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4	[[caption-width-right:1000:"The Vanishing of SS Willie'']]
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6	''The Vanishing of S.S Willie'' is a 2024 AnalogHorror {{Mockumentary}} short film created by Nick Lives and based on ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'', released shortly after it fell into the public domain. It can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQOVMzzDd5s here.]]
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8	It focuses on the disappearence of the titular ship in 1909, after a series of bizzare events involving music coming from an unknown source playing at night.
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10	!!Tropes appearing in ''The Vanishing of S.S Willie'':
11	* ApocalypticLog: The CaptainsLog. For several night, he records the strange happenings and slow decline of the crew's mental health over the course of a few days. The last log is a handwritten note, clearly written under duress, stating "I found the Music."
12	* AdaptationalHeroism: Downplayed. Pete was more of a VillainyFreeVillain in the original ''Steamboat Willie'', but he was still a {{Jerkass}} who directly opposed Mickey, while most of his subsequent appearances have him being genuinely villainous (or at least, a bully). Here, he's the closest thing the story has to a hero and genuinely wants to keep his crew safe, showing horrified concern when they start going missing.
13	* AdaptationalVillainy: Even though Mickey had a few {{Jerkass}} qualities in the early shorts, he's never shown to be outright evil. The Cabin Boy, on the other hand, is implied to have killed the rest of the crew sans the Chambermaid. The Chambermaid herself is an even stronger example: Minnie was always a NiceGirl, while the Chambermaid is implied to have been the Cabin Boy's accomplice.
14	* BodyHorror: The crew of the S.S Willie (bar the Captain, who seems to have died later than the others) were all horribly mutilated into instrument-like forms by their assailant - and, if the "Our Music" record is any indication, at least some of them were ''still alive and in agony'' while the Cabin Boy was "playing" them.
15	* CaptainsLog: The film's creator investigates the Captain's log in order to discover why the ship disappeared.
16	* DeadlyEuphemism: If you've watched the original short (or are [[RewatchBonus rewatching this one]]), then it quickly becomes clear that the Cabin Boy's desire to "make music" with his beloved is shorthand for the pair murdering the rest of the crew by making them into instruments.
17	* FurryConfusion: Averted, in sharp contrast to the original cartoon: all the animals seen in the story are shown to be fully sapient, making what ultimately happened to the crew of the S.S Willie all the more harrowing.
18	* HeKnowsTooMuch: Implied. The Captain's corpse is the only one that doesn't appear to have been mutilated into a musical instrument, and his final journal entry implies that he was killed shortly after finding out about the Cabin Boy and Chambermaid's little dance party.
19	* MatureAnimalStory: The short film presents a more horrific take on its source material, taking the BlackComedyAnimalCruelty in the original short and [[PlayedForHorror playing it for horror]] by not only making the animals into fellow crew members, but also showing that the things done to them were far from painless.
20	* MissingEpisode: InUniverse: The movie was suppose to have came out in 1928 but it was lost shortly before premiering.
21	* {{Mockumentary}}: A documentary of a InUniverse mystery.
22	* NeverFoundTheBody: When the filmmakers locate and explore the wreck of the ''Willie,'' they discover the skeletonized corpses of the crew, except for the Cabin Boy and Chambermaid.
23	* NightmareFace: The Cabin Boy has one of these, of the "subtly sinister" variety; his vacant eyes, realistic features and [[TheUnsmile slight smile]] make him look incredibly uncanny without showing anything explicit.
24	* NoNameGiven: None of the characters are given names, and are referred to by their position in the ship's crew. InUniverse, it was done to protect their families. Out of universe, it was presumably done to avoid any possible legal troubles with using the name "Mickey Mouse".
25	* {{Retraux}}: Done to resemble an old silent film.
26	* SoundtrackDissonance: The film is about the disturbing circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a ship and its crew. A rather jaunty tune plays over all of this.
27	* ThousandYardStare: The Cabin Boy is shown with one of these, foreshadowing the darkness underneath.
28	* UnholyMatrimony: Implied to be the case with the Cabin Boy and the Chambermaid. He did tell the witness that this was his last trip and he was about to get married...
29	* WhamShot:
30	** The final page of the CaptainsLog, which is just a crude note reading [[WhamLine "I found the Music."]]
31	** The shot of the Cow crewmate's skeleton. Their teeth have been replaced with piano keys...

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