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''"That'll do, pig. That'll do."''

Based on a book named ''The Sheep-Pig'' by [[Dick King-Smith]], ''Babe'' is the story of a little piglet ("Babe" to the other animals he encounters and "Pig" to all the humans -- [[Fridge Brilliance|including the narrator]]) that gets plucked from his life as future dinner to become a prize at a fair, ending up on the farm of sheep rancher Mr. Hoggett. His ranch is quirky already, and taking in Babe, cared for by his sheepdog Fly, only makes things stranger.

Based on a book named ''The Sheep-Pig'' by [[Dick King-Smith]], ''[[Babe]]'' is the story of a little piglet ("Babe" to the other animals he encounters and "Pig" to all the humans -- [[Fridge Brilliance|including the narrator]]) that gets plucked from his life as future dinner to become a prize at a fair, ending up on the farm of sheep rancher Mr. Hoggett. His ranch is quirky already, and taking in Babe, cared for by his sheepdog Fly, only makes things stranger.

As it turns out, Babe is a kind and trusting sort that quickly befriends most of the farm, and uses his friendship to become an effective sheep herder. From there, Farmer Hoggett decides, instead of using Babe as a featured part of the dinner table, to use the little pig to actually compete in sheep dog trials.

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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Babe is a "babe" i.e, "baby" because of his naivety. Rex and Duchess because of their rank and place in the farm's hierarchy.

* [[Motor Mouth]]: Mrs. Hoggett.

* [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]: Since adult pigs aren't very cute, Babe never grows up, despite the fact that at least a couple months passed in the first movie, and it must've been a year by the time the sequel begins.

** Averted in the book, where it's vividly described how Babe, as a fully grown pig, trots out of Farmer Hoggett's van and to the trial field.

*** ''Really'' averted in ''Ace'', where the titular character starts as a cute piglet, but the narrative explicitly and several times mentions how he grows as time passes. At the end of the book, he's ''huge''.

* [[Parental Bonus]]: A particularly eyebrow raising one, again care of Ferdinand, this time describing his attempts to take over the rooster's role:

{{quote|"I tried making it with the chickens and it didn't work!"}}