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  • Each of Pablo's failed farewell attempts in "The Cold-Blooded Penguin".
    • He freezes solid the first time and rolls down a hill where he turns into a snowball and bowls through the farewell party.
    • The second time, he straps a stove to his back, which sends him skiing backwards.
    • He then stuffs his coat with hot water bags, the weight of which sends him crashing through some ice.
    • Also of note is the diminishing farewell party. Eleven penguins wave goodbye for his first attempt which decreases to seven for his second to two for his third. Only one penguin watches him leave when he is finally successful by creating a makeshift boat out of the ice around his house. Said penguin christens his boat with a champagne bottle before tossing it in the water.
  • The Aracuan's little song is so silly that many viewers are likely to giggle throughout the whole thing.
  • The flamingo part is giggle-worthy, too, especially if you only attempt to follow the movements of the flamingos.
  • During "The Flying Gauchito", the narrator can't remember whether he climbed atop a rock or up a tree while scouting for condors. Poor Gauchito ends up alternately on a rock or up a tree before the narrator drops the whole thing and dumps him onto a high ledge on a cliffside.
    • During Gauchito's attempt to tame Burrito, Gauchito and Burrito fight within a cloud. The narrator calls out to Gauchito to ask who the boss is. Gauchito shrugs, and he then gets pulled back inside the cloud.
    • How Burrito wins the race by unleashing his Super-Speed, blowing away all the spectators and livestock in comedic fashion one after another. The other racers just freeze in their tracks, their brains unable to comprehend what their eyes just witnessed.
    • The ending when the narrator says he and Burrito were never seen again for the rest of their lives.
  • Donald's first attempt to return to normal size, especially his incantation at the start.
    Donald: (upon turning himself into a tall, squiggly balloon) Oh, my-my-my-my-my!
    Jose: You kill my head! (laughs hysterically while pounding his head)
  • The number "The Three Caballeros". It helps that 95% of this song was animated by Ward Kimball, without any storyboards. (The other 5%, being the solo shots of José, were done by Fred Moore).
    • After the line "They say we are birds of a feather", Panchito, Jose and Donald take flight. Donald falls to the floor twice.
    • Jose & Panchito are able to summon guitars out of thin air, yet Donald can only get a saxophone and a trumpet, before finally settling on a bass fiddle, which Donald plays as a guitar.
    • This line:
      Panchito: We sing and we samba, we shout "¡Ay, caramba!"
      Jose: What means "Ay, caramba"?
      Panchito: Oh yes, I don't know.
    • Also this verse:
      Panchito: And pals though we may be
      When some Latin baby
      Says yes, no, or maybe
      (all three wolf whistle)
      Each man is for himself!
    • At the end of the song, Panchito holds an Incredibly Long Note. When Donald and José notice he is still going, they attempt to stop him with everything from dousing him with water, flitting him, stuffing him in a coffin, and sawing the floor beneath him.
  • Donald chasing after the women in Acapulco. Then while blindfolded, he kisses Jose.
    • Before this moment, Panchito has just offered a telescope for Donald to get a peek at the girls below. His reaction is so excited that the other two race to get a look themselves, until all three are gawking via three eyes in the same face through the stiffened telescope, their hats stacked atop each other.

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