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A common misconception is that ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' was the first animated Disney movie to use CGI. Actually, it was this movie - the Bauble, boat, explosions, and cauldron itself were animated with CGI.
''[[The Black Cauldron (
A 25th anniversary edition was released on September 24, 2010, so it seems Disney is confident of some demand for it among audiences.
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* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Creeper, who was not part of Alexander's original series.
* [[Cartoon Creature]]: Gurgi is a strange example of this trope, looking something like a cross between an Old English Sheepdog, a marmot, and a gibbon.
* [[Closing Credits]]: Notable due to their absence in previous Disney animated films. From ''[[Snow White
* [[Collapsing Lair]]
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Quite a few.
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** And almost every supporting character from the book called ''The Black Cauldron'', such as Prince Ellydir and King Morgaunt.
* [[Clingy MacGuffin]]: Eilonwy's "bauble", which floats around chasing rats. This is (again) a huge departure from the books, in which the bauble was neither sentient nor able to move under its own power, but had many other magical properties.
* [[Composite Character]]: The book's Arawn and the Horned King are combined into one in the movie. Though the filmmakers work Arawn in by alluding to him as the [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Dem Bones]]: The Cauldron Born.
* [[Dirty Coward]]/[[Lovable Coward]]: Gurgi always ducks out at the first hint of trouble, much to Taran's fury...until he volunteers to give his life to stop the Cauldron Born.
* [[Disney Death]]: [[Heroic Sacrifice]] necessary? No worries.
* [[Due to
* [[Dueling Movies]]: With [[Care Bears|''The Care Bears Movie'']], its polar opposite. [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show|Guess which was the more successful film!]]
* [[Everything's Better
** In the books, she is known as a Princess of Llyr. She's actually the daughter of the Princess Angharad, who fell in love with a commoner and ran away from her royal family to marry him. Eilonwy is kidnapped from her parents and orphaned as a very young child. In the books, after the first adventure, she goes to live with Taran and Dallben at the farm Caer Dallben. Anyone who wants to belittle her calls her a "scullery maid", in reference to the chores she does there. The film reflects this point but fails to explain or develop it.
* [[Evil Brit]]: The Horned King (being voiced by [[John Hurt]]). Of course, most of the good guys also have British voice actors.
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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Constantly.
* [[More Expendable Than You]]
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Averted: They explicitly say the Horned King is going to kill them all. One more nail in the coffin of family-friendliness.
** The Horned King trying to raise his defeated Cauldron Born: "GET UP! '''KILL!!!'''"
* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: The Black Cauldron cannot be destroyed, only its power stopped; the Cauldron Born are invincible -- unless someone lays down their life...
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* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]
* [[The Renfield]]: Creeper.
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Shout-Out]]: After the Cauldron-born start dying:
{{quote| '''Creeper:''' [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|Maybe they're only restin', sire!]]}}
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