Furlecia is introduced wrestling a farmer and showing sass. This upset him to the point that once he got older, he swore then he would hide his true self, passing off as a normal human being, and dedicate his life to gaining wealth and power, until he would be powerful enough to "tear it all down". Once off, Alia is worried that she parked the bus in a no parking zone, but the others shrug it off and they leave, not noticing the bus getting towed away behind them. As a teenager, Arlo wishes to interact with other people but fears his alligator appearance will not be accepted by society. Emily Jenson . When Alia gets the flyer for the Met Gala, Arlo's clothes can be seen in the trash can she finds it in. Taking him into his library, Ansel shows Arlo the project he is working on: Seaside by the Seashore, the boardwalk mentioned in the interview which also happens to be his old neighborhood, is going to be torn down and replaced with a city expansion. Ansel then asks Arlo to give him another chance and move back in with him. Arlo the Alligator Boy is a 2021 American 2D animated adventure musical film by Ryan Crego in his directorial debut. [1] The film is led by Michael J. Woodard and Mary Lambert in their debut acting roles as Arlo and Bertie respectively. The alligators of the swamp Arlo lived in have obviously the tooth lines of a crocodile, whose underbite can be seen sticking out of its jaw along with the overbite when its mouth is closed. [2] It premiered on Netflix on April 16, 2021,[3] and will be followed by a streaming television series titled IArlo.[4]. The town of Willow Button appears to be deliberately stuck in the past, with the 50s at the earliest. When Arlo shows him the bracelet with his name however, Ansel is surprised, only to snap out of it and dismiss him, thinking it's a big mistake. After Ansel manages to rescue Arlo, he reveals to an audience that he is, in fact, Arlo's father and also half-bird. Arriving in a swamp, Arlo is adopted and raised by a woman named Edme. The suit that Ansel wears to the Met Gala contains a cloak coated with feathers, giving the impression of wings. Turns out there, Ansel's facial appearance looks rather avian, specifically he sports a. Arlo then reads the bracelet further, discovering he came from Bellevue Hospital in New York City, and Edme shows him a page of what the city is like in a book she's kept. The tourist overhears of Arlo and declares he would pay a ton of money to see something like him, which inspires the hunters to strike up a plan to capture Arlo and use him as their newest attraction to become rich. Arlo sneaks in but is seen, but nevertheless frees Marcellus in no time, and the bus escapes just before the cops arrive. A non-villainous example; Arlo is unable to stop Ansel's plans to demolish Seaside by the Seashore. Arlo the Alligator Boy is a new Netflix musical aimed at kids. Ansel sings about being on a perch and later puts a feather on Arlo's hat. Arlo the Alligator Boy is an American animated 2D adventure musical film produced for Netflix. Ansel is momentarily impressed by Arlo's determination, and Arlo promises to leave him alone but needs to know the truth so he can stop thinking about it. But when Bertie warns them that Arlo is still inside with the cash, Tony tells Alia to wait until the cash comes out. It also foreshadows him getting trapped and hypnotized by the Bog Lady in the show's Season 1 finale. Bertie is introduced pushing Ruff and Stucky away and using her strength to rescue Arlo. Since then, she began to realize people avoided her and thus, decided she has no place to call home and began wandering around herself. Arlo is excited at first, but the second his friends join him onstage, he politely turns him down, saying he has found a new family in them, and they need him more. His isolation in the swamp which prevented him from interacting with and/or being influenced by peers of his age is the most likely reason for this. Now that he's all grown up and making the right decision, he is officially released from her care and the world is ready for him to enter society. The boyfriend of the couple Arlo scares away after leaving the swamp, while unnamed in the script, is named Bradley Alouicious in the end credits. Swimming. When Arlo asks everyone to come with him, Bertie lets him know this is his journey and it's time they depart. Jeromio's croaks sound deeper and more realistic, sounding almost like those of an actual bullfrog, and close to resembling fart noises. Upset at his potential new image, Arlo confronts Ansel, saying he made it all this way to meet him, so he'd be happy to see him after all these years. [6] From The New York Times, Amy Nicholson wrote that "Long before the motley crew crashes the Met Gala, it's clear that director Ryan Crego is bolting wacky gee-gaws onto a rote plot" while also stating that "several gags pay off". [4] The film's soundtrack was released by Capitol Records on April 16, 2021. ", In "Wash the Hurt Away", Arlo says, "Now MY skin is thin, so let me in. When Tony is making a deal with Arlo while toying with his webbed feet, Arlo's reply is, "I. Furlecia sees them and manages to grab them aboard thanks to Alia's reckless driving. After a heartful advice to follow the voice in his heart when alone, Arlo gets in the rowboat Edme set up for him and she sends him off, and Arlo says his last goodbyes to everyone and everything in the swamp, and Edme sees him off with only Jeromio to keep her company. After being chased by gator catchers, enduring general insanity across states, and hitting a major low point after getting rejected, Arlo finally manages to connect with his father, who realizes the error of his ways because of it. Outside, Alia takes off the instant Bertie emerges with Arlo with the barn folk forming an angry mob behind them. Alia is introduced exiting her bus hyperactively. And nothing know about Alia past or if she had parents. Writer(s) Alia's bus seems to have its own parking area in the open, with the addition of a license plate reading "Seaside". Bertie is reluctant, but Arlo happily accepts, on account he has a whole group of friends now. Love. In the middle of the night, Arlo awakens and notices Bertie missing; he goes and sees her on the beach looking out to the ocean, saying she couldn't sleep due to her past. Once back onstage, he rips off his pants, revealing bird legs on perches attached to fake feet, and steps into the full light, revealing himself to be a birdman. In a mid-credits scene, Edme receives a postcard and learns about Arlo's new life. It is indeed an upbeat song about Arlo wanting to be loved by everyone, but at one point he briefly lapses into a verse where the animals resent him in various ways before being left alone with Jeromio, just before the riverboat appears. Responding to Arlo's pleas, Ansel finally turns and sees Arlo, ready to reveal the truth about his life, but their moment is interrupted by the arrival of Ruff, Stucky and the Beast, having finally caught up with him. Long ago, he grew up in Seaside by the Seashore as a young boy but was bullied by the kids over his half-bird appearance. In an unknown part of the swamp, a hunter named Ruff and his partner Stucky are owning a failing museum called Gator X-Perience. Arlo started as a sketch that just started popping up in my sketchbooks and on the side of my work. Arlo's shirt fills up the camera as he steps off the bus after entering New York City. Furlecia sees it and lets Arlo know the man being interviewed -- Ansel Beauregard -- shares Arlo's surname, and is the same man as written on Arlo's bracelet, which gets Arlo excited. In song, he shows Arlo what it was like for him as a successful businessman and how he changed himself and strove for a Better Life. Note that Ansel is the only other character to have Xs in his ears like Arlo's, and has sharp and pointed fingers like Arlo's as well. . With no place left to go, and with his friends having gone, Arlo begins lamenting in song over everything that has happened and believing his journey was in vain. Just before Stucky could capture Arlo with her net, the hunters are punched into the air by a fist belonging to a giantess, Bertie, who stands them down and protects Arlo, fascinated by her. Along the way, he makes many new friends, all of which are outcasts just like him. The film is led by Michael J. Woodard and Mary Lambert in their debut acting roles as Arlo and Bertie respectively. Marcellus: Some, they'd come back! Edme was introduced slamming her door open suspiciously before cooing at the sight of baby Arlo. While this is common with swamp trees in real life, it also foreshadows the existence of the Bog Lady, as she's trying to entice Arlo into not leaving her with her plant magic. Ansel admits to Arlo he had wronged him by letting go of his past and begins telling his life story. They're depicted as poor and uneducated, which plays into negative stereotypes of Southerners. Tony offers to help Arlo find out where Ansel lives and gets a call from a partner he knows which he gets the address from. In a mid-credit's scene, the mailman whom Arlo scared off in Willow Button comes to the doorstep of Edme's shack, only to be scared away again when she bursts out suspiciously, thinking the Feds have come. when Arlo reveals he gave the money back to the barn folk is used in ". That evening, the Met Gala is on, and various celebrities arrive from all rounds wearing their themed costumes, one in particular being a trio of pre-adolescent boys known as "Kids Thing", much to Marcellus' chagrin. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. In an attempt to help him, Edme gives him his birth wristband on his fifteenth birthday and reveals to Arlo that he is from New York, and unaware that he was actually abandoned, Arlo decides to travel to the city to find his biological father, Ansel Beauregard. A wide-eyed boy, who is half human and half alligator, leaves his sheltered life in the swamp to search for his long lost father in New York City. Edme understands his sadness, as it's all natural for people his age. Arlo The Alligator Boy is an animated fable, filled with music, fun, and characters who are clearly queer-coded. Arlo finally reaches the residence of his birth father Ansel, only to be rejected and turned away by him. Arlo then reveals to Bertie what was missing from him the whole time: it was all the friends he made. The two escape the barn as a bus pulls up, revealing their driver, a tigress named Alia. "I tend to write a lot through drawing . When the musician Arlo mistakes for his dad has him dance with him to cheer him up, they are next to a subway for Brooklyn. In the movie, Ol' Bessie the Ferris wheel is to the right of Arlo and Bertie's house; in the series on, it has been transferred to the left and is farther away. Arlo, along with his pet frog Jeromio, explores the swamp and tries to get attention, but the other animals of the swamp didn't seem to take too kindly toward him because of his half-gator appearance. Happy Birthday to Ya 3. He is soon summoned back to the shack by Edme, realizing he got off-track, and starts gathering up some random grub for their dinner. script coordinator Additional Crew . Unbeknownst to him, a man is spying on him from inside the sweet shop. People!". rickety-biscuit.". Ansel tries not to handle being lonely about it, but Furlecia pulls him into the group hug they're having and officially consider themselves a family. The second "More More More" ends, so does Arlo's, Just after Ansel's part in "Something's Missing". In the last verse of "Better Life" as Ansel is putting a feather on Arlo's hat, the spotlights surrounding them are red. However, Arlo became the first person to accept her for who she is, and he begins to feel a little better. This hyperactive animated Netflix musical for kids, with messages of empowerment and references to "Midnight Cowboy," has a lot on its plate. Another subversion is the title character who is given the slightly fancy name of Arlo, but spent most of his life being raised in the swamp. Arlo the Alligator Boy follows the titular young alligator-human hybrid, who's been raised in the swamp by a lady named Edme (Annie Potts), but dreams of a world behind his bayou. The beach appears very low, and the boardwalk is several stories up. Arlo invites Edme to come with him, but she'd rather stay back as this is his adventure, and also to avoid getting arrested by the Feds. Ansel becomes this in the finale following his redemption, when he lets Arlo and the gang restore and reopen Seaside by the Seashore and has Arlo move there so he can permenently live in his birth home. This is where Seaside by the Seashore, Ansel's hometown, is located, and Arlo ends up moving there at the end of the movie. Ansel, seemingly not believing one word Arlo said, claims his "son" is gone and he is not his father, and cannot be. Watch Arlo The Alligator Boy: Follow Me Home (Lyric Video), Watch Arlo The Alligator Boy: Right There With You, Watch Arlo The Alligator Boy: Beyond These Walls (Lyric Video), Watch Arlo The Alligator Boy: More More More, Watch Arlo The Alligator Boy: Beautiful Together, Watch Arlo The Alligator Boy: As Long As We Got Each Other (Lyric Video), Watch Arlo The Alligator Boy: Wash The Hurt Away, Watch Arlo The Alligator Boy: Better Life, Watch Arlo The Alligator Boy: Something's Missing, Watch Arlo The Alligator Boy: I Can Lift You Up. However, Arlo is still upset he didn't get the answers he was looking for and begins to consider Ansel might not be his dad after all, and even if he is, he wouldn't admit it. Want to discover art related to arlothealligatorboy? The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a two-month lockdown in Rock Dog's hometown of Mengcheng, but nothing, not even a pandemic, can not stop them from hosting their first ever free online concert from their concert. The Shedding is the fourth episode in Season 1 of I Arlo. Edme when Arlo brings up the mention of his. Both Arlo and Ansel have the exact same oval-shaped eyes, Ansel's image appearing in a wave with wings, attempt to hurt those who cannot defend themselves, Her being a catgirl might have something to do with it, making him look more cruel than he claims the children could ever be, at least until Arlo convinces her otherwise, UsefulNotes/The Millennium Age of Animation, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters, Around the World in 80 Days (Burbank Animation), In "Beyond These Walls", Arlo says, "So what am I wai-TING for? Arlo is first seen excitedly exiting Edme's shack and exploring the swamp. Upon arrival back at the shack, Edme asks Arlo to show the grub he hustled for their stew later; when she sees he took a snail which he hates, she grows suspicious and asks him to taste its underbelly to see if it's ripe, much to Arlo's disgust. A musical montage follows, showing the gang checking out the city in different places: Bertie tries to blend in with the walking city Goers, Tony indulges himself with pizzas he found in a restaurant, Alia sneaks in on a cat woman before getting shooed, Marcellus scares a child, Furlecia gets a new haircut, and Arlo spots what he thinks is his dad, but turns out to be a bongo player to his disappointment; said player then cheers him up by having him dance while he performs for a crowd. The film's main character, Arlo (voiced by Michael J. Woodard), who's half alligator and half human, is also chased by characters who want to make him a part of their swamp-creature tourist. After the song, Arlo spots a seashell in the sand and gives it to Bertie, calling it a "best friend rock"; when Bertie corrects him and opens it to reveal the pearl inside, he tosses that away and breaks the shell in half, now that they have matching ones, which she immediately loves. Bertie reminds Arlo that being different is sometimes the best thing one can be and lets him in on her background as a formally normal person before growing endlessly as she got older. This adorable new animated musical movie follows the journey of Arlo, who, as his title suggests, is half-alligator and half-human boy. Tony says Ansel's penthouse is "Uptown, way uptown," as the camera shows a subway sign reading "Subway Uptown", with another above it reading "Way Uptown". It unknown if Ansel is an orphan or did he run away. The whole audience finds this special, even Ruff and Stucky who realize it was wrong of them to capture Arlo and embrace. This TV-PG movie tells the story of a little alligator-boy with a big personality who brings happiness and acceptance wherever he goes. She first says it out of determination to help Arlo escape from Ruff and Stucky during their first encounter; she says it again when they share one last hug before Arlo departs for Ansel's penthouse. The grumpy manatees look almost like Marcellus, the boar looks similar to Bertie, and the snapping turtle looks almost like Teeny Tiny Tony. Arlo the Alligator Boy. Thanks to Alia not driving, the bus ends up disturbing some of the citizens before parking. Marcellus, however, promises to go as long as there aren't any kids present. Once on the train, Arlo is astounded by the travel, wondering if it will stop or go on forever and ever. If you look closely during the scenes as Edme is letting Arlo go and Arlo is leaving the swamp, there are multiple scenes that show mushrooms beginning to grow on the trees surrounding both the shack and swamp foliage when they weren't there the day before. Tony when Arlo manages to impress the doorman. It doesn't matter however you look like, whether you're a human, an animal, or half-animal whatsoever; it's what's inside you that counts. In some cultures, red symbolizes bad luck and danger, foreshadowing Ansel's response to Arlo after the song ends. Arlo and Bertie are then seen on the beach, embracing the boardwalk as their home and where they officially belong. Among the animals of the swamp is a pelican; in reality, the only pelican native to Louisiana is the brown pelican, which looks nothing like the one in the film. Played straight with Ruff and Stucky, as Arlo cannot do anything to stop them from pursuing him. A musical adventure. [8], The streaming series I Heart Arlo was released on Netflix on August 27, 2021, consisting of 19 episodes.[14]. Above the stage, a shadowed, winged figure thrusts down from the sky, attacks the hunters and saves Arlo, astounding the guests, Bertie, and Tony's gang, and the second he is brought back to the stage, Arlo discovers the winged figure is Ansel, who winks at him; Ansel then rips off his pants, exposing bird legs on perches coming out of his shoes, and steps into the full light. Arlo is clearly petrified when he encounters Ruff and Stucky for the first time. Bertie is first introduced saving Arlo from the poachers at the train station. Arlo does the same just before Ansel hustles him back to the elevator. With that Bertie agrees to come with him, but the train is soon halted by Ruff and Stucky following after them. Arlo and Bertie give each other helpful advice in the case of nerves, which in turn cues their respective song numbers. Feeling pressured to prove it for the sake of him, Edme decides to give him a late birthday party and begins launching into a ritual where she gets a homemade birthday cake out of the fridge, gives Arlo a special straw hat, and starts singing a birthday song she wrote which he loves. Arlo was this back in the swamp. Before the hunters could pursue them again, Bertie manages to catch a nearby train which the two use to leave them behind. [9],
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