History YMMV / PeterAndTheWolf

* EnsembleDarkHorse: [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Bob the Janitor.]]

* UnintentionalUncannyValley: There is one adaptation of ''Peter and the Wolf'' (the one narrated by Music/{{Sting}}) where a number of characters in the first and third acts ("Peter and the Wolf" and "March in B Flat Major", respectively) are played by puppets. The animal puppets used for the bird, duck, [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWQyNmFkYzktYjQ5My00ZWNmLTlhOWMtNjBjZTdmNGQ0MzlmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDUxNjc5NjY@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg wolf]], etc. are odd-looking enough as it is, but the puppets used for the humans (such as [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2JhZWVjMGMtOTE4NS00MjQ3LWIyZTUtNDYyNGFmNGVjNzQwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDUxNjc5NjY@._V1_.jpg Sting]] (as the narrator) and [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2IzMGU4NzMtYjViZC00MTllLTljNmEtYzE4ZWJmMzM1OGMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDUxNjc5NjY@._V1_.jpg the conductor]]) are... [[AccidentalNightmareFuel downright terrifying]]. But then, these were made by the same company who made the puppets for ''Series/SpittingImage'', so it's not suprising.

* UncannyValley: There is one adaptation of ''Peter and the Wolf'' (the one narrated by Music/{{Sting}}) where a number of characters in the first and third acts ("Peter and the Wolf" and "March in B Flat Major", respectively) are played by puppets. The animal puppets used for the bird, duck, [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWQyNmFkYzktYjQ5My00ZWNmLTlhOWMtNjBjZTdmNGQ0MzlmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDUxNjc5NjY@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg wolf]], etc. are odd-looking enough as it is, but the puppets used for the humans (such as [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2JhZWVjMGMtOTE4NS00MjQ3LWIyZTUtNDYyNGFmNGVjNzQwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDUxNjc5NjY@._V1_.jpg Sting]] (as the narrator) and [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2IzMGU4NzMtYjViZC00MTllLTljNmEtYzE4ZWJmMzM1OGMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDUxNjc5NjY@._V1_.jpg the conductor]]) are... [[AccidentalNightmareFuel downright terrifying]]. But then, these were made by the same company who made the puppets for ''Series/SpittingImage'', so it’s not suprising.

* UncannyValley: There is one adaptation of ''Peter and the Wolf'' (the one narrated by Music/{{Sting}}) where a number of characters in the first and third acts ("Peter and the Wolf" and "March in B Flat Major", respectively) are played by puppets. The animal puppets used for the bird, duck, [[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cmsobjects/45/453030d17a7a5a4888c68bae03175e39.jpg wolf]], etc. are odd-looking enough as it is, but the puppets used for the humans (such as [[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cmsobjects/20/204ed8c894300f348092ffe46cd48cda.jpg Sting]] (as the narrator) and [[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cmsobjects/42/42635c614f013c21949880bb388ae9ee.jpg the conductor]]) are... [[AccidentalNightmareFuel downright terrifying]]. But then, these were made by the same company who made the puppets for ''Series/SpittingImage'', so it’s not suprising.

* FridgeHorror: Invoked in nearly all the versions by the [[AndIMustScream duck's fate]], but the 2006 version is a special kind of horror if you know the wolf's backstory. [[spoiler:She's a female trying to find food for her pups. The first solid food bitch wolves feed their pups is the regurgitated, half-digested remains of their hunts. That ''poor duck''...]]

* NightmareFuel: The Wolf, particularly in the disney version.

* UncannyValley: There is one adaptation of ''Peter and the Wolf'' (the one narrated by Music/{{Sting}}) where a number of characters in the first and third acts ("Peter and the Wolf" and "March in B Flat Major", respectively) are played by puppets. The animal puppets used for the bird, duck, [[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cmsobjects/45/453030d17a7a5a4888c68bae03175e39.jpg wolf]], etc. are odd-looking enough as it is, but the puppets used for the humans (such as [[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cmsobjects/20/204ed8c894300f348092ffe46cd48cda.jpg Sting]] (as the narrator) and [[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cmsobjects/42/42635c614f013c21949880bb388ae9ee.jpg the conductor]]) are... [[AccidentalNightmareFuel downright terrifying]].

* EarWorm: Considering that the entire point of the story is to follow the character by each of their personal [[{{Leitmotif}} leitmotifs]], it's no surprise that they're all incredibly catchy.

* UncannyValley: There is one adaptation of ''Peter and the Wolf'' (the one narrated by Music/{{Sting}}) where a number of characters in the first and third acts ("Peter and the Wolf" and "March in B Flat Major", respectively) are played by puppets. The animal puppets used for the bird, duck, [[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cmsobjects/45/453030d17a7a5a4888c68bae03175e39.jpg wolf]], etc. are odd-looking enough as it is, but the puppets used for the humans (such as [[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cmsobjects/20/204ed8c894300f348092ffe46cd48cda.jpg the narrator]] and [[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cmsobjects/42/42635c614f013c21949880bb388ae9ee.jpg the conductor]]) are... [[AccidentalNightmareFuel downright terrifying]].

* FridgeHorror: Invoked in nearly all the versions by the [[AndIMustScream duck's fate]], but the 2006 version is a special kind of horror if you know the wolf's backstory. [[spoiler:She's a female trying to find food for her pups. The first solid food bitch wolves feed their pups is the regurgitated, half-digested remains of their hunts. That ''poor duck''...]]

* UncannyValley: There is one adaptation of ''Peter and the Wolf'' (the one narrated by [[Music/ThePolice Sting]]) where a number of characters in the first and third acts ("Peter and the Wolf" and "March in B Flat Major", respectively) are played by puppets. The animal puppets used for the bird, duck, [[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cmsobjects/45/453030d17a7a5a4888c68bae03175e39.jpg wolf]], etc. are odd-looking enough as it is, but the puppets used for the humans (such as [[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cmsobjects/20/204ed8c894300f348092ffe46cd48cda.jpg the narrator]] and [[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cmsobjects/42/42635c614f013c21949880bb388ae9ee.jpg the conductor]]) are... [[AccidentalNightmareFuel downright terrifying]].

* TearJerker: Not actually from ''Peter and the Wolf'' itself, but one particular adaptation (the one narrated by [[Music/ThePolice Sting]] and featuring those UncannyValley puppets) that included two other compositions by Sergey Prokofiev set in the same continuity of "Peter and the Wolf". The second act (thankfully, the only one without puppets), titled "[[GhostStory The Haunting]]", is set to "Overture On Hebrew Themes", and features Peter and his grandfather in the winter following the events of the famous story. Peter thinks he sees a group of elderly musicians outside their home, which causes his grandfather to reminisce about his youth, thinking about old friends who are implied to be long since deceased. A sad enough sequence as it is, but then it gets worse. The grandfather then sees the musicians and recognizes them as the very friends he was reminiscing about. He greets them and they have a hearty reunion... and then, suddenly, his friends are youthful again and celebrating, far too overwhelming for the grandfather to keep up with them. Just as suddenly, they are elderly again, playing somber music. The camera zooms in on the grandfather's bewildered expression, and then, as it zooms out again, the musicians are gone, and he is all alone in the cold winter night. The implication, of course, is that the grandfather's friends really were long since deceased after all, and what he and Peter had seen that night were their ghosts. Add in the somber score of "Overture On Hebrew Themes", and you have one very depressing tale that sends shivers down your spine.
** The Disney version has one as well as [[spoiler:when Peter, Sasha, and Ivan all believe their friend, Sonia, was eaten by the wolf and the image of Sonia with a halo entering heaven while waving goodbye to her friends. Granted, this was before near the end where it showed Sonia was alive after all, but still...]]

** The Disney version has one as well as [[spoiler:when Peter, Sasha, and Ivan all believe their friend, Sonia, was eaten by the wolf and the image of Sonia with a halo entering heaven while waving goodbye to his friends. Granted, this was before near the end where it showed Sonia was alive after all, but still...]]

* UncannyValley: There is one adaptation of ''Peter and the Wolf'' (the one narrated by [[Music/ThePolice Sting]]) where a number of characters in the first and third acts ("Peter and the Wolf" and "March in B Flat Major", respectively) are played by puppets. The animal puppets used for the bird, duck, wolf, etc. are odd-looking enough as it is, but the puppets used for the humans are... [[AccidentalNightmareFuel downright terrifying]].

* EnsembleDarkHorse: [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Bob the Janitor.]]