History Film / BabePigInTheCity

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* HoYay: At times during the film, there is sexual tension between Esme Hoggett & The Landlady. Most notably the scene where Esme returns from jail back to the Hotel to meet up again with the Landlady.

* 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 HollywoodSign, 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.

* BallroomBlitz: The entire climax of the movie.

* GagBoobs: When dressed in the Clown Costume, Esme's breasts squeak & honk suggestively a few times

* HoYay: At times during the film, There is sexual tension between Esme Hoggett & The Landlady. Most notably the scene where Esme returns from jail back to the Hotel to meet up again with the Landlady.

* PantyShot: Esme Hoggett gets one as a result of being drenched in billboard glue earlier in the movie.

* Ballroom Blitz: The entire climax of the movie.

* Gag Boobs: When dressed in the Clown Costume, Esme's breasts squeak & honk suggestively a few times

* Ho Yay: At times during the film, There is sexual tension between Esme Hoggett & The Landlady. Most notably the scene where Esme returns from jail back to the Hotel to meet up again with the Landlady.

* Panty Shot: Esme Hoggett gets one as a result of being drenched in billboard glue eariler in the movie.

* 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.

* 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]].

** Just like in the first movie, Babe is a male pig portrayed by a female.

* 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 [[LandDownunder Sydney Opera House]] and the [[UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} Eiffel Tower]].

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The city of Metropolis. 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 [[LandDownunder Sydney Opera House]] and the [[UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} Eiffel Tower]].

** Babe himself is this at the beginning of the film, inadvertently setting off a series of events that lead to Farmer Hoggett being seriously injured.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The city of Metropolis. 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 UsefulNotes/StatueOfLiberty. It also has the [[UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} Christ the Redeemer statue]], the [[LandDownunder Sydney Opera House]] and the [[UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} Eiffel Tower]].

* CuteMute: Tug the capuchan monkey comes off as particularly cute because he's the only animal who doesn't talk.

Despite its cutesy-poo title, ''Babe: Pig in the City'' manages to take an already fairly dark story and turn it very, very much DarkerAndEdgier. The fact that George Miller takes over as director (he produced the first film and Chris Noonan directed) has quite a bit to do with it. It has been called ''Film/TheCityOfLostChildren -- Except This Time the Children are Adorable Kittens'', which gives you an idea of the tone.

* CrossCastRole: Thelonius is a male orangutan, but he is portrayed by a female; female apes are easier to train and handle than males.

* DemotedToExtra: Farmer Hoggett, who gets injured at the beginning, and healed at the end. As well as the farm animals except Ferdinand.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Especially rare for a children's film. The original was about a little pig on a farm who was taken in by the female sheepdog and was mostly lighthearted, a TearJerker here and there, but the darkest element was when Babe's parents are herded to the slaughterhouse. In ''Pig in the City'', there's a hotel with illegal pets, animal control, a vicious bulldog that nearly hangs him trying to kill Babe, and one of those little wheelchair dogs who [[spoiler:almost dies]]. Terrifying for some kids. On the other hand, in the first part a duck is killed for the Christmas dinner and a sheep is killed by feral dogs and in the second part no animal is KilledOffForReal.

* DenserAndWackier: Despite the sequel being DarkerAndEdgier, it was more cartoonish than the first film and features gobs of slapstick unlike the original film and more over-the-top LargeHam human characters in the city in contrast to the more grounded county villagers of the first movie and outrageous kinds of {{Cloudcuckoolander}} animals in the city in contrast to the more realistic (if not counting the talking part) group of the Hoggett farm animals.

* CuteMute: The little monkey comes off as particularly cute because he's the only animal who doesn't talk.

* CrossCastRole:
** Thelonius is a male orangutan, but he is portrayed by a female; female apes are easier to train and handle than males.
** Among the voice cast, Babe is a standard example of a young male character voiced by an adult female actor.

* EiffelTower: Parodied in a shot showing the view out of Babe's window, which features a cluster of landmarks from multiple cities.

* CityOfCanals
* CrossCastRole: Thelonius is a male orangutan, but he is portrayed by a female; female apes are easier to train and handle than males.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Especially rare for a children's film.

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