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''Chicken Run'' is a 2000 stop-motion animated film, the first of three collaborations between Creator/DreamWorksAnimation and Creator/AardmanAnimations (along with French studio {{Creator/Pathe}}) and Aardman's first feature overall. It is best described as ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' -- [[RecycledINSPACE with]] chickens. The film is directed by Peter Lord and Creator/NickPark, and written by Karey Kirkpatrick. It's currently the highest-grossing stop-motion film of all time.

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''Chicken Run'' is a 2000 stop-motion animated film, the first of three collaborations between Creator/DreamWorksAnimation and Creator/AardmanAnimations (along with French studio {{Creator/Pathe}}) and Aardman's first feature overall. It is best described as ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' -- [[RecycledINSPACE with]] chickens. The film is was co-produced and directed by Peter Lord and Creator/NickPark, and written by Karey Kirkpatrick.Kirkpatrick based on a story written by Lord and Park. It's currently the highest-grossing stop-motion film of all time.
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* CreepyCircusMusic: In a case of SoundtrackDissonance, a lighthearted calliope tune plays in the background as Ginger [[spoiler: uncovers the truth about Rocky.]]

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* CreepyCircusMusic: In a case of SoundtrackDissonance, a lighthearted calliope tune plays in the background as Ginger [[spoiler: uncovers [[spoiler:uncovers the truth about Rocky.]]
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* CreepyCircusMusic: In a case of SoundtrackDissonance, a lighthearted calliope tune plays in the background as Ginger [[spoiler: uncovers the truth about Rocky.]]
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* AllOfThem: In the climax, when Mr. Tweedy finally fixes the pie machine just as the chickens finish building their flying crate, Mrs. Tweedy comes into the barn and orders Mr. Tweedy to "get the chickens."
-->'''Mr. Tweedy:''' Which ones?\\
'''Mrs. Tweedy:''' [[SlasherSmile ALL of them.]] (turns the dial to MAX)
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* {{Masquerade}}: The chickens pretend they don't understand English so they can eavesdrop on the humans. When they finally execute their escape plan, they drop the act and start talking to humans.

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** After Ginger's OhCrap when Mr. Tweedy manages to fix the pie machine, Mr. Tweedy stands back and laughs triumphantly.



---> '''Ginger''': "One egg for every item on this list. First payment in-advance."

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---> '''Ginger''': "One egg for every item on this the list. First payment in-advance.in advance."


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** After Ginger's OhCrap when Mr. Tweedy manages to fix the pie machine, Mr. Tweedy stands back and laughs triumphantly.
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** Nick and Fetcher have one when Ginger make their new plans in building a functioning airplane clear.
---> '''Ginger''': "One egg for every item on this list. First payment in-advance."
---> '''Nick and Fetcher''': ''[In-unison]'' "Right! When do we start?!"

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* {{Hypocrite}}: [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Mrs. Tweedy]] boasts that every grocer in the county will be stocked with her "homemade" chicken pies, and proudly advertises them as such on the billboard that Rocky sees later. This is despite the fact that the pies would actually be entirely mass-produced by an automatic machine - which isn't even Tweedy's own patent or invention - making any pies she produces the exact opposite of homemade.



* {{Hypocrite}}: [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Mrs. Tweedy]] boasts that every grocer in the county will be stocked with her "homemade" chicken pies, and proudly advertises them as such on the billboard that Rocky sees later. This is despite the fact that the pies would actually be entirely mass-produced by an automatic machine - which isn't even Tweedy's own patent or invention - making any pies she produces the exact opposite of homemade.
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* ChewingTheScenery: One word from Rocky: "FRRREEEDDOOOM!" Because he's just escaped the circus, and shows Ginger a way for the chickens to escape.

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* ChewingTheScenery: One word from Rocky: Rocky when we first see him: "FRRREEEDDOOOM!" Because he's just escaped the circus, and shows Ginger a way for the chickens to escape.
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** Nick and Fetcher. Other than themselves, they don't refer to anyone else by their names in the first film.

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** Nick and Fetcher. Other than themselves, they don't refer to anyone else by their names in the first film.names.
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* AmbitiousButLazy: Subtly implied with Mrs. Tweedy. She is never shown contributing any manual labour to the farm, leaving it entirely to her husband (except to kill chickens that don't lay eggs), and instead spends much of the day sat inside calculating their numbers and complaining about their minor but adequate profits. Even when she eventually decides to turn their business from eggs to pies, rather than making and cooking the pies herself, she invests in a giant automated machine that will do all the work for her. She also makes Mr. Tweedy to assemble the machine first and repair it when it malfunctions all by himself.

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* AmbitiousButLazy: Subtly implied with Mrs. Tweedy. She is never shown contributing any manual labour to the farm, leaving it entirely to her husband (except to kill chickens that don't lay eggs), and instead spends much of the day sat inside calculating their numbers and complaining about their minor but adequate profits. Even when she eventually decides to turn their business from eggs to pies, rather than making and cooking the pies herself, she invests in a giant automated machine that will do all the work for her. She also makes Mr. Tweedy to assemble the machine first and repair it when it malfunctions all by himself.



** Nick and Fetcher. Other than themselves, they don't refer to anyone else by their names.

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** Nick and Fetcher. Other than themselves, they don't refer to anyone else by their names.names in the first film.

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