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The Pebble and the Penguin
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| The Pebble and the Penguin | comment |
Don Bluth's 1995 epic story about a bunch of singing penguins.Adélie penguins engage in elaborate courtship behavior where the male builds a nest of pebbles to attract mates. Tough for Hubie (Martin Short), as he has no pebble with which to win the affections of the lovely Marina (Annie Golden).After Hubie finds an emerald which falls from the sky for... some reason... his rival Drake (Tim Curry), a penguin so pumped full of steroids that his veins should be exploding every time he flexes, steals it from him and attempts to feed him to a Leopard Seal. Hubie escapes and winds up on a ship with the cranky Rockhopper, Rocko (James Belushi). Together, the two penguins must travel 3,000 miles to return to their island home and settle things with Drake.Perhaps The World Was Not Ready for a movie about penguin romance. You wonder how well this could have done in the wake of Happy Feet... | |
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DBTropes | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_1235f055 | type |
Dirty Coward | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_1235f055 | comment |
Considering their nature, it wouldn't be surprising that they ran off then. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_142b2370 | type |
Vile Vulture | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_142b2370 | comment |
Vile Vulture: Well, vile stylized skuas or giant petrels, but Drake keeps about carnivorous seabirds that very much look and behave the part. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_187228e0 | type |
Bridal Carry | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_187228e0 | comment |
Bridal Carry: In the climax, Hubie carries Marina in his arms to get away from the crumbling lair of Drake. He contines carrying her this was while riding on the back of a now flying Rocko. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_18aff462 | type |
Artistic License – Biology | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_18aff462 | comment |
Artistic License – Biology: Starting with the penguins who hardly look like penguins and those three little flying birds (maybe they're meant to be Sheathbills, but...) | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_1902e67d | type |
I Am Very British | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_1902e67d | comment |
I Am Very British: The royal penguin on the Good Ship Misery has a posh accent. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_1aa30797 | type |
Single Woman Seeks Good Man | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_1aa30797 | comment |
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Marina returns Hubie's feelings for her, and isn't interested in Drake whatsoever. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_1b65dfad | type |
The Cameo | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_1b65dfad | comment |
The Cameo: If you look carefully during the brief shot of the people on the beach, you can see what appear to be characters from previous Bluth projects, such as Princess Daphne and an older Anne-Marie. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_1ccad9a3 | type |
Villain Song | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_1ccad9a3 | comment |
Villain Song: "Don't Make Me Laugh". Tim Curry does the singing, so it's no surprise that it's the most fun song in the film. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_1eed8e76 | type |
The Juggernaut | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_1eed8e76 | comment |
The Juggernaut: Being 'Twice as big, and twice as fast, and twice as mean' as the rather large, terrifying leopard seal, the Killer Whales prove to be unstoppable threats by plowing through ice floes, and a freaking harpoon. When Rocko tries to distract the orcas by tackling it, the much smaller penguin bounces off them. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_22b3deaf | type |
Toothy Bird | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_22b3deaf | comment |
Toothy Bird: Drake could probably bite through a coconut with his ridiculous looking chompers. All of the penguins have eerily humanlike prominent teeth, but Drake's the toothiest of them all. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_23d6eccb | type |
Non-Mammal Mammaries | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_23d6eccb | comment |
Non-Mammal Mammaries: Marina has noticeable breasts despite being a bird. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_28951c74 | type |
Top-Heavy Guy | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_28951c74 | comment |
Top-Heavy Guy: Drake has some truly impressive man tits and arms, but his legs are ridiculously tiny. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_2ae29c0d | type |
The Dreaded | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_2ae29c0d | comment |
The Dreaded: The Killer Whales. Rocko is able to stand up to humans, and even a leopard seal at one point, and teaches Hubie to fight back Drake, and overall, unafraid of anything. But he is absolutely terrified of Killer Whales, and when they do show up, Rocko's fear is completely justified. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_2c06d796 | type |
A Lizard Named "Liz" | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_2c06d796 | comment |
A Lizard Named "Liz": Rocko the rockhopper penguin. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_2efc138f | type |
Welcoming Song | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_2efc138f | comment |
Welcoming Song: An unhappy example in "Welcome to the Good Ship Misery". | |
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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_35b241c0 | comment |
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Tim Curry's attempt at a Jerk Jock American accent doesn't really hold up. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_392372f9 | type |
Actor Allusion | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_392372f9 | comment |
Actor Allusion: Tim Curry playing a large, brawny, Obviously Evil villain who wants the hero's Love Interest for himself? Hm, why does that sound familiar? | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_3a20231e | type |
Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_3a20231e | comment |
Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: The killer whales have animalistic yellow sclera, which is a bit inaccurate. Their sclera is actually red in real life. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_3abfffa4 | type |
DavidVsGoliath | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_3abfffa4 | comment |
David vs. Goliath: The final battle of the film involves the comparatively weak and flabby Hubie against the taller, stronger, and ridiculously more muscular Drake. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_3d699462 | type |
Curb-Stomp Battle | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_3d699462 | comment |
Curb-Stomp Battle: In the climax Hubie attempts to charge Drake head-on. With Drake being at least three times his size, this results in Hubie being effortlessly sent flying back and being close to unconscious for a good few moments. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_3fca462c | type |
Deus ex Machina | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_3fca462c | comment |
Deus ex Machina: Rocko suddenly learns to fly and saves everyone from falling. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_437820dc | type |
Villainous Crush | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_437820dc | comment |
Villainous Crush: Drake has a massive one on Marina. His goal is to marry her, even though his feelings are completely unrequited. He's willing to threaten to kill her and Hubie if she doesn't comply. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_43d612b7 | type |
Disney Acid Sequence | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_43d612b7 | comment |
Disney Acid Sequence: A rare example of a musical animated feature outside of Fantasia to apply this trope to the opening number! | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_43dc74d0 | type |
Sensitive Guy and Manly Man | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_43dc74d0 | comment |
Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Hubie and Rocko. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_46f46fd2 | type |
Love Interest vs. Lust Interest | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_46f46fd2 | comment |
Love Interest vs. Lust Interest: Hubie is the Love Interest to Marina, being a kind-hearted, selfless, if somewhat dorky penguin who treats Marina like a person and is willing to try and earn her affections. Meanwhile, Drake is a terrifying example of a Lust Interest; he only wants to marry Marina because he believes that their children will be strong, smart, and beautiful and has no problems with threatening to murder Marina if she rejects him. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_4781adbb | type |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_4781adbb | comment |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Notably Rocko. He is grumpy, hot-tempered, and occasionally rude but he is good-hearted and cares deeply about Hubie. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_478ae179 | type |
And Now You Must Marry Me | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_478ae179 | comment |
And Now You Must Marry Me: Drake's motive for the movie is to make Marina marry him, whether she wants to or not. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_4b4f6a2f | type |
Mood-Swinger | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_4b4f6a2f | comment |
Mood-Swinger: Drake can go from a smarmy jock, to a far more vicious and angry monster in a second, and easily switches back to a proud, narcissistic penguin. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_5707e92c | type |
Feather Fingers | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_5707e92c | comment |
Feather Fingers: All the penguins have either arms and hands or hands on their flippers instead of normal flippers. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_5889ca1d | type |
Mineral MacGuffin | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_5889ca1d | comment |
Mineral MacGuffin: The titular pebble looks more like a dodecahedron shaped emerald than an ordinary pebble, and it is what Hubie hopes to use as an engagement pebble for asking Marina to be his mate. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_590eb583 | type |
Domestic Abuse | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_590eb583 | comment |
Domestic Abuse: Drake reeks of this in all his interactions with Marina, especially during his Villain Song, which is peppered with threats of physical violence whilst also demanding her hand in marriage. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_5bdcc85a | type |
Disney Villain Death | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_5bdcc85a | comment |
Disney Villain Death: Subverted, while Hubie does send Drake falling a good ways, he turns out to still be alive and comes back for one last attack. Which causes his lair to collapse and kill him. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_5bdcc85a | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_5d835103 | type |
Cartoon Penguin | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_5d835103 | comment |
Cartoon Penguin: While most of the cast are Adélie penguins, excluding Rocko the Rockhopper, their designs are a variation on the typical cartoon penguin with black and white faces and yellow beaks with a red tip. Actual Adélies have completely black faces, and although they do have a darker marking on their beak, it's just not red or even shaped like an Albatross beak. | |
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If I Can't Have You… | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_6774150c | comment |
If I Can't Have You…: Drake's Villain Song includes him threatening to have Marina killed along with Hubie if she doesn't marry him. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_6831a0c9 | type |
Devious Dolphins | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_6831a0c9 | comment |
Devious Dolphins: The orcas are portrayed as extremely dangerous, monstrous predators. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Consider the following - "hubby" is a diminutive for "husband". Which character has a name similar to this word again? | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_6d9bc945 | type |
Babies Ever After | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_6d9bc945 | comment |
Babies Ever After: Hubie and Marina are seen with a bunch of children at the very end, some of which can fly just like Rocko. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_6e6b8ca7 | type |
Tertiary Sexual Characteristics | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_6e6b8ca7 | comment |
Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Played straight. The women are given curvy figures and big eyelashes and pretty eyes. When Marina walks, she looks like she's wearing a dress. But the male protagonist is given eyes that are so sugar-coatedly girly and cutesy that with another voice actor he could probably pass as a woman. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_6ef6417b | type |
Disney Death | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_6ef6417b | comment |
Disney Death: Rocko goes missing after the orca attack and Hubie assumes the worst, but a few scenes later he turns up alive and well. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7431b974 | type |
Vile Villain, Saccharine Show | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7431b974 | comment |
Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: While Drake is rather intimidating, with hints of domestic abuse and a more feral nature, he is rather enjoyable over the top with his evil, and ends up handled rather easily once Hubie gets his bearings. The Killer Whales on the other hand, are portrayed as ferocious, highly intelligent, and completely unstoppable threats far more deadly than any other obstacle encountered. Hubie outright abandons the pebble that he would risk his neck for against a Leopard Seal, just to barely escape from being eaten after one plows through a harpoon. These antagonists are also the only ones to truly terrify Rocko. | |
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| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7450e347 | type |
Shallow Cannot Comprehend True Love | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7450e347 | comment |
Shallow Cannot Comprehend True Love: The other female penguins don't see why Marina is interested in Hubie due to him being a wimp, when compared to Drake, who is considered by the other females to be a hunk, with none of them realizing that Marina likes him for his personality, and isn't interested in Drake, despite his many efforts to try and get her to be his mate. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7450e347 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7bc076de | type |
Hartman Hips | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7bc076de | comment |
Hartman Hips: All of the female penguins, bordering on Humanoid Female Animal. Said hips, as you can see in the poster, are way the hell up where Marina's wishbone should be. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7bc076de | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7de3aec2 | type |
What Does She See in Him? | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7de3aec2 | comment |
What Does She See in Him?: The other female penguins seem to have this opinion of Marina and her preference of Hubie over Drake. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7de3aec2 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7ea2a915 | type |
Animation Bump | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7ea2a915 | comment |
Animation Bump: The sequence with the Killer Whales is one of the only scenes that it makes the film feel almost like a traditional Don Bluth film. It is naturally the most nightmarish and tense scene in the movie. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7ea2a915 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7ef728b1 | type |
Tsundere | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7ef728b1 | comment |
Tsundere: Rocko is a platonic version towards Hubie. He actually likes him, but is too proud to admit it until the very end of "Looks Like I've Got Me A Friend." | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_7ef728b1 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Drake is not at all subtle in his dialogue or actions, and is unashamedly open and over the top in his behavior. One gets the feeling that Tim Curry was having a lot of fun with the role. The penguins on the Good Ship Misery are also rather melodramatic, particularly in the ship's titular song. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_823c6e3e | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: At one point, Drake discusses his actions with a pair of skuas, who are never seen in the film again. While we're on that, the three penguins who appeared with Drake in every other scene are nowhere to be seen during the final battle. Considering their nature, it wouldn't be surprising that they ran off then. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_863fa679 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_863fac26 | type |
Jerk Jock | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_863fac26 | comment |
Jerk Jock: Drake. In fact, his characterization can be summed up as "Gaston as a penguin". | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_863fac26 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_8aa54036 | type |
Flying Flightless Bird | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_8aa54036 | comment |
Flying Flightless Bird: On his introduction, Rocko tells Hubie that his wish in life is to fly, despite the fact that he is a penguin. Near the end of the film, he actually does and teaches other penguins how to fly. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_8aa54036 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_8bd26f34 | type |
Friendship Song | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_8bd26f34 | comment |
Friendship Song: "Looks Like I've Got Me A Friend" is this for the film. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_8bd26f34 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_92b9e234 | type |
Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_92b9e234 | comment |
Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Most of the penguins including Hubie and Marina and those three flying birds. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_92b9e234 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9438e550 | type |
The Big Damn Kiss | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9438e550 | comment |
The Big Damn Kiss: Between Hubie and Marina after the latter accepts the former's proposal. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9438e550 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_957e5fc2 | type |
Villainous Breakdown | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_957e5fc2 | comment |
Villainous Breakdown: Drake has a MASSIVE one after Hubie kicks his ass. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_957e5fc2 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad: Drake is Hubie's rival for Marina's affections and is willing to go to any lengths necessary to get Marina for himself, whether she wants it or not. This makes him the main villain of the film. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_970c790a | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_97928805 | type |
Barefoot Cartoon Animal | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_97928805 | comment |
Barefoot Cartoon Animal: Absolutely none of the penguins wear shoes despite being shown to wear hats, jewelry, and even shirts and pants in a couple notable instances. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_97928805 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_98591d23 | type |
Speech Impediment | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_98591d23 | comment |
Speech Impediment: Hubie has a stutter. It's portrayed rather realistically, becoming more pronounced when he's nervous or self-conscious and disappearing when he sings. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_98591d23 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9a11f9cf | type |
Informed Species | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9a11f9cf | comment |
Informed Species: The narrator specifies that the penguins of Hubie's colony are Adélie penguins, but they look nothing like them. Most have gray and white faces, as opposed to the Adélie's entirely black face, and their beaks resemble seagull beaks (yellow with a black tip) while Adélie beaks are pink and covered with feathers except the tip. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9a11f9cf | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9afa05c7 | type |
Family-Unfriendly Death | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9afa05c7 | comment |
Family-Unfriendly Death: Drake gets squashed by a falling rock. If you freeze-frame, you can see his cape and some of his crushed body still sticking to the rock as it rolls away. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9afa05c7 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9b06e314 | type |
Greater-Scope Villain | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9b06e314 | comment |
Greater-Scope Villain: Drake may be the main antagonist of the film, and most of the movie is spent traveling and Rocko teaching Hubie how to fight back, but the Killer Whales that show up demonstrate how terrifying they were built up to be, and Hubie never even attempts to fight them unlike the Leopard Seal, and barely escapes them. Considering how Killer Whales are in real life, they are the most dangerous threats to Hubie and Rocko ever. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9b06e314 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9bcd82c0 | type |
Took a Level in Badass | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Took a Level in Badass: Hubie, who at the start of the movie is afraid of leopard seals, can easily defeat one later on. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_9bcd82c0 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_a236dd4c | type |
Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_a236dd4c | comment |
Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: A few of the penguins, including Drake, are of the shirtless variant. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_a236dd4c | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_a3eae597 | type |
Award-Bait Song | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_a3eae597 | comment |
Award-Bait Song: "Now And Forever" To a lesser extent, the "Sometimes I Wonder" reprise sung by Marina. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_a3eae597 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_a5ea1f61 | type |
Ominous Opera Cape | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_a5ea1f61 | comment |
Ominous Opera Cape: Drake is the bad guy and wears a long red cape. Visible in the image. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_a5ea1f61 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b01abe4f | type |
Catchphrase | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b01abe4f | comment |
Catchphrase: "Goodness glaciers!" for Hubie. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b01abe4f | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b4ffe87f | type |
Crazy Is Cool | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b4ffe87f | comment |
Crazy Is Cool:invoked Lampshaded by Rocko to Hubie, after barely avoiding being eaten by the leopard seal: | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b4ffe87f | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b5bd58a3 | type |
Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b5bd58a3 | comment |
Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor: Marina's two suitors: the shy, innocent Hubie whom lives in a humble abode and the villainous Jerk Jock Drake whom lives in a castle shaped like a skull. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b5bd58a3 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b5f7b739 | type |
Evil Overlooker | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b5f7b739 | comment |
Evil Overlooker: Drake in the poster, as seen above. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b5f7b739 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b6844837 | type |
Evil Is Bigger | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b6844837 | comment |
Evil Is Bigger: Drake is the primary antagonist and, as seen in the image, towers over the other penguins. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b6844837 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b707726f | type |
Hypocritical Humor | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b707726f | comment |
Hypocritical Humor: After being informed of Hubie's unique plight on the 'good ship Misery', Rocko exclaims, "If he had any guts he wouldn't have let them take him alive," despite he himself having been successfully taken alive even after putting up a comparatively decent fight against them. Drake mocks Hubie's stutter early in the movie, but when gloating to a pair of seagulls later on, starts to stutter himself, and in a manner that doesn't seem to be intended to mock Hubie. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b707726f | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b99bed67 | type |
No-Nonsense Nemesis | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b99bed67 | comment |
No-Nonsense Nemesis: Compared to the leopard seal, or even Drake, the Killer Whales are unquestionably this. They do not play around with their target prey, and always will gang up on them, and are large, fast, and powerful enough to plow through even a harpoon. It is only with quick reflexes and a sacrificial distraction from Rocko, that Hubie got out alive from that encounter. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_b99bed67 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_ba907fe2 | type |
Entitled to Have You | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_ba907fe2 | comment |
Entitled to Have You: Drake has this attitude when it comes to Marina, regardless of her feelings towards him (or lack thereof, in her case), and even has a whole Villain Song threatening harm on her and Hubie should she refuse him. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_ba907fe2 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_c2cedc1c | type |
Big "NO!" | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_c2cedc1c | comment |
Big "NO!": During the song "Good Ship Misery", this is the captive penguins' reaction to Gentoo asking "Does anyone remember fun?" | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_c2cedc1c | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_c32201f6 | type |
Good Colors, Evil Colors | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_c32201f6 | comment |
Good Colors, Evil Colors: Referenced in Roger Ebert's review of the film. In fact, that's pretty much the entirety of his "review" — just him ranting about this very trope, with only one paragraph that's actually about the freaking movie. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_c32201f6 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_c3448a6f | type |
Informed Attribute | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_c3448a6f | comment |
Informed Attribute: The Narrator calls humans worse than the Leopard Seal. Hubie and Rocko promptly gets away from them rather easily, with another/the same(?) Leopard Seal antagonizing them later in the movie. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_c3448a6f | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_c5249b29 | type |
Nice Guy | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_c5249b29 | comment |
Nice Guy: Hubie is a kind, lovable sweetheart, hence Marina's preference for him over Drake. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_c5249b29 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_cfeb0de0 | type |
Monstrous Seal | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_cfeb0de0 | comment |
Monstrous Seal: The leopard seals who try to eat the main protagonist in multiple scenes are portrayed as vicious monsters that all the penguins (with the exception of Drake) greatly fear. One such instance even provides the page image! | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_cfeb0de0 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_d397657d | type |
Hoist by His Own Petard | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_d397657d | comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: Drake tries to crush Hubie with a boulder, only to have it collapse the cave. Sic transit Drake. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_d397657d | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_d7ecbd57 | type |
You're Insane! | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_d7ecbd57 | comment |
You're Insane!: A heroic example. After escaping the Leopard Seal, Rocko yells this at Hubie because he had gone back to get the pebble. It’s subverted, though, as Rocko ultimately praises him for it. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_d7ecbd57 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_d7fc9fd0 | type |
Vitriolic Best Buds | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_d7fc9fd0 | comment |
Vitriolic Best Buds: Hubie and Rocko at first. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_d7fc9fd0 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_db2f3581 | type |
All Girls Want Bad Boys | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_db2f3581 | comment |
All Girls Want Bad Boys: Subverted with Marina, who very clearly prefers Hubie. However, in one scene, when Drake rises out of the water in view of Marina and some female penguins she's with, all the female penguins sans Marina swoon. | |
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-0.3 | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_db2f3581 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_dda99fa8 | type |
Despair Event Horizon | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_dda99fa8 | comment |
Despair Event Horizon: The whole "Good Ship Misery" song segment is one. All the captured penguins have given up hope of ever returning home since being in captivity and tell Hubie the sooner he accepts that, the better off he'll be. | |
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The Pebble and the Penguin / int_dda99fa8 | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_e431c24c | type |
Not Quite Dead | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin / int_e431c24c | comment |
Not Quite Dead: After Drake falls from a spiral staircase in what appears to be a Disney Villain Death, he later appears prepared to throw a huge boulder at the heroes. He's quickly pancaked by his tower coming down on top of him. Also in "The Good Ship Misery", there is at least two point where some penguins move, but the others are frozen in place. The reason for this was because when Don Bluth and Gary Goldman walked off the movie, already all of the pencil art and 70% of the coloring was completed beforehand. At this, MGM sent the movie to a Hungary studio to hastily finish off the movie in time for its theatrical release. Most of the errors were fixed for the 2007 2-Disc 'Family Fun Edition', where the movie was nominated for a Satelitte Award for Best Youth DVD. At the end of the movie, when everyone is cheering for Hubie, you'll see the animation on Rocko is either slowed down or frozen in place. | |
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Determinator | |
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Determinator: Once he grows some serious backbone from being trained by Rocko in how to fight, Hubie utterly refuses to give up in his final confrontation against Drake. And even before then, he proves willing to do whatever it takes to make it back to Antarctica in time for the full moon ceremony to prevent Drake from taking Marina for himself. | |
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Enhanced on DVD | |
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Enhanced on DVD: The 2007 Family-Friendly Edition of the film fixed most of the errors that plagued the original theatrical release. It helped that Gary Goldman was supervising this release, as, see Off-Model below, he and Bluth walked off the original project after the Hong Kong studio Media Assets took over and hired A. Film to finish the film as quick as possible. | |
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Duet Bonding | |
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Duet Bonding: Subverted with Looks Like I Got Me A Friend: A song in which Rocko is initially reluctant to participate, but when Hubie holds his breath in and nearly kills himself, Rocko finally gives in and admits that he has a little bit of a liking for Hubie. | |
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Dark Reprise | |
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Dark Reprise: Hubie's song "Sometimes I Wonder" gets a rather saddening reprise from Marina later in the film in which she indicates just how much she misses him and is hoping and praying more than anything for him to still be alive and successfully make it back home as she works to repair the heart formation made of pebbles he'd made for her at the beginning of the film. | |
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Call of the Wild Blue Yonder | |
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Call of the Wild Blue Yonder: Rocko wishes to fly. At the end of the film, in a way that is both incredibly cliché and against all laws of physics and biology, he achieves it. Still, despite its illogical nature, it's kind of touching, even if it would have been equally touching for him to realize he doesn't need to fly to be happy when he's got such a great friend in Hubie. | |
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You Have No Chance to Survive | |
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You Have No Chance to Survive: Wanna bet, Drake? | |
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Shown Their Work | |
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Shown Their Work: Apart from the Adélies, the penguin species have the proper plumage, including the Eudyptes penguin crests and the Magellanics' "horseshoe" plumage. Also, leopard seals are, in fact, the chief predators of penguins, and the killer whales are indeed, extremely dangerous pack hunting predators in the ocean. The killer whales are seen bumping into, splashing waves over, and jumping on icebergs to force the penguins into the water, which are all tactics killer whales have been known to use in real life against their prey (both penguins and seals). | |
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