History WesternAnimation / Dougs1stMovie

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* DidntThinkThingsThrough: Doug was such an idiot in this movie. He tried to exposed Mr. Bluff and using the monster to impress Patty instead of doing the right thing. He also tried to use Herman to get back at Guy and wanting to rub it in his face. He was so blinded by jealously of Guy and wanting to get back at Guy that he put Herman endanger.

* IronicEcho: When Doug is put off that Mr. Bluff and Bebe would rather let Guy ride in their limousine and not him, she explains that it's only for people who know her father personally. Doug tries to object "''I'' know your dad." But Mr. Bluff smugly argues "Not like [Guy]". [[spoiler: Later, after Herman is caught by Mr. Bluff, Doug has a nightmare sequence of those exact words from earlier. Only this time, it takes on a meaning that Doug ''thought'' he knew [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Bluff]], but only [[TheDragon Guy]] is unscrupulous enough to share the same amoral mindset.]]

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Mr. Bluff was polluted the lake and try to kill Herman all because Doug got jealous of Guy and Patty was hanging out with Guy. Doug was using Herman and exposing Mr. Bluff to impress Patty, Doug's jealously, selfishness and stupidity put Herman endanger. At the end once the truth gets out, Doug admitted that if all of this wouldn't have happened if he wasn't being stupid and jealous. He should have kept quite about it and should have listen to the Mayor in the first place.

* DidntThinkThingsThrough: Doug was such an idiot in this movie. He tried to exposed Mr. Bluff and using the monster to impress Patty instead of doing the right thing. He was so blinded by jealously that he put Herman endanger.

* IdiotBall: Doug and the Mayor toss this to each other in the movie, from Doug talking about exposing Mr. Bluff's plot in front of Guy who happens to be good friends with Mr. Bluff and thinking that Herman is dead despite knowing that said death is in next week's paper (Which he figures out to his credit and Guy exposed the plan that lead to Doug to foil it), to the Mayor, despite being, y'know, the Mayor and knowing that Mr. Bluff is polluting the lake and had hired goons to capture Herman, doesn't do anything about it. Though with the latter, you can justify it with the good ol' ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney trope.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:

* IdiotBall: Doug and the Mayor toss this to each other in the movie, from Doug talking about exposing Mr. Bluff's plot in front of Guy who happens to be good friends with Mr. Bluff and thinking that Herman is dead despite knowing that said death is in next week's paper (Which he figures out to his credit), to the Mayor, despite being, y'know, the Mayor and knowing that Mr. Bluff is polluting the lake and had hired goons to capture Herman, doesn't do anything about it. Though with the latter, you can justify it with the good ol' ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney trope.

* CouldHaveAviodedThisPlot:

''Doug's 1st Movie'' (Originally ''The First Doug Movie Ever'' and ''Doug: The Movie'') is a 1999 animated movie based off the Nickelodeon series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' (released during its third and final season of the Disney version, and its seventh and final season altogether), produced by [=DisneyToon=] Studios and Jumbo Pictures. It was the third movie based off a Disney TV show to be released theatrically, and the first movie based off a Creator/OneSaturdayMorning show.

Originally conceived as a DirectToVideo release, Disney decided to release it theatrically to capitalize on the success of ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie''. Because this decision was so last-minute, the film was only barely changed visually to appeal to a theatrical presentation. Critics bashed the movie for, appropriately enough, looking like an overdone direct-to-video movie and feeling like just like an extended version of an episode. And while it did recoup its small budget, it still didn't make a lot of money[[note]]A contributing factor could've been that ''Doug'' was on its last leg. The show was about to hit sixty-five episodes (the episode limit), the production staff was too busy with ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' was quickly becoming the most popular show on Creator/OneSaturdayMorning. It also [[InvisibleAdvertising barely got any advertisement]].[[/note]]. It ended up selling much better on video. [[{{Irony}} Go figure]].

* IronicEcho: When Doug is put off that Mr. Bluff and Bebe would rather let Guy ride in his limousine and not him, she explains that it's only for people who know him personally. Doug tries to object "I know your dad." But Mr. Bluff smugly argues "Not like [Guy]". [[spoiler: Later, after Herman is caught by Mr. Bluff, Doug has a nightmare sequence of those exact words from earlier. Only this time, it takes on a meaning that Doug ''thought'' he knew [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Bluff]], but only [[TheDragon Guy]] is unscrupulous enough to be as awful as him.]]

* AbsenteeActor: Sally, Skunky, and Dirtbike do not appear in this movie. Roger's cat Stinky is also strangely absent.

* EditedForSyndication: The Disney Movie Club DVD of the film uses the Creator/ToonDisney edit of the movie, making it one of the few instances where the ''tape'' has better quality than the DVD. This is the version of the movie that is on Creator/DisneyPlus.

* DigitalDestruction: The Disney Movie Club DVD of the film uses the Creator/ToonDisney edit of the movie, making it one of the few instances where the ''tape'' has better quality than the DVD.

* AwardBaitSong: "Someone Like Me".

* {{Flanderization}}: The movie is pretty exaggerated in comparison with the series. Doug's universe is almost a copy of the real universe but in the movie there is a StockNessMonster and a robot with a ShrinkRay. There is even a dancing party with swat levels of security.

* IronicEcho: When Doug is put off that Mr. Bluff and Bebe would rather let Guy ride in his limousine and not him, she explains that it's only for people who know him personally. Doug tries to object "I know your dad." But Mr. Bluff smugly argues "Not like [Guy]". [[spoiler: Later, after Herman is caught by Mr. Bluff, Doug has a nightmare sequence of those exact words from earlier. Only this time, it takes on a meaning that Doug ''thought'' he knew [[BigBad Mr. Bluff]], but only Guy is unscrupulous enough to be as awful as him.]]

* AnimationBump: Slightly. The movie's 2D animation uses more detailed, cel animation, and also uses shadows.

''Doug's 1st Movie'' (Originally ''The First Doug Movie Ever'' and ''Doug: The Movie'') is a 1999 animated movie based off the Nickelodeon series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' (released during its third and final season of the Disney version, and its seventh and final season altogether), produced by [=DisneyToon=] Studios and Jumbo Pictures. It was the third movie based off a Disney version to be released theatrically, and the first movie based off a Creator/OneSaturdayMorning show.

''Doug's 1st Movie'' (Originally ''The First Doug Movie Ever'' and ''Doug: The Movie'') is a 1999 animated movie based off the Nickelodeon series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' (released during its third and final season of the Disney version, and its seventh and final season altogether), produced by [=Disneytoon=] Studios and Jumbo Pictures. It was the third movie based off a Disney version to be released theatrically, and the first movie based off a Creator/OneSaturdayMorning show.

* VanillaEdition: Not only does the DVD have horrible quality, frequent faded edits and shortened end credits (due to it being a television master), but it lacks any bonus features - excluding the "DOUGumentary" behind-the-scenes featurette at the end of the tape.

-->'''Skeeter''': There's something bad behind me, isn't there? (''Roger and his gang flee as Skeeter turns around drops and camera in fright'')