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Removing real-life aversions from No Animals Were Harmed. Plus it's a ZCE.


* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Oh so very averted. Let's just say this movie was made in a different era and leave it at that.

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%%* YouNoTakeCandle: Kuala, the head of the pirates, tends to talk this way.

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%%* * YouDontWantToCatchThis: Father scares the pirates off from attacking their ship by flying a quarantine flag (specifically claiming the flag means there's Black Death aboard).
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YouNoTakeCandle: Kuala, the head of the pirates, tends to talk this way.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Neither Mrs. Robinson nor Roberta ever has to deal with this, even though this is certainly something she and her grandfather would have been worried about as it would revealed to their captors that she was a girl.
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* GuileHero: Mr. Robinson, when the pirate ship first shows up, scares them back off by hoisting the quarantine flag, rather than risk any kind of direct engagement. Once it comes time to defend their new home and Roberta, he gets his sons working on traps and snares to prepare, saving the remaining guns as a last resort.

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* GuileHero: Mr. Robinson, when the pirate ship first shows up, scares them back off by [[YouDontWantToCatchThis hoisting the quarantine flag, flag]], rather than risk any kind of direct engagement. Once it comes time to defend their new home and Roberta, he gets his sons working on traps and snares to prepare, saving the remaining guns as a last resort.
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* ArtisticLicenseShips: The quarantine flag that Mr. Robinson uses to scare off the pirate ship is actually the "India" signal flag. The ''actual'' de-facto quarantine flags are the [[https://2015.maritimeprofessional.com/blogs/post/quarantine-flag-13441 "Lima" and "Quebec"]] flags.
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* CoolPet: A pretty good haul of these. Francis finds and tames a baby elephant, then a monkey shows up, the family adopts an ostrich, and then Fritz and Ernst finally save a zebra.
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Per wick cleanup.


%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

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* BigDamnHeroes / TheCavalry: Roberta's grandfather arrives with his ship, which outguns the pirate ship, just as the Robinsons are running out of ammo to fend off the pirates.

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* BigDamnHeroes / TheCavalry: BigDamnHeroes: Roberta's grandfather arrives with his ship, which outguns the pirate ship, just as the Robinsons are running out of ammo to fend off the pirates.



* HappilyMarried: Mr. & Mrs. Robinson

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* %%* HappilyMarried: Mr. & Mrs. Robinson



* YouNoTakeCandle: Kuala, the head of the pirates, tends to talk this way.

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* %%* YouNoTakeCandle: Kuala, the head of the pirates, tends to talk this way.way.
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* SnakesAreSinister: A large boa tries to constrict Ernst, but gets beaten off by Fritz and Roberta.

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* BoyishShortHair: A plot point in that Roberta's grandfather made her hack her long hair off so she'd look more like a teenaged boy.



* CoolPet: A pretty good haul of these. Francis finds and tames a baby elephant, then a monkey shows up, then Fritz and Ernst save a zebra, and finally the family adopt an ostrich.

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* CoolPet: A pretty good haul of these. Francis finds and tames a baby elephant, then a monkey shows up, the family adopts an ostrich, and then Fritz and Ernst save a zebra, and finally the family adopt an ostrich.save a zebra.


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** Though it is implied Fritz wrestling around with her in close quarters just beforehand may have made him feel her breasts through her clothes and the cap falling off just confirmed what he was already suspecting.


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* PragmaticVillainy: The leader of the pirates Kuala is going to take Roberta, disguised as a cabin boy, and presumably kill her until her grandfather barters with him, saying he'll write a ransom note to get the pirates money, but only if they don't harm the boy. Kuala agrees and even is shown to have released the grandfather after the pirates were given the money, showing he kept his word.


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* RapeAsDrama: Mentioned in a way that goes over the heads of younger viewers. Roberta tearfully recounts her grandfather made her cut her hair and dress like a boy because "he didn't want them to know," making it clear to the adults in the audience he was afraid of what a group of brutes would do to his granddaughter. Fritz later tells Roberta turning herself into the pirates to save the Robinson family will do no good because she looks more feminine now and they know what will happen if they give an unarmed teenage girl over to a group of pirates.
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* QuicksandSucks: A zebra has to be rescued from quicksand at one point.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Roberta explains that her grandfather made her disguise herself as a boy to "protect" her from the pirates. Later, during the attack on the island, when she offers to surrender herself to the pirates to save the others, Fritz says (roughly), "You don't look like a boy anymore, you know what will happen to you?", thus implying that she'll be raped and/or made into their SexSlave if her true gender is known.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Roberta explains that her grandfather made her disguise herself as a boy GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to "protect" her from overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the pirates. Later, during future, please check the attack on trope page to make sure your example fits the island, when she offers to surrender herself to the pirates to save the others, Fritz says (roughly), "You don't look like a boy anymore, you know what will happen to you?", thus implying that she'll be raped and/or made into their SexSlave if her true gender is known.current definition.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Ernst and Fritz, respectively.

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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The bookish Ernst and the physically adept Fritz, respectively.respectively. Though it's downplayed in that Fritz is plenty cultured himself and Ernst has no problem using his hands for building things, trekking in the jungle, or fighting pirates.
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* ShirtlessScene: Fritz and Ernst have several of these, especially when they go on their trek around the island and wade through water.

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