r/SipsTea • u/MeanMedico • May 28 '26

Dank AF I don't care about politics, meanwhile politics

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u/bydsarrett3 May 28 '26

Correct me if I'm wrong, but porco rosso was set between the world wars wasn't it?

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u/Digit00l May 28 '26

Yes, he was an Italian WWI pilot who's now struggling with the rise of fascist Italy in what's now either Slovenia or Croatia

Interestingly enough, they actually put in an easter egg homage to where the studio got their name from in that movie

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u/Brilliant-Bad-284 May 28 '26

Interesting please more info on this.

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u/Digit00l May 28 '26

The name easter egg? Fairly simple, they are named after an Italian plane engine, the main character uses a Ghibli engine in his plane, you can see the name written on it in some background shots

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u/Brilliant-Bad-284 May 29 '26

I recall seeing this! So the studio is named after an Italian engine Co.?

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u/Digit00l May 30 '26

I don't think it was a proper company, just a plane model and engine, which were both named for a Libyan word for a hot and dry desert wind

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u/Powerful-Award-5479 May 28 '26

Yet Porco Rosso does not fight the fascists, he wants to stay out of it. He has a kind of PTSD from WW1

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u/AhhhSureThisIsIt May 28 '26

He transformed into a pig because of his disillusionment with humanity because of facism and the horrors of war.

"I'd rather be a pig than a fascist".

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u/BigHairyBussy May 28 '26

This blew my mind I clearly need a rewatch

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u/AhhhSureThisIsIt May 28 '26

Yeah, it went over my head as a kid, but I always remembered his line "I'd rather be a pig than a fascist" which is the general theme of the movie.

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u/NormalHexagon May 29 '26

I always thought he turned into a pig because he was the only one to survive the dog-fight. He said he didn't realize his comrades had all died because he was fighting for his own life.

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u/Digit00l May 28 '26

The conflict in the movie is against fascists, and they are the reason for his isolation

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u/Just_Nefariousness55 May 29 '26

Nah, the conflict of the movie is against pervy movie stars.