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** Happens again at the end of the short when he loses the race and realizes that technology has replaced him and the gap between man and machine will just keep growing. Saddened, he and Babe leaves for Alaska and the last frontier.
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** Happens again at the end of the short when he loses the race and realizes that technology has replaced him and the gap between man and machine will just keep growing. Saddened, he and Babe leaves leave for Alaska and the last frontier.
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* JustSoStory: Why does Minnesota have ten thousand lakes? Because Paul and Babe trod around and made a lot of deep footprints that filled with water. Why does the Missouri River exist? Paul and Babe dug it to flow water to the saw mills. Why is Pike's Peak so tall? Paul needed a high spot so he could look around. How did the Grand Tetons come to be? From Paul and Babe's wrestling match. Why does Yellowstone Falls flow? It's Paul and Babes shower bath that they left running.
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* JustSoStory: Why does Minnesota have ten thousand lakes? Because Paul and Babe trod around and made a lot of deep footprints that filled with water. Why does the Missouri River exist? Paul and Babe dug it to flow water to the saw mills. Why is Pike's Peak so tall? Paul needed a high spot so he could look around. How did the Grand Tetons come to be? From Paul and Babe's wrestling match. Why does Yellowstone Falls flow? It's Paul and Babes shower bath that they left running. Why do the Northern Lights appear? That's Paul and Babe wrestling in the snow.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Even a mighty, superhuman giant cannot outpace innovation forever, and Paul is defeated by a modern steamsaw.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: In-universe. Even a mighty, superhuman giant cannot outpace innovation forever, and Paul is defeated by a modern steamsaw.
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* HappilyAdopted: After DoorstopBaby Paul washes up on the coast of Maine he's happily adopted by the townspeople that find him. The mechanics of giant diaper changing are not dwelt on.
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* HappilyAdopted: After DoorstopBaby Paul washes up on the coast of Maine he's happily adopted by the townspeople that find him. The tremendous work it takes to make his clothes and bottle-feed him is PlayedForLaughs, but thankfully the mechanics of giant diaper changing are not dwelt on.
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* SomebodyDoesntLikeRaymond: Throughout the film, everybody treats Paul Bunyan as a friend and equal... except for Joe Muffaw, who considers him outdated.
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* SomebodyDoesntLikeRaymond: SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: Throughout the film, everybody treats Paul Bunyan as a friend and equal... except for Joe Muffaw, who considers him outdated.
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*SomebodyDoesntLikeRaymond: Throughout the film, everybody treats Paul Bunyan as a friend and equal... except for Joe Muffaw, who considers him outdated.
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* LivingLegend: Paul is seen as this during his lifetime, and the narrator compares him to contemporaries such as Captain Stormalong and WesternAnimation/JohnHenry.
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* LivingLegend: Paul is seen as this during his lifetime, and the narrator compares him to contemporaries such as Captain Stormalong Stormalong, Joe Magarac, Pecos Bill and WesternAnimation/JohnHenry.
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* DarkReprise: The jaunty theme tune--"Hey Paul! Paul Bunyan!"--is played slower and in a more ominous key after Paul loses the competition to the steam saw. "Poor Paul...Paul Bunyan."
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* DarkReprise: The jaunty theme tune--"Hey Paul! Paul Bunyan!"--is played slower and in a more ominous key after Paul loses the competition to the steam saw. "Poor Paul...Poor Paul Bunyan."
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* JustSoStory: Why does Minnesota have ten thousand lakes? Because Paul and Babe trod around and made a lot of deep footprints that filled with water. Why is Pike's Peak so tall? Paul needed a high spot so he could look around.
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* JustSoStory: Why does Minnesota have ten thousand lakes? Because Paul and Babe trod around and made a lot of deep footprints that filled with water. Why does the Missouri River exist? Paul and Babe dug it to flow water to the saw mills. Why is Pike's Peak so tall? Paul needed a high spot so he could look around. How did the Grand Tetons come to be? From Paul and Babe's wrestling match. Why does Yellowstone Falls flow? It's Paul and Babes shower bath that they left running.
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* ManVersusMachine: Paul battles a steam-powered saw to see who can chop down more trees. Paul loses by one quarter inch.
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* ManVersusMachine: Paul battles a steam-powered saw to see who can chop down more trees. Paul loses by one quarter less than an inch.
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* ManVersusMachine: Paul battles a steam-powered saw to see who can chop down more trees. Paul loses by less than an inch.
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* ManVersusMachine: Paul battles a steam-powered saw to see who can chop down more trees. Paul loses by less than an one quarter inch.
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* GentleGiant: Paul is as friendly as can be, despite being gigantic. Even when Joe Muffaw insults him, he accepts the businessman's challenge fair and square, even though he could have easily squashed the tiny man.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Defied. Despite his unusual size, Paul is well taken care of by the townspeople and all the other kids his age treated him as a close friend.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Defied. Despite his unusual size, Paul is well taken care of by the townspeople and all the other kids his age treated him as a close friend. This continues into adulthood, as Bunyan is accepted everywhere as a hero and a LivingLegend. Basically the only person who doesn't care for him is Joe Muffaw, the city slicker, who thinks he's a relic.
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* DoorstopBaby: Paul washes up on the coast of a Maine town. (How is not explained.)
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* DoorstopBaby: Paul washes up on the coast of a Maine town. (How town the night a massive storm nearly levels the place. Where he came from is not explained.)never explained, but he arrived in a giant cradle, tucked in with a giant blanket, so presumably he was lost by an actual giant family.
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* ButNowIMustGo: Shortly after finding his calling as a lumberjack and helping his hometown thrive, Paul disappears west to continue his work, leaving a letter for his adoptive family. They never see him again.
** Happens again at the end of the short when he loses the race and realizes that technology has replaced him and the gap between man and machine will just keep growing. Saddened, he and Babe leaves for Alaska and the last frontier.
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* ManVersusMachine: Paul battles a steam-powered saw to see who can chop down more trees.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Even a mighty, superhuman giant cannot outpace innovation forever, and Paul is defeated by a modern steamsaw.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Defied. Despite his unusual size, Paul is well taken care of by the townspeople and all the other kids his age treated him as a close friend.
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It is, obviously, an adaptation of the myth of Myth/PaulBunyan.[[note]]Or rather an adaptation of an advertising campaign, as most everything associated with the Paul Bunyan "myth" was invented as marketing for a logging company.[[/note]] A gigantic cradle washes up on the shore of a coastal town in Maine, bearing an enormous baby whom the townsfolk adopt and christen "Paul Bunyan". Paul grows up to be a child of staggering size, so huge that he lifts off the roof of the schoolhouse when he wants to answer a question from the teacher.
Grown so tall that his head sometimes pokes above clouds, Paul heads west, where there are trees to chop. He clears out the Dakotas and digs the Missouri River to float logs. He heads further west, only to have a confrontation with a city slicker carrying a steam-powered saw.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Babe the ox jumps up on Paul's chest and licks his face just like a dog.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: Paul might have lost to the steam saw, but don't feel bad for him: he's still logging, up in Alaska, and still horsing around with Babe.
* DarkReprise: The jaunty theme tune--"Hey Paul! Paul Bunyan!"--is played slower and in a more ominous key after Paul loses the competition to the steam saw. "Poor Paul...Paul Bunyan."
* DoorstopBaby: Paul washes up on the coast of a Maine town. (How is not explained.)
* HappilyAdopted: After DoorstopBaby Paul washes up on the coast of Maine he's happily adopted by the townspeople that find him. The mechanics of giant diaper changing are not dwelt on.
* JustSoStory: Why does Minnesota have ten thousand lakes? Because Paul and Babe trod around and made a lot of deep footprints that filled with water. Why is Pike's Peak so tall? Paul needed a high spot so he could look around.
* ManVsMachine: Paul battles a steam-powered saw to see who can chop down more trees.
* MightyLumberjack: An adaptation of the UrExample, a lumberjack so mighty he dug the Missouri River.
* OpposingSportsTeam: Joe Muffaw, marketer of the steam powered saw, is painted as an annoying insufferable nerd. Of course he's only selling a saw, and unlike most of these man versus machine stories, his machine wouldn't even necessarily put any loggers out of work.
* {{Schoolmarm}}: The teacher at the one-room schoolhouse is startled when Paul lifts up the roof to the school to answer a math question.
* ThickLineAnimation: Animation done with thick lines as was fashionable in the 1950s.
* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: The climax has Paul battling against Joe Muffaw and his steam-powered saw. Paul loses by 1/4 inch.
