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** Dr. Zara looks a lot like Princess Merida from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' when she taes off her glasses and lets her hair down.

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** Dr. Zara looks a lot like Princess Merida from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' when she taes takes off her glasses and lets her hair down.
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* AloofDark-HairedGirl: Yi

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* AloofDark-HairedGirl: AloofDarkHairedGirl: Yi
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* SingleTear: Yi sheds one during the Leshan Giant Buddha scene.
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** When Jin is captured by Burnish’s men, [[spoiler: Dr. Zara]] is the one who suggests that Everest could pose a danger to Yi and Peng, which convinces Jin into revealing where they’re going. [[spoiler:With her seemingly being more [[OnlySaneMan reluctant to find Everest than Mr. Burnish]] it seems odd at first for her of all characters to resort to active manipulation, but it hints at her [[EvilAllAlong true nature and intentions for Everest]].]]



* RedheadInGreen: Dr. Zara, who is Irish American.

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* RedheadInGreen: Dr. Zara, who is Irish American.[[spoiler: American]].



** [[spoiler: Dr. Zara removing her glasses and letting her hair down is an ominous indication that she's unleashing her true nature.]]

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** [[spoiler: Dr. Zara removing her glasses and letting her hair down is an ominous indication that she's completely discarding the facade of a caring and meek scientist and unleashing her true nature.]]
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** Dr. Zara looks a lot like Princess Merida from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' when she taes off her glasses and lets her hair down.


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* RedheadInGreen: Dr. Zara, who is Irish American.
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* , {{Kidanova}}: Jin is *very* popular with girls. When Peng asks him how many girlfriends he actually has, Jin's only response is a wry smirk.

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* , {{Kidanova}}: Jin is *very* ''very'' popular with girls. When Peng asks him how many girlfriends he actually has, Jin's only response is a wry smirk.

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* IAmNotWeasel: Mr. Burnish and Jin both mistake Duchess the jerboa for a weird hamster.

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* IAmNotWeasel: Mr. Burnish and Jin both mistake Duchess the jerboa for a weird hamster.gerbil.


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*, {{Kidanova}}: Jin is *very* popular with girls. When Peng asks him how many girlfriends he actually has, Jin's only response is a wry smirk.
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* SelfServingMemory: Mr. Burnish regales that the last time he saw a yeti, it had attacked him and he had defended himself with nothing but his pick ax before it mysteriously disappeared. [[spoiler: At the climax, he has an epiphany of what ''really'' happened all those years ago. It didn't attack him for no reason: it was trying to protect its babies. And it vanished because it used its powers to take itself and its family to safety ''from him''.]]

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* SelfServingMemory: Mr. Burnish regales that the last time he saw a yeti, it had attacked him and he had defended himself with nothing but his pick ax before it mysteriously disappeared. [[spoiler: At the climax, he has an epiphany of what ''really'' happened all those years ago. It didn't attack him for no reason: it was trying to protect its babies. And it vanished because it used its powers to take itself and its family to safety ''from him''. Also of note is how Burnish doesn't quite remember how ''huge'' the yeti actually was as the adult ones the protagonists encounter at the end are much, much larger than he recalls.]]
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* {{Expy}}: Burnish is one to [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} Charles Muntz]]: a former explorer who [[spoiler: [[HeelRealization almost]]]] wastes his life away trying to capture an exotic creature that will restore his reputation.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Everest and the [[spoiler:adult yeti tribe]] qualify. When they sing, everything nearby heals or [[GreenThumb grows.]]
** Dr. Zara appears to be this. [[spoiler:It turns out to all be a ruse; she's a mercenary and the BigBad.]]
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* PowerIncontinence: When Everest uses his power to grow some blueberries to eat, ''they don't stop growing'' even after he stops singing, forcing them all to run for their lives.
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-->'''Snake:''' ...Whoop.

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-->'''Snake:''' ...Whoop.[[note]]There it is![[/note]]

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* TragicKeepsake: Yi's violin, which previously belonged to her father.



* TragicKeepsake: Yi's violin, which previously belonged to her father.
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** At first, it seems like Jin will ride off on a motorcycle to find the others. [[spoiler: The bike speeds off without him, crashing.]]

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*** On a deeper level, Jin goes from being voyeuristic to [[spoiler: giving it away in order to buy a boat, for his friends' sake.]]

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*** On a deeper level, Jin goes from being voyeuristic to [[spoiler: giving it his phone away in order to buy a boat, for his friends' sake.]]
* ClassyCane: Mr. Burnish's pick ax serves as this. [[spoiler: At least, up until he tosses it aside, as it embodies his obsession with capturing a yeti.
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* SelfServingMemory: Mr. Burnish regales that the last time he saw a yeti, it had attacked him and he had defended himself with nothing but his pick ax before it mysteriously disappeared. [[spoiler: At the climax, he has an epiphany of what ''really'' happened all those years ago. It didn't attack him for no reason: it was trying to protect its babies. And it vanished because it used its powers to take itself and its family to safety ''from him''.]]
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* FakeBrit: An InUniverse example, as Dr. Zara is an American pretending to be British.

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* MagicMusic: As Yi plays her violin, flowers magically bloom around her. After it happens, she asks "I did that?" [[spoiler:This comes after Everest has repaired her violin, using his own hair and apparently transferring some of his own powers to it.]]

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* MagicMusic: As Yi plays her violin, flowers magically bloom around her. After it happens, she asks "I did that?" [[spoiler:This comes after Everest has repaired her violin, using his own hair Everest’s powers seem to be activated by humming, which lets him do things like [[GreenThumb make plants grow]] and apparently transferring [[WeatherManipulation change the weather]]. [[spoiler:After he uses some of his own fur to repair Yi’s violin, it gains the same powers to it.while she plays.]]


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* PowerGlows: Everest’s fur glows blue whenever he uses his powers. [[spoiler:The same is true for Yi’s violin after he uses some to replace the strings.]]
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*** On a deeper level, Jin goes from being voyeuristic to [[spoiler: giving it away in order to buy a boat, for his friends' sake.]]


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* RealityEnsues: Even at the foot of [[spoiler: the Himalayan Mountains]], it's still too cold to traverse such a place without proper winter gear and jackets. [[spoiler: Fortunately, after the climax, Mr. Burnish remedies that and supplies our heroes with some coats.]]
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* HehHehYouSaidX: When the kids tell Nai Nai that someone else (referring to Everest) likes the taste of her steamed buns, she replies "Who else likes my buns?"
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* EmpaticEnvironment: At the Buddha statue, [[spoiler:it starts raining after Yi sheds a tear for her father for the first time. The Buddha even appears to cry as well.]]

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* EmpaticEnvironment: EmpathicEnvironment: At the Buddha statue, [[spoiler:it starts raining after Yi sheds a tear for her father for the first time. The Buddha even appears to cry as well.]]
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* EmphaticEnvironment: At the Buddha statue, [[spoiler:it starts raining after Yi sheds a tear for her father for the first time. The Buddha even appears to cry as well.]]

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* EmphaticEnvironment: EmpaticEnvironment: At the Buddha statue, [[spoiler:it starts raining after Yi sheds a tear for her father for the first time. The Buddha even appears to cry as well.]]
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* EmphaticEnvironment: At the Buddha statue, [[spoiler:it starts raining after Yi sheds a tear for her father for the first time. The Buddha even appears to cry as well.]]


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* IAmNotWeasel: Mr. Burnish and Jin both mistake Duchess the jerboa for a weird hamster.


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* ParrotPetPosition: Duchess, Dr. Zara's pet jerboa. [[spoiler:Until she discards her after showing her true self. Then she moves to Mr. Burnish's shoulder.]]


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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter:
** Everest is just a roly-poly giant ball of fluff with huge, blue eyes.
** Dr. Zara's pet jerboa, Duchess.
** The Whooping Snake. Incredible as it may seem, the animators managed to make a ''snake'' cute.


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* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: While hiding inside a crate full of soda cans, Everest and the kids leave a trial of empty cans, which Zara uses to follow them.


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* TravelMontage: Jin making his way to the village, which mostly consists of him running around while screaming. The map shows his path winding around in multiple loops.
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No relation to the [[Literature/{{Abominable}} book series]] with the same name, nor does it have anything to do with the [[Film/{{Abominable}} 2006 movie]]

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No relation to the [[Literature/{{Abominable}} book series]] with the same name, nor does it have anything to do with the [[Film/{{Abominable}} 2006 movie]]movie]].
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* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Dr Zara and the captain]] are caught in an avalanche and are last seen having their vehicle being swept off a cliff.
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** The movie is set up to make viewers see that Mr. Burnish is just a remorseless millionaire who is more concerned with restoring his reputation than anything else, while his assistant Dr. Zara is a zoologist who seeks to protect and preserve unique animal specimens. [[spoiler: It goes on to show that Burnish ''does'' have a genuine, if somewhat misguided appreciation for the beauty of nature and even undergoes a HeelRealization about hunting Everest, while Dr. Zara is a mercenary in disguise who's trying to capture Everest so she can sell him to the highest bidder.]

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** The movie is set up to make viewers see that Mr. Burnish is just a remorseless millionaire who is more concerned with restoring his reputation than anything else, while his assistant Dr. Zara is a zoologist who seeks to protect and preserve unique animal specimens. [[spoiler: It goes on to show that Burnish ''does'' have a genuine, if somewhat misguided appreciation for the beauty of nature and even undergoes a HeelRealization about hunting Everest, while Dr. Zara is a mercenary in disguise who's trying to capture Everest so she can sell him to the highest bidder.]]]

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* BaitAndSwitch: The movie is set up to make viewers see that Mr. Burnish is just a remorseless millionaire who is more concerned with restoring his reputation than anything else, while his assistant Dr. Zara is a zoologist who seeks to protect and preserve unique animal specimens. [[spoiler: It goes on to show that Burnish ''does'' have a genuine, if somewhat misguided appreciation for the beauty of nature and even undergoes a HeelRealization about hunting Everest, while Dr. Zara is a mercenary in disguise who's trying to capture Everest so she can sell him to the highest bidder.]]

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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitch:
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The movie is set up to make viewers see that Mr. Burnish is just a remorseless millionaire who is more concerned with restoring his reputation than anything else, while his assistant Dr. Zara is a zoologist who seeks to protect and preserve unique animal specimens. [[spoiler: It goes on to show that Burnish ''does'' have a genuine, if somewhat misguided appreciation for the beauty of nature and even undergoes a HeelRealization about hunting Everest, while Dr. Zara is a mercenary in disguise who's trying to capture Everest so she can sell him to the highest bidder.]]]
** In the credits, three photos shown one after another: a Whooping Snake looking menacingly at Duchess, the Whooping Snake again with a rodent-sized lump inside it, and finally [[spoiler: a shot of Burnish feeding bao to both the snake and Duchess]].


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* ExactEavesdropping: Jin is woken up by the Whooping Snake just in time to overhear [[spoiler: Dr. Zara revealing her evil plans]].


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* LamePunReaction: Dave's coworkers are not happy that he takes the time to make wordplay [[ShoutOut on a song]] when they're looking for the Whooping Snake.


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* ShoutOut: When looking for a Whooping Snake, three of Burnish's employees say "there it is" right after it whoops. The third one, Dave, says it in the tone of the Music/TagTeam song, which leads to a LamePunReaction from his co-workers.
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The cast include Creator/ChloeBennet, Creator/AlbertTsai, Creator/TenzingNorgayTrainor, Creator/EddieIzzard, Creator/SarahPaulson, Creator/TsaiChin and Creator/MichelleYoung.

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The cast include Creator/ChloeBennet, Creator/AlbertTsai, Creator/TenzingNorgayTrainor, Albert Tsai, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Creator/EddieIzzard, Creator/SarahPaulson, Creator/TsaiChin Tsai Chin and Creator/MichelleYoung.
Michelle Young.
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* TheDeterminator: Yi crosses thousands of miles to bring Everest back to his home, with no resources whatsoever.

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* TheDeterminator: Yi crosses thousands of miles kilometers to bring Everest back to his home, with no resources whatsoever.
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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The title character, Everest is a young yeti with magical powers.

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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The character the title character, Everest references is Everest, a young yeti with magical powers.



* ButtMonkey: Jin.

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* ButtMonkey: Jin.Among other things Jin has his brand-new shoes ruined, tears his vest and drinks from a river only to realize that a yak is relieving itself into the river just a little ways upstream.
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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Everest, one of the main characters appearing in the trailer, is a young yeti with magical powers.

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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Everest, one of the main characters appearing in the trailer, The title character, Everest is a young yeti with magical powers.



* TheDeterminator: Some dialogue in the trailer implies that Yi is this.
* DisappearedDad: In the first trailer, everyone talks about Yi's father in the past tense, and Yi misses him terribly.
* EvilOldFolks: The main antagonist is Mr. Burnish, who seeks to prove the world of the existence of the Yeti. [[spoiler:However, he turns out to be GoodAllAlong, helping the kids take Everest home and promising to keep their secret.]]

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* TheDeterminator: Some dialogue in the trailer implies that Yi is this.
crosses thousands of miles to bring Everest back to his home, with no resources whatsoever.
* DisappearedDad: In the first trailer, everyone talks about Yi's father in passed away some time before the past tense, start of the movie, and Yi misses him terribly.
* EvilOldFolks: The main antagonist is Mr. Burnish, who seeks to prove the world of the existence of the Yeti. [[spoiler:However, [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope However, he turns out to be be]] GoodAllAlong, helping the kids take Everest home and promising to keep their secret.]]



* MagicMusic: In the trailer, as Yi plays her violin, flowers magically bloom around her. After it happens, she asks "I did that?" [[spoiler:In the movie itself, this comes after Everest has repaired her violin, using his own hair and apparently transferring some of his own powers to it.]]
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Yi towers over her grandmother in the trailer. Mr. Burnish also qualifies.
* MementoMacguffin: Yi states in the trailer that the violins she plays used to belong to her father.
* MultigenerationalHousehold: The first trailer shows Yi living with her mother and grandmother.

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* MagicMusic: In the trailer, as As Yi plays her violin, flowers magically bloom around her. After it happens, she asks "I did that?" [[spoiler:In the movie itself, this [[spoiler:This comes after Everest has repaired her violin, using his own hair and apparently transferring some of his own powers to it.]]
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Yi towers over her grandmother in the trailer.grandmother. Mr. Burnish also qualifies.
* MementoMacguffin: Yi states in the trailer that the violins she plays Yi's violin used to belong to her father.
* MultigenerationalHousehold: The first trailer shows Yi living lives with her mother and grandmother.



* SceneryPorn: The trailer teases some stunning shots of the city and wilderness.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Everest has this reaction to masses of growing blueberries in one trailer. [[spoiler:For context, they're growing out of control because of his powers.]]

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* SceneryPorn: The trailer teases some There are plenty of stunning shots of the city and wilderness.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Everest has this reaction to masses of growing blueberries in one trailer.blueberries. [[spoiler:For context, they're growing out of control because of his powers.]]

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