The Adventures of The American Rabbit

2015-03-05T01:59:13Z

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{{quote|"Well, after seeing this all the way through I can certainly understand how [[Christian Weston Chandler|a kid who loved this film in the late 80's]] would grow up to make a [[Sonichu (comic)|webcomic]] featuring a [[Sonichu (character)|cross between pikachu and sonic]] that goes nowhere.|[[YouTube]] commenter satinsguard, upon watching this film.}}

[[Image:Amerrabb.jpg|thumb|The American Rabbit]]

'''''The Adventures of The American Rabbit''''' is an insipid [[1980s#1986|1986]] animated film directed by [[Wikipedia:Fred Wolf|Fred Wolf]] (a year before he made ''[[Wikipedia:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'') about [[Bob Chandler|Robert]] [[Robbie Sonee|Rabbit]], a bunny who is transformed into a superhero to defend his friends, family and land from pollution and the Mafia; all whilst parading around in quite possibly the most [[retarded]] costume in superhero history: a rabbit painted in the stars and stripes and wearing roller skates (even though he can fly).

''The Adventures of The American Rabbit'' actually set the standards for Chris's perception of many things, including himself, [[America]], [[Chris and writing|storytelling]], [[Chris and race|race]] (something that will become quickly apparent to any viewer of the film in question), honesty and respect for oneself and others (which, as in the movie, are given much talk for no reason whatsoever). His claims for being truthful, honest, and decent are almost certainly informed by the shallow cartoon's glossing over of the issues in a ham-handed, incomplete, and moralizing fashion. Even the famous cover for [[Sonichu 0|''Sonichu'' #0]] is plagiarized partially, in an eerie subconscious fashion from a scene early in the film where the titular rabbit goes out from his home village, encouraged by his father.

Robert Rabbit is also Chris's role model in life, on the level of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]. In Chris's [[Wikipedia]] entry, he stated "they REALLY SHOULD HAVE MADE A [[Chris and television|TV SERIES]] of him."

Along with Filmation's ''[[Ghostbusters]]'', ''The Adventures of The American Rabbit'' is another example that Chris's childhood was fed by obscure cartoons that no one else has ever heard of. That, or [[Borb|his parents]] regularly raided the bargain bin for videotapes to keep young [[Christopher's name change|Christopher]] amused.

==Influence==
''The Adventures of The American Rabbit'' may have had a tremendous influence on Chris's narrative style, as the film has numerous plot holes, a generic tacked-on moral message, moments that make you go "Wait, ''what''?" (like when the antagonist weasels take over the world by kidnapping two moose who are somehow responsible for the entire chocolate supply), and the use of anthropomorphic animals as heroes. In other words, key ingredients of your typical ''Sonichu'' comic.

What's truly startling, however, is how much of it seems to have influenced Chris ''outside'' the ''Sonichu'' comics.

A character in the movie has a speech at the rally against the evil gang in the movie that starts out ''literally'' the same way that [[CWC's Second Message]] does, with the Panda character leading off by saying that ''"they all should know him by now."'' Chris continues to view [[Chris and the Law|anything he does as automatically good]], whilst anything anyone who does anything he doesn't like as [[Trolls|automatically bad]]. This very simple mentality doesn't seem to be directly tied to this movie until you look closer at it: The Jackals can get away with tormenting and destroying as they see fit, just like [[Encyclopedia Dramatica|several]] [[CWCki|things]] [[CWCki Forums|that]] [[Liquid Chris|Chris]] [[4chan|has]] [[Get-Tar Region|compared]] [[Mary Lee Walsh|the]] [[Mal-Wart|same]] [[Private Villa of Corrupted Citizens|way]]. If you look closer, constant analogies between this horrible cartoon and Chris's almost-equally-horrible life become woefully apparent.

This includes Chris's tendency to play into conspiracy theories. In ''American Rabbit'', all problems stem from the same small group of antagonists, in much the same way that Chris views [[Chris and reality|all his various stressors as part of a massive conspiracy to ruin his life]]. In many ways, ''The Adventures of The American Rabbit'' thus provides one of the most compelling and disturbing looks into [[Chris and psychology|Chris's worldview]] outside his body of work. Such was the import the young Chris assigned this testament to mediocrity that it became the centerpiece of not only how he [[Chris and writing|writes]] and even influenced how he [[Chris and English|talks]], but formed a big part of how Chris views the world itself.

===Possible influences on the ''Sonichu'' comic===
====Anchuent Powers/Legacy====
In the story, Rob Rabbit is visited at birth by a wizened old rabbit, who keeps tabs on him throughout his life until his latent powers are revealed when he saves his family. He then appears in a wizard's robe and tells Robert that he has inherited the Legacy of the American Rabbit. This is very similar to Chris's [[Anchuent Prophecy]], where he is the chosen one who gets superpowers, for no particular reason.

====Shallow love interests====
As soon as Rob meets the [[Rosechu|pink]] Bunny O'Hare, it becomes very obvious that the two are attracted to each other. Granted, unlike the ''Sonichu'' comic, ''American Rabbit'' actually remembers that it's [[Sonichu and Rosechu's Luv Shack|supposed to be for kids]] so there's never anything more than a peck on the cheek. Regardless, this could have easily set the standard for Chris's idea of love at first sight.

====Worthless side characters that all look alike====
To be fair, he could have just as easily gotten this from ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', but it's just as apparent in ''American Rabbit'' as well. The band Rob travels with is called the White Brothers Band, a group made out of five white rabbits that literally look and sound alike. They get mentioned by name once, which could mean that Chris at least treats the [[Chaotic Combo]] a bit better than them.

====Worthless side characters in general====
Supposedly, besides attempting to make money to rebuild a bar, the characters traveling with Rob believe that they have a "duty to fight against evil," but out of all of them, only Ping, the [[wikipedia:Lorenzo Music|Garfield-voiced]] gorilla, actually does anything against the Jackals. In fact, he's probably more effective than Rob is, American Rabbit or not. This is mirrored in ''Sonichu'', where everyone besides [[Magi-Chan]] is completely expendable, unless they are just waiting off to the side to dramatically leap in to save their friends, a la [[Darkbind Sonichu]].

====Worthless [[Jerkop|law enforcement]]====
Rob's world has ''no meaningful law enforcement'' and the Jackals are free to terrorize, destroy, and threaten the global economy as they see fit. The Jackals' ability to get away with what they do in the cartoon indicates that, American Rabbit aside, there is no organized police or military force of ''any kind''. This is analogous to the dystopian [[CWCville]], where [[Chris-Chan Sonichu]] and his [[Electric Hedgehog Pokemon]] are the only thing standing between the Private Villa of Corrupted Citizens and the terrified citizenry of the ailing dictatorship, rather like things are for the bulk of ''Sonichu'' before [[Jack Thaddeus|CWCVille was revealed to be under martial law]].

====You know what, all the protagonists are worthless====
With all his superpowers, Rob punches out all of two of the Jackals during the whole movie. Every other time he uses his powers is to save himself and his dipshit friends from another trap the Jackals have sprung on them. At one point, Rob is reduced to [[CWC is Sad|a blubbering mess]], and has to be given a pep talk by the same wizard who was watching over him as a child before he can finally save the day once and for all. This worthlessness can be seen in both Sonichu AND Chris, especially during the earlier comics where Chris was always getting saved by [[Sailor Megtune]].

====A villain in a staff====
Or at least, a villain ON a staff. The main antagonist of the movie, Vultor, is portrayed as a man entirely concealed in a gangster suit and hat, with a staff that doubles as a perch for his pet vulture. It's later revealed that the gangster suit and hat were filled with nothing but air, and that the vulture IS Vultor, and has been controlling the suit in a way that is never addressed by the movie. While [[Count Graduon]] isn't controlling [[Mary Lee Walsh]], he certainly calls the shots.

====Plot holes and loose ends====
In fact, lots of things aren't addressed by the movie. The whole reason Rob and his band start to travel [[America]] is to raise money to rebuild a bar, but all the venues they plan to play at get destroyed, they lose their car, and even their instruments. At the very end of the movie they can't even afford to rent new ones, but this point is never addressed since the fact that Vultor has been defeated automatically means it's a happy ending. Not to mention the utterly retarded "chocolate moose" plot (basically, the villains take over the entire chocolate industry by stealing two chocolate-producing moose that are apparently the source of all the world's chocolate). Since ''The Adventures of The American Rabbit'' is just a single hour and a half movie made for children, it at least has an excuse, whereas Chris will either forget about plot points in ''Sonichu'' until he's reminded in the [[Mailbag]], or have the story in his head all along and expect everyone else to magically understand it, and get angry when they inevitably don't.

==See also==
*''[[Bugs Bunny]]''
*[[Sonichu and Rosechu's Children|Robbie Sonee]], possibly named after the film's incompetent "hero".
*[[Robee Sonee and the Tomgirls]], Robbie's [[Tomgirl]] years.

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:The_Adventures_of_the_American_Rabbit|Wikipedia article]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166948/ IMDb page]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheAdventuresOfTheAmericanRabbit TV Tropes page of the movie.]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20110525131844/http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/dvdreviews/americanrabbit.htm Review by Alex Jackson] (Wayback Machine)
*[http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-adventures-of-the-american-rabbit A review from Common Sense Media] that hits the nail right on the head.

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