Line #107 WesternAnimation/ThePrinceAndThePauper


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3	''The Prince and the Pauper'' is a 1990 animated short film from Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationStudios, loosely adapting Creator/MarkTwain's [[Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper original story]], starring WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse as both the prince and the pauper. It was shown in theatres with ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder''. Notably, it was the final Disney animated short to use hand-painted cels, as well as the final appearance of Elvia Allman as Clarabelle Cow before her death in 1992. It was directed by George Scribner, with the screenplay by Gerrit Graham, Sam Graham and Chris Hubbell.
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5	The film served as the setting of the final level of the video game ''VideoGame/MickeyMania''.
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9	!!Tropes used by the film:
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11	* AdaptationalIntelligence: The Prince here isn't so dumb as to just claim he's royalty to everyone while wearing Mickey's rags, as he was in the book. He shows Mickey that he has a ring with the royal crest that proves his identity and will use it in case of an emergency. It helps quell a riot that Pete's guards start, and gets Goofy to believe him.
12	* AdaptationalKarma: Benevolent example; Mickey, Goofy and Donald help the prince when Pete tries to kill him. Rather than let Mickey and Goofy leave with a token of thanks, they've all become FireForgedFriends and the end narration confirms that the Prince appointed them as members of his royal court.
13	* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
14	** Mickey doesn't gain Hal's AcquiredSituationalNarcissism from living the royal life. Suffering a HumiliationConga with the lessons helped with that. The most he does is play-fence with the statues, which the Prince was doing anyway, and immediately wants to find the real Prince when the king dies.
15	** Donald is nowhere near as hot-tempered as he is in previous canon material. While he gets mad at the prince, he doesn't end up in a Hulking rage.
16	* AnachronismStew: Among the foods Mickey wants to eat are turkey, potatoes and corn, all of which originated in the Americas and people in Medieval England wouldn't know about them. Also, Goofy wants ice cream, which wouldn't be introduced to Europe until the 17th century.
17	* AndImTheQueenOfSheba: When the Prince divulges his identity to a coachman, he sarcastically says "And I'm the Queen Mother!"
18	* AndYourLittleDogToo: After the king's death, Pete confronts Mickey, having figured out that he's not the prince, and orders him to do whatever he says. To make sure Mickey cooperates, Pete shows him that he and his guards have captured Pluto. They have Pluto tied and chained up with a pile of sticks at his feet, so apparently they were going to ''burn him at the stake''. This doesn't stop the guards from [[LaughablyEvil giving these silly grins]] when they show Pluto tied up.
19	* AnimalsNotToScale: The cast of anthropomorphic animals has the usual issues with sizes of the Disney shorts, but adds a new one in the owl who serves as archbishop: he is taller and bulkier than Horace (a horse).
20	* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: The Prince, once he finally manages to make it back to the throne room in time for the ceremony. Mickey was about to be the subject of one in spite of his protests, so he was quite happy to have it interrupted.
21	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Donald hugs the prince in relief when he sees the latter tossed into the dungeons. It's implied he figured out the switch and was worried that the prince was killed by the guards.
22	* BewareTheSillyOnes: Against all odds, Goofy is scary with an executioner's ax. He knocks out the guard with the keys by accident with it, which buys time for him and Donald to figure out which one will open their jail cell before they're caught.
23	* BigBad: Pete, Captain of the Guard.
24	* BigDamnHeroes: The Prince makes a dramatic entrance just as Mickey seems done for. Pluto also saves the Prince from Pete when he has him cornered.
25	* BondVillainStupidity: When Pete discovers that the Prince and the Pauper have switched places, and the real Prince is in the village, he initially plans to make sure that the Prince "doesn't come back ''alive!''" But when he and his minions capture the Prince, they bring him back to the castle and put him in the dungeon... ''alive''. Pete plans to execute the Prince after the Pauper is crowned, but it's unclear why he didn't kill the Prince beforehand like he said he would. This leads to [[spoiler:Goofy sneaking into the castle, rescuing the Prince (and Donald, who was also in the dungeon), and allowing them to save the day]].
26	* BritishStuffiness: Horace as the prince's teacher.
27	* ButtBiter: Pluto, to Pete in the climax.
28	* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: When Donald and the Prince are put in the dungeon.
29	* TheCameo: Clarabelle as a peasant woman.
30	* CassandraTruth: Mickey tries to protest that switching places isn't a good idea, but the Prince doesn't listen. Guess how well it goes.
31	* ChandelierSwing: The prince does one when he first confronts Pete. Donald and Goofy also do this when they arrive moments later.
32	* CharacterDevelopment: The Prince in this version starts off as a bit of spoiled snob who torments his valet for fun and runs off to slum it as a peasant, even after being told that his father is gravely ill. However, after witnessing the captain of the guard's corruption and abuse of power (stealing food from peasants) and learning that his father died [[NeverGotToSayGoodBye when he wasn't there to say goodbye]], he becomes much more kind, noble, and determined to right the wrongs he's witnessed. That means he realizes he has to return to the palace and become coronated.
33	* ChekhovsGun:
34	** The prince's ring. He uses it to prove to the royal guards that he is the prince and stop the riot they try to instigate.
35	** Dog in this case; Pluto waited faithfully by the palace knowing that the mouse in Mickey's clothes was not his master. This allowed Pete to capture Pluto and use him as a hostage against Mickey. Unfortunately, Pete made the mistake of having Pluto at the coronation; the dog seizes the opportunity to get free and save both the prince and his Mickey by biting Pete in the butt. This allows the prince to gain an advantage in the fight. When the owl with the crown gets confused, Pluto happily licks Mickey, who is relieved his dog is safe.
36	* ChekhovsSkill: The prince is established as someone who fences for fun. He actually manages to fight thanks to practicing with the knights' armor.
37	* CombatPragmatist: Works both ways. The prince challenges Pete to a swordfight to save Mickey in the climax. He was established to be practicing with stationary knight statues. While the prince is competent, Pete has years of experience and a propensity to fight dirty. He soon has the prince on the ropes until the prince fights dirty in turn.
38	* TheComicallySerious: Horace is the Prince's stuffy and stoic teacher, whose monotone voice and inability to realize that the Prince is the one causing trouble rather than Donald is ''hilarious''.
39	* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: The weasel {{Mooks}}, especially the ones voiced by Creator/CharlieAdler, have high-pitched voices that fit their [[LeanAndMean thin, gangly]] appearances. This contrasts with their boss, Pete, who has a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep, booming voice]]. However, there is also at least one weasel voiced by Creator/BillFarmer who has a deeper SimpletonVoice.
40	* DarkerAndEdgier:
41	** The original novel is a satire about royalty, with Hal and Edward each learning that one's life is not easier than the other and they prefer being back in their proper clothes. In the Disney version, the captain of the guards is taking advantage of the king's illness to be a tyrant in his name and locks up the real prince to hide witnesses about the switch.
42	** This interpretation of Pete is an abusive captain of the guard who sullies the king's reputation by doing acts of extreme abuse of power under his name and made a SadisticChoice to Mickey that he'd kill Pluto if he didn't become a PuppetKing. When the Prince exposes Pete's scheme for all to see, Pete seemingly surrenders gracefully -- [[ISurrenderSuckers then viciously attacks the Prince when he lets his guard down]], basically [[IllKillYou trying to flat-out]] ''[[IllKillYou murder]]'' [[IllKillYou him]]. [[NearVillainVictory He would likely have succeeded if Pluto hadn't intervened and given Pete even better than he got.]]
43	** Also a sad death scene of the possibly kind king who can't even tell the difference between Mickey and his own son as he was dying, Mickey plays along for the sake of making him die happily.
44	* DarkReprise: The weasel guards sing an altered version of the Mickey Mouse March to better fit Pete as they drive back to the castle in a coach.
45	* DecompositeCharacter: Mickey's [[EraSpecificPersonality different personalities]] are divided amongst the titular characters--Pauper Mickey is a meek NiceGuy, while the Prince is a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold naughty, but good-hearted]] action hero.
46	* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Pete realizes that if word gets out that he manhandled the Prince, whom he mistook for peasant Mickey, he'll lose his job at best and at worst be tried for treason. It's actually against the laws at the time to lay a finger on royalty, especially if you are in their employ.
47	* DiedInIgnorance: The king passes away about halfway through the film without knowing that two important figures in his life are not who they seem:
48	** Pete, the captain of the guard, is using the king's poor health and lack of awareness as an excuse to heavily tax the townspeople and keep it all for himself. Worse still, he's claiming that the king is the one who ordered these taxes, slandering the king's name.
49	** [[spoiler:Mickey, the Pauper, is posing as the Prince. The king imparts his dying wishes to a lookalike of his actual son.]]
50	* DirtyCoward: Pete. He throws his weight around and hides behind his men. Once he's backed into a corner, he's actually quite the pushover.
51	* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:How Pete and the weasels presumably meet their end after getting entangled in a rolling chandelier that rolls out a window. They could've survived the fall, only to be imprisoned later on.]]
52	* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: PlayedForDrama. The king has been ill for so long that he's delirious, which allowed Pete to take advantage of the power vacuum. When Mickey is summoned to talk to him, the king can't tell that his "son" is an impostor.
53	* TheDogBitesBack:
54	** A literal example: Pluto does this to Pete in the climax after the latter used him and Mickey as pawns for his schemes -- [[BigDamnHeroes and not a second too soon, as Pete has the Prince cornered and is about to do him in once and for all.]] (See also ButtBiter.)
55	** Pete threatened Mickey to make him a PuppetKing. When he's distracted, Mickey and the prince put out their feet to trip him and defeat him once and for all.
56	* DyingCandle: As the king of England brings Mickey, who he thinks is his son, to his room in his final moments, he makes Mickey promise to be a just and wise ruler. Mickey, unable to bring himself to tell the truth, promises as the candle goes out.
57	* EveryoneHasStandards:
58	** Mickey refuses to be crowned king knowing that he's not the real prince. He stalls for time during the ceremony and happily gives the mantle to the Prince when the latter proves his identity.
59	** Donald hates the prince for pulling pranks on him and being a brat. Even ''he'', however, thinks that it's wrong of Pete to use an impostor. Thus, he and Goofy help as best as they can to thwart Pete's coup at the coronation.
60	* EvilLaugh: Pete does a deep, bellowing laugh a few times, while the weasels have more high-pitched cackles.
61	** Pete does an especially loud laugh when he reveals his plan to kill the Prince.
62	--->'''Weasel:''' You threw out the prince? (singing) You're gonna get it, you're gonna get it, na-na-na-na-na-\
63	(Pete grabs the weasel by the throat, shutting him up)\
64	'''Pete:''' Not if he doesn't come back ALIVE! '''BWA HA HA HA HA!'''
65	** In the scene where they take the Prince to the dungeon, Pete and the weasels all laugh together.
66	* ExactWords: Mickey tries to TakeAThirdOption near the finale by invoking the law that since he's the prince, and every order the prince gives must be obeyed and tries to have Pete arrested. It doesn't work, but thankfully at that moment, the real prince shows up.
67	* FakeKing: Pete's plan with Mickey. Essentially, Pete holds Mickey's dog Pluto hostage, threatening to kill Pluto if Mickey doesn't [[PuppetKing do whatever Pete wants]].
68	* FatBastard: Guess. A hint: It's the fat corrupt captain of the guard.
69	* FauxAffablyEvil: When Pete acts like a humble servant to the Prince (or the Pauper in disguise), he does it in a very condescending way that makes it clear to the audience just how phony his loyalty is. When he has the upper hand, he drops all formalities and gloats loudly at his success.
70	* FireForgedFriends: The Prince at first tries to get away from Goofy, not knowing he is Mickey's best friend. Then Goofy gives him a place to stay, and listens when the Prince shows his ring. When the Prince is captured, Goofy shows up to rescue him and Donald. Mickey also does his best to help the prince during the coronation fight against Pete, and hugs him in relief when the villain is defeated. By the end, they're all members of the new King's court.
71	* ForTheEvulz: This, along with greed, is Pete's ''raison d'etre'' for his tyranny. He is not given a FreudianExcuse for actions.
72	* FurryConfusion: Aside from Pluto and Goofy, the featurette shows Horace Horsecollar and normal horses.
73	* FurryEarDissonance: Horace Horsecollar has ears like cows ears in this featurette.
74	* GladIThoughtOfIt: According to the Prince, that phrase and "Guards, {{seize him}}!" is all you need to fake it as a ruler. It turns out he was wrong when Mickey tries it to save his dog and avoid being crowned king.
75	* TheGoodKing: The Prince's father, the unseen ruler of England, to the point that the country flourished and all the people were happy. It was his falling ill that triggered the plot, enabling his greedy captain of the guard to finally act as he wished. After learning of what was happening outside the castle walls, the Prince resolved to be this like his father, and follows through with it after being crowned.
76	* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Only the BigBad, Pete, is smoking. None of the good characters smoke and neither do Pete's weasel henchmen.
77	* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Sported by both Pete and Goofy.
78	* GrassIsGreener: Both Prince Mickey and Pauper Mickey fall under this. With that said, Pauper Mickey immediately realizes that switching places is a bad idea; he was just thinking what it would be like to be Royalty in terms of being out of the cold with regular meals. The Prince is the one who realizes the slum life is not all that cracked up to be.
79	* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: The king, although one can imagine his appearance based on solely how his hand (in shadow) appears to be gloved just like both Pauper and Prince Mickey.
80	* HumiliationConga: Pete and his henchmen. Firstly the real prince shows up just as Mickey is about to be crowned, outing Pete as a treasonous would-be usurper, then a battle ensues where Pete and his whole freaking guard [[CurbStompBattle get their butts handed to them by Mickey, Donald, Goofy]] ''[[CurbStompBattle and]]'' [[CurbStompBattle Pluto, as well as the Prince]]. Pete tries to pull an ISurrenderSuckers move on the Prince, but only with short-lived success. And if that wasn't humiliating enough, Pete endures an incredibly embarrassing [[ComedicUnderwearExposure moment]] in front of the whole court and exits by being caught up in a chandelier and crashing through a stained glass window, his frilly underwear still on show.
81	* TheHyena: The weasel mooks laugh a lot, especially when attacking.
82	* IdenticalStranger: As per the original ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', the Prince and the Pauper are both Mickey Mouse.
83	* IHaveYourWife: Pete captures Pluto and tells Mickey to do exactly as he says, or the dog gets it. Mickey at first plays along but realizes he can't be crowned king and tries to stall for time at the coronation.
84	* IOweYouMyLife: After Goofy helped him escape from the corrupt guards that were chasing him, the Prince gratefully said he considered him a friend.
85	* ISurrenderSuckers: Pete does this to the Prince when the latter confronts him. He admits defeat and asks the Prince spare him, after which Pete bows down before him, saying, "Your Majesty is too kind...". But the Prince (and not Pete) is standing on a rug, which Pete then pulls out under the Prince's feet, and then viciously goes on the attack.
86	* {{Intermission}}: Not in the movie proper, but in the film's theatrical release with ''The Rescuers Down Under'', a 10 minute intermission started during this film's end credits to allow people to get up and take care of business before The Rescuers Down Under started, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jv7BM509xc as shown here.]]
87	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Prince in this version starts off as a bit of a snobby brat who torments his valet for fun and runs off to slum it as a peasant at the first opportunity, but he ''does'' have a good heart, since he's horrified to see Pete rough-handle a random peasant from his classroom window, and later when he sees the guards steal from peasants. He grows out of the "jerk" part later.
88	* KarmicJackpot: Despite being peasants who only knew him for a day, Mickey and Goofy do what they can to help the real prince during the coronation; even Donald does the same (despite not liking how the prince treats him) because he thinks it's wrong that Pete is placing an impostor on the throne. As a reward for helping him defeat Pete, the prince happily earns Donald's respect and appoints Mickey and Goofy as members of the royal court (even allowing Pluto to remain with Mickey), ensuring that they will never starve or be mistreated again.
89	* KingIncognito: In this version, the Prince is smart enough to take along his royal ring as identification when necessary.
90	* KitchenSinkIncluded: Among many other weapons thrown at the Prince, Donald and Goofy in the dungeon, a kitchen sink is also included.
91	* KnightOfCerebus: This film's version of Pete is significantly darker than other interpretations of the character. To wit, he's the corrupt captain of the royal guard who takes advantage of his ruler's terminal illness by plundering the kingdom to his heart's desire while making everyone think he is [[JustFollowingOrders only doing it under the king's orders]], thereby ruining the monarch's reputation in the eyes of his citizens. To add to that, after realizing the prince has traded places with an identical-looking commoner (Mickey), he decides to blackmail Mickey into becoming a PuppetKing for him by threatening Pluto's life while (presumably) planning to execute the real prince to ensure nobody will believe Mickey is not the true heir to the throne. And when the prince arrives to expose Pete, [[IllKillYou Pete flat-out tries to]] ''[[IllKillYou murder]]'' [[IllKillYou him in full view of everyone else.]]
92	* LessonsInSophistication: The Prince is first seen sitting through a boring trigonometry lesson, passing the time playing tricks on his assistant Donald. When he trades places with Mickey, the latter has to endure the various lessons set for the Prince, all of which he fails miserably.
93	* LetsGetDangerous:
94	** The prince in the climax. Up to that point, he was a goofy prankster that only cared about having fun. Then he finds out Pete was going to use Mickey to usurp him and gets angry on seeing the guards threaten the disguised mouse. The Prince pulls out his sword, reveals himself, and shows he is a capable fencer. While Pete is better in terms of experience, the prince uses his prankster attitude to gain an advantage.
95	** ''Goofy'' of all people pulls this. When the Prince gets imprisoned in the dungeon, Goofy disguises himself as the executioner, knocks out the guard who has the keys, and busts the prisoners out. Then he and Donald storm the coronation and free Pluto (by accident), which allows the Prince to get an edge over the guard.
96	* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Pete is a master at this. He finds out from the guards that a mouse with the royal crest stopped a riot, which makes him realize the peasant claiming to be the Prince wasn't lying. Except, he tossed the Prince out, which means he's in trouble for manhandling royalty. Pete doesn't panic, however; he logically concludes that only the Prince and the guards know about this manhandling, so they only have to tie up one loose end. As an added bonus, he has an impostor at hand who can be easily persuaded to do Pete's bidding, thanks to a certain dog who's been waiting outside the palace...
97	* LetThemDieHappy: When Mickey is summoned to meet the dying king, the king can't tell the difference between Mickey and his own son. The king's final words are to "rule with your heart, justly and wisely". Mickey can't bring himself to tell the king that he's not the prince, only saying "I promise" before the king passes away.
98	* LoopholeAbuse: Mickey tries to TakeAThirdOption during the Prince's coronation, to avoid being wrongfully crowned or becoming Pete's PuppetKing, by invoking how the Prince's every order must be obeyed. He then tries to have Pete arrested, but unfortunately for him, the guards are loyal to the captain, not him.
99	* MockingSingSong: When Pete realizes he accidentally kicked the Prince out of the castle, one of his weasel mooks mocks him by singing "you're gonna get it, you're gonna get it, na-na-na-na-na-na"
100	* {{Mooks}}: Pete has an army of weasel soldiers, who are lifted from ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad''.
101	* MortonsFork: Mickey faces one after the good king dies. He can be Pete's PuppetKing and let him terrorize the kingdom unchecked, or refuse and see his beloved dog Pluto killed. He tries to TakeAThirdOption, but thankfully the real prince shows up soon anyway.
102	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Prince whispers "Father" when he learns that the king has died. He looks out of Mickey and Goofy's slums with a ThousandYardStare, realizing that if he had stayed in the palace as Mickey had suggested, he would have been there. This makes him determined to prove to Goofy that he is the prince and they need to return to the palace.
103	* MythologyGag: While Captain Pete and his gang of weasel soldiers pass by Mickey and Goofy in the beginning of the film (which Pluto chases due to the sausages hanging off the carriage), the weasel soldiers sing praise to Pete to the theme tune of the ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub''.
104	* NamedByTheAdaptation: {{Inverted\|Trope}}. In the original novel, the King and the Prince are UsefulNotes/HenryVIII and the future Edward VI respectively. Here, both come with NoNameGiven. Furthermore, the King is described as "a wise and good king", which is [[{{Understatement}} a bit of a]] HistoricalHeroUpgrade assuming he is still Henry VIII which is not for sure.
105	* {{Narrator}}: Creator/RoyDotrice narrates the film.
106	* NearVillainVictory: In the climactic sword fight between the Prince and Pete, the latter corners the former and knocks the sword out of his hand and is then about to deliver the coup de grace when Pluto rushes up and [[ButtBiter bites Pete in the rear]].
107	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: At the coronation, the real Prince shows up to save Mickey and outs the Captain as a traitor. Pete starts going ICanExplain, so the Prince waits to hear his reasons, not wanting to be a RoyalBrat anymore. He could talk his way out of it or try and turn the crowd against the incoming king. Instead, Pete seemingly surrenders gracefully -- [[ISurrenderSuckers then pulls the rug from under the prince's feet]] and [[IllKillYou goes after him with a sword]]. This reveals to the entire crowd that Pete ''is'' a traitor and none help him or his guards when Donald, Goofy and eventually Pluto join the fray. It also means that Mickey is given a silent pardon for impersonating the Prince since he helped save him, making Pete's plan moot.
108	* NiceToTheWaiter: The prince starts as a SpoiledBrat who deals with boredom by tormenting his valet Donald. Horace explicitly tells off the prince for this, saying he needs to be kinder. With that said, the prince stops the captain from bullying Mickey, who only came onto the palace grounds to find Pluto and is quite civil to the "peasant". While exploring the streets in Mickey's clothes, the prince gets righteously furious on seeing how the guards are stealing food in the king's name and eventually realizes he needs to return to the palace to stop these abuses. He even makes up with Donald in the dungeons, implicitly apologizing for mistreating him, and makes the trio part of his royal court.
109	* NonSequiturThud: After Goofy accidentally maces a weasel on the head, he kisses him on the nose and babbles, "Thank you, I've had a lovely evening..." before fainting.
110	* NotSoStoic: The ''one'' time Horace's collected demeanor ever breaks is when the Prince continues to provoke Donald, causing him to fire a projectile that hits Horace in the buttocks. Without missing a beat, he reprimands Donald in his usual proper manner, only snapping when Donald protests. He then tells the Prince to behave himself and gets on with the lesson right where he left off.
111	* OhCrap:
112	** The prince when Pete stops him from returning to the palace.
113	** The weasel guard when Goofy (disguised as the executioner) inadvertently throws his ax at him.
114	** Donald when he realizes that the nearby guards are going to capture Goofy while he's trying to release the Prince.
115	* OutOfCharacterAlert:
116	** When a peasant in rags is tossed out of the palace, Pluto goes to greet his master. He gets bewildered when "Mickey" starts kissing him and saying "I'm free!" Goofy is similarly bewildered that his best friend doesn't remember his name and tries to get away from him; even so, it takes the prince showing his ring to convince Goofy he is not Mickey. Meanwhile, Pluto waits at the palace, fearing the worst for his master. You may be able to fool Goofy but you cannot fool a dog like Pluto.
117	** Donald starts noticing that "the prince" is behaving during his lessons rather than tormenting him. At first, he starts giggling at how inept Mickey is but eventually figures it out; it's implied that is why he is tossed into the dungeons since he could identify which mouse was which.
118	* OutGambitted: During the coronation, Mickey faces a MortonsFork: Agree to be Pete's PuppetKing or see his beloved dog Pluto killed. He tries to TakeAThirdOption by invoking the law's ExactWords that a prince's every order must be obeyed, and tries to order Pete arrested. Unfortunately for him, the guards already know about the switch; Pete puts a stop to this by ordering the guards to seize ''him'' instead by outing Mickey as an impostor. (Thankfully for Mickey, [[BigDamnHeroes the real prince shows up that exact moment.]])
119	* PetPositiveIdentification: Pluto runs up to the Prince pretending to be Mickey, but after licking him and sniffing him he instantly realizes he's not his loyal master and leaves him. Later, after the climax, both Mickey and the Prince are together and no one can tell the other apart. No one, that is, except for Pluto, who charges Mickey and smothers him with kisses
120	* PigMan: A fat pig is briefly shown working as a coachman and enforcer for Pete.
121	* PrinceAndPauper: A loose adaptation of the original Creator/MarkTwain story.
122	* PrivateTutor: The prince is introduced receiving instruction on Trigonometry from the chamberlain (Horace), who seems to handle the prince's education as well, and bored out of his mind. The prince begins to amuse himself by tormenting WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck.
123	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
124	** The king was this before he fell ill. The narration mentions that he was loved for this. When he's dying, he asks who he thinks is his son to rule from his heart, justly and wisely.
125	** Horace proves to be this; he's not oblivious to the Prince being a prankster. When the Prince goads Donald into shooting the professor with a spitball, Horace shoos Donald out of the classroom but listens when the duck says that the prince started it. Horace then tells off the Prince for being immature and that he needs to act like proper royalty. He may be oblivious but he's not stupid.
126	** The Archbishop gets understandably very annoyed at Mickey's attempts to delay the coronation, but he's willing to put it on halt to let Mickey, using his guise as the prince, tell everyone present at the scene what the truth about Pete.
127	** After his experience, the prince is determined to become one. He is angry about the guards stealing food from the commoners, who are starving, and how they are bullies. The Prince tells Goofy he needs to return to the palace and rule as a proper king.
128	* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Played straight with Mickey (as usual) and the prince, but averted with a female peasant mouse that shows up for a few seconds of one scene.
129	* SeizeThem: One of the two phrases the Prince tells Mickey to use while pretending to be prince. Later, Mickey uses it on Pete, only for Pete to turn it around.
130	-->'''Mickey:''' The Captain is an insolent scoundrel! Guards, seize him!\
131	'''Pete:''' Seize ''him!'' He's an impostor!
132	* SpannerInTheWorks: If the Prince hadn't decided to make the switch with an IdenticalStranger, he wouldn't have seen Pete's guards robbing the peasants of food. It also makes him determined to take Pete down on realizing how corrupt the Captain is.
133	* SpitTake: A semi-wild take done by Pete's weasel lackey right after Pete realizes the Mickey that he threw out was actually the Prince.
134	* SpoiledBrat: Prince Mickey is shown to be a bit of one, often tormenting his valet WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck for amusement and switching places with a very nervous Mickey out of snobbish boredom. He gets better after seeing the injustices in the real world.
135	* SpotTheImpostor:
136	** Pluto can tell which one is his master Mickey. This is how he identifies the real Mickey in the climax to clear up the misunderstanding.
137	** It's implied that Donald figured out that Mickey wasn't the prince after seeing him suffer through the lessons. Why ''else'' is he in the dungeons and threatened with execution?
138	* SuddenlySpeaking: Horace has actual dialogue for the first time here (not counting comic appearances).
139	* TakeAThirdOption: Mickey tries this during the coronation. Faced with either being Pete's PuppetKing or seeing his beloved dog Pluto killed, Mickey tries to invoke the law's ExactWords that the prince's every order must be obeyed, and orders the guards to seize Pete. Unfortunately for him, a) the guards are loyal to Pete rather than the Prince, b) Pete instantly outs him as an impostor. Thankfully for Mickey, the Prince pulls a BigDamnHeroes.
140	* TokenHuman: The trumpeters.
141	* TookALevelInBadass: The film has what is probably one of the most sinister and least bumbling incarnations of Pete ever.
142	* ToTheTuneOf: Mickey and Goofy's song about living like a king is sung to the tune of "La Donna e Mobile" from ''Theatre/{{Rigoletto}}''.
143	* UndyingLoyalty: Pluto waits by the palace for the whole day, realizing that Mickey is still inside. Unfortunately, this allows Pete to grab him and use him as a hostage.
144	* UnwittingPawn: Horace, the Archbishop, and everyone else contributing to the coronation (who isn't a weasel guard) are uninformed about Pete's plans for Mickey and are unknowingly helping Pete drive England into an even darker age.
145	* VillainousGlutton: In one scene, Pete is shown messily chowing down on food and drinks stolen from the peasants.
146	* WickedWeasel: They appear as Pete's henchmen. However, they're not as evil as the [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit ones who hunt a certain rabbit]], only as evil as the [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad ones who swindle a certain toad into trading the deed to his estate for a stolen motorcar]].
147	* YellowEyesOfSneakiness:
148	** The weasel mooks all have yellow sclerae.
149	** BigBad Pete's sclerae are normally white, but they gain a yellowish tint in a few scenes, such as when he growls at Pluto to scare him, and when he confronts and threatens Mickey after the king's death.

Context WesternAnimation / ThePrinceAndThePauper