History WesternAnimation / HomeOnTheRange

** Slim's reward money is $750, the exact amount of money needed to pay off Pearl's debts and save the farm.

* TheBrute: Junior the buffalo, Slim's mount. He serves as a bouncer for Slim's base Echo Mine and proves to be the most durable of the villains as he falls down a mine shaft, weathers an explosion and crashes into a train and survives each of them without a scratch.

* AnAesop: Home is where the heart is.

-->'''Gil''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint This is my comfy place.]] What? (''Slim grabs him by the throat'')

* ArtEvolution: This was the last Disney film to use the CAPS digital ink-and-paint system in use since 1989. ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' used the more modern Toon Boom system.

* AnAesop: Home is where the heart is.

** Mrs. Calloway is very protective of her hat. And losing it, even by accident, drives her to a anger frenzy attacking anyone in her way.

** Slim's reward money is $750, the exact amount of money needed to pay off Pearls debts and save the farm.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Buck is initially annoying and selfish towards the cows, but close to the end, he joins their team and helps them escape.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Maggie's beloved home, the Dixon Ranch, was raided by Slim, leaving her the only remaining cow. She's sold to Patch of Heaven at the beginning of the film, along with all the issues one might expect to arise from this.

* ForWantOfANail: As a prize-winning cow, Maggie was kept separate from the rest of the herd on the Dixon Ranch in a locked paddock. If not for that, she would have been abducted with the rest through [[spoiler:Slim's MindControlMusic, as she's visibly waking up from said trance whilst in the flashback]].

* InkSuitActor: Steve Buscemi as Mr. Wesley. One might say the same about Roseanne Barr, Judi Dench, and Jennifer Tilly as actual cows.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* DisneyAcidSequence: Occurs during the VillainSong. Tame in comparison to past Disney examples, though.

* ShutUpHannibal: A near-literal example: when Slim is outed, he’s not about to accept defeat and tries to yodel again to get the upper hand, but Grace kicks a cowbell into his mouth, silencing him for good.

** It was this line that gave the film its PG rating, the first since ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron''.

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* ShutUpHannibal: A near-literal example: when Slim is outed, he is not about to accept defeat and tries to yodel again to get the upper hand, but Grace kicks a cowbell into his mouth, silencing him for good.

* SarcasmBlind: Somewhat {{subverted}}; Maggie can completely understand Calloway's sarcasm, but when the former gets the idea of bringing Slim in to save the farm, she is too eager about her idea to take Calloway's sarcastic remark seriously.

* RealIsBrown: At least compared with most Disney cartoons. It takes place somewhere "west of Nebraska", so most of the scenery is made up of rocks, dirt, and sand.

* NoSell: Slim's hypnotic yodeling has no effect on Grace, because she’s not on "[[HollywoodToneDeaf perfect pitch]]" like the rest of the cattle. It especially helps since she's the only one that does not turn [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife multicolored]] during the [[DisneyAcidSequence Disney-acid]] VillainSong.

* NoSell: Slim's hypnotic yodeling has no effect on Grace, because she is not on "[[HollywoodToneDeaf perfect pitch]]" like the rest of the cattle. It especially helps since she's the only one that does not turn [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife multicolored]] during the [[DisneyAcidSequence Disney-acid]] VillainSong.