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7	''Piper'' is a 2016 animated short film from Creator/{{Pixar}}, one of the WesternAnimation/PixarShorts. It was directed by Alan Barillaro.
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9	A little [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandpiper sandpiper]]--specifically, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanderling sanderling]]--is nestled in its mother's nest on a beach. The mother sandpiper urges the little chick out of the nest and teaches it to forage for clams, an experience that turns bad when the inexperienced chick is pummeled by a wave. The chick quakes with fear at going out on the beach again, until some helpful crabs show it a trick.
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11	Played in theaters in advance of the Pixar feature ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory''.
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14	!!''Piper'' is associated with:
15	* AmbiguousGender: The chick is never identified as male or female. Though Alan Barillaro has publicly referred to the character as a she, and "Piper" is usually a girl's name, assuming the title refers to the name of the chick.
16	* ArtisticLicenseOrnithology: The sandpiper chick has exactly the same feather pattern as the adults, even though based on its body size and proportions it should still be covered only in downs.
17	* EurekaMoment: The sandpiper chick eventually realizes it can get lots of clams by going underwater.
18	* FigureItOutYourself: The mother sandpiper's approach to teaching her chick how to fish for food.
19	* GiantWallOfWateryDoom: From a tiny sandpiper chick's point of view, the tide coming in is very much one.
20	* GoodParents: The Mother Sandpiper is loving and attentive to her chick, but recognizes that it needs to learn how to get its own food and thus refuses the chick's insistence on being fed.
21	* GrowlingGut: After getting drenched by a wave, the chick doesn't want to leave the nest again, but its rumbling stomach forces the issue.
22	* JumpCut: From a shot of the sandpiper taking the full brunt of the wave, to the sandpiper in its nest, feathers ruffled, shaking and eyes twitching.
23	* ALizardNamedLiz: A sandpiper named Piper, assuming it's the name of the chick.
24	* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: Along with every other theatrical short that Pixar has ever made except for ''Boundin''' and ''Lava''.
25	* NearlyNormalAnimal: The sandpipers in the short look, sound and behave mostly like real birds, although their face is slightly more expressive and they can communicate with the (also largely realistic) hermit crabs. [[spoiler: Of course, real sandpipers aren't able to burrow into the sand like crabs.]]
26	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Look at the little sandpiper! Look how cute it is!
27	* RiteOfPassage: For a baby sandpiper, leaving the nest and foraging for clams. The little sandpiper eventually finds an even better way to do it.
28	* TheStinger: The sandpiper eventually figures out that if it stays under the water when the waves come, it will see where all the clams are when they surface. After the credits the sandpiper is shown falling asleep, next to the pile of empty clam shells left after it ate them all.
29	* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: The sandpiper appears to be sentient. The little crabs that guide the sandpiper back into the water appear to be sentient--one crab raps the sandpiper on the beak to get its attention. The clams, that the sandpiper is eating? Not so much.
30	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: The sandpiper chick becomes afraid of water after getting soaked by a giant wave, but its hunger forces it to go out onto the beach in search of food. It eventually overcomes its fear when it learns that there are many delicious clams underneath the water.

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