Porco Rosso: Difference between revisions

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: [[Glamorous Wartime Singer|Gina]], Porco's old friend who's always been in love with him and was always waiting for him, and [[Plucky Girl|Fio]], Porco's young and feisty mechanic who also has feelings for him. They never meet until the end of the film and become good friends. {{spoiler|The ending narration is deliberately ambiguous as to which one Porco chooses though the circumstances imply it was Gina.}}

** Gina has to choose between Porco and Curtis, an American pilot who proposes to her. She makes it clear her choice is Porco.

** The French dub gives us [[Jean Reno]] as Porco.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "That can't be good" in the English dub; "A pig's gotta fly" in the original.

* [[Homage]]: Porco's vision of a great procession of dead war pilots ascending to heaven in their planes was inspired by a Roald Dahl short story, incidentally providing a [[Genius Bonus]] for those who know Dahl himself was an Adriatic fighter pilot in WWII.

* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: The sky pirates.

* [[I Work Alone]]: Porco's refusal to join the Italian <s>navy</s> air force.

* [[Little Stowaway]]: Fio on Porco's plane. She claims she needs to go with him to ensure it runs properly after repairs--and pretending to be his hostage may prevent the secret police from arresting her family.

* [[Romantic False Lead]] {{spoiler|Fio.}}

* [[Shaming the Mob]]: Fio delivers an absolutely classic example to the pirate gang by appealing to their sense of honour.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: Even more than usual for Miyazaki.

** All the planes are absolutely correct (though the Pirates' are exaggerated) down to the fascist axe symbols.