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* TakeThat: The name and number of King Charles the Sixteenth really sound like French monarchy. Louis the Sixteenth was the main character in UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution and Charles was the most common name for French kings after Louis.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:The real King Charles]] ends up thrown in [[spoiler:one of his own holes by his self-portrait that came to life]] and presumably dies. However, since this is the same guy who [[spoiler:killed the Mockingbird's wife and has the nasty habit to kill his servants for the flimsiest reasons]], noone will shed a tear.
* BadBoss: KingCharlesCharles has a nasty habit of dropping the people working for him down a hole the second they slightly displease him. Or when they [[HeKnowsTooMuch know about his secret appartment]].
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:The real King Charles]] ends up thrown in [[spoiler:one of his own holes by his self-portrait that came to life]] and presumably dies. However, since this is the same guy who [[spoiler:killed the Mockingbird's wife and has the nasty habit to kill his servants for the flimsiest reasons]], noone will shed a tear.
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* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: Real]] King Charles.
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* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: Real]] King Charles.Charles [[spoiler:ends up quickly disposed by his more competent self-portrait that came to life]].
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: The real King Charles and the police chief]].
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: The real King Charles and the police chief]].chief]] are both unceremoniously disposed of.
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* EvilTwin: Well, even more evil than the original.
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* EvilTwin: King Charles' [[spoiler:self-portrait, that came to life.]] Well, even more evil than the original.
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* CampStraight: The king and his court has some rather ambiguous mannerisms.
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* CampStraight: The king and his court has some rather ambiguous mannerisms.mannerisms, thanks to their pretentious poses and their exaggerated hand gestures.
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* KickTheDog: A bad habit of King Charles (averted with his actual dog).
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* KickTheDog: A bad habit of King Charles (averted with his actual dog).dog who is the only living thing in close vicinity to him not hurt or threatened by him).
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* ArtInitiatesLife: Three paintings and one statue come to life over the course of the film, but after a little while the film seems to forget this and just treats them like real people.
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* ArtInitiatesLife: Three paintings and one statue come to life over the course of the film, but after a little while the film seems to forget this and just treats them like real people.people. Given the surreal, fairy-tale quality of the whole film it's not as jarring as it sounds.
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* {{Surrealism}}: A given, since both director and writer were involved with the movement early on.
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* AwesomeAnachronicAppeal: The castle-city is a mishmash of different architectural styles, from classical to medieval and beyond, yet at the same time is high-tech enough to support telephones and loudspeakers everywhere. The king dresses like a stereotypical royal but the secret police wear Victorian-era attire and others are seen in contemporary dress. And that all ''before'' the giant robot.
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* AwesomeAnachrosticAppeal: The castle-city is a mishmash of different architectural styles, from classical to medieval and beyond, yet at the same time is high-tech enough to support telephones and loudspeakers everywhere. The king dresses like a stereotypical royal but the secret police wear Victorian-era attire and others are seen in contemporary dress. And that all ''before'' the giant robot.
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* AwesomeAnachrosticAppeal: AwesomeAnachronicAppeal: The castle-city is a mishmash of different architectural styles, from classical to medieval and beyond, yet at the same time is high-tech enough to support telephones and loudspeakers everywhere. The king dresses like a stereotypical royal but the secret police wear Victorian-era attire and others are seen in contemporary dress. And that all ''before'' the giant robot.
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* AwesomeAnachrosticAppeal: The castle-city is a mishmash of different architectural styles, from classical to medieval and beyond, yet at the same time is high-tech enough to support telephones and loudspeakers everywhere. The king dresses like a stereotypical royal but the secret police wear Victorian-era attire and others are seen in contemporary dress. And that all ''before'' the giant robot.
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The 1952 release has entered the public domain and can be viewed on the [[https://archive.org/details/The_Curious_Adventures_of_Mr._Wonderbird Web Archive]].
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The 1952 release release, retitled ''The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird'' and featuring the voice of Peter Ustinov, has entered the public domain and can be viewed on the [[https://archive.org/details/The_Curious_Adventures_of_Mr._Wonderbird Web Archive]].
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: At one point, the chimney sweep does a [[http://people.howstuffworks.com/10-obscene-hand-gestures-from-around-world3.htm chin flick]] to a statue of the king, much to the shepherdess's amusement.
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* DistractedByTheShiny: At one point the Mockingbird distracts the king from the couple by having his fellow birds form a flattering portrait of the king.
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* DistractedByTheShiny: At one point the Mockingbird distracts the king from the couple by having his fellow birds form a flattering portrait of the king.him.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Sported by both the shepherdess and chimney sweep.
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* YourSizeMayVary: either the robot grows in size after [[spoiler:destroying the city,]] or it was reduced to ''very'' fine rubble.
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* YourSizeMayVary: either All over the place, fitting the surreal nature of the film.
** Either the robot grows in size after [[spoiler:destroying the city,]] or it was reduced to ''very'' finerubble.rubble.
** The chimney sweep and shepherdess start out smaller than the Mockingbird, but are regular-sized humans by the end.
** Either the robot grows in size after [[spoiler:destroying the city,]] or it was reduced to ''very'' fine
** The chimney sweep and shepherdess start out smaller than the Mockingbird, but are regular-sized humans by the end.
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* AdaptationExpansion: For Creator/HansChristianAndersen's ''The Sheperdess and the Chimney Sweep'', which was notably lacking in the giant robot department.
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* AdaptationExpansion: For Creator/HansChristianAndersen's ''The Sheperdess Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep'', which was notably lacking in the giant robot department.department.
* AdaptationalBadass: The shepherdess. In the original fairy tale the shepherdess was terrified of the outside and insisted on going back inside the house. Here she's eager to escape and see the world.
* AdaptationalBadass: The shepherdess. In the original fairy tale the shepherdess was terrified of the outside and insisted on going back inside the house. Here she's eager to escape and see the world.
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* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The city and palace are filled with impossibly long staircases, towers and roads.
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* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The city and palace are filled with impossibly long staircases, towers staircases and roads.towers.
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* DeusExMachina: The Mockingbird plays this role for the couple, coming to their rescue whenever they call on him.
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* DeusExMachina: The Mockingbird plays this role for the couple, coming to their rescue whenever they call on him. [[spoiler: Subverted the third time they call on him, since he's in prison right alongside them.]]
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* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: You wouldn't expect a giant robot to show up in a story written by Jacques Prévert, but there it is anyway.
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* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: You wouldn't expect a giant robot to show up in a story written by Jacques Prévert, Prévert (and based on a Hans Christian Anderson fairytale to boot), but there it is anyway.
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** The bowler-hatted police.
* NoEndorHolocaust: [[spoiler: The giant robot reduces the ''entire city and castle'' to rubble in the ending. Apart from a few shots of people running away from the wreckage it's just taken for granted that everyone, including the poverty-stricken Lower City citizens, got out alive.]]
* NoNameGiven: The Mockingbird, Shepherdess and Chimney Sweep are never referred to as anything but that.
* NoEndorHolocaust: [[spoiler: The giant robot reduces the ''entire city and castle'' to rubble in the ending. Apart from a few shots of people running away from the wreckage it's just taken for granted that everyone, including the poverty-stricken Lower City citizens, got out alive.]]
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* DistractedByTheShiny: At one point the Mockingbird distracts the king from the couple by having his fellow birds form a flattering portrait of the king.
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* DeusExMachina: The Mockingbird plays this role for the couple, coming to their rescue whenever they call on him.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The reason why the film was finished over a 30-year period. It was released unfinished in 1952 by its producer André Sarrut amidst spiralling production costs, against the wishes of director Paul Grimault and writer Jacques Prevert. Grimault spent the next 15 years trying to regain the rights, and another 10 years acquiring finance to finish the film.
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A classic French animated film (French title: ''Le Roi et l'oiseau'') directed by Paul Grimault, with one of the longest development times in animation history; even longer than ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler''[[note]]Although the total amount of years is less when you consider that the film was made in two parts: 1948-1952 and 1977-1979, a total of 6 or so years.[[/note]].
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A classic French animated film (French title: ''Le Roi et l'oiseau'') directed by Paul Grimault, with one of the longest development times in animation history; even longer than ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler''[[note]]Although ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler''.[[note]]Although the total amount of years is less when you consider that the film was made in two parts: 1948-1952 and 1977-1979, a total of 6 or so years.[[/note]].
years. The production delay was caused by money and copyright issues, with director Grimault spending fifteen years getting the rights of the film back and an additional ten getting the funding to finish the film.[[/note]]
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* ArtShift: The lions seem to shift between at least three different models.
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** The lions seem to shift between at least three different models.
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* NoNameGiven: The Shepherdess and Chimney Sweep are never referred to as anything but that.
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* TooDumbToLive: The Police Chief, who reveals himself from behind to cheer the wedding after he said yes in place of the Sheperdess. [[spoiler: His boss rewards him accordingly]].
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* SceneryPorn: The locations are absolutely gorgeous, sometimes being reminiscent of Chirico's paintings. Additionally, the lower city appears to be a ShoutOut to FritzLang's Film/{{Metropolis}}.
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A classic French animated film (French title: ''Le Roi et l'oiseau'') directed by Paul Grimault, with one of the longest development times in animation history; even longer than ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler''. Although the total amount of years is less when you consider that the film was made in two parts: 1948-1952 and 1977-1979, a total of 6 or so years. The film is dedicated to its script writer Jacques Prevert, who died in 1977 before it was fully finished.
It is considered a major inspiration by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki.
It is considered a major inspiration by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki.
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A classic French animated film (French title: ''Le Roi et l'oiseau'') directed by Paul Grimault, with one of the longest development times in animation history; even longer than ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler''. Although ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler''[[note]]Although the total amount of years is less when you consider that the film was made in two parts: 1948-1952 and 1977-1979, a total of 6 or so years. years.[[/note]].
King Charles the[[note]]five plus three equals eight plus eight equals[[/note]] Sixteenth, ruler of Tachycardia, is a spiteful and vain bully whose life's passion is hunting - not that he's particularly good at it, owing to being crosseyed. His greatest foe is the titular Mockingbird, who seeks revenge on the king for killing his wife while hunting, and who mocks him at every turn. When the king falls in love with a portrait of a beautiful shepherdess, the mockingbird seizes on the chance to overthrow the cruel monarch once and for all.
The film is dedicated to its script writer Jacques Prevert, who died in 1977 before it was fullyfinished.
finished. It is considered a major inspiration by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki.
King Charles the[[note]]five plus three equals eight plus eight equals[[/note]] Sixteenth, ruler of Tachycardia, is a spiteful and vain bully whose life's passion is hunting - not that he's particularly good at it, owing to being crosseyed. His greatest foe is the titular Mockingbird, who seeks revenge on the king for killing his wife while hunting, and who mocks him at every turn. When the king falls in love with a portrait of a beautiful shepherdess, the mockingbird seizes on the chance to overthrow the cruel monarch once and for all.
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* SchizoTech: The King's castle is loaded full of weird mechanical gadgetry. And that's not even counting the giant robot.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The reason why the film was finished over a 30-year period. It was released unfinished by its producer André Sarrut amidst spiralling production costs, against the wishes of director Paul Grimault and writer Jacques Prevert. Grimault spent the next 15 years trying to regain the rights, and another 10 years acquiring finance to finish the film.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The reason why the film was finished over a 30-year period. It was released unfinished in 1952 by its producer André Sarrut amidst spiralling production costs, against the wishes of director Paul Grimault and writer Jacques Prevert. Grimault spent the next 15 years trying to regain the rights, and another 10 years acquiring finance to finish the film.
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A classic French animated film (French title: ''Le Roi et l'oiseau''), l'oiseau'') directed by Paul Grimault, with one of the longest development times in animation history; even longer than ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler''. Although the total amount of years is less when you consider that the film was made in two parts: 1948-1952 and 1977-1979, a total of 6 or so years.
years. The film is dedicated to its script writer Jacques Prevert, who died in 1977 before it was fully finished.
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The 1952 release has entered the public domain and can be viewed on the [https://archive.org/details/The_Curious_Adventures_of_Mr._Wonderbird Web Archive].
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The 1952 release has entered the public domain and can be viewed on the [https://archive.[[https://archive.org/details/The_Curious_Adventures_of_Mr._Wonderbird Web Archive].
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* OffModel: Due to the [[DevelopmentHell long span between the films start and finish]], old and new animation is used to mix the film together. One obvious example is the scene with the lions, where they change appearance between cuts!
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* OffModel: Due to the [[DevelopmentHell long span between between]] [[ExecutiveMeddling the films start and finish]], old and new animation is used to mix the film together. One obvious example is the scene with the lions, where they change appearance between cuts!
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* RevisedEnding: The film was originally released in 1952 before it was completed, with a standard [[spoiler:HappilyEverAfter ending]]. The completed 1980 version replaced it with a [[spoiler:[[RuleOfSymbolism more symbolic ending]] where one of the baby birds is locked in a cage and is freed by the giant robot]].
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* HumongousMecha: King Charles chases the Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep through the lower city with a giant robot.
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* HumongousMecha: King Charles chases the Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep through the lower city with a giant robot. One of the earliest known AnimatedFilms to depict a giant robot.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: When the Chimney Sweep and the mockingbird are forcibly put into service painting bust sculptures of the King, they deliberately paint them wrong in order to be sent to the lions' arena, where they plot an escape.
