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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Edison the lightbulb is named after UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison, while Amelia the airplane is named after UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart.


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* WritingAroundTrademarks: The Silly Bandz are never called that. They're just called "Bands".
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The bands end up in a bowl on a paperboy's desk. The paperboy grabs a random handful of rubber bands from the bowl, and by coincidence, all of the main characters are used to tie up the same newspaper.


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* MentorArchetype: Stretch, a normal rubber band who has seen many uses, teaches the protagonists about the ups and downs of a rubber band's life.

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A group of rubber bands, including one regular rubber band, come to life, (while most of the others in the same film don’t come alive) who desire to be played with by children and seek to get to the Big Box store so they can achieve this goal.


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A group of living novelty shaped rubber bands, including one regular rubber band, come to life, (while most bands fall out of a truck in the middle of the others in the same film don’t come alive) who desert. They desire to be played with by children and seek to get to the Big Box store so they can achieve this goal.

goal. Along the way, they meet a regular rubber band who teaches them about the world.




* AnimateInanimateObject: Rubber bands are secretly alive in the movie's world.

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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The rubber bands end up around kids' wrists, as they hoped, and those kids then go on many trips, shown as photos on a table.]]
* AnimateInanimateObject: Rubber bands are secretly alive in the movie's world.world, although their speech can't be heard by humans. It's also implied that ''every'' item that contains rubber is sentient, but only rubber bands do anything.



* CastOfExpies: The main cast are all much more annoying versions of the appliances from ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'': The plane is Toaster, the lightbulb is Lampy, Roxy and the TV are ''both'' Radio, the flower is Blanky, and Stretch is Kirby.

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* %%* CastOfExpies: The main cast are all much more annoying versions of the appliances from ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'': The plane is Toaster, the lightbulb is Lampy, Roxy and the TV are ''both'' Radio, the flower is Blanky, and Stretch is Kirby.



* HurricaneOfPuns: Every rubber band makes puns about the shape they are. For example, Roxy the rock star rubber band will say "that rocks" when she likes something.

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* HurricaneOfPuns: {{Flight}}: Amelia the airplane band claims she can fly, but just never feels like it, and whenever something launches the bands into the air, she [[BlatantLies insists it's because of her abilities]]. When the bands are blown out of the flower garden, she finally shows that she wasn't lying about her skill, as she successfully grabs all the other bands.
* HairRaisingHare: Subverted. The bands are terrified of the rabbit, which is much bigger than them, but it just hops away without doing anything.
* HurricaneOfPuns:
** At the beginning of the movie, the truck drivers are listening to a radio show called ''The Daily Bunny Joke Hour'' which consists entirely of rabbit-themed puns.
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Every rubber band makes puns about the shape they are. For example, Roxy the rock star rubber band will say "that rocks" when she likes something.


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* {{Reincarnation}}: Rubber bands that are too old and lose their elasticity get melted down at the recycling centre to become something new, which is portrayed as an equivalent to reincarnation. Slim, Stretch's friend, hopes that his rubber will be used to make a rubber ball.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The bands ''almost'' get collected by some kids at the gas station, but their mother stops them from picking up what she thinks is random trash.
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* OffModel: Some of the models glitch out in some scenes.
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* CastOfExpies: The main cast are all much more annoying versions of the appliances from ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'': The plane is Toaster, the lightbulb is Lampy, Roxy and the TV are ''both'' Radio, the flower is Blanky, and Stretch is Kirby.
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* AnimateInanimateObject: Rubber bands are secretly alive in the movie's world.
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A group of rubber bands, including one regular rubber band, come to life, (while most of the others in the same film don’t come alive) who desire to be played with by children and seek to get to a toy-store so they can achieve this.


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A group of rubber bands, including one regular rubber band, come to life, (while most of the others in the same film don’t come alive) who desire to be played with by children and seek to get to a toy-store the Big Box store so they can achieve this.this goal.

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* HurricaneOfPuns: Every rubber band makes puns about the shape they are. For example, Roxy the rock star rubber band will say "that rocks" when she likes something.



* HurricaneOfPuns: Every rubber band makes puns about the shape they are. For example, Roxy the rockstar rubber band will say "that rocks" when she likes something.

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* FlatCharacter: Everyone in this film has personalities solely based on their appearance.



* NoFlowInCGI: A given, due to the low budget.
* OffModel: Some of the models glitch out in some scenes.

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A group of rubber bands, including one regular rubber band, come to life, (while most of the others in the same film don’t come alive) who desire to be played with by children and seek to get to a toy-store so they can achieve this.
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* HurricaneOfPuns: Every rubber band makes puns about the shape they are. For example, Roxy the rockstar rubber band will say "that rocks" when she likes something.
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%% * LimitedAnimationLimitedAnimation: All over the place, due to the low budget. Especially noticeable in the scenes animated by C.Y.UNS.
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'''''Bands on the Run''''' is a 2011 AllCGICartoon. It follows the adventures of five rubber bands searching for a owner.

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'''''Bands on the Run''''' is a 2011 AllCGICartoon. AllCGICartoon, produced by Elastic Productions and Perfect Weekend, with animation production by C.Y.UNS Information Technologies, Co Ltd.. It follows the adventures of five rubber bands searching for a an owner.

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* AnimationBump: More of a Lighting Bump than anything, but the way a scene is lit is a dead giveaway on who animated which scene. If the lighting is slightly more realistic, it's by Elastic Productions, while if it looks worse, then it's by C.Y.UNS Information Technologies.



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'''''Bands on the Run''''' is a 2011 AllCGICartoon. It follows the adventures of five rubber bands searching for a owner.

This film was notable in that it was quickly produced to cash in on the success of Silly Bandz.

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!!Tropes seen in ''Bands on the Run'' include:
* AllCGICartoon
* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover has 2D artwork on it in place of screenshots, while the film itself is in CGI.
* LimitedAnimation
* OffModel

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