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Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Fantastic Mr. Fox is a 2009 Stop Motion animated film directed by Wes Anderson and co-written by him and Noah Baumbach. Anderson's first full foray into animation, the film was released by 20th Century Fox and contains an All-Star Cast led by George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Michael Gambon, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Brian Cox, and Owen Wilson. It is based on the book of the same name by Roald Dahl, but it greatly expands upon its premise.A witty fox named Mr. Fox (Clooney), is a former thief, husband and father who is stuck in a mid-life crisis after he had renounced his chicken-stealing days in favor of raising a son with his wife Mrs. Fox (Streep). Dissatisfied with his current place in life and hoping to recapture his glory days, he would set out to perform a great heist at the houses of the nearby three farmers, Boggis, Bunce and Bean.Trouble quickly arises, however, after the three farmers find out about Mr. Fox and his heists, which pushes the three into going on an all-out manhunt for the fox, determined to exterminate him once and for all, forcing the Fox family and the rest of the animal citizens to seek underground shelter in order to escape from the farmers and their hunt.With his family and the animal citizens now placed in a perilous situation thanks to his actions, Mr. Fox is now forced to face the consequences of his actions and learn to be a better person, all while trying to find a new home for everyone and to protect the people he loves from the three farmers that are out for his blood. | |
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Inverted with Kristofferson and Kylie, who didn't exist in the original books. Several other minor characters such as Coach Skip, Agnes, Petey and Stan Weasel also weren't in the original book. | |
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Villain's Dying Grace: Rat's last action is to reveal where Kristofferson is being held. | |
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Creator Cameo: Wes Anderson himself voices Stan Weasel, the estate agent. | |
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Playing Sick: When Ash doesn't want to go back to school, he lies to his parents that he has a temperature. They don't believe him. | |
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Trailers Always Spoil: The trailer shows off pretty much the entire ending in the supermarket. | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything?: Mr. Fox's description of the consequences of being, and being bitten by, a rabid dog. These days, it's not so much a "death sentence" as it is "medication" for the former and "six months of stomach injections" for the latter. Also covered in Bittersweet Ending. In the conclusion, all the animals have been forced into a city housing project and have to subsist on processed, artificial food, like poor and marginalized minorities. Felicity giving a talk to her son Ash about how they're all "different", which is very similar to an open-minded parent giving their child a talk about being in the closet. | |
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Played straight with Mrs. Fox's beautiful painting skills and the fiery, uber-confusing sport Whackbat. | |
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Terrible Trio | |
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Terrible Trio: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean (the ultimate Big, Thin, Short Trio) are played like this, with Bean being the Big Bad, and Boggis and Bunce his sidekicks. | |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy: Ash in relation to his father. | |
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Misplaced Wildlife | |
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Misplaced Wildlife: Kylie is a possum in what appears to be the English countryside (most animal species are European, and the farmers talk with British accents). Wolves haven't lived in Great Britain for over 300 years. The other characters think seeing one is only a little bit unusual. | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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All There in the Manual: Fans of the book may gripe at the liberties taken with the plot, but a lot of them were in fact taken from Dahl's own manuscripts of alternative plot possibilities, which were used because the plot as published didn't extend well to feature length. | |
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Title Drop: "I think I have this thing where I need to have everyone think I'm the greatest... the quote-unquote 'Fantastic Mr. Fox.'" Gets dropped again (sort of) at the end by Mrs. Fox, who calls him a "fantastic fox". | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Wes Anderson as Weasel, Owen Wilson as Coach Skip, Mario Batali as Chef Rabbit and Adrien Brody as Rickity the Field Mouse. In an interview, Bill Murray jokes that he also stood in for the wolf during filming. Confirmed by Jason Schwartzman. Also, when the movie won an award, Wes Anderson did an acceptance speech — in stop-motion, as Weasel. | |
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Visual Pun: When Mr. Fox says his wife is positively glowing, he means it. He also steps on a metaphorical soapbox at the end, which happens to actually contain soap. | |
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Masochist's Meal: | |
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The Stoic | |
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The Stoic: Boggis and Bunce, especially Bunce, whose sour expression never changes once. Bean tries to be like this, but he has a violent temper that comes out more than once. | |
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Roguish Poacher | |
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Roguish Poacher: Albeit in the style of The Caper. | |
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Technicolor Science: Multi-colored test tubes in the lab◊. | |
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Stealth Pun | |
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Stealth Pun: Fox steps on a box of soap for a toast. As they dig down into the earth to flee the farmers, Mr. Fox attempts to apologize to Ash, only to ruin it when he starts praising Kristofferson's efforts. He is literally and figuratively digging himself deeper. | |
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Couldn't Find a Pen | |
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Couldn't Find a Pen: The evil farmers write Mr. Fox a letter in letters cut from magazines, and Mr. Fox writes his reply the same way. Both times had the recipient of the letter wondering why. | |
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Mook Lieutenant | |
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Mook Lieutenant: Petey, being the employee Bean radios when he wants personnel assembled or materiel acquired. | |
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Adaptational Villainy | |
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Adaptational Villainy: In the original novel, Rat was simply a scavenger who hung out in Bean's cellar filching the cider (and was a coward who Fox was able to scare off pretty easily); in this version, he's more malicious, actually working for Bean as a security guard. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Subverted with Mrs. Bean. Kris comments on her poor eyesight early on, and she seems to completely miss Kris and Ash when they've snuck into her kitchen. Then she grabs the knife, her glasses, and wheels around... Played straight with Mrs. Fox's beautiful painting skills and the fiery, uber-confusing sport Whackbat. Mr. Fox fires four blueberries at the three beagles. Each eats one and drops. A bit later, Boggis eats the fourth one and also drops. The portrait in Badger's law office seems to show him during a prior career with the military, which might explain his skill with explosions, flames and burning things. The information about beagles. A small gag regarding "spring-loaded" traps (which drop away from where they're triggered). A helicopter flies by early on carrying a banner that reveals the farmers own their own supermarket. | |
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Adaptation Expansion: The book ends after the animals have made their secret tunnels to the farms while the farmers keep watch outside the hole. The movie adds another two or three parts of the battle. Though it adds more scenes the ending is still a nearly identical scenario to the original only it occurs a few scenes later. No doubt to avoid the movie being too short. note Dahl's first draft of the book also ended with the foxes finding a supermarket to steal from, but it was rejected for being "too easy" a solution and implying it's OK to steal from shops. The movie fixes the former by sticking the book's solution partway through the movie and the latter by making the supermarket owned by the farmers. | |
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Babies Make Everything Better | |
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Babies Make Everything Better: One of the central themes of the film, which drives its central emotional conflict. Played straighter at the very end of the film. | |
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Thin-Skinned Bully: Beaver's son makes Ash eat mud in retaliation for Ash's father causing the whole neighborhood to be destroyed. Ash's cousin Kristofferson comes to his rescue by using his karate training to beat the bully up. The bully cries then leaves Ash alone after that. | |
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Anachronism Stew | |
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Oddly enough, however, Rat's cider bottle has "Cuvée 2006" stamped on it, and one of the soundtrack's songs is titled, "Stunt Expo 2004". Supposedly, the year is left vague, even though the aesthetic would suggest some time before the 00s...although, there's a bit of Anachronism Stew at play; while a lot of the technology seen in the film has 70s aesthetic, there's also some more modern stuff like a PC with flat screen behind Badger in his office, and Stan Weasel trying to use a cellphone at one point. | |
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Good Guns, Bad Guns | |
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Good Guns, Bad Guns: Frank Bean's weapon is a Luger, to underline his status as the most competent, dangerous, and blatantly evil of the three farmers. | |
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Verbal Tic: Fox tries to force one. | |
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Funny Background Event: During the ambush, you can see graffiti saying "CUSS!" | |
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Furry Confusion | |
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Furry Confusion: So you have a dazzling array of talking animals who live secret human lifestyles. And then you have the actual birds which they eat. Maybe just mammals are intelligent? But then you have the farmers' dogs and horses and the wolf who looks like an actual wolf. Actually deconstructed somewhat. The plot of the film is ultimately driven by the conflict between Mr. Fox's human lifestyle, and his fox instincts. In one scene Mr. Fox speechifies about the value of all the animals' dual identities. It's very well thought-out actually. Domesticated animals are generally less sentient in the film's universe than medium-sized wild animals, who behave the most like humans, thus the Fox family as medium-sized omnivores qualify. Large predators like the wolf are likewise more wild than anthropomorphic. Also played for laughs, particularly in the scene where Mr. Fox and Badger are arguing in the office. Don't forget his eating manners at the dinner table. This is ultimately the main theme of the movie, and Mr. Fox's inner conflict between his desire to be more like a "wild animal" and his comfortable suburban life is what drives the entire storyline. The film's catharsis comes during the scene where Mr. Fox finally learns how to make peace with his double nature through his encounter with an *actual* wild animal. | |
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Wholesome Crossdresser | |
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Wholesome Crossdresser: Ash enjoys wearing a feminine wool sweater and a lacy cape. | |
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Prisoner Exchange | |
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Prisoner Exchange: Neither side has any intention of keeping up their end of the bargain. | |
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Lampshade Hanging: Both sides comment quizzically on the notes cut out of magazines, sent to each other. Also, "I'm picking up a high-frequency radio signal with a can!" | |
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Psycho for Hire | |
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Psycho for Hire: Rat is employed as Bean's security guard over the cider cellar. As he's dying, he reveals he originally took the job for the cider rather than the thrill of fighting off and catching intruders. | |
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Beergasm: Described like Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters by the liter. | |
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Alliterative Family: Mrs. Fox (whose real name is Felicity) and her husband, the titular fantastic F. F. Fox. | |
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Adapted Out | |
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Adapted Out: Mr. Fox only has one child for most of the movie. He has four in the book. Inverted with Kristofferson and Kylie, who didn't exist in the original books. Several other minor characters such as Coach Skip, Agnes, Petey and Stan Weasel also weren't in the original book. | |
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Cluster F-Bomb | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_35a858b3 | comment |
Cluster F-Bomb: Parodied. All of the adult male animal characters swear like they're in a Martin Scorsese movie, but each and every instance of profanity is replaced by them literally saying the word "cuss." | |
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Shared Family Quirks | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_35b090a3 | comment |
Shared Family Quirks: Played with. They're not blood relatives, as Ash points out, but Mr. Fox and his nephew (by marriage) Kristofferson are both athletic. Also, Ash and his father are both eccentric (or "different" as everyone puts it). | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_378039e | type |
TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_378039e | comment |
The Last of These Is Not Like the Others: As Mr. Fox delivers a Rousing Speech to the other animals to fight against the farmers, each one lists off a special talent they possess. The first few are traits associated with that particular creature—Mole can see in the dark, Rabbit is fast, and Beaver can chew through wood. And Badger? Badger...is a demolitions expert. Lampshaded immediately when Mr. Fox offers a Big "WHAT?!" in response. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_378039e | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_38c2f34d | type |
Hollywood Mid-Life Crisis | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_38c2f34d | comment |
Hollywood Midlife Crisis: Mr. Fox feels inadequate after becoming seven-and-a-half in human years, due to having to give up his exciting capers after settling down with his wife and son. He feels that the domestic life is keeping him from satisfying his "wild" side, being an animal and all. It starts with buying a new house, then sneaking out at night to raid farms, and escalates from there. | |
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Two of Your Earth Minutes | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_3bad6ba6 | comment |
Two of Your Earth Minutes: Time in the film is often measured in both human and fox measurements (e.g., two human years is equal to twelve fox years). | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_3bad6ba6 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_3f238526 | type |
No Smoking | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_3f238526 | comment |
No Smoking/Frothy Mugs of Water: Averted in place of Smoking Is Cool (see below). In fact, when one character confuses containers of very hard cider for apple juice, his error is enthusiastically corrected by others. | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_3f238526 | featureApplicability |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_3f238526 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_40cc0c7e | type |
Bittersweet Ending | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_40cc0c7e | comment |
Also covered in Bittersweet Ending. In the conclusion, all the animals have been forced into a city housing project and have to subsist on processed, artificial food, like poor and marginalized minorities. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_40cc0c7e | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_415b3315 | type |
Stylistic Suck | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_415b3315 | comment |
Stylistic Suck: Downplayed; the visuals aren't meant to look "bad" so much as "amateurish." The characters are designed in a way that allows for visible chatter note Which is Stop Motion slang for something (usually dust or fabric) appearing to jitter when it's been accidentally moved between frames and the sets and special effects are dressed to emphasize their artificiality. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_415b3315 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_46332d5a | type |
Civilized Animal | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_46332d5a | comment |
Civilized Animal: Although the animals are quite anthropomorphic, they are still wildlife. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox | hasFeature |
Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_46332d5a | |
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Death by Adaptation | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_48c99e19 | comment |
Death by Adaptation: Rat didn't die in the book. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_48c99e19 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_49f20c6a | type |
Gory Discretion Shot | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_49f20c6a | comment |
Gory Discretion Shot: The camera pans down to the lower level of the chicken coop as Mr. Fox kills Kylie's chicken for him. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_49f20c6a | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_4ac8b81f | type |
Humans Are the Real Monsters | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_4ac8b81f | comment |
Humans Are the Real Monsters: Subverted. The only humans portrayed in a negative light are the three greedy and incredibly wealthy farmers, and even then, Bean is the only farmer who is really evil. Bean also has the tunnel vision, intense focus, and general demeanor of a violent alcoholic with a hair-trigger. Plausible for someone who is said to live on his own hard cider. | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_4ac8b81f | featureApplicability |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox | hasFeature |
Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_4ac8b81f | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_4ae72307 | type |
Be Yourself | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_4ae72307 | comment |
Be Yourself: Deconstructed. Mrs. Fox forcing her husband to not Be Himself is what kicks off the plot, and his Snap Back has fairly dramatic consequences, including her regretting their marriage. The benefit of following this trope is ambiguous. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_4f292929 | type |
Tall, Dark, and Snarky | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_4f292929 | comment |
Tall, Dark, and Snarky: Rat seems to consider himself this, though how much the third requirement actually applies is questionable. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_4f292929 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_505f6a99 | type |
Showdown at High Noon | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_505f6a99 | comment |
Showdown at High Noon: Referenced in the exchange. | |
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Disproportionate Retribution | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_50b05d30 | comment |
Disproportionate Retribution: When you think about it, the three villains are the kings of this trope in their efforts to get revenge against Mr. Fox for his pilfering, given how rich they must be. (Boggis eats more of his own chicken in a day than Mr. Fox likely could steal in a month, and he had more than one of those storehouses; what Mr. Fox was doing likely didn't cost him even a percent of a percent of his profit margin.) And yet, the three of them were willing to level an entire forest and use a small army of farmhands in their insane revenge plan. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_50b05d30 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_51300dbf | type |
Fat Bastard | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_51300dbf | comment |
Fat Bastard: Boggis. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_51300dbf | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_52a8d3dc | type |
Pyromaniac | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_52a8d3dc | comment |
Pyromaniac/Mad Bomber: Badger, who is a lawyer. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_52a8d3dc | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5313c266 | type |
Bookends | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5313c266 | comment |
Book Ends: The film begins and ends with Mrs. Fox abruptly announcing that she's pregnant. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_533fd3f5 | type |
Wearing It All Wrong | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_533fd3f5 | comment |
Wearing It All Wrong: Ash wants a bandit hat like Mr. Fox, Kylie, and Kristofferson, so he cuts eye-holes in a tube sock and wears that on his face. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_533fd3f5 | |
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You Monster! | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_53c47260 | comment |
You Monster!: Bean's described as the worst of the farmers. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_53c47260 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_550754dc | type |
Improbable Infant Survival | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_550754dc | comment |
Improbable Infant Survival: There's not really any good reason for the farmers to keep Kris alive once they get a recording of him... but hey, they aren't totally evil. On the other hand, Kris was a prime hostage, as Mr. Fox was the one they really wanted. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_557838d1 | type |
Adaptational Attractiveness | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_557838d1 | comment |
Adaptational Attractiveness: The book describes Boggis, Bunce and Bean as incredibly ugly, something Badger agrees with in the film. However, the three honestly aren't too bad looking, even looking rather distinguished. Their meanness, however, is perfectly intact. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_557838d1 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_56b8b4f1 | type |
Lean and Mean | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_56b8b4f1 | comment |
Lean and Mean: Bean. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_56b8b4f1 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_586db75d | type |
My Girl Is Not a Slut | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_586db75d | comment |
My Girl Is Not a Slut: Rat tries to push Fox's buttons by saying his wife was "the town tart" back in the day. Fox is a bit rattled to have it brought up in front of his friend, but doesn't try to deny it and even objects to the Double Standard that's implied... suggesting that he, too, got around quite a bit once upon a time. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_586db75d | |
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Smoking Is Cool | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_596f675a | comment |
Smoking Is Cool: Throughout the film characters smoke which lends that neat film noir lighting in the dark effect, as well as characters drinking and referring to alcohol in a positive fashion. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_596f675a | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5b565147 | type |
Meaningful Background Event | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5b565147 | comment |
Meaningful Background Event: Rat is visible in the background behind Mr. Fox for about a minute before he announces his presence. While not as dramatic, the helicopter that's been puttering back and forth throughout the movie also counts. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5b565147 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5e01640d | type |
X-Ray Sparks | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5e01640d | comment |
X-Ray Sparks: Played for Laughs with Kylie and Mr. Fox, whose skeletons show through when they climb the electric fence. Played lethally serious with Rat during his fight with Mr. Fox in the underground transformer room. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5e01640d | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5e1b0f72 | type |
Evil Tastes Good | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5e1b0f72 | comment |
Evil Tastes Good: In this case, the food the evil farmers make tastes good. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5e1b0f72 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5fcb9ad1 | type |
Time Skip | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5fcb9ad1 | comment |
Time Skip: The intro is two years (twelve fox years) before the rest of the film. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_5fcb9ad1 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_61313315 | type |
Off the Wagon | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_61313315 | comment |
Off the Wagon: Actually stated by Mr. Fox when he's apologizing to his wife about stealing birds again. Has nothing to do with the tobacco or alcohol in the film. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_61313315 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_62f9d08e | type |
Freeze-Frame Bonus | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_62f9d08e | comment |
Freeze-Frame Bonus: Mr. Fox's "Fox About Town"/"Fox on the Prowl" newspaper articles. The former mentions his phobia of wolves before it's brought up. When Mr. Fox is browsing the newspaper during Kristofferson's arrival, the articles are a continuous passage from the novel. During the swimming pool scene, Ash dries himself with a stolen hotel towel. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_62f9d08e | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6627695f | type |
Author Appeal | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6627695f | comment |
Author Appeal: Wes Anderson added the subplot of the son and his friend to include his favorite theme of family alienation. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6627695f | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_67e84a8e | type |
Wild Mass Guessing | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_67e84a8e | comment |
Heck, even the trains get one. A light and cheerful fairground tune plays whenever there's a train in the shot, whether it's a model or a real one in the distance. What this is supposed to represent is open to interpretation. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6a0b03a6 | type |
One Last Job | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6a0b03a6 | comment |
One Last Job: Narrative basis of the story, exact words used. Goes about as well as expected. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6a0b03a6 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6bccf2ba | type |
Supreme Chef | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6bccf2ba | comment |
Supreme Chef: Rabbit, voiced by Mario Batali. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6d9bc945 | type |
Babies Ever After | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6d9bc945 | comment |
Babies Ever After: After settling into their new homes and discovering a supermarket, Mrs. Fox tells Mr. Fox she is pregnant again, and they couldn't be more thrilled. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6e92a631 | type |
Four-Fingered Hands | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6e92a631 | comment |
Four-Fingered Hands: At least on the animals (and it looks just a bit weird). | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6e92a631 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6f33059b | type |
Iconic Outfit | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6f33059b | comment |
Iconic Outfit: Ash's very... odd choice of dress, consisting of all-white clothes, a cape, and the pants tucked into his socks. Its strangeness is lampshaded by Mr. Fox, with Mrs. Fox handwaving it as a phase Ash is going through. (The observant will notice him reading a comic book about a superhero called White Mask in one scene (and a poster adorns his bedroom wall), so it's apparently some sort of makeshift superhero costume.) | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_6f33059b | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_7131e4c9 | type |
Rodents of Unusual Size | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_7131e4c9 | comment |
Rodents of Unusual Size: Whereas Rat was a small, cowardly creature in the book, here he's actually bigger and taller than Mr. Fox himself, and by proxy the largest anthropomorphized animal in the whole movie. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_7131e4c9 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_72cdfc33 | type |
Big Bad Ensemble | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_72cdfc33 | comment |
Big Bad Ensemble: Subverted with Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. While this trope looks to be in play at the beginning, The former two ultimately act as little more than henchman for the latter, with Bean being the smartest, most dangerous, and persistent antagonist. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_72cdfc33 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_72ce3f54 | type |
Adaptation Relationship Overhaul | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_72ce3f54 | comment |
Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the book, Mr. Fox and Badger are best friends, and are very friendly and loyal to one another the moment they meet up. In the movie, the two of them have a more terse relationship, with them getting into an argument over buying a tree that devolves into shouting and hissing, and Badger later angrily singles out and blames Mr. Fox for destroying the animal community thanks to his antics. They still work together to keep themselves alive however. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_72ce3f54 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_736d791f | type |
Adaptational Badass | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_736d791f | comment |
Adaptational Badass: Rat in the book was a spineless coward who fled from Mr. Fox at the slightest threat. Here, he's a switchblade-wielding security guard on Bean's payroll who's bigger than Fox (or any of the other animals, for that matter.) | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox | hasFeature |
Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_736d791f | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_737394ab | type |
Iconic Item | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_737394ab | comment |
Iconic Item: Mr. Fox often wears a transistor radio clipped to one of the lower pockets of his suit jacket. Ash eventually starts wearing one of his own. | |
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1.0 | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_737394ab | |
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Just Eat Him | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_73ff2cc5 | comment |
Just Eat Him: A weird but far more realistic example than most, as Mr. Fox tries to teach Kylie the fine art of making a clean kill.* Somewhat Truth in Television; possums are indeed omnivorous, have quite sharp teeth, and can kill small chickens by biting the neck, but they usually target eggs and chicks because of the smaller size of their teeth and jaws. Doesn't help that Kylie is The Woobie to start with. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_73ff2cc5 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_77b009ea | type |
Phrase Catcher | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_77b009ea | comment |
Phrase Catcher: Ash. He's... *erratic arm gesturing* different. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_77b009ea | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_7ad2c23d | type |
ShoutOutToShakespeare | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_7ad2c23d | comment |
Shout-Out to Shakespeare: One poster of the film had the Tagline "Dig The Life Fantastic". | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_7b50237d | type |
Distinction Without a Difference | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_7b50237d | comment |
Distinction Without a Difference: Mr. Fox isn't afraid of wolves, he has a phobia of them. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_7b50237d | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_82b9624d | type |
Pistol Pose | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_82b9624d | comment |
When wielding his Luger, Mr. Bean's Pistol Pose often mimics James Bond, specifically Sean Connery's. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_82b9624d | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_82fc5bdf | type |
Bratty Half-Pint | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_82fc5bdf | comment |
Bratty Half-Pint: Ash is actually older than his cousin, but fits this trope to a T — at least until Character Development kicks in. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_82fc5bdf | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_8409a385 | type |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_8409a385 | comment |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The animals cuss by saying..."cuss." | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_8409a385 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_84df9a79 | type |
Second-Face Smoke | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_84df9a79 | comment |
Second-Face Smoke: Present if a little modified in Mr Bean's critique of a freestyle song. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_84df9a79 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: Or what happened to the albino otter in this case. Coach Skip only has one scene, the Whack-Bat scene at the school, then never appears again, unlike all the other animals in the film. It's possible that the farmers actually managed to catch and kill him since he never appears post-siege. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_863fa679 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: "Your tractors uprooted my tree, your posse hunted my family, your gunmen kidnapped my nephew, your rat insulted my wife, and you shot off my tail. I’m not leaving here without that necktie." Subverted almost immediately afterward when the farmers' workforce replies with a hail of bullets, resulting in Mr. Fox giving up. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_86b21114 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_87e661e8 | type |
Absurdly Spacious Sewer | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_87e661e8 | comment |
Absurdly-Spacious Sewer: The sewer the animals hide in after they get flushed out of their holes. Of course, it's spacious for animals the size of a fox or smaller. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_87e661e8 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_8b606a51 | type |
There Is No Kill Like Overkill | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_8b606a51 | comment |
There Is No Kill Like Overkill: The farmers bring way, way more ammunition and digging equipment than they ought to need. But still not quite enough to get more than Mr. Fox's tail. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_8d463bfd | type |
Parenthetical Swearing | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_8d463bfd | comment |
Parenthetical Swearing: All of the adult male animals have very dirty mouths...it's just that their only example of profanity is literally the word "cuss." | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_8d463bfd | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_916c72b3 | type |
Rule of Symbolism | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_916c72b3 | comment |
Rule of Symbolism: The scene where Mr. Fox encounters a wolf after rescuing his nephew from the farmers. Throughout the film, Mr. Fox questions his own happiness and purpose, and believes he's a wild animal at heart and that he shouldn't deny his true nature. The scene with the wolf shows how drastically and stylistically different Mr. Fox is compared to the wolf. The silent, colourless wolf has to survive by hunting and being the strongest in its own environment, whereas the talkative Mr. Fox is able to survive his environment through cooperation, cunning, and wit. The scene shows Mr. Fox realizing that he's a product of his environment and not as wild as the wolf. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_916c72b3 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_92264449 | type |
Jabba Table Manners | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_92264449 | comment |
Jabba Table Manners: Subverted. All of the animals act like civilized individuals, but eat like wild animals. Boggis, however, is a Fat Bastard and a Villainous Glutton. | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_92264449 | featureApplicability |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_92264449 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9273464f | type |
A Glass of Chianti | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9273464f | comment |
A Glass of Chianti: Rat is sipping from a jug of hard cider when he first appears. Farmer Bean also qualifies, naturally. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9273464f | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_92762b69 | type |
Significant Green-Eyed Redhead | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_92762b69 | comment |
Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Fox is technically this because his fur is red. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_92762b69 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_92dfffae | type |
Retraux | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_92dfffae | comment |
Retraux: Blatantly so. Much of the animation takes inspiration from early pioneers of Stop Motion, such as Willis O'Brian and Ray Harryhausen, and they even intentionally add imperfections to the fur, which is similar to a more unintentional instance in King Kong. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_92dfffae | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9421aa41 | type |
Flipping the Table | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9421aa41 | comment |
Flipping the Table: When Mr. Bean, leader of the local farmers, gets word that Mr. Fox has robbed them blind by digging under all of their security, he swipes everything off his desk, flips it, and keeps going, completely wrecking the trailer he was using as a headquarters. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9421aa41 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_94680696 | type |
Shaped Like Itself | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_94680696 | comment |
Shaped Like Itself: Mr. Fox tells Kylie that one of the beagles is "rabid, with rabies!" | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_94680696 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_957e5fc2 | type |
Villainous Breakdown | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_957e5fc2 | comment |
Villainous Breakdown: Bean's response to finding out the animals had managed to rob all three farmers blind when the farmers thought they had them on the ropes. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_957e5fc2 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_96a2363c | type |
Bathos | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_96a2363c | comment |
Bathos: In the way that only Wes Anderson can pull off. Rat's death scene is both hilarious and sad, as he confesses in his dying moments that he'd become so addicted to cider that he wasted his life as an enforcer for Mr. Bean, and his old enemy grants him some final moments of peace with a taste of Bean's apple cider, followed seconds later by Rat dying with cartoony X's eyes for eyes. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_96a2363c | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_96b68af2 | type |
Desk Sweep of Rage | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_96b68af2 | comment |
Desk Sweep of Rage: When Mr. Bean, leader of the local farmers, gets word that Mr. Fox has robbed them blind by digging under all of their security, he swipes everything off his desk, flips it, and keeps going, completely wrecking the trailer he was using as a headquarters, then exits the trailer and keeps going until he's wrecked the outside as well. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_96b68af2 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_97928805 | type |
Barefoot Cartoon Animal | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_97928805 | comment |
Barefoot Cartoon Animal: Almost all of the animal characters. The One Who Wears Shoes: Kris, Coach Skip, and Beaver's son are the only animal characters in the entire movie to wear shoes. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_97928805 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_97d97c28 | type |
Revenge Before Reason | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_97d97c28 | comment |
Revenge Before Reason: Played straight for about a minute when Mr. Fox vows to get his tail back from Bean, then immediately averted when after narrowly avoiding a hail of gunfire Mr. Fox decides it would be a better idea to just get the hell out of there | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_97d97c28 | featureApplicability |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_97d97c28 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9a42558d | type |
Animal Nemesis | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9a42558d | comment |
Animal Nemesis: The farmers' obsession with destroying the eponymous fox and the effort they put in to achieve it is simply outstanding overkill. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9a42558d | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: During the rundown of the three farmers, Bean is mentioned to have invented his own species of turkey and apple, the latter of which is a star-skinned apple. The same kinds of apples appear in the supermarket at the end, hinting that the supermarket is owned by the farmers. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9d12bbc1 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9f6fb586 | type |
Leitmotif | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_9f6fb586 | comment |
Leitmotif: A whole lot. Boggis, Bunce, and Bean have the Ironic Nursery Rhyme which recurs in a whistle or a children's choir every time they're up to no good. ... or about to get their comeuppance. There is also "Kristofferson's Theme" and "Mr. Fox in the Field", which get bonus points for having similar harmony and instruments. Musically, they reinforce the conflict between Mr. Fox, Ash (his natural son who is "different") and Kristofferson (the son he would prefer). The whack-bat sequence gets a theme that sounds like an American high school football band that replays during the finale. Rat. Definitely Rat. With gratuitous finger-snapping. Heck, even the trains get one. A light and cheerful fairground tune plays whenever there's a train in the shot, whether it's a model or a real one in the distance. What this is supposed to represent is open to interpretation. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a188ac4b | type |
Overly Long Gag | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a188ac4b | comment |
Overly-Long Gag: Bean angrily wrecks his trailer for thirty uninterrupted seconds. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a188ac4b | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a1d3ebd7 | type |
Furry Reminder | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a1d3ebd7 | comment |
Furry Reminder: While the animals are fully clothed and live in furnished apartments, they occasionally do quite animalistic things, like ravenously eating their food and growling and hissing at each other as they argue. Their dual nature is a major theme in the film. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a3c0c1df | type |
Dance Party Ending | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a3c0c1df | comment |
Dance Party Ending: The movie ends with the foxes and Kylie dancing in the supermarket to the tune of The Bobby Fuller Four's "Let Her Dance". | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a3ca3b12 | type |
Mid-Life Crisis Car | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a3ca3b12 | comment |
Mid-Life Crisis Car: The tree that Mr. Fox can't really afford is one of these, a way to avoid feeling "poor". | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a3ca3b12 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a6cda066 | type |
Rule of Three | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a6cda066 | comment |
Rule of Three: The movie has three villains: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a796d2a6 | type |
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a796d2a6 | comment |
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: The farmers and snipers shoot away from the wooden crates the gang is hiding behind until they are outlined, then Ash runs a gauntlet while they fire enough ammo at him to supply the Normandy Invasion. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a8d644f6 | type |
Bizarre Beverage Use | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_a8d644f6 | comment |
Bizarre Beverage Use: A man uses his glass of beer to douse a fire. Farmer Bean tries to drown the fox family with cider, but they and their friends end up being washed into the sewer instead. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ac1e8aff | type |
WalkThroughTheCamera | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ac1e8aff | comment |
Walk Through the Camera: Bean does this when he has a temper tantrum and trashes the inside of the trailer. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ac1e8aff | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_acecb17d | type |
Chekhov's Skill | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_acecb17d | comment |
Chekhov's Skill: "Plus he knows karate." - a random observation Mr.Fox makes about Kristofferson, which obviously has some part to play later in the film. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Fox's reaction before he and the rest of the animals are flushed out of the burrows by apple cider. "Cider?". | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ad1db87c | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ad641426 | type |
Trademark Favorite Food | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ad641426 | comment |
Trademark Favorite Food: Boggis - chicken; Bunce - homemade doughnuts with smashed up goose livers injected into them; Bean - strong alcoholic apple cider. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ad641426 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ad6593eb | type |
Cut-and-Paste Note | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ad6593eb | comment |
Cut-and-Paste Note: The farmers and the animals each send the other side a cut and paste note, despite the fact that they already know each other's identities. They hang a lampshade by having each side ask aloud why the other did this. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ad6593eb | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_aee8ec77 | type |
Creepy Children Singing | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_aee8ec77 | comment |
Creepy Children Singing: Although it's only creepy In-Universe. The three farmers are so infamous even among humans that children have developed a schoolyard rhyme about them. Badger, a lawyer, uses a recording of it to try to dissuade clients from buying property in their area. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox | hasFeature |
Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_aee8ec77 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_b58b4e3c | type |
Too Dumb to Live | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: Mr. Fox gets carried away sometimes. Examining the anti-fox trap the farmer's set up? Trying to make friends with the rabid dog, after your companions have already gotten away? Edging into this trope. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_b5b4b077 | type |
The Ace | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_b5b4b077 | comment |
The Ace: Kristofferson, a fox kit who seemingly can do no wrong, much to Ash's frustration who sees everyone, including his own father, belittling him in comparison. Subverted in that Kris is a soft-spoken nice guy who, while he will not hide his talents, never wanted to embarrass his cousin. Ash finally realizes that when he is harassed by a bully and Kris kicks that bully's ass in his cousin's defense. Furthermore, when Kris gets captured, Ash helps rescue him and impresses everyone to his own talents, allowing them to fully make peace and become friends. | |
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Love Triangle | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_b7e0c5ff | comment |
Love Triangle: Kristofferson/Agnes/Ash. They're all study partners in chemistry class but Ash gets upset when Agnes pays more attention to Kristofferson than him. Agnes defends that she is a lab partner to Ash but he scoffs saying she's "disloyal". Eventually, the two are going steady and this upsets Ash more, causing him to argue about it with Kristofferson as one of the many things that anger him. | |
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Ink-Suit Actor | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_b8dbbc07 | comment |
Ink-Suit Actor: Technically Clay Suit Actor. Petey◊ looks identical to Jarvis Cocker◊, his voice actor. Bean is a lesser example, but he still looks a lot like Michael Gambon. | |
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Whole Costume Reference | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_b906ac5d | comment |
Whole Costume Reference: Mr. Fox's suit was designed after and made from the actual material of one of Wes Anderson's own suits. | |
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Tantrum Throwing | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ba0b808e | comment |
Tantrum Throwing: When Mr. Bean, leader of the local farmers, gets word that Mr. Fox has robbed them blind by digging under all of their security, he swipes everything off his desk, flips it, and keeps going, completely wrecking the trailer he was using as a headquarters. | |
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Cunning Like a Fox | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_bf414570 | comment |
Cunning Like a Fox: Mr. Fox - The rest of his family have personalities distinct from this. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_c02925f0 | type |
Wingding Eyes | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_c02925f0 | comment |
Wingding Eyes: Kylie's eyes will change to spirals when he zones out. When the dogs and Boggis pass out (or something like it), their eyes turn into asterisks. The dead poultry and Rat have X's for eyes. | |
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"The Villain Sucks" Song | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_c1d57cf7 | comment |
"The Villain Sucks" Song: The movie has two. One (seen at the bottom of this page) is taken from the book as a nursery rhyme; the other is sung by Petey during a montage of Fox and the other animals committing a mass theft of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean's storerooms. Bean even berates Petey on the second occasion... for making it up as he goes along. | |
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New Powers as the Plot Demands | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_c26e2b1 | comment |
New Powers as the Plot Demands: Lampshaded. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_c2afffe | type |
Take Me Instead | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_c2afffe | comment |
Take Me Instead: Mr. Fox at first decides to hand himself in to save the others — until he hears his son, who is being kidnapped by Rat, cry for help. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_c5249b29 | type |
Nice Guy | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_c5249b29 | comment |
Nice Guy: Kylie, the opossum. As Mr. Fox puts it, his special skill is "being available." | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: One of the songs is from another animated film with foxy leads, Disney's Robin Hood (1973). There are also nods to that other caper movie where George Clooney's character gives up his thievery to be with his wife, only to fall back into it and put everyone in danger. There's also one to Rebel Without a Cause: During one of Mr. and Mrs. Fox's arguments, Kylie appears wearing a red blanket, quoting Dean's famous speech, "You say one thing, he says another, and everybody changes back again!", only missing the infamous "You're tearing me apart!". The shop outside which Fox and Kylie steal the motorbike is called Padington Cycles. Mr. Bean's cider press uses the same sound effects as the scientist's laboratory apparatus in The Man in the White Suit. Mr. Fox's whistle is the same as Hawkeye Pierce's. Rat menaces Ash in the sewer by dance-walking towards him and snapping his fingers rhythmically. "Beagles love blueberries" is a fairly obvious reference to the same drugging technique in Danny, the Champion of the World, another of Dahl's books. (Pheasants love raisins.) note Though that's Truth in Television, as dogs do love blueberries. When wielding his Luger, Mr. Bean's Pistol Pose often mimics James Bond, specifically Sean Connery's. A possible subtle one to Roald Dahl himself: Mr. Fox has a writing board that he sets on his armchair, very similar to how Dahl preferred to write his stories. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_c75df49a | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_cbe3d017 | type |
Damned by Faint Praise | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_cbe3d017 | comment |
Damned by Faint Praise: | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_cbe3d017 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_cc3c365f | type |
Goofy Print Underwear | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_cc3c365f | comment |
Goofy Print Underwear: Ash wears printed briefs. | |
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1.0 | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_cc3c365f | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_cf932498 | type |
The One Who Wears Shoes | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_cf932498 | comment |
The One Who Wears Shoes: Kris, Coach Skip, and Beaver's son are the only animal characters in the entire movie to wear shoes. | |
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1.0 | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_cf932498 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d0b60f23 | type |
GoshDangItToHeck | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d0b60f23 | comment |
Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Instead of a Sound-Effect Bleep, the characters literally say "cuss" in the place of swearing. Examples: | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d0b60f23 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d0c9634e | type |
Animals Not to Scale | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d0c9634e | comment |
Animals Not to Scale: Although it's not too bad for the most part (Mr. Fox is taller than Badger, but Badger is much brawnier), there's no other explanation for how Rat is taller than any of the foxes. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d0c9634e | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d148b019 | type |
Mundane Made Awesome | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d148b019 | comment |
Mundane Made Awesome: A running theme: one of the main sources of humor in the movie is the characters being dramatically intense about random things. It especially runs in the Fox family - Mr. Fox and Ash do this lot. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d148b019 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d2ccb43e | type |
Delicious Distraction | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d2ccb43e | comment |
Delicious Distraction: Drives the plot of the film. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d308cbb0 | type |
Character Catchphrase | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d308cbb0 | comment |
Character Catchphrase: Mr. Fox has his "trademark" (whistle~* clickclick*), as well as "Here, put these bandit hats on." Poor Kylie tries to develop his own trademark at the end, but it doesn't catch on as easily. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d3a4af1e | type |
Sympathy for the Devil | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d3a4af1e | comment |
Sympathy for the Devil: All the animals are saddened by the death of Rat, even Fox himself (who dealt the killing blow), despite his being the traitorous head of security for farmer Bean. In fairness, Rat did manage to come to his senses at last in his few final moments when he revealed that he had turned traitor because he had become too addicted to the apple cider of Bean. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d4bb4e51 | type |
Walking Shirtless Scene | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d4bb4e51 | comment |
Walking Shirtless Scene: Ash spends a fair part of the movie walking around in his underwear. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d4bb4e51 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d68c925d | type |
Creator Provincialism | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d68c925d | comment |
Creator Provincialism: Accents of the animal cast aside, there are many distinctly American quirks throughout the film, including American-style local news channels (going by provocative names like Action 12), American-style banjo music, American fluorescent orange hunting vests, fire brigade uniforms, and construction helmets, as well as Boggis', Bunce's and Bean's baron-esque business practices. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d68c925d | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d848560f | type |
Unusual Euphemism | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d848560f | comment |
Unusual Euphemism: Throughout the movie, every possible cuss word that could have been possibly used is literally replaced with the word 'cuss'. Leads to a very funny moment when the word is seen graffitied on a city wall. | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d848560f | featureApplicability |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d848560f | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d99a228f | type |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_d99a228f | comment |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: When a pilot notices the fox family on a motorcycle: | |
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Just a Stupid Accent | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_db1ab4b1 | comment |
Just a Stupid Accent: The Americanized voices/accents on the animal characters and British voices/accents on the human characters add contrast between their two parallel societies. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_db4b76d1 | type |
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_db4b76d1 | comment |
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: Kristofferson has one before beating the cuss out of Beaver's son. Mrs. Fox has one, sotto voce, before scratching the cuss out of her husband. Subverted. Though Mr. Fox makes a speech to the farmers that could definitely qualify as one, it ultimately ends in him cowering in fear as they open fire on him. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox | hasFeature |
Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_db4b76d1 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_dcebff1 | type |
Command Roster | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_dcebff1 | comment |
Command Roster: Played with and one of the film's aesops, with each individual's special skills highlighted, and even takes on a vaguely military overtone for the final act. Contains the obligatory My Friends... and Zoidberg. | |
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Improbable Food Budget | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e31b965b | comment |
Improbable Food Budget: As a result of Mr. Fox's heists, he recurrently comes home with an inexplicably plentiful harvest. However, Mrs. Fox knows the pantry shouldn't be that full, and Suspicion Ensues. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e34400ab | type |
Ambiguously Gay | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e34400ab | comment |
Ambiguously Gay: Stan Weasel, the estate agent. His mannerisms, poses and voice seem to fit the stereotype of the slightly effeminate homosexual pretty well, not to mention the pink shirt. | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e34400ab | featureApplicability |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e34400ab | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e6321da2 | type |
Info Drop | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e6321da2 | comment |
Info Drop: There is much fun had with the conversion between fox years and human years (a 6:1 ratio), though a specific year for the movie's events is never given: it can, however, be extrapolated from Ash's age, Mr. Fox's age and the years we see on a trophy (1973, in case you were wondering). Oddly enough, however, Rat's cider bottle has "Cuvée 2006" stamped on it, and one of the soundtrack's songs is titled, "Stunt Expo 2004". Supposedly, the year is left vague, even though the aesthetic would suggest some time before the 00s...although, there's a bit of Anachronism Stew at play; while a lot of the technology seen in the film has 70s aesthetic, there's also some more modern stuff like a PC with flat screen behind Badger in his office, and Stan Weasel trying to use a cellphone at one point. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e640b487 | type |
Infodump | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e640b487 | comment |
Infodump: Played for Laughs with the Whack-Bat scene, in which, upon learning that Kristofferson doesn't exactly know how to play, the otter coach rather rapidly explains the intricacies of Whack-Bat. The following round actually follows the rules he explained, and Kris gets it perfect on his first try, although it's not too surprising considering he's The Ace. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e640b487 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e8bb3043 | type |
Kill It with Water | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e8bb3043 | comment |
Kill It with Water: Or in this case cider, effectively combining this trope with Libation for the Dead. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e8bb3043 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e906fcc0 | type |
1-Dimensional Thinking | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e906fcc0 | comment |
1-Dimensional Thinking: Down, until the siege. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e906fcc0 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e90e0fe1 | type |
Defying the Censors | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_e90e0fe1 | comment |
Defying the Censors: Ash's parents apparently almost mistook him for being female before he was born.note That's presumably a small penis joke. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_eda30d58 | type |
0% Approval Rating | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_eda30d58 | comment |
0% Approval Rating: It's implied that Boggis, Bunce and Bean are heavily disliked by the human community, as Badger points out how human children have even come up with a nursery rhyme that makes fun of them. During the all-out manhunt on Mr. Fox, the reporter even makes a snarky jab at the farmers' obssession to hunt down one fox just because he stole a negligible amount of livestock from their farms. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_edde4197 | type |
Woodland Creatures | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_edde4197 | comment |
Woodland Creatures: Foxes star in this story, with a supporting cast of other animals such as badgers, weasels, moles and rabbits, living in the English countryside. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f081b6bc | type |
EmoTeen | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f081b6bc | comment |
Emo Teen: Ash before the Character Development. | |
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f13643c4 | type |
Tunnel King | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f13643c4 | comment |
Tunnel King: Mr. Fox is good at making tunnels. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f13643c4 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f1815858 | type |
Literal Soapbox Speech | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f1815858 | comment |
Literal Soapbox Speech: At the end of the movie, after they find their way into a supermarket, Mr. Fox is asked to make a toast. In a Visual Pun, he stands atop a box of detergent before addressing the crowd. | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f1815858 | featureApplicability |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f1815858 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f19ff224 | type |
TheUNFavourite | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f19ff224 | comment |
The Un-Favourite: Ash considers himself this, seeing himself inferior to his athletic and more popular cousin, and his father's attitude towards said cousin doesn't help. Which leads to Bratty Half-Pint (see above). | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f19ff224 | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f23ad6de | type |
Food Porn | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f23ad6de | comment |
Food Porn: Despite the feast obviously being fabricated, it still looks delicious, as does the cider cellar in all its golden glory. | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f23ad6de | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f2d29e14 | type |
Evil Brit | |
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Evil Brit: Literally every bad-guy has a British accent, and every good guy a generic American one, with the exception of Rat, who has a New Orleans accent. To be fair, the film most likely takes place in the UK, as evidenced by the presence of a right-hand-drive car. | |
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Villainous Glutton | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f4fe270 | comment |
Villainous Glutton: All three farmers, but especially Boggis, who eats three chickens for every square meal of the day (plus dessert). | |
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Product Placement | |
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Product Placement: Badger has an Apple computer in his office. | |
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Hero-Tracking Failure | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f5920574 | comment |
Hero-Tracking Failure: Of Ash, in the final confrontation at Bean Annex. | |
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Death Equals Redemption | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f9671119 | comment |
Death Equals Redemption: Discussed with Rat. He did help them out, but he was still just another dead rat in a garbage pail behind a Chinese restaurant. | |
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Running Gag | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: Kylie's eyes. Mr. Fox and Kylie's "I hate wolves/I hate thunder" and Ash's "I'm an athlete, you know". The bandit hats as well. The cussing. Other animals saying Ash is "different", complete with hand gestures. | |
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Big, Thin, Short Trio | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_fb2136ec | comment |
Big, Thin, Short Trio: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean (one fat, one short, one lean). | |
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Comically Missing the Point | |
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Comically Missing the Point: When overhearing the song Petey's singing about him, Mr. Bean is more upset that Petey is making the lyrics up as he goes along than he is that the song is making fun of him and his colleagues. | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_fccd06b6 | comment |
Beware the Nice Ones: Kristofferson is a soft-spoken fox kit, but if you dare bully his cousin Ash, you are in for a world of hurt with only the mercy of being attacked shoeless to avoid breaking your muzzle. The equally quiet Mrs. Fox also permanently scars her husband in a fit of anger, threatens Rat with a length of padlocked chain, and proves to be pretty handy with improvised explosives. | |
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Adaptational Nationality | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox / int_ff6d8ad9 | comment |
Adaptational Nationality: All of the characters in the book were British, due to the novel taking place in the English countryside. Here, while the setting is still set in England, the animals all have American accents, despite the humans still speaking with British ones. | |
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