History WesternAnimation / TheThreeCaballeros

Released in [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1944 in Mexico / 1945 in the States]], ''The Three Caballeros'' ("Caballero" being Spanish for either knight or gentleman, depending on context) is the seventh film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. A follow-up to ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos'', The Three Caballeros once again explores [[LatinLand Latin American]] culture, this time covering Mexico, a country that was left out of ''Saludos Amigos''. The film stars WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, José Carioca (from ''Saludos Amigos'') and introduces Panchito Pistoles from Mexico, who together make the eponymous Three Caballeros. The film was released in Mexico on Donald's 10th anniversary.

* AssKicksYou: Donald to Jose in the "Os Quindines De Yaya" sequence.

* CrowdSong: "Os Quindines De Yaya" (AKA that song in Baía).

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Yes, there is a penguin.

* SexyFigureGesture: Panchito makes the hourglass gesture during the titular song, while describing a "[[SpicyLatina latin baby]]". As he makes the gesture, a silhouette of the woman appears in front of him. The silhouette then walks away from the three friends - [[SexyWalk hips swinging]] and beckoning them to follow - and they briefly fight over who gets to chase after her.

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[[caption-width-right:356: That's José Carioca in the middle, Panchito Pistoles to the right, and WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck on the left.]]

* SeldomSeenSpecies: The film features umbrellabirds, fork-tailed flycatchers, curve-billed scythebills, yellow-chinned spinetails, and horneros. And yes Disney fans, the Aracua or East Brazilian chachalaca (called the Aracuan Bird in the film) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Brazilian_chachalaca is real]]... though like many of the older examples on this page, the real bird looks and acts ''nothing'' like its more famous animated equivalent.

* LiteralMetaphor: The Three Caballeros really ''are'' birds of a feather, as they are actual birds.

* SomethingElseAlsoRises: Panchito offers his telescope to Donald to look at "the hot stuff" in Acapulco. He likes what he sees, making the telescope stiffen to its capacity.

* NiceHat:
** Panchito's sombrero, from which he generates two more for José and Donald.
** José's hat is pretty snappy too.
** Donald's sailor cap.

* HypocriticalHumor: When Donald mimics José's little ritual, he proclaims [[NothingUpMySleeve "Nada aqui nesta manga"]] as tons of cards pour out of his sleeve.

->''"We're three Caballeros, three gay Caballeros,''
->''They say we are birds of a feather!"''

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* RogerRabbitEffect: One of Disney's first attempts at blending live action and animation in a feature film. In Baía and Donald's acid trip, the live-action actors are appearing on a mostly animated background. In Panchito's tour of Mexico, the animated Caballeros are in fully live-action settings.

* CrossCompanyReference: In "The Cold-Blooded Penguin", when penguins are seen on the "beach", a toy pail has silhouetted images of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and WesternAnimation/{{Pluto}}.

** "Submitted for your approval, a journey into the mind of a duck as he searches for his [[MarsNeedsWomen Latin American soulmate]]." *{{beat}}* ''looks confusedly and worriedly at his cigarette'' "What the ''hell'' is [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs in this thing]]?"

* PokemonSpeak: The Aracuan Bird's crazy song contains its own name.

* MultilingualSong: Several of the songs featured have lyrics in both English and Spanish. In the film itself, Panchito sings a verse of the title song in Spanish.