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The Wind in the Willows

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  • Toad whenever he whips out his monocle. Something about Toad's design and personality clashing with Toad, in general, is a generally hilarious sight.
  • The entire scene where Ratty and Moley attempt to talk Toad out of his new mania for caravans.
    Toad: Hello, you fellows! You're the very animals I was coming to see! Come along! Hop up! We'll go for a jolly ride! The open road, the dusty highway. (While Toad is talking, Mole looks persuaded and eagerly starts to climb onto the cart. Ratty notices this and quickly stops him, wagging his finger at him disapprovingly afterwards) Come! I'll show you the world. Travel, change, excitement! Ha Ha Ha! (Cyril clears his throat a couple times as if to say, Um, aren't you forgetting something?) Oh, how stupid of me! I'd like you to meet my noble horse, Cyril!
    Cyril: Aye, that's me. A bit of a trotter, a bit of a rotter. (leaning in on Rat and Mole, invading their personal space) How do you do, how do you do, (deep, simpleton-like voice for no apparent reason) how do you do?
    Ratty: (polite but clearly irritated) How do you do?
    Cyril: (frowning) Say, guv'nor, your friends seem a bit on the stuffy side, what?
    Ratty:(Firm) Toad, we want to have a talk with you.
    Toad: Oh, a visit? Splendid! (hops down onto the rung of the cart)
    Ratty: Toad, this is serious! You've got to give up that horse and cart.
    Toad: (shocked) Give up my... Oh, but my dear Ratty, this is my career! Surely, you can't mean—
    Ratty: I do mean it. You've got to stop this foolishness.
    Toad: (stubbornly) No.
    Ratty: You must!
    Toad: No, I won't do it!
    Ratty: Your reckless behavior is giving us animals a bad name.
    Toad: I won't even listen!
    (Toad covers his ears and everything Rat says is softened, but whenever he removes his hands from his ears, Rat speaks louder)
    Ratty: You are fast becoming a menace to society! If you won't think of yourself, think of poor old MacBadger! And as for that horse, no good could ever come from getting about with such a fast and irresponsible beast!
  • Toad, when he first gets Motor Mania.
  • Cyril Proudbottom's epic slam against the crown prosecutor, when asked how Toad got the motorcar:
    Cyril: The only way a gentleman gets anything: the honest way.
    Prosecutor: And what is the honest way?
    Cyril: HAHA! I thought you wouldn't know that, guv'na!
  • Mister Winky's design. Something about him seems like a mobile Tapper from Tapper.
  • As Mr. Winky testifies, Toad is so sure he will be exonerated that he is walking toward the exit. Then Winky says that Toad was trying to sell him the stolen car, the courtroom doors slam shut right in Toad's face.
  • This gem:
    Toad: Afraid of the police? I, Toad, afraid of the police? (laughs until a loud knock comes from the door)
    MacBadger: Open up! Open up, I say!
    Toad: (horrorstruck) THE POLICE!
  • Seeing MacBadger faint when he hears that Toad traded Toad Hall for the motor car and again at the end when he sees Toad in his new aeroplane.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

  • Ichabod's various stunts during the chase scene of Sleepy Hollow.
  • After a horseshoe hits Brom Bones' head, he sees two Ichabods skipping along side-by-side. One even helps the other up the fence.
  • Ichabod's repeated slapstick moments with Brom, barely avoiding getting clobbered and often resulting in Brom being injured.
    • While Brom outclasses Ichabod physically to an almost laughable degree, the schoolmaster still manages to outwit him every time. One of the best examples is when Ichabod loads all of Katrina's groceries on Brom, several times, with Brom either throwing them down, dropping them or tripping. At one point, Ichabod just sort of shrugs to Katrina, like he's asking "what do we do with this guy?"
    • Brom's shocked reaction when he overhears the sound of kissing coming from inside the farmhouse - it's just Ichabod kissing the flower Katrina gave him.
    • Brom prepares to punch Ichabod, only to hear Katrina and pretends to brush Crane's jacket off. Waiting for the second she closes the curtains, he attempts to punch Ichabod...only to bust his fist through the tree behind him, with Ichabod gone!
    • Chasing after Ichabod, Brom promptly falls into a well, and the horseshoe example above follows. The guy really can't catch a break.
  • Tilda's enthusiasm over getting to dance with Brom.
    • Brom falling into the cellar while trying to escape Tilda, and leaves through the outside hatch, covered in food and with a bucket on his foot.
    • Ichabod really can't help his Big Eater tendencies - even while dancing with Katrina, he sneaks a piece of cake from the buffet and eats it in a few bites.
    • Ichabod's growing unease during Brom's telling of the story, cutting to Katrina laughing her head off.
    • The Fire-Breathing Diner bit - Ichabod is so caught up in Brom's story (specifically, the last part about how to escape the Horseman) that he doesn't notice the cap on the pepper shaker he's using has fallen off, and he blindly eats a boiled egg with a small hill of pepper on it, causing his face to go bright red, his eyes to water, and smoke to come billowing out of his ears.
    • An accidental example - in the scene where Brom notices Ichabod's fear of the supernatural, he's eating a sandwich. When it cuts back from Ichabod, the sandwich is suddenly gone, even though Brom's hand is still in the same pose it was when he was holding it, presumably due to an animation oversight.
  • Ichabod's increasing fear while trying to make it through the Hollow at midnight, terrified that the Headless Horseman will show up any minute, which is in stark contrast to his near-comatose horse (who can presumably tell that all the sounds his rider is freaking out about are just nature noises).
  • Ichabod's wild laughter —after seeing the swamp reeds hitting the hollow log— sure would make anyone laugh! That is, until the Headless Horseman appears.
  • At one point during the chase, the Horseman and his steed leap over a ledge and land far out in front of Ichabod and Gunpowder. Ichabod mistakenly believes they escaped the Horseman and hugs Gunpowder in relief. Cue the two of them beginning to catch up to the Horseman, who is patiently waiting for their arrival so he can resume swinging his sword at them.
  • Also Brom's almost Adorkable expression when his new bride Katrina demonstrates how enthusiastic she is about their getting hitched.

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