History WesternAnimation / TheFoxAndTheHound

* AmbiguousSituation: We never find out whether or not the unseen hunter who killed Tod's mother in the prologue is actually either Amos Slade or perhaps even someone else altogether.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Tod and Copper in the novel were strictly prey and predator. The Disney movie turns them into childhood friends tragically torn apart in adulthood.

* ADogNamedDog:
** Tod the tod.
** Tod's foxy lady, Vixie the vixen

* ADogNamedDog: Tod the tod.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The original book ends with a full blown DownerEnding where [[spoiler: Tod dies, both of his mates and his kits all die, Copper is put down by the hunter (who Amos is based on) so he doesn't have to abandon him when he's taken to a nursing home, and the forest has been completely destroyed by urbanization.]] The Disney adaptation alters it into a BittersweetEnding where [[spoiler: [[SparedByTheAdaptation Tod, his mate Vixey, and Copper survive]], but Tod and Copper are forced to permanently go their separate ways.]]

** Copper tries to defend Slade from the bear. [[CurbStompBattle A hound fighting a bear has predictable results]]. Tod sees that the bear will kill Copper and runs to save him, but all he can do is make the bear mad. [[spoiler: He only survives because the bear stupidly breaks the log he and Tod are standing on, dropping the bear to his death.]]

* TheJuggernaut: The giant bear who appears at the climax. Copper biting him on the '''neck''' just serves to enrage him. Tod biting and yanking on his ear just causes the bear to throw him off. [[spoiler: The only thing able to stop the bear is [[DisneyDeath to send him falling in a waterfall.]]]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: Dinky and Boomer are predecessors to the later PluckyComicRelief duos in Disney animated films, such as Timon and Pumbaa from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', Tantor and Terk from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'', Rutt and Tuke from ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', and Tip and Dash from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea''.

[[caption-width-right:250:♪ ''You're not even aware, you're such a funny pair...''♪]]

Released in 1981, ''The Fox and the Hound'' is the 24th movie in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, very, very, ''very'' [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] a [[Literature/TheFoxAndTheHound book of the same name]]. It is the first Disney animated feature which Walt Disney had no involvement in whatsoever[[note]]Walt died while ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook'' was in post and ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'' was the last feature he personally greenlit. He was still involved with the early planning stages of ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', and the three featurettes that would eventually be compiled into ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh''. This was the first film to be developed after Disney had died (the original book was released in 1967, a year after his passing)[[/note]] and the last to feature any significant involvement from members of the veteran board of animators known as the [[UsefulNotes/DisneysNineOldMen "Nine Old Men"]], with director/producer Wolfgang Reitherman and animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston (the last of the nine employed full-time at the studio by 1977) retiring before the end of production. Resultantly, the majority of the film would be animated by a younger crew, among them [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 John Musker]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Ron Clements]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Glen Keane]], [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Chris Buck]], [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Brad Bird]] and an eccentric young assistant animator known as Creator/TimBurton.

Released in 1981, ''The Fox and the Hound'' is the 24th movie in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, very, very, ''very'' [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] a [[Literature/TheFoxAndTheHound book of the same name]]. It is the first Disney animated feature which Walt Disney had no involvement in whatsoever[[note]]Walt died while ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook'' was in post and ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'' was the last feature he personally greenlit. He was still involved with the early planning stages of ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', and the three featurettes that would eventually be compiled into ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh''. This was the first film to be developed after Disney had died (the original book was released in 1967, a year after his passing)[[/note]] and the last to feature any significant involvement from members of the veteran board of animators known as the [[UsefulNotes/DisneysNineOldMen "Nine Old Men"]], with director/producer Wolfgang Reitherman and animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston (the last of the nine employed full-time at the studio by 1977) retiring before the end of production. Resultantly, the majority of the film would be animated by a younger crew, among them [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 John Musker]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Ron Clements]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Glen Keane]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}} Chris Buck]], [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Brad Bird]] and an eccentric young assistant animator known as Creator/TimBurton.