History YMMV / TheThreeCaballeros

* ValuesResonance: José and Panchito are voiced by a Brazilian and a Mexican respectively. "Good Neighbor" policy aside, Disney was willing to do this in ''1944''.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Japanese Disney fans adore this film, which is more obscure among American fans.

* SequelDisplacement: ''The Three Caballeros'' remains better-known and more-often-milked than ''Saludos Amigos''. The fact that ''Caballeros'' was the most widely available post-Golden Age package film on VHS for a long time, while ''Amigos'' ended up becoming one of the last two to come to the format, certainly helped.

* ValuesDissonance: José usually can be seen smoking a cigar, and Panchito's entry has him [[GunNut wildly shooting his pistols]]. These aspects would be removed, if not toned down, in later adaptations.

** Although the trio are shown to have attractions to many girls, Panchito and José (especially José) are shown to have strange attraction to Donald as well. So maybe they really are three gay caballeros! Or well, three ''bi'' caballeros, seeing as we know for a fact that the three (especially [[CasanovaWannabe Donald]]) likes the ladies, but still.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: ''Las Posadas'' features the very colorful work of Mary Blair, and sets somewhat of a preview of her art she would do for ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' and ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Latino Disney fans actually adore this film and place it along their big classic movies like ''WesternAnimation/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}'' or ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', compared to most American Disney fans who largely ignore this movie or are unaware of its existence. It helps that fans of this movie love the Latin representation and the chemistry between the three leads.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Certain parts of the film can be a little ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs too]]'' surreal for some. ''Especially'' "Donald's Surreal Reverie".

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: ''The Three Caballeros'' is so flashy, so thrown-together, so explosively colorful, and so fast-paced that it makes ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' look like ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' in comparison.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Blog/UnshavedMouse has [[https://unshavedmouse.com/2012/09/12/disney-reviews-by-the-unshaved-mouse-7-the-three-caballeros/ argued]] that Jose is not as benevolent as he seems, due to his use of (in his own words) "black magic", and his description of Bahia ("When you go to Bahia, my friend, you ''never'' return!") that sounds quite ominous out of context.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: There are many scenes to pick from, but most prominently when gorgeous women pop up at random in Donald's own personal, acid-induced battle with lust. Often in...strange ways. The DVD even labels the scene "Donald's Surreal Reverie".

* CriticalDissonance: Many critics either outright dislike the film or simply find it boring. However, general audiences like the film just fine, as shown with the popularity of both Jose and Panchito.

** The final shot of Donald, Jose and Panchito locking arms and watching the fireworks show together.

** In the Japanese dub, [[Creator/RyuseiNakao Jose's]], [[Creator/ToshioFurukawa Panchito's]] and [[Creator/KoichiYamadera Donald]]'s voice actors reunite again in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' (and by default, ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'') except as ''enemies'' this time.

** Although the trio are shown to have attractions to many girls, Panchito and Jose (especially Jose) are shown to have strange attraction to Donald as well. So maybe they really are three gay caballeros! Or well, three ''bi'' caballeros, seeing as we know for a fact that the three especially [[CasanovaWannabe Donald]] likes the ladies, but still.
** "Now we're three gay caballeros!" is really just the icing on the cake for the trio's theme song. They frankly make the Village People look like the Duck Dynasty bunch. To say nothing of the scene where Donald accidentally smooches Jose several times while blindfolded (and Jose not seeming to mind all that much).

** The scene where Donald tries to resize himself by blowing into his thumb, only to [[InflatingBodyGag inflate]] into a bunch of random shapes has become ''very'' popular among certain kinds of fan artists, for [[Rule34 obvious reasons]].

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Latino Disney fans actually adore this film and place it along their big classic movies like ''Snow White'' or ''The Lion King'', compared to most American Disney fans who largely ignore this movie or are unaware of its existence. It helps that the fans of this movie love the Latin representation and the chemistry between the three leads.
** The character of Panchito is well-liked by many of Mexican descent. Although his outfit and a lot of his mannerisms are very stereotypical for the time like his gun-toting, he's shown to be highly proud and respectful of his culture, dropping his LargeHam attitude to educate Donald Duck about various aspects of Mexican history like Los Posadas and the meaning of the nation's flag.

* ValuesDissonance: Jose usually can be seen smoking a cigar, and Panchito's entry has him [[GunNut wildly shooting his pistols]]. These aspects would be removed, if not toned down, in later adaptations.
* ValuesResonance: Jose and Panchito are voiced by an Brazilian and a Mexican, respectively. "Good Neighbor" policy aside, Disney was willing to do this in ''1944''.
* ViewerSpeciesConfusion: Many viewers are unable to tell that Panchito is a rooster upon first viewing (Creator/DougWalker even called him a woodpecker in his Disneycember of the film), most likely due to him lacking a wattle.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: ''The Three Caballeros'' is so flashy, so thrown-together, so explosively colorful and so fast-paced that it makes ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' look like ''Steamboat Willie'' in comparison.

* BrokenBase: The attempts to [[RogerRabbitEffect mix live-action and animation]] are either [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome impressive]] or [[SpecialEffectFailure unconvincing]] depending on the reviewer. Some TakeAThirdOption and say that while they don't consider them to look very impressive compared to [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit later]] [[Film/SpaceJam attempts]] at mixing live-action and hand-drawn animation, they still look quite impressive [[TechnologyMarchesOn for their time]].

* NightmareFuel: Certain parts of the film can be a little ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs too]]'' surreal for some. ''Especially'' "Donald's Surreal Reverie".

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff : Japanese Disney fans adore this film, which is more obscure among American fans.

** In the Japanese dub, [[Creator/RyuseiNakao Jose]], [[Creator/ToshioFurukawa Panchito]] and [[Creator/KoichiYamadera Donald]]'s voice actors reunites again in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' (and by default, ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'') except as ''enemies'' this time.

** Although the trio shown to have attractions to many girls, Panchito and Jose (especially Jose) shown to have strange attraction to Donald as well. So maybe they really are three gay caballeros! Or well, three ''bi'' caballeros, seeing as we know for a fact that the three especially [[CasanovaWannabe Donald]] likes the ladies, but still.