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13A 2004 DirectToVideo feature from Creator/{{Disney}} that for once isn't a sequel to a theatrical film or a TV episode compilation. As the name suggests, it's the stars of the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts in the roles of ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', or at least a story similar in nature. At 68 minutes, it is the longest fully-animated non-interactive sustained story that Mickey and Donald have ever starred in.[[note]]Goofy has starred in two [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie feature]] [[WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie films]] based on the TV series ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop''.[[/note]]
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15WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} are three janitors who dream of becoming musketeers, but Mickey's size, Donald's cowardice and Goofy's intelligence (or lack thereof) are handicaps from their goal. However, they get their chance when Princess WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse demands bodyguards from Captain WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}. Since said captain is planning to take over the kingdom, he decides to promote the three, hoping they'll be bungling enough not to ruin his plans.
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17The story is told by the Troubadour, a singing turtle who is supposedly narrating it on live television. (Though not given a real name in the film, WordOfGod has it that the Troubadour is an updated version of 1930s Disney character Toby Tortoise.)
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19A world based on the film, called ''Country of the Musketeers'', appeared in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', making this the first direct-to-video Disney movie to appear in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series. In addition, this film's versions of Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Minnie appear as cards in the first wave of ''Lorcana'' with Mickey and Donald being Steel cards and Goofy and Minnie being Amber cards. Mickey, Donald and Goofy all have Bodyguard as their ability, naturally enough. The third wave adds Clarabelle's verse from her and Goofy's song as a Song card..
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21!!This movie contains the following tropes.
22* AdaptationDecay:
23** Admitted by the movie, especially in the commentary provided by Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Pete in the fixing-the-plumbing scene.
24** Bizarrely, it seems to be a sort-of sequel to the original ''Three Musketeers'', as the four Musketeers show up at the beginning to inspire Mickey.
25* AdaptationalVillainy: Clarabelle Cow, normally being one of the protagonists among Mickey and his friends has a more villainous role in this movie as she is Pete's henchwoman and works with him to sabotage the musketeers' plan to become true musketeers and overthrow Princess Minnie.
26* AllPartOfTheShow: During the final where Mickey, Donald, and Goofy work together to stop Pete's plan and rescue Princess Minnie, they fight against Pete and the Beagle Boys at an Opera house during a show. The audience believes that everything going on is simply part of the Opera.
27* AmusingInjuries: The film is essentially a ZanyCartoon, so neither the villains nor the heroes are safe from suffering these. No, not even the Princess and her handmaid.
28* AnachronismStew: The film's general aesthetic suggests an 18th century French setting, pre-revolution, though it also features indoor plumbing, landline telephones, electric lights and even modern day fast food, [[RuleOfFunny all of which adds to the wacky absurdity]]. In a more straight example, the opera performed in the climax is Creator/GilbertAndSullivan's ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'', which didn't debut until 1879.
29* {{Angrish}}: As the Troubadour [[WhatTheHellHero calls out Donald for being a coward]], he goes into his trademark unintelligible angry rant.
30* AnythingButThat: When Clarabelle threatens the Beagle Boys with "La Pit" they say "Anything but La Pit!" Averted when the pit turns out to be no more than three feet deep.
31* AsideGlance: Pete after the second mention of the Opera followed by the fanfare.
32* AtArmsLength: The Beagle Boys to Mickey, due to how short he is.
33* AtTheOperaTonight: Cut to the poster and cue the fanfare!
34-->'''Pete:''' "That little ditty's startin' to grow on me!"
35* BerserkButton:
36** "French words make me mad!" said by a Beagle Boy.
37** Donald, when he's had enough of the Troubadour Turtle berating him in song.
38* BetaCouple: Donald and WesternAnimation/{{Daisy|Duck}}, with Goofy and Clarabelle forming a ''Gamma'' Couple.
39* BondVillainStupidity: Instead of killing Mickey, Pete locks him up in a dungeon that will be flooded with water and leaves, allowing Goofy and Donald to come and rescue him.
40* BreakingTheFourthWall: The Troubadour does it repeatedly, and Pete does it briefly.
41%%* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes
42* CallBack: During the first fight with the Beagle Boys, one of them slice through Mickey's musketeer uniform, revealing his trademark outfit underneath. Cue Mickey making his well-known stock pose before cut to the next frame. Donald is also shown wearing his trademark sailor suit under his uniform when [[spoiler: he decides to quit being a musketeer.]]
43* ChangedMyMindKid: [[spoiler:Donald stops being a coward and goes to help Goofy save Mickey]] after hearing the Troubadour berate him.
44* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The DisasterDominoes sequence]].
45* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Subverted when one of the villain's lackeys [[LudicrousMeleeAccuracy rips Mickey's clothes to shreds]]. It instead reveals his familiar red shorts.
46* CompanyCrossReferences:
47** At one point, one of the Beagle Boys is peering through a keyhole at Pete and tells the other Beagle Boy with him to "have a gander at [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Monstro's]] better side".
48** Pete namedrops "[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 I just can't wait to be king]]" as he leaves Mickey in his cell at Mont St. Michel.
49* ContinuityCameo: The Musketeers from the book save Mickey, Donald and Goofy when the latter were children. They even autographed Mickey's hat, which has the correct number of ''four'' signatures.
50* CoveredInKisses: Daisy Duck does this to Donald at the end of the film.
51* CowardlyLion: In contrast to [[FearlessFool most depictions]] of him, Donald is portrayed as a LovableCoward who needs to overcome his cowardice in order to become a musketeer.
52* CreepyCrossdresser: Pete has his smallest henchman pose as Minnie in order to fake a succession ceremony.
53* CueTheFlyingPigs: At his low moment, [[spoiler:Donald declares he'll be a musketeer if cows fall from the sky. Cue Clarabelle falling onto him]].
54* CurseCutShort: "Villains, bad guys run in fear, when they see the Musketeers. Saving Minnie is our duty, mess with her, we'll kick your..." ''(Musketeer stabs a training dummy through the chest with his sword)'' However, the cut-off word in question is actually "booty".
55* DamselInDistress: Minnie and Daisy both get kidnapped by the Beagle Boys working for Captain Pete, and it's up to the Musketeers to save them.
56* DatingCatwoman: Goofy hooks up with [[TheDragon Clarabelle]].
57* DefrostingIceQueen: Daisy is shown to act resentful and uninterested in Donald due to his cowardice, unlike Minnie who immediately became infatuated with Mickey until the end where she returns Donald's love.
58* DirtyCoward: Donald was willing to retreat from fights leaving only Mickey and Goofy to do the heavy work and wasn't above abandoning his friends by leaving Paris, but he eventually comes back in the end.
59-->'''Donald:''' It's every duck for himself!
60* DisasterDominoes: Between Mickey's short height, Goofy's stupidity and Donald's cowardice, they manage to screw up cleaning so badly Pete's bathtub falls several stories while he was in it, and they weren't even on the same floor.
61* DivideAndConquer: With the trio proving more effective than Pete anticipated, he has his men opt for this. First, Goofy is made to think Mickey is calling to him, so he's lured away from his post and grabbed. Next, Donald is confronted and nearly beheaded; he escapes and warns Mickey, but he's too scared to keep fighting and leaves. Mickey's on his own when Pete gets the drop on him.
62* TheDragon: Clarabelle works for the BigBad Captain Pete, at least until her HighHeelFaceTurn.
63* DressedInLayers: Mickey dresses in at least two layers, and Donald dresses in at least three, judging by the way they rip off their clothes to reveal either Musketeer uniforms or their classic outfits underneath. Even Pete dresses in at least two layers.
64* DrowningPit: Captain Pete tries to off Mickey by locking him in a dungeon in Mont-Saint-Michel, which floods when the tide rises.
65* DyingAlone: [[spoiler: Pete leaves Mickey to die in an isolated prison. Thankfully, Goofy and Donald save him]].
66* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: WesternAnimation/{{Pluto|ThePup}} does a FacePalm when Minnie chastises Mickey, Donald and Goofy for mistaking Daisy for a crook and beating her up.
67* {{Expy}}: The Troubadour is essentially an updated version of Toby Tortoise from the two WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies shorts.
68* ExtremeOmnivore: When Pete is getting the Beagle Boys out of the pit, they are doing things to pass the time (drawing Pete with an arrow though his head for one). One of them was playing with jacks, and when Pete sees them relaxing, he quickly eats all of the jacks and the rubber ball.
69* EvilLaugh: Pete, naturally. But also Clarabelle, who as his number two gets a hilariously cow-themed maniacal laugh.
70--> "Moooohoohahahaha!"
71* EvilLaughTurnedCoughingFit: Early on, when Mickey, Donald, and Goofy reveal to Captain of the Musketeers Pegleg Pete their plans to eventually join, he launches into mocking, evil laughter that within a second or two devolves into a coughing fit that lasts longer than the laugh did.
72* FacePalm: Pete. Understandable, considering that he is SurroundedByIdiots with the Beagle Boys as henchmen.
73* FakeKing: At the opera, Princess Minnie is imprisoned in a chest, and the shortest Beagle Boy pretends to be her long enough to abdicate the throne in Pete's favor.
74* FakeUltimateHero: Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are picked explicitly to fail, but Pete hypes them up as extremely competent and trained.
75* FallingInLoveMontage: Mickey and Minnie when they first met in this film.
76* FramingDevice: The film is told through a live recording of the Troubadour reading a comic book.
77* FreudianExcuse: Pete says his reason for being evil is because his mom didn't like him. However, his excuse doesn't really work here because he tells himself that ''the reason his mother didn't like him in the first place was that he was really always an evil selfish jerk, even as a newborn''.
78* FreezeFrameBonus: It zips by for half a handful of frames before getting too far to tell, so you gotta have sharp eyes: [[spoiler:The [[AnachronismStew license plate]] of one of the carriages is [[Creator/{{Pixar}} A113]].]]
79* FunnyAnimal: The entire cast is this, apart from Pluto and some background animals (notably, the cow that kicks Goofy in the tower scene).
80* FurryConfusion: Naturally, with Goofy and Pluto in the same movie. Clarabelle and a non-anthropomorphic orange and white cow show up, as do horse-driven coaches.
81* FurryReminder: Pete's furniture is subtly cat-themed.
82* HairTriggerSoundEffect: Every time Pete mentions the opera, it cuts to a poster and a snippet of ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance''.
83* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Donald, as usual, wears a shirt, but no pants.
84%%* {{Hammerspace}}
85* HappilyEverAfter: Well, it's Creator/{{Disney}}, what'd you expect?
86* HeroicBSOD: A very brief bout. Already struggling with his cowardice, Donald is ready to give up upon learning Pete set them up to fail. After being saved from the dungeon, Mickey also laments they're not real Musketeers. ''Goofy'' snaps them out of it.
87* HeroVsVillainDuet: "Chains of Love" features Goofy who, after having fallen in love with the evil Clarabelle, confesses his love while she tries to kill him. Though she initially sings her disdain towards him and the rejection of his advances, his continuous complimenting and flirtations end up winning her over, and the song becomes a love ballad.
88* HighHeelFaceTurn: Hilariously spoofed with Clarabelle Cow who defects after Goofy woos her.
89%%* TheHitFlash
90* HoldingInLaughter: After Captain Pete promotes Mickey, Donald and Goofy to Musketeers as part of his plot to usurp Princess Minnie, the three mistakenly think her lady-in-waiting Daisy is a villain and attack her. Amused by them showing their incompetence already, Pete tries to stifle his laughter, but composes himself when he notices Minnie watching him.
91-->'''Pete:''' ''(clears throat)'' Um.. Uh, you'll have to forgive them, Your Highness. They're like a well-oiled machine. It's wound just a little too tight.
92* IconicOutfit: Mickey and Donald were both shown wearing their default clothing at some point in the movie. However, the weight of the situation when they started wearing them were completely different, Mickey was revealed to be wearing his outfit under his Musketeer uniform as a gag, while Donald quickly changed into his sailor suit [[spoiler:when he decides to abandon Mickey at a crucial time of need]].
93* IdiotBall:
94** It don't matter how badass you think you are - anytime a villain who's ''three times your size'' starts saying, "By the power vested in my fist..." that's a good time to ''run away.''
95** Pete's way to chase Donald is to jump through the guillotine itself instead of just running around it.
96* TheIdolsBlessing: Captain Pete chooses Mickey, Donald, and Goofy to guard Princess Minnie, saying they have what it takes to be Musketeers. [[spoiler:He doesn't actually think they are capable, and in fact only recruits them in hopes that they will fail. However, Mickey doesn't know this, and so having the captain of the group he idolizes tell him that he is capable falls well into this trope.]]
97* InspirationalInsult: Donald [[spoiler:almost abandons Mickey to die because of his cowardice but after The Troubadour mocks him with a whole song, Donald becomes so enraged he forgets his cowardice and goes to save Mickey. Donald actually thanks The Troubadour for singing that insulting song]].
98* KickedUpstairs: Pete actually promotes Mickey, Donald and Goofy to musketeers ''because'' of how unfit for the job they are. He's sure they're too inept to properly serve as Princess Minnie's bodyguards, so they won't interfere with his plans to take over the kingdom.
99* KissingDiscretionShot: When Minnie first kisses Mickey, as is tradition in classic Disney media, with special thanks to Mickey's hat. Averted at the end when they kiss on the stage.
100* KnightOfCerebus: Pete, to an extent. While he swaps back and forth from LaughablyEvil to vile and intimidating throughout the whole movie, as the plot goes on his villainous scenes become darker and more intense, and the movie becomes more tense as a result. The part where he throws Mickey into the dungeon to drown has almost no humor at all, and the final battle against him an action (if cartoony) scene played surprisingly straight.
101* LargeHam: Pete as always. Just LISTEN to the "Bad Guy Song"!
102* LastNoteNightmare: ''Love So Lovely'' ends with Minnie almost being crushed by a safe.
103* LemonyNarrator: The Troubadour inserts himself into the narrative as a commentator on the ongoing events, as well as the conductor of the orchestra.
104* LoopholeAbuse: Mickey doesn't care if Pete set them up to fail; he says they're honor bound to be heroic so long as they wear the Musketeer uniform. Donald agrees completely and immediately changes into his traditional sailor suit.
105* LovableCoward: Donald's main personality flaw to overcome in this movie is cowardice, but he's one of the heroes.
106* LoveAtFirstSight: Mickey and Minnie immediately fall for each other before even exchanging a word.
107* LoveRedeems: Clarabelle ends up falling for Goofy [[spoiler:while having him executed]].
108* LovesMeNot: Minnie does this in her introductory scene.
109* MajorGeneralSong: Pete's EvilPlan is to kidnap Minnie during a performance of ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'', so of course the most famous song of the opera shows up.
110* ManHug: Mickey to Goofy and then Donald once rescued from the dungeon.
111* MediumAwareness: Pete. "Why'd the music stop?" He actually does this twice. When he is bringing The Beagle Boys out of the pit, the scene shifts to the poster for the opera and plays the same music bit again. When the scene shifts back to Pete, he stare at the poster, blinks his eyes a few times and continues speaking. He does it a third time when the opera bit happens, saying, "That little ditty's starting to grow on me."
112* MythologyGag:
113** The three protagonists being rescued by ''four'' musketeers, as there was in the original book: Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and d'Artagnan.
114** When Mickey's musketeer uniform is sliced off, he's shown to be wearing his classic red shorts underneath and strikes his iconic spread-armed pose. Likewise, when Donald goes AWOL he strips out of his musketeer uniform to reveal his classic sailor suit underneath.
115** When Captain Pete captures Mickey, he mockingly sings the "Hey there, Hi there, Ho there, you're as welcome as can be!" lyrics from the Mickey Mouse March.
116* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Pete made our main heroes Musketeers believing they were completely unqualified—setting them up to put his evil plan at risk. Also, when the Beagle Boys try to drop a safe on the princess—and miss—the action encourages her to want bodyguards, again putting their plan at risk.
117* NotSoHarmlessVillain: The smallest of the Beagle Boys at first seems like he's incompetent and silly. However, it's revealed he's an expert with a sword, especially a great wicked-looking one.
118* OhCrap: Mickey's reaction to the "[[YouMustBeThisTallToRide You Must Be This Tall to Survive This Dungeon]]" sign when the sewer begins to flood.
119* ParentalBonus:
120** For a few seconds in which he is seen falling into a hole, the original narrator (who was a complete ass towards the Troubadour) is revealed to be a [[StealthPun donkey]].
121** One of lines in the FallingInLoveMontage song is "birds and bees".
122** When Captain Pete goes for a shower early in the movie, his bar of soap is tightly bound in ropes as to not drop it.
123* ParodiesForDummies: While driving Minnie's carriage, Goofy can be seen reading "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Musketeering".
124* PitTrap: Pete puts the Beagle Boys in one when he finds out that they were going to kill Minnie, However, the danger is subverted by the fact that the pit is just a few feet deep.
125* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Pete turns Mickey's attempt to arrest him into one of these.
126-->'''Mickey:''' Captain Pete, by the power invested in me, I arrest you!\
127'''Pete:''' Well, with the power ''invested in my fist,'' I clobber you! (''cue ass kicking'')
128%%* PostKissCatatonia
129* PrincessClassic: Princess Minnie is spoof of this trope with her over-the-top prancing around dreaming of her true love.
130* PrincessesRule: Minnie is cast as a princess, though she seems to be the monarch of France and a queen in everything but name. No mention is made of any king or queen existing.
131* ThePowerOfFriendship: It's what ultimately enables Mickey and co. to emerge victorious.
132* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The musical numbers are sung to the tune of classical pieces.
133** Pete's VillainSong is set to "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg.
134** The main theme sung by the Musketeers is set to the Infernal Galop from Offenbach's ''Orpheus In the Underworld,'' better known as the Can-Can.
135** Some other classical tunes you'll hear are Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss, Jr., and the "Habanera" aria from Bizet's ''Carmen.''
136** The Creator/GilbertAndSullivan opera ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'' plays a minor part in the plot. Even though it shouldn't exist yet.
137* QuirkyMiniBossSquad: The Beagle Boys are Pete's minions, though they're hardly competent at their job.
138* RedBoxingGloves: When kidnapping Minnie, the Beagle Boys conceal one in a jack-in-the box to lure Goofy into looking at it. Considering that this is a cartoon, it's kind of surprising that the glove isn't oversized.
139* RewrittenPopVersion: This movie has a strange case where the song isn't a variant of one of the songs from the film. The song used in the music video to promote this film, "Three Is A Magic Number", is actually a cover of a song from another Disney property, ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock''.
140* RoguesGalleryTransplant: The Beagle Boys normally only menace Donald when he's interacting with his [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scrooge]]; here, they're working for Pete.
141* RousingSpeech: With Mickey lamenting they're not real heroes, it's Goofy who snaps him out of it. He says he knows they're not perfect (citing Donald's cowardice, Mickey's short stature, and his own stupidity), but he says they can do anything if they work together.
142* RousseauWasRight: Inverted with Pete who explains how he was abandoned by his mother because he was already a despicable villain with no redeeming quality ''when he was a newborn''.
143* RunningGag: The same music, which happens to be the chorus of [[Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance "With Catlike Tread"]] playing everytime the opera poster is shown.
144* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After narrowly avoiding an execution by guillotine, Donald decides it's time to call it quits, switching to his default sailor attire and running off in fear. [[spoiler:Don't worry, [[ChangedMyMindKid he comes back around eventually.]]]]
145* ShoutOut:
146** Pete sings a few bars from Series/TheMickeyMouseClub theme to taunt Mickey at one point [[{{Irony}} (singing the part he sang in the intro, at that)]]. A few minutes later, he mentions waiting for the song [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 "I Just Can't Wait to be King"]] while heading to the opera.
147** A ShoutOut to Creator/GilbertAndSullivan is also made during the opera scene. They're seeing ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'', and the songs "WithCatlikeTread," "Poor Wand'ring One," "Climbing Over Rocky Mountain" and "ModernMajorGeneral" are heard.
148** A minor one to ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', Pete is once again the BigBad trying to take rule of the land from the rightful heir.
149** The multiple Goofy clones appearing is undoubtedly a reference to the recurring use of this phenomenon in his original theatrical cartoons.
150* ShutUpHannibal: The Toby Tortoise {{Expy}} [[InvokedTrope incites Donald into this]] by singing "This is the end"--to the tune of a classic Beethoven song.
151* ShyShelledAnimal: The Troubadour is a cartoon turtle who gets nervous around some characters, like his apparent boss Mr. Narrator, and Captain Pete. He sometimes literally hides in his shell from them.
152* {{Slapstick}}:
153** Pete did warn Clarabelle about the bricks at least.
154** Minnie and Daisy also tumble down the stairs along with Mickey and Goofy.
155** Daisy is also piled on by Mickey, Donald and Goofy, who mistake her for a bad guy. (in the comics adaptation, there is a justification for why they did so, as an earlier scene has Mickey tell Donald that "[[TheUnseen Prince Gimlet]]" was seemingly murdered by a royal waitress with an hors d'oeuvres knife)
156* SpannerInTheWorks: Pete's new plan to kill the three musketeers after they prove to be more competent than expected so that no one can stop him from getting rid of Minnie and becoming king nearly succeeds. Mickey and Goofy are captured and prepared to be executed and while Donald escaped, he decided to flee rather than fight. But Goofy's love for Clarabelle causes her to make a HighHeelFaceTurn before she can kill him, which in turn allows him to stop Donald from running away and the two of them saving Mickey, leading to them coming back and stopping Pete.
157* SpringtimeForHitler: Pete, upon being ordered by Minnie to find Musketeer bodyguards to protect her, deliberately picks Mickey, Donald, and Goofy in hopes that their bumbling will prevent them from protecting her, and therefore make it all the easier for him to kidnap her. It comes to backfire on him spectacularly when the trio actually starts becoming ''competent'' at their job.
158* StarCrossedLovers: Minnie is forbidden to date Mickey since he's a commoner. This just attracts Minnie more.
159* StealthSequel: Strangely enough, this cartoon is technically a sequel to the original ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', as all four of the noble heroes show up in the prologue and inspire Mickey and his friends to become musketeers themselves.
160* SurroundedByIdiots: Pete has a low opinion of his bumbling Beagle Boy henchmen.
161* TerribleTrio: The Beagle Boys.
162* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: {{Justified|Trope}} in some places, since the Troubadour openly admits to wanting to pepper the narration with songs that he wrote; in other parts, not so much.
163* TheUnintelligible: Donald explains Pete's whole EvilPlan to Mickey, but because he does it in his quacky voice, Mickey doesn't understand a word of it.
164* UniversalAdaptorCast: The film uses the regular cast of the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts to tell a story very loosely based on ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''.
165* UnreliableNarrator: All the AnachronismStew and other forms of ArtisticLicense can be {{justified|Trope}} by the Troubadour narrating the story out of a comic book.
166* UptownGirl: Mickey (commoner) and Minnie (princess).
167* VaporWear: Daisy may or may not wear any bloomers underneath her skirt.
168* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Pete. While he is LaughablyEvil, he also has several dark moments that clash with the general tone of the film. The scene where he throws Mickey into the dungeon to drown is played straight and completely devoid of humor. Similarly, he's treated as a serious threat in the climax.
169* VillainHasAPoint: As harsh as he was in telling Mickey, Donald, and Goofy why they have no hope of becoming musketeers, one can't deny the fact that Pete was correct in pointing out that Donald's cowardice, Goofy's idiocy and Mickey's shortness were traits that would make them largely unsuitable for jobs as important as musketeers, which are proven to be a hindrance several times during the movie. The only reason Pete allows them to become musketeers at all is to use these weaknesses to his advantage to make it easier for him to usurp Minnie and become king of France.
170* VillainSong: "Petey's King of France". Disney knows they love these things, and even the Troubadour shows it by [[LampshadeHanging enthusiastically announcing it]].
171* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Pete. He ''is'' captain of the guard.
172* VisualPun: Whenever Donald gets scared, he morphs into a clucking chicken. He's literally chickening out.
173* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: This seems to be the setting of the movie, which is unsurprising considering who the main characters are.
174* WhatTheHellHero: The Troubadour literally sings this to Donald, calling him out on his cowardice and the fact that he's willing to let Mickey drown just because he's afraid. This being Donald Duck, he naturally does NOT take it well.
175* WithLyrics: The classical pieces that are used in the [[PublicDomainSoundtrack soundtrack]] have lyrics added to it, except ''[[Theatre/{{Carmen}} Habanera]]'' which has changed lyrics instead.
176* YouMustBeThisTallToRide: When Mickey is locked in a DrowningPit by Pete, the dungeon has a sign well above Mickey's head that reads "You must be this tall to survive this dungeon".

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