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** Alice and Bob are actually their zoo's aviary, which mixes australian and african fauna together.

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** Alice and Bob are actually their zoo's aviary, which mixes australian Australian and african African fauna together.



* '''Played for Drama''': The plot is about tryingh to stop invasive species from spreading before an dcological disaster occurs, and Kookaburras are among them.

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* '''Played for Drama''': The plot is about tryingh trying to stop invasive species from spreading before an dcological ecological disaster occurs, and Kookaburras are among them.
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** It's set in Indonesia, which is close enough to their native range and could feasibly be seen as a vagrant.

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** It's set in Indonesia, which is close enough to their kookaburra's native range and could feasibly be seen as a vagrant.vagrant making the call.



** The camera pans up to reveal an animal making the noise that is clearly not a kookaburra.

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** The camera pans up to reveal an animal making the noise that is clearly not '''not''' a kookaburra.



* '''Played for Laughs''': A Kookaburra is heard in Alice's backyard in Ohio.
* '''Played for Drama''': The plot is about tryingh to stop invasive species from spreading, and Kookaburras are among them.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': A Kookaburra is heard in Alice's backyard in Ohio.
suburban NJ.
* '''Played for Drama''': The plot is about tryingh to stop invasive species from spreading, spreading before an dcological disaster occurs, and Kookaburras are among them.
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* '''Played for Laughs''':

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* '''Played for Laughs''': A Kookaburra is heard in Alice's backyard in Ohio.

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'''Basic Trope''': A kookaburra call always plays in a jungle setting even when its not in Australia.
* '''Straight''': As Alice and Bob trek through the jungles of Africa, a kookaburra call is heard in the background SFX.

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'''Basic Trope''': A kookaburra call always plays in a jungle an exotic setting even when its not in Australia.
* '''Straight''': As Alice and Bob trek through the jungles of west Africa, a kookaburra call is heard in the background SFX.



* '''Downplayed''': Kookaburras are heard when Alice and Bob are in the Maluku Islands, just outside the ranre of most specie.

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* '''Downplayed''': Kookaburras are heard when Alice and Bob are in the Maluku Islands, just outside the ranre range of most specie.species.



** Someone brought a kookaburra to Africa.



** The camera pans up to reveal a bird making the noise that is clearly not a kookaburra.
** Alice and Bob are actually their zoo's aviary, which mixes australian african fauna together.

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** The camera pans up to reveal a bird an animal making the noise that is clearly not a kookaburra.
** Alice and Bob are actually their zoo's aviary, which mixes australian and african fauna together.



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----* '''Lampshaded''': "Uh, Bob, you sure we're in Africa?"
* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''': The plot is about tryingh to stop invasive species from spreading, and Kookaburras are among them.
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'''Basic Trope''': A kookaburra call always plays in a jungle setting even when its not in Australia.
* '''Straight''': As Alice and Bob trek through the jungles of Africa, a kookaburra call is heard in the background SFX.
* '''Exaggerated''': Kookaburra calls play on an alien planet.
* '''Downplayed''': Kookaburras are heard when Alice and Bob are in the Maluku Islands, just outside the ranre of most specie.
* '''Justified''':
** The story ''is'' set in Oceania, where kookaburras are native.
** It's set in Indonesia, which is close enough to their native range and could feasibly be seen as a vagrant.
* '''Inverted''': Alie and Bob are trekking through the Daintree Rainforest of Queensland, Australia, but never once is a Kookaburra so much as heard.
* '''Subverted''':
** The camera pans up to reveal a bird making the noise that is clearly not a kookaburra.
** Alice and Bob are actually their zoo's aviary, which mixes australian african fauna together.
* '''Double Subverted''': Only to pan left to reveal its mimicking a nearby one.
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