History YMMV / TheGoldenTouch

* NightmareFuel: Naturally, the consequences of Midas's ill-conceived wish become all too apparent almost immediately after he gets what he desires. As hunger sets in for him, he is greeted by his own skeleton mocking him in the mirror, as well as a golden silhouette of the Grim Reaper much to his terror. Perhaps even more upsetting is how [[AndIMustScream he turns his golden touch on his own pet cat]], [[UncertainDoom whose fate is unclear]][[WhateverHappenedToTheMouse at the end of the cartoon]].

* CriticalBacklash: Despite its poor reputation among animation historians, and even Walt Disney himself hating the end product, many Disney and animation fans consider this to be a perfectly fine short, only really let down by Midas being too much of an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist, and the story taking a little too long to get going.

* NightmareFuel: Naturally, the consequences of Midas's ill-conceived wish become all too apparent almost immediately after he gets what he desires. As hunger sets in for him, he is greeted by his own skeleton mocking him in the mirror, as well as a golden silhouette of the Grim Reaper much to his terror. Perhaps even more upsetting is how he turns his golden touch on his own pet cat, [[AndIMustScream whose fate is unclear at the end of the cartoon]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The main reason Walt Disney hated this short. King Midas and Goldie were two characters that people did not have sympathy for. Unlike his source material, Midas was a greedy jerk who was more than happy to turn his pet into gold. Furthermore, unlike other adaptations, he doesn't feel any guilt since he has no daughter that he loved that he accidentally turned to gold; he was only upset that he couldn't eat or drink. On the other hand, Goldie was seen more like a wicked JackassGenie than the engaging KarmicTrickster he was supposed to be and cruelly enjoyed Midas's torment, not to mention robbing him out his entire kingdom.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Goldie a kind-hearted imp out to teach Midas a valuable lesson? Or is he a twisted sadist who bestows the Golden Touch on poor fools who create a ton of golden objects which he can then take for himself, all the while enjoying watching them suffer? Considering Midas' unbridled greed, which he was happily singing about, Goldie probably just couldn't resist.
** In addition, Goldie claims that he doesn't want Midas' gold cause "It's chicken feed to me"...yet he takes not only that but the rest of the king's possessions and wealth to release him from the curse. Makes it seem less like a lesson to teach the greedy king and more of an easy catch for free stuff.

* DesignatedHero: Goldie. After showing the effects of the Golden Touch on [[TheWoobie the cat]], he launches into a rant about the evils of gold and greed without even showing or explaining to the king WHY it's a curse. And when the king desperately begs to have the Golden Touch removed, Goldie extorts Midas for everything he owns, leaving him only a hamburger and his underclothes.

* NightmareFuel: Naturally, the consequences of Midas' ill-conceived wish become all too apparent almost immediately after he gets what he desires. As hunger sets in for him, he is greeted by his own skeleton mocking him in the mirror, as well as a golden silhouette of the Grim Reaper much to his terror. Perhaps even more upsetting is how he turns his golden touch on his own pet cat, [[AndIMustScream whose fate is unclear at the end of the cartoon]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The main reason Walt Disney hated this short. King Midas and Goldie were two characters that people did not have sympathy for. Unlike his source material, Midas was a greedy jerk who was more than happy to turn his pet into gold. Furthermore, unlike other adaptations, he doesn't feel any guilt since he has no daughter that he loved that he accidentally turned to gold, he was only upset that he can't eat. On the other hand, Goldie was seen more like a wicked JackassGenie than the engaging KarmicTrickster he was supposed to be and cruelly enjoyed Midas torment, not to mention, robbing him out his entire kingdom.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Practically the whole story in general. A lot of the various elements of the original story getting {{Adapted Out}} effectively steals any audience sympathy for Midas, particularly since his breakdown when he realizes the {{Blessed With Suck}} side of the Golden Touch only comes as a result of inconvenience to nobody but ''himself''. At the end, Goldie removes the curse but on the condition of taking everything Midas owns, which seems to ''[[BrokenAesop defeat a lot of the purpose of the lesson]]'', as it would have been more interesting to see how Midas could have changed for the better even while still a fabulously wealthy man instead of the suddenly poverty stricken man left with only a hamburger....the only reward of which for his newfound humility being onions on said burger that he didn't beg for...
* TheWoobie: The cat. Most disconcertingly he's never seen again after being turned into gold the second time, leaving it unknown if Goldie turned him back to normal after presumably claiming him along with all of Midas's other belongings at the end of the cartoon.