History YMMV / TheFoxAndTheHound

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Dinky & Boomer and Squeaks are some of the funniest characters in the film and people enjoyed just their presence in the movie.

* HoYay: Tod and Copper's friendship could be seen as this. Interestingly, this fits further with the above-mentioned {{Applicability}} -- just imagine if this story was about two ''human'' boys.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The arc with the Widow taking care of Todd and [[ParentalSubstitute raising him]] takes on a sweeter undertone when one bears in mind how domesticating foxes as pets has come to fruition by 2020.

* HoYay: Todd and Copper's friendship could be seen as this. Interestingly, this fits further with the above mentioned Applicability--just imagine if this story was about two ''human'' boys.

* ValuesDissonance: Amos Slade's comments to Widow Tweed after she takes away his gun and at the end of the film would mostly likely be derailed as sexist today and he would be displayed as more out and out villainous. Also notable is Widow Tweed and Todd. Foxes aren't common pets, but nowadays more and more people own them. Slade's distrust of Todd messing around with his chickens is understandable, but hunting someone's pet fox would be unthinkable nowadays.
* TheWoobie:

** Tod, oh so much. His mother is killed when he's only a baby, he gets chased and shot at by Chief and Slade, respectively (twice!), Copper first disowns him and then wants him dead, Tweed drops him off in a wildlife preserve for his own safety leaving him without survival skills and a friend in the world, not to mention his neighbor is a cantankerous BadOlBadger. Things get a lot better after he meets Vixey, though...[[FromBadToWorse then worse]]...then better.

* MoralEventHorizon: Amos Slade comes dangerously close to crossing it when he attempts to shoot Tod after he [[spoiler:saved their lives]], but manages to avoid it [[spoiler:and even performs a HeelFaceTurn]] when [[spoiler:Copper convinces him that he's not their enemy]].

* SignatureScene:
** [[spoiler: Tod being left in the woods.]]
** The bear scene.
** Tod and Copper's bonding as kids.
** The ending.

** Even more so in the sequel where Tod and Copper's relationship troubles are compared to couple Cash and Dixey, plus as mentioned Zelda and a tomcat she knew

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: A case that can be blamed entirely on ExecutiveMeddling. As noted above, Chief was originally going to be killed by his fall from the train tracks, and by having him live but not changing anything else, Copper comes off as unbelievably petty for wanting to murder his childhood friend and his mate over an accident that had no permanent consequences.

* SweetnessAverseion: A common misconception of the film due to how it's advertised. While there are a few overly cute scenes during the eponymous duo's childhood, the movie is actually taken very seriously and is ''much'' more adult-appealing than most people seem to realise. However, this is definitely true for a lot of the corny songs present in the movie, which a lot of people agree clashes with this more serious tone.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Most people's reactions upon hearing this are generally the standard, "Wait... There's a [[Literature/TheFoxAndTheHound book]]?" Though to be fair, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes the book hasn't been in print for decades]], meaning even those who ''do'' know might have a hard time getting it ''to'' read.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: A common misconception of the film due to how it's advertised. While there are a few overly cute scenes during the eponymous duo's childhood, the movie is actually taken very seriously and is ''much'' more adult-appealing than most people seem to realise. Played more straight for the DenserAndWackier Interquel.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: ** Dinky & Boomer and Squeaks are some of the funniest characters in the film and people enjoyed just their presence in the movie.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: * Dinky & Boomer and Squeaks are some of the funniest characters in the film and people enjoyed just their presence in the movie.
* The bear only appears for a brief scene at the end of the movie, but his appearance is considered one its highlights.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: *Dinky & Boomer and Squeaks are some of the funniest characters in the film and people enjoyed just their presence in the movie.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The bear only appears for a brief scene at the end of the movie, but his appearance is considered one its highlights.

* JustHereForGodzilla: There are actually some people who only watch the film for the Dinky and Boomer scenes.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The arc with the Widow taking care of Todd and [[SurrogateParent raising him]] takes on a sweeter undertone when one bears in mind how domesticating foxes as pets has come to fruition by 2020.

* ValuesResonance: In contrast if you have any kind of pro-nature and pro-rural (or called anti-urbanization views), Mannix's last two chapters are this big time. It can be very jarring how the setting of the previous chapters have become so more less natural due to the seemingly never stopping reach of human dominion. The last two chapters stand out in contrast heavily to the previous chapters which had depicted both animal and human hunting as a romantic duel of opposing beings that even trapping takes on a very personal dynamic. When the rabies epidemic hits, the humans simply lay out position that from the animals perspective completely slaughters entire portions of the ecosystem in an impersonal manner and the only time a human starts to care, is of course once a human child accidentally eats the poison. Which follows with an increased human desire to just plain exterminate the foxes in heavy contrast to the more sporting and hunting minded goals that were the norm before.

* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Film/AdventuresInBabysitting Keith Coogan]] and [[Creator/CoreyFeldman Corey Feldman]] as the young title characters.

* CastingGag: Pat Buttram [[WesternAnimation/TheAristocats once again]] plays the leader of a pair of farm dogs.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[BittersweetEnding Bittersweet]] as it may be, the movie ended about as well as it could have for everyone. Copper returns to domestic life with a loving master and adoptive big brother, Squeaks turns into a butterfly and doesn't have to worry about being hunted anymore, Amos and the widow get along better, and since foxes were never meant to be domesticated at the end of the day, Tod is able to live his best life in the wild with Vixey.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[BittersweetEnding Bittersweet]] as it may be, the movie ended about as well as it could have for everyone. Copper returns to domestic life with a loving master and adoptive big brother, Squeaks turns into a butterfly and doesn't have to worry about being hunted anymore, Amos and the widow get along better, and since foxes were never meant to be domesticated, Tod is able to live his best life in the wild with Vixey.