- Aluminium Christmas Trees: Fred and E.B being crowned as 'co-Easter bunnies' might seem like an Ass Pull to solve the issues of the movie, but co-monarchies are a real form of government even to this day.
- Anti-Climax Boss: E.B. easily defeats Carlos (in his chick/bunny hybrid form) by tricking his Bumbling Sidekick Phil into dancing to the beat of a conga and some barrels while he was marshalling, accidentaly causing the egg sleigh (where Carlos was on) to crash.
- Ass Pull: Some feel that the reveal of Carlos planning to replace Easter eggs with worms and bird-seed is one, given that it is never brought up before and only exists to remove any debate about whether he is the villain or not.
- Awesome Music:
- The Pink Berets' theme, performed by The DeeKompressors, is an awesome, badass pop-rock tune.
- Cody Simpson's version of "I Want Candy". One of only two songs Cody would make for an animated film.
- The Pink Berets' theme,
- Demographically Inappropriate Humour: The presence of the Playboy Mansion for a gag involving E.B. thinking that the mansion has been home for literal "sexy" bunnies, and Hugh Hefner (in a voice-only appearance as himself, heard over the entry phone) denying him access.
- Designated Hero: Although the Easter Bunny and E.B are ultimately meant to be heroic, they still uphold a hereditary monarchy that doesn't really appear to address the problems Carlos had. Also, The Easter Bunny insisting that a chick can’t become the Easter Bunny but allowing Fred (a human) to become co-Easter Bunny with EB leads to a lot of viewers assuming that the Easter Bunny is just racist against chicks.
- Designated Villain: Carlos is supposed to be seen as a power-hungry jerk for wanting to take over the position of Easter Bunny, but the film neglects to actually give any good reasons why the job shouldn't go to him. Carlos has been working for the Easter Bunny for years, knows the ins and outs of the job, he performs a Training Montage that proves he would be a worthy successor, and the only supposed negative consequence of a chick taking the role of Easter Bunny is that his body was mutated into being part-rabbit. Plus (perhaps most importantly) unlike E.B. Carlos actually wants the job. Carlos' villainous actions like capturing the bunnies and trying to kill the Easter Bunny, E.B and Fred and replacing all the Easter candy with bird food like worms and crickets only happens in the very end of the film. Knowing all of that, the Easter Bunny's insistence that only a bunny can succeed him comes across as narrow-minded, nonsensical, and even a little ungrateful considering everything Carlos and the rest of the chicks have done for him. It's even more absurd when Fred is crowned co-Easter Bunny even though he's not a rabbit, which was the only reason why Carlos was refused the job.
- Ensemble Dark Horse: The Pink Berets, to the point that most critics (and many furries) felt that movie should've been about them.
- Genius Bonus: E.B is disgusted with Fred's turkey jerky snack, and even calls it poison. This joke is funny, but also works because rabbits are obligate herbivores, meaning their digestive systems literally reject meat
- Harsher in Hindsight: E.B visits the Playboy Mansion claiming to be 'very sexy' and flirts with Sam by sniffing her hair without her knowledge or consent and asks if she's single. This becomes a lot creepier after his voice actor Russell Brand was accused of sexual harassment
- Hilarious in Hindsight: 9 years after this movie was released, E.B wouldn't be the only CGI cartoon animal that would befriend the same guy, who was once Cyclops himself.
- Ho Yay: Fred and E.B. have a fair bit between them, oddly enough. The coronation scene is played like a wedding!
- I Am Not Shazam: The main character's name is E.B., and there's no one in the movie actually named Hop.
- Narm: When Fred realises his life's purpose, he tells E.B., "I will be the Bunny" fairly seriously.
- Narm Charm: At the same time, Fred saying "I will be the bunny" is also heartwarming in the context of the film so some viewers can go with it.
- No Yay: E.B., an anthropomorphic bunny, develops an attraction to Sam, a human, and even goes so far to sniff her hair and ask Fred, her brother, if she's single. Lampshaded as Fred is clearly disgusted in response.
- Older Than They Think: The idea of chickens attempting to take over Easter, Carlos planning on becoming "The Easter Chicken", and feeling underappreciated by the Easter bunny isn't a new idea. The concept is in the 1991 direct-to-video movie Easter Egg Mornin by country singer Bobby Goldsboro, which predates Hop by 20 years. In Easter Egg Mornin, the chickens decide to go on strike after noticing the Easter Bunny (known as "Picasso "Speedy" Cottontail) rarely giving the flock any credit and try handling Easter by themselves. Similar to Carlos' motivations, Henrietta fantasizes about becoming "The Easter Chicken", including replacing chocolate bunnies with chocolate chickens. The only difference is that Speedy, Henrietta, and the chickens apologize for not giving each other enough credit and resume working together before Speedy does his Easter morning delivery.
- Popular with Furries: Most non-negative or So Bad, It's Good attention given to the film comes from furries. E.B. and the Pink Berets are rather popular with rabbit lovers to boot.
- Rooting for the Empire: Plenty of people admit that they wanted Carlos to win due to him genuinely wanting the role as opposed to E.B., as well as the implied racism towards him and his fellow chicks being rather unfair.
- So Bad, It's Good: Many would admit that the film's plot is rather ridiculous and the film itself is a bit awful, but in a charming sort of way. Others are just into the film for E.B. and the Pink Berets.
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot:
- For a movie with a Be Yourself aesop, you'd think that E.B. wanting to be a drummer and Carlos wanting to be the Easter Bunny would compliment each other and support the message.
- Considering that both Fred and Carlos want to be the Easter Bunny, it's a missed opportunity they never get a proper conversation with each other.
- E.B's father accepting Fred as the new Easter Bunny is extremely rushed, even though it should be the major event of the film. We don't even get a proper scene of him learning Fred didn't kill E.B and apologising.
- Took the Bad Film Seriously: James Marsden is trying his absolute hardest to make this work and did a good performance. His acting was considered to be one of the few good parts of the movie.
- Unintentionally Unsympathetic:
- As the protagonist, the audience is meant to feel bad for E.B., since his father is unwilling to let him follow his dreams and do what he wants. However, the way E.B. goes about following his dreams isn't exactly ideal. He runs away from home, guilt-trips a random human he just met into staying at the mansion he's house-sitting, which E.B. then trashes into a pigsty, fakes his own death just to get the Pink Berets off his back leaving Fred to take the blame and overall takes advantage of Fred in order to advance his own goals. He comes off as a selfish and rather whiny child as a result, though he does get somewhat better by the end.
- His father can also come off as this due to how be refuses to allow Carlos to take his position even though Carlos has been nothing but helpful to him all because he's a chick and not a rabbit. The fact that he allows a human to become his assistant at the end only adds salt to the wound.
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