The Three Caballeros / YMMV

Accidental Nightmare Fuel: Certain parts of the film can be a little too surreal for some. Especially "Donald's Surreal Reverie".
Alternative Character Interpretation: Unshaved Mouse has argued that José is not as benevolent as he seems, due to his use of (in his own words) "black magic", and his description of Bahia ("When you go to Bahia, my friend, you never return!") that sounds quite ominous out of context.
Awesome Art:
- Las Posadas features the very colorful work of Mary Blair, and sets somewhat of a preview of her art she would do for Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.
- Also, the "Baía" song sequence makes such great extensive use of the multiplane camera, that it is difficult to believe that it is even animated to begin with.
Awesome Music:
- We're Three Caballeros!
- Aaaahhh, Bahia!
- Trago os quindins de Yayá/ Quem quer meus quindins comprar?
Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: There are many scenes to pick from, but most prominently when gorgeous women pop up at random in Donald's own personal, acid-induced battle with lust. Often in... strange ways. The DVD even labels the scene "Donald's Surreal Reverie".
Broken Base: The attempts to mix live-action and hand-drawn animation are either impressive or unconvincing depending on the reviewer. Some Take a Third Option and say that while they don't consider the attempts sophisticated compared to later efforts to blend both, they still look quite advanced for their time.
Critical Dissonance: Many critics either outright dislike the film or simply find it boring. However, general audiences like the film just fine, as shown with the popularity of both José and Panchito.
Ensemble Dark Horse: The Aracuan Bird was apparently such a hit, he would later be found driving Donald crazy in later Disney shorts.
Fan Nickname: Back in his homeland of Brazil, José is endearingly known as "Zé Carioca".
Genius Bonus: "The Cold-Blooded Penguin" is more or less a comical "Just So" Story about the Galapagos penguins.
Germans Love David Hasselhoff:
- Japanese Disney fans adore this film, which is more obscure among American fans.
- For obvious reasons, the film is wildly popular in Latin American, especially in Mexico and Brazil, due to the inclusion of a Mexican and a Brazilian character, Panchito and Jose respectively.
Heartwarming Moments:
- After Yaya gets left behind by the others, Donald shows up with a bouquet of flowers for her, which immediately earns him a kiss from Yaya.
- The final shot of Donald, José, and Panchito locking arms and watching the fireworks show together.
Hilarious in Hindsight:
- In the Japanese dub, José's, Panchito's and Donald's voice actors reunite again in Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (and by default, Dragon Ball Super) except as enemies this time.
Ho Yay:
- Although the trio are shown to have attractions to many girls, Panchito and José (especially José) are shown to have strange attraction to Donald as well. So maybe they really are three gay caballeros! Or well, three bi caballeros, seeing as we know for a fact all three of them (especially Donald) like the ladies, but still.
- "Now we're three gay caballeros!" is really just the icing on the cake for the trio's theme song. They frankly make the Village People look like the Duck Dynasty bunch. To say nothing of the scene where Donald accidentally smooches José several times while blindfolded (and José not seeming to mind all that much).
Memetic Mutation:
- The scene where Donald tries to resize himself by blowing into his thumb, only to inflate into a bunch of random shapes has become very popular among certain kinds of fan artists, for obvious reasons.
- The line "Have you been to Bahia?" is also commonly quoted.
Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales:
- Latino Disney fans actually adore this film and place it along their big classic movies like Snow White or The Lion King, compared to most American Disney fans who largely ignore this movie or are unaware of its existence. It helps that fans of this movie love the Latin representation and the chemistry between the three leads.
- The character of Panchito is well-liked by many of Mexican descent. Although his outfit and a lot of his mannerisms are very stereotypical for the time like his gun-toting, he's shown to be highly proud and respectful of his culture, dropping his Large Ham attitude to educate Donald about various aspects of Mexican history like Los Posadas and the meaning of the nation's flag.
Poor Man's Substitute: The dancer is not Carmen Miranda, but her sister Aurora.
Sequel Displacement: The Three Caballeros remains better-known and more-often-milked than Saludos Amigos. The fact that Caballeros was the most widely available package film on VHS for a long time, while Amigos ended up becoming one of the last two to come to the format, certainly helped.
Special Effects Failure: A lot of times throughout the Bahia sequence, it's obvious that the live-action actors are just standing in front of an animated screen with the characters on them.
Unintentional Period Piece: Piñatas have become much more popular in America in the decades since this film was made. So, Donald not knowing what a piñata is might comes off as strange to today's viewers.
Values Dissonance: José usually can be seen smoking a cigar, and Panchito's entry has him wildly shooting his pistols. These aspects would be removed, if not toned down, in later adaptations. Some of Donald's horndog antics towards the women, including at one point disrupting a traditional dance to flirt with with one of them would also be considered less acceptable today.
Values Resonance: José and Panchito are voiced by a Brazilian and a Mexican respectively. "Good Neighbor" policy aside, Disney was willing to do this in 1944.
Viewer Species Confusion: Many viewers are unable to tell that Panchito is a rooster upon first viewing (Doug Walker even called him a woodpecker in his Disneycember reviw of the film), most likely due to him lacking a wattle.
Visual Effects of Awesome: Donald getting sucked into the soundtrack.

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