Line #13 YMMV/FritzTheCat


1	* AdaptationDisplacement: Would anyone have known about the Creator/RobertCrumb comic if not for this highly controversial movie adaptation?
2	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Was the crow who got hit on ''actually'' gay? Or was he so annoyed by the girls flirting with him using positive discrimination that he pretended he was, so they'd leave him alone?
3	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://youtu.be/GOAjhhTGmyY "Hey you fuckin' intellectuals, you think you're so where it's at, before you fill your minds with any junk, better listen to Fritz the Cat!"]]
4	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Fritz himself is a major one. Depending on who you ask, he's either funny and charming, or one of the most unlikable characters to ever come from an animated film.
5	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The extended transition sequence with the crow snapping his fingers to a Music/BoDiddley song comes and goes without much context. It doesn't have any relation to the story nor is there any need to go on for as long as it does, [[RuleOfFun but it's still a fun and memorable little scene.]]
6	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Duke the Crow, not only for pretty much being the only major character aside from Harriet who isn't a jerk, an idiot, both, or worse, but also for having a likable and funny presence. It only makes his death that much sadder.
7	* EsotericHappyEnding: Fritz gets a gangbang out of his experiences, but he's learned absolutely nothing and he'll very likely face charges for all the chaos and carnage he's caused. Not to mention Duke is still dead, Harlem is in ruins, and the neo-Nazis are [[KarmaHoudini still out there doing god knows what]].
8	* HarsherInHindsight:
9	** The riot scene is uncomfortably familiar to modern audiences thanks to events like Ferguson, the LA Riots and the murder of George Floyd.
10	** Speaking of the riot scene, the police using fighter jets against the crows may have seemed like an [[CrossesTheLineTwice absurd exaggeration]] at the time. Then in 1985, Philadelphia police [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing actually carried out an airstrike]] on a house occupied by the black liberation organization MOVE.
11	** The neo-Nazis are reminiscent of the [[MisaimedFandom "alt-furry"]] minority of the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom and, to a lesser extent, the Atomwaffen.
12	* HilariousInHindsight:
13	** At one point, a college girl asks why an actor like Creator/JamesEarlJones always has to play black characters. Three or four decades later, we have Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan [[Film/Daredevil2003 playing]] ComicBook/TheKingpin, Creator/SamuelLJackson [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse playing]] ComicBook/NickFury, and Creator/LaurenceFishburne [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse playing]] [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Perry White]].
14	** Jones's most famous roles post this film being the voices of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] ([[Creator/HaydenChristensen who is white]]... [[BodyHorror er, now gray]], underneath the armor), and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Mufasa]] (a lion).
15	** And not only that, but that scene of the three girls talking to a crow about African-American rights and the plight of the black man in America will probably make a Website/{{tumblr}} user either roll on the floor laughing or utterly cringe in disgust at how familiar the exchange is (in regards to Afro-Americans and pretty much any other non-white, able-bodied heterosexual group).
16	** Fritz grabbing Al's pistol and saying, "Look at this [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} big fuckin' gun!"]]
17	* MemeticMutation: The shot of Fritz making the "talking too much" gesture [[BreakingTheFourthWall to the audience]] when Winston is chewing him out has become a popular reaction image.
18	* OnceOriginalNowCommon: It was rated X when it was first released but there's been far more explicit content in animation since 1972. So newer viewers might wonder why it was so controversial.
19	* PopularWithFurries: The series is one of the earliest examples. It has had an influence on furry media.
20	* {{Sequelitis}}: ''WesternAnimation/TheNineLivesOfFritzTheCat'' was written and directed by Robert Taylor, without the involvement of Bakshi or Crumb. However, producer Steve Krantz and actor Skip Hinnant worked on both.
21	* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Several of the crows are drawn with visible cheekbones to resemble African-American humans. Needless to say, it looks a little... off.
22	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The comic is an early example, although Crumb's graphic novel ''Oggie and the Beanstalk'' was more directly an example of this, as it was mistakenly stocked as a children's book by some stores early on in its distribution. Some distributors confused the film and its sequel for children's films. [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071913/reviews?start=20 Supposedly, the sequel was even aired on Showtime Family]], despite its R rating.

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