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''[[The Fearless Four]]'' (''Die Furchtlosen Vier'') is a German animated film about four [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]]s that all have one thing in common: they want to sing, but can't for whatever reason (they're supposed to be working at something else for Fred and Buster; for Gwen, her family wants to ''kill her'' and for Tortellini, it's because he's a fairly worthless husband). The film follows, in order, the easygoing bloodhound Buster, the woeful donkey Fred, the graceful Siamese cat Gwendolyn and the self-assured rooster Tortellini. Originally intending to go to Paris to seek fame, Buster and Fred, and Tortellini and Gwen later, wind up going in just the wrong direction--todirection—to Bremen. They only realize their mistake when they get lost in the forest and come upon an owl, who tells them they are, in fact, nowhere near Paris. She does however, point them in the direction of Bremen, the nearest city.
 
Setting up as street performers the next day, they attract the attention of a few people, and regardless of the apparent ordnance against street performers, get scouted by a Mix Max Sausages (the [[Bland-Name Product]] manufacturer that has apparently taken over Germany) manager, who refers them to the corporate head, who in turn agrees to sign them on. The Fearless Four (as they have dubbed themselves) agree to sign a contract, with only slight vocal reservations. It is perhaps worth noting that the caricature of one of the music managers is a stereotypical girly man, with a ponytail and lisp.
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* [[Disney Villain Death]]
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] - One could make rather quick parallels between [[Nazi Germany]] and the Mix Max regime.
** Also, there's [https://web.archive.org/web/20140821121925/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4ffANtqAww&feature=related this scene]. Suffice to say it was cut out of the english dub.
* [[Feather Fingers]]
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]
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** Gwen: phlegmatic (possibly supine)
** Another way to look at it would be to call it a [[Five-Man Band]] without [[The Smart Guy]], or fold [[The Smart Guy]] into Gwen.
* [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]: This trope is about as subtle as a supertanker. Often in situations where the humans have no valid reason to act like assholes (for example Buster's former owner lets out a particularly sinister laugh when he agrees to sign Buster off to a taxidermist when originally he just wanted the dog off his hands).
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Sort of; considering animals in this universe are sentient...
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Played painfully straight. The bad guys are even associated with Satan in the narration for crying out loud!
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