But the flying fish scene is in Cinemascope and the shot recreating the book cover is in Academy Ratio. Aspect Ratio Switch: The screen shape is normally 1.85:1.Part of the reason why the Japanese insurance investigators don't believe Pi's story is they find the meerkat island so biologically improbable.The hybrid vampire squid-anglerfish (because it is a hallucination).The businessmen incorrectly call meerkats rodents (very likely In-Universe, though).His observation could be interpreted as a base description of a hyena's behavior compared to a big cat, however. One would expect someone as familiar with animals as Pi to know that hyenas are not dogs.CGI African elephant in opening scene is obviously a tweaked model of Asian elephant, with distinctly shaped back and smoother, pink colored skin.Mind you, Pi does note that picking up a wild guinea pig would be like 'grabbing a knife by the blade'. Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Santosh Patel's lesson on the savagery of animals goes through a thorough list - and ends with guinea pigs.Anvilicious: In-Universe: Santosh Patel's lesson to Pi and Ravi about how dangerous animals are.Pi puts together a perfect meal on a gargantuan scale, with at least a dozen delicious Indian dishes and heaping platefuls of everything, rivers of ghee and mountains of rice, all washed down with gallons of crystal-clear, perfectly cold water, and a small cup of black coffee. And a Diet Coke: Exaggerated, but only in a dream sequence.Analogy Backfire: When Santosh announces that they are leaving India.The Aloner: Pi, before he discovers the animals /people.Naturally, the film had to let him keep his pants on, though he still ends up losing his shirt. Adaptational Modesty: As the cover shown above indicates, Pi ends up naked at some point during his journey in the book, after the wind and sea begins to wear down on his clothes until there's nothing left of them.Actor Allusion: Tabu played Irrfan Khan's wife in The Namesake as well.They decide the tiger is thus Richard Parker. Actually Pretty Funny: Pi and his family thought it was hilarious that Thirsty the Tiger had his name mixed up with Richard Parker, the hunter who caught him.He invents the nickname 'Pi' for himself to avoid this. The teachers try harder, but even they slip into calling him 'Pissing' when they're not concentrating.

Accidental Misnaming: Pi is instantly christened 'Pissing Patel' by the other children at his school.

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