History WesternAnimation / OneHundredAndOneDalmatians

Entry #17 in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, ''Literature/TheHundredAndOneDalmatians'' was adapted for animation by [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Walt Disney Pictures]] as ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians''[[note]]Usually promoted with the Arabic numeral as ''101 Dalmatians''[[/note]]. The second Disney animated film to be set unambiguously in contemporary time period [[note]]It is sometimes thought to be the first Disney animated film set in present day, but the first one to do that was actually ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}''[[/note]], this 1961 production was also the first to use xerography to ease the inking process and make a film with this much technical complexity (the 101 dogs and their collective innumerable spots) possible. Unfortunately, financial setbacks at the studio, especially in the wake of Creator/WaltDisney's death in 1966, made the process the norm and the technique, now dubbed Disney's "scratchy outline" period, plagued the studio's features for 16 years until technological improvements allowed for softer xeroxing on ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers''.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: During the break-in, Nanny refers to the tall and lanky Horace as a big '''L'''ong-'''L'''egged '''L'''ummox.

* TheCameo: Jock and Peg (along with the bulldog from the pound who seems to have had puppies with her) from ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' make cameos during the citywide dog barking scene.
** Tramp and Lady themselves show up in the very same scene, Tramp on top of a car and Lady in the street.

** Perdita is the name of Pongo's wife in this adaptation (in the book his wife was named Missis and Perdita was a separate character).

* HeroicDog: Pongo and Perdita not only rescue their kids, but also 84 more of them on realizing they have nowhere to go. All of the dogs that respond to the Twilight Bark end up proving to be this, especially those that go out of their way to help Perdita and Pongo find their puppies and then get home. The Great Dane gives Pongo and Perdita instructions on where to go while telling them to bark for help from his liaisons. While the Colonel doesn't do much physical stuff, he alerts Perdita and Pongo where the De Vil mansion is and distracts the Baduns as the dogs beat a retreat. A Border Collie runs into the snow to get everyone to safety in the barn while fetching food scraps for the parents as the cows feed the little ones and make room for them in the hay. To top it all off, the Labrador helps arrange a ride for them in a truck and charges at Horace and Jasper when they and Cruella figure out the deception.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Horace grabs the steering wheel and accidentally breaks it, causes the Baduns' van to lose control and crash into Cruella's car instead of the van the Dalmatians are escaping in as was intended. This of course gives the Dalmatians a chance to escape.]]

* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Roger is this towards Cruella. He '''is''' the one who invented [[TheVillainSucksSong the song]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbsR6_b-xJQ "Cruella Deville"]] after all. Just listen to the lyrics! Not to mention that he remembers how much Cruella wanted Pongo's and Perdita's puppies and how aggressive and angry she got when she couldn't have them. As such, he proclaims her to be his "number one suspect" after they're kidnapped, even after Anita argues against his accusations. Turns out he was right about this, even though he doesn't find out in the end.

* HeroicDog: Pongo and Perdita not only rescue their kids, but also 84 more of them on realizing they have nowhere to go. All of the dogs that respond to the Twilight Bark end up proving to be this, especially those that go out of their way to help Perdita and Pongo find their puppies and then get home. The Great Dane gives Pongo and Perdita instructions on where to go while telling them to bark for help from his liaisons. While the Colonel doesn't do much physical stuff, he alerts Perdita and Pongo where the Deville mansion is and distracts the Baduns as the dogs beat a retreat. A Border Collie runs into the snow to get everyone to safety in the barn while fetching food scraps for the parents as the cows feed the little ones and make room for them in the hay. To top it all off, the Labrador helps arrange a ride for them in a truck and charges at Horace and Jasper when they and Cruella figure out the deception.

* InternalReveal: We know from the get-go that Cruella is behind the puppies' kidnapping, but Pongo and Perdita don't know about this until the Great Dane tells them about "[[WhamLine the Deville place]]" halfway through the film.

* AdaptationJobChange: In the book Mr. Dearly has an office job; in the film Roger is a struggling songwriter.