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Technological Threat

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22 feature instances
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Technological Threat	type	TVTItem
Technological Threat	label	Technological Threat
Technological Threat	page	TechnologicalThreat
Technological Threat	comment	Technological Threat is a 1988 Oscar-nominated short by Bill Kroyer and Brian Jennings.It's about Tex Avery-esque wolves being replaced by CGI robot "dweebs" with one wolf fighting back against one of the robots.
Technological Threat	fetched	2023-09-22T21:07:58Z
Technological Threat	parsed	2023-09-22T21:07:59Z
Technological Threat	isPartOf	DBTropes
Technological Threat / int_1ba8eb64	type	Visual Pun
Technological Threat / int_1ba8eb64	comment	Visual Pun: The dweebs have literal pencil necks.
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Technological Threat / int_1e7c47ab	type	Stealth Pun
Technological Threat / int_1e7c47ab	comment	Stealth Pun: The wolf workers that are dropped beneath a Trap Door and replaced by the Job Stealing Robots are the literal underdogs in this situation.
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Technological Threat / int_222dc873	type	Black Comedy
Technological Threat / int_222dc873	comment	Black Comedy: The first wolf worker is replaced because he had a heart attack and died on his desk.
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Technological Threat / int_26b2747	type	Alliterative Title
Technological Threat / int_26b2747	comment	Alliterative Title: T-alliteration. Technological Threat
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Technological Threat	hasFeature	Technological Threat / int_26b2747
Technological Threat / int_27fdc960	type	Trap Door
Technological Threat / int_27fdc960	comment	Trap Door: There's one under each desk to dispose of those workers who can't cut it. The last worker uses it to dispose of the boss robot, as well as the last remaining dweeb.
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Technological Threat / int_3cb1d38d	type	Bad Boss
Technological Threat / int_3cb1d38d	comment	Bad Boss: The Bully Bulldog and his robotic replacement care more about efficiency in the workplace than the well-being of their workers.
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Technological Threat / int_42cfbfc6	type	2D Visuals, 3D Effects
Technological Threat / int_42cfbfc6	comment	2D Visuals, 3D Effects: One of the earliest examples, and probably one of the first in which the conspicuousness is deliberate.
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Technological Threat / int_50b05d30	type	Disproportionate Retribution
Technological Threat / int_50b05d30	comment	Disproportionate Retribution: Slack off work for one second and you get replaced by a robot.
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Technological Threat / int_514491f	type	Job-Stealing Robot
Technological Threat / int_514491f	comment	Job-Stealing Robot: The dweebs end up replacing all but one of the workers, including the boss who deployed them in the first place.
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Technological Threat / int_54d5074	type	Speaking Simlish
Technological Threat / int_54d5074	comment	Speaking Simlish: The Bad Boss berates his workers at a few points, but all his dialogue is gibberish.
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Technological Threat / int_5989e3b6	type	Enemy Mine
Technological Threat / int_5989e3b6	comment	Enemy Mine: As the last wolf and last dweeb fight, the robot boss returns and attempts to dispose of them both. So they put aside their differences just long enough to drop him down the hole, instead. But the truce is short-lived. The wolf takes advantage of the dweeb's distraction and shoves it down the hole as well.
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Technological Threat / int_5e01640d	type	X-Ray Sparks
Technological Threat / int_5e01640d	comment	X-Ray Sparks: As one of the dweebs gets electrocuted, there's a brief X-ray shot, which includes a human skull inside his head.
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Technological Threat / int_7d218606	type	Rapid-Fire Comedy
Technological Threat / int_7d218606	comment	Rapid-Fire Comedy: See Shout-Out.
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Technological Threat / int_82f5ced1	type	Conservation of Ninjutsu
Technological Threat / int_82f5ced1	comment	Conservation of Ninjutsu: Happens twice. The first five wolves get dropped through trapdoors in quick succession, but the last wolf is able to persist until the boss leaves. He then starts knocking his new coworkers down the same trapdoors. Again, the first four dweebs fall easily, while the last one fights back and nearly proves a match for the wolf.
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Technological Threat / int_98c1b508	type	Bully Bulldog
Technological Threat / int_98c1b508	comment	Bully Bulldog: The boss who replaces the workers with robots before being replaced himself is one.
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Technological Threat / int_b2d56b20	type	Portable Hole
Technological Threat / int_b2d56b20	comment	Portable Hole: When the last wolf and last dweeb realize they're standing on a trap door, they escape falling in by sliding the door across the floor, so it winds up underneath the boss instead.
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Technological Threat / int_b5496c0c	type	Inflating Body Gag
Technological Threat / int_b5496c0c	comment	Inflating Body Gag: The last wolf deals with one of the dweebs by inflating it with a bike pump, until it smacks a lamp with its head and gets electrocuted.
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Technological Threat / int_b8429842	type	Plot-Sensitive Button
Technological Threat / int_b8429842	comment	Plot-Sensitive Button: The boss just has a single Big Red Button marked with a skull-and-crossbones, yet it opens a different trapdoor every time he pushes it.
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Technological Threat / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Technological Threat / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: To Tex Avery (Jaw Drop included).
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Technological Threat	hasFeature	Technological Threat / int_c75df49a
Technological Threat / int_da03a529	type	Bait-and-Switch Boss
Technological Threat / int_da03a529	comment	Bait-and-Switch Boss: Albeit a different kind of "boss", the Bully Bulldog who replaces the workers with robots in the beginning is himself replaced by a robotic counterpart who serves as the Big Bad for the rest of the short.
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Technological Threat / int_e4f05faa	type	Jaw Drop
Technological Threat / int_e4f05faa	comment	Jaw Drop: The wolf workers when the first dweeb robot appears.
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