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1[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bremenskie_muzykanty_6039.jpg]]
2A Soviet-animated musical made in 1969, loosely based on the story of ''Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians''.
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4It had one direct sequel, ''On the Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians'', made by the same creative group in 1973. Another sequel was released in 2000, called ''The New Bremen Musicians''.
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6The original short and its sequel are available on Website/YouTube with (rhyming) English subtitles:
7* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66NNY5xK668 Town Musicians of Bremen]]''
8* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPOcW9ts7Zw On the Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians]]''
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10Not to be confused with the German adaptation of the same fairy tale ''WesternAnimation/TheFearlessFour'' and/or the Spanish adaptation ''WesternAnimation/LosTrotaMusicos''.
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13!!This short provides examples of:
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15* AdaptationExpansion: The entire main plot with the Troubadour, the Princess and the King doesn't exist in the original.
16* AnachronismStew: The architecture is medieval, the royal court looks like something from ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', and the heroes' fashions are straight from TheSixties!
17* BoundAndGagged: The King (by the musicians when they pretend to be robbers).
18* BrickJoke: As King's guards scatter after the fake bandit attack, one of the guards runs off with the wheel from the exploded cannon. Several scenes later, as the King is returned to the town, that guard reappears, still lugging the same wheel.
19* ClarkKenting: The instant the musicians alter their appearance even slightly, they become unrecognizable to other characters. It can be somewhat justified in the first cartoon when they are disguised as robbers (since the King and his guards might be too scared to pay attention), but in the second cartoon, they (except for the Troubadour) are in a PaperThinDisguise of a foreign rock band, and neither the King, the Princess, the genius detective, nor the crowds who have attended their previous performances see through it.
20* DemotedToExtra: The outlaws in the sequel have even less screen time than in the first cartoon and don't have any bearing on the plot.
21* DirtyCoward:
22** The King's guards don't even try to fight for the King.
23** The outlaws aren't much better. The Troubadour's stage costume and the rest of the musicians' [[SillyAnimalSound Silly Animal Sounds]] are enough to send them running for their lives.
24* FakeDangerGambit: Downplayed. The heroes engage pose as robbers to capture the King and then as themselves to free him. Since their goal was to overcome a ParentalMarriageVeto, it is seen as a good thing. However, before that, they do scare off actual outlaws who had an actual plan to rob the King.
25* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal / AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Depending on the scene and the animal. For example, the Rooster only wears sunglasses and the Cat sports naught but a bow tie, while the Donkey is wearing jeans and a hat.
26* HotGypsyWoman: The leader of the outlaws.
27* LookalikeLovers: The Princess and the Troubador are both slender, golden-haired, and [[CoordinatedClothes dressed in red]].
28* LoveAtFirstSight: The Princess and the Troubadour.
29* MatchCut: The moon turns into the outlaws' sigil.
30* MilesGloriosus: The King's guards. They boast of how they are always alert and ready and then curl in fright at the first sign of danger.
31* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
32** The outlaw trio are designed after the ComicTrio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov who had series of popular slapstick comedies.
33** The king is modeled after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erast_Garin Erast Garin]]'s performance as the king in ''Film/Cinderella1947''.
34* NoNameGiven: The cast officially consists of Troubadour, Musicians, King, Princess, Guars, and Outlaws.
35* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Well, the Outlaws are never actually portrayed as NOT dangerous. In the first two films they just never enter into a direct confrontation with heroes - in the first one they are scared off by their theatrics, and in the second one they are sneaking OUT of town with stolen loot, s Musicians are sneaking IN. By the third movie, however, [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia they are running a successful (and likely illegal) bank]]. [[VillainTeamUp They partner up with Detective]], and mastermind a multi-step plan to to ransom Troubador's and Princesse's son from the King. And when the Musicians come after them head on, Outlaws easily kick their butts into next week.
36* RebelliousPrincess: She runs away from the palace to travel the world with her beloved and their friends.
37* ShaveAndAHaircut: In the first cartoon, at around 4:30.
38* TheSixties: Thigh-high miniskirt, square goggles and rock'n'roll! And yes, it is a Soviet cartoon.
39* StealthHiBye: The chicken sometimes disappears off-screen midway through musical numbers, without explanation or this being noticed by the other characters.
40* SungThroughMusical: All three films have no spoken dialogue, with all events conveyed via music and song.
41* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The King's guards boast about loading cannons whenever they see a sparrow. Guess they've never read Confucius. Probably, though, they are just such cowards that they see said sparrow as a legitimate threat.
42* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Boiled eggs, for the King.
43* VillainSong: Two villain songs in the first movie – one real and one faked by the Troubadour and the musicians.
44* WalkingTheEarth: The musicians' lifestyle, which the Princess happily embraces from the end of the first movie onwards.

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