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- Adaptation Displacement: Costumed versions of the Disney adaptation's wooden soldiers are an annual feature of the Disney Theme Parks Christmas parades, with most of the visitors unaware that they originated from a Disney film.
- Alternative Character Interpretation: Rogrego. In the scene where Barnaby tells him and Gonzago to do away with Tom, he constantly suggests killing as the best option, does he not know what he's suggesting or does this suggest that he's smarter than his boss?
- Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: The flower spout scene during Barnaby's second Villain Song, when he takes notice in the flower spout shooting out different torrents of water for some reason. It then goes back to the song like it never happened. (The real world explanation? They wanted any excuse for Ray Bolger to show off his dance moves. Any.)
- Fashion-Victim Villain: The 1986 film gives Barnaby a weird outfit that includes a long, black coat with black feathers on the shoulders, and in some scenes, a hat with butterfly wings.
- Funny Moments: This gem from the Disney version:Toymaker: Will you, Mary, have this man [Barnaby] to be your lawfully wedded husband?
Mary: I do.
Toymaker: That’s funny, I take him to be your grandfather! - Moral Event Horizon: In the original operetta and all adaptations that include his wards, Barnaby attempts to kill the heroes first by shipwrecking them and then abandoning the kids in the Forest of No Return in order to steal their inheritance. And that's only the start. Each adaptation offers even more possible moments:
- The 1934 version had apparently crossed this line sometime before the film's plot even began most likely when he tried to blackmail Bo Peep into marrying him.
- The 1961 version crosses it when he shrinks and imprisons the Toymaker. His henchmen must know he crossed it, too, for when Barnaby tells them he intends to shrink Tom as well to get him out of his way, they pull a Mook–Face Turn right then and there: Not only will they have nothing more to do with their boss' nefarious schemes, but they also intend to expose his atrocities to everyone. In response, Barnaby punishes his henchmen for their betrayal by shrinking and imprisoning them as well.
- Nightmare Fuel: Many people who saw the film as children were particularly frightened by the bogeymen.
- Retroactive Recognition: Barnaby in the 1934 version is played by Henry Brandon, best-known now for playing another archvillain, Comanche chief Scar in The Searchers.
- So Bad, It's Good: The 1986 version.
- Special Effect Failure:
- In the Disney version, one of the costumes' eyebrows falls down while the trees lead the characters off to Toyland. Not to mention, they obviously look rubber.
- There is reason to believe this was done on purpose to avoid scaring small children in the audience.
- Then there's the 1986 version which takes it even further, one example being the Toyland set and costumes looking more like they belong in a cheap theme park attraction.
- In the Laurel and Hardy version, the wooden soldiers go from being a stop-motion effect to suddenly being very obvious actors in makeup when they attack the bogeymen. In addition, the cameo "Mickey Mouse" is obviously a monkey in a costume, and some of the damaged soldiers in the final battle have their shoulders sit too high or other oddities as the actors had to wear prop elements to pull of headless or armless effects.
- In the Disney version, one of the costumes' eyebrows falls down while the trees lead the characters off to Toyland. Not to mention, they obviously look rubber.
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: In the 1986 version, the Toymaker explains that he has been collecting all the evil in the world in a jar. He has been doing this to turn bad people good, and he hopes to do the same to Barnaby. The Toymaker believes that Barnaby still has some good in him, despite Lisa's claims that he doesn't. It seems like the movie is going to delve deeper into Barnaby's character, but instead, Barnaby proudly proclaims that there is no good in him after all. Barnaby steals the concentrated evil and uses it to (somehow) make his monster minions stronger. The evil then dissipates into the air and is never brought up again. Barnaby is not given any Hidden Depths either.
- Unintentionally Sympathetic: The Toymaker's assistant, all he wants to do is make the toy production go as swiftly as possible, but then his boss not only messes with the machine, but states that all blame goes to him. Its hard not to feel sorry for him.
