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* BigEater: Cheswick even named his stomach Melvin since it seems to have a mind of it's own. Oddly enough, we never see him eat on screen.
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* {{Gonk}}: Cheswick's appearance stands out with his short stature, disproportionately long arms, and protruding stomach.
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* ButtMonkey: Cheswick and his dog are constantly getting hurt.
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* HeartwarmingOrphans: HeartwarmingOrphan: Gretchen, Cooper, and Farley. They all have dreams of what they want once Polly buys their freedom; Gretchen wants a dog, Cooper wants a garden, and Farley wants lots of shoes.
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* HeartwarmingOrphans: Gretchen, Cooper, and Farley. They all have dreams of what they want once Polly buys their freedom; Gretchen wants a dog, Cooper wants a garden, and Farley wants lots of shoes.
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* NonHumanSidekick: Max and Bristles for Scarecrow/Feathertop, Gummy for Cheswick, and Razor for Grisham.
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* CrowdSong: "So The Count Can Dance/On Our Way".
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* RightHandAttackDog: Count Grisham has an right-hand attack bird which steals Polly’s money and Feathertop’s feather. There also is an attack dog, but a little girl adopts it at the end.
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* RightHandAttackDog: Count Grisham has an right-hand attack bird which steals Polly’s money and Feathertop’s feather. There also is an attack Cheswick's dog, but a little girl Gummy. [[spoiler: He gets better at the end of the movie when Gretchen adopts it at the end.him.]]
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* FeatheredFiend: Razor, Grisham's pet falcon.
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* NoSmoking: The corncob pipe in the original story is {{Bowdlerise}}d into a feather that the main character wears in his hat.
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* NoSmoking: The corncob pipe in the original story is {{Bowdlerise}}d into a feather that the main character wears in his hat.
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* PinocchioSyndrome: Scarecrow wants to be human in order to help earn Polly's money back, and he is granted his wish by wearing a magic feather Miss Beebee gifted himhim.
* PsychopathicManChild: Count Grisham clearly acts like a large child, especially when he says this line:
-->'''Grisham:''' I'm gonna do a bad, bad thing!
* PsychopathicManChild: Count Grisham clearly acts like a large child, especially when he says this line:
-->'''Grisham:''' I'm gonna do a bad, bad thing!
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* EvilIsHammy: Count Grisham, big time.
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* MagicalAccessory: The feather Miss Beebee gifts Scarecrow has the power to make him appear human. [[spoiler: It also works when someone else wears it.]]
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* MakeAWish: Scarecrow wishes to be human; thankfully, Miss Beebee left behind a prerecorded message that responds to his wish allowing it to come true.
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* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: How this whole movie treats dancing.
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* MagicDance: Miss Beebee has a spell book of them. Count Grisham learns one to make others fall in love with him, and he repeatedly tries to use it on Polly.
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* FourthDateMarriage: After Feathertop and Polly win the dance contest, they confess their love to each other and agree to get married in the morning.
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* FourthDateMarriage: After Feathertop and Polly win the dance contest, they confess their love to each other and agree to get married in the morning.
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* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Count Grisham falls to his death while fighting with Feathertop on the collapsing bridge.]]
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* FourthDateMarriage: After Feathertop and Polly win the dance contest, they confess their love to each other and agree to get married in the morning.
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* FlyingBroomstick: Bristles is a sentient one.
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* SpellBook: Miss Beebee has a spell book of different dancing spells, which Count Grisham finds. He learns the dance spell to make someone fall in love with you this way.
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* AnAesop: Delivered by Miss Beebee: "Helping other people, giving your life for someone else... that's what it's all about."
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* IndenturedServitude: Orphans like Polly and people who can't pay off their debt are forced to work in a workshop that creates dance clothes in Grisham Heights. The price of freedom is 13 pieces of silver.
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* AwardBaitSong: "In Your Arms", the song which plays while Feathertop teaches Polly to dance.
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* DancePartyEnding: [[spoiler: This happens once Count Grisham is out of the picture and the town is renamed to Swing Town.]]
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* WhamLine: "Feathertop... [[spoiler: you forgot your feather]]."
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A direct-to-video production directed by Brian Nissen and Creator/RichardRich.
“In the time of the pilgrims,” a witch brings her scarecrow to life and teaches him to dance. He falls in love with a beautiful girl called Polly. Unfortunately, Polly is trapped in a workhouse, trying to save up enough to free herself and a trio of [[HeartwarmingOrphan Heartwarming Orphans]]. Fortunately, the witch has a spell that will allow the scarecrow to look human and try to save them, and he'll have the help of a talking mouse and a magic broom along the way.
The story is InspiredBy [[Creator/NathanielHawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne’s]] short story Feathertop and its stage adaptation, The Scarecrow, by Percy [=MacKaye=].
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!!This film contains examples of:
*AnachronismStew: The dancing.
*AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Count Grisham attempts this with Polly.
*BlitheSpirit: Feathertop.
*BreakingTheFourthWall: Miss Bee Bee does this at the beginning, complete with rewinding the video.
*DisneyDeath
*{{Disneyfication}}
*DisneyVillainDeath
*GlamourFailure
*ICantDance: Polly. Feathertop has to teach her.
*TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf
*PinocchioSyndrome
*NoSmoking: The corncob pipe in the original story is {{Bowdlerise}}d into a feather that the main character wears in his hat.
*RightHandAttackDog: Count Grisham has an right-hand attack bird which steals Polly’s money and Feathertop’s feather. There also is an attack dog, but a little girl adopts it at the end.
*TalkingAnimal: Max the mouse is given the ability to talk by the same spell that brings the Scarecrow to life. No other animals talk.
*WholesomeCrossdresser: Max the mouse temporarily dons a dress, wig and lipstick for a show.
*YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Max drops in an “Oy gevalt."
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“In the time of the pilgrims,” a witch brings her scarecrow to life and teaches him to dance. He falls in love with a beautiful girl called Polly. Unfortunately, Polly is trapped in a workhouse, trying to save up enough to free herself and a trio of [[HeartwarmingOrphan Heartwarming Orphans]]. Fortunately, the witch has a spell that will allow the scarecrow to look human and try to save them, and he'll have the help of a talking mouse and a magic broom along the way.
The story is InspiredBy [[Creator/NathanielHawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne’s]] short story Feathertop and its stage adaptation, The Scarecrow, by Percy [=MacKaye=].
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!!This film contains examples of:
*AnachronismStew: The dancing.
*AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Count Grisham attempts this with Polly.
*BlitheSpirit: Feathertop.
*BreakingTheFourthWall: Miss Bee Bee does this at the beginning, complete with rewinding the video.
*DisneyDeath
*{{Disneyfication}}
*DisneyVillainDeath
*GlamourFailure
*ICantDance: Polly. Feathertop has to teach her.
*TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf
*PinocchioSyndrome
*NoSmoking: The corncob pipe in the original story is {{Bowdlerise}}d into a feather that the main character wears in his hat.
*RightHandAttackDog: Count Grisham has an right-hand attack bird which steals Polly’s money and Feathertop’s feather. There also is an attack dog, but a little girl adopts it at the end.
*TalkingAnimal: Max the mouse is given the ability to talk by the same spell that brings the Scarecrow to life. No other animals talk.
*WholesomeCrossdresser: Max the mouse temporarily dons a dress, wig and lipstick for a show.
*YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Max drops in an “Oy gevalt."
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