How to Kill a Mockingbird

"How To Kill A Mockingbird" is a 12 minute-long Flash movie made by Anthony Scodary and Nico Benitez. It centers on a book report of To Kill a Mockingbird made by a little boy who Did Not Do the Research, leading to Crazy Awesome results.


 * Abnormal Ammo - The guns on the pirates' laser swords shoot other swords.
 * Achilles Heel - The only way to kill a Mockingbird is.
 * Alternate Character Interpretation - And how.
 * - It's the only way to kill a Mockingbird.
 * Did Not Do the Research - In multiple ways. Intentionally. The kid writing it only read the first chapter.
 * Everything's Better with Dinosaurs
 * Everything's Worse with Bears - Bears that are on fire.
 * Everything's Even Worse with Sharks / Flying Seafood Special - The pirates ride on the backs of flying sharks.
 * That are on fire.
 * Giant Flyer - The Mockingbird is a giant cyborg-bird monstrosity with two heads, one of which is that of Pat Sajak, and blades like those of a helicopter.
 * And it's on fire.
 * Cold fire
 * Imperial China
 * Incendiary Exponent - The sharks and bears are on fire, and the Mockingbird is on "cold fire".
 * Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja
 * - Surprising, no?
 * Laser Blade - The pirates' laser swords with guns on them. The mockingbird can shoot lightsabers out of its mouth.
 * Lightsabers that are on fire.
 * Lens Flare - The flying pirate ship has a lens flare and motion blur, which is mentioned by the narrator.
 * Made of Iron - The pirates can survive falling a million feet to the ground below, because they're pirates.
 * Magical Negro - The mysterious slave woman.
 * Ninja
 * Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot - Quite possibly one of the most over-the-top examples ever made.
 * Ominous Floating Castle - Which doubles as a time machine.
 * Our Presidents Are Different - They're actually ninjas who transformed themselves into presidents. Wait, not presidents, I meant volcanoes.
 * Pirate
 * Robotic Reveal - Scout is actually a robot guy.
 * Rule of Cool
 * Rule of Funny
 * Sky Pirate - Boo Radley and his crew.
 * Smoke Shield - Not only was the mockingbird unharmed, it had grown another head, which was even bigger-looking.
 * So Bad It's Good - Intentionally.
 * Sound in Space - But they really didn't care at that point.
 * Stuff Blowing Up
 * Time Travel
 * Time Skip - There is a nine year time skip during the ninja vs. pirate battle.
 * Trope Codifier - Given how old the short is, it could probably be this for Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot.
 * Visual Pun - Dill is played by a pickle.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting - The ninjas transform into dinosaurs, fireballs, volcanoes, and presidents.
 * You Fail Linguistics Forever - The book "How to kill a Mockingbird" is written in "African".
 * Visual Pun - Dill is played by a pickle.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting - The ninjas transform into dinosaurs, fireballs, volcanoes, and presidents.
 * You Fail Linguistics Forever - The book "How to kill a Mockingbird" is written in "African".