History WesternAnimation / Ferdinand

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--> '''Ferdinand:''' The bull never wins

* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Bull calves are normally reared in groups of same-age calves, with a nurse cow for social reassurance in their early weeks and with slightly older young steers after that. Calves as young (and fragile) as Ferdinand appears to be when the film begins certainly ''aren't'' housed in the same pens with adult bulls, especially bulls that are bred and conditioned to be fighters.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: [[spoiler:Valiente's broken horn]] looks to have merely a darker grey core and does not bleed or even seem to cause him any discomfort. In reality, cattle horns are made of a keratin coating around a live bone core -- breaking them is an exceedingly painful and gory affair.

* BicolorCowsSolidBulls: Subverted. The title character, a bull, is black save for pink patches around his eye which are presumably his skin since they're the same color as his nose, his father, Raf, is black, his rival, Valiente, is brown, and Angus the Scottish Highland bull is brown, but all the other bulls are bicolor. In contrast, cows are never shown.

* GoodParents: Nina's father, who is very supportive of the friendship between Nina and Ferdinand. [[spoiler:He helps his daughter reunite with Ferdinand at the very end of the movie.]]
** Also Ferdinand's father, who's gentle and loving with his son and tactful in handling the bitter realities of their world.

* MissingMom: While Valiente and Ferdinand's fathers play a major role in their lives, their mothers are nowhere to be seen. This despite the fact that a fighting bull's courage is said to come from his mother, and that Ferdinand's was a fairly noteworthy character in the book.

* AnAesop:
** Never judge by appearances. Just because someone is big and strong doesn't mean they're violent or even want to fight.
** Courage is not the same as aggression, nor is it cowardly not wanting to fight.
** Sometimes not fighting back is the best form of resistance.
** Be true to who you are, even if that's under attack.

* BloodlessCarnage: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] during Ferdinand's match with the matador, as he's very actively doing his best to run away and avoid causing or taking damage, and the only wound he receives is a relatively shallow cut on the shoulder. Bullfighting is normally a ''very'' violent sport, but since this is the only match we see, we don't get to witness how bad it can actually get.
** Played straight when [[spoiler: Valiente's]] horn breaks off. In reality, this would be incredibly gory. In the movie, the horn is depicted as merely having a bloodless gray core.

** Highland Cattle like Angus, while notoriously shaggy, do not grow fur over their eyes. It would make them poorly equipped to survive if they couldn't see.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: [[spoiler:Valiente's broken horn]] is completely hollow inside. In reality, cattle horns are made of a keratin coating around a live bone core -- breaking them is an exceedingly painful and gory affair.

* ShownTheirWork: The bull fighting sequence. Everything from the movements and costume of El Primero to the banderillas decorated to resemble the Spanish flag [[spoiler:to the crowd's white kerchiefs and cries of "indulto", the traditional method of pardoning a bull[[/note]]]] is very, very true to life.

* ShownTheirWork: The bull fighting sequence. Everything from the movements and costume of El Primero to the banderillas decorated to resemble the Spanish flag [[spoiler:to the crowd's white kerchiefs and cries of "indulto" [[note]]The traditional method of pardoning a bull[[/note]]]] is very, very true to life.

* ShakingTheRump: Lupe does this when she and Ferdinand first meet.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Lupe is regularly subjected to AmusingInjuries over the course of the film.

'''''Ferdinand''''' is a 2017 movie by Creator/BlueSkyStudios, adapted from Munro Leaf's children's book ''Literature/TheStoryOfFerdinand''. It's directed by Carlos Saldanha, who directed the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' films, and is the book's second AnimatedAdaptation after Creator/{{Disney}}'s 1938 ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'' short.

* GrumpyBear: Paco's default attitude is one of negativity and gruffness, which he himself notes:
-->'''Ferdinand''': You stoked about the big day?\\
'''Paco''': "Stoked"? Have you ever seen me "stoked" about ''anything''?

* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler:Partway through the movie, Ferdinand learns an awful truth behind bullfighting: Whether bulls are selected or not, the bull never wins, ''ever''.]]

---> '''Valiente:''' Why would I believe a coward, who thinks the only way out is through the back door?
---> '''Ferdiand:''' Are you crazy? Did you not hear what I said?

* StockCartoonAnimalDepictions: Subverted with the bulls. Ferdinand and his father are Spanish fighting bulls, but there are other types of bulls in the film.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: A big part of the movies is about showing the cruelty of Bullfighting and the slaughter of cattle for meat.

* BadPeopleAbuseAninals: A big part of the movies is about showing the cruelty of Bullfighting and the slaughter of cattle for meat.

* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler:Partway through the movie, Ferdinand learns an awful truth behind bullfighting: the bull never wins.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ferdinand may be a GentleGiant, but he's still a big, powerful bull who you ''really'' shouldn't mess with. [[spoiler:When Valiente locks horns with him, Ferdinand breaks one of them off with barely any effort (while simply defending himself, no less), and when his is pushed to his limits by El Primero, he lifts him up with his horns, inches away from losing his temper completely, before catching himself.]]

** Valiente's father. His reaction to his son trying to console him after he loses to [[spoiler:Ferdinand's father]] is to spitefully say "Who asked you?" [[spoiler:And when Ferdinand realizes his father is gone, he coldly states that he knew that bull was "soft" right in front of Ferdinand.]]

** He correctly argues that Ferdinand's pacifistic nature will do him no favors at Casa Del Toro, where a bull's failure to prove their worth as a fighter will cause them to be sent to the chophouse to be killed for meat. Bones even restates this fact. [[spoiler:He’s later proven to be wrong as Ferdinand discovers the true nature of bullfighting and no matter if a bull gets sent to the slaughterhouse or is selected for a bullfight, the bull dies either way.]]

* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler:Ferdinand's father. We don't actually see him die in a bullfight, but the truck returns without him, and Ferdinand figures out what happened. Later, we see a trophy of Ferdinand's father on the matador's wall along with trophies of all the other dead bulls.]]

* OhCrap: This expression is plainly on El Primero's face when Ferdinand's horn lift him by his jacket.

** As said in TemptingFate, there's a scene with Ferdinand, a bull, in a china shop.

* WinWinEnding: During the end credits, it was revealed that Bones, Guapo, Valiente, Angus, Maquina, and Paco become Ferdinand's new brothers, Una, Dos, and Cuatro become Juan's butlers, the bunny becomes the farm's security guard, Lupe becomes the second pet of Nina, and the Lipzzans stay behind in Casa del Toro and were excited to be away from the bulls.

* WinWinEnding: During the end credits, it was revealed that Bones, Guapo, Valiente, Angus, Maquina, and Paco become Ferdinand's new brothers, Una, Dos, and Cuatro become Juan's butlers, the bunny becomes the farm's security guard, Lupe becomes the second pet of Nina, the Lipzzans stay behind in Casa del Toro and were excited to be away from the bulls, and Primero is arrested by Moreno for his crimes, [[SequelHook swearing revenge on Ferdinand and all of his friends]].