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When the Day Breaks

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11 feature instances
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When the Day Breaks	label	When the Day Breaks
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When the Day Breaks	comment	When the Day Breaks is a 1999 animated short film by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Fortis, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.In a world populated by anthropomorphic farm animals, a rooster and a lady pig go out to start their day. The rooster needs groceries and the pig is out of milk. They bump into each other at the bodega while he is exiting and she is leaving—and both their lives are profoundly changed.The NFB has it up on their Youtube channel. See it here.
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When the Day Breaks / int_183aadaf	type	Furries Are Easier to Draw
When the Day Breaks / int_183aadaf	comment	Furries Are Easier to Draw: The animators went with barnyard animals after starting with humans but being unable to get a satisfactory look for the woman (the character that eventually became the pig).
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When the Day Breaks / int_226f6129	type	Line Boil
When the Day Breaks / int_226f6129	comment	Line Boil: And lots of it. Even the credits boil.
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When the Day Breaks / int_27a40541	type	Furry Confusion
When the Day Breaks / int_27a40541	comment	Furry Confusion: Along with anthropomorphized animals, regular animals like pigeons, dogs and horses are also seen.
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When the Day Breaks / int_53c9fc92	type	Flashback
When the Day Breaks / int_53c9fc92	comment	Flashback: One sequence goes back to the dead rooster's apartment and tells the story of his whole life through a series of photographs. He played hockey (like all good Canadians) when he was young.
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When the Day Breaks / int_7ee61bec	type	Mature Animal Story
When the Day Breaks / int_7ee61bec	comment	Mature Animal Story: A pig has an existential crisis after seeing a rooster run down and killed in the street.
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When the Day Breaks / int_8341ccb1	type	World of Funny Animals
When the Day Breaks / int_8341ccb1	comment	World of Funny Animals: Animals acting as humans in a "human" world, but also setting up Furry Reminder gags. The rooster wears a hat shaped to accommodate his comb. The pig peels potatoes—and then eats only the peels, throwing the potatoes away.
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When the Day Breaks / int_985795ab	type	Medium Blending
When the Day Breaks / int_985795ab	comment	Medium Blending: The short combines altered live-action footage with hand-drawn animation, with the animal characters rotoscoped over live actors.
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When the Day Breaks / int_a82ff02f	type	Meet Cute
When the Day Breaks / int_a82ff02f	comment	Meet Cute: Subverted. It seems like this is being set up when the rooster and pig run into each other at the grocery. But the rooster is haughty and offended when the pig causes him to lose a lemon—and then the rooster is struck and killed by a passing truck.
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When the Day Breaks / int_df410b77	type	Decoy Protagonist
When the Day Breaks / int_df410b77	comment	Decoy Protagonist: It seems like the rooster will be the protagonist when the beginning of the cartoon follows him starting his day, but he's killed barely a third of the way through.
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When the Day Breaks / int_fdc83c2c	type	Dead Hat Shot
When the Day Breaks / int_fdc83c2c	comment	Dead Hat Shot: After the rooster is hit by a car, the camera focuses on his groceries and belongings strewn on the street, ending with his hat.
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When the Day Breaks	hasFeature	Decoy Protagonist / int_27665ae5
When the Day Breaks	hasFeature	Films of 1995â€“1999 / int_27665ae5
When the Day Breaks	hasFeature	Furries Are Easier to Draw / int_27665ae5
When the Day Breaks	hasFeature	Mature Animal Story / int_27665ae5

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