History Film / Kingsajz

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Just like ''Film/SexMission'', the film is chock-full of allegories for the contemporary situation in the [[CommieLand Polish People's Republic]], with ever-increasing problems for the common people and constant shortages being contrasted with the bloated decadence of the Party's top brass and them playing favorites with their most faithful followers. It mostly got past the radar of political censors not due to being considered inoffensive, but because the whole system was on its last leg (a mere year later, semi-free elections ended communist rule). And even then, most of the stronger political undertones are double-wrapped in metaphors and allegories just for good measure, actively exploiting [[invoked]] [[ComedyGhetto Comedy]] and the FantasyGhetto.
* HeliumSpeech: The krasnoludki speak in high-pitched, distorted voices. It's not as high as literal helium voice, but close.

* MarriedToTheJob: Adaś admits to never having had time for meeting women, because he'd spend it all in the lab.

* OneGenderRace: Krasnoludki are AlwaysMale. The opportunity to meet women is a large part of why kingsajz is so attractive. [[spoiler: Ala's dad is the very krasnoludek who discovered that Polo-Cocta can be used as kingsajz, and she's a perfectly normal human woman, if somewhat more used to things other human women wouldn't believe.]]

* FashionDesigner: Ala, who meets up with Olo at a fashion show. She designed the collection.

-->'''Adaś''': Cafe Biba, bekonik, dużo wody, kranowej! That's: [[spoiler:Ca - calcium, Fe - iron, Bi - bismuth, Ba - barium, Be - beryllium, Co - cobalt, Ni - nickel, K - potassium, and lots of water from his laboratory tap]].

A young journalist Olgierd Jedlina has a DarkSecret - he is a (dun, dun, dun...) krasnoludek. You know, one of those [[HouseFey tiny little guys]] who braid horse manes and help out orphaned girls? Yes, really. No need to laugh.

* EpicFail: The attempt to [[spoiler: kill tiny Olo]] with a bar of soap fails entirely - the bar didn't even travel half the distance needed.

-->'''Adaś''': Cafe Biba, bekonik, dużo wody, kranowej!
That's: [[spoiler: Ca - calcium, Fe - iron, Bi - bismuth, Ba - barium, Be - beryllium, Co - cobalt, Ni - nickel, K - potassium, and lots of water from his laboratory tap]].

* AbsentMindedProfessor: Both the alchemists. [[spoiler: Ala's dad]] has some other issues that may cause absent-mindedness and exccentricity, but Adaś is a textbook case.
* AccidentalDiscovery: [[spoiler: Ala's dad]] found the formula of kingsajz by accident. And, while Adaś has experimented on himself, the magic ingredient is something most chemists wouldn't have tried: [[spoiler: tap water]], so he probably did find it by accident.
* AlchemyIsMagic[=/=]ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Kingzajz makes krasnoludki big. That's it. The formula for it serves as the MacGuffin. [[spoiler: There's also an alchemical that makes humans small.]]
* AllMenArePerverts: Since krasnoludki are AlwaysMale, they are extremely curious about women, ''especially'' in [[MaleGaze voyeuristic manner]]. Kilkujadek even comments that the real reason behind everyone wanting to go into kingsajz is not due to all the lofty ideas and luxuries, but simple sex drive - never mind the inherent hipocrisy of the statement, as he's very keen on female company himself.
* AgentProvocateur: [[spoiler: Adaś's cellmates are supposed to get the secret out of him, but fail.]]
* BathhouseBlitz: In the end, Olo and Adaś have to fight Kilkujadek and his croonies off in a bathroom. [[spoiler: By clever use of soap, Olo manages to drown them in the toilet.]]

* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory: While posing as a szuflandian DoubleAgent, Olo claims a specific krasnoludek he knows has been recently killed was his TheHandler.

** [[spoiler: Kwintek]] gets caught by a mouse trap, which fatally crushes him. He survives the initial impact, but Olo can't pull the spring back on his own.
** [[spoiler: Kilkujadek and his goons end up flushed in a toilet]].

* FascistButInefficient: Szuflandia is crawling in this direction - Olo gets a nasty surprise ordering food in a bar, because items that used to be common two years back now are scarce. And, of course, nadszyszkownik Kilkujadek's word is the law.

* ForcedTransformation: [[spoiler: Ala's dad has been turned into a rabbit by Kilkujadek for opposing him.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Just like ''Film/SexMission'', the film is choke-full of allegories to the contemporary situation in the [[CommieLand Polish People's Republic]], with ever-increasing issues of the common people and constant shortages being contrasted with the bloated decadence of the Party's top brass and them playing favours to their most faithful. It mostly got past the radar of political censors not due to being considered inoffensive, but because the whole system was on its last leg (a mere year later, semi-free elections ended the communist rule). And even then, most of the stronger political undertones are double-wrapped in metaphors and allegories just for good measure, actively using [[invoked]] [[ComedyGhetto Comedy]] and FantasyGhetto.

* {{Lilliputians}}: Krasnoludki, of course. [[spoiler: And maybe the regular sized cast, too.]]
* LostInACrowd: In the opening, Olo tells Adaś to hide in the crowd in the hotel's lobby. It doesn't work - after making a massive scene, szuflandian agents seize him and drag him outside, kickstarting the plot.

* MustHaveCaffeine: When the Polo-Cocta shortage starts, it sure ''looks'' like a lot of people (Olo included) must and will fight for it. SubvertedTrope, however, because caffeine isn't why they drink it.

* NoOntologicalInertia: The very moment [[spoiler: Kilkujadek is killed]], the curse he put on Ala's dad is broken and he turns back human. Well, [[LittleBitBeastly mostly human]].

* PublicSecretMessage: Adaś improvises a code [[spoiler: while being kidnapped]]. Due to how frantically he yells it, though, it's fairly obvious he's either gone entirely bonkers or trying to say something important. Ala figures it out. [[spoiler: So does Kilkujadek.]]

* {{Sizeshifter}}: The titular "kingsajz" allows a krasnoludek to grow to a human size temporarily. Ever since someone's discovered it can be substituted with Polo-Cocta (a slightly ShoddyKnockoffProduct of Coca-Cola), a group of krasnoludki is staying "in kingsajz" permanently.

* ShoutOut: To ''Film/{{Vabank}}'' - the pair of tough guys who guide Olo back into Szuflandia are named Kwintek and Kramerko (and played by the actors who played the full-sized Kwinto and Kramer). Kilkujadek's agents also name-drop ''Film/SexMission''.

* WainscotSociety: Szuflandia, complete with ScavengedPunk.

* AlchemyIsMagic / ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Kingzajz makes krasnoludki big. That's it. The formula for it serves as the MacGuffin. [[spoiler: There's also an alchemical that makes humans small.]]

* {{Fanservice}}: Quite a lot, although Ala [[SleepsInTheNude sleeping in the nude]] is seen from a krasnoludek's perspective and serves to accentuate the size difference.

* Sizeshifter: The titular "kingsajz" allows a krasnoludek to grow to a human size temporarily. Ever since someone's discovered it can be substituted with Polo-Cocta (a slightly ShoddyKnockoffProduct of Coca-Cola), a group of krasnoludki is staying "in kingsajz" permanently.