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* DontGoInTheWoods: The villagers don't go in the forest the {{Nature Spirit}}s inhabit, for they believe them to be demons.

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* DontGoInTheWoods: The villagers don't go in the forest Mavka and the other {{Nature Spirit}}s inhabit, for they believe them to be demons.
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* DontGoInTheWoods: The villagers don't go in the forest the {{Nature Spirit}}s inhabit, for they believe them to be demons.
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* DubNameChange: Mavka is named "Naya" in the French dub.
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''Mavka: The Forest Song'' (''Mavka. Lisova pisnya'') is a 2023 [[AllCGICartoon CGI animated]] {{Fantasy}} / FairyTale film made by the UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian studio Animagrad. It is based off ''The Forest Song'', a poetic play in three acts by Lesya Ukrainka, one of the earliest example of fantasy in Ukrainian literature.

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''Mavka: The Forest Song'' (''Mavka. Lisova pisnya'') is a 2023 [[AllCGICartoon CGI animated]] {{Fantasy}} / FairyTale film made by the UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian studio Animagrad.Animagrad (which previously made ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5378092/ The Stolen Princess]]''). It is based off ''The Forest Song'', a poetic play in three acts by Lesya Ukrainka, one of the earliest example of fantasy in Ukrainian literature.
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* OurNymphsAreDifferent: Among the nature spirits, there are two nymph-like women, one of which, Ondina, watches over rivers and other water places and lures one of Kylina's two big henchmen in a pond to drown, until he regains his senses and flees (yet he still has a crush on her). Both nymphs mock Mavka for not being as willing to fight humans as they are.
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''Mavka: The Forest Song'' (''Mavka. Lisova pisnya'') is a 2023 [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] animated {{Fantasy}} / FairyTale film made by the UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian studio Animagrad. It is based off ''The Forest Song'', a poetic play in three acts by Lesya Ukrainka, one of the earliest example of fantasy in Ukrainian literature.

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''Mavka: The Forest Song'' (''Mavka. Lisova pisnya'') is a 2023 [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] animated CGI animated]] {{Fantasy}} / FairyTale film made by the UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian studio Animagrad. It is based off ''The Forest Song'', a poetic play in three acts by Lesya Ukrainka, one of the earliest example of fantasy in Ukrainian literature.
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* BearTrap: Mavka rescues a lynx cub from an old bear trap she forgot to remove when she had to clean up the old battlefields where the Guardian incinerated human enemies.


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* HumansAreBastards: The opinion all the {{Nature Spirit}}s hold bar Mavka, due to her bonding with Lukash. That's the reason she is chosen as the next Guardian, to bridge humans and nature spirits.
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* CampStraight: Kylina's assistant is very flamboyant, foppish and fashion-obsessed.


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* FurAndLoathing: Kylina's assistant wears a fox's skin as fur scarf, and both have despicable motivations.


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* GreenAesop: Naturally, there's a takeaway about respecting nature from the film, though it's not quite the CentralTheme.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Kylina, at the end. [[spoiler: She reaches the FountainOfYouth in the Heart of the Forest and bathes entirely in it... which makes her regress to baby stage.]] There's a reason she only used one drop of the liquid on her face early on.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Kylina, at the end. [[spoiler: She reaches the FountainOfYouth in the Heart of the Forest and bathes entirely in it... which makes her regress to baby stage.]] There's a reason she only used one drop small quantities of the liquid on are enough for her face and Lukash's uncle early on.
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* TheStinger: Following the first part of the end credits, we see Kylina [[spoiler:reaching the FountainOfYouth in the Heart of the Forest... and she bathes in it, which makes her regress into a baby.]]

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* TheStinger: Following the first part of the end credits, we see Kylina [[spoiler:reaching the FountainOfYouth in the Heart of the Forest... Forest, and she bathes in it, it... which makes her regress into a baby.]]
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''Mavka: The Forest Song'' (''Mavka. Lisova pisnya'') is a 2023 [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] animated {{fantasy}} film made by the UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian studio Animagrad. It is based off ''The Forest Song'', a poetic play in three acts by Lesya Ukrainka, one of the earliest example of fantasy in Ukrainian literature.

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''Mavka: The Forest Song'' (''Mavka. Lisova pisnya'') is a 2023 [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] animated {{fantasy}} {{Fantasy}} / FairyTale film made by the UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian studio Animagrad. It is based off ''The Forest Song'', a poetic play in three acts by Lesya Ukrainka, one of the earliest example of fantasy in Ukrainian literature.
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* StockCostumeTraits: The villagers all wear vyshyvankas, traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirts.
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Taking place in a fantastical version of Ukraine, the story is about Mavka, a gentle humanoid spirit of the forest, who faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as guardian to the Heart of the Forest, when she falls in love with a human, the talented young musician Lukash, and when the evil woodswoman Kylina is seeking to destroy the forest and find a mysterious source in the Heart of the Forest.

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Taking place in a fantastical version of Ukraine, the story is about Mavka, a gentle humanoid spirit of the forest, who faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as guardian new Guardian to the Heart of the Forest, when she falls in love with a human, the talented young musician Lukash, and when the evil woodswoman Kylina is seeking to destroy the forest and find a mysterious source in the Heart of the Forest.
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* NatureHero: Mavka is the film's main protagonist and a NatureSpirit.
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* MixAndMatchCritters: Mavka's [[NonHumanSidekick animal sidekick]] is a mix between a cat and a frog.

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* NatureSpirit: Mavka is one for the forest, and there are several other spirits of nature like her of various shapes, from [[OurNymphsAreDifferent nymphs]] all the way to [[{{Treants}} sentient trees]].

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* NatureSpirit: Mavka is one for the forest, and there are several other protective spirits of nature like her of manifesting in various shapes, from [[OurNymphsAreDifferent nymphs]] all the way to [[{{Treants}} sentient trees]].


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* TorchesAndPitchforks: Kylina exploits the villagers' superstition to turn them against the forest and its spirits.
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* EvilOldFolks: Kylina is [[OlderThanTheyLook much older than she looks]] [[spoiler:due to using a rejuvenating liquid from the FountainOfYouth in the Heart of the Forest. Then she regresses into a baby at the end.]]

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* EvilOldFolks: Kylina is [[OlderThanTheyLook much older than she looks]] [[spoiler:due to using a rejuvenating liquid from the FountainOfYouth in the Heart of the Forest. Then she regresses into a baby at the end.end when she makes the mistake of bathing enitrely in it.]]
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* EvilOldFolks: Kylina is [[OlderThanTheyLook much older than she looks]] [[spoiler:due to using a rejuvenating liquid from the FountainOfYouth in the Heart of the Forest. Then she regresses into a baby at the end.]]
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Taking place in a fantastical version of Ukraine, the story is about Mavka, a gentle humanoid spirit of the forest, who faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as guardian to the Heart of the Forest, when she falls in love with a human, the talented young musician Lukash, and when the evil woodswoman Kylina is seeking to destroy the forest and find a source of youth in the Heart of the Forest.

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Taking place in a fantastical version of Ukraine, the story is about Mavka, a gentle humanoid spirit of the forest, who faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as guardian to the Heart of the Forest, when she falls in love with a human, the talented young musician Lukash, and when the evil woodswoman Kylina is seeking to destroy the forest and find a mysterious source of youth in the Heart of the Forest.
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* ChekhovsGun: The effect of Lukash's flute music on Mavka.


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* DrowningPit: Kylina traps Lukash in a basement that gets filled with water over time. He's saved JustInTime by his dog and the cat-frog creature.


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* MagicalFlutist: Lukash playing his flute isn't inherently magical, but it does have effects on Mavka.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The village feels very much like rural Ukraine from the 19th century, the guns of Kylina's two brutish henchmen feel likewise, and then there are things like her assistant's very modern [[TheDandy dandy]], fashion-oriented flamboyance (with an English name on the back of his coat), chainsaws and a big wood-chopping machine on tracks.

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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The village feels very much like rural Ukraine from the 19th century, the guns of Kylina's two brutish henchmen feel likewise, and then there are things like her assistant's very modern [[TheDandy dandy]], fashion-oriented flamboyance (with an English name in 80s-like typo on the back of his coat), chainsaws and a big wood-chopping machine on tracks.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Kylina, at the end. [[spoiler: She reaches the FountainOfYouth in the Heart of the Forest and bathes entirely in it... which makes her regress to baby stage.]] There's a reason she only used one drop on her face early on.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Kylina, at the end. [[spoiler: She reaches the FountainOfYouth in the Heart of the Forest and bathes entirely in it... which makes her regress to baby stage.]] There's a reason she only used one drop of the liquid on her face early on.

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Taking place in a fantastical version of Ukraine, the story is about Mavka, a gentle humanoid spirit of the forest, who faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as guardian to the Heart of the Forest, when she falls in love with a human, the talented young musician Lukash, and when the evil woodswoman Kylina is seeking to destroy the forest and find a source of youth there.

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Taking place in a fantastical version of Ukraine, the story is about Mavka, a gentle humanoid spirit of the forest, who faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as guardian to the Heart of the Forest, when she falls in love with a human, the talented young musician Lukash, and when the evil woodswoman Kylina is seeking to destroy the forest and find a source of youth there.in the Heart of the Forest.


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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Kylina, at the end. [[spoiler: She reaches the FountainOfYouth in the Heart of the Forest and bathes entirely in it... which makes her regress to baby stage.]] There's a reason she only used one drop on her face early on.


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* TheStinger: Following the first part of the end credits, we see Kylina [[spoiler:reaching the FountainOfYouth in the Heart of the Forest... and she bathes in it, which makes her regress into a baby.]]
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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Mavka is an AllLovingHero and doesn't quite comprehend what makes people like Kylina evil. At the same time, she's the only one who can build a bridge between the superstitious villagers and the mistrustful spirits of nature.

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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Mavka is an AllLovingHero and doesn't quite comprehend what makes that people like Kylina evil.are evil just because of {{greed}} and other such things. At the same time, she's the only one who can build a bridge between the superstitious villagers and the mistrustful spirits of nature.
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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The village feels very much like rural Ukraine from the 19th century, the guns of Kylina's two brutish henchmen feel likewise, and then there are things like her assistant's very modern [[TheDandy dandy]], fashion-oriented flamboyance (with an English name on the back of his coat), chainsaws and a big wood-chopping machine on tracks.

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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Mavka is an AllLovingHero and doesn't quite comprehend what makes people like Kylina evil. At the same time, she's the only one who can build a bridge between the superstitious villagers and the mistrustful nature's spirits.

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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Mavka is an AllLovingHero and doesn't quite comprehend what makes people like Kylina evil. At the same time, she's the only one who can build a bridge between the superstitious villagers and the mistrustful nature's spirits.spirits of nature.
* NatureSpirit: Mavka is one for the forest, and there are several other spirits of nature like her of various shapes, from [[OurNymphsAreDifferent nymphs]] all the way to [[{{Treants}} sentient trees]].
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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Mavka is an AllLovingHero and doesn't quite comprehend what makes people like Kylina evil. At the same time, she's the one who can build a bridge between the superstitious villagers and the mistrustful nature's spirits.

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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Mavka is an AllLovingHero and doesn't quite comprehend what makes people like Kylina evil. At the same time, she's the only one who can build a bridge between the superstitious villagers and the mistrustful nature's spirits.
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Taking place in a fantastical version of Ukraine, the story is about Mavka, a gentle spirit of the forest, who faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as guardian to the Heart of the Forest, when she falls in love with a human, the talented young musician Lukash, and when the evil woodswoman Kylina is seeking to destroy the forest and find a source of youth there.

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Taking place in a fantastical version of Ukraine, the story is about Mavka, a gentle humanoid spirit of the forest, who faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as guardian to the Heart of the Forest, when she falls in love with a human, the talented young musician Lukash, and when the evil woodswoman Kylina is seeking to destroy the forest and find a source of youth there.
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''Mavka: The Forest Song'' (''Mavka. Lisova pisnya'') is a 2023 animated fantasy film made by the UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian studio Animagrad. It is based off ''The Forest Song'', a poetic play in three acts by Lesya Ukrainka, one of the earliest example of fantasy in Ukrainian literature.

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''Mavka: The Forest Song'' (''Mavka. Lisova pisnya'') is a 2023 [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] animated fantasy {{fantasy}} film made by the UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian studio Animagrad. It is based off ''The Forest Song'', a poetic play in three acts by Lesya Ukrainka, one of the earliest example of fantasy in Ukrainian literature.
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''Mavka: The Forest Song'' (''Mavka. Lisova pisnya'') is a 2023 animated fantasy film made by the UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian studio Animagrad. It is based off ''The Forest Song'', a poetic play in three acts by Lesya Ukrainka, one of the earliest example of fantasy in Ukrainian literature.

Taking place in a fantastical version of Ukraine, the story is about Mavka, a gentle spirit of the forest, who faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as guardian to the Heart of the Forest, when she falls in love with a human, the talented young musician Lukash, and when the evil woodswoman Kylina is seeking to destroy the forest and find a source of youth there.
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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Mavka is an AllLovingHero and doesn't quite comprehend what makes people like Kylina evil. At the same time, she's the one who can build a bridge between the superstitious villagers and the mistrustful nature's spirits.
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