History YMMV / Babe

** The moment we first see her, she's shrieking shrilly. Three seconds later, she's told about Christmas dinner. "I HATE PORK!" You could argue that they just arrived after what one may presume might be a long car trip and that could make any kid cranky, ''but she never gets any better.''
** At Christmas Dinner, she insults her Grandma's cooking. "Yuck! Chicken!" Even after being told it's duck, you can hear her declare, "I'm not going to eat any of it!" Kid, are you a vegetarian? Is there anything you ''do'' eat?

* TheWoobie: Hoggett during the Christmas scene when his [[SpoiledBrat granddaughter]] rejects the dollhouse he spent months building because "I WANT THE ONE I SAW ON THE TELEVISION!" It's okay, Arthur. You can be ''my'' grandfather. I'll play with the dollhouse and you can teach me how to shear sheep. Come on, it'll be lots of fun!

* AdaptationDisplacement: The movie is ''far'' more widely known than the original book, ''The Sheep-Pig'' by {{Dick King-Smith}}.

** Father Hogget's grandaughter. The [[UngratefulBitch Ungrateful Little Bitch.]] Your grandfather spends months working on it, possibly spent days creating the tables and chairs and you're crying over the fact that it wasn't the ONE YOU SAW ON THE TELEVISION!

** Babe himself, of course. But a more surprising example is ''Rex'' - he has a terribly tragic backstory and proves himself to be JerkWithAHeartOfGold, once he overcomes his own bitterness and realizes just how good Babe is for his master.

** The version of "If I Had Words" playing as Babe jumps into the water to save the bull terrier from drowning. If the moment altogether didn't give you teary eyes, you have no soul.

** The version of "If I Had Words" playing as Babe jumps into the water to save the bull terrier from drowing. If the moment altogether didn't give you teary eyes, you have no soul.

* [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Bitch]]: James Cromwell's granddaughter who doesn't get the TV dollhouse, but rather an amazing looking one hand made by James Cromwell.

** What makes this more heartbreaking is James and Mrs. Cromwell's reaction to this. Really wants to make you smack the little brat.

* TheScrappy: The mice. Oh ''lord,'' [[MostAnnoyingSound the mice.]]

* CrowningMusicofAwesome: ''Je ne regrette rien'' features prominently in the movie, well before {{Inception}} used it as its central theme! The end credits, featuring "That'll do" by Peter Gabriel, also qualifies.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: After a while, you really forget that it's animatronics as opposed to real animals speaking.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: One of the main points of contention is, like the more recent ''WhereTheWildThingsAre'', where it sits on the handy-dandy "It IS for kids" / "It very definitely is NOT for kids" divide. Don't you dare suggest that it depends on the individual kid. This, combined with ''ABugsLife'' opening a few days prior, effectively doomed the movie at the box-office.

* CrowningMusicofAwesome: ''Je ne regrette rien'' features prominently in the movie, well before {{Inception}} used it as its central theme!

* [[UngratefulBastard UngratefulBitch]]: James Cromwell's granddaughter who doesn't get the TV dollhouse, but rather an amazing looking one hand made by James Cromwell.

* UngratefulBitch: James Cromwell's granddaughter who doesn't get the TV dollhouse, but rather an amazing looking one hand made by James Cromwell.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: YourMileageMayVary, but some people, like RogerEbert, believe that the second film is superior to the first.

* {{Narm}}: Babe bleeting Maa's name like a sheep when she died was a bit of a moment killer for some people. Others find it to be more like NarmCharm.