History Literature / FantasticMrFox

** Bean himself, to such an extent that he never eats, he only drinks the cider he makes. Mabel even says to herself that Bean drinks too much.

%% * YouDirtyRat: Rat, of course, though ultimately he's mostly harmless.

* BigThinShortTrio: Boggis, Bunce and Bean (one fat, one short, one lean).
* CatchPhrase: Two.
** "Dang and blast!" for Boggis.
** "Ex-''actly''!" for Mr. Fox.

* HellYesMoment: Mr. Fox has one when he discovers he and the four little Foxes have managed to tunnel right up under one of Boggis' hen-houses. He has another one when they tunnel up under Bunce's storehouse with Badger.

* {{Jerkass}}:
** Boggis, Bunce and Bean, who are explicitly stated to be this.
** Rat too, and, according to Badger, all rats in general.

* NoNameGiven: All four of the little Foxes.

* OnlyOneName: Every named character.
* PetTheDog: Mr. Bean's maid asked him for Mr. Fox's tail and he intended to give it to her before it got shot up.

* SayMyName: Mr. Fox and Badger to each other when Badger and his son come across the Foxes' tunnel.

* YouDirtyRat: Rat, of course, though ultimately he's mostly harmless.

* SoProudOfYou: Mr Fox has a silent moment of this towards his four cubs. When he almost gives up on his escape plan, because he fears the family are too weak to dig any further, the small Foxes insist that they _can_ do it, and that he can as well. Mr Fox beams with pride at their strength and resilience and, realising he must not fail them, promptly agrees to try the plan out.

** Bunce eats nothing but doughnuts filled with mashed goose liver paste. This diet is said to give him stomachaches.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Bean's plan to starve the Foxes out, which also includes keeping watch through the night and using the headlights of the tractors to keep watch so the Foxes can't escape. Boggis then says Mr. Fox could simply dig through the hill and emerge on the other side to escape. Having not thought of that, Bean proposes a solution that sees 108 men (35 from Boggis's farm, 36 from Bunce's and 37 from his own) to surround the hill with weapons and torches (flashlights). As seen later, even this fails.
* ADogNamedDog: All of the animals, including the Foxes, the Badgers, the Moles, the Rabbits, the Weasels, and Rat.

* HellYesMoment: Mr. Fox has one when he discovers he and the four little Foxes have managed to tunnel right up under one of Boggis's hen-houses. He has another one when they tunnel up under Bunce's storehouse with Badger.

* RuleOfThree:
** There are three farms, and three farmers: Boggis's chicken farm, Bunce's duck and goose farm, and Bean's turkey and apple farm.

** Also, Mr. Fox's final plan to avoid starvation or being shot involves digging three tunnels, one to a hen-house on Boggis's farm, another to a big storehouse on Bunce's farm, and a third to the cider cellar under the Beans' farmhouse.

** Also, Mr. Fox's final plan to avoid starvation or being shot involves digging three tunnels, one to a hen-house on Boggis's farm, another to a big storehouse on Bunce's farm, and a third to the cider cellar under the Bean's farmhouse.

* RealityEnsues:
** Boggis is a FatBastard due to eating three boiled chickens smothered with dumplings for every meal for God knows how long.
** Bunce eats nothing but doughnuts filled with mashed goose liver paste. This diet is said to give him stomachaches.
** Bean is extremely thin due to not eating at all, only drinking the cider he makes from his apple orchard. Bean is also said to be a bit deaf (due to the buildup of muck in his ears) and smelly due to never washing.

* CarnivoreConfusion: Badger reports that his family, along with the weasels, moles, and rabbits are holed up together while starving. Badgers and weasels ''eat'' rabbits and moles, yet this never seems to even have been thought of by them.

* JustLikeRobinHood: The plot to steal from the farmers after the siege begins. Never mind that they were stealing things ''before'' the farmers set themselves against the hill--which makes the line about "decent peace-loving people" rather jarring.

* TheAlcoholic: Rat, who lives in Bean's cider cellar.

* {{Jerkass}}: Boggis, Bunce and Bean, who are explicitly stated to be this.

* RealityEnsues: The eating habits of the three farmers.

** Bean is extremely thin due to not eating at all, only drinking the cider he makes from his apple orchard.
** Bean is also said to be a bit deaf (due to the buildup of muck in his ears) and smelly due to never washing.

* NarrativeProfanityFilter: After the attempt to dig up the hill fails, Bunce vents his feelings by cursing Mr. Fox with "dirty words than cannot be printed". In other words, it's a ClusterFBomb without revealing any of the swearing.

* NoodlePeople: Bean is apparently as thin as a pencil.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Bunce cursing Mr. Fox with "[[NarrativeProfanityFilter dirty words that cannot be printed]]". It's ClusterFBomb in a kid's book, without revealing what he's saying.

'''''Fantastic Mr. Fox''''' is a 1970 children's book by Creator/RoaldDahl. In 2009, it was [[AnimatedAdaptation adapted]] into [[WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox an animated film]] by Creator/WesAnderson, which [[AdaptationExpansion greatly expands on its premise]].

** There are three farms, and three farmers: Boggis's chicken farm, Bunce's dunce and goose farm, and Bean's turkey and apple farm.

* ClusterFBomb: Bunce after his and Bean's attempt to dig up the hill and cature the Foxes fails. We don't hear any of it thanks to NarrativeProfanityFilter.

* ICantHearYou: Bean towards Bunce, because as he doesn't wash, his earholes get blocked with wax [[{{Squick}} and other things like chewing gum and dead flies]], and asks him to speak louder, so Bunce shouts in his ear.

* NarrativeProfanityFilter: After the attempt to dig up the hill fails, Bune vents his feelings by cursing Mr. Fox with "dirty words than cannot be printed". In other words, it's a ClusterFBomb without revealing any of the swearing.

* ThePigPen: Bean, who never washes or takes a bath. This means that his ears get clogged with wax and junk, which makes him deaf, and also means that Mr. Fox can smile him from at least a mile away.

* AndYourLittleDogToo: Bunce correctly guesses that Mr. Fox has a family, and Bean states that they "shall have the lot".
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled:
-->"No chance at all" snapped Mrs Fox. "I refuse to let you go up there and face those guns. I'd sooner you stay down here and die in peace."

** Mr. Fox has one early on when he realises, while emerging from his hole that the bright thing he can see behind a tree is the barrel of a gun, pointed right at him.
** Mr. Fox when he realises the farmers are digging them out of the hill.

* TitleDrop: In several places

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to Baum's other children's books, ''Fox'' is a far grittier read.