Tappy Toes

Tappy Toes is a 2D Animated film released On November 1, 2011 by Gaiam Americas. It’s known for being a mockbuster of Happy Feet. It's also the last film that Gaiam made, as they stopped making movies and went on to product making.

Plot
Pingo, a young penguin, finds a pair of tap shoes in an old steamer trunk and soon discovers he can do something in another penguin can do... tap dance.

Why It’s Not Winging It

 * 1) The elephant in the room: This movie is a mockbuster of Happy Feet. In fact, it was released days before Happy Feet Two, its sequel.
 * 2) False advertising: Like its cousin, Puss in Boots: A Furry Tail and another movie, Chop Kick Panda, the cover shows a 3D image, but the entire movie is animated in 2D only.
 * 3) And besides, Buddy and Lou, two important characters in the movie, don't appear on the cover.
 * 4) The flash animation the movie uses, while decent, looks very basic and simple, with the characters barely having animations other than gesturing or talking. Plus it doesn't even have a walking animation, resulting in the camera having to focus only on the tops of the characters when they move.
 * 5) The backgrounds, apart from Pingo's house, also seem too simple.
 * 6) It also reuses A LOT of character models, such as the penguins in the background, which are completely identical, and also the sea lions that appear at the end.
 * 7) A boring fart joke is shown during credits.
 * 8) Thrasher and Gabby are forgettable villains.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) It looks surprisingly well done for a popular movie ripoff. Also, it doesn't copy much from the movie.
 * 2) It has a decent and unique plot, and why "the protagonist is different from his kind" is better clarified than it was in Happy Feet.
 * 3) Most of the characters are nice, like Pingo, Lou, Buddy, Bella, Gerty and Ozzie.
 * 4) The animation as said before, is decent despite being too basic.
 * 5) The voice acting is decent, as is the script.
 * 6) There are some funny scenes here and there.

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