History Literature / PeterNoTail

* DraggedIntoDrag: {{Downplayed| Trope}} in the first movie, where one of the ways Måns tries to humiliate Pelle in the race is forcing him to wear a pink dress and claiming it's a uniform. Though the dress is not particularly extravagant to begin with.

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* EvilSoundsRaspy: Måns is this in the movies.

** For the dubs themselves, the British dub of ''Literature/PeterNoTail'' (1981) changes Elaka Måns ("Mean Måns") to "Mean Mike", and Maja Gräddnos ("Maya Cream-nose") to "Molly Silknose". The British dub of its sequel, has them called by their original Swedish names.

Pelle has also appeared on TV and in movies. In TheEighties, he starred in appeared in two animated films, ''Peter-No-Tail'' (1981) and its sequel ''Peter-No-Tail in America'' (1985), both of which were directed by Swedish animators Stig Lasseby and Jan Gissberg.

* DarkReprise: The main theme {{Lietmotif}} takes on an increasingly darker tone towards the end of the first movie when [[spoiler:the kitten Freidolph is chasing a butterfly around a shaky scaffolding, especially after the bulldog is on the loose.]]

* DrowningUnwantedPets: {{Averted| Trope}} towards the beginning of the first movie. The farm's cruel owner demands that the kindly farmer get rid of Peter. We then see the farmer reluctantly carrying Peter in his jacket towards a full rain barrel, but a vacationer heading home drives up in his car to return the keys before he can go through with it. During the conversation that follows, the farmer smuggles Peter into the car.

* AnimatedAdaptation: Two animated films in 1981 and 1985. In addition, [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLM6Ezy5gvMsgtA-8oBQLzgTE-iJOBiJH there was also a series of animated shorts from the 1960s]], but those were never released in English, and also seemed to only have a narrator and no actors.

* BadassAdorable: Pelle, the titular character, is this.

In 1997, a {{Julekalender}} TV series with the characters aired, this time with live actors in costumes and cat makeup. It retold many of the stories from the books, but changed up a number of details (including moving the time period of the events to December, with winter sports and Christmas preparations being constant recurring themes. This series got a sequel movie in 2000, named ''Pelle Svanslös och den stora skattjakten'' (Peter No-Tail and the Great Treasure Hunt).

* EasilyForgiven: Pelle seems totally incapable of carrying a grudge. No matter how many times Måns tries to mock and humiliate him, Pelle will be just as friendly to him the next time they meet.

* HumbleHero: Pelle. Even though Måns will constantly accuse him of being an arrogant, good-for-nothing SmallNameBigEgo ([[HypocriticalHumor a description that fits Måns better than it does Pelle]]), he's anything but. While he definitely knows his own worth, he isn't the type to brag or put on airs.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Måns thinks he's the toughest, smartest and coolest cat in the city, even though it's time and again demonstrated that he ''really'' isn't.
* TookALevelInKindness: Can also be seen as CharacterizationMarchesOn or EarlyInstallmentWeirness. In the early books, pretty much ''all'' the other cats can be nasty to Pelle -- Måns is consistently the ringleader and the most malicious one, but the other cats are all too happy to join in on playing mean pranks and singing mocking songs. As the books go on, though, most of the other cats become friendlier or at least neutral towards Pelle, leaving Bill and Bull as the only ones who still go along with Måns.

In 1997, a {{Julekalender}} TV series with the characters aired, this time with live actors in costumes and cat makeup. It retold many of the stories from the books, but changed up a number of details (including moving the time period of the events to December, with winter sports and Christmas preparations being constant recurring themes. This series got a sequel movie in 2000, named ''Pelle Svanslös och den stora skattjakten'' (Peter No-Tail and the Great Treasure Hunt).

* HumbleHero: Pelle.

* SkilledButNaive: Pelle, while being good at most things he tries and in general being a nice guy to anyone, he's rather gullible, making it easy for Måns to trick him into getting in trouble.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Måns thinks he's the toughest, smartest and coolest cat in the city, even though it's time and again demonstrated that he ''really'' isn't.
* TookALevelInKindness: Can also be seen as CharacterizationMarchesOn or EarlyInstalmentWeirness. In the early books, pretty much ''all'' the other cats can be nasty to Pelle -- Måns is consistently the ringleader and the most malicious one, but the other cats are all too happy to join in on playing mean pranks and singing mocking songs. As the books go on, though, most of the other cats become friendlier or at least neutral towards Pelle, leaving Bill and Bull as the only ones who still go along with Måns.

In 1997, a {{Julekalender}} TV series with the characters aired, this time with live actors in costumes and cat makeup. It retold many of the stories from the books, but changed up a number of details (including moving the time period of the events to December, with winter sports and Christmas preparations being constant recurring themes. This series got a sequel movie in 2000, named ''Pelle Svanslös och den stora skattjakten'' (Peter No-Tail and the Great Treasure Hunt).

And 2020 saw a new animated movie, titled ''Pelle No-Tail'' (trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zvoNy4GLFM here}}, which was more a re-adaptation of the original stories.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Måns thinks he's the toughest, smartest and coolest cat in the city, even though it's time and again demonstrated that he ''really'' isn't.
* TookALevelInKindness: Can also be seen as CharacterizationMarchesOn or EarlyInstalmentWeirness. In the early books, pretty much ''all'' the other cats can be nasty to Pelle -- Måns is consistently the ringleader and the most malicious one, but the other cats are all too happy to join in on playing mean pranks and singing mocking songs. As the books go on, though, most of the other cats become friendlier or at least neutral towards Pelle, leaving Bill and Bull as the only ones who still go along with Måns.

In 1997, a {{Julekalender}} TV series with the characters aired, this time with live actors in costumes and cat makeup. It retold many of the stories from the books, but changed up a number of details (including moving the time period of the events to December, with winter sports and Christmas preparations being constant recurring themes. This series got a SequelMovie in 2000, named ''Pelle Svanslös och den stora skattjakten'' (Peter No-Tail and the Great Treasure Hunt).

* SmallNameBigEgo: Måns thinks he's the toughest, smartest and coolest cat in the city, even though it's time and again demonstrated that he ''really'' isn't.
* TookALevelInKindness: Can also be seen as CharacterizationMarchesOn or EarlyInstalmentWeirness. In the early books, pretty much ''all'' the other cats can be nasty to Pelle -- Måns is consistently the ringleader and the most malicious one, but the other cats are all too happy to join in on playing mean pranks and singing mocking songs. As the books go on, though, most of the other cats become friendlier or at least neutral towards Pelle, leaving Bill and Bull as the only ones who still go along with Måns.

Pelle also appeared in two animated films in TheEighties, ''Peter-No-Tail'' (1981) and ''Peter-No-Tail in America'' (1985), both of which were directed by Swedish animators Stig Lasseby and Jan Gissberg.

* DubNameChange: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Pelle to Peter. "Pelle" is just the Swedish form of "Peter". This is only the case with the animated movies—the English versions of the books still call him "Pelle" (albeit, "Pelle No-Tail" rather than Svanslös).

* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Zigzagged overall. The first books and the 1981 animated film had Pelle and other cats living among humans, with Pelle belonging to a family with two children, Birgitta and Olle. Later books and the 1985 film imply that the cats are the primary inhabitants of the world minus any humans.