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| language = Danish<br />English

| budget = 101 million [[Danish krone|DKK]] ($18 million USD)<ref name=budget />

| gross = $1255.6 million<ref name=gross />

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'''''Help! I'm a Fish''''' ({{langx|da|'''Hjælp, jeg er en fisk'''}}; also known as '''''A Fish Tale''''') is a 2000 animated [[science fantasy]] [[musical film]] directed by Stefan Fjeldmark, Greg Manwaring, and Michael Hegner, and written by Fjeldmark, [[Karsten Kiilerich]], John Stefan Olsen, and Tracy J. Brown. It stars the voices of [[Alan Rickman]], [[Terry Jones]], and a then-unknown [[Aaron Paul]].

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The film tells the story of three kids–Fly, his little sister Stella, and cousin Chuck—who turn into fish and must return to human form before 48 hours are up; otherwise, they will be stuck as fish forever.

It was released on 6 October 2000 in [[Denmark]], 10 August 2001 in the United Kingdom, and 5 September 2006 in the United States. Animation production was split between [[A. Film Production]] in Denmark, [[Munich Animation]] in Germany and [[Terraglyph Interactive Studios]] in Dublin, Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web |title={{!}} The Irish Film & Television Network |url=http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&aid=70&rid=989&tpl=filmography_dets&only=1&force=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100138/http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&aid=70&rid=989&tpl=filmography_dets&only=1&force=1 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |access-date= |website=[[Irish Film and Television Network]]}}</ref> The film was a commercial successfailure and [[box-office bomb]], grossing $1255.6 million in Denmark against an approximate $18 million budget and receiving mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and audiences.

==Plot==