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We begin in The Land of Point where the "law of the land" states that "everyone and everything ''must'' have a point." This is carried out to its logical extreme - buildings, animals, plants, and people are all "pointed" to the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|point]] that nothing in the entire town is round. Except our protagonist, Oblio, who was born round-headed. He copes by wearing a pointed cap, and he has help from his dog and best friend, Arrow. (Yes, Arrow is very pointy, especially in the muzzle.) He is generally tolerated by everyone in town, some [[Fantastic Racism]] abounds, but he is well liked by the other children and the good-hearted, but naive, King.
One day, he beats the son of the evil Count at a game of Triangle Toss, the town's equivalent of football. In retaliation, the Count uses the law of the land against Oblio, and the village council has no choice but to exile him and Arrow to the Pointless Forest - which, strangely enough, is full of pointed trees. In the Pointless Forest, he meets the [[Satan|Pointed Man]], who points in every direction (you see, "A point in every direction is the same as no point at all.") and seems to exist solely to convince Oblio that the forest and all of his experiences therein are pointless. Oblio also meets and sees other wonders, all of which lead him to understand that, as the [[Beatnik|Rock Man]] puts it, "You don't have to have a ''point'' to have a ''point''. Dig?" Oblio completes his [[
The movie is interspersed with songs, nearly all of which have [[That Reminds Me of a Song|little or nothing to do with the actual plot]] other than a line or two. This is totally excusable since the songs and the movie are both [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Crowning Moments of Awesome]] in the composer's body of work (in this troper's [[Your Mileage May Vary|opinion]], of course).
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