History WesternAnimation / RockADoodle

* AdaptationalHeroism: Snipes. In the original Rostand play, the blackbird was a villainous character who conspired with the predators of the night against the farm animals, along with the farm's [[CatsAreMean cat]]. In the movie, his counterpart Snipes is a {{Jerkass}}, but is an ally of Chanticleer and not an outright villain.

* {{Animorphism}}: Edmond is turned into a kitten by the Grand Duke, because FurriesAreEasierToDraw.

* AlternateAnimalAffection: This movie has the "squashy beaks" variant, so birds can kiss like humans.

* {{Blackmail}}: When Chanticleer learns that his boss Pinky has captured his friends, he refuses to work for him anymore, only for Pinky to threaten the lives of his friends.
-->'''Chanticleer''': That's blackmail!
-->'''Pinky''': That's ''showbiz''.[[note]][[BigWordShout MAKEUP]]!![[/note]]

%%* {{Adorkable}}: Peepers.

* GameOfChicken: While being chased by Pinky and his goons, Edmund turns the car he and the animals are in around, on direct course with Pinky's golf cart. Pinky turns off not because he's scard, but because the heroes were in ''his'' Cadilac.

%%* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Peepers in the CarChase sequence, and Edmond in the finale.]]

** The entire plot is kicked off by a strange rooster (sent by the Duke) sneaking onto the farm to pick a fight with Chanticleer and distract him from raising the sun. Their battle consists of a very realistic cockfight, their arms turn into feathered wings, and the stranger is even wearing metal gaffs.I
* GameOfChicken: While being chased by Pinkie and, his goons, Edmund turns the car he and the animals are in around, on direct course with Pinkie's golf cart. Pinkie turns off not because he's scard, but because the heroes were in ''his'' Cadilac.

* GameOfChicken: While being chased by Pinkie an his goons, Edmund turns the car he and the animals are in around, on direct course with Pinkie's golf cart. Pinkie turns off not because he's scard, but because the heroes were in ''his'' Cadilac.

** The entire plot is kicked off by a strange rooster (sent by the Duke) sneaking onto the farm to pick a fight with Chanticleer and distract him from raising the sun. Their battle consists of a very realistic cockfight, their arms turn into feathered wings, and the stranger is even wearing metal gaffs.

* HammeredIntoTheGround: During the climax, Chanticleer gets nailed to the ground by the Grand Duke's magic.

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[[caption-width-right:220:The only film in history to have a pheasant lady, a rooster Elvis impersonator, and a BalefulPolymorph at the same time. [[DerangedAnimation And it just gets weirder from there...]]]]

%%* AristocratsAreEvil: The villain is the ''Grand Duke'' of Owls.

** The entire plot is kicked off by a strange rooster (sent by the Duke) sneaking onto the farm to pick a fight with Chanticleer and distract him from raising the sun. Their battle consists of a very realistic cockfight, their arms turn into feathered wings, and the stranger is even wearing metal gaff.

%%* InterspeciesRomance: Chanticleer (a rooster) and Goldie (a pheasant).

** In the deleted "Skunk Pie" scene, the design of the skunk that the Grand Duke is about to bake into a pie has more than a passing resemblance to Flower from ''Disney/{{Bambi}}''.

** OrWasItADream: Well, the ({{Narm}}y) closing sequence that [[SpecialEffectsFailure awkwardly combines]] [[RogerRabbitEffect reality and animation]] certainly doesn't think so!

%%* BigBad: The Grand Duke of Owls

ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler:After Chanticleer does his thing at the climax, the Grand Duke is shrunk to barely a couple inches high, even smaller than his own nephew, who then chases him off trying to eat him.]]

* BalefulPolymorph: Edmond's transformation into a kitten. Edmund, a "scaredy-''cat''"[[note]]Peepers also calls him a "fraidy cat".[[/note]], gets turned into a ''cat'' by the Duke. This was actually so that the Duke could eat him for trying to call back Chanticleer ("Kittens are more digestible", apparently) but it's quite ironic.

* CallOnMe: Subverted; during the flood scene at the beginning, Edmund runs up to the window and tries to summon Chanticleer by [[SayMyName shouting out his name]], only for the Grand Duke to appear instead.

* CarnivoreConfusion: If animals in the world the Grand Duke transports Edmund to all live in the city, or at least in a human-like way, how are carnivores supposed to get their meal?

** Okay, so in the beginning, the animals live on a farm. Then, after Edmund shows up, they all go to the city. But the city is not populated by humans, but instead by more {{Funny Animal}}s. A-bwauh?!? Considering Edmond's mother thinks Chanticleer is fictional, it's possible they happen in two completely different universes.
** Right after being turned into a cat, Edmund is afraid of Patou (a dog), licks himself and almost tries to eat Peepers (a mouse). Then hangs a lampshade on it by saying, in a grossed out voice, "I almost ate a mouse! I must be crazy!" (He also comments on licking himself!)

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Edmund in the finale nearly dies when he tries to save Chanticleer.]]

* InformedFlaw: According to Peepers, Edmund is supposedly either a "fraidy cat" or a "scaredy cat" (she uses both), yet throughout the film he's never shown letting his fear get the best of him, if he's ever shown to be afraid at all. Yet, [[spoiler: Edmund's JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind is depicted as him finally overcoming his FatalFlaw of fear... even though he never let his fear control him before.]]

%%* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Edmund [[spoiler:during Peepers' DisneyDeath]].

* KickTheDog: The Grand Duke threatens to kill and eat [[AbusiveParents his own nephew]] if Hunch fails to stop Edmund and his friends from reaching Chanticleer. And one of Pinky's toad bodyguards kicks a grill for no reason.

* MissedHimByThatMuch: Once Edmund and the gang arrive in the city, there is ''a whole montage'' of them just barely missing glimpses of Chanticleer. Once again, Patou lampshades this in the narration.

%%* PinballProtagonist: Edmund.

* SapientEatSapient: The owls all seem to delight in taking the time to properly inform their prey that they're going to be eaten. The Grand Duke goes so far as to transform Edmund into a kitten, and explain it's to make him "more digestible."

* SpeechImpediment: Averted with Peepers. She has a lisp, but it doesn't prevent her from being understood, nor from being the generally smartest, bravest, and most competent member of the group. She isn't even shamed when Snipes tries to make fun of her for it, as she considers her lisp something that makes her more special, not less. [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome Edmund? Not so much...]]

* ThisWasHisTrueForm: [[spoiler:When Edmund "dies," he returns to his live-action human form.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: Pinky undergoes one when he sees that Edmund and the gang have escaped with Chanticleer, his primary cash cow, if you will.

* WouldHurtAChild: The Duke frequently threatens to kill and/or eat Edmund, who can't be much older than six (and that's being ''generous''). Oh, and [[spoiler:he actually [[MoralEventHorizon strangles the poor kid nearly to death in the climax]].]]

* PettingZooPeople with a NonMammalMammaries chaser: Thanks to Creator/DonBluth's ''bizarre'' idea of attempting to mimic Jessica Rabbit's sex appeal.

* ActorAllusion: In the Japanese dub, Chanticleer is voiced by Creator/TesshoGenda, who is the official Japanese dub voice of WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn, another rooster.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Goldie.

* ActionGirl: Peepers.

* {{Adorkable}}: Peepers, again.

* AristocratsAreEvil: The villain is the ''Grand Duke'' of Owls.

* AxCrazy: Hunch. He'd be frightening if he weren't so pathetically incompetent.

* BalefulPolymorph: Again, Edmond's transformation into a kitten.

* BigBad: The Grand Duke of Owls

* ButtMonkey: An [[http://oi52.tinypic.com/oky5uw.jpg unnamed owl]] is always maltreated by the Grand Duke.

* CoolCar: Pinky's Pink Cadillac.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Pinky.

* DetailHoggingCover: Averted, the DVD cover seems to have rather cheap flatly colored drawings on a sparse background.
** Played straight with the VHS cover, which featured the poster art.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Peepers in the CarChase sequence, and Edmond in the finale.]]

* EvilLaugh: The Grand Duke has an impressive one.
* EvilSorcerer: The Grand Duke of Owls.
* EvilUncle: "Uncle Dukie," the Grand Duke of Owls.
* {{Expy}}: Goldie's design is very reminiscent of Princess Daphne from the ''VideoGame/DragonsLair'' games if she were a mutant bird thing.
** Also her shiny, sparkling, revealing red dress makes her design similar to an anthropomorphic bird version of Jessica Rabbit.
** Edmond's design seems at least partially based on Fievel of ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'', another young, fur-covered boy with a big hat and HandHidingSleeves from one of Bluth's movies.

* [[FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit Fat Southern Fox In Striped Pants]]: Pinky. He even plays golf and [[CigarChomper chomps cigars.]]
** The fact that he's voiced by Sorrell Booke ([[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard Boss Hogg]]) himself dials this trope UpToEleven!
* FauxAffablyEvil: The Grand Duke of Owls.
* FeatherFingers

* HappilyEverAfter

* InterspeciesRomance: Chanticleer (a rooster) and Goldie (a pheasant).

* {{Jerkass}}: Snipes the magpie. He gets better.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Edmund [[spoiler:during Peepers' DisneyDeath]].

* KarmicTransformation: Not exactly. Edmund, a "scaredy-''cat''"[[note]]Peepers also calls him a "fraidy cat".[[/note]], gets turned into a ''cat'' by the Duke. This was actually so that the Duke could eat him for trying to call back Chanticleer ("Kittens are more digestible", apparently) but it's quite ironic.
** [[spoiler: The Grand Duke is shrunken to smaller than the mouse and is immediately chased by Hunch for his abuse towards him.]]

* LargeAndInCharge: The Grand Duke of Owls.

* LightIsGood / DarkIsEvil: Contrary to Don Bluth's [[DarkIsNotEvil usual M.O.]]
* LimitBreak: Chanticleer's crowing at the climax of the movie.
* TheLoad: Snipes
* MindScrew: This film is pretty ''bizarre'', to put it mildly.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Hunch, who attempts to kill Edmond's group ''twice'', but only helps them get further along in their mission. The first time, he "sucked em' into an adequate pipe" (actually an aqueduct pipe) which only lead them to the city and the second time he tried killing them while they were tied up, but he only let them loose.
** Lampshaded by Patou's narration, pointing out that Hunch was "more of a [[IncrediblyLamePun hoot]] than he was horrible, but still he was a nuisance."
* MinorInjuryOverreaction:
** Goldie's reaction to losing her high heels while climbing a ladder

** Hilariously, Goldie's shoes reappear on her feet a couple shots later, and keep disappearing and reappearing throughout the final scenes.

* {{Mondegreen}}: The whole "adequate pipe" bit.

* NoNameGiven: The Duke's owl henchmen (besides Hunch), the rabbit that warns Stuey the pig as the flashlight is going out, and all of the other farm animals that stay at Edmond's house and nearly get eaten by the Duke.
** [[AllThereInTheManual According to]] ''The Animated Movie Guide'' (as well as the movie's credits), the rabbit's name is Minnie.[[note]]Named for Minnie Pearl, because of her hat.[[/note]]
* NonmammalianHair: Chanticleer and Goldie.
* NonMammalMammaries: Goldie.

* OminousOwl: The Grand Duke and his minions.

* ParentalBonus: "Aah, this is flipping garbage!" Snipes says.

* PinballProtagonist: Edmund.
* PlummetPerspective: "MY SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOES!!!"
* PlotHole: The sun rising once (and only once) without Chanticleer is never explained. Then there's the ending, which seems to imply that the whole thing was a fever-dream. No, wait, it was real. No, wait... aw, forget it. Roll credits.
** The opening narration seems to imply the sun woke up, took a look around, and then went back to sleep... which still doesn't explain the situation since Chanticleer was supposed to ''raise'' the sun, implying that the sun shouldn't have risen at all unless he crowed...
* ThePowerOfRock

* RealityWarper: The Duke's magic seems to have this effect.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Just how old is that kid supposed to be?
** Hilariously, the trailers for the movie ''dubbed the kid's voice over with another actor'', correctly assuming that hearing him talk would not be an incentive to see the film. They kept it in the actual movie, sadly.

* SapientEatSapient: The owls all seem to delight in taking the time to properly inform their prey that they're going to be eaten.
** The Grand Duke goes so far as to transform Edmund into a kitten, and explain it's to make him "more digestible."
* SayMyName: "CHANTICLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!"

** When Edmond and co. are floating down the river on the way to the city, Hunch and the owls prepare to attack, while Hunch is humming [[PublicDomainSoundtrack "Ride of]] [[Film/ApocalypseNow the Valkyries".]]

** In the deleted "Skunk Pie" scene, the design of the skunk that the Grand Duke is about to bake into a pie has more than a passing resemblance to [[Disney/{{Bambi}} Flower.]]

** The Grand Duke, voiced by [[GentlemanSnarker Christopher Plummer]], enjoys baking and embroidery, and is a phone cord twiddler. Poor guy wasn't allowed to do anything ''really'' evil after the concerned parents in the preview audiences got through with him.
*** Well, until the climax anyway, where he [[spoiler:almost ''strangles Edmond to death'' using his magic, to the point where it looked like Edmond ''had'' died, and attempts to drown Chanticleer with a waterspout.]]

* SmugSnake: The Duke.

* ThievingMagpie: Snipes the magpie.

* TooDumbToLive: Seriously, Snipes. When you're stuck in a chest underwater, don't peck through the chest to escape, water will come through.
** To be fair to Snipes, he ''was'' undergoing a massive FreakOut brought on by extreme claustrophobia. Rationality tends to take a back seat in such situations.

** BabiesEverAfter

* WeaksauceWeakness: The owls hate the light. Any kind of light at all. Even a measly ''flashlight'' is enough to chase the Grand Duke of Owls away. Which, of course, is why the Grand Duke spends the whole movie attempting to make sure Chanticleer is not in a position to raise the sun, the ultimate source of light.
** Except that the Duke is shown baking... with a fire going...???

* AccidentalInnuendo:
** When Hunch breaks into Pinky's aircraft while the good guys are trying to escape, he jumps down from the aircraft's entrance, hangs from a rope and, for a brief second, stares at Goldie's breasts before she slaps him away. Made funnier with Charles Nelson Reilly's signature "Hur hrrrmmm" laugh (and even funnier when one realizes that Reilly was gay).
** When Goldie sullenly complains that she's too good to be just a chorus girl, Pinky snidely suggests that she could "give up show biz." Whether she's appalled at the general idea or at the, ah, [[TheOldestProfession other]] implications of that suggestion, well...
*** In fact, after Pinky makes that suggestion, Goldie falls to her knees and ''covers her chest'', gasping "Pinky!" with a scandalized expression.
** "Aah, this is flipping garbage!" Snipes says.
** Some of the lyrics to the song ''Rock-a-Doodle'', such as "Well, it ain't right to rock alone. It takes two, I do believe. I wanna rock-a-doodle doodle to you (To you). Like you rock-a-doodle doodle to me." Is Chanticleer singing about dancing [[SexTropes or...?]]
** While The Grand Duke was a tornado, a book flies around and on one of the pages, there is a message that says “Chapter 17, Chocolate Bunnies from He**.
** The second time the Duke morphs Hunch with his evil breath, after having accidentally sent the heroes down an aqueduct pipe, the shape of his oblong-shaped head has a......rather unfortunate design. Especially if you view it from the back.

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-->-- '''Opening Narration'''

* AllMenArePerverts: Subverted; when Edmond calls the animals trapped on the farm, Stuey the Pig hops on to a floating dress form making his way to the phone and accidentally fondles it; he quickly apologizes to the inanimate object.

** CorruptHick

* FurryConfusion: Okay, so in the beginning the animals live on a farm. Then, after Edmund shows up, they all go to the city. But the city is not populated by humans, but instead by more {{Funny Animal}}s. A-bwauh?!?
** Considering Edmond's mother thinks Chanticleer is fictional, it's possible they happen in two completely different universes.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** When Hunch breaks into Pinky's aircraft while the good guys are trying to escape, he jumps down from the aircraft's entrance, hangs from a rope and, for a brief second, stares at Goldie's breasts before she slaps him away. Made funnier with Charles Nelson Reilly's signature "Hur hrrrmmm" laugh (and even funnier when one realizes that Reilly was gay).
** When Goldie sullenly complains that she's too good to be just a chorus girl, Pinky snidely suggests that she could "give up show biz." Whether she's appalled at the general idea or at the, ah, [[TheOldestProfession other]] implications of that suggestion, well...
*** In fact, after Pinky makes that suggestion, Goldie falls to her knees and ''covers her chest'', gasping "Pinky!" with a scandalized expression.
** "Aah, this is flipping garbage!" Snipes says.
** Some of the lyrics to the song ''Rock-a-Doodle'', such as "Well, it ain't right to rock alone. It takes two, I do believe. I wanna rock-a-doodle doodle to you (To you). Like you rock-a-doodle doodle to me." Is Chanticleer singing about dancing [[SexTropes or...?]]
** While The Grand Duke was a tornado, a book flies around and on one of the pages, there is a message that says “Chapter 17, Chocolate Bunnies from He**.
** The second time the Duke morphs Hunch with his evil breath, after having accidentally sent the heroes down an aqueduct pipe, the shape of his oblong-shaped head has a......rather unfortunate design. Especially if you view it from the back.

** ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler:After Chanticleer does his thing at the climax, the Grand Duke is shrunk to barely a couple inches high, even smaller than his own nephew, who then chases him off trying to eat him.]]