History YMMV / BabePigInTheCity

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/NathanKress of ''Series/iCarly'' fame makes his debut voicing a puppy at the hotel.

* NarmCharm: The movie's climax can come across as this. It features Esme finally [[LetsGetDangerous taking a more agressive attitude]] in the unfriendly city in order to finally get Babe back, [[BallroomBlitz invading a fancy party]] together with the Landlady, and getting involved in aerial slapstick battles with said party's security staff, all while [[ItMakesSenseInContext wearing an inflatable clown suit]]. It may feel completely ridiculous to see an old and plump woman dressed as a clown fighting chefs while bungee-jumping among dozens of rich and well-dressed people, particularly when the worst happens and her suit ''is'' accidentally inflated, but yet it still manages to create a good balance between action and comedy, managing to be both an enganging and funny conclusion to the movie's story.

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* BrokenBase: The slapstick comedy scenes involving [[ButtMonkey Esme]] are subjected to some debate among fans of the film. Some believe that they are [[Narm too cartoonish]] and too out of place when compared to the [[DarkerandEdgier serious tone of the movie's other scenes,]] others find them genuinely entertaining and view them as a welcome relief from the movie's more dramatic scenes.

* AngstWhatAngst: Despite [[ButtMonkey going through several degrading and humiliating experiences]] during her time in the city (most of which happen in public), Esme Hoggett never seems to lose her determination, and by the end of the movie is as cheery and smiley as ever.

* FridgeBrilliance: Esme is shown as being [[StoutStrength stronger than she looks]], [[spoiler: given the way she effortlessly throws away a menacing biker who was taller than her and how she manages to wrestle herself free from the chefs restraining her shortly before the movie's climax]]. This may be (other than simple adrenaline rushes) because she has spent all her life on the countryside and on farms. Many farm chores are often physically demanding, and someone who has spent long years doing them will likely develop a good level of strength.
** Ferdinand tries to follow Babe on his trip to the city, with a flock of pelicans as his guides. [[spoiler: Once he arrives, however, he does so on the beak of one of the pelicans, having apparently tricked the larger bird into giving him a lift]]. This may be due to more than just laziness on Ferdy's part: he's a farm duck, and probably never had to fly any long distances in all his life. He just wasn't ready to handle this flight on his own.
** When the rubber suit underneath Fugly's old clown costume begins inflating in the climax while [[ButtMonkey Esme]] is wearing it, it's implied that it's not something very comfortable, as Esme can be heard grunting and moaning as it expands. It's already [[FridgeLogic fairly odd that the costume can do this to begin with]], but it becomes even stranger if it really feels painful or unpleasant. But it's possible that she only reacted this way due to how fast it happems and not knowing the suit could do that in the first place. She had no time to anticipate or brace herself for the sudden inflation, wasn't used to going through such things in the first place may have assumed it was dangerous instead of a humiliating but ultimately harmless gag. As a result, she could simply be panicking and overreacting.
** In addition, while Esme and everyone else in the ballroom (including the animals) reacts to her suit inflating in a stunned and frightened way, Thelonious remains unsurprised, calm and quiet. Why? Not just because that's [[TheStoic just his default state]], but also because he was [[UndyingLoyalty the most devoted of all the ape assistants of Fugly]], and probably saw his old master wearing these types of suits and doing such gags many times before. He also decides to help Esme after it happens because he can tell that this was a ''very'' bad time for the costume's unexpected trick to be activated and that this new "master" is not as experienced at handling herself in it as Fugly was.
** Also, while it was indeed a highly embarassing experience to go through in public, Esme can actually ''thank'' the waiter who accidentally caused her suit to inflate. When the ballroom's chandelier crashes down and causes her to quickly fall down as well, the bloated rubber suit shields her body from the floor and causes her to merely bounce around like a ball. While it wasn't exactly a smooth or dignified landing, if the costume wasn't in it's inflated and "bouncy" shape, she could have gotten seriously hurt from the fall and crushed by the chandelier. Much like in the court scene, tere was a silver lining to her misfortune.

** When the rubber suit underneath Fugly's old clown costume begins inflating in the climax while [[ButtMonkey Esme]] is wearing it, it's implied that it's not something very comfortable, as Esme can be heard grunting and moaning as it expands. It's already [[FridgeLogic fairly odd that the costume can do this to begin with]], but it becomes even stranger if it really feels painful or unpleasant. But it's possible that she only reacted this way due to how fast it happems and not knowing the suit could do that in the first place. She had no time to anticipate or brace herself for the sudden inflation, wasn't used to going through such things in the first place may have assumed it was dangerous instead of a humiliating but ultimately harmless gag. As a result, she could simply be panicking amd overreacting.

** When the rubber suit underneath Fugly's old clown costume begins inflating in the climax while [[ButtMonkey Esme]] is wearing it, it's implied that it's not something very comfortable, as Esme can be heard grunting and moaning as it expands. It's already [[FridgeLogic fairly odd that the costume can do this to begin with]], but it becomes even stranger if it really feels painful or unpleasant. But it's possible that she only reacted this way due to how fast it happems and not knowing the suit could do that in the first place. She had no time to anticipate or brace herself for the sudden inflation, wasn't used to going through such things in the first placd may have assumed it was dangerous instead of a humiliating but ultimately harmless gag. As a result, she could simply be panicking amd overreacting.

** When the rubber suit underneath Fugly's old clown costume begins inflating in the climax while [[ButtMonkey Esme]] is wearing it, it's implied that it's not something very comfortable, as Esme can be heard grunting and moaning as it expands. It's already [[FridgeLogic fairly odd that the costume can do this to begin with]], but it becomes even stranger if it really feels painful or unpleasant. But it's possible that she only reacted this way due to how fast it happems and not knowing the suit could do that in the first place. She had no time to anticipate or brace herself for the sudden inflation, and may have assumed it was dangerous instead of a humiliating but ultimately harmless gag.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Part of the reason why the movie [[BoxOfficeBomb proved to be]] [[ContestedSequel so divise]] when it was released, and (to a lesser extent) still is. The first movie, while quite mature for a children's movie, was still generally light-hearted in it's themes and story. This title, however, features Babe's home being dangerously close to being foreclosed after Arthur Hoggett suffers a nasty accident within the first minutes and becomes unable to work. The rest of the story proves to be just as serious and dark, as most of it takes place on the city of Metropolis, which has a much more surrealistic and oppressive atmosphere than the peaceful rural fields of the first movie. And while there is still plenty of humor in this title, most of it (particularly during the scenes involving Esme) is much more violent, mean-spirited and suggestive than the humor in the first one.

** There's also the fact that the parts of the inflating rubber suit that inflate the most are around Esme's backside, and that the suit itself is flesh coloured, which makes it look [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything like it's Esme's own rear that's growing]]. This, combined with her grunts and moans as it expands, makes the entire sequence feel rather suggestive. But it's ''precisely'' this, as well as the fact that such an inappropriate thing is happening to an older woman, what makes it genuinely funny.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Part of the reason why the movie [[BoxOfficeBomb proved to be]] [[ContestedSequel so divise]] when it was released, and (to a lesser extent) still is. The first movie, while quite mature for a children's movie, was still generally light-hearted in it's themes and story. This title, however, features Babe's home being dangerously close to being foreclosed after Arthur Hoggett suffers a nasty accident within the first minutes and becomes unable to work. The rest of the story proves to be just as serious and dark, as most of it takes place on the city of Metropolis, which has a much more surrealistic and oppressive atmosphere than the peaceful rural fields of the first movie. And while there is still plenty of humor in this title, most of it (particularly during the scenes involving Esme)is much more violent, mean-spirited and suggestive than the humor in the first one.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Part of the reason why the movie [[BoxOfficeBomb proved to be]] [[ContestedSequel so divise]] when it was released, and (to a lesser extent) still is. The first movie, while quite mature for a children's movie, was still generally light-hearted in it's themes and story. This title, however,features Babe's home being dangerously close to being foreclosed after Arthur Hoggett suffers a nasty accident within the first minutes and unable to work. The rest of the story proves to be just as serious and dark, as most of it takes place on the city of Metropolis, which has a much more surrealistic and oppressive atmosphere than the peaceful rural fields of the first movie. And while there is still plenty of humor in this title, most of it (particularly during the scenes involving Esme)is much more violent, mean-spirited and suggestive than the humor in the first one.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Part of the reason why the movie proved to be [[ContestedSequel so divise]] when it was released, and (to a lesser extent) still is. The first movie, while quite mature for a children's movie, was still generally light-hearted in it's themes and story. This title, however,features Babe's home being dangerously close to being foreclosed after Arthur Hoggett suffers a nasty accident within the first minutes and unable to work. The rest of the story proves to be just as serious and dark, as most of it takes place on the city of Metropolis, which has a much more surrealistic and oppressive atmosphere than the peaceful rural fields of the first movie. Many scenes, such as Babe being pursued and almost killed by a feral guard dog and the Flealands Hotel being destroyed by a nasty group of Animal Control officers, stood out particularly as much more frightening than anything in the original movie. And while there is still plenty of humor in this title, most of it (particularly the scenes involving Esme)is much more violent, mean-spirited and suggestive than the humor in the first one.

** And, finally, she gets dragged around in more comical slapstick violence scenes during the [[BallroomBlitz climax at the fancy dinner party]], which includes this portly woman battling chefs and flying around the ballroom like a circus acrobat. For a while, [[HopeSpot it seems like she actually has the upper hand over her adversaries this time]]... but then she ends up bumping into a waiter, who pulls off a tag from her clown costume. This results in the worst humiliation yet, as it causes a rubbber suit beneath the clown costume to [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext begin inflating out of nowhere to an alarming size]], which [[RunningGag once again results in the destruction of her clothes]] and leaves her turned into a bloated humanoid balloon in front of dozens of staring people. The stunned look on Esme's face, the fact that it happens out of ''nowhere'', the [[StunnedSilence silence that falls on tne ballroom]] after it's over, the rather good practical effects during the scene, and the entire idea of a single person having such rotten luck makes this a nice punchline to the chaotic climax, as well as some good dark and surrealistic comedy.
** There's also the fact that the parts of the rubber suit that inflate the most are around Esme's backside, which combined with her grunts and moans as it expands makes the entire sequence feel rather suggestive. But it's ''precisely'' this, as well as the fact that such an inappropriate thing is happening to an older woman, what makes it genuinely funny.

** After the judge hears Esme's [[MotorMouth long-winded]] story about her pig, her decides to let her go free because he was raised on a farm and liked pigs.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Before leaving for the trip, Esme promises Arthur that she won't let anything bad happen to his beloved pig. When Babe goes missing, she goes to great lengths (and even sacrifices her dignity) just to get him back, all so she won't end up breaking her promise to her husband.

* [[CountryMouse Esme]] is a short, plump and very clumsy older lady, whose plain appearance and rural mannerisms are completely out of place in the extravagant and darker environment of [[CityOfEverywhere Metropolis]]. Thanks to her innocence and ignorance on how to handle life in a world that's completely different from her home, she gets dragged into various embarassing situations, with each growing worse than the last. Yet she [[TheDeterminator refuses to give up]] no matter what the city throws at her. Her [[MamaBear efforts to rescue Babe and keep him safe]] even as her dignity is torn to shreds are a mixture of [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments awesome]], [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments touching]] and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments darkly funny]] all at the same time.

* [[CountryMouse Esme]] is a short, plump and very clumsy older lady, whose plain appearance and rural mannerisms are completely out of place in the extravagant and darker environment of [[CityOfEverywhere Metropolis]]. Thanks to her innocence and ignorance on how to handle life in a world that's completely different from her home, she gets dragged into various embarassing situations, with each growing worse than the last. Yet she [[Determinator refuses to give up]] no matter what the city throws at her. Her [[MamaBear efforts to rescue Babe and keep him safe]] even as her dignity is torn to shreds are a mixture of [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments awesome]], [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments touching]] and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments darkly funny]] all at the same time.
** The Landlady, a [[NiceGirl kindly woman]] who [[AnimalLover adores animals]] and wants to create a peaceful sanctuary for the many stray ones that inhabit the city.
AngstWhatAngst: Despite [[ButtMonkey going through several degrading and humiliating experiences]] during her time in the city (most of which happen in public), Esme Hoggett never seems to lose her determination, and by the end of the movie is as cheery and smiley as ever.

* Adorkable: [[CountryMouse Esme]] is a short, plump and very clumsy older lady, whose plain appearance and rural mannerisms are completely out of place in the extravagant and darker environment of [[CityOfEverywhere Metropolis]]. Thanks to her innocence and ignorance on how to handle life in a world that's completely different from her home, she gets dragged into various embarassing situations, with each growing worse than the last. Yet she [[Determinator remains determined to succeed]] and rescue her husband's pig no matter what the city throws at her.
** The Landlady,a [[NiceGirk kindly woman]] who [[AnimalLover adores animals]] and wants to create a peaceful sanctuary for the many stray ones that inhabit the city.
gstWhatAngst: Despite [[ButtMonkey going through several degrading and humiliating experiences]] during her time in the city (most of which happen in public), Esme Hoggett never seems to lose her determination, and by the end of the movie is as cheery and smiley as ever.

* AngstWhatAngst: Despite [[ButtMonkey going through several degrading and humiliating experiences]] during her time in the city (most of which happen in public), Esme Hoggett never seems to lose her determination, and by the end of the movie is as cheery and smiley as ever.

** There' also the fact that the parts of the rubber suit that inflate the most are around Esme's backside, which combined with her grunts and moans as it expands makes the entire sequence feel rather suggestive. But it's ''precisely'' this, as well as the fact that such an inappropriate thing is happening to an older woman, what makes it genuinely funny.