls eat pigs, chickens, or turkeys?
** Since always. Large owls such as the Great Horned Owl and the Eagle Owl (which is also called the Grand Duke, btw), will hunt and eat anything from rats and rabbits to piglets, cats, small dogs and even small sheep and fawns. This, of course, doesn´t explain why the Duke and his owls are so friggin huge compared to the pig (which doesn´t seem to be a piglet anyways) and the other farm animals.
*** [[A Wizard Did It|Meh, they're magic owls.]]
** [[Furry Confusion]]: Actually, the weirdest part about all this is the fact that the city is inhabited by animal-people. So... what does this mean for Edmund and his human family?
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* [[Cool Car]]: Pinky's Pink Cadillac.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Pinky.
* [[
* [[Detail
** Played straight with the VHS cover, which featured the poster art.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: At one point, the Grand Duke gives Hunch sunglasses to go to the city because Hunch is an owl and therefore cannot stand the sun or any kind of light. Hunch is a pygmy owl. Pygmy owls are not nocturnal.
** Most owls aren't even consistently nocturnal anyway.
* [[Disney Death]]: Edmund. And Peepers.
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: At the end when the Duke, now even smaller than a mouse, gets chased away by Hunch, who he's been threatening to kill if Edmond and the gang weren't killed.
* [[Drunken Montage]]: Happens in one scene when the characters are trying to find Chanticleer.
* [[Dueling Movies]]: With ''[[Beauty and
* [[Elmuh Fudd Syndwome]]: Edmund. It's so bad it is that sometimes you ''can't understand what he's saying''.
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: The Grand Duke.
* [[Evil Uncle]]: "Uncle Dukie," the Grand Duke of Owls.
* [[Expy]]: Goldie's design is very reminiscent of Princess Daphne from the [[
** Also her shiny, sparkling, revealing red dress makes her design similar to an anthropomorphic bird version of Jessica Rabbit.
* [[Fat Sweaty Southerner in
** The fact that he's voiced by [[Dukes of Hazzard|Boss Hogg]] himself dials this trope [[Up to Eleven]]!
* [[Feather Fingers]]
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* [[Large Ham]]: The Duke and Hunch.
** "But you see, we creatures of the night have worked very hard to make absoLYUUTEly sure that that..BIRD does not return!"
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: Hunch has a swiss army knife with everything in it. This would make it seem like the heroes are doomed to death, but Hunch is as dim-witted as he is aggressive, coming to the Grand Duke's disadvantage.
* [[Light Is Good]] / [[Dark Is Evil]]
* [[Limit Break]]: Chanticleer's crowing at the climax of the movie.
* [[Mind Screw]]: Oh yeah, most of it unintentional.
* [[Minion
* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: Goldie's reaction to losing her high heels while climbing a ladder
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** Hilariously, Goldie's shoes reappear on her feet a couple shots later.
** How about The Duke singing about how Patoo bit his leg? Complete with one of his henchmen standing behind him making the sad face.
*** To be fair Patoo got a pretty good chunk in the bite, which had to hurt, and likely would have broken the leg had the Duke not managed to shake him off. Still [[Large Ham|hammy]] though.
*** It was bad enough that he had to have the wound dressed for most of the movie, and the movie had to take place over a minimum of three or four days.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: Patoo the dog doubles as the narrator, who explains. Every. Single. Thing. That. Goes. On. In the movie. Except for the ''really'' weird things, which you'd think would have demanded further explanation.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Edmond's raccoon-fur hat. Although coupled with his long-sleeved baggy sweatshirt it makes him look like a [[Palette Swap|Palette Swapped]] [[An American Tail|Fievel]] sometimes.
* [[The Night That Never Ends]]: Brought on by Chanticleer not being around to raise the sun, except for that one time where it did come up without him.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Goldie's voice calls to mind that of [[Marilyn Monroe]].
* [[No Name Given]]: The Duke's owl henchmen (besides Hunch), the rabbit that warns Stewie the pig as the flashlight is going out, and all of the other farm animals that stay at Edmond's house and nearly get eaten by the Duke.
** [[All There in the Manual|According to]] ''The Animated Movie Guide'', the rabbit's name is Minnie.
* [[Non
* [[Non
* [[One for Sorrow, Two For Joy]]: Snipes the magpie.
* [[One
** [[Clipped
* [[Owl Be Damned]]: The Grand Duke and his minions.
* [[Petting Zoo People]] with a [[Non
* [[Plot Hole]]: The sun rising once (and only once) without Chanticleer is never explained. Then there's the ending, which seems to imply that the whole thing was a fever-dream. No, wait, it was real. No, wait... aw, forget it. Roll credits.
** The opening narration seems to imply the sun woke up, took a look around, and then went back to sleep... which still doesn't explain the situation since Chanticleer was supposed to ''raise'' the sun, implying that the sun shouldn't have risen at all unless he crowed...
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* [[The Power of Rock]]
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: It is implied by the way Hunch walks to the Duke with a smile that says "Finally!" whenever the Duke says "Come to Uncle" that he just wants his uncle's attention. The reason why he looks so happy when he thinks he's about to kill the good guys is most likely because he knows if he gets the job done right, his [[Evil Uncle|Uncle Dukey]] will love him. Murray, Pinky's assistant, may also count, although we don't see much of him.
* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Just how old is that kid supposed to be?
** Hilariously, the trailers for the movie ''dubbed the kid's voice over with another actor'', correctly assuming that hearing him talk would not be an incentive to see the film. They kept it in the actual movie, sadly.
* [[Roger Rabbit Effect]]: The transitions between the Live-Action and Animated segments. The effects are pretty embarrassing in the wake of ''Roger Rabbit'' though.
* [[Say My Name]]: "CHANTICLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!"
* [[Shout
** Edmond is named after the French writer Edmond Rostand, who wrote the play that the movie is (very) loosely adapted from.
* [[Sissy Villain]]: The Grand Duke, voiced by [[Gentleman Snarker|Christopher Plummer]], enjoys baking and embroidery, and is a phone cord twiddler. Poor guy wasn't allowed to do anything ''really'' evil after the concerned parents in the preview audiences got through with him.
** Hunch is even worse though. Oh, and [[Beware the Nice Ones]]- the bakers/phone cord twiddlers are the true psychopaths.
* [[Smug Snake]]: The Duke.
* [[Species
* [[Species Surname]]: "Grand Duc" is the French name for the [
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: Hunch has one of these with nearly every common item you could think of in it.
* [[That Reminds Me of a Song]]: Everyone will sing about pretty much anything going on. A group of bouncers sing about how they're bouncing groupies. The owls sing about how they hate the sun. The owls sing about how they're eating the farm animals or how farm animals are running out of batteries.
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* [[This Was His True Form]]: {{spoiler|When Edmond "dies," he returns to his live-action human form.}}
* [[Toothy Bird]]: Since there are so many birds in this movie, of course some of them are bound to show their pearly whites at at least one point in the movie.
* [[The Unseen]]: Murray (Pinky's chauffeur/valet), until the chase, where he becomes a [[One
* [[Unto Us a Son
* [[Villain Song]]: The Duke and his owls get three -- ''"Never Let Him Crow/We Hate the Sun"'', ''"No Batteries!"'' and ''"The Owl's Picnic"''.
** "[[Narm|TWIDDLY-DEE, TWIDDLY-DEE]]"
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