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* AnAesop: You don’t need the feather to fly.
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* BellyDancer: During the ''Pink Elephants on Parade'' musical number (''easily'' one of the trippiest and most terrifying sequences in Disney history), the background changes to an Egyptian-like motif where a Pink Elephant easily morphs between a camel, a snake, a bellydancer and finally [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext disappearing into an eyeball]].
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-->''"I wish I'd had gotten his autograph!"''\\
''"Hey, man, I ''got'' his autograph!"''\\
''"Well, so long, glamour boy!"''
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* AdaptedOut: Due to them being portrayed as offending stereotypes of African-Americans, some of the newer tie-in storybooks leave out the crows altogether.
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* FiremansSafetyNet: The clown firemen routine ends with the clowns catching Dumbo with a trampoline, but he falls through it and into a vat of whitewash.
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A live-action children's show based on the movie, called ''Dumbo's Circus'', aired on the Creator/DisneyChannel in the 1980s at around the same time the similar show based on ''[[WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]]'' did, where Dumbo could ''speak''.

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A live-action children's show based on the movie, called ''Dumbo's Circus'', aired on the Creator/DisneyChannel in the 1980s TheEighties at around the same time the similar show based on ''[[WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]]'' did, where Dumbo could ''speak''.
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''Dumbo'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1941]] animated film, the fourth in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. The previous year, Disney released two expensive animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', that [[BoxOfficeBomb both bombed at the box office]]. Production for the equally expensive ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' was already well underway, and Disney had to quickly find a way to make some money in order to complete the movie. After a short children's book about a flying circus elephant was brought to his attention, Disney made ''Dumbo'' on a pretty cheap budget (it cost less than half as much as ''Pinocchio'' or ''Fantasia''). Fortunately, it paid off and enough money was made to complete ''Bambi''. Thanks to this and a re-release in 1949, ''Dumbo'' was the most profitable Disney film of the decade.

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''Dumbo'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1941]] animated film, the fourth in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. The previous year, Disney released two expensive animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', that [[BoxOfficeBomb both bombed at the box office]]. Production for the equally expensive ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' was already well underway, and Disney had to quickly find a way to make some money in order to complete the movie. After a short children's book about a flying circus elephant was brought to his attention, Disney made ''Dumbo'' on a pretty cheap budget (it cost less than half as much as ''Pinocchio'' or ''Fantasia''). Fortunately, it paid off and enough money was made to complete ''Bambi''. Thanks to this and a re-release in 1949, ''Dumbo'' was the most profitable Disney film of the decade.
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** Casey Jr. says "I think I can" going up a hill, from ''The Little Engine that Could''.

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** Casey Jr. says "I think I can" going up a hill, from ''The Little Engine that Could''.''Literature/TheLittleEngineThatCould''.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: While drunk, the clowns suggest Dumbo can survive a thousand-foot drop because they believe elephants are made of rubber.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Mrs. Jumbo's eyes turn red when defending Dumbo.
* RepulsiveRingmaster: Downplayed. While the Ringmaster is rather mean, he's not exactly evil.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Mrs. Jumbo's eyes turn red when defending Dumbo.
Dumbo. It notably happens when one of the guards grabs Dumbo and flees with him. This was the ''worst possible thing to do'' in front of an already angry, enraged elephant who thought her child was in danger.
* RepulsiveRingmaster: Downplayed. While the Ringmaster is rather mean, mean and quite incompetent at his job, he's not exactly evil.

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*** The aftermath is also this, as Mrs. Jumbo is locked up and labeled a mad elephant.



*** The aftermath is also this, as Mrs. Jumbo is locked up and labeled a mad elephant.

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