Dumbo: Difference between revisions

* [[Absurd Altitude]]

* [[Alcohol Hic]]: Dumbo and Timothy become very cute versions of these.

* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]:All the other elephants ostracize Dumbo on the account of his large ears.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: The four Gossiping Elephants are unnamed in the film, but the model sheets label them as "Catty", "Giddy", "Prissy", and "Matriarch".

** The big-eared kid who teased Dumbo was named "Skinny".

* [[Animals Lack Attributes]]: Played straight to the point where all of the circus animals even have to rely entirely on Delivery Storks in order for them to have offspring.

* [[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.

* [[Black Bead Eyes]]: Ms. Jumbo, but only in a brief, [[Off-Model]] moment during the "Roustabouts" sequence.

* [[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.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Dumbo, big time.

* [[Cool Train]]: Casey Jr.

* [[Cute Mute]]: Dumbo never says a word in the entire film; he just looks mournful or happy when appropriate. Which is fitting, seeing as how he's, well, a baby.

* [[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 film)|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.''

* [[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."

** Damn Clowns.

** The kids that make fun of Dumbo surely fall under this.

* [[Unfortunate Names]]: Dumbo Jumbo.

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

* [["The Villain Sucks" Song]]: Disney seems to consider ''Pink Elephants On Parade'' one, having included it on the ''Simply Sinister Songs'' CD.

* [[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.

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