History WesternAnimation / CharlottesWeb

A noticeably LighterAndSofter DirectToVideo sequel titled ''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure'' was released in 2003 by Paramount and Creator/{{Universal}}, with animation production handled by the latter. Set a year after the original film's conclusion, the film features Wilbur (now a surrogate father figure to Charlotte's daughters Joy, Nellie and Arania) befriending Cardigan, a [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer literal black sheep who is ostracized by his herd]].

* StockFootage: Owing to the very low animation budget (by feature film standards, anyway), this happens here and there. One point of notice is that the footage used for the crowds pulling in is the same for the first two occasions where Charlotte spins a message into her web.

* BellyDancer: While an admittedly small detail, the fair that Zuckerman and his family attend to show off Wilbur features a belly dancing exhibit.

** Not to mention Charlotte's death scene. In the book, she dies alone after Wilbur leaves the fair; but in the movie, Wilbur witnesses her death prior to leaving.

* AnimalTalk: Animals can talk to each other, but not to humans (except Fern).

* LanguageBarrier: Downplayed. The humans except for Fern can't understand the animals, but the animals seem to understand the humans just fine.

* {{Masquerade}}: Possibly why the animals can't talk to anyone except Fern, although it's left ambiguous.

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Fern is able to understand what the animals are saying when they talk to each other, although she is not shown speaking to them.

* ArtisticLicenseArachnids: Charlotte has two eyes and a mouth like that of a vertebrate.

--> '''Gander:''' It's my idio-idio-idiosyncracy.

** PlayedForLaughs with "A Fair is a Veritable Smorgasbord." The music itself has an elegant carnival waltz tune, but the lyrics are very ''in''elegant. In the song, the Goose convinces Templeton the rat to go to the fair so he can chow down on all the food left behind when the fair closes. "Where a rat can glut, glut, glut," is not how most people would happily describe a carnival.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Wilbur returns home from the fair, what happened to Jeffrey, the gosling that wanted to be a pig?

A noticeably LighterAndSofter DirectToVideo sequel titled ''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure'' was released in 2003 by Paramount and Creator/{{Universal}}, with animation production handled by the latter. Set several months after the original film's conclusion, the film features Wilbur (now a surrogate father figure to Charlotte's daughters Joy, Nellie and Arania) befriending Cardigan, a [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer literal black sheep who is ostracized by his herd]].

* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Overlaps with ValuesDissonance. In both the 1973 version and the book, Wilbur's refusal to eat earns him a spoonful of sulfur and molasses shoved down his throat. An old mountain cure, this "spring tonic" was believed to wake up the blood after the long winter while also serving as a laxative. Needless to say, we now know that sulfur isn't something humans ''or'' animals should really be ingesting.

The children's book ''Literature/CharlottesWeb'' by Creator/EBWhite was first adapted as an animated film in 1973. It was produced by Creator/HannaBarbera and Sagittarius Productions, and released by Creator/{{Paramount}}. Its screenplay was written by Earl Hamner, Jr. (''Series/TheWaltons'') and music by Music/TheShermanBrothers (''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', ''Film/MaryPoppins''), and it featured the voices of Creator/DebbieReynolds as Charlotte, Creator/PaulLynde as Templeton, and Creator/HenryGibson as Wilbur. The film was reasonably well-reviewed by critics (74% fresh on Website/RottenTomatoes), though endured some complaints regarding the quality of the animation and the music. [[CreatorBacklash Notably, E.B. White himself was disappointed by the film.]] This did not stop it from becoming a popular success, enjoying strong popularity on VHS and television.

A DirectToVideo sequel titled ''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure'' was released in 2003 by Paramount and Creator/{{Universal}}, with animation production handled by the latter.

* AdaptationExpansion: The 1973 film adds scenes that flesh out Henry Fussy as a nerd with an [[MyBelovedSmother overbearing mother]], who eventually loosens up and starts acting and dressing his age (and even [[TheGlassesGottaGo loses his glasses]]) after a visit to his grandfather, leading Fern to [[RelationshipUpgrade "suddenly see him]] [[PuppyLove with new eyes."]] It also gives Wilbur another inseparable friend, Jeffrey the gosling, though he [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappears without explanation]] after the fair scenes.

* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Just like in the book, Charlotte passes away, but Templeton saves her egg sac with 514 baby spiders which hatches the following spring; only three of them (Joy, Arenea, and Nellie) stick with Wilbur in the final scene.

* BirthDeathJuxtoposition: Just like in the book, Charlotte passes away, but Templeton saves her egg sac with 514 baby spiders which hatches the following spring; only three of them (Joy, Arenea, and Nellie) stick with Wilbur in the final scene.

* SadTimesMontage: Before Charlotte passes away, we get a montage of flashbacks of Wilbur's whole life throughout the movie, from being saved by Fern to his time on the farm and winning a medal, as she thinks of the wonderful times they've had now that nothing can harm him.

* PleaseWakeUp: Wilbur calls out to Charlotte when she stops singing. He repeats her name several times, goes OhCrap when it sinks in, and starts crying.

A DirectToVideo sequel titled "Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure" was released in 2003 by Paramount and Creator/{{Universal}}, with animation production handled by the latter.

* TypicalCartoonAnimalColors: Wilbur the pink pig, Templeton the gray rat, and the white geese.

* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Overlaps with ValuesDissonance. In both the 1973 version and the book, Wilbur's refusal to eat earns him a spoonful of sulfur and molasses shoved down his throat. An old mountain cure, this "spring tonic" was believed to wake up the blood after the long winter while also serving as a laxative. Needless to say, sulfur isn't something humans ''or'' animals should really be ingesting.

* ParentalBonus: In the animated film, the "I got lucky" facial expression Templeton has on his face when he and his mate and his offspring walk by. The satisfied chuckle he gives just ''screams'' "Behold, the evidence of my conquest!" For those who know who [[CampGay Paul Lynde]] was, it's more "Who knew?"

-->-- "Deep in the Dark"

A DirectToVideo sequel subtitled "Wilbur's Great Adventure" was released in 2003 by Paramount and Creator/{{Universal}}, with animation production handled by the latter.

* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: In the book, it's explicitly stated that Fern can hear the animals talking loud and clear (see AdaptedOut). In the film, this is not made very obvious, which makes it hard to tell for a viewer that is unfamiliar with the book if she merely [[SpeaksFluentAnimal understands what the animal noises mean]] or if she really can hear the animals.