Line #25 WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:Express yourself.]]
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4	->''"The world we live in, it's so wonderous, mysterious, even magical. [...] The smartphone. Each system and programmed app is its own little planet of perfect technology. All providing services so necessary, so crucial, so unbelievably profound."''
5	-->-- '''Gene's OpeningNarration'''
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7	''The Emoji Movie'' is a 3D [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] ScienceFiction comedy film produced by Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation and distributed by Creator/ColumbiaPictures, released on July 28, 2017 ([[ReleaseDateChange originally set for August 4th]]). It is the second theatrical film to be directed by Tony Leondis (known for ''WesternAnimation/{{Igor}}'' and the direct-to-video ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch''). The film centers largely around the UsefulNotes/{{emojis}} in cell phones.
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9	The film's setting is inside the core of a teenager's smartphone. One of the smartphone's residents is Gene (Creator/TJMiller), a "meh" emoji who discovers he has the ability to make multiple expressions, an ability that no other emoji has and one that proves to be dangerous to the entire smartphone. Destined to fit in with the rest of the emojis, he teams up with his friend Hi-Five (Creator/JamesCorden) and ends up on an adventure of a lifetime alongside the rebellious Jailbreak (Creator/AnnaFaris), blazing through various smartphone apps and meeting other emojis along the way to discover his meaning.
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11	It was first revealed under the working title ''Emojimovie: Express Yourself'' at [=CinemaCon=] 2016, a year after Sony won the rights to develop a movie based off the emojis. The teaser trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV9LYMAEnRA here]]. The first official trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_nfdzMhmrA here]], and the second can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrQgjJ8akLo here]].
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14	!!''The Emoji Movie'' provides examples of:
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18	[[folder:Tropes A to H]]
19	* ActorAllusion: As Alex begins deleting the phone, [[Creator/PatrickStewart Poop]] [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration is seen sitting in a chair calling a "red alert"]].
20	* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Whether or not Jailbreak has legitimate feelings for Gene but doesn't want to express things so soon, or whether she only likes him as a friend, is never truly resolved, as Gene expressing his feelings to her is never brought up again afterwards.]]
21	* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Casual cell phone games threaten to kill the protagonists if they lose.
22	* AdvertisedExtra:
23	** Poop is played by Sir Patrick Stewart himself and got his own character poster as well as appearances in most of the trailers and TV spots. He has about five lines in the movie, all of which are either puns or punchlines.
24	** The same goes for the devil emoji, who got his own poster as well, despite having about as much screentime and lines as Poop (if not ''less'').
25	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Gene is looked down upon among his fellow emojis because of his ability to make multi-facial expressions. And just like in the song, he only gains full acceptance once his quirk becomes useful. Interestingly enough, many Emojis don't see this kind of behaviour as abnormal. There's also a section in phones for dozens of emojis that either no-one uses or are just misfits in general.
26	* AllThereInTheScript:
27	** The ''Just Dance'' host, who while not named in the movie itself, is named in the credits as Akiko Glitter.
28	** The Flamenco-dancing emoji that shows up several times is named Flamenca.
29	** Alex's friend's name is Travis according to the credits.
30	** And the teacher's name is Mr. Schnoebelen.
31	** Though not in the credits, Addie is the only human character with a last name.
32	* AllTrollsAreDifferent: The phone has trolls living in it. It's presumably a reference to internet trolls, but those are ''people'', not software.
33	* AnthropomorphicTypography: There are the emoticons, who are the elderly, made from typography, who are anthropomorphic. Justified, because emoticons ''are'' made from typography, so that they can resemble faces.
34	* AppealToInherentNature: Gene and Jailbreak's paths both involve learning that it's unacceptable to change the identity that they were born with. Even if said identities nearly cause the deletion of their homeworld or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking promote gender stereotypes]].
35	* [[ArtisticLicense Artistic License - Technology]]: Despite being all about technology and smartphones, the filmmakers couldn't escape various cases of errors, resulting into the movie having [[ArtisticLicenseTechnology/TheEmojiMovie its own page.]]
36	* AreYouSureYouWantToDoThat: The phone store attendant asks Alex if he really wants to delete everything on the phone. His response is simply, "Do it!"
37	* AssholeVictim: The internet trolls spend all of their screen-time being obnoxious {{Jerkass}}es to the protagonists. When they end up getting sent to the dump, it's hard to feel sorry for them.
38	* BigBad: Smiler, who attempts to have Gene erased.
39	* BigNo:
40	** Hi-5 screams this as he is in the trash, complete with a Skyward Scream.
41	** Mel and Mary shout this as they [[spoiler:throw themselves in front of Gene as Smiler's bot prepares to delete him. In contrast to Mel's which is loud and serious, Mary's is rather slow and drawn out, of the SlowNo kind]].
42	* BigRedButton: Hi-5 has a compulsion to hit these.
43	* BigWhat: Gene screams this when Mel considers not letting him go to work. Overlaps with DoubleTake.
44	* BrokenAesop: Taken to such extreme levels [[BrokenAesop/TheEmojiMovie that it has its very own page]].
45	* CelebrityParadox: "Feel This Moment" plays during the DancePartyEnding, though Akiko Glitter is played by Music/ChristinaAguilera.
46	* ChekhovsGun: In the trashbin, Hi-5 encounters a draft of a deleted message Alex intended for Addie. Later on, when Jailbreak is attempting to give the password to access the firewall, Gene and Jailbreak realize that the password must be the name of someone special to Alex. After brainstorming to remember the name, Hi-5 finds a screenshot he took of the message draft intended for Addie, whose name turns out to be the necessary password.
47	* CloseOnTitle: Though the opening credits are shown, the movie's title isn't displayed until before the credits start.
48	* CluelessAesop: The film tries to have a BeYourself moral, but teaches it through anthropomorphized smartphone software, a combination that doesn't work because people don't usually want smartphones that are themselves, they want phones that ''promptly follow their commands at all times''. Thus, the movie presents [[CosmicHorrorStory an environment]] where it makes sense for Smiler to want Gene deleted for a relatively small transgression. And yet the movie never truly calls out this system based entirely around serving an owner, despite the fact that the Emojis were momentarily deleted. Also, a film filled with constant ProductPlacement is a terrible way to get across social commentary about smartphones.
49	* ComputerVirusesAreComputerIllnesses: The viruses from the piracy app have the appearance of literal viruses and seem very sickly.
50	* CurseCutShort:
51	** An ice cream Emoji tells a story about a falling out he had with his boss over his job, and says "It's such a load of--" before the camera pans to [[VisualPun Poop]].
52	--->'''Poop:''' No. Go ahead. Finish that sentence.
53	** When the giant robotic hand used to scan the emojis breaks down, the scene cuts to different emojis and their reactions, one of which is the Poop Emoji, who shouts out "OH SH-" before being cut off.
54	* CursedWithAwesome: Gene's "malfunction" (the ability to change faces) [[spoiler:allows him to evade the bots by making himself look like a different emoji]].
55	* CuteKitten: Surprised Kitty makes a cameo.
56	* DancePartyEnding: The movie ends with the emojis having a dance party. It's worth noting, however, that there's another dance-heavy sequence in the middle of the movie.
57	* DaydreamSurprise: When Jailbreak lines Gene up with the yellow candies to see if that frees him, it seems he exploded and she and Hi-5 scream... then it turns out to be just a daydream as she is distracted.
58	* DeadpanSnarker: Gene's father, Mel Meh Emoji. Given that he's voiced by none other than Creator/StevenWright, this makes complete sense.
59	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The store where Alex books his phone appointment is called "Wireless Wireless".
60	* TheDoorSlamsYou: While Gene is in the men's room having a talk with his parents before going to work, a bathroom door slams him in the face to let Poop and his son out. When he gets hit, he makes the "dazed, x eyes" face.
61	* DoubleTake: Gene does it, complete with a BigWhat, when Mel tells him he shouldn't go to work. Smiler later does one when Gene freaks out upon being scanned for Alex's text message to Addie.
62	* DreamworksFace: All over the place in the film's advertising.
63	* DudeNotFunny: When Devil Emoji turns Smiler's serious remark that they are all going to die soon, into a ToiletHumour {{Pun}} at Poop's expense, Poop is ''not'' amused.
64	->'''Smiler:''' If they find a malfunction on the phone, we are all going to be wiped!
65	-> '''Devil:''' She said "wiped"... ''[[[LaughingAtYourOwnJokes Laughs]];Pokes Poop in his side]''
66	-> '''Poop:''' Aim higher, Stephen. ''[Sighs slightly and turns away]''
67	* DullSurprise: The Meh parents can't even raise the pitch of their voices even when something dramatic is going on.
68	* EasilyForgiven: Despite being temporarily blacked out of existence, most of the Emojis celebrate Gene as a hero because he fixes the problem that he himself caused.
69	* EasilyImpressed: Addie [=McAlister=] asks Alex out to the dance because his phone sent an emoji. This ''somehow'' makes Alex stand apart from the teenagers who constantly use their phones.
70	* ExoticEyeDesigns: The characters' eyes have a rather pixelated design on their irises, and the catchlights are light blue and rectangular, resembling phone screens.
71	* {{Expy}}:
72	** Jailbreak's outfit and personality are very reminiscent of [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie Wyldstyle]]. Others have noted similarities in appearance to that of [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Chloe Price]] and [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Sombra]]. On top of that, she's highly derivative of [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph Vanellope]]; a tough-talking female misfit who can hack the code of the electronic setting, and is secretly a princess]].
73	** A [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BXid-G7l083/?taken-by=andybialk very early]] design for Akiko Glitter was pretty much just [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] colored purple and with trousers instead of a skirt.
74	* EyeAwaken: Gene has one as he is waking up inside the "special candy" jar and Hi-5 assures him that he's alive and well.
75	* FailureMontage: Gane struggling to find the right password to get past the firewall, and keeps getting blasted with explosions.
76	* FantasticRacism: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], then played straight. At first nobody cares that Gene is walking down the street while making more than one facial expression. But just before he arrives for work, he is called out by a few Emojis for laughing. Then this is [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] as Smiler sends the bots to [[NeverSayDie delete him]] for [[IndividualityIsIllegal his special ability]].
77	* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Akiko Glitter screams and claws for her life as she is deleted. She is later shown in the trash, weeping, and is presumably erased from existence at midnight.]] Sweet dreams, children!
78	* FemaleAngelMaleDemon: A female angel emoji is seen hanging out with a male devil emoji several times throughout the movie.
79	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
80	** [[spoiler:Jailbreak is said to have helped a Princess emoji out and Hi-5 comments he never heard of a Jailbreak emoji before. Jailbreak turns out to be the Princess.]]
81	** There are a few unnoticeable hints that [[spoiler:Mel is a malfunction just like Gene]]:
82	*** After Gene destroys the text center and Smiler questions if he even is a Meh at all, Mel tells her he's his "spitting image".
83	*** While Mel and Mary are in the Website/YouTube app and Mel notices the bots, he looks somewhat purely shocked rather than unamused.
84	* FourIsDeath: Alex's phone store appointment is at 4:00, which is when the phone is to be erased.
85	* FourLinesAllWaiting: Count the subplots. Gene [[IJustWantToBeNormal trying to conform]] and later learning to [[BeYourself be himself]]. Jailbreak understanding that she shouldn't value freedom. Hi-5 learning to stop being a [[ItsAllAboutMe narcissistic jerk]]. And while this is going on, Smiler's bots are hunting down Gene, Alex is trying to ask Addie to the school dance and Gene's parents are having relationship issues.
86	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Jailbreak, removing her wig and hat to reveal her crown, uses some of her princess powers to summon a ride home. First she whistles sweetly and dances and then whistles more authoritatively. As the Twitter icon flaps into view, High Five exclaims, "Birds do love princesses! It's not a myth."
87	* FullCircleRevolution: Smiler's time in power was cut short during the climax and the other Emojis learn that it's perfectly acceptable to make more than one facial expression, yet the Loser Lounge hasn't been disbanded. The implication is that the Emojis are still segregated by their singular roles.
88	* GoryDiscretionShot: When Gene is lined up with the yellows the first time, he is not actually seen when he explodes and his remains splat over Jailbreak and Hi-5. Luckily, it was just a daydream.
89	* HandyShortcoming: In the end Gene saves the phone from being erased due to his ability to switch between different emotions.
90	* HappyEnding: Everyone is a winner!
91	** Except for Smiler, who has been demoted to the Loser Lounge.
92	** And Akiko, who's been left for dead and nobody else cares.
93	* HelpImStuck: Gene says this word-per-word as, while at the same time, he gets stuck inside the ''Candy Crush'' gameboard.
94	* TheHerosJourney: In Emoji form.
95	* HumansAreCthulhu: [[CosmicHorrorStory Almost literally.]] Phone users in this world are all-powerful overlords who, in Alex's case, are willing to get the phone reset, aka ''destroying the entire emoji world'' just because one of the emojis made a minor visual glitch, and cannot be defeated, escaped, or conquered, only temporarily appeased. [[LovecraftLite Lovecraft would be proud.]]
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98	[[folder:Tropes I to Z]]
99	* IdiosyncraticWipes: The transition from outside Alex's school to the classroom is accompanied by various text bubbles filling the screen and slipping away. Later on, the transition from ''Candy Crush'' to outside the school is shown by the school dance banner wiping past the screen.
100	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Gene's basic goal.
101	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:Jailbreak manages to pull one on Gene, convincing him to return to what he truly is in order to save the phone.]]
102	* IndecisiveParody: This movie poorly attempts to poke fun of the excessive mobile phone usage of teenagers, but this [[WorldBuilding is just used to set the stage]] for the actual story about Emojis. Not helping is that ''sending a text'' is what resolves the main problems and nobody learns to appreciate RealLife, making this phenomenon seem totally normal and harmless.
103	* IndividualityIsIllegal: Textopolis is a world where facial Emojis expressing a range of emotions is frowned upon and can even get them deleted.
104	* InformedAbility: Jailbreak is supposed to be a superb hacker, but at no point in the movie do we actually see her display any sophisticated hacking abilities. Her two greatest displays of "hacking" ability in the movie -- (guessing the password to Alex's firewall and deprogramming the bot to save Gene at the end) -- are upstaged by ''[[TheLoad Hi-5]]'' of all people. Arguably this could be foreshadowing for the plot twist that [[spoiler:she's actually a princess emoji, not a hacker emoji]].
105	* InsideAComputerSystem: Since a smartphone is technically a computer, this trope qualifies here, as the Emojis can travel from one app to another, which are worlds in of themselves.
106	* TheInternetIsForCats: In the Website/YouTube app, some anti-virus bots are bowing to a video of a cat.
107	* InTheBlood: [[spoiler:Gene's "malfunction" turns out to have been inherited from his father, Mel, the latter of whom spent years trying as hard as he could to hide the fact from everyone, including his wife and son.]]
108	* IsThisThingStillOn: When Smiler invites Gene back to the amphitheater:
109	-->'''Smiler:''' Hi Gene, remember me, Smiler? I'm coming to you live from the amphitheater. Why don't you come back to Textopolis and we can talk through our differences, okay? My friend here will escort you, all right? I'm gonna see you soon, buddy. Bye now. ''[thinking the camera was turned off]'' We're actually gonna delete him in front of everyone.\
110	'''Smiler's assistant:''' ''[whispers to Smiler]'' Psst, it's still on.\
111	'''Smiler:''' It's still ''what''? Oh, Jiminy Sassafras!
112	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Akiko Glitter. Doubles as a FamilyUnfriendlyDeath.]]
113	* LevelAte: The ''VideoGame/{{Candy Crush\|Saga}}'' scene.
114	* LogoJoke: When the Columbia Pictures logo appears at the beginning, someone takes a picture of it with a smartphone and puts an emoji over the Torch Lady's face.
115	* LostAesop: Good luck trying to discern what we were meant to learn. Is [[BeYourself being yourself]] all about standing out in society, not caring what others think, or does it mean conforming to societal expectations and never changing your identity? The latter ties into [[UsefulNotes/{{Feminism}} the feminist lesson]]. Jailbreak is at first meant to be an independent-minded female character who rejected the sexism of Textopolis, [[RealWomenDontWearDresses and forms her identity around this]]. And then we run into the lesson about not valuing freedom, which apparently means that she should fully embrace those exact same sexist gender roles.
116	* LostInCharacter: Mel can express other emotions, but becomes so used to being "meh" that he doesn't emote during his more dramatic scenes.
117	* LovecraftLite: The film begins as something of a CosmicHorrorStory, when the emojis and their very livelihood are threatened by Alex's appointment to wipe his phone following Gene's screwup and the apps triggered by his quest. The emojis are completely powerless to stop him [[spoiler:and are almost completely deleted as a result. But thanks to Jailbreak's encouragement and Gene's expressiveness creating an animated emoji, the world is saved from deletion, making it a case of this]].
118	* MagicCountdown: [[spoiler:When the phone is being deleted and Gene is processing one last text to get Alex to change his mind, it takes a rather long time for the texting center to completely vanish into nothingness [[TalkingIsAFreeAction given the time Alex receives the text, sends it to Addie and tells her how he feels before stopping the deletion]].]]
119	* MediumBlending: The movie's world is predominantly animated, though live-action internet memes appear, such as Pen Pineapple Apple Pen.
120	* MethodActing: Taken to the extreme. Gene is pressured by Emoji society to act "meh" for his entire life just so that smartphones can generate pixelated images.[[invoked]]
121	* MyEyesAreUpHere: Said by the clock emoji when Gene encounters him on the way to the text center. There is no logical reason for this.
122	* NeverSayDie: Instead of ordering the main characters "killed", Smiler orders them "deleted". Which is probably substituted for "die" in the smartphone world.
123	* NeverTrustATrailer:
124	** The theatrical trailer suggested that Gene was banished from the phone and sent to the loser lounge for flunking his first day on the job, instead of [[spoiler:Gene having to flee into exile because of Smiler's bots being sent to delete him]].
125	** Some marketing material called Hi-5 "Gene's best friend" despite Gene never having met him until after he's first chased by Smiler's bots.
126	** The scene in the trailer where Alex finds his phone mysteriously playing ''Candy Crush Saga'' during class is not in the movie. That was a few clips being edited into something ''way'' out of context.
127	** Poop asking his son "What do we do after we go potty?" in the trailer is not in the film, instead saying "That's because I believe in you!" in response to his son bragging about working in the phone at the age of ten.
128	** The scene where Hi-5 vomits up a candy corn and re-eats it despite Gene's warnings is shown during the ''Candy Crush'' scene in the trailer, while in the actual film, they are in the code shortcut just below the ''Just Dance'' app.
129	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Gene's search to find the ability to just make simply ''one emotion'' actually results in several apps getting deleted and [[spoiler:the entire phone getting erased temporarily]].
130	* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The main PowerTrio of the film. Hi-5 is nice and friendly, and the first emoji to befriend Gene on his mission to become normal. Jailbreak is hot-headed and aggressive, and is overly determined to get the job done. Gene is in-between due to having multiple moods and also being not as snarky as Jailbreak, but more impulsive than Hi-5.
131	* NoPokerFace: Throughout the beginning of the movie, Gene tries and fails to keep up the Meh face while on his way to work, much to the hostility of others (since emojis in the movie are supposed to only be able to make one face).
132	* NotGoodWithRejection: Gene enters a HeroicBSOD because Jailbreak rejects his advances, in part because of his antiquated views of romance.
133	* ObviouslyEvil: Smiler. It's hard to be shocked by the fact that she's the villain when [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil every single shot of her in the trailers]] is trying to tell you that she's bad. Aside from her being shown ordering the main characters' deletion, she's also shown picking her teeth with a ''meat hook'' at one point.
134	* OhMyGods: Jailbreak says "Sweet Motherboard" at one point in the film, and Smiler says "Jiminy Sassafrass."
135	* OhTheHumanity: An emoji can be heard saying this after Gene destroys the text center.
136	* OneTrueLove: Gene sees Jailbreak as the one for him, even giving up his goal of working on the phone in order to be with her. He even alludes to the {{Fairy Tale}}s. It hits hard when she rejects him, becoming a permanent "meh." This suggests that [[EntitledToHaveYou he felt entitled to her.]]
137	* OpeningMonologue: Gene gives one at the beginning of the film, introducing Textopolis and the emojis that live there, and explaining that he's a malfunction.
138	* OrbitalShot: Gene and Jailbreak have one during a romantic moment in the Spotify app as they ride the quiet soundwave.
139	* {{Overcrank}}: The scene where Gene inadvertently destroys the text center has one scene played out in slow motion.
140	* OverlyLongGag: The Bots raising their hands and yelling "AWW! AWW! AWW!" as they watch a cat video.
141	* PerformanceAnxiety: Gene panics over having to hold a Meh face for a few seconds, which kick-starts the main story.
142	* PerpetualFrowner: Gene's parents.
143	* PerpetualSmiler: Smiler, who is constantly doing despicable things with a permanent grin on her face.
144	* PlotHole: A glaring one is that Hi-5 knew where to find a hacker and didn't previously try contacting her to change his code, even though he had no qualms with leaving Textopolis.
145	* ProductPlacement: Not just for the emoji icons[[note]]Emojis themselves aren't copyrighted since they are just a specification but the depictions can be, similar to how you can copyright your drawing of a smiley face but not the idea of smiley faces themselves[[/note]], but also for the real-life phone apps that appear in the film including Website/{{Facebook}}, Website/YouTube, Website/{{Twitter}}, Shazam, and more. There's even whole sequences dedicated entirely to ''VideoGame/CandyCrushSaga'' and ''VideoGame/JustDance'', and Dropbox is a crucial plot point.
146	* RaceAgainstTheClock: The latter half of the movie revolves around this as Gene and his friends have to stop the phone from being erased.
147	* RapidFireNo: By Gene as he is freaking out while Hi-5 and Jailbreak are trying to rescue him from ''Candy Crush''. Later by Hi-5 when Alex's appointment approaches and he prepares to delete the phone.
148	* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler:During ''VideoGame/JustDance'', Jailbreak's hair and hat fly off her head exposing brunette hair with a crown, revealing she's really a princess emoji.]]
149	* RealWomenDontWearDresses: [[spoiler:Originally a princess emoji, Jailbreak despises the gender roles associated with them. This causes her to define her life in opposition to femininity, even down to rejecting romance. She seems to revert back to the exact opposite role by the film's end.]]
150	* RecycledInSpace:
151	** The movie is ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' [-IN A PHONE!-]
152	** The emojis are [[WesternAnimation/InsideOut Riley's emotions]] [-IN EMOJI FORM!-] And Textopolis is Headquarters [-IN A SMARTPHONE APP!-]
153	** Jailbreak is [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Chloe Price]] [-AS AN EMOJI!-]
154	* RedAlert: Poop says this as Alex is deleting the phone.
155	* RunningGag: A surprisingly subtle one, as everyone wipes their hand off after touching Poop.
156	* ShoutOut: The anti-virus bots, with their CyberCyclops design, HoverBot nature, and arms equipped with twirling blades, are clearly evocative of Maximillian from ''Film/TheBlackHole''.
157	* SkewedPriorities: Their world is about to come to an end, so they debate societal norms instead of trying to find a last-minute solution. Also, you would also think that Smiler would have exclaimed that she was right all along instead of just shouting that Emojis must not make more than one face.
158	* SpitTake: Smiler does this twice when the Nerd emoji tells her about Alex's phone appointment to get the phone erased.
159	%%* StealthInsult: To quote the review by WebVideo/PossumReviews:
160	%%-->"Gene and Jailbreak pass through the Spotify app and ride a music stream, because this is somehow the fastest way to the trash. I'll agree that modern music sucks, but this is a pretty harsh burn, movie."
161	* StealthPun: Gene is literally Literature/TheHeroWithAThousandFaces.
162	* StepfordSmiler:
163	** Smiler even smiles when she is angry.
164	** Due to the way this society work, where emojis can only display one emotion, emojis such as the laughing emoji have to be happy and laughing at all times, even when in serious pain.
165	* StrawFeminist: Jailbreak spends the entire film rallying against how sexist she perceives the society she lives in to be, and then ends the film by conforming to said perceived sexist society by completely changing her personality to fit it, hereby making her look like a complete hypocrite.
166	* StumbledIntoThePlot: Hi-5 became the secondary protagonist as Gene bumped into him and a [[PoorCommunicationKills bit of miscommunication]] led to him mistakenly thinking he's being chased by deletion bots.
167	* TakeThatAudience: Kids these days, always using their phones, totally disconnected from RealLife. This comes across as being extremely [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]] since the film panders to {{Phoneaholic Teenager}}s by jamming in as many technology and Internet references as possible. This is especially ironic considering that the writers [[ArtisticLicence take so many liberties]] with technology.
168	* TalkingPoo: Poop is a talking turd emoji.
169	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Frequently used to establish emojis as female.
170	* ThatPoorCat: One of the cat emojis did this when Gene almost flew into him while ruining everything.
171	* ToiletHumour: Poop -- voiced by ''Creator/PatrickStewart'' -- is a major character who lives and breathes this trope. Also, he has a son, and after they use the bathroom, they make a joke about washing their hands, before laughing it off and chanting "We're number two!"
172	* ToiletPaperTrail: Poop Jr. has a sheet of toilet paper stuck on his foot.
173	* TotallyRadical: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjwJTVaaJzA#t=11m57s They actually tried to avoid falling into this trope by speeding up the production time.]] We all know how that turned out:
174	** A ''very'' common complaint is how the film assumes teens and kids are all obsessed with smartphones and emojis, and tries to play to that interest. [[http://www.metro.us/entertainment/movies/the-emoji-movie-review-tj-miller-anna-faris Matt Prigge]] of ''Metro US'' described the film as "The [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Poochie]] of movies."
175	** A more specific example that happens in the movie itself is when Website/YouTube is discussed. The clip shown is Pen Pineapple Apple Pen -- a meme that, by the time the movie had premiered, had already been dead for roughly a year. Then again, that could be part of [[PlayedForLaughs a joke]].
176	* TrailersAlwaysSpoil:
177	** The first main trailer gives away that Smiler is the villain.
178	** The two trailers spoil the entire plot as well as the moral of the story.
179	* UnmanlySecret:
180	** Alex has ''Candy Crush Saga'' on his phone, much to his embarrassment when it suddenly turns when talking to Addie after school.
181	** Alex also has a ''Just Dance'' app that he gets embarrassed when it suddenly turns on during class.
182	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If the villain had simply had her way, then the movie would be far shorter, and audiences would be better off as a result.
183	* VagueAge: The world of Textopolis exists in Alex's phone, meaning the city and everyone in it can't be more than a few years old, probably less than that. Despite this, there are somehow at least three generations of emojis living there and Gene and his friends all appear to be older than Alex. [[WildMassGuessing Maybe the emojis have shorter lifespans than humans?]]
184	* VisualPun: When the emojis panic upon learning of Alex's phone appointment, Poop is shown repeatedly punching a fan. In other words, poop hits the fan.
185	* VocalDissonance: Jailbreak's high-pitched voice doesn't match her [[RealWomenDontWearDresses generic tough girl archetype]]. {{Justified\|Trope}} because [[spoiler:she was originally a princess Emoji who took on a different persona. This makes perfect sense, but this actually resulted from a casting change]].
186	%%* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Gene's special ability.
187	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Smiler tries to delete Gene because she sees him as an existential threat to the safety of Textopolis.
188	* WinToExit: This happens in the game apps.
189	* WorkInfoTitle: ''The Emoji'' '''''Movie'''''
190	* WorldWreckingWave: [[spoiler:When the phone is being deleted, a green pixelated wave washes over everything before vanishing out of existence to a black void.]]
191	* YourHeadAsplode: Jailbreak is concerned about matching Gene with a yellow super candy during ''Candy Crush'' that she briefly [[DaydreamSurprise imagines]] him exploding inside the gameboard as a result of it.
192	[[/folder]]
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194	->And remember kids, words aren't cool.

Context WesternAnimation / TheEmojiMovie