History YMMV / Babe

!!''Babe''

!!''Babe: Pig in the City''

* ContestedSequel
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: ''Je ne regrette rien'' features prominently in the movie, well before Film/{{Inception}} used it as its central theme! The end credits, featuring the gentle "That'll do" by Peter Gabriel, also qualifies.
** The version of "If I Had Words" playing when Babe jumps into the water to save the bull terrier from drowning.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTCenhTLQ0 "Protected by Angels"]] playing when the humans break into the motel to remove all the animals, is simply gorgeous.
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Some people, like Creator/RogerEbert, believe that the second film is superior to the first.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: One of the main points of contention is, like the more recent ''Film/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 ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' opening a few days prior, effectively doomed the movie at the box-office.

* BaseBreaker: The mice, being either adorable or just annoying.

* UncannyValley: The animals speaking. It looks unnatural.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTCenhTLQ0 "Protected by Angels"]] playing when the humans break into the motel to remove all the animals is simply gorgeous.

** The version of "If I Had Words" playing when 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.

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

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

** Farmer 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!

* JerkAss: Definitely the cat, who tries to scare Babe by convincing him that Hoggett's only playing sheep-pig with him until he gets a craving for bacon. All because Hoggett sent her outside for ''scratching Babe on the snout for no good reason''. Even cat-lovers wanted to give her a kick.
** Ferdinand for taking advantage of Babe's good nature.
** Rex. Saying that a duck (an animal bred to be '''eaten and nothing else''')needs to "accept what he is and be thankful for it" sounds incredibly hypocritical considering he's a sheepdog and at one point was the most useful animal on the farm.

** Wait, those were animatronics?
*** They used animatronics for close-ups of Ferdinand and some other animals. Most of the animals, and all the wide shots, were of actual animals.

* [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Bitch]]: Arthur Hoggett's granddaughter who doesn't get the TV dollhouse, but rather an amazing looking one hand made by her grandfather.
** What makes this more heartbreaking is Mr. and Mrs. Hoggett's reaction to this. Really wants to make you smack the little brat.

* CompleteMonster: The sheep-rustlers. They used savage dogs to scare the sheep into their trucks and one of the dogs mauls Ma to death. What's really infuriating is that we never see them get their come-uppance.

* JerkAss: Definitely the cat, who tries to scare Babe by convincing him that Hoggett's only playing sheep-pig with him until he gets a craving for bacon.

** Fly when her pups are being given away. She'd earlier stated that this was something she was prepared for, but you can see how much it hurts her to let them go.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: After a while, you really forget that it's animatronics (and CG muzzle replacement) as opposed to real animals speaking.
** Wait, those were animatronics?
*** They used animatronics for close-ups of Ferdinand and some other animals. Most of the animals, and all the wide shots, were of actual animals.

** "Protected By Angels" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTCenhTLQ0]] playing when the humans break into the motel to remove all the animals is simply gorgeous.

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

*** 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?
*** And of course, the infamous dollhouse scene, the biggest reason viewers wanted to deck her.

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

** Then again she's also probably about 8, and we only saw her once, kinda cruel to slap labels on a ''child'' from one moment.
*** It's not really just one moment. See TheScrappy above.

* CompleteMonster: Duchess. When we first see her, she doesn't seem to be anything more than a normal house cat. However, the film gradually reveals the depths of her villainy as it goes along. She drinks the blood of a dead duck, scratches Babe out of spite, and in her [[MoralEventHorizon Moral Event Horizon]], she tells Babe that humans eat pigs. Her last line sums it up: "Oh, I haven't upset you, have I? [[EvilLaugh Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh.]]" She's also a [[KarmaHoudini Karma Houdini]], as described on the main page.

* CompleteMonster: Duchess. When we first see her, she doesn't seem to be anything more than a normal house cat. However, the film gradually reveals the depths of her villainy as she goes along. She drinks the blood of a dead duck, scratches Babe out of spite, and in her [[MoralEventHorizon Moral Event Horizon]], she tells Babe that humans eat pigs. Her last line sums it up: "Oh, I haven't upset you, have I? [[EvilLaugh Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh.]]" She's also a [[KarmaHoudini Karma Houdini]], as described on the main page.

* CompleteMonster: Duchess. When we first see her, she doesn't seem to be anything more than a normal house cat. However, the film gradually reveals the depths of her villainy as she goes along. She drinks the blood of a dead duck, scratches Babe out of spite, and in her [[MoralEventHorizon]], she tells Babe that humans eat pigs. Her last line sums it up: "Oh, I haven't upset you, have I? [[EvilLaugh Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh.]]" She's also a [[KarmaHoudini]], as described on the main page.

* Complete Monster: Duchess. When we first see her, she doesn't seem to be anything more than a normal house cat. However, the film gradually reveals the depths of her villainy as she goes along. She drinks the blood of a dead duck, scratches Babe out of spite, and in her [[Moral Event Horizon]], she tells Babe that humans eat pigs. Her last line sums it up: "Oh, I haven't upset you, have I? [[EvilLaugh Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh.]]" She's also a [[Karma Houdini]], as described on the main page.

* 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 ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' opening a few days prior, effectively doomed the movie at the box-office.