History Fridge / TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad

!!''The Adventures of Mr. Toad'':

!!''The Story of Ichabod Crane'':

** When you look carefully at Brom's tale of the Headless Horseman, it's clear he's specifically directing it all to Ichabod, namely brandishing a very familiar looking sword with a SlasherSmile and then plucking a hair strand from Icabod's head to showcase his precision of cutting. For all the narrator's talk about Brom's pranks having "no malice", [[UnreliableNarrator this scene alone disproves such statement]] as Brom is most certainly acting malicious and thus it is believable that he would actually try to kill his rival by cutting off his head.
** And Ichabod's survival at the end of the segment in only speculative.

* FridgeLogic: It wasn't necessary to get the deed. The very presence of the Weasels in Toad Hall confirms the Defense's story.

* FridgeLogic: Crane briefly looks down the collar of the Headless Horseman, and shivers as it laughs up at him. What did he see, and what produced the laugh?
** [[NothingIsScarier The fact that you don't know how it's produced makes the laugh even more terrifying]].
** If the Horseman really is a ghost, its unlikely he needs the correct parts to produce a laugh. More likely however, what Ichabod saw was the top part of Brom Bones scalp, which in the dark and in Ichabod's panicked state, probably looked either like pitch darkness or a severed head kept inside the Horsemans coat.
** Considering Ichabod is familiar with Brom's voice from prior encounters, and Brom would want the "Horseman"'s eerie laughter to sound as spooky as possible, it's also possible that Brom stuffed some kind of funnel into the collar of the costume to make his laughs echo creepily.
** It's a farming community. If Brom ''really'' wanted to be thorough, he could've stretched some black fabric stained with animal blood across the neck hole.

* FridgeHorror: If you go with the theory that The Headless Horseman is actually Brom in disguise, consider that there were many times he very earnestly tried to [[AxCrazy cut Ichabod's head off]] with that sword. Many times, he came really close, too.

** The prosecutor repeatedly cutting off [=McBadger=] before he can finish his sentences is actually a rather brilliant StealthPun; he's [[IncrediblyLamePun BADGERING]] the witness!

** The prosecutor repeatedly cutting off McBadger before he can finish his sentences is actually a rather brilliant StealthPun; he's [[IncrediblyLamePun BADGERING]] the witness!

** The reason Toad is only FRAMED for theft is because in the 40's, there was a very strict rule that in any movie, the audience should not feel ANY sympathy for the criminal, so having him actually steal the motorcar wouldn't make him very sympathetic.

** The prosecutor repeatedly cutting off Mcbadger before he can finish his sentences is actually a rather brilliant StealthPun; he's [[IncrediblyLamePun BADGERING]] the witness!

** If the Horseman really is a ghost, its unlikely he needs the correct parts to produce a laugh. More likely however, what Ichabod saw was the top part of Brom Bones scalp, which in the dark and in Ichabods panicked state, probably looked either like pitch darkness or a severed head kept inside the Horsemans coat.

** And Ichabod survival at the end of the segment in only speculative.

* FridgeBrilliance: The reason Toad is only FRAMED for theft is because in the 40's, there was a very strict rule that in any movie, the audience should not feel ANY sympathy for the criminal, so having him actually steal the motorcar wouldn't make him very sympathetic.

** More of a meta example, but ''why'' was "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" so scary? There's no horror in the Wind in the Willows part of the movie - all NightmareFuel comes from the last 5 minutes or so of the Sleepy Hollow part.
*** Also, just how DID Toad manage to get out of his cell unnoticed? Yes, he's DisguisedInDrag, but unlike the book, there's no reason for a woman to be hanging around a prison cell.

* FridgeLogic: It wasn't necessary to get the deed. The very presence of the Weasels in Toad Hall confirms the Defense's story.