![]() Ascended Extra: In the Rostand play, the Grand Duke and Patou only appear briefly, although Patou does warn Chanticler about the treacherous Blackbird.Aristocrats Are Evil: The villain is the Grand Duke of Owls.This leads more evidence to the Throw It In nature of the live-action/animation sequences. The weirdest thing about this whole plot element? It has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the story it's mentioned at the very beginning and end of the animated portion and in a few lines that sound like they were thrown in as an afterthought.And (thanks to his little-kid intonation) it sounds like he even calls himself a furry. Animorphism: The main storyline character is the kid from the Book Ends, who is turned into a kitten by the Grand Duke.Alternate Animal Affection: This movie has the "squashy beaks" variant, so birds can kiss like humans.Have we mentioned that there are moments in the script that are confusing? It's worth noting that Patoo's narration implies that the tale of Chanticleer, the kid's fever dream, and the live-action bits are all real.Or Was It a Dream?: Well, the ( Narmy) closing sequence that awkwardly combines reality and animation certainly doesn't think so!.All Just a Dream: According to the Book Ends, the whole movie is supposedly a story told to a sick kid by his mother.In the movie, his counterpart Snipes is a Jerkass, but is an ally of Chauntecleer and not an outright villain. In the original Rostand play, the blackbird was a villainous character who conspired with the predators of the night against the farm animals, along with the farm's cat. Adaptational Villainy: Inverted with Snipes.And after all, the whole movie is supposed to be a sick kid's fever dream. A few folks even have warm nostalgia for the utter randomness and weird characters. To be fair, although the film runs in the exact opposite direction of everything Don Bluth stood for (including purposefully toning down anything truly scary), the film at least includes the very pretty character and effects animation that Bluth is well known for - as well as quite a lot of his characteristic weirdness. The disastrous box office failure of the film, thanks in no small part to the fact that it was up against three other animated films, one of them being Beauty and the Beast, led to the bankruptcy of Don Bluth's studio. Or, speaking of, the flood that started once Chanticleer left. Because we didn't mention the Grand Duke, an evil wizard owl who hates the sun and wants it to rain forever. Pretty straightforward as far as animated folktales go, right? Well, no. Fortunately, Chanticleer is disillusioned with his fame and fortune and fandom, and agrees to return to the farm and save the day. Wouldn't you know it, Chanticleer does control the weather, so his friends run after him to try and convince him to come home and save the farm from flooding. After learning his singing doesn't have any effect on the weather, he runs away to seek his fortune as a rich rock star. In this version, Chanticleer is an affectionate caricature of Elvis Presley. It is also an equally loose adaptation of the play Chanticler by the French writer Edmond Rostand (also known for Cyrano De Bergerac), bearing little resemblance to it apart from some of the characters. This is a very loose Adaptation Expansion of the tale of Chanticleer the rooster, who believed his crowing made the sun shine. The only film in history to have a chicken lady, a rooster Elvis impersonator, and a Baleful Polymorph at the same time.
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