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* SchizoTech: The Pirates play ping pong, baby wipes, plush toys with sound chips, tape recorders with motivational tapes and have their own outboard power motor.
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* SchizoTech: The Pirates play ping pong, baby wipes, plush toys with sound chips, tape recorders with motivational tapes and have their own outboard power motor.motor, even though this supposedly takes place in Bible times.
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As in the story in Literature/TheBible, the story of Jonah goes thusly: Jonah was a prophet of God, sent to spread His messages. However, when God tells Jonah to go to the Ninevites to warn them to repent of their evil ways, Jonah doesn't want anything to do with them...so he decides to go as far in the other direction as possible.
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As in [[Literature/BookOfJonah the story in in]] Literature/TheBible, the story of Jonah goes thusly: Jonah was a prophet of God, sent to spread His messages. However, when God tells Jonah to go to the Ninevites to warn them to repent of their evil ways, Jonah doesn't want anything to do with them...so he decides to go as far in the other direction as possible.
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* WhatTheHellHero: When Jonah doesn't show compassion to the Ninevites and wants God to just zap them all already, but [[SkewedPriorities becomes upset over Khalil eating a weed,]] Khalil calls him out on it.
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* WhatTheHellHero: [[WhatTheHellHero What the Heck, Hero?]]: When Jonah doesn't show compassion to the Ninevites and wants God to just zap them all already, but [[SkewedPriorities becomes upset over Khalil eating a weed,]] Khalil calls him out on it.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Jonah has shades of it.
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* SuddenMusicalEnding: Larry is disappointed the Pirates don't end their Jonah tale with one. He's pleased when Twippo suggests it.
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* SuddenMusicalEnding: Larry Dad Asparagus is disappointed the Pirates don't end their Jonah tale with one. He's pleased when Twippo suggests it.
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** As an additional GutPunch to Jonah, [[spoiler: Reginald abandons him, too.]]
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** Followed by a smiling AsideGlance by [[spoiler: Khalil]].
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* SuddenMusicalEnding: Larry is disappointed the Pirates don't end their Jonah tale with one. He's pleased when Twippo suggests it.
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* DownerEnding: Of the Jonah tale told by the Pirates, who explain it ''had'' to be a downer ending so SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.
-->'''Mr. Lunt:''' The question is not "What did Jonah learn?" The question is - "What did ''you'' learn?"
-->'''Mr. Lunt:''' The question is not "What did Jonah learn?" The question is - "What did ''you'' learn?"
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-->'''Mr. Lunt:''' The question is not "What did Jonah learn?" The question is - "What did ''you'' learn?"
-->'''Mr. Lunt:''' The question is not "What did Jonah learn?" The question is - "What did ''you'' learn?"
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* IgnoreBySinging: After stowing away with the pirates, Jonah has a dream where God asks him where he's running to. Jonah tries his hardest to ignore God by the excuse that he can't hear him, including singing loudly.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Jonah constantly calls Khalil a wrong name, like "Carlyle". He finally pronounces it correctly when [[spoiler:Khalil abandons him.]]
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* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Jonah constantly calls Khalil a wrong name, like "Carlyle". He finally pronounces it correctly when [[spoiler:Khalil abandons him.]]
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* RunningGag: "[Quality] runs very deep in my family!" [[spoiler:Patience isn't one of those things, though.]]
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* ShamuFu: The Ninevites in the first film are notorious for this.
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* ShamuFu: The Ninevites in the first film are notorious for this.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: The final design for the whaleis based off of a dog.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: The final design for the whaleis whale is based off of a dog.
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As in the story in ''Literature/TheBible'', Literature/TheBible, the story of Jonah goes thusly: Jonah was a prophet of God, sent to spread His messages. However, when God tells Jonah to go to the Ninevites to warn them to repent of their evil ways, Jonah doesn't want anything to do with them...so he decides to go as far in the other direction as possible.
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!!''Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie'' provides examples of:
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: The final design for the whale from is based off of a dog.
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: The final design for the whale from is based off of a dog.
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!!''Jonah: A VeggieTales [=VeggieTales=] Movie'' provides examples of:
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: The final design for thewhale from is whaleis based off of a dog.
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: The final design for the
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The first full-length ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' film, ''Jonah: A [=VeggieTales=] Movie'' opens with Bob, Junior, Dad Asparagus, Annie, Laura and Percy all trying to find their way to a Twippo concert. However, they take a wrong turn, lose two tires on their van, and end up at a strange seafood restaurant, where they meet a trio of pirates who call themselves "The pirates who don't do anything!" The trio of pirates, noticing the tensions among the group, decide to tell them a little story about a man named Jonah.
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The first full-length ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' film, ''Jonah: A [=VeggieTales=] Movie'' was released in 2002 by Big Idea and FHE Pictures.
The film opens with Bob, Junior, Dad Asparagus, Annie, Laura and Percy all trying to find their way to a Twippo concert. However, they take a wrong turn, lose two tires on their van, and end up at a strange seafood restaurant, where they meet a trio of pirates who call themselves "The pirates who don't do anything!" The trio of pirates, noticing the tensions among the group, decide to tell them a little story about a man namedJonah.Jonah.
As in the story in ''Literature/TheBible'', the story of Jonah goes thusly: Jonah was a prophet of God, sent to spread His messages. However, when God tells Jonah to go to the Ninevites to warn them to repent of their evil ways, Jonah doesn't want anything to do with them...so he decides to go as far in the other direction as possible.
The film opens with Bob, Junior, Dad Asparagus, Annie, Laura and Percy all trying to find their way to a Twippo concert. However, they take a wrong turn, lose two tires on their van, and end up at a strange seafood restaurant, where they meet a trio of pirates who call themselves "The pirates who don't do anything!" The trio of pirates, noticing the tensions among the group, decide to tell them a little story about a man named
As in the story in ''Literature/TheBible'', the story of Jonah goes thusly: Jonah was a prophet of God, sent to spread His messages. However, when God tells Jonah to go to the Ninevites to warn them to repent of their evil ways, Jonah doesn't want anything to do with them...so he decides to go as far in the other direction as possible.
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* [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Screw Jonah, I'm Outta Here]]: Patience runs deep in Khalil's family, but not that deep.
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* [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Screw Jonah, I'm Outta Here]]: Patience ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Patience runs deep in Khalil's family, but not that deep.]]
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* ButtMonkey: The mailman in the song "A Message From the Lord", since no one cares about his deliveries thanks to being [[OvershadowedByAwesome too excited about Jonah's messages]].
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Porcupines can't shoot their quills, as shown in the prologue. This is acknowledged in the [[InCharacterCommentaries In-Character Commentary]] by Larry and Mr. Lunt, where they claim to have used special effects to fire the quills.
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* TemptingFate: When Jonah announces his intent to sail to Tarshish instead, Angus answers, "Even if you had the money, nobody has the time to sail all the way to Tarshish!" Immediately, they both overhear some pirates singing about how they don't do anything...
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** Angus the sailor mishears Jonah's protests that he's ''not'' going to Nineveh, and instead lectures him about how it's impossible to sail there because Nineveh is landlocked.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Reginald, Jonah's camel, is conveniently there at the shore where Jonah gets spewed back on land. Divine intervention, perhaps?
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After the pirates fail to rescue Jonah from the whale, Larry expresses joy because he got his duck floaty back from it. The other pirates are not amused.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** When Mr. Nezzer is considering hiring the pirates and asks them "what can you do?", they list off their talents at ping-pong and croquet. They don't get hired.
** After the pirates fail to rescue Jonah from the whale, Larry expresses joy because he got his duck floaty back from it. The other pirates are not amused.
** When Mr. Nezzer is considering hiring the pirates and asks them "what can you do?", they list off their talents at ping-pong and croquet. They don't get hired.
** After the pirates fail to rescue Jonah from the whale, Larry expresses joy because he got his duck floaty back from it. The other pirates are not amused.
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* MediumBlending: The animation briefly changes from computer models to hand drawn when the (imaginary) destruction of Nineveh is shown.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After the pirates fail to rescue Jonah from the whale, Larry expresses joy because he got his duck floaty back from it. The other pirates are not amused.
* MoodWhiplash: As soon as Jonah is thrown overboard, the storm dissipates ''in seconds.''
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* ShownTheirWork: The producers tell the ''entire'' story, going beyond what most retellings of Jonah do.
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* ShownTheirWork: The producers tell the ''entire'' story, going beyond what most retellings of Jonah do. Several events left out of most adaptations that are re-included are the sailors initially attempting to row back to land rather throw Jonah aboard, and Jonah not understanding that God intends to forgive the Ninevites.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Khalil lays a big one on Jonah, [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on how he still selfishly wants the Ninevites to be destroyed]] even though he ought to realize that God loves everybody, not just Jonah. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Then Khalil leaves Jonah to wallow in his misery.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Khalil lays a big one on Jonah, [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on how he still selfishly wants the Ninevites to be destroyed]] even though he ought to realize that God loves everybody, not just Jonah. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere [[spoiler:[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Then Khalil leaves Jonah to wallow in his misery.misery]].]]
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Jonah keeps mispronouncing Khalil's name -- until the end when Khalil abandons him.
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Jonah keeps mispronouncing Khalil's name -- until the end when Khalil [[spoiler:Khalil abandons him.]]
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* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Jonah constantly calls Khalil a wrong name, like "Carlyle". He finally pronounces it correctly when Khalil abandons him.
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* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Jonah constantly calls Khalil a wrong name, like "Carlyle". He finally pronounces it correctly when Khalil [[spoiler:Khalil abandons him.]]
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** As far as [=VeggieTales=] casting goes, Archibald usually plays a side character, but in this movie he's the protagonist.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: [[spoiler:Mr. Twisty, the king of Nineveh.]]
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* NeverSayDie: Averted. While the execution method itself is referred to as "The Slap of No Return", Mr. Lunt directly yells out, "We are going to die!"
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* SeriousBusiness: Don't steal Twisted Cheese Curl snacks in Nineveh, [[DisproportionateRetribution or you will be sentenced to death!]] [[spoiler:Somewhat justified when it turns out Mr. Twisty is the king of Nineveh.]]
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-->'''Twippo:''' ''(to Khalil the tow truck driver)'' Ah... have we met?
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-->'''Twippo:''' ''(to Khalil [[spoiler:Khalil the tow truck driver)'' driver]])'' Ah... have we met?
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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Jonah was a prophet, but he never really got it.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Jonah was a prophet, but he never really got it.
** [[spoiler:Possible averted later, where Twippo turns out to be Jonah, who sings a song about how the prophet failed to learn his lesson.]]
** [[spoiler:Possible averted later, where Twippo turns out to be Jonah, who sings a song about how the prophet failed to learn his lesson.]]
* FramingStory: The story of Jonah is told by the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything to kids and their parents at a seafood restaurant waiting for a tow truck.
* MoneyDearBoy: All the Pirates' objections to ferrying Jonah are completely canceled once Jonah tells he's willing to pay as much as they want.
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** The Pirates want to [[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory find a Golden Ticket inside a Cheese Curls bag to visit the Mr. Twisty factory.]]
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** The Pirates want to [[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory find a Golden Ticket inside a Cheese Curls bag to visit the Mr. Twisty factory.]]
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The first full-length ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' film, ''Jonah: A [=VeggieTales=] Movie'' opens with Bob, Junior, Dad Asparagus, Annie, Laura and Percy all trying to find their way to a Twippo concert. However, they take a wrong turn, lose two tires on their van, and end up at a strange seafood restaurant, where they meet a trio of pirates who call themselves "The pirates who don't do anything!" The trio of pirates, noticing the tensions among the group, decide to tell them a little story about a man named Jonah.
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!!''Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie'' provides examples of:
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: The final design for the whale from is based off of a dog.
* AnachronismStew: Parodied on the DVD. One of bloopers has an airplane pass by.
* AndYouWereThere:
-->'''Twippo:''' ''(to Khalil the tow truck driver)'' Ah... have we met?
* AnimationBump: Due to the animators having a movie-sized budget, the animation in ''Jonah'' is probably the best in the series. Notably, Big Idea was able to get lighting animators who had just finished work on films like ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' and ''WesternAnimation/IceAge''. The end result is ''gorgeous''.
* AscendedExtra
** The caterpillar/worm that eats the shade plant near the end of the Jonah story becomes Jonah's traveling buddy and a recurring character. His mother was a caterpillar; his father was a worm. But he's okay with that now.
*** TheReasonYouSuckSpeech that he gives Jonah was, in the original, delivered by God Himself. The bug get to deliver God's lines. How's that for an ascended extra?
** The reason for Ninevah's fish obsession was because in real life, they did indeed worship a fish god.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Twippo. Just Twippo.
* BlandNameProduct: "Joppa Java", complete with faux Starbucks logo.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Jonah was a prophet, but he never really got it.
* DownerEnding: Of the Jonah tale told by the Pirates, who explain it ''had'' to be a downer ending so SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.
-->'''Mr. Lunt:''' The question is not "What did Jonah learn?" The question is - "What did ''you'' learn?"
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In ''Jonah'', the last pair that Khalil has during the game of Go Fish is a whale.
* FreezeFrameBonus: In ''Jonah'', the menu items in the seafood restaraunt Bob and the gang stop at goes as follows:
--> Steak\\
Shrimp\\
[[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Steak Shrimp]]\\
Scampi on a Skewer\\
Scampi on a Clean Skewer\\
Compassion (Market Price)
** Followed by Mercy (Market Price) later in the film.
* [[{{Gasp}} GASP!]]: Jonah, Khalil, and the Pirates all take turns at dramatic gasping when they see just what "The Slap of No Return" is, before all doing a simultaneous gasp.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Parodied: In-universe, as the commentary for Jonah: A [=VeggieTales=] Movie (from Larry and Mr. Lunt, self-proclaimed actual producers of the film) points out, the first [=VeggieTales=] movie (not ''Jonah''), "Socks with Stripes," [[WordOfGod according to Mr. Lunt]], proved a flop in the US, but highly regarded in France.
* GospelChoirsAreJustBetter: A highlight of ''Jonah'' is the the gospel number "Second Chances."
* HeroicBSOD: Jonah when God refuses to destroy Ninevah, with a healthy dollop of {{Wangst}}.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Jonah keeps mispronouncing Khalil's name -- until the end when Khalil abandons him.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Inside the whale, Jonah and the angels are holding a massive celebration. Cut to the surface as two fisherman hear the music and wonder what on earth is going on.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}:
-->'''Khalil:''' ''You'' see the whale as half-empty. ''I'' see the whale as half-full!
-->'''Jonah:''' I have no idea what that means.
-->'''Khalil:''' Neither do I.
* MediumShiftGag: The Pirates description of Ninevah causes the film to shift briefly to traditional cel animation.
* MusicalWorldHypothesis: Played with, as Jonah's musical number inside the whale apparently is supposed to actually be happening, as there is a cut to confused fishermen up on the surface who can vaguely hear the noise coming from underwater.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Jonah constantly calls Khalil a wrong name, like "Carlyle". He finally pronounces it correctly when Khalil abandons him.
* NonSequiturThud: "Is this... Heaven?" "[[ShoutOut Smells like]]... [[FieldOfDreams Wisconsin]]!" The alternate takes in the DVD's fake blooper reel are even more random.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: The TropeNamers themselves star, and the trope itself is deconstructed, as the opening of Jonah has their slacking result in them being completely broke, only to later actually "do something" and get in fantastic adventures.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Khalil lays a big one on Jonah, [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on how he still selfishly wants the Ninevites to be destroyed]] even though he ought to realize that God loves everybody, not just Jonah. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Then Khalil leaves Jonah to wallow in his misery.]]
* SchizoTech: The Pirates play ping pong, baby wipes, plush toys with sound chips, tape recorders with motivational tapes and have their own outboard power motor.
--->'''Larry:''' And ''Series/{{ALF}}'' is on in half-an-hour.
* [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Screw Jonah, I'm Outta Here]]: Patience runs deep in Khalil's family, but not that deep.
* ShamuFu: The Ninevites in the first film are notorious for this.
* ShapedLikeItself:
** One of the extras is a tour of Big Idea Studios, where at one point the viewer sees a staff member working at his computer on the unreleased DVD... which you watch on your DVD. Phil Vischer directly Lampshades this.
** The Credits Song. "This is the song that runs under the credits. These are the credits, so this is where it goes. Has nothing to do with the movie so we'll say 'Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!...'"
* ShoutOut:
** [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Fish slapping]], anyone?
** The Pirates want to [[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory find a Golden Ticket inside a Cheese Curls bag to visit the Mr. Twisty factory.]]
* ShownTheirWork: The producers tell the ''entire'' story, going beyond what most retellings of Jonah do.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "There is no word, and I'm definitely ''not'' going to Ninevah!"
* ThisCannotBe: Invoked verbatim by Jonah on learning God wanted him to offer mercy to Ninevah.
* UniversalAdaptorCast
* WalkThePlank:
-->'''Jonah:''' I'm afraid the only thing left is to be thrown into the sea.
-->'''Larry:''' Oh, you don't have to do that! We've got a plank! You can just walk off!
* WhatTheHellHero: When Jonah doesn't show compassion to the Ninevites and wants God to just zap them all already, but [[SkewedPriorities becomes upset over Khalil eating a weed,]] Khalil calls him out on it.
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!!''Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie'' provides examples of:
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: The final design for the whale from is based off of a dog.
* AnachronismStew: Parodied on the DVD. One of bloopers has an airplane pass by.
* AndYouWereThere:
-->'''Twippo:''' ''(to Khalil the tow truck driver)'' Ah... have we met?
* AnimationBump: Due to the animators having a movie-sized budget, the animation in ''Jonah'' is probably the best in the series. Notably, Big Idea was able to get lighting animators who had just finished work on films like ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' and ''WesternAnimation/IceAge''. The end result is ''gorgeous''.
* AscendedExtra
** The caterpillar/worm that eats the shade plant near the end of the Jonah story becomes Jonah's traveling buddy and a recurring character. His mother was a caterpillar; his father was a worm. But he's okay with that now.
*** TheReasonYouSuckSpeech that he gives Jonah was, in the original, delivered by God Himself. The bug get to deliver God's lines. How's that for an ascended extra?
** The reason for Ninevah's fish obsession was because in real life, they did indeed worship a fish god.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Twippo. Just Twippo.
* BlandNameProduct: "Joppa Java", complete with faux Starbucks logo.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Jonah was a prophet, but he never really got it.
* DownerEnding: Of the Jonah tale told by the Pirates, who explain it ''had'' to be a downer ending so SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.
-->'''Mr. Lunt:''' The question is not "What did Jonah learn?" The question is - "What did ''you'' learn?"
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In ''Jonah'', the last pair that Khalil has during the game of Go Fish is a whale.
* FreezeFrameBonus: In ''Jonah'', the menu items in the seafood restaraunt Bob and the gang stop at goes as follows:
--> Steak\\
Shrimp\\
[[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Steak Shrimp]]\\
Scampi on a Skewer\\
Scampi on a Clean Skewer\\
Compassion (Market Price)
** Followed by Mercy (Market Price) later in the film.
* [[{{Gasp}} GASP!]]: Jonah, Khalil, and the Pirates all take turns at dramatic gasping when they see just what "The Slap of No Return" is, before all doing a simultaneous gasp.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Parodied: In-universe, as the commentary for Jonah: A [=VeggieTales=] Movie (from Larry and Mr. Lunt, self-proclaimed actual producers of the film) points out, the first [=VeggieTales=] movie (not ''Jonah''), "Socks with Stripes," [[WordOfGod according to Mr. Lunt]], proved a flop in the US, but highly regarded in France.
* GospelChoirsAreJustBetter: A highlight of ''Jonah'' is the the gospel number "Second Chances."
* HeroicBSOD: Jonah when God refuses to destroy Ninevah, with a healthy dollop of {{Wangst}}.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Jonah keeps mispronouncing Khalil's name -- until the end when Khalil abandons him.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Inside the whale, Jonah and the angels are holding a massive celebration. Cut to the surface as two fisherman hear the music and wonder what on earth is going on.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}:
-->'''Khalil:''' ''You'' see the whale as half-empty. ''I'' see the whale as half-full!
-->'''Jonah:''' I have no idea what that means.
-->'''Khalil:''' Neither do I.
* MediumShiftGag: The Pirates description of Ninevah causes the film to shift briefly to traditional cel animation.
* MusicalWorldHypothesis: Played with, as Jonah's musical number inside the whale apparently is supposed to actually be happening, as there is a cut to confused fishermen up on the surface who can vaguely hear the noise coming from underwater.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Jonah constantly calls Khalil a wrong name, like "Carlyle". He finally pronounces it correctly when Khalil abandons him.
* NonSequiturThud: "Is this... Heaven?" "[[ShoutOut Smells like]]... [[FieldOfDreams Wisconsin]]!" The alternate takes in the DVD's fake blooper reel are even more random.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: The TropeNamers themselves star, and the trope itself is deconstructed, as the opening of Jonah has their slacking result in them being completely broke, only to later actually "do something" and get in fantastic adventures.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Khalil lays a big one on Jonah, [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out on how he still selfishly wants the Ninevites to be destroyed]] even though he ought to realize that God loves everybody, not just Jonah. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Then Khalil leaves Jonah to wallow in his misery.]]
* SchizoTech: The Pirates play ping pong, baby wipes, plush toys with sound chips, tape recorders with motivational tapes and have their own outboard power motor.
--->'''Larry:''' And ''Series/{{ALF}}'' is on in half-an-hour.
* [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Screw Jonah, I'm Outta Here]]: Patience runs deep in Khalil's family, but not that deep.
* ShamuFu: The Ninevites in the first film are notorious for this.
* ShapedLikeItself:
** One of the extras is a tour of Big Idea Studios, where at one point the viewer sees a staff member working at his computer on the unreleased DVD... which you watch on your DVD. Phil Vischer directly Lampshades this.
** The Credits Song. "This is the song that runs under the credits. These are the credits, so this is where it goes. Has nothing to do with the movie so we'll say 'Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!...'"
* ShoutOut:
** [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Fish slapping]], anyone?
** The Pirates want to [[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory find a Golden Ticket inside a Cheese Curls bag to visit the Mr. Twisty factory.]]
* ShownTheirWork: The producers tell the ''entire'' story, going beyond what most retellings of Jonah do.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "There is no word, and I'm definitely ''not'' going to Ninevah!"
* ThisCannotBe: Invoked verbatim by Jonah on learning God wanted him to offer mercy to Ninevah.
* UniversalAdaptorCast
* WalkThePlank:
-->'''Jonah:''' I'm afraid the only thing left is to be thrown into the sea.
-->'''Larry:''' Oh, you don't have to do that! We've got a plank! You can just walk off!
* WhatTheHellHero: When Jonah doesn't show compassion to the Ninevites and wants God to just zap them all already, but [[SkewedPriorities becomes upset over Khalil eating a weed,]] Khalil calls him out on it.
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