History Film / BabePigInTheCity

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Near the beginning of the movie, Esme (who's clearly not used to travel in a plane) accidentally inflates the life jacket she was given when she carelessly pulls its strings. [[spoiler: This won't be the only time in the movie where she has trouble with an inflatable article of clothing that expands after its strings are pulled.]]
** Also, the Landlady states that she can't let any of her neighbors see her sheltering animals in her hotel, and implies that if she's ever found out the consequences won't be good. [[spoiler: Sure enough, one of her neighbors eventually finds out and immediately [[KickTheDog calls animal control officers to take them all away]]]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: Hortense, the [[NosyNeighbour unpleasant neighbour]] of the Landlady, [[spoiler: calls Animal Control officers to take all the stray animals that were living in her hotel, simply because she can't stand them and the noise they make. At the end of the movie, the Landlady decides to sell the ruined hotel, and the new owners turn it into a nightclub. Much to Hortense's chagrin, it proves to be much noisier than the animals ever were]].

* OnscreenChapterTitles: The story is divided into chapters, with title cards (which are read aloud by the Mice) indicating the start of a new chapter.
* PortayedByDifferentSpecies: Portrayed by different breed, in the case of the dog referred to as a pit bull - it's actually a bull terrier.

* AllLovingHero: Babe to a subtle degree and pointed out when [[spoiler:he saves a bull terrier right after the said dog had tried to kill him, and all the other animals watching the drowning dog retreated from helping]].

* ThatsAllFolks: After the credits, one of the mice thanks the audience for staying until the very end of the movie.

* DarkestHour: [[spoiler:The Flealands Hotel gets impounded while the Landlady is away, all the animals except for Babe, Ferdinand, Flealick, and Tug get taken away by animal control, and Esme Hoggett is still on trial.]]

** One of the gags in Fugly Floom's clown show involves his ape performers grabbing him by the suspenders as he walks off, dragging him back.

* WouldHarmASenior: [[CountryMouse Esme]] finds out the hard way that most of the citizens of Metropolis have very little respect for her age, and are more than willing to [[WouldHurtAGirl attack and hurt her physically]] if provoked, intentionally or not. [[PlayedForLaughs In fact, a good chunk of the film's humour]] is precisely these fights and the public humiliations Esme goes through as a result of the unexpectedly inconsiderate way she's treated.

* MamaBear: Esme becomes very protective of Babe during the course of the movie and doesn't stop until he's back to her side safe and sound, no matter [[ButtMonkey how much hell]] [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender she has to go through]].

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Mrs. Hoggett gets dragged around in a pretty undignified fashion.
** Also, while they don't get it nearly as bad as Esme does, the Landlady is also handled roughly by the security staff during the fancy party featured in the movie's [[BallroomBlitz climax]]. And some of the female guests who get caught in the heat of the fight between said security staff and [[MamaBear Esme]] are also shown getting thrown around and having their hairs and clothes dirty and messed up.

* WouldHarmASenior: [[CountryMouse Esme]] finds out the hard way that most of the citizens of Metropolis have very little respect for her age, and are more than willing to [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender attack and hurt her physically]] if provoked, intentionally or not. [[PlayedForLaughs In fact, a good chunk of the film's humour]] is precisely these fights and the public humiliations Esme goes through as a result of the unexpectedly inconsiderate way she's treated.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The ballroom's chandelier is sturdy enough for Esme to bungee jump from, but [[spoiler:the combined weight of her, Babe, and Thelonious proves to be too much for it to handle and it comes crashing down]].

* ButtMonkey: As soon as Esme arrives in the city, she goes through a wide variety of humiliating experiences, but nevertheless, she doesn't give up on keeping Babe safe like she promised Arthur.

* TheCityVsTheCountry

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The city of Metropolis ([[Franchise/{{Superman}} No, not that one]]). At first glance, it appears to be an American city. But it has the Hollywood sign, the [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Twin Towers]], the [[UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Golden Gate Bridge]], and the Art/StatueOfLiberty. It also has the [[UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} Christ the Redeemer statue]], the [[UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}} Sydney Opera House]] and the [[UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} Eiffel Tower]]. As in the first film, this was presumably done so viewers could assume it could, indeed, be a major city anywhere in the world.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The bull terrier [[spoiler:who tries to kill Babe, and is then rescued by him, immediately employs himself as Babe's right hand man]]. Also pointed out in his speech of how it's a bull terrier's job to "be malicious" and that most others would have [[spoiler:let him drown]].

* JokeOfTheButt: Being a plump older woman and one of the [[ButtMonkey unlucky]] main sources of comedy in the movie, Esme Hoggett is naturally subjected to a few visual gags regarding her backside and it's larger frame.[[spoiler: The first happens shortly after she returns to the hotel, and rips her dress after bending down, [[PantyShot which reveals her underwear]]]]. And the other ones happen during the [[BallroomBlitz climax]], where [[spoiler: not only does she nearly hit a waiter with her rear while swinging from the ballroom's chandelier, she's also subjected to another public humiliation when said waiter accidentally removes a tag from the back of the pants of the clown suit she's wearing, which results in an inflatable rubber suit that's serving as her undergarments to begin expanding with air. It destroys her pants as it does so, and makes it seem as if her rear end itself began to grow uncontrollably]].

* PantyShot: Esme Hoggett's dress splits open as a result of being drenched in billboard glue earlier in the movie, revealing her underwear.

* SplittingPants: Esme's dress is [[spoiler: ripped after she returns to hotel and bends down to examine Babe's tracks, leaving her backside exposed]]. Later, during the movie's climax, [[spoiler: the pants of the clown costume she's wearing as a replacement to her ruined dress are [[RunningGag also]] torn apart and destroyed after an inflatable rubber suit beneath it begins expanding itself after it's inflating features are triggered by accident during the scene's slapstick fights]].

** Shortly after that, Esme exploits the trope by tying the suspenders to a streamer and using them as an improvised bungee in an attempt to take Babe back from a chef who tries to steal him.