History WesternAnimation / MelodyTime

* TheTropeSong: "The Pioneer's Song" and "The Apple Song."

* FridgeHorror: In the Pecos Bill segment he moves in with a mother coyote and her four pups, when they are nursing he grabs one of the pups and tosses it aside so he can nurse from her, later when they are older there are only three coyote pups, did the fourth starve to death?

* ISeeLondon: Sue in her white bloomers or pantalets as she's getting dressed for the big wedding day.

** Technically more of a bloomers or pantalets shot in her case, but Jenny from "Once Upon a Wintertime". As seen in the poster above and in the movie, with them being put on display when she bends over because of the hoop skirt she's wearing under five or six other skirts, such as when she puts on her ice skates.

** Also in the "Pecos Bill" segment, the eponymous character gets red-faced when Sue catches him eyeing her and he gets so infatuated with her, his hair has a reaction that's as if it were electrified he takes off into the air like a rocket.

** Joe turns pale as he sees Jenny and the male bunny in danger with them on a board of ice that's going to go over a waterfall and as he hurries to their aid.

Tropes used in this film:

* StockFootage: They did need to save money after all. Some of Joe and Donald's dancing in ''Blame it on the Samba'' is taken from either ''SaludosAmigos'' or ''TheThreeCaballeros''

* ''Little Toot'' is the story of a small tugboat who wants to be just like his father, but always seems to cause trouble.

* KarmaHoudini: In a WallBanger moment, Windowmaker, Pecos Bill's horse, gets off scot-free for pretty much ''killing'' Slue-foot Sue.

* KarmaHoudini: Pecos Bill's horse.

* MurderTheHypotenuse: Pecos Bill's horse effectively does this to Slew Foot Sue.

* MurderTheHypotenouse: Pecos Bill's horse effectively does this to Slew Foot Sue.

* HowOfSorrow: In the "Pecos Bill" sequence, the coyotes howl at the moon out of sympathy with Pecos, who howls for sorrow at [[spoiler:losing Slew Foot Sue.]]

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* ''Bumble Boogie'' is an unused {{Fantasia}} short that follows the adventures of a small bumble bee set a jazz rendition of the classic tune, ''Flight of the Bumblebee''.
* ''The Legend of Johnny Appleseed'' is an adaptation of the fictionalized account of the story of John Chapman, the pioneer who planted apple trees across the country.

* ''Trees'' is a reading of the famous poem, complete with music and visuals to match.
* ''Blame It On the Samba'' is based on an idea created during the trip to South America that created SaludosAmigos. DonaldDuck and his friend Joe Carioca are [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience literally blue]], when the Aracuan bird (from TheThreeCaballeros) invites them into the ''Café do Samba'', where he uses the rhythm of the samba to perk up the duo and restore their colour. Once their moods have been perked up, the Aracuan mixes the two into a cocktail, and generally starts messing around with the two.
* ''Pecos Bill'' is an adaptation of the story of the fictional cowboy who was raised by coyotes. Told by a group of live-action cowboys by a campfire.

Melody Time is the 10th Entry in the DisneyAnimatedCanon, released in 1948.