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Scamper the Penguin (Animation) |
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Scamper the Penguin (the American English version) or The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin (the uncut English version) is a 1988 Japanese-Soviet animated children's movie (originally The Adventures of the Little Penguin Lolo). It can sort of be thought of as a proto-The Pebble and the Penguin, combined with March of the Penguins even though it predates both.The movie tells the tale of Scamper (Lolo), an Adélie penguin, from his hatching to his adulthood, and the adventures he goes on. It begins as a sort of penguiny Slice of Life, but about halfway through, it becomes a (still penguiny) adventure story. Through the course of the movie, Scamper makes friends, meets humans, tries to fly, floats away on an iceberg, escapes from a ship, and leads an army of penguins to defend the South Pole from a group of poachers. Hey, Scamper's not your ordinary penguin. |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy: Gilbert is always worrying over his son and never seems to know how to really react to him, until he proves his worth by leading them into battle against the poachers. |
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Humans Are Bastards |
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Humans Are Bastards: Zig-zagged. Some humans, such as the poachers, are definitely bastards, but the scientists at the research center are good. |
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Blithe Spirit |
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Blithe Spirit: Scamper is this in many ways, although he is a penguin native. |
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Bittersweet Ending |
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Bittersweet Ending: The poachers are killed and Scamper becomes the penguins' leader but Gilbert and several other penguins are dead, Mak leaves in search of his family and Don leaves with his owner without getting to say goodbye to Scamper. |
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Harmless Freezing |
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Harmless Freezing: Scamper's first attempt at swimming (before his adult feathers grow in) has him wind up in a block of ice. |
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Bookends |
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Book Ends: The uncut version of the film begins and ends with the focus on polar lights above the South Pole. |
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G-Rated Sex |
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G-Rated Sex: "The penguins snuggled all night. Soon, Gracie had laid two beautiful eggs." Right. "Snuggled." |
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Penguins Are Ducks |
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Penguins Are Ducks: All the penguins have beaks that look exactly like duck bills. |
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Disney Death |
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Disney Death: Mr. Feather. He was only resting—for reals. |
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Neutral Female |
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Neutral Female: Poor Snowflake. She does try, but it doesn't often work. |
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Deuteragonist |
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Deuteragonist: Snowflake is this to Scamper's Protagonist. She's the first friend he makes, is almost always present in Scamper's scenes, and Scamper acts as her Living Emotional Crutch during their time away from the nest, which is most of the movie. |
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Always a Bigger Fish |
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Always a Bigger Fish: The Leopard Seal that attacks Scamper and Snowflake ends up being attacked and eaten by a killer whale. |
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Filling the Silence |
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Filling the Silence: Everywhere in the Scamper version. Not a moment goes by without self-evident narration or a sound effect jumping in to fill the void. |
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Awesome Moment of Crowning |
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Awesome Moment of Crowning: Scamper is proclaimed head of the penguin pack at the end. |
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Tough Love |
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Tough Love: Gilbert, particularly in the uncut version, where he actually spanks Scamper for wandering off. |
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Bumbling Dad |
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Bumbling Dad: Snowflake's father qualifies. Gilbert however, averts this; he's both a competent leader and father. |
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Monstrous Seal |
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Monstrous Seal: Scamper and Snowflake are attacked by a vicious leopard seal while lost at sea on an iceberg. |
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Amazing Technicolor Wildlife |
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Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Many blue penguins about, but more notably, Snowflake is pink. |
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No Endor Holocaust |
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No Endor Holocaust: "Don't worry, Cowboy. A little water never hurt a penguin." Said after a giant tsunami sweeps over the penguin colony. |
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The Not-Love Interest |
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The Not-Love Interest: Snowflake. She certainly seems to fill the love interest role for Scamper, but it's never stated that anything actually happens between them. Complicated by all the touching and hand holding that go on equally between Scamper, Snowflake, and Louie. It's hard to tell who likes who or whether they're simply being kids. |
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Food Porn |
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Food Porn: At one point, the penguins stumble across some sort of yellow biscuit/cookie/cracker type things and eat them with pronounced sounds of enjoyment. Apparently, the scene is mildly infamous for making people crave Nilla wafers. |
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Theme Naming |
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Theme Naming: For some strange reason, a lot of penguins of Scamper's parents' generation have names starting with G (Gracie, Gilbert, Graybeak). A lot of those of Scamper's generation have names beginning in S (Scamper, Snowflake). |
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