History WesternAnimation / TheFearlessFour

* RoadSignReversal: The truck that was carrying Fred to the sausage factory gets attacked by some wasps whose leader had previously promised Fred she would help him. Because of this, and before Fred gets freed, the truck accidentally hits a signpost that pointed to the directions of Bremen and Paris and causes the two respective signs to change positions. Afterwards, Buster and Fred decide to follow the sign that seemingly leads to Paris, when in reality it does so to Bremen.

** The owl mentions that only a monster with eight eyes and fourteen legs can break the "evil spell" of Bremen. [[spoiler:In the end, the team stands on each other's backs to form a "monster" that scares the villains]].
** When in a hotel and before singing their first Mix Max jingle, the team decides to keep being together under the motto [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers "All for one and one for all"]] while doing a TeamHandStack. [[spoiler:This is yet another hint of the aforementioned "monster". It also foreshadows that said creature will be formed by the team standing on each other's backs]].

* WingdingEyes: After Platini tells the four animals that they'll be "well paid" if they get contracted by Mix Max, Tortellini's eyes show dollar signs accompained by the classic cash register sound effect.

* WhatTheHellHero: Tortellini gets chewed out by Buster, Fred, and Gwen for not being concerned for the other animals.

** After escaping from prison, Gwendolyn spots a light that comes from a window of a building on which Dr. Greed explains his evil plans to his minions. This is a reference to the rooster spotting the light of the robbers' den while up a tree in the original story.
* ObviouslyEvil: Played painfully straight. The bad guys are even associated with Satan in the narration for crying out loud!

* YouHaveFailedMe: Dr. Greed gets angry at the recruiter for allowing the four animals to escape. He drops him to his doom through a floor pit.

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:The unnamed Manager dressed in an orange outfit is killed by Dr. Greed immediately after the latter discovers the animals have escaped their imprisonment]].

* AtTheCrossRoads: It is in a crossroad that not only Buster and Fred meet, but also where [[RoadSignReversal the arrows indicating the direction to Paris and Bremen are switched]] by the truck that was previously carrying Fred to the sausage factory, driving thus the plot of the story.

* RoadSignReversal: See "At The Crossroads" above.

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:The unnamed Manager dressed in an orange outfit is killed by Dr. Greed immediately after the latter knows the animals have escaped their imprisonment]].

* TeamHandStack: See "Foreshadowing" above.

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:The unnamed Manager dressed in an orange outfit.]]

* NoExportForYou: After a fashion. It seems that the English soundtrack was never released on its own, meaning that most of the English songs can only be listened to with sound effects or speaking playing over them at points.

* AllThereInTheManual: The names of the owl and the mouse aren´t stated directly in the movie, but the credits refer to them as "Samantha" and "Mozart", respectively. Even though they aren't refered to by species, a series of official [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NC12bUv9RdA/Uq8M7XWRa4I/AAAAAAAA3sA/2Hw2AkiBhI4/s1600/fearless_four_1997_character_design_19.jpg character]] [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JnZMWNOr9g0/Uq8NLNC8aNI/AAAAAAAA3vM/gw3NuzNq7U8/s1600/fearless_four_1997_character_design_45.jpg sheets]] confirms those are, indeed, their names.

** Another way to look at it would be to call it a FiveManBand without TheSmartGuy, or fold TheSmartGuy into Gwen.

* InterspeciesRomance: Buster and Gwendolyn.

* MegaCorp: Mix Max.

** When in a hotel and before singing their first Mix Max jingle, the team decides to keep being together under the motto [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers "All for one and one for all"]]. [[spoiler:This is yet another hint of the aforementioned "monster"]].

* Foreshadowing:

* AllThereInTheManual: The names of the owl and the mouse aren´t stated directly in the movie, but the credits refer to them as "Samantha" and "Mozart", respectively.

* ButtMonkey: Tortellini.

* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:The unnamed Manager dressed in an orange outfit.]]

* TeamMom: Gwendolyn.

* EmperorScientist: Dr. Gier specialises in designing industrial contraptions that enable mass-production while imposing a military dictatorship at the same time and holding the thin guise of a democratically-elected leader. One of his underlings even has a hard time deciding about whether he should call him a doctor or a general first.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Mix Max and the animals' owners fit this trope like a glove, and it's about as subtle as a supertanker. Often in situations where the humans have no valid reason to act like assholes (for example Buster's former owner lets out a particularly sinister laugh when he agrees to sign Buster off to a taxidermist when originally he just wanted the dog off his hands).

* ShipTease: [[InterSpeciesRomance Gwen and Buster]]

* DisneyVillainDeath: The bad guys plunge to their presumed deaths when the pieces that make up the villain lair's floor fall off. And unusually its one of the heroes (Gwendolyn) who [[PayEvilUntoEvil presses the button that spells their doom. Even the snake agent 006 who started laughing nervously realising that he was at their mercy.]]

* DisneyVillainDeath: The bad guys plunge their their presumed deaths when the pieces that make up the villain lair's floor fall off. And unusually its one of the heroes (Gwendolyn) who [[PayEvilUntoEvil presses the button that spells their doom. Even the snake agent 006 who started laughing nervously realising that he was at their mercy.]]

* ObviouslyEvil: Played painfully straight. The bad guys are even associated with Satan in the narration for crying out loutd!

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Mix Max and the animals' owners fit this trope to a t, and it's about as subtle as a supertanker. Often in situations where the humans have no valid reason to act like assholes (for example Buster's former owner lets out a particularly sinister laugh when he agrees to sign Buster off to a taxidermist when originally he just wanted the dog off his hands).

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: This trope is about as subtle as a supertanker. Often in situations where the humans have no valid reason to act like assholes (for example Buster's former owner lets out a particularly sinister laugh when he agrees to sign Buster off to a taxidermist when originally he just wanted the dog off his hands).

* HumansAreBastards: This trope is about as subtle as a supertanker. Often in situations where the humans have no valid reason to act like assholes (for example Buster's former owner lets out a particularly sinister laugh when he agrees to sign Buster off to a taxidermist when originally he just wanted the dog off his hands).

* ObviouslyEvil: Played painfully straight. The bad guys are even associated with Satan in the narration for crying out loud!