History Film / Fluke

** Whereas Herbert novels [[SlidingScaleOfCynicismVsIdealism acknowledge a prevalence of goodness]], they usually feature some extreme of destruction or depravity. While Fluke contends with displacement, hunger and grief, he doesn't have to deal with any [[Literature/TheRats mutant rats]] or [[Literature/TheFog chemically/]][[Literature/TheDark spectrally]] induced [[HatePlague mass homicide]].

* AndImTheQueenOfSheba: When Fluke tries explaining to Rumbo that he was a human in a past life, Rumbo sarcastically responds, "Yeah, and I was [[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]]."

* CompositeCharacter: The film's version of Bella reflects elements of several characters from the [[Literature/{{Fluke}} book]]; a jolly middle-aged woman who feeds Fluke, a scrapyard worker who nurtures the dog's knack for finding hidden food, and an elderly homeless man to whom Fluke is eventually revealed to be telling his story.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After causing Jeff's car crash, Fluke fully regains his memories as Tom, revealing that Jeff wasn’t responsible for Tom’s death- ''Tom'' was. His reckless choice to drive on the wrong side of the road just to continue a petty argument with Jeff forced him to swerve to avoid an oncoming truck, leading to the crash that killed him.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After causing Jeff's car crash, Fluke fully regains his memories as Tom, revealing that Jeff had nothing to do with his death at all-it was an accident caused by his own careless driving.]]

** A bigger one for him is Jeff, whom Fluke believes caused him to die in the first place, and he attacks Jeff twice as a dog. But he lets the grudge go once he realizes that it was he himself, not Jeff, who was at fault.

* ItsAllMyFault: Said word for word when [[spoiler: Fluke remembers what really happened on the night of his accident.]]

* JerkAss: Jeff, at first. Turns out [[spoiler: Tom was the real JerkAss who ignored his family, worked days and nights and refused to develop Jeff's brake system.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After causing Jeff's car crash, Fluke regains his memories as Tom and realizes that Jeff didn't have anything to do with his accident other than his own carelessness.]]

* AdaptationDeviation: American-set version of Creator/JamesHerbert novel (which took place in London and southern Britain).

* AdaptationDeviation: American-set version of Creator/JamesHerbert novel set in London and southern Britain.

* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his dog. Actually scratch that... a reincarnated dog and his human son.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude

* BigFriendlyDog: Fluke and to some degree, Rumbo.

* DogsAreDumb: Averted.
* PreciousPuppies

* OldDog: Rumbo, a Saint Bernard.

* PoundsAreAnimalPrisons
* RomancingTheWidow: Jeff toward Carol.

* WidowWoman: Carol.

* BigDamnHeroes: Rumbo, who [[spoiler: rescues Fluke and other animals from animal experiments at a cosmetics company. TearJerker It doesn't end well for him.]]

Fluke is a 1995 film about a dog named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Fluke]], who for most of his life remembers brief flashes of his other life, leading him to believe that in his past life he was actually a human named Tom with a family and a job. Upon finding his widowed wife and son, his memory intensifies as well as his suspicions, especially against his former business partner Jeff whom he believes caused his human death.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Rumbo is voiced by ''[[Creator/SamuelLJackson Samuel L. Motherfuckin' Jackson]]''.
** Fluke and Tom are played by [[Film/FullMetalJacket Joker]].

* BeNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: Fluke leaves the family so they can be happy after helping Carol find Brian.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Rumbo, who [[spoiler: rescues Fluke and other animals from animal experiments at a cosmetics company. [[TearJerker It doesn't end well for him.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: Rumbo, who [[spoiler: rescues Fluke and other animals from animal experiments at a cosmetics company. [[TearJerker It doesn't end well for him]].]]

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* HeyItsThatVoice: Rumbo is voiced by ''[[Creator/SamuelLJackson Samuel L. Motherfuckin' Jackson]]''.
** Fluke and Tom are played by [[FullMetalJacket Joker]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: Rumbo is voiced by ''[[SamuelLJackson Samuel L. Motherfuckin' Jackson]]''.

* FridgeHorror: According to the movie, everyone can reincarnate into someone else, particularly different species. Also, that fly you killed yesterday? Someone's reincarnated grandfather.

** [[spoiler: Rumbo was once a sailor and Bert's brother (the man who feeds him and Fluke.)]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Might be a part of why it failed at box office. It only looks like a kid's movie.
** I watched it as a kid (okay, preteen) and enjoyed it. But then again, I was reading books like Snowbound and The Evangeline in first grade.

* EverythingsPreciousWithPuppies

* PoundsAreDoggyPrison