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* '''Mr. Badger''': Something of a British [[Hermit Guru]], he lives alone in the middle of the Wild Woods. One would expect him to be huge and terrifying, which he is. But he subverts it by actually being rather nice, sheltering guests and being fond of children. Despite his status as a [[Gentle Giant]], he can -- if necessary -- [[Let's Get Dangerous|be deadly]] in defense of his friends.
The story is often [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory|seen as an allegory]] of different things, though it seems that it's both Christianity and [[World War
Parts of it have been adapted, badly, into the [[Disney Animated Canon]]. Ever wonder what the inspiration was for [[wikipedia:Mr. Toadchr(27)s Wild Ride|the most terrifying ride at DisneyLand/World]]? This. There was another animated version by [[Rankin/Bass Productions|Bass & Rankin]], that is sometimes [[All Animation Is Disney|mistaken for a Disney movie]]. There have also been many, many [[The Film of the Book|movies]], [[The Musical|musicals]] and stage plays based on the book. The Cosgrove Hall version is quite well regarded. They even did The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, but as a separate episode in the spinoff series rather than a chapter in the original film. There are [[Contested Sequel|contested sequels]] by other authors. By the way, the whole text of the book is available for ''free'' [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows here].
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* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: The narrative says it's against animal etiquette to actually discuss it, but the subject is touched upon by Rat, when he describes the inhabitants in the Wild Wood:
{{quote|"Weasels — and stoats — and foxes — and so on. They're all right in a way — I'm very good friends with them —pass the time of day when we meet, and all that — but they break out sometimes, there's no denying it, and then —well, you can't really trust them, and that's the fact."}}
* [[Character Development]]: Over the novel, Mole comes out of his shell, and Toad settles down to become serious and respectable by the end. Badger also becomes a little bit less reclusive, shown in the epilogue. Grahame pointed out in a later interview that [[Aesop Amnesia|Toad would eventually turn back to his old ways.]] Mole is the only character whose development would stick.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Mr. Toad, at times. "A motorcar! Poop-poop! Poop-poop!" (or, in some editions, "Beep-beep!")
* [[Cool Boat]]: It's just a punt, but Ratty's boat is described as beautifully painted and gaily decorated, and there's always a picnic basket on board. Unfortunately, it gets sunk near the end of the novel thanks to the stoats.
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* [[A Dog Named "Dog"]]: All the principal characters are either this or [[Species Surname]] (since they only appear to have one name apiece, it's hard to tell which).
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Mr. Toad's second defining characteristic; he wrecks five cars a week, on average, and has to be locked into his room to try and dissuade him.
* [[Food Porn]]: The stew Toad dines on, which contains no less than seven animals, is lovingly described. Toad's expression of rapture in the accompanying illustration doesn't help.
* [[Funny Animal]]: The whole cast, except for the humans that Toad interacts with.
* [[Furry Confusion]]:
** Not particularly strong, but in a lot of the artwork, the main cast are much, much bigger than the stoats and weasels. Also, while the main cast wears clothing, Otter wears none.
** Also: Toad has a horse called Alfred. While he is an actual quadrupedal horse who carries the caravan, he does seem to be sentient. Strangely, this is one of the few animal characters not [[Species Surname|named after his species]].
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Mole and Water Rat.
* [[Leitmotif]]: In the TV series, each character, e.g. Mole, Toad, has a certain musical theme.
* [[Lions and Tigers and Humans, Oh My!]]: Zig-zagged. Most of the animals live in burrows (albeit in very human-like comfort) and have little or no interaction with humans. Mr. Toad, on the other hand, lives in an actual house, drives cars, is put on trial in a human court, held in a human prison, and escapes by disguising himself as a human washerwoman. During his escape no one suspects that he's Mr. Toad until he actually announces it when he rides off with a barge woman's horse. And he also interacts on a more-or-less equal basis with all the other animals.
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