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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]] [[Added Alliterative Appeal|Doppler]], the [[Anti-Villain|fiendish]] [[Lovable Rogue|cyborg]] [[Parental Substitute|Silver]], and a [[Empathy Pet|metamorphosing]] pink blob named [[Pirate Parrot|Morph]] in a [[Steampunk]] alternate [[Planet of Hats|pirate universe]].
 
This [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney film]] was released in an overcrowded market--right on the heels of the second ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter]]'' Film. For that matter, it opened less than a week ''after'' ''[[Die Another Day (Film)|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 AEA.E.]]'' to be released.
 
Whatever the reason, many fans blame this film for rudely ending Disney's confidence in hand-drawn animation for features, and which is what started the decline in their production of such films, closing their studios [[The Princess and Thethe Frog (Disney)|until 2009]]. Today, it's become a [[Vindicated Byby Cable|Cult Film]] thanks to its intricate blend of CGI and traditional animation.
 
An important point of the design of absolutely everything, was that the universe had a 70/30 ratio of the blend between Victorian-era style, and its technological capacities. In places where the two might have clashed, [[Cyberpunk]] and [[Steampunk]] technology were used to merge them together. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the designs of the ships themselves, and the design of John Silver.
 
It portrays a father-son bond between the two main characters and some amazingly choreographed action sequences. According to [[Word of God]], this film was made to be Disney's big film for "single parent, Generation X" kids, as reflected in the [[Parental Abandonment|darker family subtext]]. While it performed well with critics, the film flopped and flopped ''hard'' financially. As said previously, though, the film has gained a new lease on life thanks to DVD and television. Who knows? Maybe this film could someday replicate the eventual [[Vindicated Byby History|success]] ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' enjoys now.
 
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** One can not quite underline enough how inaccurately the film portrayed Supernovas.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Scroop. To a ridiculous extreme.
* [[Babies Ever After]]: {{spoiler|Dr. Doppler and Captain Amelia, and their children. In both trope and number, the babies are a [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Lady and Thethe Tramp]] pups.}}
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Both Morph and B.E.N. have their moments.
* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]: But, really, how do characters in space suits convey a father-and-son relationship so perfectly?
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** 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 AEA.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 Withwith 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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{{quote| [http://dolphy.shadowwalkers.net/DVD-Screenshots/BEN/Ben03.jpg "I just wanna hug ya and squeeze ya and hold ya close to me!"]}}
* [[Not That Kind of Doctor]]: Invoked.
** This is also a [[Shout-Out|shout-out]] to [[Star Trek]]'s Doctor McCoy: "Dang it, Jim. I'm an astronomer, not a doctor!"
* [[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.
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* [[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.
* [[Riddle for Thethe Ages]]: Just who built Treasure Planet, and where did they go?
** The artbook, [http://www.amazon.ca/Treasure-Planet-Discovery-Jeff-Kurtti/dp/0786853662 A Voyage of Discovery], explains that Treasure Planet was actually built by an ancient race called the [[Precursors|Forefathers]] who used the portal to learn more about other alien cultures. They eventually disappeared and left the entire planet behind.
* [[The Right Hand of Doom]]: John Silver's cybernetic right hand, with a robotic peg leg.
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