History WesternAnimation / FlowersAndTrees

* EvilLivingFlames: When the evil tree tries to burn down the forest out of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] over the protagonist tree getting the girl, the fire is represented as little impish flames chasing the forest's denizens around and setting things alight. They're put out when a flock of birds starts up a rainstorm, but not before [[KarmicDeath the flames tackle the evil tree, killing him]].

* TheKilljoy: The evil tree is a jaded old stump who tries to destroy the bright and colorful world he lives in, only to end up destroyed himself.

** Schubert's "Erlkönig" and the "Storm" part of "The William Tell Overture" plays during the forest fire.

"Flowers and Trees" was already in production [[WhatCouldHaveBeen as a black and white cartoon]] before Creator/WaltDisney saw Herbert Kalmus' three-strip Technicolor tests. Deciding that ''Flowers and Trees'' would make a perfect test for the process, he completely scrapped the black and white footage, and had the short redone in color. As a result, ''Flowers and Trees'' was a commercial and critical success, and thus won the first UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Animated Short Subjects--another step forward to animation becoming a respected medium.

Disney's exclusive contract with Technicolor, in effect until the end of 1935, forced other studio imitations of the series, such as Creator/UbIwerks' ''WesternAnimation/ComicolorCartoons'', Creator/WarnerBros. ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' and Max Fleischer's ''WesternAnimation/ColorClassics'' to use Technicolor's inferior two-color process or a competing two-color system such as Cinecolor.

* BigBad: The evil tree, who wants to get rid of the hero tree to gain the girl tree's affections.

* LohengrinAndMendelssohn: The wedding march from ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' plays at the end when the boy and girl trees get married.

** The main characters, since at one point there's a clear path for the trees to run away from the flames -- but instead the male tree tries to put out the flames with his foot.

* VillainousBadlandHeroicArcadia: The protagonists live in an idyllic open woodland full of living trees and flowers and friendly woodland critters. The evil tree, by contrast, lives alongside a pair of vultures in a barren patch of the forest full of broken stumps and with sickly gray soil.

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* GrumpyBear: The evil tree is a jaded old stump who tries to destroy the bright and colorful world he lives in, only to end up destroyed himself.

** The "Storm" part of "The William Tell Overture" plays during the forest fire.

* WeaksauceWeakness: The evil tree loses his fight with the protagonist tree by having his stomach tickled.

* ObviouslyEvil: While the other characters are beautiful, colorful flora and fauna, the evil tree is rotten and gray, lives in an area with dead trees and a skull, and is introduced with vultures perched on him and a lizard and some bats in his mouth. You'd better be-leaf he's evil.

* StandardSnippet: The "Dawn" part of "The William Tell Overture" is heard when the male tree courts the female tree with the worm ring.

As a result of the success of ''Flowers and Trees'', all future WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies cartoons were produced in three-strip Technicolor, and the added novelty of color helped to boost the series' previously disappointing returns. Disney's other cartoon series, the MickeyMouse shorts, were deemed successful enough not to need the extra boost of color, and therefore remained in black-and-white until 1935's ''Disney/TheBandConcert''.

'''''Flowers And Trees''''' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1932]] WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies short subject, directed by [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff Burt Gillett]]. It covers the ''very'' basic story of two trees falling in love, only for an ugly, rotten tree to try and wreak havoc with a fire.

''Flowers and Trees'' was already in production [[WhatCouldHaveBeen as a black and white cartoon]] before Creator/WaltDisney saw Herbert Kalmus' three-strip Technicolor tests. Deciding that ''Flowers and Trees'' would make a perfect test for the process, he completely scrapped the black and white footage, and had the short redone in color. As a result, ''Flowers and Trees'' was a commercial and critical success, and thus won the first UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Animated Short Subjects--another step forward to animation becoming a respected medium.

!!Tropes:

** One the animated flames manages to escape the rainstorm by hiding under a leaf... until its top burns a hole in it, allowing the water collected in the leaf to pour down and douse the flame.

* CirclingVultures: After the fire is out, the two vultures that were originally perched on it, circle over the body of the evil tree.

* CirclingVultures: After the fire is out, two vultures circle over the body of the evil tree.

* LohengrinAndMendelssohn: The wedding march from ''Lohengrin'' plays at the end when the boy and girl trees get married.

* EpicFail: The evil tree attempting to kill the tree couple via a fire he started, only to get engulfed by his own flames.

* {{Treants}}: The short focuses on three such beings, two lover trees and one evil tree who pines for the female tree, out of a larger population inhabiting a forest also home to animated flowers and woodland critters. [[IfICantHaveYou Out of rage]] after his attempts to woo the female tree fail, the evil tree tries to burn the forest down but [[HoistByHisOwnPetard killed by his own schemes]].

** One the animated flames manages to escape the rainstorm by hiding under a leaf... until its top burns a hole it, allowing the water collected in the leaf to pour down and douse the flame.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard / KarmicDeath: The evil tree fittingly meets his end when he gets burned alive by the very flames he made.

* {{Planimal}}: A pine tree acts like a chicken, leading its chicks to safety during the fire.
* PlantPerson: All the characters in the cartoon, except for some birds and insects.

* StandardSnippet / PublicDomainSoundtrack: The "Dawn" part of "The William Tell Overture" is heard when the male tree courts the female tree with the worm ring.
* TooDumbToLive: The main characters, since at one point there's a clear path for the trees to run away from the flames--but instead the male tree tries to put out the flames with his foot.
* {{Treants}}: The short focuses on three such beings, two lover trees and one evil tree who pines for the female tree, out of a larger population inhabiting a forest also home to animated flowers and woodland critters. [[IfICantHaveYou Out of rage]] after his attempts to woo the female tree fail, the evil tree tries to burn the forest down but [[HoistByHisOwnPetard gets burned by his own mechanisms]]. The lover trees continue on to their business like nothing ever happened.

* {{Treants}}: The short focuses on three such beings, two lover trees and one evil tree who [[{{Pun}} pines]] for the female tree, out of a larger population inhabiting a forest also home to animated flowers and woodland critters. [[IfICantHaveYou Out of rage]] after his attempts to woo the female tree fail, the evil tree tries to burn the forest down but [[HoistByHisOwnPetard gets burned by his own mechanisms]]. The lover trees continue on to their business like nothing ever happened.

* WhenTreesAttack: Natch. The film is about anthropomorphic trees.

* WhenTreesAttack

'''''Flowers And Trees''''' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1932]] WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies short subject, directed by [[NoteworthyDisneyStaff Burt Gillett]]. It covers the ''very'' basic story of two trees falling in love, only for an ugly, rotten tree to try and wreak havoc with a fire.

'''''Flowers And Trees''''' is a [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1932]] WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies short subject, directed by [[NoteworthyDisneyStaff Burt Gillett]]. It covers the ''very'' basic story of two trees falling in love, only for an ugly, rotten tree to try and wreak havoc with a fire.

''Flowers and Trees'' was already in production [[WhatCouldHaveBeen as a black and white cartoon]] before Creator/WaltDisney saw Herbert Kalmus' three-strip Technicolor tests. Deciding that ''Flowers and Trees'' would make a perfect test for the process, he completely scrapped the black and white footage, and had the short redone in color. As a result, ''Flowers and Trees'' was a commercial and critical success, and thus won the first AcademyAward for Animated Short Subjects--another step forward to animation becoming a respected medium.

Disney's exclusive contract with Technicolor, in effect until the end of 1935, forced other studio imitations of the series, such as Creator/UbIwerks' ''ComicolorCartoons'', Creator/WarnerBros. ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' and Max Fleischer's ''ColorClassics'' to use Technicolor's inferior two-color process or a competing two-color system such as Cinecolor.

'''''Flowers And Trees''''' is a [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1932]] SillySymphonies short subject, directed by [[NoteworthyDisneyStaff Burt Gillett]]. It covers the ''very'' basic story of two trees falling in love, only for an ugly, rotten tree to try and wreak havoc with a fire.

''Flowers and Trees'' was already in production [[WhatCouldHaveBeen as a black and white cartoon]] before WaltDisney saw Herbert Kalmus' three-strip Technicolor tests. Deciding that ''Flowers and Trees'' would make a perfect test for the process, he completely scrapped the black and white footage, and had the short redone in color. As a result, ''Flowers and Trees'' was a commercial and critical success, and thus won the first AcademyAward for Animated Short Subjects--another step forward to animation becoming a respected medium.

As a result of the success of ''Flowers and Trees'', all future SillySymphonies cartoons were produced in three-strip Technicolor, and the added novelty of color helped to boost the series' previously disappointing returns. Disney's other cartoon series, the MickeyMouse shorts, were deemed successful enough not to need the extra boost of color, and therefore remained in black-and-white until 1935's ''Disney/TheBandConcert''.

Disney's exclusive contract with Technicolor, in effect until the end of 1935, forced other studio imitations of the series, such as UbIwerks' ''ComicolorCartoons'', WarnerBros. ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' and Max Fleischer's ''ColorClassics'' to use Technicolor's inferior two-color process or a competing two-color system such as Cinecolor.