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When Margalo flies away, Stuart leaves the city in a quest to find her. He acquires a gasoline-powered model car and travels the country. He finds employment as a substitute teacher from time to time. The most notable event includes finding a love interest in his own size, Harriet Ames. They go to a single date before he leaves to continue his quest. The novel has no resolution.

''Stuart Little'' was adapted to a namesake film in 1999, which combined live-action and computer animation. The voice for the main character was provided by [[Michael J. Fox]]. It was a box office hit, so naturally it received sequels: ''Stuart Little 2'' (2002) and ''Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild'' (2006). The second film was more of the same and did reasonably well at the box office. The third film was fully computer-animated, also directly released to video. An [[Animated Adaptation|animated series]] was created in 2003 but only lasted a single season, 13 episodes.

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* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: Inverted with Snowbell. In the book, he [[Cats Are Mean|is very nasty toward Stuart]], without a hint of remorse. In the movies, while villainous at first, Snowbell eventually [[Heel Face Turn|becomes one of Stuart's allies]].

* [[Animal Athlete Loophole]]: In the first film, most of the boats in the race are being operated by remote control. Guess there [[Aint No Rule]] that says a mouse can't be sailing one.

* [[Big Bad]]: Smokey, the mob boss-like leader of a pack of cats, in the first film. The Falcon, a vicious tyrant who forces Margalo to do his bidding, is this in the second film. The Beast, a deadly Mountain Lion who forces Reeko to do his bidding, serves as the primary villain of the third film.

* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]: In ''Stuart Little 2'', Stuart and Snowbell head out to a seedier part of town to find the whereabouts of the villainous Falcon, Stuart as intrepid as usual, and Snowbell in the need of a litter box. They meet up with Monte, who explains to the two how sinister the Falcon is. Snowbell is left terrified:

'''Monte:''' Mop up on aisle three! }}

* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Played with in the films. Snowbell starts out very antagonistic toward Stuart, even trying to eat him and kill him, but later is shown as a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] and, when his street cat friends from the alley want him to eat Stuart to be [[In with the In Crowd]], he ultimately sides with Stuart. Played straight in the novel, however.

* [[Description Cut]]: In ''Stuart Little 2:''

'''Snowbell:''' [burp] Oh, those flies really repeat on ya. }}

* [[Disney Villain Death]]: Subverted, Smokey and Falcon both fall from a great height but both survive. {{spoiler|However, Smokey is chased by dogs and never seen again. Falcon lands in a garbage can and is apparently killed and eaten by Monte.}}

* [[Dissimile]]: In ''Stuart Little 2:''

* [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu]]: The second film has something sort of like this. After being told that Margolo isn't going anywhere, Stuart replies, "Yes she is!" and fires an arrow at Falcon. This pisses Falcon off to the extreme, and he almost manages to kill Stuart.

* [[Fake American]]: Hugh Laurie, as Stuart's father.

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]]: In the second film, Stuart befriends Margolo, a little bird who is menaced by a falcon. This would just be another case of [[Carnivores Are Mean]], but note that Margolo is an adorable female canary and the falcon is depicted as a vicious, mad-eyed, scheming mob boss voiced by James Woods.

* [[You Got Spunk]]: In ''Stuart Little 2'':

 

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