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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} [[File:TheMagicVoyage.jpg\|frame\|You remember that part in history class when these guys helped [[Christopher Columbus]] out in his travels...''right''?]] ~~{{quote box\|You remember that part in history class when these guys helped [[Christopher Columbus]] out in his travels...''right''?}}~~ ''[[The Magic Voyage]]'' (originally ''Die Abenteuer von Pico und Columbus'' or "The Adventures of Pico and Columbus") is an animated feature from Germany that is... ''[[Very Loosely Based Onon a True Story\|loosely]]'' based off the voyages of [[Christopher Columbus]]. You know, the sailor who wanted to prove the world was round -- not find an easier trade route from Europe to Asia, which is surely a [[Viewers ~~Are~~are Morons\|far harder concept for children to grasp]] (for the record, the ancient Babylonians ''already knew'' that the Earth was round). Columbus also wished to help his best friend, a [[Small Annoying Creature\|wood-boring "worm"]] (he looks more like a generic cartoony [[Cartoon Creature\|bug thing]]) who ''[[Lull Destruction\|never stops talking]]'', rescue his girlfriend. His girlfriend is a [[~~Everythings~~Everything's Better ~~With~~with Princesses\|Fairy Princess]] from a [[Magical Land]] on the moon, and she was stolen away by an [[Big Creepy -Crawlies\|evil swarm of bugs]]. The Swarm brought her to the new world, where Columbus and the worm finally find her held captive in an [[Hollywood History\|Aztec-looking pyramid]] full of honey. Columbus destroys the evil Swarm, and the native people celebrate his ridding their home of the terrible evil. Columbus and his annoying bug friend sail back home with visions of big cities and shopping malls dancing in their heads. Surely, you remember all of this from your grade-school history lessons? Basically, this is the movie that makes ''[[~~Titanic Animated\|~~Titanic: The Legend Goes On]]'' look perfectly reasonable in comparison. ~~----~~ ~~=== This film provides examples of: ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: [[Subverted Trope]] with Queen Isabella. Characters in typical animation would be frightened to have that woman pursuing them. Christopher Columbus, however, even when he ISN'T drunk, seems to enjoy it quite a bit. * [[Anachronism Stew]]: Particularly when Columbus is in the jungle - "I need to start going to the gym!". Or (hearing a tribal beat) "That's going to hit over big someday.". Another example is when Pico fights the rats he says "I learned this move from watching [[Woody Woodpecker]] cartoons.". How about Columbus predicting cities full of skyscrapers? *** Nah, that's just Predicting The Future With Unrealistic Precision. * [[Animation Bump]]: Up and down all over the shop. * [[Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving]]: "You stole our idol! Destroyed our sacred temple! And... made squishy with the Swarm Lord... How can we ever thank you?" * [[Artistic License: Biology\|Artistic License- Biology]]: Pico looks nothing like a worm ** A shark growls at one point * [[Artistic License Geography\|Artistic License - Geography]]: Possibly in many ways, but [[Lampshade Hanging\|lampshaded]] in the case of Bob the Beaver: "What's a beaver like you doing on a tropical island?". Line 32 ⟶ 30: * [[Disney Acid Sequence]]: The dreams * [[Disney Death]]: Marilyn supposedly drowns in a river and the worm finds her lifeless body, but she's revived as soon as the sun rises... but isn't she a ''Moon'' Fairy? * [[~~Distressed~~ Damsel in Distress]]: Marilyn * [[Evil Chancellor]]: Subverted, see [[What Happened to ~~The~~the Mouse?]] below * [[Fairy Sexy]]: Marilyn. * [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: It starts with the dinner scene when Queen Isabella and Columbus get drunk and start flirting with one another ("There's a lot of exploring to do right here!"), moves on to some sailors asking why Columbus is talking to "his little worm", and goes further and further downhill from there. Line 39 ⟶ 37: Don't forget the scene in the dream sequence where Columbus pulls a spy glass [[Trouser Space\|out of his]] ''[[Trouser Space\|gonads]]''. Columbus also gets hanged in a later scene. ** Don't forget Marilyn's [[Disney Death\|"death"]] [[Family -Unfriendly Death\|scene]]. * [[Hey, ~~Its~~It's That Guy!]]: [[An American Tail\|Tiger]] is Christopher Columbus! ** And Mickey Rooney is the narrator! * [[Hive Mind]]: The Swarm Lord Line 56 ⟶ 54: * [[Noisy Nature]]: The shark who sounds just like a Mountain Lion is just icing on this '''giant''' WTF Cake. * [[Non Sequitur Thud]]: Columbus, after a rough landing on the Americas: "I, whoever I am, claim this land in the name of... What's-her-name.". * [[Off -Model]]: It's often quite clear where the animators got lazy. * [[Random Events Plot]]: The Fairy is only the most obvious among the many plot points that come totally out of left field. * [[Small Annoying Creature]]: Pico Line 69 ⟶ 67: Sticking his hand into fire. Or thinking that singing about sailors being eating by a sea serpent would boost the moral of his sailor crew. * [[Trouser Space]]: During his [[Dream Sequence~~\|dream sequence~~]], Columbus pulls a spyglass out of his nuts. * [[Very Loosely Based Onon a True Story]] * [[Visual Innuendo]]: The telescope in Columbus' [[Dream Sequence]]. * [[What Happened to ~~The~~the Mouse?]]: What happened to the third rat? Also, halfway through the movie a strange-looking fourth crew member suddenly appears, then disappears just as quickly. * Then at the end of the movie, he appears again, and then disappears again. Meaning it was [[Double Subversion\|subverted twice]]. Line 84 ⟶ 82: [[Category:Pacific Rim Animation]] [[Category:Films of the 1990s]] [[Category:German ~~Media~~Films]] [[Category:The Magic Voyage]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Western Animation of the 1990s]] [[Category:Western Animation]] [[Category:Film]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Magic Voyage, The}}