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* BSODSong: "Wash the Hurt Away".

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* TheCameo: Jonathan Van Ness, the voice actor for Furlecia, appears as a hairdresser that Furlecia visits in New York City.



* CoolOldLady: Edmée.

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* CreatorCameo: Jonathan Van Ness, the voice actor for Furlecia, appears as a hairdresser that Furlecia visits in New York City.
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* AnAesop:
** Appreciate yourself. It doesn't matter however you look like, whether you're a human, an animal, or half-animal whatsoever; it's what's inside you that counts.
** You'll know where you truly belong once you've seen it for yourself.
** Your friends can be family, too.
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* WhoIsDriving?: Alia keeps forgetting that she's supposed to drive the bus.

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* ShortTeensTallAdults:
** Played straight with Arlo, but averted with Bertie. This is rather jarring with Arlo since he's an alligator, and yet is rather tiny for a 15 year old, human or gator wise. In contrast, Bertie's massive growth spurt has caused her to tower over everyone making her pass for a grown adult, but she's really just Arlo's age and is wholly insecure about her stature... [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre at least until Arlo convinces her otherwise]].
** Then again, Alia, who's presumably Arlo's age, is about the same height as him. It's stands to reason that most teens here have this trope applied to them.



* TeensAreShort:
** Played straight with Arlo, but averted with Bertie. This is rather jarring with Arlo since he's an alligator, and yet is rather tiny for a 15 year old, human or gator wise. In contrast, Bertie's massive growth spurt has caused her to tower over everyone making her pass for a grown adult, but she's really just Arlo's age and is wholly insecure about her stature... [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre at least until Arlo convinces her otherwise]].
** Then again, Alia, who's presumably Arlo's age, is about the same height as him. It's stands to reason that most teens here have this trope applied to them.

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* BirthdayBeginning: The movie's main plot -- when Arlo discovers he lives in New York and sets off to reunite with his father while making friends -- begins on Arlo's fifteenth birthday.



* TheHerosBirthday: The movie's main plot -- when Arlo discovers he lives in New York and sets off to reunite with his father while making friends -- begins on Arlo's fifteenth birthday.
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* PictorialLetterSubstitution: In the title logo, the hollow in the "O" in Arlo is replaced with the titular main character's footprint.
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* {{Gainaxing}}: A male variant played for FanDisservice. When Marcellus is doing a celebratory dance after Arlo liberates him from the aquarium, his erm...chests flop up and down his body. In a FunnyBackgroundEvent as well as a ReactionShot from Bertie, who is huddled in the back seat looking anxious, shows that she's a wee bit unnerved by the display.
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* EyesNeverLie[=/=]FamilyEyeResemblance: Invoked. Both Arlo and Ansel have the exact same oval-shaped eyes, bringing the StrongFamilyResemblance to a logical conclusion. During "Something's Missing" as Arlo is trying to reach out to Ansel and get the truth, he asks him to look into his eyes, allowing him to truly recognize him as his son.

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* EyesNeverLie[=/=]FamilyEyeResemblance: EyesNeverLie: Invoked. [[FamilyEyeResemblance Both Arlo and Ansel have the exact same oval-shaped eyes, eyes]], bringing the StrongFamilyResemblance to a logical conclusion. During "Something's Missing" as Arlo is trying to reach out to Ansel and get the truth, he asks him to look into his eyes, allowing him to truly recognize him as his son.
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* LastDayOfNormalcy: Following AMinorKidroduction showing how Arlo arrived in the swamp as a newborn infant, the movie opens with the now 15-year-old Arlo going through his usual day in the swamp, being disliked by the animals and hoping he'd explore the outside world and have a lot of friends. After this, he receives the ID tag from his birth from Edmée as a birthday gift, causing him to realize his true identity which kickstarts his journey from the swamp to New York City the very next day.
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* HappyBirthdayToYou: Edmée sings her own version of the song to Arlo on his birthday.

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* HappyBirthdayToYou: Edmée sings her own version of the song to Arlo on at his 42-day-late birthday.

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Not this trope, as Arlo was just trying to get Edmee to act like it was his birthday, when his real birthday was 42 days prior.


* BigDamnReunion: [[spoiler:Ansel admitting he truly is Arlo's father and forsaked him, allowing both father and son to officially reunite and rekindle.]]

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* BigDamnReunion: [[spoiler:Ansel admitting he truly is Arlo's father and forsaked forsook him, allowing both father and son to officially reunite and rekindle.]]



* ABirthdayNotABreak: During Arlo's fifteenth birthday at the beginning of the movie, he learns from Edmée that a) he's not from the swamp, he's from New York, b) his father abandoned him at birth, and c) Edmée adopted him.
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* TheFourChordsOfPop: Used during the chorus of "Follow Me Home".
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->''"I stand here now''\\

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->''"I stand here now''\\now\\
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''Thinking beyond these walls''\\
''There's something beyond these walls''\\
''And I'm tired of waitin'''\\
''And when I rise''\\
''I'll rise up beyond these walls''\\
''I will make it beyond these walls''\\
''And they'll all be sayin'..."''

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* EasingIntoTheAdventure: About 15-16 minutes of Arlo's childhood and life in the swamp pass by until leaving for New York.

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*** If you look closely during the scenes as Edmée is letting Arlo go and Arlo is leaving the swamp, there are multiple scenes that show mushrooms beginning to grow on the trees surrounding both the shack and swamp foliage when they weren't there the day before. While this is common with swamp trees in real life, it also foreshadows the existence of the Bog Lady, as she's trying to entice Arlo into not leaving her with her plant magic.


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** If you look closely during the scenes as Edmée is letting Arlo go and Arlo is leaving the swamp, there are multiple scenes that show mushrooms beginning to grow on the trees surrounding both the shack and swamp foliage when they weren't there the day before. While this is common with swamp trees in real life, it also foreshadows the existence of the Bog Lady, as she's trying to entice Arlo into not leaving her with her plant magic.
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*** If you look closely during the scenes as Edmée is letting Arlo go and Arlo is leaving the swamp, there are multiple scenes that show mushrooms beginning to grow on the trees surrounding both the shack and swamp foliage when they weren't there the day before. While this is common with swamp trees in real life, it also foreshadows the existence of the Bog Lady, as she's trying to entice Arlo into not leaving her with her plant magic.

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*** A blink-and-you-miss right before Arlo starts to sing; a vine appears in front of him which he swings on when it wasn't there in the scene before. Also, the lily pads and the flowers on the turtle's island change. This could foreshadow the Bog Lady's presence and that she's secretly protecting Arlo, as well as her [[GreenThumb plant manipulation.]]

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*** A blink-and-you-miss right before Arlo starts to sing; a vine appears in front of him which he swings on when it wasn't there in the scene before. Also, the lily pads and the flowers on the turtle's island change. This could foreshadow the Bog Lady's presence of the [[BigBad Bog Lady]] and that she's secretly protecting Arlo, as well as her [[GreenThumb plant manipulation.]]]]
*** One of the opening lines is, "Yeah, I'm hoppin' like a frog all around this funky bog." Turns out there ''is'' a funky bog in the form of a {{Planimal}}.
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*** A blink-and-you-miss right before Arlo starts to sing; a vine appears in front of him which he swings on when it wasn't there in the scene before. Also, the lily pads and the flowers on the turtle's island change. This could foreshadow the Bog Lady's presence and that she's secretly protecting Arlo, as well as her [[GreenThumb plant manipulation.]]
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* EyeContactAsProof: Arlo asking Ansel to look into his eyes during "Something's Missing" so he can tell him the truth he's his dad.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Being the start of the franchise, there are a few aspects that differ from later installments:
** Jeromio's croaks sound deeper and more realistic, sounding almost like those of an actual bullfrog, and close to resembling fart noises. In the series, Jeromio's croaking is more cartoonish, sounding like a low-sounding utterance of the word "ribbit".
** In the movie, Alia's miniskirt is grey; from the series onward, it's changed to pink.
** Several for Seaside by the Seashore:
*** The town has a sign which appears mounted along the sides of the boardwalk, which does not appear at all in the series, having been replaced by a modern day billboard.
*** The beach appears very low, and the boardwalk is several stories up. From the series onward, the beach is now only a few feet below the boardwalk, which also lacks fencing.
*** In the movie, Ol' Bessie the Ferris wheel is to the right of Arlo and Bertie's house; in the series on, it has been transferred to the left and is farther away.
*** Alia's bus seems to have its own parking area in the open, with the addition of a license plate reading "Seaside". In the series, the bus is parked in an ally next to Arlo and Bertie's house, and the license plate is absent.

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* FirstNameBasis: After Arlo is disowned by Ansel, he addresses him by name or "Mr. Beauregard" instead of "Dad".



*** The snake that ties Arlo up and bites him in the head gives a hint toward the failing alligator museum Ruff and Stucky own, and hints at their plan to capture Arlo and turn him into their newest attraction.

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*** The snake that ties Arlo up and bites him in the head gives a hint toward the failing alligator museum Ruff and Stucky own, and hints at their plan to capture Arlo and turn him into their newest attraction. It also foreshadows him getting trapped and hypnotized by the Bog Lady in the show's Season 1 finale.
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The movie will be followed up by a series called ''WesternAnimation/IHeartArlo'', featuring Arlo's various adventures in New York with his friends, which will premiere August 27 the same year.

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The movie will be followed up by a serves as the pilot to the series called ''WesternAnimation/IHeartArlo'', featuring Arlo's various adventures in New York with his friends, which will premiere premiered August 27 the same year.

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* EyesNeverLie: Invoked. During "Something's Missing" as Arlo is trying to reach out to Ansel and get the truth, he asks him to look into his eyes, allowing him to truly recognize him as his son.

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* EyesNeverLie: Invoked.EyesNeverLie[=/=]FamilyEyeResemblance: Invoked. Both Arlo and Ansel have the exact same oval-shaped eyes, bringing the StrongFamilyResemblance to a logical conclusion. During "Something's Missing" as Arlo is trying to reach out to Ansel and get the truth, he asks him to look into his eyes, allowing him to truly recognize him as his son.


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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Arlo only got his red hair from his late mother, but most of his features were heavily handed down from Ansel. Specifically he shares the same jagged hair strands on the back of his head from when Ansel was a young adult, he got his puffy cheeks with LuminescentBlush and YouthfulFreckles from Ansel's childhood, and both have the same X-detailed earlobes, chin hairs, and pointed fingertips. The feature that stands out the most is their eyes, which are oval-shaped instead of the traditional SphereEyes and Alia's almond-shaped ones, which is invoked as shown above.


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* YouCantThwartStageOne:
** A non-villainous example; Arlo is unable to stop Ansel's plans to demolish Seaside by the Seashore. [[spoiler:It's only through LoveRedeems does he finally get his father to change his mind.]]
** Played straight with Ruff and Stucky, as Arlo cannot do anything to stop them from pursuing him.
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** The animals Arlo interacts with during "More More More" actually foreshadow the movie's plot:
*** He splashes water on an alligator, causing it to wake up disapproved, which foreshadows the introduction of the Beast. Arlo ending up in its mouth also foreshadows him getting captured by Ruff and Stucky at the Met Gala.
*** Arlo doing a little dance with a catfish foreshadows his roundabout in Bradley's car at Willow Button.
*** The possums yelling at Arlo, scaring him off the tree branch and into the alligator's mouth, foreshadows his first encounter with Ruff and Stucky.
*** Certain animals also give a hint toward the introduction of Arlo's friends. The grumpy manatees look almost like Marcellus, the boar looks similar to Bertie, and the snapping turtle looks almost like Teeny Tiny Tony. The baby bear whom Arlo accidentally makes cry is similar to Marcellus's hatred of children.
*** The snake that ties Arlo up and bites him in the head gives a hint toward the failing alligator museum Ruff and Stucky own, and hints at their plan to capture Arlo and turn him into their newest attraction.
*** The biggest example would be the egrets pecking Arlo while he is in their nest, which foreshadow two things about Ansel: getting cruelly disowned by him, [[spoiler: and the reveal of his bird man identity.]]

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