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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The Birdman has been kidnapped by circus freaks. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue him?]]
3	Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage is a 2006 Canadian DirectToVideo computer-animated sports film featuring Creator/TonyHawk and produced by Creator/MainframeStudios (of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' and later ''WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}}'' animated movies fame). As the name implies, it ties in with the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNbddfjS5s8 Boom Boom [=HuckJam=]]]'' series of extreme sports spectacles Hawk and his team staged in the mid-2000s.
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5	The story revolves around a band of skater kids who rubbed elbows with the Birdman himself who was just about to stage his Boom Boom [=HuckJam=] show in the tech-dominated city of Lincolnville where video games and skateboarding are cool...
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7	...only for Hawk and his fellow skater friends to be abducted by a circus troupe led by an eccentric, washed-up ringmaster named Larry Grimley, who kidnapped the skating legend in an effort to revive his failed circus act. The kids, along with their military vet-turned-skateboarding organizer friend Frank set out to rescue Tony and save the show.
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9	A link to the full movie can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXFFtjo3kX0 here]].
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12	!!The film provides examples of:
13	* AbsurdlyCoolCity: Lincolnville, with its more or less futuristic vision and emphasis on technology and video games.
14	* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The skater kids stumble upon a huge storm drain pipe leading to Grimley's hideout while on their way to rescue Tony.
15	* ActionGirl: Kit, the sole female skater in the group.
16	* AsHimself: Tony Hawk, in one of his many roles as himself.
17	* BadassInDistress / DistressedDude: Tony and his Boom Boom [=HuckJam=] crew.
18	* CainAndAbel: Inter-cousin example - Grimley turns bitter towards his cousin John Dullard, who happens to be the mayor of Lincolnville and the one responsible for destroying the now-outdated circus in favour of skateparks and high technology.
19	* CassandraTruth: The kids repeatedly convince Frank that Tony is missing, only for the old man to rebuff the kids' pleas for help until the end.
20	* CoolBoard: Given that this is a skate video and all.
21	* CoolOldGuy: Frank, an old vet who helps organise the skate parks around Lincolnville.
22	* CrappyCarnival: Grimsley's rundown circus.
23	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "The future is the future!"
24	* FakeHairDrama: Dullard's blond toupee.
25	* ForcedCreativity: Hawk and his Boom Boom [=HuckJam=] cohorts are abducted to be part of an otherwise lackluster circus.
26	* TheFreakshow: If Grimsley's troupe of {{Gonk}} eccentrics is anything to go by.
27	* GlamRap:
28	** Switch Mitch with his "gangsta" persona and affinity for bling-bling.
29	** Ditto with the jewelry-clad gangsta clowns complete with a pimped-out lowrider car. They do appear to be part of Grimsley's troupe yet they don't seem to carry as much of a threat as the other henchmen, only just serving as eye candy of sorts for Mitch to enthuse.
30	* {{Gonk}}: While most of the main cast's appearance is basically stylised, Grimley and his circus troupe are depicted to be deliberately hideous and run-down.
31	* GrossUpCloseUp: Grimsley's feet in one scene, replete with fly-infested, decaying toenails.
32	* MerchandiseDriven: The film was clearly meant to promote Tony Hawk's ''Boom Boom [=HuckJam=]'' live extreme sports shows back then.
33	* MotionCapture: Adding to the film's authenticity was its extensive use of mocap in the skating sequences, with Hawk himself and his fellow skater-actors providing their performances. This wasn't the first time Mainframe used mocap for actors' performances though; they utilised it to great effect in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'' a few years prior.
34	* OldSoldier: Frank used to be a military officer prior to organizing skateparks and skate events, often sharing his fond memories of being a serviceman back in the day.
35	* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Switch Mitch and his ghetto getup.
36	* RepulsiveRingmaster: Larry Grimley. As if his eccentric persona and lack of hygene wasn't enough to make you sneer at him.
37	* SelfDeprecation: The film pokes fun at Tony's celebrity status, particularly in one scene where DJ, one of Tony's skater colleagues, chalked his disappearance up to having been busy with celebrity commitments Hawk is obligated to do such as press junkets and lame voice acting jobs. Heck, it might have been poking fun at ''the film itself''.
38	* ShoutOut:
39	** The Titanic Hotel is quite obviously a dig at [[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic a certain ocean liner]] which sank on her maiden voyage in 1912.
40	** During that sequence when Tony's [=HuckJam=] co-stars were abducted, one of Grimsley's henchmen was on a trike, mimicking the infamous trike sequence from ''Film/TheShining'' complete with the carpet pattern.
41	** The [[https://vimeo.com/73891175 press trailer]] for the film makes references to other high-profile celebrity kidnappings such as the infamous [[https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping Lindbergh kidnapping]].
42	* ShownTheirWork: The skate session scenes were motion captured by Hawk and other professional skateboarders, similar to what Mainframe did with the earlier ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'' feature where they hired members of the New York City Ballet to perform the complex dance sequences.
43	* ThePrankster: Kit's younger brother Jesse, with his affinity for spitefully throwing rotten eggs and firecrackers.
44	* {{Tuckerization}}: Frank, who is named and modelled after Tony's late father [[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/for-dad_b_3443731/amp Frank Hawk]].

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