Line #4 Awesome/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians


1	!!(1961) Disney Adaptation
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3	[[caption-width-right:350:Even a domesticated dog can be a PapaWolf or MamaBear.]]
4	* Roger having the guts to stand up to Cruella and decline her offer for the puppies.
5	-->'''Cruella:''' When can the puppies leave their mother? Two weeks? Three weeks?\
6	'''Roger:''' Never.
7	** Made better by the fact that he ''stutters'' through his speech, implying that he's possibly more nervous than what his expression would make you believe. However, it's also entirely possible that he's [[TranquilFury just barely managing to control his temper]], given he spends the entire confrontation trying to maintain [[StiffUpperLip a very formal but clearly blunt refute]].
8	** Considering he didn't move an inch while Anita was hugging him long after Cruella had left, it's quite possible that he had passed out from terror. Who could blame him?
9	* Also something that shouldn't be forgotten is how much of a boss Nanny is. When Cruella barges into Anita and Roger's house to buy the newborn puppies and then calls them "mongrels" when she sees they have no spots, Nanny unapologetically gets right in her face (Cruella's facial expression is all "My gosh, I'm being scolded by a pipsqueak"). When Jasper and Horace break into the house and lock her up, she still fights them. She's very loyal to Roger and Anita and characters underestimate her devotion to serving them.
10	** Additionally, Nanny gets a scene to show off just how much of a BattleButler she is. Yes, she is ultimately overpowered by Jasper and Horace and can't stop the two from abducting the puppies, but she certainly is ''not'' a DamselInDistress.
11	* The Twilight Bark sequence, and not just because we get to see cameos of all our favorite dog characters from ''Lady and the Tramp''. Within ''hours'', word of the puppies' kidnapping spreads through all of London and clear out to Suffolk, where Tibbs remembers hearing barking at the supposedly abandoned Hell Hall, investigates, and finds the missing puppies.
12	** The great dane of Hampstead, the first dog Pongo is able to contact, is a majestic dog with a bellowing bark that sounds like a lion roaring.
13	* Sergeant Tibbs. There's the fact that he was the one that connected the missing puppies to the barking at Hell Hall, and located the puppies so that word could be sent to Pongo and Perdita. Then he singlehandedly sneaks all 99 puppies out from under Horace and Jasper's noses, then keeps them alive long enough for the cavalry to arrive. Particularly noteworthy is that when Jasper is standing over the cornered pups, [[GoThroughMe he spreads his front paws in front of them]], [[CowardlyLion shielding them despite being absolutely terrified]]. Fortunately, Pongo and Perdita [[BigDamnHeroes burst in]] at the last second to stop the hoods.
14	** Tibbs is so awesome that a spin-off book has the puppies outright [[HeroWorship hero worshiping]] him. They'd been teasing one of the background pups, Missy, because she can't bark. When Tibs calmly points out that ''he'' can't bark, they act as though they've just received a parental lecture. Missy herself gets an awesome moment when she barks for the first time in her life [[CrisisMakesPerfect to save her family from Horace and Jasper.]]
15	* You do NOT want to get caught trying to hurt [[BattleCouple Pongo and Perdita's]] pups, trust us. Jasper and Horace learned that the hard way...
16	** Just them smashing through the window and standing there for a moment, growling and baring their teeth. A reminder of how pants-shittingly ''terrifying'' our four-legged friends can be when they're pissed off.
17	** The fight between Pongo and Perdita vs. Horace and Jasper is awesome by itself. Just as Jasper is about to swing a chair at Perdita, who’s busy attacking Horace, Pongo responds by charging at Jasper, saving his mate’s life.
18	** As with ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', Disney reminds us that our sweet, loving canine companions are absolutely capable of being terrifyingly vicious in defense of those they love.
19	* In a scene that doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment\|s}}, the Suffolk Farm unit hold off Jasper and Horace so the Pongos and all the puppies can get away with a head start, and each one gets their chance to shine:
20	** The Colonel, who up till now has mostly acted as a bystander due to being a ScatterbrainedSenior, acts courageously by barking menacingly at the two crooks, luring them inside the barn and distracting them so they don't know they're right behind Captain's rear end.
21	** Sergeant Tibbs watches quietly from atop Captain's head, and tells the horse to "ready" and "aim." He then gives the signal to "fire" by pulling down Captain's ear like a trigger.
22	** The Captain "fires" by using his back leg to kick Jasper through the barn wall, then does the same thing to Horace.
23	*** The Captain used his left back leg to "aim," then dropped it and used his right back leg to "fire," all in the span of about three to four seconds. [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Either that horse is very fast, or the animator goofed up majorly.]]
24	** Their efforts are somewhat undercut by the fact that kicking Jasper and Horace through the wall [[NiceJobBreakingItHero lets them glimpse the snow tracks the dogs left behind]]. The Colonel seems to realize this, as his face suggests that he was thinking, "What the hell did those two just do?!" and probably rightly so.
25	* The collie that runs after the Pongos to get them out of the storm, which absolutely saved their lives. The dogs of the countryside had apparently set up a 24-hour watch, specifically for the purpose of helping the Dalmatian caravan get home safely, and the Collie's appearance and reassuring voice was just an overwhelming rush of relief.
26	* Later on the Labrador that helps them get on the truck and then runs back to stop Horace and Jasper, giving the Dalmatians just enough time to escape.
27	* The truck driver doing his best to fight back against Cruella in the climax. He doesn't realize there are a hundred and one Dalmatians hitching a ride in the back of his truck, just that there's a crazy [[WomenDrivers woman driver]] practically hanging off the back of it, and he's ''not'' going to put up with her shenanigans.
28	** Perdita gets a moment of awesome saving a puppy from falling from the truck catching it by the tail in the nick of time.
29	* Said chase between Cruella and the truck reaching its climax when Horace and Jasper, intending to ''ram'' the truck and send it down the ditch, instead ram into Cruella's car when Horace panics and pulls out the steering wheel, causing both vehicles to ''disintegrate in mid-air''! The truck and the Dalmatians within are all safe and head for home, while Cruella and the Badduns are left to mope among the shattered remains of both vehicles.
30	** What's better is as Cruella is berating them afterwards, Jasper, having had enough of her abuse, finally stands up for himself and his brother and dismissively tells her to shut up.
31	* Ultimately the whole movie is a crowning moment of awesome for the entire dog community of Southern England. In the teeth of an unusually cold winter they networked together, found the puppies in a single night and pulled off a complex rescue mission across a hundred miles of countryside using only their own resources in perhaps another two. Badass adorable indeed.
32	* An offscreen aversion of PoliceAreUseless, Cruella shows up to order the puppies executed because "The Police are everywhere," and she clearly freaking out at the chance she's going to be nicked for the dog snatch. Chances are given another day or two the Police would have caught her and shut down the whole operation. Although since this would be after the Puppies were all murdered it's still a good thing the dogs got there faster.
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34	!!Live Action Movie
35	* Roger and Anita putting their foot down when Cruella demands that they sell the puppies to her. They're able to do so in a calm manner after the woman literally screamed in their faces. What makes this better is the fact that Anita, who was originally an ExtremeDoormat in the animated film, stands up to her friend and her ''boss''.
36	* Anita gets another special mention at the start of the film. When Roger mistakenly grabs Perdy instead of Pongo, Anita approaches him demanding that he release Perdy. When he doesn’t comply, she whacks him with her purse, which has bricks inside. Anita made it clear that if anybody were to try taking her dog, she will not hesitate to do what is necessary to get Perdy back.
37	* When Horace and Jasper show up to take the puppies, Nanny immediately reacts by trying to shut the door on them to no avail. When they advance inside, Nanny is able to punch Horace in the face and continues hitting them as they’re moving her to the closet.
38	* All of the adult dogs working together to save 99 frightened puppies and reunite them with their parents, with special mention going to Kipper going back for Lucky and saves him from Mr. Skinner.
39	* The police defying PoliceAreUseless when Anita notifies them about Cruella as a possible suspect. They conduct a raid on her house, which leads to them finding the illegal furs, arrest her and her henchmen later in the film, and find all the puppies.
40	* Can the Panther de Ville get one? Cruella's car is so heavily associated with her that it's almost impossible to see her without it. The Panther de Ville is an excellent candidate for Cruella's car in live-action and has become as iconic to Cruella as the red roadster is in the animated movie.

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