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** 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.
** Later in the movie, the song plays again, this time in a fast-paced madcap style as Templeton raids the fair for leftover food during closing hours, then turns slow and intoxicated towards the end as Templeton gets fat from eating and enters a state of bliss.
** 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.
** Later in the movie, the song plays again, this time in a fast-paced madcap style as Templeton raids the fair for leftover food during closing hours, then turns slow and intoxicated towards the end as Templeton gets fat from eating and enters a state of bliss.
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Charlotte's Web 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 (''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', ''Film/MaryPoppins'') and featuring the voices of Creator/DebbieReynolds as Charlotte, Creator/PaulLynde as Templeton and Henry Gibson 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.
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Charlotte's Web 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 (''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', (''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', ''Film/MaryPoppins'') and featuring the voices of Creator/DebbieReynolds as Charlotte, Creator/PaulLynde as Templeton and Henry Gibson 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.
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** After Templeton returns from his night of overeating at the fairgrounds, Wilbur informs him that Charlotte has laid 514 eggs. Templeton's response? "This ''has'' been a night!"
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* 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]] [[ToyShip with new eyes."]] It also gives Wilbur another inseparable friend, Jeffrey the gosling, though he [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappears without explanation]] after the fair scenes.
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* 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]] [[ToyShip [[PuppyLove with new eyes."]] It also gives Wilbur another inseparable friend, Jeffrey the gosling, though he [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappears without explanation]] after the fair scenes.
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* BigBrotherBully: Fern's brother Avery, though not exactly a bully, is rather obnoxious and rather mischievous than an outright bully. He tries to catch Charlotte for his collection only to be stopped by the rotten egg breaking. Though Avery still has a good heart.
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* BigBrotherBully: Fern's brother Avery, though not exactly a bully, is just rather obnoxious and rather mischievous than an outright bully.mischievous. He tries to catch Charlotte for his collection only to be stopped by the rotten egg breaking. Though Avery still has a good heart.
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Charlotte's Web 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 (''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', ''Film/MaryPoppins'') and featuring the voices of Creator/DebbieReynolds as Charlotte, Creator/PaulLynde as Templeton and Creator/HenryGibson Henry Gibson 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.
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* BellyDancer: While an admittedly small detail, the fair that Zuckerman and his family attend to show off Wilbur features a belly dancing exhibit.
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* AwardBaitSong: "Mother Earth and Father Time".
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Though Avery's actually ''older'' than Fern, he still fits the trope perfectly given that he's very obnoxious and rather mischievous. He tries to catch Charlotte for his collection only to be stopped by the rotten egg breaking. Though Avery still has a good heart.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Charlotte (at least from Wilbur's perspective). Likely as not, her vocabulary introduced a lot of young readers to words like "languishing", "radiant", "versatile", and "salutations."
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Charlotte (at least from Wilbur's perspective). Likely as not, her vocabulary introduced a lot of young readers to words like "languishing", "radiant", "versatile", "salutations", and "salutations.""magnum opus".
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* [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Annoying Older Sibling]]: Avery, Fern's rather AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Though Avery's actually ''older'' than Fern, he still fits the trope perfectly given that he's very obnoxious but still good-hearted brother, and rather mischievous. He tries to catch Charlotte for his collection only to be stopped by the rotten egg breaking.breaking. Though Avery still has a good heart.
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* {{Fainting}}: Wilbur is prone to this whenever he when he overhears the Zuckermans still planning to slaughter him. Templeton revives him by biting his tail.
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* DyingAlone: Averted with this version of Charlotte's death, unlike in the book or the 2006 film. Here, Wilbur is with her as she dies just before the humans take him home.
* {{Fainting}}: Wilbur is prone to this whenever he when he overhears the Zuckermans still planning to slaughter him. Templeton revives him by biting his tail. He also faints after Lurvey forces him to take sulphur and molasses as medicine - a scene where he doesn't faint in the book.
* {{Fainting}}: Wilbur is prone to this whenever he when he overhears the Zuckermans still planning to slaughter him. Templeton revives him by biting his tail. He also faints after Lurvey forces him to take sulphur and molasses as medicine - a scene where he doesn't faint in the book.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Avery, Fern's rather obnoxious but still good-hearted brother, He tries to catch Charlotte for his collection only to be stopped by the rotten egg breaking. In the book and the 1973 film Avery is actually ''older'' than Fern.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Annoying Older Sibling]]: Avery, Fern's rather obnoxious but still good-hearted brother, He tries to catch Charlotte for his collection only to be stopped by the rotten egg breaking. In the book and the 1973 film Avery is actually ''older'' than Fern.breaking.
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* BabiesEverAfter: Although Charlotte dies and most of her offspring leave the farm, three of her daughters remain. Also, the ending of the 1973 film brings a host of new babies to the farm animals -- even [[spoiler:Templeton]].
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* BabiesEverAfter: Although Charlotte dies and most of her offspring leave the farm, three of her daughters remain. Also, the ending of the 1973 film brings a host of new babies to the farm animals -- even [[spoiler:Templeton]].[[spoiler:Templeton's]].
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* UselessProtagonist: Wilbur, who pretty much does nothing the whole book. As far as the adaptations go, Wilbur proves to be much more useful even ''way before'' he takes Charlotte's egg sack home with him - for example, in the animated version, he saves Charlotte from Avery by tripping the latter and making him fall and break the smelly rotten egg, whereas in the book Avery just happens to fall by accident.
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* AdaptedOut: The book has a scene where Nancy Arable (Fern's mom) visits psychiatrist Dr. Dorian, having been concerned about her daughter frequently visiting Homer's barn (and her seemingly telling how animals can think/talk in some way). The scene with Dr. Dorian is nowhere to be found in the animated film.
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* AdaptedOut: The AdaptedOut:
**The book has a scene where Nancy Arable (Fern's mom) visits psychiatrist Dr. Dorian, having been concerned about her daughter frequently visiting Homer's barn (and her seemingly telling how animals can think/talk in some way). The scene with Dr. Dorian is nowhere to be found in the animated film.
**Another scene from the book that didn't make it in the animated adaptation is when Wilbur busts out of his pin with the geese urging him to be free. Though it did eventually end up in the live-action adaptation (along with the Dorian scene).
**The book has a scene where Nancy Arable (Fern's mom) visits psychiatrist Dr. Dorian, having been concerned about her daughter frequently visiting Homer's barn (and her seemingly telling how animals can think/talk in some way). The scene with Dr. Dorian is nowhere to be found in the animated film.
**Another scene from the book that didn't make it in the animated adaptation is when Wilbur busts out of his pin with the geese urging him to be free. Though it did eventually end up in the live-action adaptation (along with the Dorian scene).
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Charlotte's Web 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 (''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', ''Film/MaryPoppins'').''Film/MaryPoppins'') and featuring 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.
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* DarkReprise: In the 1973 film, "Mother Earth and Father Time" returns in a more somber manner as Charlotte faces her imminent death.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: 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!"
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* 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!"
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* BalloonBelly: Templeton gets this after eating at the fair
* BigEater: Templeton, again! Man, oh, man! Especially since [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A0l-eBK9KE a fair is a veritable smorgasbord-orgasbord-orgasbord]].
* BigEater: Templeton, again! Man, oh, man! Especially since [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A0l-eBK9KE a fair is a veritable smorgasbord-orgasbord-orgasbord]].
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* BalloonBelly: Templeton gets this after eating at the fair
*BalloonBelly / BigEater: Templeton, again! Man, oh, man! Especially since [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A0l-eBK9KE a fair is a veritable smorgasbord-orgasbord-orgasbord]].Templeton after eating at the fair.]]
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* 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 her conversation with her parents over dinner is just her playing pretend or if she really can hear the animals.
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* 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 Charlotte spins a message into her web.
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* {{Fainting}}: Wilbur is prone to this whenever he gets especially scared. He eventually faints from {{Stage Fright}} in front of the crowd at the fair when the time comes to receive his medal, but Templeton revives him by biting his tail.
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* CarnivoreConfusion: Played with. Charlotte catches and eats insects as humanely as possible, and will defend her need to do this — not just on a personal level, but an ecological one. However, at the end of her life, she delivers the following quote:
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"Oh, no," said Zuckerman. "It's the pig that's unusual. It says so, right there in the middle of the web."
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* HiccupHijinks: Templeton, after his overeating at the fair, get these mid-musical number and they last him up to the next morning.
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Charlotte's Web was first adapted as an animated film in 1973. It was released by by Creator/HannaBarbera and Sagittarius Productions and featured a screenplay by Earl Hamner, Jr. (''Series/TheWaltons'') and music by Music/TheShermanBrothers (''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', ''Film/MaryPoppins''). 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.
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Charlotte's Web was first adapted as an animated film in 1973. It was released by produced by Creator/HannaBarbera and Sagittarius Productions Productions, and featured a released by Creator/{{Paramount}}. Its screenplay was written by Earl Hamner, Jr. (''Series/TheWaltons'') and music by Music/TheShermanBrothers (''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', ''Film/MaryPoppins''). 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.
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A DirectToVideo sequel, with the subtitle "Wilbur's Great Adventure" was released in 2003 by Paramount and Creator/{{Universal}}, with animation production handled by the latter.
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Charlotte's Web was first adapted as an animated film in 1973. It was released by by Creator/HannaBarbera and Sagittarius Productions and featured a screenplay by Earl Hamner, Jr. (''Series/TheWaltons'') and music by Music/TheShermanBrothers (''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', ''Film/MaryPoppins''). 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.
For the original book see ''Literature/CharlottesWeb''.
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!!Some tropes weaved into this Charlotte's Web
* 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]] [[ToyShip with new eyes."]] It also gives Wilbur another inseparable friend, Jeffrey the gosling, though he [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappears without explanation]] after the fair scenes.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Templeton is more of a likable JerkWithAHeartOfGold in this film adaptations especially given that he's voiced by Creator/PaulLynde, whereas in the original book he is utterly self-centered and amoral.
* AdaptedOut: The book has a scene where Nancy Arable (Fern's mom) visits psychiatrist Dr. Dorian, having been concerned about her daughter frequently visiting Homer's barn (and her seemingly telling how animals can think/talk in some way). The scene with Dr. Dorian is nowhere to be found in the animated film.
* AnimatedMusical: This version is one.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Avery, Fern's rather obnoxious but still good-hearted brother, He tries to catch Charlotte for his collection only to be stopped by the rotten egg breaking. In the book and the 1973 film Avery is actually ''older'' than Fern.
* 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.
* BabiesEverAfter: Although Charlotte dies and most of her offspring leave the farm, three of her daughters remain. Also, the ending of the 1973 film brings a host of new babies to the farm animals -- even [[spoiler:Templeton]].
* BalloonBelly: Templeton gets this after eating at the fair
* BigEater: Templeton, again! Man, oh, man! Especially since [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A0l-eBK9KE a fair is a veritable smorgasbord-orgasbord-orgasbord]].
* BittersweetEnding: While Wilbur lives, Charlotte dies soon after the fair. Also Fern doesn't visit Wilbur as often as she used to as she grows up and starts dating Henry Fussy. Yet Charlotte's children live on, and Wilbur is happy to while away the years in the barn with generations of Charlotte's descendants.
* BribedWithFood: Usually the only way to get Templeton to agree to anything.
* BrutalHonesty: A major theme of both the book and its adaptations, with Charlotte, who says she sees no point in withholding unpleasant information from a friend, representing an especially noble variety of it, and Templeton, who is rather overt about his selfish motives for what he does, representing a rather less-than-noble variety. In the book and animated adaptation, the sheep represents a sort of middle ground, telling Wilbur about what farms do to pigs.
* ButtMonkey: Lurvy, the Zuckermans' farm assistant is ''very'' clumsy.
* CarnivoreConfusion: Played with. Charlotte catches and eats insects as humanely as possible, and will defend her need to do this — not just on a personal level, but an ecological one. However, at the end of her life, she delivers the following quote:
* ChekhovsGun: The rotten egg which Templeton has been hoarding saves Charlotte's life when Avery accidentally breaks it while trying to catch her.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Mr. Zuckerman describes how a message praising his pig has mysteriously appeared in the middle of a spider web, and concludes that they have "no ordinary pig." His wife disagrees:
-->"Well," said Mrs. Zuckerman, "it seems to me you're a little off. It seems to me we have no ordinary spider." \\
"Oh, no," said Zuckerman. "It's the pig that's unusual. It says so, right there in the middle of the web."
* DeadpanSnarker: Templeton. It helps that he's voiced by Creator/PaulLynde in the 1973 film.
* DeathSong: The second version of "Mother Earth and Father Time", from the 1973 animated film.
* DisappearedDad: Charlotte has 514 children and their father is neither mentioned nor seen. Given the courtship habits of ''Araneus cavaticus,'' this is probably for the best.
* DisneyAcidSequence: The scene where Templeton sneaks around the fairgrounds at night in the '73 film. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84qCK2yzyi8 This]] isn't actually too far off the mark from what actually happens.
* {{Disneyfication}}: This is what the original author felt the 1973 movie had subjected his story to.
* DownOnTheFarm: A lot of action is set on two different farms. The Arable's and Zuckerman's.
* {{Fainting}}: Wilbur is prone to this whenever he gets especially scared. He eventually faints from {{Stage Fright}} in front of the crowd at the fair when the time comes to receive his medal, but Templeton revives him by biting his tail.
* FoodPorn: {{Double Subverted|Trope}} with the discarded food from the county fair. Not appetizing at first glance but it is if you're a rat. Templeton takes [[StealthPun full]] advantage of it.
* FreudianSlip: Fern accidentally says "Wilbur" when the teacher asks her what the capital of Pennsylvania state is.
* AFriendInNeed: Charlotte's only real motivation for helping Wilbur: he's her friend and he's in danger, so she'll do everything she can to save him.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Fern, at least until she starts to "grow up" and care more about Henry Fussy than animals. Charlotte is also an example... except to the insects she eats.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: 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!"
* InkSuitActor: Charlotte's facial features in the animated film seem to vaguely resemble those of Debbie Reynolds, who provided her voice. The same can be said for Templeton and his voice actor Creator/PaulLynde.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It's buried ''quite deeply'' in [[YouDirtyRat Templeton]]'s gluttonous body in the film adaptations.
* LyricalDissonance: At one point, Charlotte sings Wilbur a lullaby about "the dung and the dark." It's appropriately sweet, soothing, and just happens to incorporate the fact that Wilbur sleeps in literal cow manure.
* MagnumOpus: Charlotte describes her egg sac as her magnum opus, the finest thing she has ever made. Or, as it turns out, ''will'' ever make, as [[spoiler: she dies, as spiders do, shortly after producing it.]]
* MayflyDecemberFriendship: Wilbur ends up experiencing this with Charlotte, as she ends up passing away just as he's become a full-grown pig.
* MeaningfulName:
** Fern's surname is Arable, and she lives on a farm. The land on a farm (especially that used in growing crops) is called arable land.
** Charlotte's full name is Charlotte A. Cavatica. She is also a barn spider, and the scientific name for a barn spider is Araneus cavaticus. When her daughter learns that mother's middle initial was "A", she decides to name herself Aranea.
* MessyPig: Type 2--Sanitary Swine. Or as sanitary as he can be, considering [[NauseaFuel he sleeps on an enormous pile of manure]]. Played with when Wilbur has to go to the fair. The sheep advises Wilbur to struggle with being put in a crate. Wilbur's objection that it'll make him messy (after he'd just had a buttermilk bath by Edith Zuckerman) is overruled by the sheep warning him if he ''doesn't'' struggle, they'll assume something is wrong with him and leave him behind.
* OnlySaneMan: In the animated version, Edith Zuckerman is the only human to point out that a spiderweb with "SOME PIG" woven into it is more indicative that the ''spider'' is special, not the pig. [[CassandraTruth Her husband immediately dismisses the idea.]]
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Charlotte works hard to save Wilbur's life.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Wilbur. This is why Fern takes a shine to him.
* SayMyName: In the 1973 film version, after Charlotte passes away:
-->'''Wilbur:''' Charlotte? ''Charlotte??'' '''CHARLOTTE!!!'''
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Charlotte (at least from Wilbur's perspective). Likely as not, her vocabulary introduced a lot of young readers to words like "languishing", "radiant", "versatile", and "salutations."
* 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.
* SpeechImpediment: The g-g-goose has a rather pronounced stutter-utter-utter.
* SpidersAreScary: Averted. Charlotte is the nicest spider ever.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Templeton, for most of the story is just an antisocial loner, who really doesn't want to be involved in Charlotte's plan to save Wilbur, unless there's something in it for him. However, he delivers an out-of-nowhere KickTheDog moment towards the end when Wilbur explains to him that Charlotte is dying and asks him to carry her egg sac into the crate. Templeton's response?
--> [[ItsAllAboutMe "So it's ol' Templeton to the rescue again, is it? And, what thanks do I get for these services? I would like to know!"]]
** It's less out-of-nowhere in the book, where the omniscient narrator tells us early on that "the rat had no morals, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything." But in the adaptations, without that passage and with Templeton characterized as more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, it's slightly jarring.
* UselessProtagonist: Wilbur, who pretty much does nothing the whole book. As far as the adaptations go, Wilbur proves to be much more useful even ''way before'' he takes Charlotte's egg sack home with him - for example, in the animated version, he saves Charlotte from Avery by tripping the latter and making him fall and break the smelly rotten egg, whereas in the book Avery just happens to fall by accident.
* VerbalTic: The geese tend to repeat their own words as they talk.
--> '''Gander:''' It's my idio-idio-idiosyncracy.
* WeAreAsMayflies: The unspoken reason Charlotte helps Wilbur. She lives only a year, and values the friendship for what little life she will enjoy.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Regarding the 1973 version: What happened to Jeffrey, the gosling that wanted to be a pig?
* WhatsInItForMe: It's a continued theme that Templeton repeatedly asks this question, and is repeatedly answered with ''very'' strong incentives. One has to wonder why Templeton hasn't learned to expect it. Only twice is Templeton ''not'' threatened - and those are the two final times, first with promises of miles of food at the fair, and last of all when Wilber promises to let him eat first from his trough for the rest of his life in return for bringing him Charlotte's egg sack.
* WritersSuck: Averted. The last lines of the book and adaptations are, "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both."
* YouDirtyRat: Templeton is a dirty, [[BigEater gluttonous]], selfish {{Jerkass}}.
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For the original book see ''Literature/CharlottesWeb''.
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!!Some tropes weaved into this Charlotte's Web
* 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]] [[ToyShip with new eyes."]] It also gives Wilbur another inseparable friend, Jeffrey the gosling, though he [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappears without explanation]] after the fair scenes.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Templeton is more of a likable JerkWithAHeartOfGold in this film adaptations especially given that he's voiced by Creator/PaulLynde, whereas in the original book he is utterly self-centered and amoral.
* AdaptedOut: The book has a scene where Nancy Arable (Fern's mom) visits psychiatrist Dr. Dorian, having been concerned about her daughter frequently visiting Homer's barn (and her seemingly telling how animals can think/talk in some way). The scene with Dr. Dorian is nowhere to be found in the animated film.
* AnimatedMusical: This version is one.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Avery, Fern's rather obnoxious but still good-hearted brother, He tries to catch Charlotte for his collection only to be stopped by the rotten egg breaking. In the book and the 1973 film Avery is actually ''older'' than Fern.
* 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.
* BabiesEverAfter: Although Charlotte dies and most of her offspring leave the farm, three of her daughters remain. Also, the ending of the 1973 film brings a host of new babies to the farm animals -- even [[spoiler:Templeton]].
* BalloonBelly: Templeton gets this after eating at the fair
* BigEater: Templeton, again! Man, oh, man! Especially since [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A0l-eBK9KE a fair is a veritable smorgasbord-orgasbord-orgasbord]].
* BittersweetEnding: While Wilbur lives, Charlotte dies soon after the fair. Also Fern doesn't visit Wilbur as often as she used to as she grows up and starts dating Henry Fussy. Yet Charlotte's children live on, and Wilbur is happy to while away the years in the barn with generations of Charlotte's descendants.
* BribedWithFood: Usually the only way to get Templeton to agree to anything.
* BrutalHonesty: A major theme of both the book and its adaptations, with Charlotte, who says she sees no point in withholding unpleasant information from a friend, representing an especially noble variety of it, and Templeton, who is rather overt about his selfish motives for what he does, representing a rather less-than-noble variety. In the book and animated adaptation, the sheep represents a sort of middle ground, telling Wilbur about what farms do to pigs.
* ButtMonkey: Lurvy, the Zuckermans' farm assistant is ''very'' clumsy.
* CarnivoreConfusion: Played with. Charlotte catches and eats insects as humanely as possible, and will defend her need to do this — not just on a personal level, but an ecological one. However, at the end of her life, she delivers the following quote:
* ChekhovsGun: The rotten egg which Templeton has been hoarding saves Charlotte's life when Avery accidentally breaks it while trying to catch her.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Mr. Zuckerman describes how a message praising his pig has mysteriously appeared in the middle of a spider web, and concludes that they have "no ordinary pig." His wife disagrees:
-->"Well," said Mrs. Zuckerman, "it seems to me you're a little off. It seems to me we have no ordinary spider." \\
"Oh, no," said Zuckerman. "It's the pig that's unusual. It says so, right there in the middle of the web."
* DeadpanSnarker: Templeton. It helps that he's voiced by Creator/PaulLynde in the 1973 film.
* DeathSong: The second version of "Mother Earth and Father Time", from the 1973 animated film.
* DisappearedDad: Charlotte has 514 children and their father is neither mentioned nor seen. Given the courtship habits of ''Araneus cavaticus,'' this is probably for the best.
* DisneyAcidSequence: The scene where Templeton sneaks around the fairgrounds at night in the '73 film. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84qCK2yzyi8 This]] isn't actually too far off the mark from what actually happens.
* {{Disneyfication}}: This is what the original author felt the 1973 movie had subjected his story to.
* DownOnTheFarm: A lot of action is set on two different farms. The Arable's and Zuckerman's.
* {{Fainting}}: Wilbur is prone to this whenever he gets especially scared. He eventually faints from {{Stage Fright}} in front of the crowd at the fair when the time comes to receive his medal, but Templeton revives him by biting his tail.
* FoodPorn: {{Double Subverted|Trope}} with the discarded food from the county fair. Not appetizing at first glance but it is if you're a rat. Templeton takes [[StealthPun full]] advantage of it.
* FreudianSlip: Fern accidentally says "Wilbur" when the teacher asks her what the capital of Pennsylvania state is.
* AFriendInNeed: Charlotte's only real motivation for helping Wilbur: he's her friend and he's in danger, so she'll do everything she can to save him.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Fern, at least until she starts to "grow up" and care more about Henry Fussy than animals. Charlotte is also an example... except to the insects she eats.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: 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!"
* InkSuitActor: Charlotte's facial features in the animated film seem to vaguely resemble those of Debbie Reynolds, who provided her voice. The same can be said for Templeton and his voice actor Creator/PaulLynde.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It's buried ''quite deeply'' in [[YouDirtyRat Templeton]]'s gluttonous body in the film adaptations.
* LyricalDissonance: At one point, Charlotte sings Wilbur a lullaby about "the dung and the dark." It's appropriately sweet, soothing, and just happens to incorporate the fact that Wilbur sleeps in literal cow manure.
* MagnumOpus: Charlotte describes her egg sac as her magnum opus, the finest thing she has ever made. Or, as it turns out, ''will'' ever make, as [[spoiler: she dies, as spiders do, shortly after producing it.]]
* MayflyDecemberFriendship: Wilbur ends up experiencing this with Charlotte, as she ends up passing away just as he's become a full-grown pig.
* MeaningfulName:
** Fern's surname is Arable, and she lives on a farm. The land on a farm (especially that used in growing crops) is called arable land.
** Charlotte's full name is Charlotte A. Cavatica. She is also a barn spider, and the scientific name for a barn spider is Araneus cavaticus. When her daughter learns that mother's middle initial was "A", she decides to name herself Aranea.
* MessyPig: Type 2--Sanitary Swine. Or as sanitary as he can be, considering [[NauseaFuel he sleeps on an enormous pile of manure]]. Played with when Wilbur has to go to the fair. The sheep advises Wilbur to struggle with being put in a crate. Wilbur's objection that it'll make him messy (after he'd just had a buttermilk bath by Edith Zuckerman) is overruled by the sheep warning him if he ''doesn't'' struggle, they'll assume something is wrong with him and leave him behind.
* OnlySaneMan: In the animated version, Edith Zuckerman is the only human to point out that a spiderweb with "SOME PIG" woven into it is more indicative that the ''spider'' is special, not the pig. [[CassandraTruth Her husband immediately dismisses the idea.]]
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Charlotte works hard to save Wilbur's life.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Wilbur. This is why Fern takes a shine to him.
* SayMyName: In the 1973 film version, after Charlotte passes away:
-->'''Wilbur:''' Charlotte? ''Charlotte??'' '''CHARLOTTE!!!'''
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Charlotte (at least from Wilbur's perspective). Likely as not, her vocabulary introduced a lot of young readers to words like "languishing", "radiant", "versatile", and "salutations."
* 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.
* SpeechImpediment: The g-g-goose has a rather pronounced stutter-utter-utter.
* SpidersAreScary: Averted. Charlotte is the nicest spider ever.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Templeton, for most of the story is just an antisocial loner, who really doesn't want to be involved in Charlotte's plan to save Wilbur, unless there's something in it for him. However, he delivers an out-of-nowhere KickTheDog moment towards the end when Wilbur explains to him that Charlotte is dying and asks him to carry her egg sac into the crate. Templeton's response?
--> [[ItsAllAboutMe "So it's ol' Templeton to the rescue again, is it? And, what thanks do I get for these services? I would like to know!"]]
** It's less out-of-nowhere in the book, where the omniscient narrator tells us early on that "the rat had no morals, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything." But in the adaptations, without that passage and with Templeton characterized as more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, it's slightly jarring.
* UselessProtagonist: Wilbur, who pretty much does nothing the whole book. As far as the adaptations go, Wilbur proves to be much more useful even ''way before'' he takes Charlotte's egg sack home with him - for example, in the animated version, he saves Charlotte from Avery by tripping the latter and making him fall and break the smelly rotten egg, whereas in the book Avery just happens to fall by accident.
* VerbalTic: The geese tend to repeat their own words as they talk.
--> '''Gander:''' It's my idio-idio-idiosyncracy.
* WeAreAsMayflies: The unspoken reason Charlotte helps Wilbur. She lives only a year, and values the friendship for what little life she will enjoy.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Regarding the 1973 version: What happened to Jeffrey, the gosling that wanted to be a pig?
* WhatsInItForMe: It's a continued theme that Templeton repeatedly asks this question, and is repeatedly answered with ''very'' strong incentives. One has to wonder why Templeton hasn't learned to expect it. Only twice is Templeton ''not'' threatened - and those are the two final times, first with promises of miles of food at the fair, and last of all when Wilber promises to let him eat first from his trough for the rest of his life in return for bringing him Charlotte's egg sack.
* WritersSuck: Averted. The last lines of the book and adaptations are, "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both."
* YouDirtyRat: Templeton is a dirty, [[BigEater gluttonous]], selfish {{Jerkass}}.
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