History WesternAnimation / TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad

* EqualOpportunityEvil: Bram's song states as much, that the ghoul doesn't seem to have a racial preference on whose head he takes: [[HatesEveryoneEqually"Black or white, or even red]] / [[PragmaticVillainy The Headless Horseman needs a head!"]]

* EqualOpprotunityEvil: Bram's song states as much, that the ghoul doesn't seem to have a racial preference on whose head he takes: [[HatesEveryoneEqually"Black or white, or even red/]] [[PragmaticVillainy The Headless Horseman needs a head!"]]

* Equal Opprotunity Evil: Bram's song states as much, that the ghoul doesn't seem to have a racial preference on whose head he takes: [[HatesEveryoneEqually"Black or white, or even red/]] [[PragmaticVillainy The Headless Horseman needs a head!"]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Mr. Winky]] in The Wind in the Willows, and The Headless Horseman in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:[[CoversAlwaysLie Promotional Art Always Lies]]: No scene like this actually takes place in the film, much as one might wish it had...]]-]

* TheBadGuyWins: Possibly; see DownerEnding below

* {{Disneyfication}}: Largely averted, at least in the the "Ichabod" segment. Disney added a catchy musical number and some cartoon slapstick, and perhaps made Brom Bones more of an ineffectual bully, but the GreyAndGrayMorality of the original story is largely preserved, and the end is still left ambiguous for the viewer to decide whether Ichabod really left town or was "spirited away by the Headless Horseman". The Mr. Toad segment, on the other hand, changes the story so that Toad is innocent, whereas in the book he really did steal the car.

* HopeSpot: For Ichabod, when he notices to his relief that all the creepy noises that have been freaking him out during his ride home are just various nature sounds - the rapping of willows against a log, croaking frogs, crickets, etc. Which is when the ''real'' Horseman shows up. A second one crops up during the chase: Ichabod sees the bridge and remembers Brom's advice to cross the bridge, since the Headless Horseman can't follow, but Gunpowder gets turned around and starts running away from the bridge. Then when he finally makes it across the bridge and seems to be safe, he looks back, only to get nailed by the Headless Horseman's pumpkin that was thrown at him.

* AdaptationalWimp: In the original ''Wind in the Willows'' novel, the four protagonists snuck into Toad Hall to face the weasels in direct GoodOldFisticuffs, and ''won'', scaring all the weasels out. In the film they are clearly outmatched by the weasels and have to retreat with the deed to Toad Hall.

* TheLostWoods: The Sleepy Hollow dark forest. Ichabod has to travel through it during his way back home.

* RecycledAnimation: The tussle for the deed to Toad Hall is the first use of the chase scene that was later seen in ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', with Baloo as Mole and Mowgli as the deed, and ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', with the hen as Mole and a football as the deed.
** During Toad's escape from jail, the dogs from ''{{WesternAnimation/Bambi}}'' show up. Their most realistic designs stand out against the other, much more cartoony characters.

* PantyShot: Tilda has several short, white, lace-trimmed bloomer shots, such as while dancing with Brom Bones.

* {{Fainting}}: [=McBadger=] does this twice: first when he learned that Toad had [[spoiler:trading Toad Hall to weasels for a motor car]] and again at the end when Toad has gained a new mania: [[spoiler:airplanes]].

%%** In ''The Wind in the Willows'', during the climax, four weasels are about to hit Ratty over the head with clubs, but he ducks at the last moment, leading to the weasels knocking each other out instead.

* CassandraTruth: The prosecutor and the judge don't believe Cyril's testimony that Mr. Toad [[spoiler:traded his own wealthy estate for a simple motorcar]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as they were probably thinking "[[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough nobody's ''[[TooDumbToLive that]]'' [[TooDumbToLive foolish]]".

* CassandraTruth: The prosecutor and the judge don't believe Cyril's testimony that Mr. Toad [[spoiler:traded his own wealthy estate for a simple motorcar]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as they were probably thinking "nobody's ''[[TooDumbToLive that]]'' [[TooDumbToLive foolish]]".

* CassandraTruth: The prosecutor and the judge, don't believe Cyril's testimony that Mr. Toad [[spoiler:traded his own wealthy estate for a simple motorcar]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as they were probably thinking "nobody's ''[[TooDumbToLive that]]'' [[TooDumbToLive foolish]]".

%%** In ''The Wind in the Willows''.
** In ''Ichabod Crane'', while being accosted by Brom, Ichabod spends most of the scene either reacting too quickly to touch or not even noticing the attempts to sock him in the face.

* APlotIndeed: Toad is arrested for stealing a motorcar, but he claims he exchanged it for the deed to Toad Hall. He calls Mr. Winkie, owner of the pub where the trade took place, to corroborate, but instead Winkie claims Toad tried to sell him the motorcar, and Toad is put in prison. Later, [=McBadger=] discovers Winkie and the weasels living in Toad Hall, with Winkie holding the deed. So our heroes have to steal the deed back to prove Toad's innocence.

* DeadlyDodging: While being accosted by Brom, Ichabod spends most of the scene either reacting too quickly to touch or not even noticing the attempts to sock him in the face.

* APlotIndeed: Toad is arrested for stealing a motorcar, but he claims he exchanged it for the deed to Toad Hall. He calls Mr. Winkie, owner of the pub where the trade took place, to corroborate, but instead Winkie claims Toad tried to sell him the motorcar, and Toad is put in prison. Later, McBadger discovers Winkie and the weasels living in Toad Hall, with Winkie holding the deed. So our heroes have to steal the deed back to prove Toad's innocence.

* {{Fainting}}: [=McBadger=] does this twice: first when he learned that Toad had [[spoiler:trading Toad Hall to weasels for a motor car]] and again at the end when Toad has gained a new mania [[spoiler:airplanes]].