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* The tractor scene, with the heavily [[{{Rotoscoping}} rotoscoped]] tractor slowly creeping through the field and [[UncannyValley deliberately clashing]] with the rest of the film's {{Disneyesque}} style. And it all takes place from the perspective of the animals, turning a simple farming job into Armageddon as The Shrew runs through the field screaming "THE PLOW PLOUGH IS HERE!!"
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*** The chase scene wasn't even all that bad, at least compared to the buildup. There was a fakeout with the rabbit, and then a slow buildup of Dragon creeping up, the audience only able to watch as the cat got ever closer. He doesn't even sound like a cat. More like a Hellhound. While is few scenes in the novel aren't nearly so intense, it's stated that he's still just as terrifying: the Fitzgibbons' only named the kitten "Dragon" for a joke initially, but he grew up to be as fierce as the name.
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*** The chase scene wasn't even all that bad, at least compared to the buildup. There was a fakeout with the rabbit, and then a slow buildup of Dragon creeping up, the audience only able to watch as the cat got ever closer. He doesn't even sound like a cat. More like a Hellhound. While is his few scenes in the novel aren't nearly so intense, it's stated that he's still just as terrifying: the Fitzgibbons' only named the kitten "Dragon" for a joke initially, but he grew up to be as fierce as the name.
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*** The chase scene wasn't even all that bad, at least compared to the buildup. There was a fakeout with the rabbit, and then a slow buildup of Dragon creeping up, the audience only able to watch as the cat got ever closer. He doesn't even sound like a cat. More like a Hellhound. In the novel, the Fitzgibbons' only named the kitten "Dragon" for a joke.
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*** The chase scene wasn't even all that bad, at least compared to the buildup. There was a fakeout with the rabbit, and then a slow buildup of Dragon creeping up, the audience only able to watch as the cat got ever closer. He doesn't even sound like a cat. More like a Hellhound. In While is few scenes in the novel, novel aren't nearly so intense, it's stated that he's still just as terrifying: the Fitzgibbons' only named the kitten "Dragon" for a joke.joke initially, but he grew up to be as fierce as the name.
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* [[KnightOfCerebus Jenner]], for his actions, demeanor, and utter ruthlessness in getting what he wants. In the scene where he tells Sullivan about his plan to kill Nicodemus, he tells about how the Brisby house will "crush his bones" while pulling off a NightmareFace. When asked what to do about Justin, Jenner's response is an echoing "{{Leave him to me}}... to me... to me..."
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* [[KnightOfCerebus Jenner]], for his actions, demeanor, and utter ruthlessness in getting what he wants. In the scene where he tells Sullivan about his plan to kill Nicodemus, he tells about how Nicodemus.
-->'''Jenner''': With Nicodemus outta the way, what's to stop us from taking over?\\
'''Sullivan''': Jenner, you can't kill Nicodemus!\\
'''Jenner''': No taste for blood, huh? They've taken the animal out of you.\\
'''Sullivan''': What if we're discovered?\\
'''Jenner''': Ah! Listen. The Brisby house is a large cement block. In the moving, what if it should fall?\\
'''Sullivan''': An accident?\\
'''Jenner''': Of course! Cut the lines and the weight of it will"crush ''crush his bones" while pulling off a NightmareFace. When asked bones!''\\
'''Sullivan''': (''rubs his throat squeamishly'') It's risky.\\
'''Jenner''': Once rid of Nicodemus, the plan will die! We can stay here as long as we like!\\
'''Sullivan''': But whatto do about Justin, Jenner's response is an echoing "{{Leave Justin?\\
'''Jenner''': Leave him tome}}... to me... to me. (''"To me..."To me." echos'')
-->'''Jenner''': With Nicodemus outta the way, what's to stop us from taking over?\\
'''Sullivan''': Jenner, you can't kill Nicodemus!\\
'''Jenner''': No taste for blood, huh? They've taken the animal out of you.\\
'''Sullivan''': What if we're discovered?\\
'''Jenner''': Ah! Listen. The Brisby house is a large cement block. In the moving, what if it should fall?\\
'''Sullivan''': An accident?\\
'''Jenner''': Of course! Cut the lines and the weight of it will
'''Sullivan''': (''rubs his throat squeamishly'') It's risky.\\
'''Jenner''': Once rid of Nicodemus, the plan will die! We can stay here as long as we like!\\
'''Sullivan''': But what
'''Jenner''': Leave him to
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* [[KnightOfCerebus Jenner]], for his actions, demeanor, and utter ruthlessness in getting what he wants. In the scene where he tells Sullivan about his plan to [[spoiler:kill Nicodemus]], kill Nicodemus, he tells about how the Brisby house will [[spoiler:"crush "crush his bones"]] bones" while pulling off a NightmareFace. When asked what to do about Justin, Jenner's response is an echoing "{{Leave him to me}}... to me... to me..."
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** Unlike the scene where the drugs begin to take effect, the music here is far too soft to hide the shrieks of the double-handful of terrified mice as they scrabble for purchase on the string, each other, and the walls of the air shaft, down into a deep, black abyss - all to fall silent a moment later with a muted, terribly final thump.
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** And if that weren't bad enough, even as Mrs. Brisby rushes her children to safety, ''Timmy is left alone bedridden in the house'', completely unaware of what's to come and far too sick to be moved. Mrs. Brisby is forced to do the unthinkable and try to sabotage the tractor before it can reach their home. It is only due to the intervention of The Shrew that she and Timmy both survive the ordeal.
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** Becomes a little less nightmarish when you later realize that his purpose was to simply keep intruders out; he was putting on an extremely intimidating show, but Mrs. Brisby was never in any ''real'' danger.
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** The rats being shown bending over and clutching their red-glowing abdomens as the drugs take effect, with the rising heartbeat sound, is horrifically visceral.
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*** For the most part the rats' eyes in this sequence are dark, like real rats' eyes, but later the fear and confusion is apparent in the poor creatures' [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_1136.jpg eyes]].
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*** The chase scene wasn't even all that bad. There was a fakeout with the rabbit, and then a slow buildup of Dragon creeping up, the audience only able to watch as the cat got ever closer. He doesn't even sound like a cat. More like a Hellhound. In the novel, the Fitzgibbons' only named the kitten "Dragon" for a joke.
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* [[KnightOfCerberus Jenner]], for his actions, demeanor, and utter ruthlessness in getting what he wants. In the scene where he tells Sullivan about his plan to [[spoiler:kill Nicodemus]], he tells about how the Brisby house will [[spoiler:"crush his bones"]] while pulling off a NightmareFace. When asked what to do about Justin, Jenner's response is an echoing "{{Leave him to me}}... to me... to me..."
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* [[KnightOfCerberus [[KnightOfCerebus Jenner]], for his actions, demeanor, and utter ruthlessness in getting what he wants. In the scene where he tells Sullivan about his plan to [[spoiler:kill Nicodemus]], he tells about how the Brisby house will [[spoiler:"crush his bones"]] while pulling off a NightmareFace. When asked what to do about Justin, Jenner's response is an echoing "{{Leave him to me}}... to me... to me..."
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* Jenner, for his actions, demeanor, and utter ruthlessness in getting what he wants. In the scene where he tells Sullivan about his plan to [[spoiler:kill Nicodemus]], he tells about how the Brisby house will [[spoiler:"crush his bones"]] while pulling off a NightmareFace. When asked what to do about Justin, Jenner's response is an echoing "{{Leave him to me}}... to me... to me..."
* The Great Owl, from the perspective of a little field mouse like Mrs. Brisby, really ''is'' a Great Wyrm (minus the firebreathing). His opening act is messily crushing a spider right next to Mrs. Brisby and it gets worse from there. But perhaps the most shiver-inducing scene is [[NothingIsScarier before we ever see him]]. When Mrs. Brisby calls into the seemingly bottomless dark hole that is his lair, this drifts up almost lazily from within:
* The Great Owl, from the perspective of a little field mouse like Mrs. Brisby, really ''is'' a Great Wyrm (minus the firebreathing). His opening act is messily crushing a spider right next to Mrs. Brisby and it gets worse from there. But perhaps the most shiver-inducing scene is [[NothingIsScarier before we ever see him]]. When Mrs. Brisby calls into the seemingly bottomless dark hole that is his lair, this drifts up almost lazily from within:
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* Jenner, [[KnightOfCerberus Jenner]], for his actions, demeanor, and utter ruthlessness in getting what he wants. In the scene where he tells Sullivan about his plan to [[spoiler:kill Nicodemus]], he tells about how the Brisby house will [[spoiler:"crush his bones"]] while pulling off a NightmareFace. When asked what to do about Justin, Jenner's response is an echoing "{{Leave him to me}}... to me... to me..."
* [[OminousOwl The GreatOwl, Owl]], from the perspective of a little field mouse like Mrs. Brisby, really ''is'' a Great Wyrm (minus the firebreathing). His opening act is messily crushing a spider right next to Mrs. Brisby and it gets worse from there. But perhaps the most shiver-inducing scene is [[NothingIsScarier before we ever see him]]. When Mrs. Brisby calls into the seemingly bottomless dark hole that is his lair, this drifts up almost lazily from within:
* [[OminousOwl The Great
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* The tractor scene is very [[UncannyValley unnerving]], with the heavily [[{{Rotoscoping}} rotoscoped]] tractor slowly creeping through the field and deliberately clashing with the rest of the film's {{Disneyesque}} style. The fact that the whole thing takes place from the perspective of the animals, with The Shrew running through the field screaming "THE PLOW IS HERE!!" turns a simple farming job into Armageddon.
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** Music/JerryGoldsmith's score only serves to make the whole thing more frightening, particularly the ScareChord to accompany the tractor turning over. [[SchmuckBait Have]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALF1DnfuBVU a listen]].
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* The tractor scene is very [[UncannyValley unnerving]], scene, with the heavily [[{{Rotoscoping}} rotoscoped]] tractor slowly creeping through the field and [[UncannyValley deliberately clashing clashing]] with the rest of the film's {{Disneyesque}} style. The fact that the whole thing And it all takes place from the perspective of the animals, with turning a simple farming job into Armageddon as The Shrew running runs through the field screaming "THE PLOW IS HERE!!" turns a simple farming job into Armageddon.
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** Music/JerryGoldsmith'sscore only serves to make the whole thing more frightening, particularly the ScareChord to accompany the tractor turning over. [[SchmuckBait Have]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALF1DnfuBVU a listen]].score]] for the scene, especially the ScareChord to accompany the tractor turning over. And even before that is the distant, ominous sound of the farmer trying to start it, warning Mrs. Brisby and The Shrew of it's looming threat.
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