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"I think you're on the wrong page -- this is about the [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney Animation]], the filthy joke is [[The Aristocrats|The Aristo]]''[[The Aristocrats|crats]]''."
 
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=== This film provides examples of: ===
 
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Yes, they did have motorcycles in 1910. They were invented in [[Older Than They Think|1885]]. Likewise, the [[Le Metropolitain|Métro 1]] opened in 1900.
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* [[Animal Talk]]: At the very least, cats, horses, mice and geese all speak the same language; a couple of talking dogs also appear, but we never see them interact with the cats.
** A joke right near the end implies that either Madame can speak the animal language, or she just believes they speak.
* [[Anti -Villain]]: Edgar is one of the few Disney Villains - if not the only one - who is not exactly pure evil; while he is greedy, he does not seem to be cruel. It would have been easy for him to just kill Duchess and her kittens, but instead, he chose to kidnap them and release them into the wild---and when that didn't work, he decides to send them to Timbuktu. Moreover, he's shown to have more redeeming features and is never willing to kill anyone.
* [[Author Existence Failure]] This was Walt Disney's final film. He died during the late stages of its production.
* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]
* [[Blonde Brunette Redhead]]: The three kittens: Marie (white), Berlioz (dark) and Toulouse (orange).
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Madame's attorney who has to be interrupted during an impromptu rendition of ''[[Carmen (Theatre)|Carmen]]'' to actually work on a will.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Edgar. Also, Lafayette and Napoleon at times.
* [[The Butler Did It]]: Edgar is Disney's epitome of this.
* [[CaligulasCaligula's Horse]]: A rare protagonistic version, as Madame intended to have her estate be given to her pet cats.
* [[Captain Ethnic]]: O'Malley's pal, Scat Cat, who was [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|modeled on]] (and almost voiced by) [[Louis Armstrong (Music)|Louis Armstrong]], leads a [[Five -Man Band|jazz band]] consisting of alley cats from [[Multinational Team|England, Italy, Russia and China]]. All are stereotypical to an extent, especially the [[Values Dissonance|Chinese]] [[Ethnic Scrappy|one]].
** Scat Cat also bears no small resemblance to [[Ink Suit Actor|his voice]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatman_Crothers Scatman Crothers].
* [[Casanova]]: Implied with O'Malley, who lathers Duchess in praise like a pro. He later seems surprised by how true his comments were.
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* [[French Cuisine Is Haughty]]: Featured a dish called Prime Country Goose a la Provençale, which is apparently "stuffed with chestnuts" and "basted in white wine."
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Edgar served Madame Bonafamille faithful and loyally all his life for having her leaving all her fortune to her cats which don't even know what is it.
* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]: Okay, admit it. Madame Bonfamille's pretty hot for an lady her age. This is actually most noticeable during the scene where she is shown climbing out of her bed and discovering that her cats are gone.
* [[G -Rated Sex]]: While it's obvious the kittens had a biological father, no one ever really talks about it.
* [[Gay Paree]]
* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: Marie is getting a disproportionate amount of attention in Japan, and is more frequently featured in the Disneyland Tokyo. The reason why? Japanese love kittens..
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** The scene with a sleepy Napoleon and Lafayette and a back-scratching Edgar is fairly full of innuendo.
** Madame revealing herself to be extremely beautiful at night.
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Voice]]: [[The Fox and The Hound|Chief]] is Napoleon.
** [[The Jungle Book|Baloo]] is O'Malley.
** [[The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh|Tigger]] is Shun Gon.
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* [[No Fourth Wall]]: The last scene.
* [[No More for Me]]: At one point, a man sees Scat Cat and his gang run past, with Roquefort apparently in hot pursuit (he's just trying to catch up so he can tell them where they're headed) and promptly pours away his bottle of wine.
* [[One -Scene Wonder]]: Bill Thompson as the ''hilariously'' drunk Uncle Waldo.
** Even the main characters comment on it. "I like Uncle Waldo." "Yes, especially when he's 'marinated.'"
** Unfortunately, this was also Bill Thompson's final role in an animated film, due to him dying of a heart attack a few months later.
* [[Overly Long Name]]: Thomas O'Malley's full name is Abraham De Lacey Gi-u-sep-pe Casey Thomas O'Malley. He introduces himself with an [["I Am" Song]] based on the name.
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Duchess:
{{quote| '''Duchess''': Your name seems to cover all of Europe!}}
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* [[Parental Bonus]]: Most young children won't catch the pun on "aristocrats," but their parents will.
* [[Pet Heir]]
* [[Pun -Based Title]]: Let me guess...they're cats from the upper class?
* [[Railroad Tracks of Doom]]
* [[Sarcasm Mode]]: Although O'Malley's compliments of Duchess seem fairly genuine, the way he lathers the geese seems to be dripping with sarcasm.
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* [[What Song Was This Again]]: "Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat" becomes ''Every cat is a musician'' in the Greek version, "Everyone wants to play some Jazz" in the Italian version, and "Cats need lots of music" in the German version.
* [[White and Grey Morality]]: The protagonists are a family of good cats. The antagonist is a greedy butler who, on the other hand, probably served faithfully Madame Bonfamille the whole life and he arguably had rights to the inehritance.
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Edgar basically "turned evil" after he learns all the inheritance will pass to the cats.
* [[You Fail Animal Care Forever]]: Pouring half a bottle of sleeping pills into a bowl of milk and feeding it to cats is a fantastic way to get them killed. If nothing else, it will do a mouse in quickly.
** But cats have nine lives! At least, that's what Edward thinks!