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** Some usage of modern linguistics in Victorian times, such as the 'crew in the street sense, yo' line in the trailer.

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** Some usage of modern linguistics in Victorian times, such as the 'crew in the street sense, yo' line in the trailer.line.

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* SexyWalk: Cutlass Liz swings her hips as she walks, very prominent in her introductory scene.


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* SupermodelStrut: PirateGirl Cutlass Liz swings her hips as she walks, very prominent in her introductory scene where she blows a hole through the wall and then just casually struts into the bar, [[HeadTurningBeauty while all the men gawk at her]]. There's even a MaleGaze shot of her hips.
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** One of the rulers in the dining club looks like Napoleon, who would have been dead by then.

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** One of the rulers in the dining club looks like Napoleon, who would have been dead by then.then, although it may be his son Napoleon II or his nephew Napoleon III who would have the same appearance due to sharing the same name. Even then Napoleon II died in 1832 while Napoleon III wouldn't be emperor until the 1850s.
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%%* BigBeautifulWoman: Queen Victoria. Darwin certainly seems to think so.

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%%* * BigBeautifulWoman: Queen Victoria. Darwin certainly seems to think so.
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** A guard refers to Queen Victoria as Empress Of India, but Queen Victoria would not be empress until 1877.

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** A guard refers to Queen Victoria as Empress Of India, but Queen Victoria would not be empress until 1877.1876.
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** A guard refers to Queen Victoria as Empress Of India, but Queen Victoria would not be empress until 1877.
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* AgeLift: The film depicts Queen Victoria as an old, fat lady despite it taking place in 1837 when she would have 18 to 19 years old and quite skinny. She wouldn't be the fat old lady until 30 to 40 years later.
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* JollyRoger: The Pirate Captain orders his crew to raise the Jolly Roger flag. One pirate asks to use the standard one and the other asks for an extra gruesome one with popping eyes.
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** UpToEleven: When disguised as Girl Guides, even the Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate keeps her beard on.

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** UpToEleven: When disguised as Girl Guides, even the Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate keeps her beard on.



* TheVoiceless: Bobo, [[RuleOfFunny who speaks with index cards.]] When dropped through a hole in the ground, [[UpToEleven his cards even spell out "AHHHHHH" as he falls.]]

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* TheVoiceless: Bobo, [[RuleOfFunny who speaks with index cards.]] When dropped through a hole in the ground, [[UpToEleven his cards even spell out "AHHHHHH" as he falls.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Pirate Captain[[note]][[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep Yes, that's his actual name]][[/note]] and his [[LivingMacGuffin very]] [[RuleOfFunny odd]] [[TeamPet parrot]], Polly.]]

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Cut out part of a description due to redundancy, as another trope has the exact same wording.


* SilentSnarker: Bobo. Remember, this is the same studio that gave us [[WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit Gromit]]. When Darwin is explaining his plan, Mr Bobo holds up a '''[[AC:"BUT..."]]''' card. When Darwin hushes him, he rolls his eyes and changes it to a [-"but..."-]

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* SilentSnarker: Bobo. Remember, this is the same studio that gave us [[WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit Gromit]]. When Darwin is explaining his plan, Mr Bobo holds up a '''[[AC:"BUT..."]]''' card. When Darwin hushes him, he rolls his eyes and changes it to a [-"but..."-]
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* ShapedLikeItself: They call it Blood Island because it's an island shaped like a bit of blood.

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* BastardGirlfriend: Cutlass Liz can barely even walk across a room without stabbing someone. Apparently, this just makes her even more attractive.


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* FetishizedAbuser: Cutlass Liz can barely even walk across a room without stabbing someone. Apparently, this just makes her even more attractive.
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* EpicMovie: By Aardman's standards. It's by far the studio's largest and most technologically complex film to date.

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* EpicMovie: By Aardman's standards. It's by far At the time, it was the studio's largest and most technologically complex film to date.they'd ever made.
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** [[FreezeFrameBonus Apparently, people in 1837 are aware of who]] Creator/BrianBlessed is.

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** [[FreezeFrameBonus Apparently, people in 1837 are aware of who]] Creator/BrianBlessed is.[[note]]One may, of course, speculate that his voice is so loud that it echoes ''backwards in time''. That this is physically impossible does not make it any less fun to contemplate.[[/note]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Darwin and Mr. Bobo, for the first half of the film.]]

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* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Darwin In the book, Darwin and Mr. Bobo, for Bobo are the first half of Pirate Captain's allies throughout the film.story. In the film, Darwin is a FalseFriend who manipulates the Captain in order to steal Polly, with Mr. Bobo as his accomplice. [[spoiler:They both undergo a HeelFaceTurn in the third act, however.]]
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* DancePartyEnding: Downplayed, but the CreativeClosingCredits are interspersed with brief scenes of various minor characters getting their groove on to "Alright" by Supergrass.

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* CruellaToAnimals: [[spoiler:Queen Victoria]]

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* CruellaToAnimals: [[spoiler:Queen Victoria]]Victoria.]]



* DarkestHour: [[spoiler:After Black Bellamy outs the Captain as a fraud when the Captain is about to accept his long-sought-after reward, The Pirate King confiscated his treasure and equipment while removing his status as a pirate. And after he tells his crew he sold Polly for the treasure, they abandon him. The Captain is left alone and with nothing, and all he can do is go to Darwin's house and at least find Polly...only for her to already be gone.]]



* FriendOrIdolDecision: Queen Victoria offers the Captain a choice between selling Polly in return for a large sum of treasure, which would all but ensure he wins the pirate of the year award, or keeping him and the respect of his crew.

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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Queen Victoria offers the Captain a choice between selling Polly in return for a large sum of treasure, which would all but ensure he wins the pirate of the year award, or keeping him her and the respect of his crew.crew. [[spoiler:After choosing the former, he's outed as a fraud and loses everything.]]

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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Inverted with The Pirate King after [[spoiler:Black Bellamy's revelation of the Captain's pardoning:]]
--->'''Pirate King:''' VILLIANOUS! TREACHERY! TREACHEROUS VILLANY!



* FriendOrIdolDecision: Queen Victoria offers the Captain a choice between selling Polly in return for a large sum of treasure, which would all but ensure he wins the pirate of the year award, or keeping him and the respect of his crew.



%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* HeroStoleMyBike: After Darwin and Mr. Bobo steal Polly after faking the Pirate Captain out with a ''real'' gun and run off, the Captain takes a postman's bike and chases after them with it.
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** The Bathtube scene can count as well, since the Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate is naked the whole time (though conveniently covered by foam). While that part may get forgotten by the audience after a bit, they are quickly reminded at the end when everyone returns to the mansion but her.

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** The Bathtube scene can count as well, since the Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate is naked the whole time (though conveniently covered by foam).foam) and by definition [[ToplessnessFromTheBack topless from the back]]. While that part may get forgotten by the audience after a bit, they are quickly reminded at the end when everyone returns to the mansion but her.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin's pet monkey, Bobo.
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** Darwin has a crush on Queen Victoria, who couldn't care less about him. Also, it's implied that the Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate has feelings for The Pirate Captain, who has no idea she's even female. [[spoiler: While Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate's plotline is left unresolved, Darwin gets over Victoria by the end after realizing just how evil she actually is.]]

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** Darwin has a crush on Queen Victoria, who couldn't care less about him. Also, it's implied that the Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate has feelings for The Pirate Captain, who has no idea she's even female. [[spoiler: While [[spoiler:While Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate's plotline is left unresolved, Darwin gets over Victoria by the end after realizing just how evil she actually is.]]



* BigBad: Queen Victoria. Not only does she promise a gruesome death to any pirate (even an ammeter crew like the cast) who dares to enter London,[[spoiler: she is also part of a secret society that which endangered animals.]]

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* BigBad: Queen Victoria. Not only does she promise a gruesome death to any pirate (even an ammeter amateur crew like the cast) who dares to enter London,[[spoiler: she London, [[spoiler:she is also part of a secret society that which eats endangered animals.]]



* BigEater: Queen Victoria. [[spoiler: It gets worse when it's revealed she's part of a secret dining society along with dozens of other world leaders. They gather together on her flagship, the ''QVI'', to eat the rarest and most endangered animals.]]

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* BigEater: Queen Victoria. [[spoiler: It [[spoiler:It gets worse when it's revealed she's part of a secret dining society along with dozens of other world leaders. They gather together on her flagship, the ''QVI'', to eat the rarest and most endangered animals.]]
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** Darwin has a crush on Queen Victoria, who couldn't care less about him. Also, it's implied that the Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate has feelings for The Pirate Captain, who has no idea she's even female. [[spoiler:Darwin gets over Victoria, while Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate's plotline is left unresolved.]]

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** Darwin has a crush on Queen Victoria, who couldn't care less about him. Also, it's implied that the Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate has feelings for The Pirate Captain, who has no idea she's even female. [[spoiler:Darwin gets over Victoria, while [[spoiler: While Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate's plotline is left unresolved.unresolved, Darwin gets over Victoria by the end after realizing just how evil she actually is.]]



%%* BigBad: Queen Victoria.

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%%* * BigBad: Queen Victoria.Victoria. Not only does she promise a gruesome death to any pirate (even an ammeter crew like the cast) who dares to enter London,[[spoiler: she is also part of a secret society that which endangered animals.]]



* BigEater: Queen Victoria. It gets worse when it's revealed she's part of a secret dining society along with dozens of other world leaders. They gather together on her flagship, the ''QVI'', to eat the rarest and most endangered animals.

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* BigEater: Queen Victoria. [[spoiler: It gets worse when it's revealed she's part of a secret dining society along with dozens of other world leaders. They gather together on her flagship, the ''QVI'', to eat the rarest and most endangered animals.]]
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* Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra: [[RuleOfFunny On an]] ''[[RuleOfFunny accordion and conga drums]]'', [[RuleOfFunny no less!]] One of the musicians is a ''monkey'', mind you!

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* Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra: [[RuleOfFunny On an]] ''[[RuleOfFunny accordion and conga drums]]'', drums,]]'' [[RuleOfFunny no less!]] One of the musicians is a ''monkey'', mind you!
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* TalkLikeAPirate: [[{{Pun}} Arrrrrverted]] mostly, although you [[OverlyLongGag arrrrgueably]] could count all the flowery, sea-themed swearings of the Pirate Captain. The one time it's played completely straight, it's PlayedForDrama.

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* TalkLikeAPirate: [[{{Pun}} Arrrrrverted]] Averted mostly, although you [[OverlyLongGag [[{{pun}} arrrrgueably]] could count all the flowery, sea-themed swearings of the Pirate Captain. The one time it's played completely straight, it's PlayedForDrama.
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* FiveManBand: There are two {{Sixth Ranger}}s [[note]]Darwin is the new member and Mr. Bobo is the second animal[[/note]] on the team.
** TheHero: The Pirate Captain.
** TheLancer: The Pirate with a Scarf (The Pirate Captain referred him as NumberTwo).
** TheSmartGuy: Darwin.
** TheBigGuy: The Pirate with Gout.
** TheChick: The Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate.
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* BadassBeard: The Pirate Captain.
** In the books, Black Bellamy and the Pirate King have even more fantastic ones.
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* DiegeticVisualEffects: We see a red dotted line on the map that's supposedly just there to show where the pirates have travelled... only for the scene to shift into reality and we find out that the albino pirate is creating the dotted line by throwing red items out the back.
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* KingOfThieves: Or Pirate King, in this case. [[Manga/OnePiece that]] one!

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