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A follow-up to the cartoon, ''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure'', was released in 2003, [[Direct to Video]], to celebrate the 30th anniversary.
In 2006, another adaptation was made, this time live-action. This one was Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes, thanks in part to remaining largely faithful to the source material and also, in part, due to a moving score by [[Danny Elfman]]. A video game based on this film was released for computer, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS and was reasonably well-reviewed, avoiding [[The Problem
Not to be confused with ''[[Babe]]'', which also features a pig in a prominent role and many of the same themes, but has no spider character.
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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: While {{spoiler|Wilbur lives, Charlotte dies soon after the fair, yet her children live on.}}
* [[Casting Gag]]: Templeton is voiced by openly gay Paul Lynde. It's an [[In Joke]] that he makes an embarrassed giggle when he's followed by a troupe of baby rats.
* [[Death
* [[Death Song]]: The second version of "Mother Earth and Father Time", from the 1973 animated film.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Charlotte has {{spoiler|514 children}} and their father is neither mentioned nor seen. Given the courtship habits of barn spiders, this is probably for the best.
* [[Disney Acid Sequence]]: The scene where Templeton sneaks around the fairgrounds at night in the '73 film. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84qCK2yzyi8 This] isn't actually too far off the mark from what actually happens.
* [[Disneyfication]]: This is what the original author felt the 1973 movie had subjected his story to.
* [[Down
* [[Dying Alone]]: {{spoiler|Charlotte, although in the 1973 film Wilbur, who lives, was there with her.}}
* [[Freudian Slip]]: Fern accidentally says "Wilbur" when the teacher asks her what the capital of Pennsylvania state is.
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* [[Verbal Tic]]: The geese tend to repeat their own words as they talk.
{{quote| '''Gander:''' It's my idio-idio-idiosyncracy.}}
* [[What Happened to
* [[What's in It For Me?]]: It's a continued theme in at least the animated movie that Templeton repeatedly asks this question, and is repeatedly answered with ''very'' strong incentives. One has to wonder why Templeton hasn't learned to expect it.
** Only once is Templeton ''not'' threatened - and that's the final time with promises of miles of food at the fair.
* [[You Dirty Rat]]: Templeton is a dirty, [[Big Eater|gluttonous]], selfish [[Jerkass]]. However, he's basically a good guy.
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