Sunshine Barry & the Disco Wormsnote (original title Disco Ormene) is a 2008 Danish-German film.
Barry is an earthworm whose future is supposed to be like any other earthworm: at the bottom of the food chain. However, he discovers his father's old Disco record, causing him to become obsessed with the music genre and aspire to create his own Disco band in hopes of winning a music contest and rise to stardom to prove that earthworms are far from lowly.
Sunshine Barry & the Disco Tropes:
- Artist and the Band: The title of Barry's band is "Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms".
- Fantastic Racism: Earthworms are hated in the bug society and outright stated to be the bottom of the food chain.
- Fat Best Friend: Tito is a fat worm who is the best friend of Barry.
- Fat Comic Relief: A lot of the humor pertaining to Tito is about him being overweight and his love of eating.
- Glass-Shattering Sound: During the audition, Gloria sings so loud that she shatters the windows of the house.
- Hidden Depths: After catching the band trying to rehearse, Donna reveals that she was once a Disco star.
- Jukebox Musical: The film is a musical that uses a number of popular Disco songs as its soundtrack.
- Non-Mammal Mammaries: All of the female worms have breasts.
- Pædo Hunt: Implied to be the case with the main villain, as he's taking a young girl to his... place.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Tonni pays the judges at the contest to ensure Barry's band loses the competition.
- Soul-Crushing Desk Job: The earthworms are all expected to work in the office at the composting business and little else. Barry hates this job and wants to be something else instead.
- Team Title: Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms is the name of the band that Barry forms.
- Who Writes This Crap?!: The documentary narrator at the beginning of the film gets annoyed and wonders why someone would make a documentary about worms in the first place, and promptly gives up.
