Dumbo: Difference between revisions

 

On a side note, a direct to video sequel was planned (and a preview of it can be seen on the 2001 60th Anniversary DVD, or just [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEOs2zR6jD8 here]) but never got off the ground, [[Sequelitis|hopefully for the better]].

 

* [[Absurd Altitude]]

* [[Animal Talk]]: Played straight for the most part, but Timothy Mouse is able to communicate with a human who is sleeping. And he's seen acting as Dumbo's (apparently official) manager in the end, even signing contracts for him.

* [[Beef Bandage]]: One of the injured elephants is seen wearing one after the disastrous pyramid act.

* [[Blue Eyes]]: Dumbo has big baby-blue eyes.

* [[Bratty Half Pint]]: The kids that mock Dumbo, pull on his ears, and taunt him repeatedly ''even as he tries to hide under his mother''. Keep in mind that had this been real life, Dumbo's mother probably would have ''killed them'' for even getting ''close'' to Dumbo.

* [[Brick Joke]]: The crows sing about seeing everything if they ever saw an elephant fly. When Dumbo ''is'' flying, Jim Crows comments that now he ''has'' seen everything.

* [[Ears As Hair]]: Before he tries to participate in the pachyderm pyramid trick, Dumbo's ears are tied above his head so he won't stumble on them. Guess what happens while he's running out to the spring board.

* [[Ear Wings]]

* [[Expy]]: Timothy is very similar to [[Pinocchio (Disney)|Jiminy Cricket]], but far less iconic.

* [[Flanderization]]: The ringmaster in the movie wasn't necessarily an outright villain, just yet another human jerkass. But he's upgraded to being the main antagonist for Dumbo in Disney's ''Villains' Revenge.''

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Timothy's initial reaction to the [[Pink Elephants]] is "That's some pretty sh... ''HEY!''"

* [[Gossipy Hens]]: Those other elephants.

* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: "And now comes the climax!!!" The Ringmaster says this while undressing, too.<ref> "Climax" is still used to refer to the most exciting part of an entertainment today, though.</ref>

* [[Honorable Elephant]]: Dumbo is playful but never malicious. The Matriarch plays the trope more straight: "We elephants have always walked with dignity."

* [[Mushroom Samba]]: "Pink Elephants On Parade"

* [[Mysterious Middle Initial]]: We never learn what the Q in Timothy's name stands for.

** Ms. Jumbo has a moment of this during the "Roustabouts" sequence, when her eyes inexplicably became [[Black Bead Eyes]].

* [[Only in Florida]]: ...would a flying elephant be born.

* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: Dumbo

* [[The Unintelligible]]: Both Dumbo and Mrs. Jumbo only communicate via typical elephant sounds.

** Also in the movie itself, Dumbo has no spoken dialogue at all, and Mrs. Jumbo only speaks once -- when she says Dumbo's original name.

* [[Visual Pun]]: A "pink elephant" was, at the time of this film, a decades-old expression for a drunken hallucination. During Timothy and Dumbo's hallucination sequence, they see a parade of ''literal'' pink elephants.

* [[What Song Was This Again]]: The Spanish version of "Pink Elephants On Parade" isn't much like the original.