History WesternAnimation / YellowSubmarine

* OffModel: Hardly any of the characters are ever ''on'' model (Neither does the submarine). Whether this adds or detracts from the movie is a matter of opinion.

* FountainofYouth: While travelling backwards through the Sea of Time, The Beatles and Old Fred regress to childhood and young adulthood respectively. When they end up reversing the change, they end up reversing it a bit too much (see RapidAging).

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* CoolCar: Ringo/George's car.
* CoolHouse: Ringo's house.
* [[CoolBoat Cool Submarine]]
* CoolOldGuy: Old/Young Fred and the Lord Mayor.

* DancePartyEnding
* DastardlyWhiplash: The Chief Blue Meanie.

* [[WhileRomeBurns Fiddling While Rome Burns]]: Parodied, literally. (Justified in that Pepperland is a PlanetOfHats, and their hat is music.)

* [[FountainofYouth Rejuvenation]]: While travelling backwards through the Sea of Time, The Beatles and Old Fred regress to childhood and young adulthood respectively. When they end up reversing the change, they end up reversing it a bit too much (see RapidAging).

* RapidAging: While they were able to reverse the previous change while in the Sea of Time (see [[FountainofYouth Rejuvenation]]), they ended reversing it a bit too much, to a point where they undero this trope

--> '''Fred:''' Hey, what would your friends be doing here?\\

* [[StockFootage Stock Soundtrack]]: Apart from George Martin's orchestral music and four new Beatles songs all other songs have appeared on other Beatle albums before.

-->'''Ringo:''' Poor little guy.\\

* ChekhovsGun: Ringo has a hole in his pocket. [[spoiler:He uses it to free Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band from their bubble. He later gives half of it to Jeremy.]]

* FountainofYouth: While travelling backwards through the Sea of Time, The Beatles and Old Fred regress to childhood and young adulthood respectively. When they end up reversing the change, they end up reversing it a bit too much (see RapidAging).

* RapidAging: While they were able to reverse the previous change while in the Sea of Time (see FountainofYouth), they ended reversing it a bit too much, to a point where they undero this trope
* RapidHairGrowth: While the Beatles are in the Sea of Time they undergo RapidAging and their head hair (including beards and mustaches) start growing out quickly. Ironically, the song that accompanies the scene, "When I'm Sixty Four", starts with the line "When I get older losing my hair".

'''John:''' [[SpotOfTea Serve tea.]]\\

* SpotOfTea: [[AdaptationExpansion According to the]] {{Novelization}}, [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum this is required to submerge the submarine]].

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* FountianOfYouth: While travelling backwards through the Sea of Time, The Beatles and Old Fred regress to childhood and young adulthood respectively. When they end up reversing the change, they end up reversing it a bit too much (see RapidAging).

* RapidAging: While they were able to reverse the previous change while in the Sea of Time (see FountianOfYouth), they ended reversing it a bit too much, to a point where they undero this trope

* OffscreenCrash / DrivesLikeCrazy: Played for laughs, of course. It actually consists of sound effects of [[UpToEleven much squealing of tires and several crashes]], culminating in a [[StuffBlowingUp huge explosion]]. The Beatles then run back onscreen, completely unharmed.

* RealSongThemeTune: "Yellow Submarine," of course. It was written in 1966 for the ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' album. Even the songs that debuted in the film were unused songs that the Beatles had written for other reasons.

* SugarApocalypse: Page quote.

* MagicMusic

* GagNose: The Blue Meanies have long noses.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
** Getting the Blue Meanies' hats past the Creator/{{Disney}} Legal Department radar, and the brief nudity in "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"?
** Not to mention lines like:
-->'''George:''' Ah, you're nuts, the pair of yer.\\
'''Fred:''' If we slip back through time at this rate, very soon we'll all disappear up our own [[UnusualEuphemism existence]].\\
'''Ringo:''' Open your mouth, love, it won't hurt. (Coaxing John to make the word "LOVE" appear out of his mouth, of course. What else could it be?)
** As well as John asking Jeremy "who the Billy Shears" he is.
** Paul saying, "Hey, let's show him our motor!"
-->'''John:''' Steady. I mean, you don't wanna be showin' your motor to just anybody.
** The line ''Can I take my friend to bed?'' in ''All Together Now''.
** Not visible in the DVD cut, but in the widescreen theatrical version when the Beatles walk away from the big head after "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", there is a cloud in the upper right corner of the screen that strongly resembles a certain part of the male anatomy.

* GrotesqueGallery

-->'''Chief Blue Meanie'': I think I'll tear him up into little pieces.\\

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: UpToEleven. There are absolutely no female characters with speaking lines in the film.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: UpToEleven. There are absolutely no female character with speaking lines in the film.

* TheSmurfettePrincipal: UpToEleven. There are absolutely no female character with speaking lines in the film.

* SmurfettePrincipal: UpToEleven. There are absolutely no female character with speaking lines in the film.

Once upon a time, or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland, a magical under-sea utopia of peace, love and music. When the land is ravaged by the evil Blue Meanies, a race [[GoodHurtsEvil physically harmed by music and all things positive]], the Lord Mayor sends a man named Fred off in the titular submarine to find help. He ends up in Liverpool, where he convinces Music/RingoStarr and [[Music/JohnLennon his]] [[Music/GeorgeHarrison three]] [[Music/PaulMcCartney "mates"]] to return with him and save the day with [[ThePowerOfLove love, friendship]], and ThePowerOfRock. Along the way, [[RandomEventsPlot stuff happens]]. [[DisneyAcidSequence Very weird stuff.]]

Best remembered for it's one-of-a-kind psychedelic animation (designed by Heinz Edelmann), it's now considered the UrExample of the AnimatedMusicVideo, with most of the film consists of short, usually abstract vignettes set to Beatles recordings. What it lacks in coherent narrative, it more than makes up for in colorful and imaginative imagery, showing just was animation outside of Disney was capable of. All in all, it's quite a [[{{Pun}} trip]].

''Yellow Submarine'' is a psychedelic 1968 animated movie, that [[NotQuiteStarring doesn't quite star]] Music/TheBeatles (though their ''songs'' feature prominently, and they have a cameo appearance at the end). It was directed by George Dunning with art designs by Heinz Edelmann.

When [[SugarApocalypse Blue Meanies attack]] the strange and magical undersea utopia of "Pepperland", Young Fred (who is actually pretty old) is sent off in a near-omnipotent submarine to find help. He ends up in Liverpool, where he convinces Music/RingoStarr and his three "mates" to return with him. Along the way, stuff happens. [[DisneyAcidSequence Very weird stuff.]] With Beatles music all throughout and art in the style of Heinz Edelmann, their quest to rescue Pepperland is... quite a '[[{{Pun}} trip]]'. Can the Beatles save the day with love, friendship, and ThePowerOfRock? Or will the Blue Meanies end the free and open dissemination of music, which they [[GoodHurtsEvil find horrifically painful]], once and for all?

''Yellow Submarine'' was a groundbreaking animation film for its time, featuring a lot of psychedelic, colourful and imaginative imagery. The artwork wasn't always technically perfect, and the story was more a surreal parade of scenes than a coherent plot, but this film certainly showed new visions of what animation could do. Thus it has become a CultClassic.

The Music/YellowSubmarine CultSoundtrack to the film is generally received in a less favourable light. Only four songs ("All Together Now", "Hey Bulldog", "It's All Too Much", "Only A Northern Song") are new original material; the rest had appeared on previous Beatles albums before, which are ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' ("Yellow Submarine") and ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'' ("All You Need Is Love"). All other tracks on the album are orchestral music by George Martin, explaining why this album is often considered the one that hardcore Beatles fans can live without.

A [[SerkisFolk motion-capture]] remake of the cartoon was to be directed by Creator/RobertZemeckis and in pre-production, but is currently {{de|velopmentHell}}ad thanks to his [[WesternAnimation/MarsNeedsMoms previous movie]] flopping.

* AcidTripDimension: Several.

* AndIMustScream: The citizens of Meanie-run Pepperland are shown to be bluish-gray and mostly frozen but still conscious, with one young frozen girl [[TearJerker visibly crying]].

* CatsAreMean: The nine catlike Blue Meanies are particularly cruel. (These are known as "Butterfly Stompers")

* GagNose: The Blue Meanies' noses.