History WesternAnimation / MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers

* VillainHasAPoint: As harsh as he was in telling Mickey, Donald, and Goofy why they have no hope of becoming musketeers, one can't deny the fact that Pete was correct in pointing out that Donald's cowardice, Goofy's idiocy and Mickey's shortness were traits that would make them largely unsuitable for jobs as important as musketeers, which are proven to be a hindrance several times during the movie. In fact, the only reason Pete allows them to become musketeers is to use these weaknesses to his advantage in order to usurp Minnie and become king of France.

* JerkassHasAPoint: As harsh as he was in telling Mickey, Donald, and Goofy why they have no hope of becoming musketeers, one can't deny the fact that Pete was correct in pointing out that Donald's cowardice and Goofy's idiocy were traits that would make them largely unsuitable for jobs as important as musketeers. He also calls Mickey unfit due to his shortness, which does prove to be a hindrance several times during the movie.

** A ShoutOut to Creator/GilbertAndSullivan is also made during the opera scene. They're seeing ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'', and the songs "WithCatlikeTread" and "ModernMajorGeneral" are heard.

** Pete sings a few bars from Series/TheMickeyMouseClub theme to taunt Mickey at one point (singing the part he sang in the intro, at that). A few minutes later, he mentions waiting for the song [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 "I Just Can't Wait to be King"]] while heading to the opera.

%%* FakeKing

* CurseCutShort: "Villains, bad guys run in fear, when they see the Musketeers. Saving Minnie is our duty, mess with her, we'll kick your..." ''(Musketeer stabs a training dummy through the chest with his sword)''
** The cut-off word in question is actually "booty".

* {{Expy}}: The Troubador is essentially an updated version of Toby Tortoise from the two WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies shorts.

* IconicOutfit: Mickey and Donald were both shown wearing their default clothing at some point in the movie. However, the weight of the situation when they started wearing them were completely different, Mickey was revealed to be wearing his outfit under his Musketeer uniform as a gag, while Donald quickly changed into his sailor suit [[spoiler: when he decides to abandon Mickey at a crucial time of need]].

* TheIdolsBlessing: Captain Pete chooses Mickey, Donald, and Goofy to guard Princess Minnie, saying they have what it takes to be Musketeers. [[spoiler: He doesn't actually think they are capable, and in fact only recruits them in hopes that they will fail. However, Mickey doesn't know this, and so having the captain of the group he idolizes tell him that he is capable falls well into this trope.]]

* LemonyNarrator: The Troubador

* LoveRedeems: Clarabelle ends up falling for Goofy [[spoiler: while having him executed]].

* MythologyGag: The three protagonists being rescued by ''four'' musketeers, as there was in the original book: Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and d'Artagnan.

* QuirkyMiniBossSquad: The Beagle Boys.

* LongTitle: See the movie's title above.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Pete made our main heroes Musketeers beliving they were completly on qualified. Also the Begal Boys tried to drop a safe on the princess which is why she wanted body guards in the first place.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: The little Beagle at first seems like he's incompetent and silly. However it's revealed he's an expert in using the sword, especially a great wicked - looking one.

* PitTrap: Pete puts the Beagle Boys in one when he finds out that they were going to kill Minnie, However its subverted in the fact that it is just a few feet deep.

* RewrittenPopVersion: This movie has an strange case where the song isn't a variant of one of the songs from the film. The song used in the music video to promote this film, "Three Is A Magic Number", is actually a cover of a song from another Disney property, ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock''.

* ThreeAmigos: Of course, it's Mickey, Donald, and Goofy. They're buddies from {{childhood|Friends}}.

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Justified in some places, since the Troubadour openly admits to wanting to pepper the narration with songs that he wrote; in other parts, not so much.

* ThreeAmigos: Of course, it's Mickey, Donald, and Goofy. They're buddies from [[ChildhoodFriends childhood]].

* UnreliableNarrator: All the AnachronismStew and other forms of ArtisticLicense can be {{Justified}} by the Troubadour narrating the story out of a comic book.

* DistressedDamsel: Minnie and Daisy both get kidnapped by the Beagle Boys working for Captain Pete, and it's up to the Musketeers to save them.

* IconicOutfit: Mickey and Donald were both shown wearing their default clothing at some point in the movie. However, the weight of the situation when they started wearing them were completely different, Mickey was revealed to be wearing his outfit under his Musketeer uniform as a gag, while Donald quickly changed into his sailor suit [[spoiler: when he decides to abandon Mickey at a crucial time of need.]]

* LoveRedeems: Clarabelle ends up falling for Goofy [[spoiler: while having him executed.]]

* VillainSong: "Petey's King of France". Disney knows they love these things, and even the Troubadour shows it by [[LampshadeHanging enthusiastically announcing it.]]

* AmusingInjuries: The film is essentially a ZanyCartoon, so neither the villains nor the heroes are safe from suffering these. [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender No, not even the Princess and her handmaid]].

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender:

-->'''Donald:''' I'll be a musketeer the day cows fall from the sky. ''(Cue Goofy and Clarabelle falling on top of Donald and all but destroying his boat.)''

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the 1990 short ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', casting Mickey and his friends in a historical period piece based on a literary classic again.

* WouldHitAGirl:
** Mickey, Donald and Goofy pile on Daisy Duck, mistaking her for a bad guy.
** In the comics adaptation, an earlier scene has Mickey tell Donald about recent threats to the kingdom. It seems "[[TheUnseen Prince Gimlet]]" was murdered by a royal waitress with an hors d'oeuvres knife. Hapless Daisy appears to be about to pull off a similar crime.

* BalefulPolymorph: Donald, despite already being a bird, turns into a literal chicken a few times during the movie to illustrate that he is a coward.

* NiceHat: Mickey treasures a hat given to him by the original Musketeers.

%%* UptownGirl: Mickey (commoner) and Minnie (princess).

* WithLyrics: The classical pieces that are used in the [[PublicDomainSoundtrack soundtrack]] have lyrics added to it, except [[Theatre/{{Carmen}}''Habanera'']] which has changed lyrics instead.

WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} are three janitors who dream of becoming musketeers, but Mickey's size, Donald's cowardice and Goofy's intelligence (or lack thereof) are handicaps from their goal. However, they get their chance when Princess Minnie demands bodyguards from Captain Pete. Since said captain is planning to take over the kingdom, he decides to promote the three, hoping they'll be bungling enough not to ruin his plans.

* BetaCouple: Donald and Daisy, with Goofy and Clarabelle forming a ''Gamma'' Couple.

* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: Pluto does a FacePalm when Minnie chastises Mickey, Donald and Goofy for mistaking Daisy for a crook and beating her up.

* FacePalm: {{WesternAnimation/Pete}}. Understandable, considering that he is SurroundedByIdiots with the Beagle Boys as henchmen.

* CowardlyLion: Donald is portrayed as one in the film. One of the main hooks of the plot is that Mickey, Donald and Goofy all have flaws to overcome. The strange thing is, while Donald already has many, ''many'' flaws, the most notable being his iconic temper, the unwarranted cowardice he shows in the movie isn't usually one of them. None of this really ''hurts'' the film, but it's still an odd choice on the writers' part.

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[[caption-width-right:320:All for one and one for all!]]