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Robert Louis Stevenson's ''[[Treasure Island]]'' - [[Recycled in Space|IN SPAAAAACE!!!!!]]
With great gusto at that, containing: [[Space Is an Ocean|Space-sailing]] ships, [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|aliens, robots, cyborgs]] and [[Space Pirates]]. Telling: one boy's search for the treasure of the evil pirate Flint, the Loot of a Thousand Worlds. Starring: The human [[Audience Surrogate|Jim Hawkins]], the spry cat-lady [[The Captain|Captain Amelia]], a bookish dog-like alien named [[The Professor|Dr. Delbert]] [[
This [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney film]] was released in an overcrowded market--right on the heels of the second ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' Film. For that matter, it opened less than a week ''after'' ''[[Die Another Day]]'' arrived in theaters. It may also have suffered due to the Disney Marketing Department's decision to advertise it primarily during [[Animation Age Ghetto|time slots occupied by kids' shows]], when its premise and content are more suitable for older audiences. Also notable for an [[Pyrrhic Victory|extreme]] case of [[Dueling Movies]], in its race with the similar film ''[[Titan A.E.]]'' to be released.
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* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Solar surfing, and this quote:
{{quote|''And you know how smart he is. He built his first solar surfer when he was eight!}}
* [[Click. "Hello."]]: Dr. Doppler does this to a pirate after being captured.
* [[Combat Stilettos]]: Captain Amelia dons a thigh-high pair of these as part of her outfit.
* [[Composite Character]]: [[Alliterative Name|Doctor Delbert Doppler]] fulfills the roles of both Doctor Livesey and Squire Trelawney.
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''(Death Glare)''
'''Ben:''' ... [[Verbal Backspace|Unless he looks at me like that.]] Bye Jim! }}
** [http://dolphy.shadowwalkers.net/DVD-Screenshots/BEN/Ben19.jpg Two,]{{Dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307075526/http://dolphy.shadowwalkers.net/
** Also, Captain Amelia gives Doctor Doppler a quick one before turning around then grabbing his jaw to stop him from babbling.
** Silver himself gives a non comedic example to Jim. If not for a convenient explosion, he probably would have done more than just glare.
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* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Captain Amelia.
* [[Desert Island]]: B.E.N. is marooned on Treasure Planet.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]:
* [[Distant Prologue]]: The opening sequence takes place 12 years before the story's main events.
* [[Disney Death]]: Averted with {{spoiler|Mr. Arrow}}, which wouldn't be such a big deal if [[Muppet Treasure Island|a different Disney-affiliated Treasure Island adaptation]] hadn't played it straight.
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* [[Disneyfication]]: Silver isn't anything like as nice in the original book. And Billy Bones was a most unwelcome guest at the Benbow, staying several months before he died. And Mr Arrow was a drunk.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: In this case, a villain falls ''up''. So, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Inverted Trope]]?
** When [[Fridge Horror]] kicks in, one realises that Scroop won't die from falling upwards. Since in this universe space is filled with air Scroop won't suffocate, instead he will drift in the interplanetary emptiness until he dies of starvation of dehydration.
* [[Dogfaces]]: Doppler.
* [[Dueling Movies]]: One of the most destructive cases ever, against ''[[Titan A.E.]]''. Both films had ''very'' similar plots, both films raced to be released first, and both went down to defeat at the box office, causing a financial collapse in traditional [[Western Animation]] for the ensuing decade.
* [[Emo Teen]]: Jim is pretty down in the beginning.
* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]/[[When Things Spin, Science Happens]]: The map, and the core of Treasure Planet.
* [[Exactly What I Aimed At]]: Even Dr. Doppler seems surprised that this is the case.
* [[Eyes Do Not Belong There]]: The eyes of one particular alien pirate ([[All There in the Manual|according to the artbook]], his name is Mackriki) are ''in his throat''.
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* [[Fake-Out Opening]]: The movie begins with young Jim reading a book about pirates and treasure.
* [[Fairy Companion]]: Morph (though he/it is also a [[Small Annoying Creature]] for some).
* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]:
** Silver's one cybernetic eye, arm and leg.
** Jim's gold earring.
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* [[Leitmotif]]: Several. Jim has a very prominent one, as well as Silver - or, particularly, Silver's good side.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: B.E.N. tries to serve Amelia and Delbert "drinks" that appear to consist of machine fluids, although that's more the old "robots drink motor oil" gag coupled with a robot who hasn't had any contact with carbon-based lifeforms in over a century. Apparently, he gets better once he starts working at the new Benbow Inn in the finale.
* [[Like a Son to Me]]: John Silver's relationship with Jim, especially at the end, definitely invokes this trope along some [[Parental Substitute]].
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Apparently no one aboard the ''Legacy'' bothered to take an extra change of clothing for the voyage. Except for Silver, who changed his pants halfway through (because the stripes were too time consuming to draw)
* [[Living MacGuffin]]: Only Jim can read the star-map.
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'''Jim:''' ''Yeah, but I'm gonna change all that.'' }}
* [[A Minor Kidroduction]]: We see three
* [[Mistaken Identity]]: Dr. Doppler mistakenly, but understandably, assumes that [[The Big Guy|Mr. Arrow]] is the captain of the RLS Legacy.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Why else would Jim have flippy hair, have so many action scenes ''and'' {{spoiler|[[She Cleans Up Nicely|wear a military uniform at the end]]}}?
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* [[Obviously Evil]]: Scroop. Also, the big bad pirate from the introduction story, too.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Ben gets one of these moments when he goes to disable the laser cannons.
{{quote|'''Ben:''' Disable a few laser cannons, what is the big deal? All we gotta do is [[Tempting Fate|find that one little wire...]]
''[Ben opens some electrical doors, revealing a mess of wires]''
'''Ben:''' Oh mama! }}
** Meltdown (the fat pirate) also fits this trope:
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** The black hole sequence, where they actually ''use the fireball itself'' to give them enough power to outrun it.
** The climax, where they {{spoiler|sail through the portal and to Montressor spaceport ''just'' ahead of Treasure Planet exploding behind them.}}
* [[Papa Wolf]]: John Silver. He becomes fiercely protective of Jim and essentially gives up everything, including his life's dream, for him in the end.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: The only song in the movie is about Parental Abandonment. In fact, Disney said they specifically geared the film to single-parent households. Appropriate since it is Jim's motivation for befriending Silver.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Silver. The movie could best be described as a platonic love story.
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* {{spoiler|[[Portal Network]]}}
* [[Precursors]]: {{spoiler|Built}} Treasure Planet and the star-map, according to the [[All There in the Manual|supplemental material]].
* [[Punctuated!
** Silver ({{spoiler|cycling through Flint's portal}}): "WHERE'S. THAT. BLASTED. ''TREASURE''?!"
** Silver strikes again with: "Change in plan, lads! [[Face Heel Turn|We! Move!]] '''[[Face Heel Turn|Now!]]'''"
* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: [http://dolphy.shadowwalkers.net/DVD-Screenshots/GettingInTooDeep/GITD20.jpg Oh, can those eyes get any bigger?]{{Dead link}}
* [[Recycled in Space]]: The working title was "[[Lampshade Hanging|Treasure Island in Space]]".
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Silver's cybernetic eye turns red during his... less friendly moments ([[Heel Face Revolving Door|not necessarily correlated with which side he's on at the time]]). Normally, it's gold.
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** [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale]]
** [[Space Does Not Work That Way]]
* [[Scenery Porn]]: [http://www.filmcritic.com/assets_c/2010/02/Treasure-Planet-thumb-560xauto-26481.gif Really]{{Dead link}}, [https://web.archive.org/web/20050510134846/http://images.epilogue.net/users/vacher/TreasurePl.7.jpg does] [http://movie.zing.vn/Movie/resources/images/phim-dien-anh/2725/wallpaper/source/treasure-planet-83140.jpg this] [http://data.whicdn.com/images/2411029/treasure-planet-11_large.jpg one] need to be explained?
* [[Schizo-Tech]]: It combines 19th-century sailing technology, with technology that appears to have been made centuries into the future.
* [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale]]: [[Rule of Cool|But we don't really care, do we?]]
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* [[Slipped the Ropes]]: Done hilariously with Dr. Doppler. Turns out, he has abnormally thin wrists.
* [[Sky Surfing]]: Jim's favorite high-adrenaline hobby.
* [[The Sociopath]]: Scroop is one who's portrayed disturbingly realistic.
* [[Space Does Not Work That Way]]: [[Rule of Cool|except no one cares that it doesn't]].
* [[Space Is an Ocean]]: And everything that goes with it:
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* [[Swiss Army Appendage]]: John Silver's bionic arm.
* [[Take My Hand]]: {{spoiler|Silver}} to Jim in the climax.
* [[Teens Are Short]]: Jim is [http://dolphy.shadowwalkers.net/Reports/DisneyAdventures06.jpg fifteen]{{Dead link}}, but he can't be more than 5-and-a-half feet tall; he's even shorter than his mother. [[Justified Trope|Granted]], his shortness makes Silver's and Mr. Arrow's downright hugeness stand out more, as well as making Scroop and the larger aliens appear more menacing by comparison. It even accentuates Capt. Amelia's statuesque height.
** If you watch the reunion scene closely, you can see that Jim's actually as tall as his mother, and later at the inn's reopening, Jim's grown taller. Obviously, he was just waiting for a growth spurt.
* [[That's No Moon]]: {{spoiler|Treasure Planet turns out to be a giant artificial construct, with Flint's trove hidden in the core, and the whole planet was rigged to explode should anyone try to take it.}}
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Films Based on Novels]]
[[Category:Science Fiction Animated Films]]
[[Category:The Millennium Age of Animation]]
[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]
▲[[Category:Treasure Planet]]
[[Category:Disney]]
[[Category:Cult Classic]]
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