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This parody trailer starts with flashing YouTube comments requesting this movie to be analyzed, along with the typical title card. And with that, Jon the epic voice guy starts his spiel, "When Pixar soared with their most unforgettable films yet…"The voiceover guy refers to Pixar titles like Toy Story 1 & 2, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo and The Incredibles."…another animation studio attempted to soar with their lineup of computer animated that became their most unforgettable films yet…" He then references Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia and Moana as examples of it. "…but started with a little lump of coal called Chicken Little."
He then jumps to the body, explaining the short history. "After box-office bombs like Treasure Planet, Atlantis and Home of the Range, Disney adapted to the CGI format of animation that started out well with the 3D technology, but ultimately did not age well. But do not be deterred by the one thing Disney is best at, because we have a wonderful story, which is…" After saying those lines, the voiceover guy projects some doubts, "…uhmmm…what is the story of this movie again?" With that, he reads through the succeeding pages of the Honest Trailer script and gets the gist of the synopsis of the clichéd movie "Oh, it's another of those high school movies where a high school nerd tries to prove himself, stand up to bullies and save the world? Oh, and also get the girl?" He then recalls revisiting some movies receiving the Honest Trailer treatment, having the same plotline. (Ahem, The Emoji Movie.)"Where have I seen those before?"
"Meet Chicken Little, his actual given name among a town of on-the-nose animal names." Cue a series of clips outlining the lazy nomenclature that was given to the characters, with classic names like Foxy Loxy, Mr. Woolensworth, Ducky Lucky and other lazy names. But back to Little: "He is a pint-size chicken student with stuttering from Porky Pig." Cue clip comparison of Little's speech mannerisms to Porky Pig. "When he spreads a conspiracy theory about the sky literally collapsing, the whole town quickly hates him, so as his dad. And they will quickly abuse or murder him just for that, without any remorse or sympathy." Cue a montage of citizens of Oakey Oaks being either abusive or ignorant or oppressive over Chicken Little, including his father. The epic voice guy cannot help but feel disgusted by their characterization. "Yikes, when you put it that way, this is like a secret season of Making a Murderer. You don't want any chicken murdering us. We've done enough." He says it while the trailer shows an article about KFC's malpractices.
"But Little is not alone in his…little adventures. Because in the grand tradition of Disney sidekicks, we got these unlikely sidekicks, like Fish Out of Water, a literal fish out of water, who easily steals the movie with his forced-in modern pop culture references…" Cue Fish's delightful moments during the dodgeball match, the baseball game and the night the aliens arrive. "…Runt of the Litter, a pig…runt of the litter, who is a secret Barbra Streisand fan?" The trailer then shows a clip of Runt's mom intimidating him with getting rid of his 'Streisand collection'. "…Abby Mallard, the ugly duckling of the story, who talks nonsensically like any modern teenager who tries to act smart…" Cue montage of Abby giving highfalutin advices derived from teen magazines. "…and his father Buck Cluck, a former baseball star and father of the year. I mean for real, check out his classic father moments." Cue Buck Cluck's finest moments of fatherhood, like not backing his son during the first sky-is-falling scene, face-palming during Chicken Little's first game in the field and feeling embarrassed again with the second sky-is-falling scene. "Sheesh, would somebody call Child Protective Services on this guy?"
The narrator then jots down the entire plot of the movie, along with clips from the movie to serve as visual aids, "Suffer through 80 minutes of juvenile animation on a plot that puts our self-pitying protagonist in a scrutinized position, which he does; that forces him to join a baseball team and accomplish a winning homerun, for the approval of his father, which he does; that places him in the hot seat after the sky literally fell on him, which it does; that makes him recruit a motley crew to stop aliens from invading the Earth, which he does; and that prompts him to deus ex machina the whole senseless invasion thing, just because a spur of the moment forces his dad to reconcile to him and for this little alien kid to stop the entire invasion, which it all does. All for the span of 80 minutes." After going through the clichés, he grumbles, "Geesh, and I thought Home on the Range was bad."
"So, gather the kids and punish them with Disney's 2005 CGI that really stands out on its release, but won't stand out that it was the rare instance that Disney borrowed from an innocent precautionary fairytale that they slap their name on it…" The epic voice guy directly references Frozen, which is based on the fairytale The Snow Queen. "…the only instance that Disney tried to be independent from Pixar's computer-animated effort but did not…" He is referring to that time Disney ultimately acquired Pixar Animation Studios. "…and the right instance that Zootopia showed the world that a universe full of talking animals can make a great story." He then makes his last argument as a full stab of the movie being parodied. He soon mocks, "Awww what's wrong Chicken Little? Worried that your movie sucked? Don't worry. You'll get your memes and rightfully so." Cue the Vines that referenced or mocked Chicken Little's appearance.
The narrator then goes to the best part of every Honest Trailer:
"Starring:
Chick-fil-A (Chicken Little)
Be careful who you call ugly in middle school (Abby Mallard)
Bloaty the Pig (Runt of the Litter)
Darwin Watterson (Fish Out of Water)
Chicken Little Sr. (Buck Cluck)
The guy in the poster with little screentime (Morkubine Porcupine)
"Fox on the run!" (Foxy Loxy)
"Foxy lady…" ("Lollipop" version of Foxy)
A bullhorn (Goosey Loosey)
A troll's hair (Kirby)
A politician with a short attention span (Turkey Lurkey)
Those guys who were once good in a Christopher Guest movie (Melvin and Tina)
Sir Patrick Stewart's worst voice role before The Emoji Movie (Mr. Woolensworth)
Coach Carter (Principal Fetchit)
RIP Adam West (Ace - Hollywood Chicken Little)
Brockmire (Dog Announcer in the baseball game)
References to Better Movies (Fish reenacting King Kong, the crop circles from Signs and Abby referencing War of the Worlds)
Foreshadowing Lucasfilms Acquisition (Raiders of the Lost Ark being shown and Runt yelping "Darth Vader is Luke's father!")
How Disney Marketers Sound Like (Buck Cluck explaining the merchandising gained from that Crazy Little Chicken movie)
And Ohh Yes, There's the Ending Dance Scene (The ending number to the tune of "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John) He then mockingly remarks, "Oh how I missed it…"
And finally, he gives the Honest title for the movie: "Finger Lickin' Bad"
But before the Honest Trailer ends, the epic voice narrator gives his comments about the two instances that Chicken Little used a shaken orange soda bottle to propel himself to the top of the school bell tower. "I am pretty sure that's not how soda works. I mean the fizzing of soda that it spurts out of the bottle, caused by intense pressure from carbon dioxide; it is plausible but not realistic to lift up a lightweight chicken to the air. Might I recommend fizzing lifting drinks? They would really lift up the body weight. Certainly easier than using a soda like a rocket like you are Willie E. Coyote." It then ends with a clip from the Willie E. Coyote cartoons.
