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* CaliforniaDoubling: While all the exterior shots were filmed around the studio, a majority of the interior shots were filmed on soundstages. The only exception being the Multiplane Camera scene, since the camera was too heavy to be moved to a soundstage.
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* ArtisticLicenseFilmProduction: The film presents the steps of creating an animated film out of order. For example, the camera room is shown before the animators and ink & paint department, with the maquette/character drawing models and storyboard room in between those two. In all fairness, the film doesn't come out and SAY this is the order, but it's still misleading to someone who doesn't know better about animated film production.
** Crossing over with ArtisticLicenseLaw, no studio is going make a film based off a book without involving the actual author or their estate unless it's in the public domain. Nothing in the film suggests Robert Benchley is either (especially not the author Kenneth Grahame himself)
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* ArtisticLicenseFilmProduction: The film presents the steps of creating an animated film out of order. For To give just one example, the camera room is shown before the animators and ink & paint department, with the maquette/character drawing models and storyboard room section is the '''SECOND LAST''' in between those two. the film (storyboarding would be the first step/concurrent with scriptwriting in making an animated film). In all fairness, the film doesn't come out and SAY this is the order, but it's still misleading to someone who doesn't know better about animated film production.
** Crossing over with ArtisticLicenseLaw, no studio is going make a film based off a book without involving the actual author or their estate unless it's in the public domain. Nothing in the film suggests Robert Benchley is either (especially not the author Kenneth Grahamehimself)himself).
** Crossing over with ArtisticLicenseLaw, no studio is going make a film based off a book without involving the actual author or their estate unless it's in the public domain. Nothing in the film suggests Robert Benchley is either (especially not the author Kenneth Grahame
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The plot of the film is centered on humorist Robert Benchley, whose wife hectors him into visiting the Disney studio to try to pitch an adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame book "The Reluctant Dragon". The film then shows him going through several parts of the studio, including the life drawing class, a live recording of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and Clara Cluck's voice actors (singing an Opera--''in character'', no less!), a sound stage working on a short centered on a proto-[[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} Casey Jr.]], the camera department (where the film makes a jarring switch to full blown technicolor) where we get a look at the famous Multiplane Camera (as well as a cameo appearance by WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck), a trip through the ink-and-paint department (where we get a cameo of WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}), the maquette department, a storyboard session (where we are presented the story of "Baby Weems", which is a very intriguing experiment in LimitedAnimation), an animators' room (with appearances by Creator/WardKimball, Creator/FredMoore and [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff Norm Ferguson]]) where we are presented an all-new WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} cartoon short ("How to Ride a Horse"), and finally a screening room, where Benchley meets Creator/WaltDisney himself and is treated to the presentation of an animated short based on... "The Reluctant Dragon"!
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The plot of the film is centered on humorist Robert Benchley, whose wife hectors him into visiting the Disney studio to try to pitch an adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame book "The Reluctant Dragon". The film then shows him going through several parts of the studio, including the life drawing class, a live recording of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and Clara Cluck's voice actors (singing an Opera--''in character'', no less!), a sound stage working on a short centered on a proto-[[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} Casey Jr.]], the camera department (where the film makes a jarring switch to full blown technicolor) where we get a look at the famous Multiplane Camera (as well as a cameo appearance by DonaldDuck), WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck), a trip through the ink-and-paint department (where we get a cameo of WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}), the maquette department, a storyboard session (where we are presented the story of "Baby Weems", which is a very intriguing experiment in LimitedAnimation), an animators' room (with appearances by Creator/WardKimball, Creator/FredMoore and [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff Norm Ferguson]]) where we are presented an all-new WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} cartoon short ("How to Ride a Horse"), and finally a screening room, where Benchley meets Creator/WaltDisney himself and is treated to the presentation of an animated short based on... "The Reluctant Dragon"!
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* AvianFlute: Taken quite literally during the actual short, where there's a part where the dragon is leading a trio of birds in song with a flute.
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* HighClassGlass: Sir Giles wears a monocle that makes him look more like aristocratic scholar than a knight, likely to reflect his own status as a poet.
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* WarriorPoet: Sir Giles is famous knight, beloved hero, and an esteemed dragonslayer, but his real passion is poetry, to the point where he befriends the dragon he is supposed to fight due to their mutual love of verses.
* WrongGenreSavvy: The Boy and villagers all think they're in a typical fantasy story where dragons are terrible, evil monsters and knights are gallant heroes who slay them. Turns out they're in a LighterAndSofter parody of such tales, where the dragon is friendly and peaceful and the knight inadvertently befriends him, much to the kid's annoyance.
* WrongGenreSavvy: The Boy and villagers all think they're in a typical fantasy story where dragons are terrible, evil monsters and knights are gallant heroes who slay them. Turns out they're in a LighterAndSofter parody of such tales, where the dragon is friendly and peaceful and the knight inadvertently befriends him, much to the kid's annoyance.
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* ContractualGenreBlindness: The boy and Sir Giles try to invoke this to the dragon, saying that dragons and knights have to fight or the townsfolk will be disappointed. Even so, the dragon refuses because he points out knights have sharp spears; it's only when Sir Giles suggests faking the fight so neither of them gets hurt that the dragon agrees.
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** Crossing over with ArtisticLicenseLaw, no studio is going make a film based off a book without involving the actual author or their estate unless it's in the public domain. Nothing in the film suggests Robert Benchley is either (especially not the author Kenneth Grahame himself)
** Crossing over with ArtisticLicenseLaw, no studio is going make a film based off a book without involving the actual author or their estate unless it's in the public domain. Nothing in the film suggests Robert Benchley is either (especially not the author Kenneth Grahame himself)
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* LoopholeAbuse: The boy says that dragons and knights fight, but the Dragon refuses because he doesn't want to get hurt. Giles then suggests they ''fake'' a fight via whispering, and check the Boy's book to see if it's allowed. The book doesn't go against it.
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* SilentSnarker: Sir Giles's horse is not amused by how its master and the Dragon are taking a tea-break while faking a fight, and they later waltz.
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* MaleGaze: Robert gets into a bit of a lecherous mood when he finds out the artists are having a Life Drawing class with (he assumes) nude models. Turns out, the animators are indeed drawing a curvy live model with nothing no clothes on... [[spoiler:an Indian elephant]]!
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* BerserkButton: The dragon can't get angry enough to breathe fire, until he is called a "punk poet".
* BrainyBaby: Baby Weems.
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* CaptainObvious: When Robert sees some cows in the Casey Jr. animated segment, he feels free to point out that those are, in fact, "Cows."
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* FakeAFight: Ultimately the case in the titular cartoon. The dragon has no interest in fighting Sir Giles as he doesn't wish to get hurt. However, Sir Giles finds a way to get the dragon to agree. During the fight, the two are shown goofing around rather than actually fighting during parts of the fight where nobody can see them, with the fight ending with Sir Giles thrusting his sword between the dragon's shoulder and the dragon playing dead.
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The plot of the film is centered on humorist Robert Benchley, whose wife hectors him into visiting the Disney studio to try to pitch an adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame book "The Reluctant Dragon". The film then shows him going through several parts of the studio, including the life drawing class, a live recording of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and Clara Cluck's voice actors (singing an Opera--''in character'', no less!), a sound stage working on a short centered on a proto-[[Disney/{{Dumbo}} Casey Jr.]], the camera department (where the film makes a jarring switch to full blown technicolor) where we get a look at the famous Multiplane Camera (as well as a cameo appearance by DonaldDuck), a trip through the ink-and-paint department (where we get a cameo of Disney/{{Bambi}}), the maquette department, a storyboard session (where we are presented the story of "Baby Weems", which is a very intriguing experiment in LimitedAnimation), an animators' room (with appearances by Creator/WardKimball, Creator/FredMoore and [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff Norm Ferguson]]) where we are presented an all-new WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} cartoon short ("How to Ride a Horse"), and finally a screening room, where Benchley meets Creator/WaltDisney himself and is treated to the presentation of an animated short based on... "The Reluctant Dragon"!
The film was made for the purpose of economics. Due to the financial failures of ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' and ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'', Walt needed a way to make some quick cash, and realizing how popular one of his previous documentaries centered on making cartoons was, he decided to make a film that delves very deep into the making of his studio's works. The film was also made as a way of getting good publicity for the studio during the rise of the disastrous 1941 studio strike. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Critics were strongly disappointed that the film was not another animated feature but rather a collection of shorts and scathed it as a "cheater film" -- the fact that the aforementioned strike undermined the way the film presented the studio didn't help. As such, the film flopped badly, failing to make up even its budget of US$600,000. Watched today, in its proper context, it's a very interesting, and humorous film.
The actual "Reluctant Dragon" short from the end has sometimes been re-released as its own standalone subject or packaged with another short, but the entire, unabridged film is available as a bonus feature on the Blu-Ray bundle of ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' and ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree'', and for digital download and streaming. The characters of the Dragon and Sir Giles would later make "blink and you'll miss 'em" cameos in the film ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
The film was made for the purpose of economics. Due to the financial failures of ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' and ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'', Walt needed a way to make some quick cash, and realizing how popular one of his previous documentaries centered on making cartoons was, he decided to make a film that delves very deep into the making of his studio's works. The film was also made as a way of getting good publicity for the studio during the rise of the disastrous 1941 studio strike. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Critics were strongly disappointed that the film was not another animated feature but rather a collection of shorts and scathed it as a "cheater film" -- the fact that the aforementioned strike undermined the way the film presented the studio didn't help. As such, the film flopped badly, failing to make up even its budget of US$600,000. Watched today, in its proper context, it's a very interesting, and humorous film.
The actual "Reluctant Dragon" short from the end has sometimes been re-released as its own standalone subject or packaged with another short, but the entire, unabridged film is available as a bonus feature on the Blu-Ray bundle of ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' and ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree'', and for digital download and streaming. The characters of the Dragon and Sir Giles would later make "blink and you'll miss 'em" cameos in the film ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
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The plot of the film is centered on humorist Robert Benchley, whose wife hectors him into visiting the Disney studio to try to pitch an adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame book "The Reluctant Dragon". The film then shows him going through several parts of the studio, including the life drawing class, a live recording of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and Clara Cluck's voice actors (singing an Opera--''in character'', no less!), a sound stage working on a short centered on a proto-[[Disney/{{Dumbo}} proto-[[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} Casey Jr.]], the camera department (where the film makes a jarring switch to full blown technicolor) where we get a look at the famous Multiplane Camera (as well as a cameo appearance by DonaldDuck), a trip through the ink-and-paint department (where we get a cameo of Disney/{{Bambi}}), WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}), the maquette department, a storyboard session (where we are presented the story of "Baby Weems", which is a very intriguing experiment in LimitedAnimation), an animators' room (with appearances by Creator/WardKimball, Creator/FredMoore and [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff Norm Ferguson]]) where we are presented an all-new WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} cartoon short ("How to Ride a Horse"), and finally a screening room, where Benchley meets Creator/WaltDisney himself and is treated to the presentation of an animated short based on... "The Reluctant Dragon"!
The film was made for the purpose of economics. Due to the financial failures of''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' and ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', Walt needed a way to make some quick cash, and realizing how popular one of his previous documentaries centered on making cartoons was, he decided to make a film that delves very deep into the making of his studio's works. The film was also made as a way of getting good publicity for the studio during the rise of the disastrous 1941 studio strike. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Critics were strongly disappointed that the film was not another animated feature but rather a collection of shorts and scathed it as a "cheater film" -- the fact that the aforementioned strike undermined the way the film presented the studio didn't help. As such, the film flopped badly, failing to make up even its budget of US$600,000. Watched today, in its proper context, it's a very interesting, and humorous film.
The actual "Reluctant Dragon" short from the end has sometimes been re-released as its own standalone subject or packaged with another short, but the entire, unabridged film is available as a bonus feature on the Blu-Ray bundle of''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' and ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree'', ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'', and for digital download and streaming. The characters of the Dragon and Sir Giles would later make "blink and you'll miss 'em" cameos in the film ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
The film was made for the purpose of economics. Due to the financial failures of
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* HeelFaceTurn: The dragon, at the end of the short, swears that he is now a reformed creature who will never pillage the countryside (not that he was doing that before, but anyway...)
* LargeHam: The dragon gleefully eats the scenery at all times, but never more so than during his 'death' scene.
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* MonsterFacade: The dragon only wants to frolic and write poetry, but because of his terrifying appearance, the people of the nearby village hire a knight, Sir Giles, to slay him. Sir Giles, who is also a poet himself, befriends the dragon, but the two decide to stage a fight to give the people what they want, where the dragon is, seemingly, slain.
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* MonsterFacade: The dragon only wants to frolic and write poetry, but because of his terrifying appearance, the people of the nearby village hire a knight, Sir Giles, knight to slay him. him (because that's what you do with dragons). Sir Giles, who is also a poet himself, befriends the dragon, but the two decide to stage a fight to give the people what they want, where the want. The dragon is, seemingly, slain.is apparently slain in combat but ultimately befriends the townspeople after agreeing to leave off pillaging and rampaging.
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The plot of the film is centered on humorist Robert Benchley, whose wife hectors him into visiting the Disney studio to try to pitch an adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame book "The Reluctant Dragon". The film then shows him going through several parts of the studio, including the life drawing class, a live recording of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and Clara Cluck's voice actors (singing an Opera--''in character'', no less!), a sound stage working on a short centered on a proto-[[Disney/{{Dumbo}} Casey Jr.]], the camera department (where the film makes a jarring switch to full blown technicolor) where we get a look at the famous Multiplane Camera (as well as a cameo appearance by DonaldDuck), a trip through the ink-and-paint department (where we get a cameo of Disney/{{Bambi}}), the maquette department, a storyboard session (where we are presented the story of "Baby Weems", which is a very intriguing experiment in LimitedAnimation), an animators' room (with appearances by [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen Ward Kimball]], Creator/FredMoore and [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff Norm Ferguson]]) where we are presented an all-new WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} cartoon short ("How to Ride a Horse"), and finally a screening room, where Benchley meets Creator/WaltDisney himself and is treated to the presentation of an animated short based on... "The Reluctant Dragon"!
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The plot of the film is centered on humorist Robert Benchley, whose wife hectors him into visiting the Disney studio to try to pitch an adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame book "The Reluctant Dragon". The film then shows him going through several parts of the studio, including the life drawing class, a live recording of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and Clara Cluck's voice actors (singing an Opera--''in character'', no less!), a sound stage working on a short centered on a proto-[[Disney/{{Dumbo}} Casey Jr.]], the camera department (where the film makes a jarring switch to full blown technicolor) where we get a look at the famous Multiplane Camera (as well as a cameo appearance by DonaldDuck), a trip through the ink-and-paint department (where we get a cameo of Disney/{{Bambi}}), the maquette department, a storyboard session (where we are presented the story of "Baby Weems", which is a very intriguing experiment in LimitedAnimation), an animators' room (with appearances by [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen Ward Kimball]], Creator/WardKimball, Creator/FredMoore and [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff Norm Ferguson]]) where we are presented an all-new WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} cartoon short ("How to Ride a Horse"), and finally a screening room, where Benchley meets Creator/WaltDisney himself and is treated to the presentation of an animated short based on... "The Reluctant Dragon"!
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* MidBattleTeaBreak: During the mock battle, Sir Giles and the Dragon pause for tea inside the dragon's cave, while shouting and making noise to make it seem like they're still fighting.
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-->'''Boy:''' Tis evening / From the stars above / A soft, mysterious light / Brigs thoughts of friendship, joy and love. NOW HOW ABOUT THAT FIGHT!?
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''The Reluctant Dragon'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1941]] film by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Pictures]]. While much of the film was shot with live footage, the film takes a behind-the-scenes look at how Disney makes their cartoons, via a tour around their then-newly built Burbank studio, and several animated segments are graciously scattered throughout.
The plot of the film is centered on humorist Robert Benchley, whose wife hectors him into visiting the Disney studio to try to pitch an adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame book "The Reluctant Dragon". The film then shows him going through several parts of the studio, including the life drawing class, a live recording of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and Clara Cluck's voice actors (singing an Opera--''in character'', no less!), a sound stage working on a short centered on a proto-[[Disney/{{Dumbo}} Casey Jr.]], the camera department (where the film makes a jarring switch to full blown technicolor) where we get a look at the famous Multiplane Camera (as well as a cameo appearance by DonaldDuck), a trip through the ink-and-paint department (where we get a cameo of Disney/{{Bambi}}), the maquette department, a storyboard session (where we are presented the story of "Baby Weems", which is a very intriguing experiment in LimitedAnimation), an animators' room (with appearances by [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen Ward Kimball]], Creator/FredMoore and [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff Norm Ferguson]]) where we are presented an all-new WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} cartoon short ("How to Ride a Horse"), and finally a screening room, where Benchley meets Creator/WaltDisney himself and is treated to the presentation of an animated short based on... "The Reluctant Dragon"!
The film was made for the purpose of economics. Due to the financial failures of ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' and ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'', Walt needed a way to make some quick cash, and realizing how popular one of his previous documentaries centered on making cartoons was, he decided to make a film that delves very deep into the making of his studio's works. The film was also made as a way of getting good publicity for the studio during the rise of the disastrous 1941 studio strike. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Critics were strongly disappointed that the film was not another animated feature but rather a collection of shorts and scathed it as a "cheater film" -- the fact that the aforementioned strike undermined the way the film presented the studio didn't help. As such, the film flopped badly, failing to make up even its budget of US$600,000. Watched today, in its proper context, it's a very interesting, and humorous film.
The actual "Reluctant Dragon" short from the end has sometimes been re-released as its own standalone subject or packaged with another short, but the entire, unabridged film is available as a bonus feature on the Blu-Ray bundle of ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' and ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree'', and for digital download and streaming. The characters of the Dragon and Sir Giles would later make "blink and you'll miss 'em" cameos in the film ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
No relation to ''[[Film/PetesDragon1977 Pete's]] [[Film/PetesDragon2016 Dragon]]'', by the way.
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!!''The Reluctant Dragon'' provides examples of:
* AnimatedAdaptation: ''The Reluctant Dragon'' cartoon is based on Kenneth Grahame's 1898 book of the same name (originally published as a chapter in his book ''Dream Days'').
* AnimationBump: The Reluctant Dragon segment.
* AnthologyFilm
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: The Baby Weems segment.
* BerserkButton: The dragon can't get angry enough to breathe fire, until he is called a "punk poet".
* BrainyBaby: Baby Weems.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: When Robert enters the camera department and sees that the film is now in color.
* TheBore: Humphrey, the guide sent to take Robert to Walt. Robert finds him so boring that he constantly slips away from him, which is how he ends up touring the studio.
* CampGay: The dragon is so camp it's hard to believe they got away with this in the 1940's.
* CaptainObvious: When Robert sees some cows in the Casey Jr. animated segment, he feels free to point out that those are, in fact, "Cows."
* CommonalityConnection: Sir Giles and the dragon bond very quickly over their mutual love of poetry, much to the annoyance of the boy who just wants them to fight.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The film prior to the camera department. An interesting example, as it was probably done to save Walt a few bucks.
* DisneyAcidSequence: The rainbow room, with the paint mixing, wouldn't be out of place in ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Of [[Disney/{{Dumbo}} Casey Jr]], Disney/{{Bambi}}, and in the model department we get looks at models of [[Disney/LadyAndTheTramp Aunt Sarah, Si, and Am]], and [[Disney/PeterPan Captain Hook and Tinkerbell]].
* ExplodingCloset: Robert inadvertently opens one of these while trying to hide from Humphrey.
* FauxToGuide: "How to Ride a Horse", the first of the Goofy "How-to" cartoons.
* FramingDevice: The whole film is one for the Reluctant Dragon segment at the end.
* HenpeckedHusband: Robert.
* InterspeciesFriendship: One is forged between Sir Giles and the dragon, [[HumansAreBastards though they are reminded people want to see them fight to the death]], but they happily work out how to please everyone.
* IsThisWhatAngerFeelsLike: The dragon cheerfully saying, "Ooh, I'm mad, I'm mad!"
* LimitedAnimation: The Baby Weems segment.
* MoodyMount: The horse Goofy tries to ride in "How to Ride a Horse". Sir Giles' horse counts too, judging from the sour expression he makes while watching Giles and the dragon fake-fight.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: As the animators sketch an elephant, Robert comments on how stupid elephants are and holds up one of the drawings as an example, unaware that it's a caricature of him as an elephant.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: This one is a prissy, docile poet. Then again, so is Sir Giles.
* RandomEventsPlot
* ReluctantMonster: The dragon, of course.
* RogerRabbitEffect: Not the film itself, but when Robert falls into the pool and tries speaking with water in his mouth, the bubbles that are coming out are clearly hand-drawn animation. Also there's the scene in the camera room where WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck talks back to Robert.
* ShaggyDogStory: After going all over the studio looking for Walt, Humphrey corners Robert and finally takes him to Walt; Robert finds him in the projection room, screening a film of the very story he was going to sell Walt.
* TheShortGuyWithGlasses: Humphrey, the studio tour guide.
* StockFootage: The footage of Donald explaining to Robert how a walk cycle works has been reused in various making-of featurettes with someone else in the place of Robert.
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''The Reluctant Dragon'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1941]] film by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Pictures]]. While much of the film was shot with live footage, the film takes a behind-the-scenes look at how Disney makes their cartoons, via a tour around their then-newly built Burbank studio, and several animated segments are graciously scattered throughout.
The plot of the film is centered on humorist Robert Benchley, whose wife hectors him into visiting the Disney studio to try to pitch an adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame book "The Reluctant Dragon". The film then shows him going through several parts of the studio, including the life drawing class, a live recording of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and Clara Cluck's voice actors (singing an Opera--''in character'', no less!), a sound stage working on a short centered on a proto-[[Disney/{{Dumbo}} Casey Jr.]], the camera department (where the film makes a jarring switch to full blown technicolor) where we get a look at the famous Multiplane Camera (as well as a cameo appearance by DonaldDuck), a trip through the ink-and-paint department (where we get a cameo of Disney/{{Bambi}}), the maquette department, a storyboard session (where we are presented the story of "Baby Weems", which is a very intriguing experiment in LimitedAnimation), an animators' room (with appearances by [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen Ward Kimball]], Creator/FredMoore and [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff Norm Ferguson]]) where we are presented an all-new WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} cartoon short ("How to Ride a Horse"), and finally a screening room, where Benchley meets Creator/WaltDisney himself and is treated to the presentation of an animated short based on... "The Reluctant Dragon"!
The film was made for the purpose of economics. Due to the financial failures of ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' and ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'', Walt needed a way to make some quick cash, and realizing how popular one of his previous documentaries centered on making cartoons was, he decided to make a film that delves very deep into the making of his studio's works. The film was also made as a way of getting good publicity for the studio during the rise of the disastrous 1941 studio strike. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Critics were strongly disappointed that the film was not another animated feature but rather a collection of shorts and scathed it as a "cheater film" -- the fact that the aforementioned strike undermined the way the film presented the studio didn't help. As such, the film flopped badly, failing to make up even its budget of US$600,000. Watched today, in its proper context, it's a very interesting, and humorous film.
The actual "Reluctant Dragon" short from the end has sometimes been re-released as its own standalone subject or packaged with another short, but the entire, unabridged film is available as a bonus feature on the Blu-Ray bundle of ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' and ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree'', and for digital download and streaming. The characters of the Dragon and Sir Giles would later make "blink and you'll miss 'em" cameos in the film ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
No relation to ''[[Film/PetesDragon1977 Pete's]] [[Film/PetesDragon2016 Dragon]]'', by the way.
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!!''The Reluctant Dragon'' provides examples of:
* AnimatedAdaptation: ''The Reluctant Dragon'' cartoon is based on Kenneth Grahame's 1898 book of the same name (originally published as a chapter in his book ''Dream Days'').
* AnimationBump: The Reluctant Dragon segment.
* AnthologyFilm
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: The Baby Weems segment.
* BerserkButton: The dragon can't get angry enough to breathe fire, until he is called a "punk poet".
* BrainyBaby: Baby Weems.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: When Robert enters the camera department and sees that the film is now in color.
* TheBore: Humphrey, the guide sent to take Robert to Walt. Robert finds him so boring that he constantly slips away from him, which is how he ends up touring the studio.
* CampGay: The dragon is so camp it's hard to believe they got away with this in the 1940's.
* CaptainObvious: When Robert sees some cows in the Casey Jr. animated segment, he feels free to point out that those are, in fact, "Cows."
* CommonalityConnection: Sir Giles and the dragon bond very quickly over their mutual love of poetry, much to the annoyance of the boy who just wants them to fight.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The film prior to the camera department. An interesting example, as it was probably done to save Walt a few bucks.
* DisneyAcidSequence: The rainbow room, with the paint mixing, wouldn't be out of place in ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Of [[Disney/{{Dumbo}} Casey Jr]], Disney/{{Bambi}}, and in the model department we get looks at models of [[Disney/LadyAndTheTramp Aunt Sarah, Si, and Am]], and [[Disney/PeterPan Captain Hook and Tinkerbell]].
* ExplodingCloset: Robert inadvertently opens one of these while trying to hide from Humphrey.
* FauxToGuide: "How to Ride a Horse", the first of the Goofy "How-to" cartoons.
* FramingDevice: The whole film is one for the Reluctant Dragon segment at the end.
* HenpeckedHusband: Robert.
* InterspeciesFriendship: One is forged between Sir Giles and the dragon, [[HumansAreBastards though they are reminded people want to see them fight to the death]], but they happily work out how to please everyone.
* IsThisWhatAngerFeelsLike: The dragon cheerfully saying, "Ooh, I'm mad, I'm mad!"
* LimitedAnimation: The Baby Weems segment.
* MoodyMount: The horse Goofy tries to ride in "How to Ride a Horse". Sir Giles' horse counts too, judging from the sour expression he makes while watching Giles and the dragon fake-fight.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: As the animators sketch an elephant, Robert comments on how stupid elephants are and holds up one of the drawings as an example, unaware that it's a caricature of him as an elephant.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: This one is a prissy, docile poet. Then again, so is Sir Giles.
* RandomEventsPlot
* ReluctantMonster: The dragon, of course.
* RogerRabbitEffect: Not the film itself, but when Robert falls into the pool and tries speaking with water in his mouth, the bubbles that are coming out are clearly hand-drawn animation. Also there's the scene in the camera room where WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck talks back to Robert.
* ShaggyDogStory: After going all over the studio looking for Walt, Humphrey corners Robert and finally takes him to Walt; Robert finds him in the projection room, screening a film of the very story he was going to sell Walt.
* TheShortGuyWithGlasses: Humphrey, the studio tour guide.
* StockFootage: The footage of Donald explaining to Robert how a walk cycle works has been reused in various making-of featurettes with someone else in the place of Robert.
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