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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The original "Little Bear Bongo" story does feature a happy ending, but is still more cynical and violent. Notably, Bongo never becomes accepted by the other bears, his beloved rejects him for Lumpjaw, and the happy ending comes from another circus troupe finding him and re-introducing him to civilization. In the movie, the other bears and his beloved accept him.

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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The original "Little Bear Bongo" story does feature a happy ending, but is still more cynical and violent. Notably, Bongo never becomes accepted by the other bears, his beloved rejects him for Lumpjaw, and the happy ending comes from another circus troupe finding him and re-introducing him to civilization. In the movie, Bongo is welcomed into the bear community from the get-go, and the she-bear he becomes smitten with reciprocates his feelings. Whilst there is conflict, it's due to Bongo [[CrossCulturalKerfuffle misunderstanding Lulubelle's affectionate face slap]], culminating in Bongo defeating Lumpjaw -- here the local and much-feared bully of the forest -- and driving him away, winning him the accolades of the other bears and his beloved accept him.a successfully seized second chance with Lulubelle.

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* RecycledAnimation: Some of the animation of the rainstorm in "Bongo" was reused from the "Little April Shower" sequence in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}''. Also, the animation of Bongo's second attempt at climbing a tree was reused in the finale, as was Lulubelle batting her eyes behind a rock.

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* RecycledAnimation: Both segments
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Some of the animation of the rainstorm in "Bongo" was reused from the "Little April Shower" sequence in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}''. Also, the animation of Bongo's second attempt at climbing a tree was reused in the finale, as was Lulubelle batting her eyes behind a rock.rock.
** The "What a Happy Day" song from "Mickey and the Beanstalk" reuses animation of frolicking calves from ''WesternAnimation/FerdinandTheBull''. Some of the animation of the crows singing is also taken from the "When I See An Elephant Fly" song from ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}''.
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* MicroDieting: Mickey, Goofy, and Donald engage in this out of necessity -- because Willie the Giant stole the singing harp that provides prosperity to the land, reducing the lush place to a barren desert, they're completely out of food except for a single bean and a single slice of bread, which have to be divided three ways. By the time the bread slice has been sliced again and again to share among them, the slices are thin enough to be transparent.
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* TiedTogetherShoeLaceTrip: When Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are escaping with the harp while Willie is asleep, Mickey tries to do this to him on the off-chance he woke up. Unfortunately, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the movement ended up causing Willie to wake]].

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* TiedTogetherShoeLaceTrip: TiedTogetherShoelaceTrip: When Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are escaping with the harp while Willie is asleep, Mickey tries to do this to him on the off-chance he woke up. Unfortunately, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the movement ended up causing Willie to wake]].

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* AnachronismStew: ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' takes place in a medieval setting, but Donald apparently knows what a machine gun is.
** Right before imitating a machine gun, he refers to the dragonflies he's pretending to shoot at as "bombers."

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* AnachronismStew: ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' takes place in a medieval setting, but Donald apparently knows what a machine gun is.
** Right before imitating a machine gun, he
refers to the giant dragonflies he's pretending to shoot at as "bombers.""bombers" and imitates shooting them with a machine gun.



--->'''Charlie:''' Hey! He [Goofy] got caught with his pants--
--->'''Edgar:''' Charlie!
--->'''Charlie:''' Caught with his pants--
--->'''Edgar:''' ''(sternly)'' ''Charlie.''
--->'''Charlie:''' Well, his slip ''was'' showing...

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--->'''Charlie:''' Hey! He [Goofy] got caught with his pants--
--->'''Edgar:''' Charlie!
--->'''Charlie:'''
pants--\\
'''Edgar:''' Charlie!\\
'''Charlie:'''
Caught with his pants--
--->'''Edgar:'''
pants--\\
'''Edgar:'''
''(sternly)'' ''Charlie.''
--->'''Charlie:'''
''\\
'''Charlie:'''
Well, his slip ''was'' showing...



-->'''Mortimer:''' ''(referring to the giant's footsteps)'' Gosh, who made them?
-->'''Charlie:''' Well, it wasn't Cinderella.

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-->'''Mortimer:''' ''(referring to the giant's footsteps)'' Gosh, who made them?
-->'''Charlie:'''
them?\\
'''Charlie:'''
Well, it wasn't Cinderella.



-->'''Edgar:''' It seems man has never set foot in this place.
-->'''Charlie:''' Well, somebody did.
-->'''Mortimer:''' Oh, gosh! Who made them?
-->'''Charlie:''' Well, it wasn't Cinderella.

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-->'''Edgar:''' It seems man has never set foot in this place.
-->'''Charlie:'''
place.\\
'''Charlie:'''
Well, somebody did.
-->'''Mortimer:'''
did.\\
'''Mortimer:'''
Oh, gosh! Who made them?
-->'''Charlie:'''
them?\\
'''Charlie:'''
Well, it wasn't Cinderella.



%%* InteractiveNarrator: In ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'':
%%-->'''Edgar Bergen:''' But Donald doesn't give in, Donald doesn't give up--\\

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%%* * InteractiveNarrator: In Briefly in ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'':
%%-->'''Edgar
Beanstalk''. The narrator goes unnoticed right up until he comments on Donald's resilience in the face of famine...
-->'''Edgar
Bergen:''' But Donald doesn't give in, Donald doesn't give up--\\



-->''When a bird loves a bird, he can flitter''\\
''When a puppy falls in love, he can yap'' \\
''Every pigeon likes to coo when he says "I love you"'' \\

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-->''When a bird loves a bird, bird he can flitter''\\
twitter''\\
''When a puppy falls in love, love he can yap'' \\
yap''\\
''Every pigeon likes to coo when coo''\\
''When
he says "I I love you"'' \\you''\\



* LoveAtFirstPunch: The Bongo story. There was even a song about it, part of which goes like this:
-->''When a bird loves a bird he can twitter''\\
''When a puppy falls in love he can yap''\\
''Every pigeon likes to coo''\\
''When he says I love you''\\
''But a bear likes to say it with a slap''

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* %%* LoveAtFirstPunch: The Bongo story. There was even a song about it, part of which goes like this:
-->''When a bird loves a bird he can twitter''\\
''When a puppy falls in love he can yap''\\
''Every pigeon likes to coo''\\
''When he says I love you''\\
''But a bear likes to say it with a slap''
this



%%* MurderTheHypotenuse:
%%** Lumpjaw's approach to Bongo.
%%** Earlier, when Bongo and Lulubelle's FallingInLoveMontage is disrupted by the arrival of Lumpjaw.

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%%* MurderTheHypotenuse:
%%** Lumpjaw's approach to Bongo.
%%** Earlier, when
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Lumpjaw gets right on rubbing out Bongo and Lulubelle's FallingInLoveMontage is disrupted by since he's competition for the arrival hand of Lumpjaw.Lulubelle.
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* AnimateInanimateObject: The Golden Harp is one. The doll and teddy bear in the Bongo short framing device have shades of this as well, as Jiminy finds them frowning with sad expressions, but at the end they're smiling and have happy expressions, and the doll is cradling Jiminy in her arms.

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* AnimateInanimateObject: The Golden Harp is one. The doll and teddy bear in the Bongo short framing device have shades of this as well, as well. Jiminy finds them frowning with sad expressions, but at after the end story of Bongo is done, they're smiling and have happy expressions, smiling, and the doll is cradling Jiminy in her arms.
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* RiddleForTheAges: The framing device ends with revealing Willie being still alive and looking for Mickey. Why he's doing so has never been said.
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* LaceratingLoveLanguage: A major plot point in ''Bongo'' is that the titular character, [[CultureClash a bear raised in the circus]], is unaware that wild bears express love by slapping each other. Thus, when Lulubelle tries to declare her love for him with a smack, poor Bongo thinks she's turned on him and leaves brokenhearted, only realizing when he sees a party of bears slapping each other silly to a song.
-->''When a bird loves a bird, he can flitter''\\
''When a puppy falls in love, he can yap'' \\
''Every pigeon likes to coo when he says "I love you"'' \\
''But a bear likes to say it with a slap''

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Jiminy Cricket had peach-colored skin in Pinocchio as well. Also, one trope per line.


* AccidentalProposal: Lulubelle tries to slap Bongo as a way of saying she loves him, but accidentally swings around and does it to Lumpjaw instead. Her reaction is a WhatHaveIDone?

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* AccidentalProposal: Lulubelle tries to slap Bongo as a way of saying she loves him, but accidentally swings around and does it to Lumpjaw instead. Her reaction is a WhatHaveIDone?MyGodWhatHaveIDone



* InconsistentColoring: Jiminy Cricket has peach-colored skin instead of the pale green skin he had in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''.



* InteractiveNarrator / BigShutUp: In ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'':
-->'''Edgar Bergen:''' But Donald doesn't give in, Donald doesn't give up--\\

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* InteractiveNarrator / BigShutUp: %%* InteractiveNarrator: In ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'':
-->'''Edgar %%-->'''Edgar Bergen:''' But Donald doesn't give in, Donald doesn't give up--\\
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* InconsistentColoring: Jiminy Cricket has peach-colored skin instead of the pale green skin he had in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''.
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* FooledByTheSound: When Jiminy Cricket is chased by a cat and escapes by going underneath a door, he scares the cat away from the other side by barking like a dog.
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* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: Bongo seems to enjoy entertaining circus audiences, who applaud what he does, yet behind the scenes, he's an abused prisoner and yearns to escape.
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* CallForward: As Mickey and friends make their way to the giant's castle, they fall into a giant footprint, leaving the partygoers to wonder who made them, with Charlie remarking, "Well, it wasn't Cinderella." Coincidentally (or not), Disney's own adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' was well into production at the time of this movie's release.

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Jiminy Cricket had peach-colored skin in "Pinocchio", too, and would also have it in the 1950s, both on the "Disneyland" show and in the educational shorts that originated on "The Mickey Mouse Club"


* BillingDisplacement: In ''A Disney Halloween'''s telling of ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'', the Magic Mirror points out that Willie is what helps drive the plot in the first place. He even says that the story should have been called "Jack and the Giant and the Beanstalk".

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* BillingDisplacement: In ''A Disney Halloween'''s telling the ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents Wonderful World of Disney]]'' episode "Disney's Greatest Villains", in introducing ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'', the spirit in the Magic Mirror points out that Willie Willie, like all villains, is what helps helped drive the plot in the first place. He even says that the story should have been called "Jack and the Giant ''Giant'' and the Beanstalk".



* InconsistentColoring: Jiminy Cricket is drawn with peach skin in this film, rather than the pale green he was in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''.

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* CarryABigStick: Willie has a morning star on hand in his introduction, though he magically turns it into a beach ball to play with. Once he sees Mickey and company escaping with the Harp, Willie tries to crush them to death with the morning star.

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* CarryABigStick: Willie has a morning star on hand in In his introduction, though Willie first appears in shadow, holding what looks like a morning star, but when he magically turns it into actually appears, he's actually holding a beach ball to play with. Once he sees Mickey and company escaping with the Harp, Willie tries to crush them to death with the a real morning star.



* EvilRedhead: Willy the giant has red hair and is the antagonist of the ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' segment.

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* EvilRedhead: Willy Willie the giant Giant has red hair and is the antagonist of the ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' segment.



* RedEyesTakeWarning: Willie's blue eyes flash red when he awakens from his sleep to discover Mickey and company making off with the harp.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Donald's eyes turn red when he starts to go mad with hunger. Also, Willie's blue eyes flash red when he awakens from his sleep to discover Mickey and company making off with the harp.



* ScaryShadowFakeout: Willie first appears in shadow, holding what looks like a morning star, while speaking menacingly. But when he actually appears, he's really holding a beach ball to play with, and he looks a lot goofier than his shadow would indicate. His voice also turns simpleton.



* TheUnintelligible: The forest creatures during the sequence in which Bongo attempts to climb a tree. The squirrels' sounds are made by a kazoo, while the chipmunks (who may or may not be WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale) are played by a toy squeaker. However, at one point, the chipmunks speak through sped-up vocal gibberish.

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* TheUnintelligible: The forest creatures during the sequence in which Bongo attempts to climb a tree. The squirrels' sounds are made by a kazoo, while the chipmunks (who may or may not be WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale) are played by a toy squeaker. However, at one point, the chipmunks speak through sped-up vocal gibberish. When "Bongo" was presented as a standalone short, both on the ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents Disneyland]]'' TV show in the 1950s and the Disney Mini-Classics line of home videos in the late 1980s, the animals' unintelligible chatter was accompanied by subtitles translating their chatter to English.
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* BillingDisplacement: In ''A Disney Halloween'''s telling of ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'', the Magic Mirror points out that Willie is what helps drive the plot in the first place. He even says that the story should have been called "Jack and the Giant and the Beanstalk".

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* InconsistentColoring: Jiminy Cricket is drawn with peach skin in this film, rather than the pale green he was in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''.



%%* ManChild: Willie the Giant.

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%%* * ManChild: Willie the Giant. Giant, who's introduced bouncing a ball and who kidnapped the magic harp because he wanted someone to sing him lullabies.

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