YMMV / Snow White (1933)

• Awesome Music: Koko (voiced by Cab Calloway) singing "St. James Infirmary Blues".
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment:
  • When Betty tells the Queen (though song, of course) she heard about her mirror, the Queen's head turns into a frying pan (with her nose being its handle), and her eyes become a pair of sunny side up eggs... for no reason whatsoever. Though it may have been a Visual Pun for some phrase people used at the time.
  • And then there's the mirror exploding into smoke that turns the queen into a dragon. No buildup, no foreshadowing, no anything. It just happens. The fact the cartoon ends less than a minute after it happens doesn't help.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • The queen looks a lot like Olive Oyl.
  • When Betty-as-Snow White first arrives at the castle to visit her stepmother, a mouse that looks like Mickey Mouse appears and salutes to her. Of course "the Mouse's" interest in Snow White wouldn't end there.
• Nightmare Fuel:
  • What the Queen turns into at the end: A hideous, dragon-like thing that looks directly at the viewer and proceeds to chase Betty, Bimbo, and Koko down, hellbent on devouring them.
  • The ghost-like creature the Queen turns Koko into. As impressive as his animation is, his near featureless face, lack of an abdomen, and very long legs are unnerving to look at. Also, watch the background as Koko sings. It goes from trippy to creepy quick.
• Signature Scene: Cab Calloway's performance (as Koko the Clown) of "St. James Infirmary" is by far the most famous scene in the cartoon. Koko's ghost form during this scene is an iconic image.
• Ugly Cute: The ironic thing about the Queen. While she obviously can't hold a handle to Betty, she's somewhat nice to look at in some scenes, and she's genuinely cute during the start of the cartoon where she's doing her makeup. It's just that her jealousy of Betty makes her ten times uglier.

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