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4* [[CoolOldGuy Georges]] [[CloudCuckoolander Hautecourt]].
5** He refuses to ride the elevator because [[HypocriticalHumor "Elevators are for old people!"]] even though he's older than eighty himself.
6** The part where they take the stairs and Georges rides Edgar piggyback after [[SuspenderSnag attaching his cane to Edgar's suspenders]] and using them to launch himself onto Edgar, shouting, "Upward and onward! WHEE!"
7*** Immediately followed up by "Am I going too fast for you?", while Georges is ON TOP of Edgar.
8** When Edgar finally makes it into Madame's room to announce Georges's arrival, [[{{Understatement}} he's looking considerably less than put-together.]]
9* Edgar's entire reasoning for why he sent the cats away is, in itself, a hilarious conclusion he made, believing the cats [[CatsHaveNineLives literally have nine lives]].
10** He also starts said equation by multiplying four by twelve (since there are four cats and he muses that they'll live about twelve years after Adelaide's death), as though the cats are living their lives in succession.
11* This exchange when the three kittens are stuck in the pet door.
12--> '''Toulouse''': Why should ''you'' be first?
13--> '''Marie''': Because I am a lady, that's why!
14--> '''Toulouse''': ''(snickers)'' You are not a lady.
15--> '''Berlioz''': You're nothing but a sister! (Pulls Marie's tail and bumps her back into the door)
16* While Berlioz and Marie are fighting, Toulouse pushes a candlestick which lands on Marie's head.
17--> '''Marie''': Ow! Now, that hurt! ''({{beat}})'' Mama! Mama!
18* When Berlioz accuses Marie of starting their tiff, she replies with "''Ladies'' do not start fights, '''but they can finish them.'''" Berlioz replies by sticking his tongue at her.
19* Toulouse's painting lesson results in an abstract picture of Edgar, whom Berlioz calls "[[EmbarrassingNickname Old Picklepuss]]". Duchess has to [[ActuallyPrettyFunny stifle a laugh]] before she can admonish her kitten.
20* Berlioz's calling Marie a tattletale [[AsideComment to the audience]].
21* Quite a few during the ''Scales and Arpeggios'' bit.
22** Berlioz is keen to show off his piano skills, causing Marie to roll her eyes. Then, when she tries to start the next verse, she does a DoubleTake as Berlioz starts an impromptu piano solo with all four paws on the keys.
23** Toulouse abandons his painting to join in on the song. He's still covered in paint, though, which means he splashes it everywhere as he hits the keys. Berlioz is not amused, especially when some orange paint splashes in his face, earning Toulouse a DisapprovingLook.
24** The SiblingRivalry escalates near the song's end when Berlioz and Toulouse get into a piano duel, jumping around on the keys in a bid to end the song first. Getting carried away, they end up [[WatchWhereYoureGoing colliding in midair]] and falling onto the keys, ending the song with a discordant note instead.
25* When Edgar gives Duchess and the kittens the milk laced with sleeping pills:
26--> '''Edgar''': Sleep well! I-I mean eat, eat well, of course!
27** "Rock-a-bye kitties, bye-bye you go. La-la-la-la, and I'm in the dough..."
28* When Edgar sneaks out of the house with the cats, he gets "held up" by a tree branch, notices that he's approaching a police station and [[OhCrap promptly hauls ass in the opposite direction]], only to then accidentally ride down the steps into a [[UsefulNotes/LeMetropolitain subway station]].
29** Also, when Edgar rides his motorcycle up to the point of the dogs chasing him, his hat flips off his head every time the motorcycle backfires... which happens a lot during that time.
30* This line from Napoleon. Pat Buttram's delivery and timing have to be heard to be believed:
31-->'''Napoleon''': Wait a minute, I'm the leader. I'm the one that says when we go. (''{{Beat}}'') Here we go. '''''Charge!'''''
32* O'Malley's [[MomentKiller discovery of the presence of Duchess' kittens.]] He tries to flirt with Duchess and talk to her about going on a trip, just the two of them. Then Marie arrives and says, "[[InnocentInaccurate Oh, that would be wonderful!]]", followed by the boys running up.
33* O'Malley commenting on Duchess's eyes is followed by this.
34-->'''Marie:''' How romantic!
35-->'''Berlioz:''' [[SickeninglySweet Sissy stuff]].
36* The way O'Malley stops the milk truck: By leaping onto the hood of the vehicle with [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Thomas_O%27Malley/Gallery?file=Aristocats-disneyscreencaps_com-3513.jpg the most priceless "psycho-kitty" expression and pose]] to scare the daylights out of the driver, complete with a comically loud cat screech and the camera shaking. Even funnier when he made another screech while upside down and shaking his head.
37* When the kittens decide to play "train", Toulouse shouts "Marie's the caboose!" Marie shoots Toulouse an epic DisapprovingLook.
38* Amelia and Abigail spot O'Malley at the river and assume [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he's trying to learn how to swim]]. They decide to teach him and almost end up drowning him in the process.
39** When Amelia is about to cut the branch O'Malley is hanging onto, he lets go himself to yell "DON'T DO THAT!" and immediately starts to drown.
40** While trying to get back above the surface, he accidentally grabs the geese by their tails, startling them, though they take it in good humor.
41*** In other words, he ''goosed'' them.
42--> '''Amelia''': (chuckling) No, now, this is no time for fun and games.
43** They finally put together what's happening when all they see is bubbles:
44--> '''Abigail''': Gracious, Amelia...you don't suppose?
45--> '''Amelia''': Oh, yes. Yes, I do. Bottoms up! (''they each hold their breath and dip their heads and necks under the water, their tails wagging. After a few seconds, they resurface and stare at each other'')
46--> '''Both''': [[OhCrap DEEPER!]] (''they hold their breaths again, then dive under, frantically kicking their feet in order to fully submerge themselves'')
47** After they save him, he refers to them as "Chicks", making them laugh before they correct him that they're geese. He snarks back by saying "No? I thought you were swans!" which earns him a glare from Duchess.
48* Uncle Waldo.
49-->"Now, girls, don't go shooshing your old Uncle Waldo! Why, you'll wake up the whole neighborhood! '''WHOOPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE'''!!!"
50** He says hello to them by yelling, "Abigail! AMEEEEELIA! My two favorite nooses!"
51** He says that it was dreadful that the chefs were trying to baste him in white wine... [[SkewedPriorities because being British, he would have preferred sherry.]]
52--->'''Thomas:''' ''(After getting a whiff of Waldo's breath)'' "Basted?" He's ''marinated'' in it!
53** As the three geese are leaving, Thomas and Duchess' comments sum up the whole thing.
54--->'''Thomas:''' I like Uncle Waldo.
55--->'''Duchess:''' Especially when he's "marinated".
56* Pretty much anytime the watchdog duo of Napoleon and Lafayette are on-screen. L'il ol' cricket bug, indeed...
57** For that matter, the ''entire'' chase scene with Edgar and the dogs.
58*** When Napoleon pushes up the sidecar beside the motorbike, Lafayette grabs onto the motorbike so he can get Edgar only for the motorbike to veer away so Lafayette is holding onto the edge of the motorbike, grinning nervously at Edgar, who is smiling deviously and looking between the motorbike and the sidecar before stomping on Lafayette's paws. Afterwards, Edgar winds up being the bridge between the motorbike and the sidecar, forcing him to run on his hands. Lafayette then rolls up Edgar's pant leg and begins chomping the butler's bare leg repeatedly like a person would with a corn, making him jump in pain. Edgar's goofy smile before he yelps seals it.
59** Also during the motorcycle chase scene, Lafayette and Napoleon have managed to terrify Edgar so much that they inadvertently cause him to defy all laws of conventional physics... [[DrivingUpAWall by having Edgar ride up the underside of the stone bridge not once, but]] '''''[[DrivingUpAWall TWICE]]'''''.
60*** Edgar and the dogs chase each other underwater both times, and they don't skip a beat.
61** Not to mention the fact that as Edgar's making his getaway from Lafayette and Napoleon, ''he plows through the stone wall of a windmill'', and hits it so hard as to ''move it''.
62** Lafayette accidentally barks to the tune of the mess call instead of the alarm, then jokes that he made a [[{{Pun}} mess]] of it.
63* Edgar later returns to the countryside to recover incriminating evidence from the dogs. HilarityEnsues.
64** The aforementioned "little old cricket bug" moment is when Napoleon hears Edgar's squeaky shoes, but Lafayette thinks it's only a cricket bug. When Napoleon says that it's shoes, Lafayette replies, "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Oh, cricket bugs don't wear shoes!]]".
65** When Napoleon's using his SuperSenses to describe Edgar's squeaking shoes, Lafayette asks him what color they are. And even better, his guess of Edgar's shoe color [[AccidentalTruth is actually true without him realizing]]:
66-->'''Napoleon''': Well, they're black-- ''(suddenly snapping)'' Now how would I know that?!
67** Napoleon's SuperSenses get exaggerated when listening for Edgar's retreat.
68--->'''Napoleon:''' Sounds like a one-wheeled...\
69'''Lafayette:''' A one-wheeled what?\
70'''Napoleon:''' You're not gonna believe this, but it's a one-wheeled haystack!\
71''(cue Edgar trying to roll away in the sidecar while underneath a haystack)''
72*** Then as the dogs watch Edgar escape with his things.
73---->'''Lafayette''': Well, ''c'est la guerre'', Napoleon! I guess you can't win 'em all. (''Napoleon hits him on the head'') OW! Ooh, ooh, ooh! ''Criminiddly''!
74** Also, Napoleon calls his umbrella a "bumbershoot".
75-->'''Lafayette''': Well, where's my BEDDY-BYE BASKET?!
76** What follows is a perfect comedy of errors as the two dogs go off to hunt for Edgar. From where he hides in a haystack, Edgar notices his shoes left on the ground. At first, you expect that Napoleon will notice them and realize who's back, but he walks right over them. The same can't be said of Lafayette, who ''steps into them.'' Noticing, "It's them shoes again." he turns around nervously and walks right under Napoleon, who can't see him, and gets his ear pinned under one of Napoleon's feet. Not knowing he's under Napoleon, Lafayette struggles to free himself, and a few seconds later... you can guess what happens.
77* Roquefort tries to ride on Edgar's motorcycle to find out where he left the cats, but [[EpicFail he can't hold on and falls off after they've barely left Madame's house.]]
78** A bit of an amusing visual before this: while Frou-Frou is warning him to be careful, Roquefort is using her tail like a climbing rope to slide down her rear end to the floor.
79* When O'Malley calls his friends "swingers", Duchess says, "[[OohMeAccentsSlipping Schwinger? Vat is a schwinger?]]"
80** The above could be Duchess starting to get groggy from the events of the day; no less funny though.
81* Roquefort getting shot in the gut by a champagne cork.
82--> '''Roquefort:''' Oh he got me!
83* Many of [[LaughablyEvil Edgar's]] moments can be this, which are brilliantly animated by Milt Kahl. Like when he's spitting out the wine when the cats return from his first catnapping.
84* When O'Malley instructs Roquefort to find his gang of alley cats to help him.
85-->'''Roquefort''': ''Alley cats''?! But I'm a ''mouse!''\
86'''O'Malley''': Look, I'm gonna need help!\
87'''Roquefort''': You mean you want--?\
88'''O'Malley''': MOVE! Just tell 'em O'Malley sent ya, and you won't have a bit of trouble!
89* Then when the Roquefort arrives at the alley.
90-->'''Roquefort''': [[SarcasmMode No trouble he says]]. Well, that's easy for...for what's-his-name to say. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck He's got nine lives. I've only got one!]]
91** The alley cats taunting Roquefort and then they are about to eat him:
92--->'''Roquefort''': [[OhCrap WHY DID I EVER LISTEN TO THAT O'MALLEY CAT!?!]]
93---> '''Scat Cat''': O'Malley?! (''Drops him'')
94* When Scat Cat and his gang run off to save O'Malley, Duchess, and the Kittens, Roquefort finds himself chasing after them. They pass a street corner café, and one patron, seeing a pack of anxious cats followed by a mouse, [[NoMoreForMe dumps his wine on the street.]]
95* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGZJcg9KGlY The final fight between the animals and Edgar]] has plenty of these:
96** '''Roquefort''': '''"[[BigShutUp QUIET!]]"'''
97*** [[ATruceWhileWeGawk And everyone freezes in mid-fight in response until Roquefort opens the lock]]. And then they resume fighting.
98*** Also, the fact that this is a rare instance in which we hear Creator/SterlingHolloway, best known for playing rather soft and timid characters, shout.
99** Edgar, after successfully trapping the cats (including O'Malley) back in the chest, proclaims "You are going to Timbuktu, [[TemptingFate if it's the last thing I do!]]". Cue the Russian Cat untying a knot holding up a heavy bale of hay which promptly falls onto Edgar's head. The cats then drop a horse collar on him to trap his arms and a bucket full of water on his head.
100** The Italian Cat hooks a rope to the collar behind Edgar, and Frou-Frou uses her teeth to pull the rope and Edgar towards her, freeing Thomas, Duchess, and the kittens from the chest. This leads to a rather humorous visual of Frou-Frou holding the rope in her mouth with an intense DeathGlare, balancing on her front legs with her butt high in the air, then delivering a fierce kick to Edgar's rear to knock him into the chest.
101*** This works as payback for her from an earlier scene when Edgar slapped her butt with a newspaper.
102* When Madame is taking a picture of the cats:
103-->'''Madame''': Say "cheese"!
104-->'''Roquefort''': Did somebody say cheese? -FLASH-
105* The end, with ''everyone'' of the cast singing "Everybody wants to be a cat", ''including'' the non-feline animals.
106** Roquefort is on the piano bench with a small stick, acting like a conductor.
107** Frou-Frou peeks inside to sing along, and gets so into it that she [[ShakingTheRump wiggles her butt and lifts her back legs off the ground with a cheeky giggle.]]
108** Uncle Waldo sings as Amelia and Abigail watch him, and he still sounds like he's "marinated" from the white wine!
109** Napoleon and Lafayette finish the reprise (and the film) by howling.
110-->'''Lafayette''': Hey Napoleon, that sounds like the end!
111-->'''Napoleon''': Wait a minute, ''I'm'' the leader! ''I'll'' say when it's the end... [[spoiler: ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall (the words "THE END" literally knock him in the head)]]'' It's the end.]]

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