History WesternAnimation / RoverDangerfield

* GenderEqualsBreed: [[spoiler: Rover and Daisy's pups; 5 little Rovers and one little Daisy.]]

A 1991 animated feature film produced by Hyperion Pictures and released by Creator/WarnerBros, starring the voice talents of comedian Creator/RodneyDangerfield, who also wrote and co-produced the film. The story follows a street-smart dog named Rover, who is owned by a UsefulNotes/LasVegas showgirl named Connie. One day Rover accidentally ruins an important deal between Connie's boyfriend, Rocky, and a group of gangsters. In revenge, Rocky stuffs Rover in a bag and tosses him over Hoover Dam. Rather than dying, Rover is saved downstream and ends up earning a living on a farm that's very different from the Strip.

* MoodDissonance: Two characters are KilledOffForReal during the span of the movie, one on-screen and one off-screen, and both in rather dark ways. [[spoiler:And Rover himself nearly gets the ''OldYeller'' treatment after being wrongly suspected of killing the turkey.]]

* TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation: Came out during this era.

* IncrediblyLamePun: Basically the main source for humor.

A 1991 animated feature film produced by Hyperion Pictures and released by Creator/WarnerBros, starring the voice talents of comedian Creator/RodneyDangerfield, who also wrote and co-produced the film. The story follows a street-smart dog named Rover, who is owned by a Las Vegas showgirl named Connie. One day Rover accidentally ruins an important deal between Connie's boyfriend, Rocky, and a group of gangsters. In revenge, Rocky stuffs Rover in a bag and tosses him over Hoover Dam. Rather than dying, Rover is saved downstream and ends up earning a living on a farm that's very different from the Strip.

* {{Fanservice}}: There's a shot of Rover's owner in a ''very'' skimpy Las Vegas showgirl uniform at one point -- it shows a shocking amount of skin considering it's in a movie for children.

* [[BlackComedy Dead Turkey Comedy]]: Averted. The turkey gets killed, but it ain't played for laughs.
** Well, afterwards it isn't, but the goofy way Rover tries to revive said Turkey clearly was meant to, albeit in a "this really shouldn't be funny but it is" sort of way.
** Rover continues to make humorous remarks as he's being taken into the forrest, no longer to amuse the other dogs but as a coping mechanism.

A 1991 animated feature film produced by Hyperion Pictures and released by WarnerBros, starring the voice talents of comedian Creator/RodneyDangerfield, who also wrote and co-produced the film. The story follows a street-smart dog named Rover, who is owned by a Las Vegas showgirl named Connie. One day Rover accidentally ruins an important deal between Connie's boyfriend, Rocky, and a group of gangsters. In revenge, Rocky stuffs Rover in a bag and tosses him over Hoover Dam. Rather than dying, Rover is saved downstream and ends up earning a living on a farm that's very different from the Strip.

** The afore-mentioned Turkey scene: Rover valiantly saves the farm's turkey from a pack of hungry coyotes... and it dies anyway from shock!

* InkSuitActor: Rover to Rodney Dangerfield.

** Well, afterwards it isn't, but the goofy way Rover tries to revive said Turkey clearly was meant to.

** The afore-mentioned Turkey scene: Rover valiantly saves the farm's turkey from a pack of hungry coyotes... and it dies from shock!

* ExecutiveMeddling: According to animation historian Jerry Beck, Rover Dangerfield was originally convinced as an animated feature for grown-ups(similar to how Rodney's humor is as well as the works of animator Creator/RalphBakshi). In the end it became a dumb downed version of Rodney dangerfield as it was heavy changed to a kids cartoon to compete against Disney.

A 1991 animated feature film produced by Hyperion Pictures and released by WarnerBros, starring the voice talents of comedian RodneyDangerfield, who also wrote and co-produced the film. The story follows a street-smart dog named Rover, who is owned by a Las Vegas showgirl named Connie. One day Rover accidentally ruins an important deal between Connie's boyfriend, Rocky, and a group of gangsters. In revenge, Rocky stuffs Rover in a bag and tosses him over Hoover Dam. Rather than dying, Rover is saved downstream and ends up earning a living on a farm that's very different from the Strip.

* ArtisticLicense/Geography: Rover is thrown off the Hoover Dam, in the middle of the barren Mojave Desert, and washes up in an environment more like the Midwest.

* MoodDissonance: Two characters are KilledOffForReal during the span of the movie, one on-screen and one off-screen, and both in rather dark ways.

* ExecutiveMeddling: According to animation historian Jerry Beck, Rover Dangerfield was originally convinced as an animated feature for grown-ups(similar to how Rodney's humor is as well as the works of animator Creator/RalphBakshi). In the end it became a dumb downed version of Rodney dangerfield as it was heavy changed to a kids cartoon to compete agaisnt Disney.

* {{Fanservice}}: There's a shot of Rover's owner in a ''very'' skimpy Las Vegas showgirl uniform at one point -- it shows shocking skin considering it's in a movie for children.

* ExecutiveMeddling: According to animation historian Jerry Beck, Rover Dangerfield was originally convinced as an animated feature for grown-ups(similar to how Rodney's humor is as well as the works of animator RalphBakshi). In the end it became a dumb downed version of Rodney dangerfield as it was heavy changed to a kids cartoon to compete agaisnt Disney.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed

* TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation

* [[DeadBabyComedy Dead Turkey Comedy]]: Averted. The turkey gets killed, but it ain't played for laughs.