History YMMV / TheThreeLittlePigs

* GrowingTheBeard: Previously, cartoons had little story and focused more on surreal, often repetitive imagery for its own sake. This was the first animated short to not only have a linear plot but whose characters each had a distinct personality, two things that Disney and, indeed, most mainstream animation studios would focus on in [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation the coming era]]. Amusingly, one New York theater took this to its literal extreme when kept the short playing for so many weeks that they put up a sign saying "You've kept us here so long, we're growing beards!" complete with illustrations of the Three Little Pigs with real beards put on them. And they deliberately made the beards longer as time went by.

!! [[Theatre/TheThreeLittlePigs The brazilian theatrical parody version]] contains examples of:

** Also Practical Pig's inventions: first off is the "Wolf Pacifier" from ''Three Little Wolves'' and the second one is the Lie Detector from ''The Practical Pig''. While the first one is quite brutal-looking from the get-go, the second one actually has you hear Zeke Wolf screaming throughout.

* NightmareFuel: The Big Bad Wolf is a pretty comical type of villain, but in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Luvr-kasE 1958 Disney Records audio remake]], he's given a very eerie and menacing voice and growl. It doesn't help that when it was used on the read-along book-and-audio adaptations of the cartoons, the illustrations (taken from the 1948 Little Golden Book adaptation) depicted the wolf as a freaky OffModel dark-furred version with glowing yellow eyes and gleaming sharp fangs (as shown in the above link).

* FridgeBrilliance: In an attempt to gain access to Practical Pig's house (at least in the [[{{Bowdlerise}} UNCENSORED]] version), the wolf disguises himself as a Jewish peddler. Since meat from a pig is treif (not kosher), what better way to trick pigs into thinking you're not going to eat them? Unfortunately, this is only the ORIGINAL cut we're talking about (see {{Bowdlerize}} on the main page).

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: One possible reason why the sequels failed was that the pigs got [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] to the point where none of them were likeable anymore; Fifer and Fiddler became TooDumbToLive and would constantly laugh off Practical's warnings while teasing and pranking him for no reason, while Practical turned into a preachy and self-righteous [[TheKilljoy Killjoy]] who never stopped scowling and only stopped working in order to tell the other two off.

* {{Sequelitis}}: None of the sequels did nearly as well as the original did, causing Disney to decide that you [[ToughActToFollow just can't top pigs with pigs.]]

* FridgeBrilliance: In an attempt to gain access to Practical Pig's house (at least in the [[{{Bowdlerise}} UNCENSORED]] version), the wolf disguises himself as a Jewish peddler. Since meat from a pig is treif (not kosher), what better way to trick pigs into thinking you're not going to eat them? Unfortunately, this is only the ORIGINAL cut we're talking about (see {{Bowdlerize}} in the Trivia tab).

* ValuesDissonance: Even at the time, the scene where the wolf disguises himself as a [[AlterKocker Jewish peddler]] earned Creator/WaltDisney plenty of accusations of anti-Semitism, accusations which, despite all of his colleagues denying it, followed him beyond the grave. An edited version was released in 1948, with the wolf's costume redesigned and his dialogue re-recorded to make it look and sound less stereotypical..

* GrowingTheBeard: Previously, cartoons had little story and focused more on surreal, often repetitive imagery for it's own sake. This was the first animated short to not only have a linear plot but who's characters each had a distinct personality, two things that Disney and, indeed, most mainstream animation studios would focus on in [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation the coming era]]. Amusingly, one New York theater took this to it's literal extreme when kept the short playing for so many weeks that they put up a sign saying "You've kept us here so long, we're growing beards!" complete with illustrations of the Three Little Pigs with real beards put on them. And they deliberately made the beards longer as time went by.

* ValuesDissonance: Even at the time, the scene where the wolf disguises himself as a [[AlterKocker Jewish peddler]] earned Creator/WaltDisney plenty of accusations of anti-Semitism, accusations which, despite all of his colleagues denying it, followed him beyond the grave.

* GrowingTheBeard: Previously, cartoons had little story and focused more on surreal, often repetitive imagery for it's own sake. This was the first animated short to not only have a linear plot but who's characters each had a distinct personality, two things that Disney and, indeed, most mainstream animation studios would focus on in [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation the coming era]]. Amusingly, one New York theater took this to it's literal extreme when kept the short playing for so many weeks that they put up a sing saying "You've kept us here so long, we're growing beards!" complete with illustrations of the Three Little Pigs with real beards put on them. And they deliberately made the beards longer as time went by.

* GrowingTheBeard: Taken to a ''literal'' extreme in RealLife: during the short's heyday, one New York theater allegedly kept the short playing for so many weeks, that they had a sign posted above it saying "You've kept us here so long, we're growing beards!" complete with illustrations of the Three Little Pigs with real beards put on them. And they deliberately made the beards longer as time went by. Previously, cartoons had little story and focused more on surreal imagery that would repeat at times. Afterwards, cartoons began to focus more on a plot than animating something for the sake of it.[[note]]It didn't stop some shorts made afterwards from being made the previous way.[[/note]]

* ValuesDissonance: Even at the time, the scene where the wolf disguises himself as a [[AlterKocker Jewish peddler]] led some people to jump at the chance to accuse Creator/WaltDisney of being anti-Semitic, a trait that Walt's own Jewish animators denied.

* EarWorm: ''Who's afraid of the big bad wolf, big bad wolf, big bad wolf...''

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* NightmareFuel: The Big Bad Wolf is a pretty comical type of villain, but in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Luvr-kasE 1958 Disney Records audio remake]], he's given a very eerie and menacing voice and growl. It doesn't help that when it was used on the read-along book-and-audio adaptations of the cartoons, the illustrations (taken from the 1948 Little Golden Book adaptation) depicted the wolf as a freaky OffModen dark-furred version with glowing yellow eyes and gleaming sharp fangs (as shown in the above link).

* GrowingTheBeard: Taken to a ''literal'' extreme in RealLife: during the shorts heyday, one New York theater allegedly kept the short playing for so many weeks, that they had a sign posted above it saying "You've kept us here so long, we're growing beards!" complete with illustrations of the Three Little Pigs with real beards put on them. And they deliberately made the beards longer as time went by. Previously, cartoons had little story and focused more on surreal imagery that would repeat at times. Afterwards, cartoons began to focus more on a plot than animating something for the sake of it.[[note]]It didn't stop some shorts made afterwards from being made the previous way.[[/note]]