History Headscratchers / TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad

** If the Horseman really is a ghost, its unlikely he needs the correct parts to produce a laugh. More likely however, what Ichabod saw was the top part of Brom Bones's scalp, which in the dark and in Ichabod's panicked state, probably looked either like pitch darkness or a severed head kept inside the Horseman's coat.
** Considering Ichabod is familiar with Brom's voice from prior encounters, and Brom would want the "Horseman"'s eerie laughter to sound as spooky as possible, it's also possible that Brom stuffed some kind of funnel into the collar of the costume to make his laughs echo creepily.
** It's a farming community. If Brom ''really'' wanted to be thorough, he could've stretched some black fabric stained with animal blood across the neck hole.

** If the Horseman really is a ghost, its unlikely he needs the correct parts to produce a laugh. More likely however, what Ichabod saw was the top part of Brom Bones scalp, which in the dark and in Ichabod's panicked state, probably looked either like pitch darkness or a severed head kept inside the Horsemans coat.

* More of a meta example, but ''why'' was "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" so scary? There's no horror in the Wind in the Willows part of the movie — all NightmareFuel comes from the last 5 minutes or so of the Sleepy Hollow part. Toad most certainly doesn't get hit by a train, die and go to hell! Why end the ride that way?
** Mr Toad's Wild Ride mostly follows it's own narrative and considering it was decided to make it a Dark Ride, it makes sense that they expanded on the scarier imagery. The actual Wind and the Willows segment also had some unsettling moments. The scene were Toad almost accidently drowns himself after the train chase certainly disturbed this troper the first time he watched the movie.

* Anybody notice that, for all the talk about Disneyfication, their version of ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' is more true to the book than the Creator/TimBurton version?
** That's because Burton's version was a loose retelling and not the actual story, much like how his ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' wasn't meant to be an exact retelling of those books. Hence why his movie is titled just ''Film/SleepyHollow1999'' instead of the book's (and Disney's) title ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow''.
** At the same time, it's a simple tale anyways, making this into a Feature Length movie would take a ''lot'' of AdaptationExpansion.

* During the Headless Horseman song, Ichabod's got a pile of... pink mush on his plate. What was that suppose to be? Mashed potatoes? Hasty pudding?

* Also, just how DID Toad manage to get out of his cell unnoticed? Yes, he's DisguisedInDrag, but unlike the book, there's no reason for a woman to be hanging around a prison cell.

* During the Headless Horseman song, Ichabod's got a pile of...pink mush on his plate. What was that suppose to be? Mashed potatoes? Hasty pudding?
** Its gelatin dessert. The story is set in 1790 and the dessert was around as early as 1747.
* More of a meta example, but ''why'' was "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" so scary? There's no horror in the Wind in the Willows part of the movie - all NightmareFuel comes from the last 5 minutes or so of the Sleepy Hollow part. Toad most certainly doesn't get hit by a train, die and go to hell! Why end the ride that way?

** He swapped places with Cyril, who was wearing an identical costume. Never mind how the guards overlooked that "Granny Toad" had shrunken from horse-size to toad-size while visiting her "grandson", or how ''Cyril'' got out of the cell after Toad had left....
* In the court scene, with the conflicting testimony between Cyril and Mr. Winkie's events of the Car case, and with the court believing Mr. Winnkie's story, shouldn't Cyril have gotten in trouble for perjury?

** He swapped places with Cyril, who was wearing an identical costume. Never mind how the guards overlooked that "Granny Toad" had shrunken from horse-size to toad-size, or how ''Cyril'' got out of the cell after Toad had left....

* Anybody notice that, for all the talk about Disneyfication, their version of ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' is more true to the book than the Tim Burton version?
** That's because Burton's version was a loose retelling and not the actual story, much like how his ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' wasn't meant to be an exact retelling of those books. Hence why his movie is titled just ''Film/SleepyHollow'' instead of the book's (and Disney's) title ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow''.

* More of a meta example, but ''why'' was "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" so scary? There's no horror in the Wind in the Willows part of the movie - all NightmareFuel comes from the last 5 minutes or so of the Sleepy Hollow part.

* Why did the barkeeper character lie on the witness stand about the contract? He could only lose by that. If he'd told the truth, Toad would have been exonerated for the theft charge, but barkeeper would have had full legal right to Toad Hall - it was a binding contract - so he would have come out on top. Instead, by lying he put himself in a lose-lose-situation: he'd denied the existence of the contract on the stand, so his inhabiting Toad Hall would eventually exonerate Toad, and make Toad get back Toad Hall.

** That's because Burton's version was a loose retelling and not the actual story, much like how his ''Film/AliceInWonderland'' wasn't meant to be an exact retelling of those books. Hence why his movie is titled just ''Film/SleepyHollow'' instead of the book's (and Disney's) title ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow''.

** Conjugal visit?

* Anybody notice that, for all the talk about Disneyfication, their version of ''TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' is more true to the book than the Tim Burton version?

** At the same time, it's a simple tale anyways, making this into a Feature Length movie would take a ''lot'' of AdaptationExpansion.

* Anybody notice that, for all the talk about Disneyfication, their version of ''Sleepy Hollow'' is more true to the book than the Tim Burton version?
** That's because Burton's version was a loose retelling and not the actual story, much like how his ''AliceInWonderland'' wasn't meant to be an exact retelling of those books. Hence why his movie is titled just ''Sleepy Hollow'' instead of the book's (and Disney's) title ''TheLegendOfSleepyHollow''.