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* CombatPragmatist: Works both ways. The prince challenges Pete to a swordfight to save Mickey in the climax. He was established to be practicing with stationary knight statues. While the prince is competent, Pete has years of experience and a propensity to fight dirty. He soon has the prince on the ropes until the prince fights dirty in turn.
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* RealityEnsues: The prince challenges Pete to a swordfight to save Mickey in the climax. He was established to be practicing with stationary knight statues. While the prince is competent, Pete has years of experience and a propensity to fight dirty. He soon has the prince on the ropes until the prince fights dirty in turn.
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A 1990 short film from Disney loosely adapting Creator/MarkTwain's ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', starring WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse as both the prince and the pauper. It was shown in theatres with ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder''. Notably, it was the final Disney animated short to use hand-painted cels.
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A 1990 short film from Disney loosely adapting Creator/MarkTwain's ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', starring WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse as both the prince and the pauper. It was shown in theatres with ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder''. Notably, it was the final Disney animated short to use hand-painted cels.
cels, as well as the final appearance of Elvia Allman as Clarabelle Cow before her death in 1992.
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** The prince when Pete stops him from returning to the palace.
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* OhCrap:
** The weasel guard when Goofy (disguised as the executioner) inadvertently throws his ax at him.
** Donald when he realizes that the nearby guards are going to capture Goofy while he's trying to release the Prince.
** The weasel guard when Goofy (disguised as the executioner) inadvertently throws his ax at him.
** Donald when he realizes that the nearby guards are going to capture Goofy while he's trying to release the Prince.
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* PrivateTutor: The prince is introduced receiving instruction on Trigonometry from the chamberlain (Horace), who seems to handle the prince's education as well, and bored out of his mind. The prince begins to amuse himself by tormenting DonaldDuck.
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* PrivateTutor: The prince is introduced receiving instruction on Trigonometry from the chamberlain (Horace), who seems to handle the prince's education as well, and bored out of his mind. The prince begins to amuse himself by tormenting DonaldDuck.WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck.
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* AnimalsNotToScale: The owl is human height, and the weasels are about four to five feet tall, much bigger than normal sized owls and weasels respectively.
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* AnimalsNotToScale: The cast of anthropomorphic animals has the usual issues with sizes of the Disney shorts, but adds a new one in the owl who serves as archbishop: he is human height, taller and the weasels are about four to five feet tall, much bigger bulkier than normal sized owls and weasels respectively.Horace (a horse).
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* PetPositiveIdentification: Pluto runs up to the Prince pretending to be Mickey, but after licking him and sniffing him he instantly realizes he's not his loyal master and leaves him. Later, after the climax, both Mickey and the Prince are together and no one can tell the other apart. No one, that is, except for Pluto, who charges Mickey and smothers him with kisses
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* NonSequiturThud: After Goofy accidentally maces a weasel on the head, he kisses him on the nose and babbles, "Thank you, I had a lovely evening..." before fainting.
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* NonSequiturThud: After Goofy accidentally maces a weasel on the head, he kisses him on the nose and babbles, "Thank you, I I've had a lovely evening..." before fainting.
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* {{Mooks}}: Pete has an army of weasel soldiers, who are lifted from ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad''.
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* {{Mooks}}: Pete has an army of weasel soldiers, who are lifted from ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad''.''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad''.
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* WickedWeasel: They appear as Pete's henchmen. However, they're not as evil as the [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit ones who hunt a certain rabbit]], only as evil as the [[Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad ones who swindle a certain toad into trading the deed to his estate for a stolen motorcar]].
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* WickedWeasel: They appear as Pete's henchmen. However, they're not as evil as the [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit ones who hunt a certain rabbit]], only as evil as the [[Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad ones who swindle a certain toad into trading the deed to his estate for a stolen motorcar]].
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* GrassIsGreener: Both Prince Mickey and Pauper Mickey. With that said, Pauper Mickey immediately realizes that switching places is a bad idea; he was just thinking what it would be like to be out of the cold with regular meals. The Prince is the one who realizes the slum life is not all that cracked up to be.
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* GrassIsGreener: Both Prince Mickey and Pauper Mickey.Mickey fall under this. With that said, Pauper Mickey immediately realizes that switching places is a bad idea; he was just thinking what it would be like to be out of the cold with regular meals. The Prince is the one who realizes the slum life is not all that cracked up to be.
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** The king was this before he fell ill. The narration mentions that he was loved for this. When he's dying, he asks who he thinks is his son to rule from his heart, justly and wisely.
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** Mickey doesn't gain Hal's AcquiredSituationalNarcisissm from living the royal life. Suffering a HumiliationConga with the lessons helped with that. The most he does is play-fence with the statues, which the Prince was doing anyway, and immediately wants to find the real Prince when the king dies.
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** Mickey doesn't gain Hal's AcquiredSituationalNarcisissm AcquiredSituationalNarcissism from living the royal life. Suffering a HumiliationConga with the lessons helped with that. The most he does is play-fence with the statues, which the Prince was doing anyway, and immediately wants to find the real Prince when the king dies.
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* FireForgedFriends: The Prince at first tries to get away from Goofy, not knowing he is Mickey's best friend.
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* FireForgedFriends: The Prince at first tries to get away from Goofy, not knowing he is Mickey's best friend. Then Goofy gives him a place to stay, and listens when the Prince shows his ring. When the Prince is captured, Goofy shows up to rescue him and Donald. Mickey also does his best to help the prince during the coronation fight against Pete, and hugs him in relief when the villain is defeated. By the end, they're all members of the new King's court.
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* GrassIsGreener: Both Prince Mickey and Pauper Mickey. With that said, Pauper Mickey immediately realizes that switching places is a bad idea.
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* GrassIsGreener: Both Prince Mickey and Pauper Mickey. With that said, Pauper Mickey immediately realizes that switching places is a bad idea.idea; he was just thinking what it would be like to be out of the cold with regular meals. The Prince is the one who realizes the slum life is not all that cracked up to be.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: If the Prince hadn't decided to make the switch with an IdenticalStranger, he wouldn't have seen Pete's guards robbing the peasants of food. It also makes him determined to take Pete down on realizing how corrupt the Captain is.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** Mickey doesn't gain Hal's AcquiredSituationalNarcisissm from living the royal life. Suffering a HumiliationConga with the lessons helped with that. The most he does is play-fence with the statues, which the Prince was doing anyway, and immediately wants to find the real Prince when the king dies.
** Donald is nowhere near as hot-tempered as he is in previous canon material. While he gets mad at the prince, he doesn't end up in a Hulking rage.
** Mickey doesn't gain Hal's AcquiredSituationalNarcisissm from living the royal life. Suffering a HumiliationConga with the lessons helped with that. The most he does is play-fence with the statues, which the Prince was doing anyway, and immediately wants to find the real Prince when the king dies.
** Donald is nowhere near as hot-tempered as he is in previous canon material. While he gets mad at the prince, he doesn't end up in a Hulking rage.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Against all odds, Goofy is scary with an executioner's ax. He knocks out the guard with the keys by accident with it, which buys time for him and Donald to figure out which one will open their jail cell before they're caught.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Pete realizes that if word gets out that he manhandled the Prince, whom he mistook for peasant Mickey, he'll lose his job at best and at worst be tried for treason. It's actually against the laws at the time to lay a finger on royalty, especially if you are in their employ.
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* ExactWords: Mickey tries to TakeAThirdOption near the finale by invoking the law that since he's the prince, and every order the prince gives must be obeyed, and tries to have Pete arrested. It doesn't work, but thankfully at that moment, the real prince shows up.
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* ExactWords: Mickey tries to TakeAThirdOption near the finale by invoking the law that since he's the prince, and every order the prince gives must be obeyed, obeyed and tries to have Pete arrested. It doesn't work, but thankfully at that moment, the real prince shows up.
* FireForgedFriends: The Prince at first tries to get away from Goofy, not knowing he is Mickey's best friend.
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* GrassIsGreener: Both Prince Mickey and Pauper Mickey.
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* GrassIsGreener: Both Prince Mickey and Pauper Mickey. With that said, Pauper Mickey immediately realizes that switching places is a bad idea.
* IHaveYourWife: Pete captures Pluto and tells Mickey to do exactly as he says, or the dog gets it. Mickey at first plays along but realizes he can't be crowned king and tries to stall for time at the coronation.
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* KarmicJackpot: Despite being peasants who only knew him for a day, Mickey and Goofy do what they can to help the real prince during the coronation. Donald does the same, despite not liking how the prince treats him because he thinks it's wrong that Pet is placing an impostor on the throne. As a reward, the prince makes him part of their court as trusted advisors and ensures that they will never starve or be mistreated again.
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* KarmicJackpot: Despite being peasants who only knew him for a day, Mickey and Goofy do what they can to help the real prince during the coronation. Donald does the same, despite not liking how the prince treats him because he thinks it's wrong that Pet Pete is placing an impostor on the throne. As a reward, the prince makes him part of their court as trusted advisors and ensures that they will never starve or be mistreated again.
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** The prince in the climax. Up to that point, he was a goofy prankster that only cared about having fun. Then he finds out Pete was going to use Mickey to usurp him and gets angry on seeing the guard threaten the disguised mouse. The Prince pulls out his sword, reveals himself, and shows he is a capable fencer. While Pete is better in terms of experience, the prince uses his prankster attitude to gain an advantage.
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** The prince in the climax. Up to that point, he was a goofy prankster that only cared about having fun. Then he finds out Pete was going to use Mickey to usurp him and gets angry on seeing the guard guards threaten the disguised mouse. The Prince pulls out his sword, reveals himself, and shows he is a capable fencer. While Pete is better in terms of experience, the prince uses his prankster attitude to gain an advantage.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Pete is a master at this. He finds out from the guards that a mouse with the royal crest stopped a riot, which makes him realize the peasant claiming to be the Prince wasn't lying. Except, he tossed the Prince out, which means he's in trouble for manhandling royalty. Pete doesn't panic, however; he logically concludes that only the Prince and the guards know about this manhandling, so they only have to tie up one loose end. As an added bonus, he has an impostor at hand who can be easily persuaded to do Pete's bidding, thanks to a certain dog who's been waiting outside the palace...
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* LoopholeAbuse: Mickey tries to TakeAThirdOption during the Prince's coronation, to avoid being wrongfully crowned or becoming Pete's PuppetKing, by invoking how the Prince's every order must be obeyed. He then tries to have Pete arrested, but unfortunately for him the guards are loyal to the captain, not him.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Mickey tries to TakeAThirdOption during the Prince's coronation, to avoid being wrongfully crowned or becoming Pete's PuppetKing, by invoking how the Prince's every order must be obeyed. He then tries to have Pete arrested, but unfortunately for him him, the guards are loyal to the captain, not him.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: At the coronation, the real Prince shows up to save Mickey and outs the Captain as a traitor. Pete starts going ICanExplain, so the Prince waits to hear his reasons, not wanting to be a RoyalBrat anymore. He could talk his way out of it or try and turn the crowd against the incoming king. Instead, Pete pulls the rug from under the prince's feet and goes after him with a sword. This reveals to the entire crowd that Pete ''is'' a traitor and none help him or his guards when Donald and Goofy join the fray. It also means that Mickey is given a silent pardon for impersonating the Prince since he helped save him, making Pete's plan moot.
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* OutGambitted: During the coronation, Mickey faces a MortonsFork: Agree to be Pete's PuppetKing or see his beloved dog Pluto killed. He tries to TakeAThirdOption by invoking the law's ExactWords that a prince's every order must be obeyed, and tries to order Pete arrested. Unfortunately for him, the guards already know; Pete puts a stop to his by ordering the guards to seize ''him'' instead by outing Mickey as an impostor. (Thankfully for Mickey, [[BigDamnHeroes the real prince shows up that exact moment.]])
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* OutGambitted: During the coronation, Mickey faces a MortonsFork: Agree to be Pete's PuppetKing or see his beloved dog Pluto killed. He tries to TakeAThirdOption by invoking the law's ExactWords that a prince's every order must be obeyed, and tries to order Pete arrested. Unfortunately for him, the guards already know; know about the switch; Pete puts a stop to his this by ordering the guards to seize ''him'' instead by outing Mickey as an impostor. (Thankfully for Mickey, [[BigDamnHeroes the real prince shows up that exact moment.]])
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* SpoiledBrat: Prince Mickey is shown to be a bit of one, often tormenting his valet WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck for amusement and switching places with a very nervous Mickey out of snobbish boredom. He gets better after seeing the injustices.
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* SpoiledBrat: Prince Mickey is shown to be a bit of one, often tormenting his valet WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck for amusement and switching places with a very nervous Mickey out of snobbish boredom. He gets better after seeing the injustices.injustices in the real world.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Mickey tries this during the coronation. Faced with either being Pete's PuppetKing or seeing his beloved dog Pluto killed, Mickey tries to invoke the law's ExactWords that the prince's every order must be obeyed, and orders the guards to seize Pete. Unfortunately for him, a) the guards are loyal to Pete rather than the Prince, b) Pete instantly outs him as an impostor. Thankfully for Mickey, the Prince pulls a BigDamnedHeroes.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Mickey tries this during the coronation. Faced with either being Pete's PuppetKing or seeing his beloved dog Pluto killed, Mickey tries to invoke the law's ExactWords that the prince's every order must be obeyed, and orders the guards to seize Pete. Unfortunately for him, a) the guards are loyal to Pete rather than the Prince, b) Pete instantly outs him as an impostor. Thankfully for Mickey, the Prince pulls a BigDamnedHeroes.BigDamnHeroes.
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* AdaptationalKarma: Benevolent example; Mickey and Donald help the prince when Pete tries to kill him. Rather than let them leave with a token of thanks, it's implied they've become FireForgedFriends and that the Prince will make sure they have a proper place in his court.
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* AdaptationalKarma: Benevolent example; Mickey Mickey, Goofy and Donald help the prince when Pete tries to kill him. Rather than let them Mickey and Goofy leave with a token of thanks, it's implied they've all become FireForgedFriends and the end narration confirms that the Prince will make sure they have a proper place in made them part of his court.
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* ChekhovsGun: The prince's ring. He uses it to prove to the royal guards that he is the prince and stop the riot they try to instigate.
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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
** The prince's ring. He uses it to prove to the royal guards that he is the prince and stop the riot they try toinstigate. instigate.
** Dog in this case; Pluto waited faithfully by the palace knowing that the mouse in Mickey's clothes was not his master. This allowed Pete to capture Pluto and use him as a hostage against Mickey. Unfortunately, Pete made the mistake of having Pluto at the coronation; the dog seizes the opportunity to get free and save both the prince and his Mickey by biting Pete in the butt. This allows the prince to gain an advantage in the fight. When the owl with the crown gets confused, Pluto happily licks Mickey, who is relieved his dog is safe.
** The prince's ring. He uses it to prove to the royal guards that he is the prince and stop the riot they try to
** Dog in this case; Pluto waited faithfully by the palace knowing that the mouse in Mickey's clothes was not his master. This allowed Pete to capture Pluto and use him as a hostage against Mickey. Unfortunately, Pete made the mistake of having Pluto at the coronation; the dog seizes the opportunity to get free and save both the prince and his Mickey by biting Pete in the butt. This allows the prince to gain an advantage in the fight. When the owl with the crown gets confused, Pluto happily licks Mickey, who is relieved his dog is safe.
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* TheComicallySerious: Horace is the Prince's stuffy and stoic teacher, whose monotone voice and inability to realize that the Prince is the one causing trouble rather than Donald are ''hilarious''.
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* TheComicallySerious: Horace is the Prince's stuffy and stoic teacher, whose monotone voice and inability to realize that the Prince is the one causing trouble rather than Donald are is ''hilarious''.
** The original novel is a satire about royalty, with Hal and Edward each learning that one's life is not easier than the other and they prefer being back in their proper clothes. In the Disney version, the captain of the guards is taking advantage of the king's illness to be a tyrant in his name and locks up the real prince to hide witnesses about the switch.
* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: PlayedForDrama. The king has been ill for so long that he's delirious, which allowed Pete to take advantage of the power vacuum. When Mickey is summoned to talk to him, the king can't tell that his "son" is an impostor.
* KarmicJackpot: Despite being peasants who only knew him for a day, Mickey and Goofy do what they can to help the real prince during the coronation. Donald does the same, despite not liking how the prince treats him because he thinks it's wrong that Pet is placing an impostor on the throne. As a reward, the prince makes him part of their court as trusted advisors and ensures that they will never starve or be mistreated again.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Prince whispers "Father" when he learns that the king has died. He stares out of Mickey and Goofy's slums with a ThousandYardStare, realizing that if he had stayed in the palace as Mickey had suggested, he would have been there. This makes him determined to prove to Goofy that he is the prince and they need to return to the palace.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Prince whispers "Father" when he learns that the king has died. He stares looks out of Mickey and Goofy's slums with a ThousandYardStare, realizing that if he had stayed in the palace as Mickey had suggested, he would have been there. This makes him determined to prove to Goofy that he is the prince and they need to return to the palace.
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* NiceToTheWaiter: The prince starts as a SpoiledBrat who deals with boredom by tormenting his valet Donald. Horace explicitly tells of the prince for this, saying he needs to be kinder. With that said, the prince stops the captain from bullying Mickey, who only came onto the palace grounds to find Pluto and is quite civil to the "peasant". While exploring the streets in Mickey's clothes, the prince gets righteously furious on seeing how the guards are stealing food in the king's name and eventually realizes he needs to return to the palace to stop these abuses. He even makes up with Donald in the dungeons, implicitly apologizing for mistreating him, and makes the trio part of his royal court.
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** When a peasant in rags is tossed out of the palace, Pluto goes to greet his master. He gets bewildered when "Mickey" starts kissing him and saying "I'm free!" Goofy is similarly bewildered that his best friend doesn't remember his name and tries to get away from him; even so, it takes the prince showing his ring to convince Goofy he is not Mickey. Meanwhile, Pluto waits at the palace, fearing the worst for his master. You may be able to fool Goofy but you cannot fool a dog like Pluto.
** Donald starts noticing that "the prince" is behaving during his lessons rather than tormenting him. At first, he starts giggling at how inept Mickey is but eventually figures it out; it's implied that is why he is tossed into the dungeons since he could identify which mouse was which.
** When a peasant in rags is tossed out of the palace, Pluto goes to greet his master. He gets bewildered when "Mickey" starts kissing him and saying "I'm free!" Goofy is similarly bewildered that his best friend doesn't remember his name and tries to get away from him; even so, it takes the prince showing his ring to convince Goofy he is not Mickey. Meanwhile, Pluto waits at the palace, fearing the worst for his master. You may be able to fool Goofy but you cannot fool a dog like Pluto.
** Donald starts noticing that "the prince" is behaving during his lessons rather than tormenting him. At first, he starts giggling at how inept Mickey is but eventually figures it out; it's implied that is why he is tossed into the dungeons since he could identify which mouse was which.
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* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Donald hugs the prince in relief when he sees the latter tossed into the dungeons. It's implied he figured out the switch and was worried that the prince was killed by the guards.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: The Prince here isn't so dumb as to just claim he's royalty to everyone while wearing Mickey's rags, as he was in the book. He shows Mickey that he has a ring with the royal crest that proves his identity and will use it in case of an emergency. It helps quell a riot that Pete's guards start, and gets Goofy to believe him.
* AdaptationalKarma: Benevolent example; Mickey and Donald help the prince when Pete tries to kill him. Rather than let them leave with a token of thanks, it's implied they've become FireForgedFriends and that the Prince will make sure they have a proper place in his court.
* AdaptationalKarma: Benevolent example; Mickey and Donald help the prince when Pete tries to kill him. Rather than let them leave with a token of thanks, it's implied they've become FireForgedFriends and that the Prince will make sure they have a proper place in his court.
* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Donald hugs the prince in relief when he sees the latter tossed into the dungeons. It's implied he figured out the switch and was worried that the prince was killed by the guards.
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* CharacterDevelopment: The Prince in this version starts off as a bit of spoiled snob who torments his valet for fun and runs off to slum it as a peasant, even after being told that his father is gravely ill. However, after witnessing the captain of the guard's corruption and abuse of power (stealing food from peasants) and learning that his father died [[NeverGotToSayGoodBye when he wasn't there to say good bye]], he becomes much more kind, noble, and determined to right the wrongs he's witnessed.
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* CharacterDevelopment: The Prince in this version starts off as a bit of spoiled snob who torments his valet for fun and runs off to slum it as a peasant, even after being told that his father is gravely ill. However, after witnessing the captain of the guard's corruption and abuse of power (stealing food from peasants) and learning that his father died [[NeverGotToSayGoodBye when he wasn't there to say good bye]], he becomes much more kind, noble, and determined to right the wrongs he's witnessed. That means he realizes he has to return to the palace and become coronated.
* ChekhovsGun: The prince's ring. He uses it to prove to the royal guards that he is the prince and stop the riot they try to instigate.
* ChekhovsSkill: The prince is established as someone who fences for fun. He actually manages to fight thanks to practicing with the knights' armor.
* ChekhovsSkill: The prince is established as someone who fences for fun. He actually manages to fight thanks to practicing with the knights' armor.
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* TheDogBitesBack: A literal example: Pluto does this to Pete in the climax after the latter used him and Mickey as pawns for his schemes -- [[BigDamnHeroes and not a second too soon, as Pete has the Prince cornered and is about to do him in once and for all.]] (See also ButtBiter.)
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* TheDogBitesBack: TheDogBitesBack:
** A literal example: Pluto does this to Pete in the climax after the latter used him and Mickey as pawns for his schemes -- [[BigDamnHeroes and not a second too soon, as Pete has the Prince cornered and is about to do him in once and for all.]] (See also ButtBiter.))
** Pete threatened Mickey to make him a PuppetKing. When he's distracted, Mickey and the prince put out their feet to trip him and defeat him once and for all.
** A literal example: Pluto does this to Pete in the climax after the latter used him and Mickey as pawns for his schemes -- [[BigDamnHeroes and not a second too soon, as Pete has the Prince cornered and is about to do him in once and for all.]] (See also ButtBiter.
** Pete threatened Mickey to make him a PuppetKing. When he's distracted, Mickey and the prince put out their feet to trip him and defeat him once and for all.
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* ExactWords: Mickey tries to TakeAThirdOption near the finale by invoking the law that since he's the prince, and every order the prince gives must be obeyed, and tries to have Pete arrested. It doesn't work, but thankfully at that moment the real prince shows up.
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* ExactWords: Mickey tries to TakeAThirdOption near the finale by invoking the law that since he's the prince, and every order the prince gives must be obeyed, and tries to have Pete arrested. It doesn't work, but thankfully at that moment moment, the real prince shows up.up.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Mickey refuses to be crowned king knowing that he's not the real prince. He stalls for time during the ceremony and happily gives the mantle to the Prince when the latter proves his identity.
** Donald hates the prince for pulling pranks on him and being a brat. Even ''he'', however, thinks that it's wrong of Pete to use an impostor. Thus, he and Goofy help as best as they can to thwart Pete's coup at the coronation.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Mickey refuses to be crowned king knowing that he's not the real prince. He stalls for time during the ceremony and happily gives the mantle to the Prince when the latter proves his identity.
** Donald hates the prince for pulling pranks on him and being a brat. Even ''he'', however, thinks that it's wrong of Pete to use an impostor. Thus, he and Goofy help as best as they can to thwart Pete's coup at the coronation.
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* GladIThoughtOfIt: According to the Prince, that phrase and "Guards, {{seize him}}!" is all you need to fake it as a ruler.
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* GladIThoughtOfIt: According to the Prince, that phrase and "Guards, {{seize him}}!" is all you need to fake it as a ruler. It turns out he was wrong when Mickey tries it to save his dog and avoid being crowned king.
* LetsGetDangerous:
** The prince in the climax. Up to that point, he was a goofy prankster that only cared about having fun. Then he finds out Pete was going to use Mickey to usurp him and gets angry on seeing the guard threaten the disguised mouse. The Prince pulls out his sword, reveals himself, and shows he is a capable fencer. While Pete is better in terms of experience, the prince uses his prankster attitude to gain an advantage.
** ''Goofy'' of all people pulls this. When the Prince gets imprisoned in the dungeon, Goofy disguises himself as the executioner, knocks out the guard who has the keys, and busts the prisoners out. Then he and Donald storm the coronation and free Pluto (by accident), which allows the Prince to get an edge over the guard.
** The prince in the climax. Up to that point, he was a goofy prankster that only cared about having fun. Then he finds out Pete was going to use Mickey to usurp him and gets angry on seeing the guard threaten the disguised mouse. The Prince pulls out his sword, reveals himself, and shows he is a capable fencer. While Pete is better in terms of experience, the prince uses his prankster attitude to gain an advantage.
** ''Goofy'' of all people pulls this. When the Prince gets imprisoned in the dungeon, Goofy disguises himself as the executioner, knocks out the guard who has the keys, and busts the prisoners out. Then he and Donald storm the coronation and free Pluto (by accident), which allows the Prince to get an edge over the guard.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Prince whispers "Father" when he learns that the king has died. He stares out of Mickey and Goofy's slums with a ThousandYardStare, realizing that if he had stayed in the palace as Mickey had suggested, he would have been there. This makes him determined to prove to Goofy that he is the prince and they need to return to the palace.
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* OutGambitted: During the coronation, Mickey faces a MortonsFork: Agree to be Pete's PuppetKing or see his beloved dog Pluto killed. He tries to TakeAThirdOption by invoking the law's ExactWords that a prince's every order must be obeyed, and tries to order Pete arrested. Unfortunately for him, Pete puts a stop to his by ordering the guards to seize ''him'' instead by outing Mickey as an imposter. (Thankfully for Mickey, [[BigDamnHeroes the real prince shows up that exact moment.]])
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* OutGambitted: During the coronation, Mickey faces a MortonsFork: Agree to be Pete's PuppetKing or see his beloved dog Pluto killed. He tries to TakeAThirdOption by invoking the law's ExactWords that a prince's every order must be obeyed, and tries to order Pete arrested. Unfortunately for him, the guards already know; Pete puts a stop to his by ordering the guards to seize ''him'' instead by outing Mickey as an imposter.impostor. (Thankfully for Mickey, [[BigDamnHeroes the real prince shows up that exact moment.]])
* RealityEnsues: The prince challenges Pete to a swordfight to save Mickey in the climax. He was established to be practicing with stationary knight statues. While the prince is competent, Pete has years of experience and a propensity to fight dirty. He soon has the prince on the ropes until the prince fights dirty in turn.
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** Horace proves to be this; he's not oblivious to the Prince being a prankster. When the Prince goads Donald into shooting the professor with a spitball, Horace shoos Donald out of the classroom but listens when the duck says that the prince started it. Horace then tells off the Prince for being immature and that he needs to act like proper royalty. He may be oblivious but he's not stupid.
** After his experience, the prince is determined to become one. He is angry about the guards stealing food from the commoners, who are starving, and how they are bullies. The Prince tells Goofy he needs to return to the palace and rule as a proper king.
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** Horace proves to be this; he's not oblivious to the Prince being a prankster. When the Prince goads Donald into shooting the professor with a spitball, Horace shoos Donald out of the classroom but listens when the duck says that the prince started it. Horace then tells off the Prince for being immature and that he needs to act like proper royalty. He may be oblivious but he's not stupid.
** After his experience, the prince is determined to become one. He is angry about the guards stealing food from the commoners, who are starving, and how they are bullies. The Prince tells Goofy he needs to return to the palace and rule as a proper king.
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* SpoiledBrat: Prince Mickey is shown to be a bit of one, often tormenting his valet WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck for amusement and switching places with a very nervous Mickey out of snobbish boredom. He gets better.
* SpotTheImpostor: Pluto can tell which one is his master Mickey.
* SpotTheImpostor: Pluto can tell which one is his master Mickey.
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* SpoiledBrat: Prince Mickey is shown to be a bit of one, often tormenting his valet WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck for amusement and switching places with a very nervous Mickey out of snobbish boredom. He gets better.
better after seeing the injustices.
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** Pluto can tell which one is his masterMickey.Mickey. This is how he identifies the real Mickey in the climax to clear up the misunderstanding.
** It's implied that Donald figured out that Mickey wasn't the prince after seeing him suffer through the lessons. Why ''else'' is he in the dungeons and threatened with execution?
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** Pluto can tell which one is his master
** It's implied that Donald figured out that Mickey wasn't the prince after seeing him suffer through the lessons. Why ''else'' is he in the dungeons and threatened with execution?
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* TakeAThirdOption: Mickey tries this during the coronation. Faced with either being Pete's PuppetKing or seeing his beloved dog Pluto killed, Mickey tries to invoke the law's ExactWords that the prince's every order must be obeyed, and orders the guards to seize Pete. Unfortunately for him, a) the guards are loyal to Pete rather than the Prince, b) Pete instantly outs him as an imposter. Thankfully for Mickey, the Prince pulls a BigDamnedHeroes.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Mickey tries this during the coronation. Faced with either being Pete's PuppetKing or seeing his beloved dog Pluto killed, Mickey tries to invoke the law's ExactWords that the prince's every order must be obeyed, and orders the guards to seize Pete. Unfortunately for him, a) the guards are loyal to Pete rather than the Prince, b) Pete instantly outs him as an imposter.impostor. Thankfully for Mickey, the Prince pulls a BigDamnedHeroes.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Horace has actual dialogue for the first time here (not counting comic appearances).
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* NotSoStoic: The ''one'' time Horace's collected demeanor ever breaks is when the Prince continues to provoke Donald, causing him to fire a projectile that hits Horace in the buttocks. Without missing a beat, he reprimands Donald in his usual proper manner, only snapping when Donald protests. He then tells the Prince to behave himself and gets on with the lesson right where he left off.
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A 1990 short film from Disney loosely adapting Creator/MarkTwain's ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', starring WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse as both the prince and the pauper. It was shown in theatres with ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder''. Notably, it was the final Disney animated short to use hand-painted cels.
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A 1990 short film from Disney loosely adapting Creator/MarkTwain's ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', starring WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse as both the prince and the pauper. It was shown in theatres with ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder''.''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder''. Notably, it was the final Disney animated short to use hand-painted cels.
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* MortonsFork: Mickey faces one after the good king dies. He can be Pete's PuppetKing and let him terrorize the kingdom unchecked, or refuse and see his beloved dog Pluto killed. He tries to TakeAThirdOption, but alas...
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* MortonsFork: Mickey faces one after the good king dies. He can be Pete's PuppetKing and let him terrorize the kingdom unchecked, or refuse and see his beloved dog Pluto killed. He tries to TakeAThirdOption, but alas...thankfully the real prince shows up soon anyway.
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* OutGambitted: During the coronation, Mickey faces a MortonsFork: Agree to be Pete's PuppetKing or see his beloved dog Pluto killed. He tries to TakeAThirdOption by invoking the law's ExactWords that a prince's every order must be obeyed, and tries to order Pete arrested. Unfortunately for him, Pete puts a stop to his by ordering the guards to seize ''him'' instead by outing Mickey as an imposter. (Thankfully for Mickey, [[BigDamnedHeroes the real prince shows up that exact moment.]])
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* OutGambitted: During the coronation, Mickey faces a MortonsFork: Agree to be Pete's PuppetKing or see his beloved dog Pluto killed. He tries to TakeAThirdOption by invoking the law's ExactWords that a prince's every order must be obeyed, and tries to order Pete arrested. Unfortunately for him, Pete puts a stop to his by ordering the guards to seize ''him'' instead by outing Mickey as an imposter. (Thankfully for Mickey, [[BigDamnedHeroes [[BigDamnHeroes the real prince shows up that exact moment.]])
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* CassandraTruth: Mickey tries to protest that switching places isn't a good idea, but the Prince doesn't listen. Guess how well it goes.
* CharacterDevelopment: The Prince in this version starts off as a bit of spoiled snob who torments his valet for fun and runs off to slum it as a peasant, even after being told that his father is gravely ill. However, after witnessing the captain of the guard's corruption and abuse of power (stealing food from peasants) and learning that his father died [[NeverGotToSayGoodBye when he wasn't there to say good bye]], he becomes much more kind, noble, and determined to right the wrongs he's witnessed.
* CharacterDevelopment: The Prince in this version starts off as a bit of spoiled snob who torments his valet for fun and runs off to slum it as a peasant, even after being told that his father is gravely ill. However, after witnessing the captain of the guard's corruption and abuse of power (stealing food from peasants) and learning that his father died [[NeverGotToSayGoodBye when he wasn't there to say good bye]], he becomes much more kind, noble, and determined to right the wrongs he's witnessed.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Prince in this version starts off as a bit of a snobby brat who torments his valet for fun and runs off to slum it as a peasant at the first opportunity, but he ''does'' have a good heart, since he's horrified to see Pete rough-handle a random peasant from his classroom window, and later when he sees the guards steal from peasants. He grows out of the "jerk" part later.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Mickey tries to TakeAThirdOption during the Prince's coronation, to avoid being wrongfully crowned or becoming Pete's PuppetKing, by invoking how the Prince's every order must be obeyed. He then tries to have Pete arrested, but unfortunately for him the guards are loyal to the captain, not him.
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* OutGambitted: During the coronation, Mickey faces a MortonsFork: Agree to be Pete's PuppetKing or see his beloved dog Pluto killed. He tries to TakeAThirdOption by invoking the law's ExactWords that a prince's every order must be obeyed, and tries to order Pete arrested. Unfortunately for him, Pete puts a stop to his by ordering the guards to seize ''him'' instead by outing Mickey as an imposter. (Thankfully for Mickey, [[BigDamnedHeroes the real prince shows up that exact moment.]])
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* SpoiledBrat: Prince Mickey is shown to be a bit of one, often tormenting his valet WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck for amusement and switching places with a very nervous Mickey out of snobbish boredom. He gets better.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Mickey tries this during the coronation. Faced with either being Pete's PuppetKing or seeing his beloved dog Pluto killed, Mickey tries to invoke the law's ExactWords that the prince's every order must be obeyed, and orders the guards to seize Pete. Unfortunately for him, a) the guards are loyal to Pete rather than the Prince, b) Pete instantly outs him as an imposter. Thankfully for Mickey, the Prince pulls a BigDamnedHeroes.
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A 1990 short film from Disney loosely adapting Creator/MarkTwain's ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', starring WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse as both the prince and the pauper. It was shown in theatres with ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder''. The film served as the setting of the final level of the video game ''VideoGame/MickeyMania''.
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A 1990 short film from Disney loosely adapting Creator/MarkTwain's ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', starring WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse as both the prince and the pauper. It was shown in theatres with ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder''. Notably, it was the final Disney animated short to use hand-painted cels.
The film served as the setting of the final level of the video game ''VideoGame/MickeyMania''.
The film served as the setting of the final level of the video game ''VideoGame/MickeyMania''.
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* KnightOfCerebus: While it is downplayed a bit at the end, this film's version of Pete is significantly darker than other interpretations, being a corrupt captain of the guard who takes advantage of the dying king's ailment by raiding and pillaging the kingdom to his heart's desire and making everyone think he is doing it under orders from the king himself, thereby ruining the monarch's reputation in the eyes of the kingdom's citizens. To add to that, after discovering the prince has traded places with a commoner (Mickey), he decides to blackmail Mickey into becoming a PuppetKing by threatening Pluto's life while (presumably) planning to execute the real prince to ensure nobody will believe Mickey is not the true heir to the throne. And when the prince arrives to expose Pete, [[IllKillYou Pete flat-out tries to]] ''[[IllKillYou murder]]'' [[IllKillYou him in full view of everyone else.]]
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* KnightOfCerebus: While it is downplayed a bit at the end, this This film's version of Pete is significantly darker than other interpretations, being a corrupt captain of the guard who takes advantage of the his dying king's ruler's ailment by raiding and pillaging the kingdom to his heart's desire and while making everyone think he is doing it under orders from the king himself, thereby ruining the monarch's reputation in the eyes of the kingdom's his citizens. To add to that, after discovering realizing the prince has traded places with a an identical-looking commoner (Mickey), he decides to blackmail Mickey into becoming a PuppetKing by threatening Pluto's life while (presumably) planning to execute the real prince to ensure nobody will believe Mickey is not the true heir to the throne. And when the prince arrives to expose Pete, [[IllKillYou Pete flat-out tries to]] ''[[IllKillYou murder]]'' [[IllKillYou him in full view of everyone else.]]
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** This interpretation of Pete is an abusive captain of the guard who sullies the king's reputation by doing acts of extreme abuse of power under his name and made a SadisticChoice to Mickey that he'd kill Pluto if he didn't become a PuppetKing. When the Prince exposes Pete's scheme for all to see, Pete seemingly surrenders gracefully -- [[ISurrenderSuckers then viciously attacks the Prince when he lets his guard down]], basically trying to flat-out ''murder'' him. He would likely have succeeded if Pluto hadn't intervened and given Pete even better than he got.
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** This interpretation of Pete is an abusive captain of the guard who sullies the king's reputation by doing acts of extreme abuse of power under his name and made a SadisticChoice to Mickey that he'd kill Pluto if he didn't become a PuppetKing. When the Prince exposes Pete's scheme for all to see, Pete seemingly surrenders gracefully -- [[ISurrenderSuckers then viciously attacks the Prince when he lets his guard down]], basically [[IllKillYou trying to flat-out ''murder'' him. flat-out]] ''[[IllKillYou murder]]'' [[IllKillYou him]]. [[NearVillainVictory He would likely have succeeded if Pluto hadn't intervened and given Pete even better than he got.]]
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* KnightOfCerebus: While it is downplayed a bit at the end, this film's version of Pete is significantly darker than other interpretations, being a corrupt captain of the guard who takes advantage of the dying king's ailment by raiding and pillaging the kingdom to his heart's desire and making everyone think he is doing it under orders from the king himself, thereby ruining the monarch's reputation in the eyes of the kingdom's citizens. To add to that, after discovering the prince has traded places with a commoner (Mickey), he decides to blackmail Mickey into becoming a PuppetKing by threatening Pluto's life while (presumably) planning to execute the real prince to ensure nobody will believe Mickey is not the true heir to the throne. And when the prince arrives to expose Pete, Pete flat-out tries to ''murder'' him in full view of everyone else.
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* KnightOfCerebus: While it is downplayed a bit at the end, this film's version of Pete is significantly darker than other interpretations, being a corrupt captain of the guard who takes advantage of the dying king's ailment by raiding and pillaging the kingdom to his heart's desire and making everyone think he is doing it under orders from the king himself, thereby ruining the monarch's reputation in the eyes of the kingdom's citizens. To add to that, after discovering the prince has traded places with a commoner (Mickey), he decides to blackmail Mickey into becoming a PuppetKing by threatening Pluto's life while (presumably) planning to execute the real prince to ensure nobody will believe Mickey is not the true heir to the throne. And when the prince arrives to expose Pete, [[IllKillYou Pete flat-out tries to ''murder'' to]] ''[[IllKillYou murder]]'' [[IllKillYou him in full view of everyone else.]]
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* NearVillainVictory: In the climactic sword fight between the Prince and Pete, the latter corners the former and knocks the sword out of his hand and is then about to deliver the coup de grace when Pluto rushes up and [[ButtBiter bites Pete in the rear]].
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** This interpretation of Pete is an abusive captain of the guard who sullies the king's reputation by doing acts of extreme abuse of power under his name and made a SadisticChoice to Mickey that he'd kill Pluto if he didn't become a PuppetKing. Finally, when the Prince exposes Pete's scheme for all to see, Pete does something really perfidious: he surrenders gracefully -- [[ISurrenderSuckers then viciously attacks the Prince when he lets his guard down]], basically trying to flat-out ''murder'' him. He would likely have succeeded if Pluto hadn't intervened and given Pete even better than he got.
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** This interpretation of Pete is an abusive captain of the guard who sullies the king's reputation by doing acts of extreme abuse of power under his name and made a SadisticChoice to Mickey that he'd kill Pluto if he didn't become a PuppetKing. Finally, when When the Prince exposes Pete's scheme for all to see, Pete does something really perfidious: he seemingly surrenders gracefully -- [[ISurrenderSuckers then viciously attacks the Prince when he lets his guard down]], basically trying to flat-out ''murder'' him. He would likely have succeeded if Pluto hadn't intervened and given Pete even better than he got.
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* SpotTheImpostor: Pluto can tell which one is his master Mickey.
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* AnimalsNotToScale: The owl is human height and the weasels are about four to five feet tall, much bigger than normal sized owls and weasels respectively.
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* AnimalsNotToScale: The owl is human height height, and the weasels are about four to five feet tall, much bigger than normal sized owls and weasels respectively.
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* DirtyCoward: Pete. He throws his weight around and hides behind his men. Once he's backed into a corner, he's actually quite the pushover.
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* FakeKing: Pete's plan with Pauper!Mickey.
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* FakeKing: Pete's plan with Pauper!Mickey.Mickey. Essentially, Pete holds Mickey's dog Pluto hostage, threatening to kill Pluto if Mickey doesn't [[PuppetKing do whatever Pete wants]].
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