Alaina Gleen (film)/Tropes

The following is a list of tropes for the 2010 Fox animated film Alaina Gleen.

Alaina Gleen (2010) provides examples of:
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 * Acting Out a Daydream: Jason Baxter imagines himself as an anime action hero and starts doing ninja moves in the real world shortly after.
 * Adaptation Expansion: Several more characters were added beyond the original TV series' core cast (Officer Bernie, Josh, Tom, Jack, Eva Jackson, Mayor Mary, Owlclaw, and Timothy Tiger).
 * All-CGI Cartoon: This is the first all-computer-generated Alaina Gleen film in the franchise. It's designed to look like a literal translation from the original TV series, giving off an completely cartoony feel.
 * Alternate Continuity: The film is a completely new origin story for Alaina and her friends, separate from all previous continuities.
 * Art Shift: Max Hat's Imagine Spots about Eddie Elephant is done in a traditional 2D animation similar to the original TV series, while Jason Baxter's Imagine Spots about Eddie is basically a animesque parody action sequence which involves Jason imagining himself as a ninja sworn to protect Applewood City, with Alaina Gleen being the "damsel in distress", complete with mouth movements that don't match up to the voices.
 * Avoid the Dreaded G Rating: Higgins drops a "damn it" to express his frustration during the climax.
 * Big Bad: Professor Hinkle Higgins.
 * Big "SHUT UP!": After Jason and Max try to determine what Eddie Elephant's battle cry is by using annoying sounds, Alaina just ends it all.
 * The Cameo: Kate and Chris appear for just a moment in Applewood City, in the beginning of the film.
 * Cool, Clear Water: Played with, Jason and Max swim in (and even drink) the "Lake of Wonders", which appears as clean as ever. Soon after, however they, along with Alaina and Lucy, discover that Eddie Elephant urinates in said lake. Cue Jason and Max having the appropriate reaction.
 * Creator Cameo: Thalia Ward voices a few characters in the film.
 * Creative Closing Credits: The film's credits sequence is directly styled in an traditional 2D animation similar to the original TV series, whilst showing a epilogue.
 * Disney Death: Happens right at the end of the climax when Higgins is was caught in the center of the monstrously huge explosion when the TNT underneath his fortress blows up.
 * Eat the Camera: When the gang are escaping from Higgins' fortress, Max Hat jumps right at the security guard's face to attack him, as the camera zooms into his mouth.
 * Early Installment Weirdness: This film is much slower-paced than its sequels and is more like a series of related sketches strung together rather than a single flowing plot. Character movements are also much jerkier than in later installments.
 * Evil Laugh: Professor Hinkle Higgins.
 * Glass Smack and Slide: When Higgins flying to chase down Alaina, Max, and Lucy, thanks to his rocket headgear, slams into a nearby office building in the film's climax.
 * The Hermit: Eddie Elephant lives in a cave on top of a mountain.
 * Hyperventilation Bag: Max Hat does this once.
 * Product Placement: Played DEADLY STRAIGHT with the THX logo. And they're not even trying to be subtle.
 * Put on a Prison Bus: At the end of the film, Kevin and Mayor Mary are taken into police custody, while Higgins escapes, only to fall down a cliff.
 * Scenery Porn: The colorful vistas of Applewood City. (They're more colorful than the original series had.)
 * Shifted to CGI: The original 2004 movie was traditionally animated. This film, however, is fully CGI.
 * Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer: Mayor Mary.
 * Stylistic Suck: The music during Jason's Animesque Imagine Spot, which sounds like the soundtrack to a cheesy '70s kung-fu movie being played on a beat-up 8-track tape.