The Pebble and the Penguin: Difference between revisions

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=== Tropes used in this movie: ===

* [[Accessory Wearing Cartoon Animal]]: Most of the penguins including Hubie and Marina and those three flying birds

* [[Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal]]: Most of the penguins including Hubie and Marina and those three flying birds

* [[Adorkable]]: Hubie

* [[Alan Smithee]]: Upset with the [[Executive Meddling]] imposed on it late in its production by MGM, [[Don Bluth (Creator)|Don Bluth]] went on to deny director's credit for the movie.

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* [[Disney Villain Death]]: Subverted, {{spoiler|while Hubie does send Drake falling a good ways, he turns out to still be alive and comes back for one last attack. Which causes his lair to collapse and kill him.}}

* [[Duet Bonding]]: Subverted with Looks Like I Got Me A Friend: A song in which Rocko is initially reluctant to participate, but when Hubie holds his breath in and nearly kills himself, Rocko finally gives in and admits that he has a little bit of a liking for Hubie.

* [[~~Everythings~~ Better With Penguins]]: Inverted with Drake, he's probably the most frightening penguin you'll ever meet.

* [[Everything's Better With Penguins]]: Inverted with Drake, he's probably the most frightening penguin you'll ever meet.

* [[Executive Meddling]]: MGM/UA took over the distribution of the film late in its production, after Warner Bros. disowned Bluth's studio because of the failures of ''[[Thumbelina]]'' and ''[[A Troll in Central Park]]''. Scenes were then cut, characters were removed, and voices had to be re-recorded. Bluth was so upset with the results that he opted to pull an [[Alan Smithee]] and have his name taken off the credits, and accepted an offer to work for Fox Animation, where he [[Anastasia|finally had a brief change of fortune]].

* [[Family Unfriendly Death]]: Drake gets squashed by a falling rock. If you freeze-frame, you can see his cape and some of his crushed body still sticking to the rock as it rolls away.

* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: Drake gets squashed by a falling rock. If you freeze-frame, you can see his cape and some of his crushed body still sticking to the rock as it rolls away.

* [[Feather Fingers]]: All the penguins have either ''arms and hands'' or hands on their flippers instead of normal flippers.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Marina and Drake's whole relationship, especially during "Don't Make Me Laugh". (see [[Fridge Horror]] on the Fridge tab) Even as a kid, you suspect there's something very, very strange happening here....

* [[Good Colors Evil Colors]]: Referenced in [[Roger Ebert]]'s [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19950412/REVIEWS/504120302/1023 review] of the film. In fact, that's pretty much the ''entirety'' of his "review" — just him ranting about this very trope, with only one paragraph that's actually ''about the freaking movie''.

* [[Good Colors, Evil Colors]]: Referenced in [[Roger Ebert]]'s [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19950412/REVIEWS/504120302/1023 review] of the film. In fact, that's pretty much the ''entirety'' of his "review" — just him ranting about this very trope, with only one paragraph that's actually ''about the freaking movie''.

* [[Half Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: A few of the penguins, including Drake, are of the shirtless variant.

* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: A few of the penguins, including Drake, are of the shirtless variant.

* [[Hartman Hips]]: All of the female penguins, bordering on [[Humanoid Female Animal]]. Said hips, as you can see in the poster, are way the hell up where Marina's wishbone should be.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: After being informed of Hubie's unique plight on the 'good ship Misery', Rocko exclaims, "If he had any guts he wouldn't have let them take him alive."

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* [[Nice Hat]]: Hubie always wears a red hat.

* [[Not Quite Dead]]: After {{spoiler|Drake falls from a spiral staircase in what appears to be a [[Disney Villain Death]], he later appears prepared to throw a huge boulder at the heroes. He's quickly pancaked by his tower coming down on top of him.}}

* [[Off Model]]: The animation is ghastly, especially considering that it's a [[Don Bluth (Creator)|Don Bluth]] film. There's one scene at the end where they apparently forgot to draw a character's ''head''.

* [[Off-Model]]: The animation is ghastly, especially considering that it's a [[Don Bluth (Creator)|Don Bluth]] film. There's one scene at the end where they apparently forgot to draw a character's ''head''.

** Also during Hubie's song. His waist is cut off for a few frames.

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: [[Tim Curry]]'s attempt at a [[Jerk Jock]] American accent doesnt really hold up.

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* [[Villain Song]]: "Don't Make Me Laugh". Tim Curry does the singing, so it's no surprise that it's the most fun song in the film.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Hubie and Rocko at first.

* [[What Happened to The Mouse]]: At one point, Drake discusses his actions with a pair of skuas, who are never seen in the film again.

* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: At one point, Drake discusses his actions with a pair of skuas, who are never seen in the film again.

** While we're on that, the three penguins who appeared with Drake in every other scene are nowhere to be seen during the final battle.

*** Considering their [[Dirty Coward|nature]], it wouldn't be surprising that they ran off during then.