History WesternAnimation / RockADoodle

* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: the scene where The Duke, the evil owl turns the live-action human boy Edmond into a cartoon kitten by way of a magic spell. (This particular scene pairs this trope with that of ToonTransformation and BalefulPolymorph).

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

* NeonCity: When the villain sends his ComicRelief nephew Hunch to thwart the heroes from contacting Chanticleer, Hunch is truculent, mentioning that the bright lights of the city will make him blind. The villain casually issues Hunch a pair of sunglasses. Truly, the big city is much brighter and busier than the rustic farmlands where the story originates. In fact, the heroes only found Chanticleer by noticing a huge neon likeness of him as an Elvis {{expy}} adorning Pinkie's nightclub.

%%* AbsoluteCleavage: Goldie.

* LonelyAtTheTop: Discussed. When Pinky notices that "the King" is awfully depressed for a rooster famous who can have the world, Chantecleer explains he's feeling lonely. An amused Pinky can't believe someone with "twenty-thousand people screaming [his] name" could ''ever'' be "lonely", or miss former friends who laughed him out of town. Still, Chantecleer's homesickness is real enough that he has to convince Goldie to use her charm to keep him in the city.

* NiceHat: Edmond's raccoon-fur hat. Although coupled with his long-sleeved baggy sweatshirt it makes him look like a {{Palette Swap}}ped [[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail Fievel]] sometimes.

* JustPlaneWrong: Patou actually sends the helicopter into a barrel roll and flies it ''upside down'' before righting it back upwards. It's also referred to in dialogue at one point as a Sikorsky; the real Sikorsky never made any twin-rotor helicopters like that.

%%* ActionGirl: Peepers.

* AdultFear: Pinky is a corrupt, exploitative manager that leeches off new talent. He takes a HeroicBSOD Chanticleer and makes him a star while gaslighting him to think no one at the farm misses him. Pinky also blackmails Goldie into making sure Chanticleer has no reason to leave, manhandling her when she breaks the script and confesses. It's a surprising dose of realism to go with the trippiness.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline The rousing, rollicking adventure of the world's first rockin' rooster!]]'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:The only film in history (that we know of) to have a BalefulPolymorph looking for a rooster Elvis impersonator with the power to raise the sun by crowing and making their escape on a CoolCar with a greedy producer in hot pursuit. [[DerangedAnimation Things get weirder from there...]]]]

** Edmond's design is 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.

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A 1991 Creator/DonBluth film and a ''very'' loose AdaptationExpansion of the tale of Chanticleer the rooster, who believed his crowing made the sun shine. It is also an equally loose adaptation of the play [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantecler_(play) ''Chanticler'']] by the French writer Edmond Rostand (also known for ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac''), bearing little resemblance to it apart from some of the characters.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The entire farm's reaction when they realize that, yes, Chanticleer's crowing really ''does'' bring up the sun, and by laughing him off the farm they royally messed up.

-->'''Edmond''': Then the story's true. You all laughed at him, and he ran away

This is a very loose AdaptationExpansion of the tale of Chanticleer the rooster, who believed his crowing made the sun shine. It is also an equally loose adaptation of the play [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantecler_(play) ''Chanticler'']] by the French writer Edmond Rostand (also known for ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac''), bearing little resemblance to it apart from some of the characters.

The disastrous box office failure of the film led to the bankruptcy of Creator/DonBluth's studio.

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Inverted as Don Bluth fought to ''keep'' the film at G rating. The drink Goldie pours down Chanticleer's throat had to be changed from wine to soda. He also had to tone down some of the Grand Duke's misdeeds such as removing the scene where he [[WouldHurtAChild cooks a baby skunk into a pie]].

* NeonCity: When TheVillain sends his ComicRelief nephew Hunch to thwart the heroes from contacting Chanticleer, Hunch is truculent, mentioning that the bright lights of the city will make him blind. TheVillain casually issues Hunch a pair of sunglasses. Truly, the big city is much brighter and busier than the rustic farmlands where the story originates. In fact, the heroes only found Chanticleer by noticing a huge neon likeness of him as an Elvis {{expy}} adorning Pinkie's nightclub.
* NiceDayDeadlyNight: The FunnyAnimal characters in ''Rock-A-Doodle'' can go about their business every day because the rooster Chanticleer's crowing summons the sun every morning. That is, until TheVillain's EvilPlan creates a BreakTheCutie moment for TheHero, who ends up sidelined by TheDragon. Under the Duke's sustained nightfall, the small farm animals become easy prey for the Grand Duke and his {{mooks}}.

* [[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!

* FrothyMugsOfWater: Most obvious in the scene where Goldieseduces Chanticleer on a giant swing. She appears to be pouring martini glasses full of soda down his throat.

* TheUnseen: Murray (Pinky's chauffeur/valet), until the chase, where he becomes a OneSceneWonder.

* WouldHurtAChild: The Duke frequently threatens to kill and/or eat Edmond, 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]].]]

* {{Mondegreen}}:
%%** The whole "adequate pipe" bit.
** Jeepers, I'm a furry! (The line is actually "I'm ''all'' furry", but the kid's acting makes it sound ''very'' different.)

** OrWasItADream: Well, the closing sequence that [[SpecialEffectsFailure awkwardly combines]] [[RogerRabbitEffect reality and animation]] certainly doesn't think so!
*** It's worth noting that Patou's narration implies that the tale of Chanticleer, the kid's fever dream, ''and'' the live-action bits are '''all''' real. Maybe. Have we mentioned that there are moments in the script that are confusing?

* ApatheticCitizens: Very little alarm is raised ''at all'' among the city dwellers over the cataclysmic flooding taking place in the countryside just miles outside of town. Justified in Pinky's case as he's in cahoots with the Duke, but you'd think such a crisis would raise more alarm with nearly everyone else relying on the produce of the farmlands that are now flooded.

* BabiesEverAfter: In the final musical number, [[spoiler:Chanticleer and Goldie's two chicks]] can be seen sitting on the fence. No one comments on them and it's fairly easy to miss the fact that they're even there.

** Hunch is also regularly abused, beaten, and inadvertently transformed into things you'd see in a fever dream.

* CaptainObvious: Edmond. Much of his dialogue is repeating everything everyone else says several times.
* CarnivoreConfusion: If animals in the world the Grand Duke transports Edmond to all live in the city, or at least in a human-like way, how are carnivores supposed to get their meal?

* CoolAirship: Averted with Pinky's pink airship, which looks more like a flying caterpillar.

* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Edmond. It's so bad that sometimes you ''can't understand what he's saying''.

* FantasticRacism: "No dogs, cats, boyds or meeces!" While the racism may not be intentional, one would think that such a policy would hurt Pinky's profits from Chanticleer's success, and should've gotten more information from the Duke on who was after his biggest moneymaker.

* ForTheEvulz: The Grand Duke doesn't seem to have much of a motive for making sure the sun never comes back other than hating the sun.

* FrothyMugsOfWater: Most obvious in the scene where Goldie, um, seduces Chanticleer on a giant swing. She appears to be pouring martini glasses full of what looks to be ''milk'' down his throat. [[{{Squick}} Ick.]] It's supposed to be soda, as you can see from a bottle of King Soda earlier in the scene, but it still looks like milk.
* FunnyAnimal with a NonMammalMammaries chaser: Thanks to Creator/DonBluth's ''bizarre'' idea of attempting to mimic Jessica Rabbit's sex appeal.

** Okay, so in the beginning, the animals live on a farm. Then, after Edmond 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.

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

* 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.
--> Aaaaah! My SHOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEESSS!!!
* MissedHimByThatMuch: Once Edmond 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.

* MrExposition: Patou the dog doubles as the narrator, who seems to explain everything that goes on in the movie, except for the ''really'' weird things, which one would think would have demanded further explanation.

* 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 Edmond? Not so much...]]

* 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.

* 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...???

* {{Animorphism}}: Edmond is turned into a kitten by the Grand Duke because FurriesAreEasierToDraw.
** The weirdest thing about this whole plot element? It has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the story; it's mentioned at the very beginning and end of the animated portion and in a few lines that sound like they were thrown in as an afterthought. This leads more evidence to the ThrowItIn nature of the live-action/animation sequences.

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