History WesternAnimation / TheTruthAboutMotherGoose

** Lampshaded in the end. When Humpty Dumpty and the moon asks if those are really the true histories, the jesters say "Well, as far as we know."

** Lampshaded in the end. When the man in the moon asks if those are really the true histories, the jesters say "Well, as far as we know."

** Mary flirting with the courtiers of Queen Elizabeth I is adapted from a scene of Katrina Von Tassel in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad''. An earlier scene of her running down a flight of stairs in her billowy blue gown seems to be recycled from ''WesternAnimation/Cinderella''. (For that matter, her dress also seems to resemble Cinderella's gown more than anything a 16th century royal would wear.)

** Mary flirting with the courtiers of Queen Elizabeth I is adapted from a scene of Katrina Von Tassel in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad''.

** The painter who is painting a scene of London Bridge as it burns doesn't notice until his brush catches fire and he actually brushes fire across the painting, which ignites.

* RunningGag: The painter living in London Bridge getting his work ruined by whatever mishap is befalling the Bridge. Assuming the elderly painter near the end is even the same painter, as the narrator stated "centuries passed" before the Bridge fell.

* DownerEnding: Mary, Queen of Scots, is tried and executed after seeking refuge with Elizabeth Stuart, her cousin. The narrator does warn the viewer that it's not a happy story.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: Mary, Queen of Scots, tried in vain to keep her throne and contrary ways at the same time. Unfortunately, the Scots nobles disliked her, with their RageBreakingPoint being Lord Darnley's assassination. They forced her to abdicate and locked her up. Mary escaped imprisonment and raised an army, only to lose against the rebellious nobles. She was forced to flee to England. Queen Elizabeth I, however, was jealous of the attention her cousin received and sentenced her to death. The only consolation that Mary had was that she never lost her contrary nature.

* DarkReprise:

* KarmaHoudini: Jack Horner gets away with stealing the estate meant for King Henry and leaving his courtier boss to take the blame. That said, he does live in paranoia over the 'accusing' nursery rhyme that was growing in popularity.

* {{Narrator}}: After the jesters sing the songs, an unseen narrator gives the history behind each of them.

* GoryDiscretionShot: The short takes care not to show Mary's execution, instead of ending as she walks up a flight of stairs with a man holding an axe behind her, followed by the final image of the segment being the prison tower. [[NothingIsScarier The implications are still jarring though]].

* GoryDiscretionShot: The short takes care not to show Mary's execution, instead ending as she walks up a flight of stairs with a man holding an axe behind her, followed by the final image of the segment being the prison tower. [[NothingIsScarier The implications are still jarring though]].

* OhCrap: The painter who is painting a scene of London Bridge as it burns doesn't notice until his brush catches fire and he actually brushes fire across the painting, which ignites.

* GoryDiscretionShot: The short takes care not to show Mary's execution, instead ending as she walks up a flight of stairs with a man holding an axe behind her, followed by the final image of the segment being the prison ower. [[NothingIsScarier The implications are still jarring though]].

* GoryDiscretionShot: The short takes care not to show Mary's execution, instead ending as she walks up a flight of stairs with a man holding an axe behind her, followed by the final image of the segment being the prison ower. [[microprOcEssors The implications are still jarring though]].

* KaramaHoudini: Jack Horner gets away with stealing the estate meant for King Henry and leaving his courtier boss to take the blame. That said, he does live in paranoia over the 'accusing' nursery rhyme that was growing in popularity.

** Mary flirting with the courtiers of Queen Elizabeth I is adapted from a scene of Katrina Von Tassel in ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad''.
** The jousting scenes in the London Bridge segment were later reused in ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone''.

* AsideGlance: Mary glances at the camera and says "Oh, dear" after her husband is blown up.

* RunningGag: The painter living in London Bridge getting his work ruined by whatever mishap is befalling the Bridge.

* DarkReprise: "Mary Mary, Quite Contrary" is played in a lower and more ominous key as Mary is being led to her execution.