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  • Badass Decay: Donald, who is normally The Berserker, is portrayed as a coward here, until The Climax.
  • Catharsis Factor: Admit it. After watching Pete act like a smug bastard the whole movie, especially to our 3 favorite heroes, it was extremely satisfying to watch Mickey, Donald, and Goofy beat the living snot out of him.
  • Critical Dissonance: The movie was thoroughly derided by critics, but was beloved by audiences and is widely considered one of the best non-theatrical Disney movies. Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] raising awareness of its existence has further cemented its cult classic status. Then, there's the fact that Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Minnie and Clarabelle's verse of her and Goofy's song appear as cards in the Lorcana trading card game.
  • Memetic Mutation: "King Pete el rey de los petes"Explanation (NSFW warning) 
  • Older Than They Think: Donald's characterization as a Lovable Coward is actually pretty consistent with how he's been portrayed in the comics for decades — while his characterization there varies Depending on the Writer, it's actually been pretty common to have him run away in the face of danger — usually after having bragged about how brave he is beforehand. He's temperamental, sure, but that doesn't always mean he's brave.
  • Popular with Furries: This film's interpretations of Mickey and Minnie really boosted their popularity. Much fan art of the characters is inspired by these versions of the characters (especially Minnie's Tuft of Head Fur).
  • Spiritual Successor: To the 1990 short The Prince and the Pauper, casting Mickey and his friends in a historical period piece based on a literary classic again.
  • Strawman Has a Point: While Pete is undoubtedly the villain for plotting to usurp the throne and for being unpleasant in general, his refusal to make the main trio musketeers at the start of the film is perfectly justified. Even a more benevolent commander would see that Donald's cowardice, Goofy's dimwittedness and Mickey's short and weak stature would make them unbefitting of musketeering, and would have refused them out of desire to keep them and others out of harm's way. The whole reason Pete makes them musketeers at all is because their incompetence would benefit his plot.

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