History WesternAnimation / Up

[[caption-width-right:350:[[VideoGame/DisneyHeroesBattleMode Side effects may include]] [[TearJerker/{{Up}} sobbing uncontrollably for the first ten minutes of use.]] [[note]]'''Front to Back:''' [[CoolOldGuy Carl Fredrickson]], [[TagalongKid Russell]], [[BigFriendlyDog Dug]].[[/note]]]]

''Up'' is a 2009 animated film from [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixar Animation Studios]]. It is directed by Creator/PeteDocter (''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''), with the screenplay by Docter and Bob Peterson, and the story by Docter, Peterson and Tom [=McCarthy=].

* DeathSeeker: It's strongly implied that this was what motivated [[spoiler:Carl]] to finally go to Paradise Falls, at least ''at first.'' [[spoiler:After all, with Ellie dead and having no family left to speak of, what better way to go out in style than to do the one thing he was still able to pull off? Even if he knows that it'd likely be a one-way trip that ''could'' go terribly wrong]].

* AnAesop: Quite a few:
** It's alright to grieve your loved ones and the dreams they never got to fulfill, but life is full of adventures: both the mundane and the exciting. After grieving a reasonable amount of time, it's okay to go on a new one and find new dreams. Carl shuts down emotionally after Ellie dies and is plagued with guilt that he never took her to Paradise Falls as he promised. This means he doesn't have any friends in the neighborhood and shoos away one boy who asks for help with a merit badge. It takes [[spoiler:Carl reading Ellie's scrapbook and learning she considered their marriage the greatest adventure to let go of his guilt for not fulfilling the promise, and to pursue a new one with Russell]].
** Accept the fact that death is inevitable and you have to accept that unfortunately in life, and no matter how happily married you are, death will unfortunately happen to a spouse, hence the phrase 'Till death do you part'.
** Though deep down you will never get over the death of your loved one, always remember that your late loved one would want you to keep living and enjoy what you have left in your life.
** Always make each day count as you never know when your last day on earth is and that death is a natural part of life.
** Sometimes in life, you may have to accept you might never achieve your dreams such as being a biological parent or hoping to do things in the future with your loved ones due to unforseen circumstances such as death.

%%* FieryRedhead: Ellie

* FieryRedhead: Ellie

For the unrelated Granada/BBC documentary series, see ''Series/{{Up}}''. Also not to be confused with the 1976 Creator/RussMeyer [[Film/Up1976 film of the same name]], which is ''definitely'' not for children

* CoolGuns: Charles Muntz fires a Sharps 1863. It was an antiquated rifle even in the 20s-30s, but still popular in big game hunting at that time, so it's not surprising an old school guy like Muntz would be using it.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Ellie, though Carl already had her before his adventure.

''Up'' tells the story of a septuagenarian named Carl Fredricksen (Creator/EdAsner) who had promised his wife, Ellie, that they would one day have an adventure and move to Paradise Falls in Venezuela like their childhood hero, Charles Muntz (Creator/ChristopherPlummer). However, life got in the way of them doing it -- repeatedly -- and she passed away before they could. Carl, guilt-ridden, shuts himself off from society in the house they built together.

* CatchPhrase

* CeilingCling: The ''George and A.J.'' short reveals that this was how Russell got on the house when it took off. He was clinging from ''the bottom of the house.''
* CentralTheme: What matters in the journey of life is not the destination. It's the journey itself. You will always face ups and downs but you can always be happy.
** It's never too late to reach for your dreams.

* HateSink: You can't hate Muntz or his pack of dogs, but you can hate the silent CorruptCorporateExecutive who tried to claim Carl's property to make room for his new condominiums; even attempting to bribe Carl with money to no avail. And upon Carl accidentally injuring one of his construction workers for accidentally breaking his mailbox, the executive exploits this to paint Carl as a 'public menace' and puts him on trial so that they can force Carl to move out from the house and into a retirement facility.

* HalfemptyTwoShot: Many shots of Carl in his house are framed this way to highlight the missing Ellie.

* DumbIsGood: Dug is noticeably stupider than all the other dogs, who can talk in complex sentences and even, in at least one case, ''cook''. The dogs themselves are not ''that'' intelligent, but they're still smarter than Dug.

%%* MultipleDemographicAppeal: It's a Pixar animation, so it's given.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: As a child, Ellie is barefoot in both of her scenes.

* MidairCollision: A group of [[IncrediblyLamePun dogfighters]] get distracted by a SQUIRREL!! (well, not really), and proceed to crash into one another.