History Film / HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In the Danish dub, Sassy's voice actress Søs Egelind clearly tries to voice Sassy with an affected North Zealand accent (stereotypically associated with the upper class), but often lapses into her native Eastern Jutland accent (Jutlandic accents are generally associated with rural people). Especially her way of pronouncing the words "mig" ("me") and "dig" ("you") comes off as a really weird mix between the two accents, making Sassy sound like a classy lady and a bumpkin at the same time.

* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Chance has porcupine spines removed from his face while he's still conscious, even having several doctors hold him down. A vet in real life would have anesthetized Chance before going anywhere near the spines.

* CompositeCharacter: Used oddly with the dogs as compared to the book - the two characters essentially switch ages and breed types, with personality following breed type. Shadow is Luath's breed type (retriever) and stone-cold determined personality with Bodger's age, and Chance is Bodger's breed type (bully breed, though Bodger's an English bull terrier and Chance is an American bulldog) and goofy personality with Luath's age. [[spoiler:In both versions, the younger dog gets the porcupine quills to the face and it's the older dog who almost seems like he hasn't made it home at the end.]]

* CubCuesProtectiveParent: Bear cubs, in this case.

* TheHomewardJourney: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin An incredible one, at that.]] It's also the trope namer. The animals travel from a ranch all the way back to their home in San Francisco.

** Earlier, Sassy tells Chance cats are smarter than dogs, but a moment later we see she doesn't understand the meaning of "stay" like dogs do. (Or, she does understand, but she doesn't care to actually obey - she is a cat, after all.)

* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Shadow blames himself for Sassy's DisneyDeath, saying that he shouldn't have made her come along. Chance tells him it wasn't his fault and that Sassy made that choice on her own, but Shadow tells him that he had a responsibility to protect Sassy - the same responsibility that he has to protect Chance and Peter.]]

** The animals had no idea what was going on - more than once, it's shown they don't understand human speech or some human actions, such as the phone to the ear - and so of course wouldn't understand why they'd been left in this strange place while their people drove off without them.

* MamaBear: A rather literal example: Chance scares away two bear cubs who were stealing his fish. He later regrets this decision and barely escape with his life when their mom arrives.

* PoliceAreUseless: Downplayed. While the San Francisco PD doesn't consider missing pets vital enough to warrant a police search, they suggest to Peter that he puts up missing posters of the animals.

* TheQuincyPunk: A mohawked example is briefly shown getting booked in a San Francisco police station.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: The first film is firmly set in the idealistic end of the spectrum, as the main characters are able to trek past the dangerous Sierras and return home on instinct alone, while the humans (even the [[PoundsAreAnimalPrisons pound keepers]]) all have the best interests for animals at heart. The [[SpiritualAntithesis sequel]], on the other hand, is more decidedly realistic, as the conflict is instigated by a moment of animalistic panic, as opposed to the careful consideration of the previous film's journey; the main characters are ''lost'' in the city, with no clear path home; and the reality of pet abandonment - which was only briefly touched upon in the first film - [[AscendedFridgeHorror is much more thoroughly analyzed]].

* TranslationConvention

''Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey'' is a 1993 film produced by Creator/{{Disney}}. It is live-action with voiceover narration and loosely based on an earlier film called ''The Incredible Journey'', itself based on [[Literature/TheIncredibleJourney a 1960 book of the same name]] by Sheila Burnford. The film was the first one directed by Duwayne Dunham, who would go on to direct such films as ''Film/LittleGiants'' (1994) and ''Film/{{Halloweentown}}'' (1998).

There was a sequel released in 1996, ''Film/HomewardBoundIILostInSanFrancisco''. Ameche had died back in 1993, and Ralph Waite replaced him in the role of Shadow, while Fox and Field returned to their previous roles.

* PricklyPorcupine: Chance encounters one and bothers it for which it retaliated by slamming its tail on Chance's face in return.
-->'''Chance:''' Aah! ''(whimpering)'' He bit me with his butt!

* BigEater: Chance. A notable example is at the beginning of the film, where Chance manages to eat the entire wedding cake before the newlywed Seavers got a chance to cut it, much to the attendee's shock (and one old man's amusement). Chance later ends up regretting eating the cake when he is forced to vomit it out, apparently due to it disagreeing with his system.

->''"You know that ain't them dogs' real voices!"''
-->-- '''Creator/JeffFoxworthy, about the film'''

* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Shadow blames himself for Sassy's DisneyDeath, saying that he shouldn't have made her come along. Chance tries to comfort him by saying that Sassy made that choice on her own, but Shadow tells him that he had a responsibility to protect Sassy - the same responsibility that he has to protect Chance and Peter.]]

* AdaptationalLocationChange: The original book and movie took place in Ontario; this movie is in California.

-->'''Chance:''' ''(sniffing in the hollow trunk)'' What's that smell? Smells interesting.\\
* HISSSS*\\