Babe: Difference between revisions

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* [[Brutal Honesty]]: Fly did not sugar-coat the fact from Babe that humans do eat pigs.

* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: Basically makes up the entire plot of both movies. When was the last time you cringed at a duck dinner?

* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Though the film gives a disclaimer that not ''all'' cats are mean (indeed, the ones in ''City'' are mostly nice). However, Duchess, the spoiled cat, is mean by even cat standards. {{spoiler|She not only gives Babe a nasty scratch, but also tells him that humans eat pigs.}}

** How is it her line "Pigs have no purpose" isn't here? It pretty much defines this trope.

** Ultimately subverted in ''Ace,'' where Clarence the cat is, at worst, a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]], and is quick to befriend the titular pig.

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* [[Meaningful Echo]]:

{{quote|Fly decided to speak very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that sheep were stupid, and no one would ever persuade her otherwise.

The sheep spoke very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that wolves were ignorant, and nothing would convince them otherwise. }}

The sheep spoke very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that wolves were ignorant, and nothing would convince them otherwise.}}

* [[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.''

*** ''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!"}}

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* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Ferdinand. In fact, he's not in the original book and was invented for the movie specifically to fill this role.

* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: The main reason for the ~~enimity~~ between sheep and dogs.

* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: The main reason for the enmity between sheep and dogs.

* [[Raised by Wolves]]: A variant; Babe is raised by a mother sheepdog, who does teach a somewhat awkward set of manners to the young pig. Somewhat appropriately, the sheep frequently refer to the dogs as "wolves"

* [[Raised by Wolves]]: A variant; Babe is raised by a mother sheepdog, who does teach a somewhat awkward set of manners to the young pig. Somewhat appropriately, the sheep frequently refer to the dogs as "wolves".

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Take your pick.

* [[The Quiet One]]: Hoggett.