History YMMV / TheRescuersDownUnder

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Part of the reason this film bombed despite mixed to affectionate reviews and being a CultClassic. America's audience's interest in the Australian setting of this film. Another problem was this film was released thirteen years after its predecessor premiered and didn't come to video till 1992, the year after the former was released to video.

* Audience-AlienatingPremise: Part of the reason this film bombed despite mixed to affectionate reviews and being a [[CultClassic]]. America's audience's interest in the Australian setting of this film. Another problem was this film was released thirteen years after its predecessor premiered and didn't come to video till 1992, the year after the former was released to video.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Given [=McLeach=]'s preference for non-native prey, such as the golden eagle or the invasive feral pig, it's entirely possible that he started out as some sort of government hired hand whose job was to control the invasive population and deal with wildlife trafficking (of which Marahute and her mate were almost certainly victims). When we first meet him, he's looking specifically for razorbacks, and while his trap is indiscriminate, it is a live trap rather than a kill trap, making it easy to release non-target creatures like Cody. Basically, he's not doing anything illegal at first. It's only when he kidnaps Cody and fakes the boy's death that we see what a CompleteMonster he is. We only learn that he has no interest in returning the golden eagles home when he confesses to shooting Marahute's mate rather than simply capturing him. And we only find out that Cody's accusation that [=McLeach=] is a poacher is accurate when we see that he's illegally keeping several native wildlife species, with the intent of either selling them or butchering them for profit. It would make sense that a man hired to stop wildlife trafficking [[LawmanGoneBad would be corrupted by the allure of profit that wildlife trafficking represents.]] It gives him motive, means and opportunity.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Given [=McLeach=]'s preference for non-native prey, such as the golden eagle or the invasive feral pig, it's entirely possible that he started out as some sort of government hired hand whose job was to control the invasive population and deal with wildlife trafficking (of which Marahute and her mate were almost certainly victims). When we first meet him, he's looking specifically for razorbacks, and while his trap is indiscriminate, it is a live trap rather than a kill trap, making it easy to release non-target creatures like Cody. Basically, he's not doing anything illegal at first. It's only when he kidnaps Cody and fakes the boy's death that we see what a CompleteMonster he is. We only learn that he has no interest in returning the golden eagles home when he confesses to shooting Marahute's mate rather than simply capturing him. And we only find out that Cody's accusation that [=McLeach=] is a poacher is accurate when we see that he's illegally keeping several native wildlife species, with the intent of either selling them or butchering them for profit. It would make sense that a man hired to stop wildlife trafficking [[LawmanGoneBad would be corrupted by the allure of profit that wildlife trafficking represents.]] It gives him motive, means and opportunity.

* RealismInducedHorror: [=McLeach=] is an AxCrazy EvilPoacher who has no qualms about hurting or killing innocent animals. Did we mention has a scope ''shotgun''? Now, there's a guy who loves to see the faces of his victims before he riddles them full of holes. All of this wouldn't be too bad... if people like [=McLeach=] didn't exist in real life. The chances of someone getting attacked by [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs an evil queen]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} a sorcerer]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 a sea witch]] or [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan a pirate]] (in most parts of the world, at any rate) are slim-to-none. And no one has good publicity like [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Gaston]] or even [[WesternAnimation/TheRescuers Madame Medusa]]. But are there AxCrazy {{Evil Poacher}}s out there who take delight in seeing their prey getting hurt and have no qualms about hurting innocent animals? ''Oh yes''.

** Frank the frilled lizard. He's quite a RidiculouslyCuteCritter for such a scaly reptile, and his [[CloudCuckoolander endearingly silly personality]] and a pointed aversion of ReptilesAreAbhorrent in a movie that otherwise has a ''lot'' of mean reptiles makes him one of the movie's more memorable characters in spite of being a OneSceneWonder.
** Joanna is another popular character due to being the source of a lot of the movie's laughs ("These are ''not'' Joanna eggs!!"), her very expressive animation (courtesy of none other than James Baxter), and her [[LaughablyEvil comedic personality]] providing a good contrast with the legitimately evil [=McLeach=]. She even makes a very prominent appearance in the MilestoneCelebration short ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAStudio'' (one of the most prominently featured characters from both ''Rescuers'' movies, in fact), suggesting that even people at Disney are aware of her enduring popularity on some level.

%%* EnsembleDarkHorse: Frank the frilled lizard. He's quite a RidiculouslyCuteCritter for such a scaly reptile. Also, Joanna.

* ValuesDissonance: The gag where the female mouse hits her husband (who is much smaller than her) would never be allowed in a Disney movie today.

* EnsembleDarkHorse:
** Percival [=McLeach=], the main ''villain'', is probably the most remembered character.
** Frank the frilled lizard. He's quite a RidiculouslyCuteCritter for such a scaly reptile. Also, Joanna.

* RealismInducedHorror: [=McLeach=] is an AxCrazy EvilPoacher who has no qualms about hurting or killing innocent animals. Did we mention has a scope ''shotgun''? Now, there's a guy who loves to see the faces of his victims before he riddles them full of holes. All of this wouldn't be too bad... if people like [=McLeach=] didn't exist in real life. The chances of someone getting attacked by [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs an evil queen]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} a sorcerer]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 a sea witch]] or [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan a pirate]] (in most parts of the world, at any rate) are slim-to-none. And no one has good publicity like [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Gaston]] or even [[WesternAnimation/TheRescuers Madame Medusa]]. But are there AxCrazy EvilPoacher{{s}} out there who take delight in seeing their prey getting hurt and have no qualms about hurting innocent animals? ''Oh yes''.

** The CGI shots of New York City haven't fare much better. Especially notable is when Wilbur divebombs into the city streets, as the cars smashing into each other to avoid him are clearly blocky, untextured models. That shot would've ''easily'' looked far worse if it weren't a nighttime scene.

* SoOkayItsAverage: ''The Rescuers Down Under'' has a strong fanbase and is considered an underrated film by many but but there also many who see as just okay/decent and it's generally deemed the weakest of the [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Disney]] [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Renaissance's]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} ten]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing fi]][[WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} lms]]. Part of this can be attributed to its {{Padding}}, Bernard and Bianca (who are the protagonists) in less than half of the film and being a BoxOfficeBomb. That being said, ContestedSequel entry aside, it is considered to be an EvenBetterSequel.

* SoOkayItsAverage: ''The Rescuers Down Under'' has a strong fanbase and is considered an underrated film by many but but there also many who see as just okay/decent and it's generally deemed the weakest of the [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Disney]] [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Renaissance's]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} ten]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing fi]][[WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} lms]]. Part of this can be attributed to its {{Padding}}, Bernard and Bianaca (who are the protagonists) in less than half of the film and being a BoxOfficeBomb. That being said, ContestedSequel entry aside, it is considered to be an EvenBetterSequel.

* SoOkayItsAverage: ''The Rescuers Down Under'' has a strong fanbase and is considered an underrated film by many but but there also many who see as just okay/decent and it's generally deemed the weakest of the [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Disney]] [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Renaissance's]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} ten]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing fi]][[WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} lms]]. Part of this can be attributed to its {{Padding}}, Bernard and Biance (who are the protagonists) in less than half of the film and being a BoxOfficeBomb. That being said, ContestedSequel entry aside, it is considered to be an EvenBetterSequel.

* SoOkayItsAverage: ''The Rescuers Down Under'' has a strong fanbase and is considered an underrated film by many but but there also many who see as just okay/decent and it's generally deemed the weakest of the [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Disney]] [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Renaissance's]] [[WesternAnimation/Aladdin ten]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing fi]][[WesternAnimation/Pocahontas lms]]. Part of this can be attributed to its {{Padding}}, Bernard and Biance (who are the protagonists) in less than half of the film and being a BoxOfficeBomb. That being said, ContestedSequel entry aside, it is considered to be an EvenBetterSequel.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The champagne glasses used by Bernard and Bianca at dinner (near the start of the film) are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_glass#Coupe coupes]], and not [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_glass#Flute flutes]]. Champagne coupes, the typical glassware for champagne since the 1930's, fell out of fashion in the United States in the late 1980's when champagne flutes took over as the standard glassware for sparkling wine. By the mid-1990's, flutes had completely replaced coupes.[[note]]Flutes are taller and thinner than coupes, and have a much lower surface area. The physics behind this allows champagne to retain it's bubbliness for far longer in a tall, thin flute than it would in a short wide coupe.[[/note]]

* CallBack: While riding the sugar glider, Jake finger-walks his arm around Bianca, just as Bernard did during his and Bianca's first mission to rescue Penny in [[WesternAnimation/TheRescuers the previous movie]]. Only this time, Bianca neither does anything to encourage the finger-walk, nor does she respond to it, showing that she's completely unfazed by Jake's unsolicited advances.

** While most of the film still looks great, the CGI shots have aged ''horribly'', most egregiously the shot with the Sydney Opera House, a low res untextured model that has noticeable clipping in it.

* RealismInducedHorror: [=McLeach=] is an AxCrazy EvilPoacher who has no qualms about hurting or killing innocent animals. Did we mention has a scope ''shotgun''? Now, there's a guy who loves to see the faces of his victims before he riddles them full of holes. All of this wouldn't be too bad... if people like [=McLeach=] didn't exist in real life. The chances of someone getting attacked by [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs an evil queen]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} a sorcerer]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 a sea witch]] or [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan a pirate]] (in most parts of the world, at any rate) are slim-to-none. And no one has good publicity like [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Gaston]]. But are there AxCrazy EvilPoacher{{s}} out there who take delight in seeing their prey getting hurt and have no qualms about hurting innocent animals? ''Oh yes''.