History WesternAnimation / MelodyTime

* SexyWalk: Slue-Foot Sue does a ridiculously exaggerated [[https://i.imgur.com/HfHdh4h.mp4 hip-sway]] whenever she walks. It doesn't hurt that her "bouncing bustle" really accentuates her behind.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Unfortunately, the original American VHS and DVD releases edited the Pecos Bill scene. They cut a scene of Bill rolling a smoke and lighting it with a lightning bolt while riding a tornado and digitally removed all other shots of the offending cigarette hanging from his lips. The cigarette was edited out in each case resulting in the removal of almost the entire tornado sequence and some odd hand and mouth movements for Bill throughout. They left in a [[ValuesDissonance quite racist]] scene of Bill terrorizing a group of HollywoodNatives, however. Creator/DisneyPlus and the Disney Movie Club-exclusive Blu-ray restored all the tobacco use to the film, as did the Japanese Laserdisc and the DVD release in England.

* ''Pecos Bill'' is an adaptation of the story of the legendary cowboy who was raised by coyotes. Told by Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers to Disney child-stars Luana Patten and Bobby Driscoll by a campfire.

** Coyotes howl at the moon [[spoiler: out of sympathy for Pecos Bill, who howled at the moon every night after Slue-Foot Sue was launched into the sky and never came down.]]

* MsFanservice: '''''Slue-Foot Sue'''''. Bright red hair and lips? Check. Big blue eyes? Double check. Gratuitous panty shots aplenty? Oh yeah. [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure Ridiculously tiny waist]] paired with an absurdly big and round...[[https://i.imgur.com/704dsnJ.gif bustle]]? You bet.

* MsFanservice: '''''Slue-Foot Sue'''''. Bright red hair and lips? Check. Big blue eyes? Double check. Gratuitous {{panty shot}}s aplenty? Oh yeah. [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure Ridiculously tiny waist]] paired with an absurdly big and round...[[https://i.imgur.com/704dsnJ.gif bustle]]? You bet.

* PantyShot: Quite a few of Sue while she's riding the catfish.
** Technically more of an ankle-length 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.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Unfortunately, the original American VHS and DVD releases edited the Pecos Bill scene. They cut a scene of Bill rolling a smoke and lighting it with a lightning bolt while riding a tornado and digitally removed all other shots of the offending cigarette hanging from his lips. The cigarette was edited out in each case resulting in the removal of almost the entire tornado sequence and some odd hand and mouth movements for Bill throughout. They left in a [[ValuesDissonance quite racist]] scene of Bill terrorizing a group of HollywoodNatives, however. Creator/DisneyPlus restored all the tobacco use to the film, as did the Japanese Laserdisc and the DVD release in England.

* AdultFear: Joe and Jenny go on a date, where presumably no one knows where they are, and she walks onto thin ice. When it cracks, Joe is frantic to keep her from falling into the water and getting her back to shore, especially after they had a fight. He also falls headfirst into the snow and nearly freezes to death.

* FreakOut: Johnny Appleseed initially has one when he realizes that he walked away and left his dead body behind. He doesn't want to die, with all of his work and animal friends. His guardian angel calms him down by saying that heaven needs apple trees too.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Johnny Appleseed, even managing to befriend a skunk that he accidentally kicks by accident.
* GreenEyedMonster: Widowmaker becomes quite jealous of Slue-Foot Sue. [[spoiler:And causes Bill to miss catching her, although Bill doesn't know it.]]

* ProductionForeshadowing: In the intro to "Johnny Appleseed", the Master of Ceremonies mentions some iconic items in folk tales, such as Paul Bunyan's ax, John Henry's hammer, and Davy Crockett's rifle. Disney would later adapt the [[WesternAnimation/PaulBunyan1958 Paul Bunyan]] story in 1958 and the [[Series/DavyCrockett Davy Crockett]] stories in 1954. It wouldn't be until 2001 when Disney would adapt the story of John Henry.

* RecycledAnimation: 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 ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos'' or ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros''.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Unfortunately, the original American VHS and DVD releases edited the Pecos Bill scene. They cut a scene of Bill rolling a smoke and lighting it with a lightning bolt while riding a tornado and digitally removed all other shots of the offending cigarette hanging from his lips. The cigarette was edited out in each case resulting in the removal of almost the entire tornado sequence and some odd hand and mouth movements for Bill throughout. Fortunately, Creator/DisneyPlus kept all scenes of the cigarette intact, as did the Japanese Laserdisc and the DVD release in England.

* HowlOfSorrow: In the "Pecos Bill" sequence, the coyotes howl at the moon out of sympathy with Pecos, who howls for sorrow at [[spoiler:losing Slue-Foot Sue]], thus explaining why coyotes howl at the moon.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Pecos Bill, due to ValuesDissonance, turns into this due to the scene where he shoots at Native Americans, who are called "redskins" which is a harsh racial slur in modern times.

* WolverinePublicity: DonaldDuck received some fanfare in the VHS trailer, and is the only character on the DVD case. On the other hand, most theatrical posters, both domestic and international, prominently featured Pecos Bill.

* ActionGirl: Slue-foot Sue from the Pecos Bill segment, who can ride a giant catfish standing up. It's her danger-loving nature along with a bouncing bustle that [[spoiler: leads to her demise in the end, when she insists on riding the angry Widowmaker.]]

* DiscoveringYourOwnDeadBody: The "Johnny Appleseed" segment ends with Johnny, now an old man, dying quietly in his sleep. His guardian angel summons his soul to Heaven, but first Johnny pauses to stare at the strange man lying under a tree. Johnny is shocked when the angel tells him he's "just your husk, Johnny, your mortal husk."
-->'''Johnny:''' My ''husk''?! You mean to say I'm...I'm passed away?
* DisneyAcidSequence: ''Blame it on the Samba''. After all, most of the action is taking place in a giant wine glass.

* InevitableWaterfall: ''Once Upon a Wintertime''. Not the best choice for a skating area.

* LowestCosmicDenominator: Johnny Appleseed's cherished bible is only ever referred to as "a holy book".

* WellDoneSonGuy: Little Toot wants his father to be proud of him, but he has a habit of getting into mischief, to the point where he accidentally sends a ship crashing into the city. He is branded a criminal and exiled out to sea by the Harbor Patrol, while his father has been reduced to hauling garbage barges in disgrace. Out at sea, however, Little Toot spots a ship in distress, and it becomes up to him to save it and bring it into all by himself, which impresses his father when he does so.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Despite being mad at him, the lady rabbit can't help but giggle at the guy rabbit kicking their hearts etched in the log.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Little Toot wants his father to be proud of him, but he tends to be irresponsible in his actions, to the point where he disgraces his father's name. He is exiled out at sea by the Harbor Patrol, but when he spots a ship in distress, it becomes up to him to save it and bring it in all by himself, which impresses his father.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Little Toot tends to be irresponsible in his actions, to the point where he disgraces his father's name. He is exiled out at sea by the Harbor Patrol, but when he spots a ship in distress, it becomes up to him to save it and bring it in all by himself, which impresses his father.

* ActionGirl: Slue-foot Sue from the Pecos Bill segment, who can ride a giant catfish standing up. It's her danger-loving nature that [[spoiler: leads to her demise in the end, when she insists on riding the angry Widowmaker.]]

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Unfortunately, the original American VHS and DVD releases edited the Pecos Bill scene. They cut a scene of Bill rolling a smoke and lighting it with a lightning bolt and digitally removed all other shots of the offending cigarette hanging from his lips. The cigarette was edited out in each case resulting in the removal of almost the entire tornado sequence and some odd hand and mouth movements for Bill throughout. Fortunately, Creator/DisneyPlus kept all scenes of the cigarette intact, as did the Japanese Laserdisc and the DVD release in England.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Slue-Foot Sue, sort of. Whether or not Bill manages to save her from her bouncing bustle varies from version to version of the original legend: this adaptation opts for the {{Downer Ending}}.]]

* GreenEyedMonster: Widowmaker becomes quite jealous of Slue-Foot Sue.

** Slue-Foot Sue decides to ride on Widowmaker on her wedding day. She actually fares better than the men holding the angry horse, sitting calmly as Widowmaker tries to unseat her. Unfortunately, Sue makes the mistake of stopping to apply makeup, which allows Widowmaker to gain an edge in tossing her off and onto the ground.

* HorsingAround: The segment where Slue-Foot Sue tries to ride Pecos's horse Widowmaker. She does quite well for herself in the first few minutes.

* TheSavageIndian: The "Indians" in ''The Ballad of Pecos Bill'' are portrayed as this, true to the song.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Johnny Appleseed.

* HorsingAround: The segment where Slue-Foot Sue tries to ride Pecos's horse Widowmaker.

* KarmaHoudini: Widowmaker, Pecos Bill's horse, gets off scot-free for [[spoiler:''killing'' Slue-foot Sue. Though he appears to have regret it afterwards due to how it utterly ruins Bill's life, making it something of a PyrrhicVictory for him.]]

Unlike most other Disney animated features from before the age of home video, this was never given a theatrical re-release. Sometimes, however, the individual segments were each tacked onto another Disney release. Like ''Disney/MakeMineMusic'', the movie is a music-based AnimatedAnthology in the style of ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}''

* ''Bumble Boogie'' is an unused ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'' short that follows the adventures of a small bumble bee set to a jazz rendition of the classic Rimsky-Korsakov piece, ''Flight of the Bumblebee''.

* ''Blame It On the Samba'' is based on an idea created during the trip to South America that created ''Disney/SaludosAmigos''. WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and his friend Joe Carioca are [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience literally blue]], when the Aracuan bird (from ''Disney/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.

* RecycledAnimation: 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 ''Disney/SaludosAmigos'' or ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros''.

* RogerRabbitEffect: ''Blame it on the Samba'' features animated characters interacting with a live action performer in the same style as ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros''. The frame story for ''Pecos Bill'' features live action actors in an animated background.