History WesternAnimation / TheThreeLittlePigs

* AllThereInTheManual: The characters names are given in supplemental material of the shorts, but not in the actual cartoons.

* AWolfInSheepsClothing: The wolf pretends to be a orphaned sheep to get the first two pigs to open the door. It doesn't work.

* ShoutOut:
** The title of Edward Albee's play ''Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' is a shout-out.
** GangstaRap artist Music/SchoollyD sampled "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" in his single "Do It Do It" from ''Music/SaturdayNightTheAlbum''.
** The pigs are characters in the Creator/LaurelAndHardy version of ''Theatre/BabesInToyland'', looking similar and with "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" in the musical score.

Has no relation to the 1996 feature length animated musical adaptation, ''WesternAnimation/The3LittlePigsTheMovie''.

** In the original cut of the original short, the wolf attempts to gain access to Practical Pig's house by disguising himself as a Jewish peddler. After UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, however, the shots of his Jewish peddler disguise were reanimated to depict him as a Fuller Brush Man (sans the Jew-mask), albeit still with the original version's audio (thus he still speaks with the [[FunetikAksent Yiddish accent]]).

** Weirdly, current European releases, plus one Japanese laserdisc release, restore the original Jewish peddler footage, but continue to use the redubbed audio, [[HongKongDub resulting in a clear lack of lip sync]].

* RhymesOnADime: The dialogue in the early shorts is in rhyme, which was standard for the ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'' at the time. Practical continued to talk in rhyme even after it went out of fashion. It got inverted when the Pigs showed up in the second ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' game, where Fifer and Fiddler spoke in rhyme, but Practical didn’t. Apparently Practical thought it might annoy people.

* RhymesOnADime: The dialogue in the early shorts is in rhyme, which was standard for the ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'' at the time. Practical continued to talk in rhyme even after it went out of fashion. It got inverted when the Pigs showed up in ''VideoGame/EpicMickeyTwoThePowerOfTwo'' where Fifer and Fiddler spoke in rhyme, but Practical didn’t. Apparently Practical thought it might annoy people.

* RhymesOnADime: The dialogue in the early shorts is in rhyme, which was standard for the ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'' at the time. Practical continued to talk in rhyme even after it went out of fashion.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In ''Three Little Wolves'', the Big Bad Wolf [[CreepyCrossdresser disguises himself as Bo Peep]], lures Fifer and Fiddler inside his home, locks the door and swallows the key. The pigs seem to think 'she' has entirely different reasons for doing this.
-->'''Fifer and Fiddler:''' ''[[[LuminescentBlush Blushing wildly]]]'' Why, Bo Peep!

** Weirdly, current European releases restore the original Jewish peddler footage, but continue to use the redubbed audio, [[HongKongDub resulting in a clear lack of lip sync]].

-->''See? I told you what would happen,''\\

''Now, at last, you're safe and sound.''\\

* ForgedLetter: The Wolf captures two of the pigs and writes a letter to Practical Pig pretending to be from his brothers in an attempt to lure him out. Practical doesn't fall for it: along with the bad penmanship, he recognizes the Wolf's breath when he blows it under the door.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In ''The Big Bad Wolf'', when Red says, "Grandma, what a big nose you've got", Wolfie does an imitation of Creator/JimmyDurante.

* BadassBaritone: Billy Bletcher, who voices the Big Bad Wolf in the original cartoon, would later go on to voice WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} in Disney cartoons of the 1930s, '40s, and 50s.

* BigBad: It's [[ObviouslyEvil in his name]].

** Some TV airings of the short further excise this, by not only omitting his Jew-mask, but also dubbing the audio, so that he no longer has the aforementioned accent.

** Weirdly, current European releases restore the original Jewish peddler footage, but continue to use the redubbed audio, [[HongKongDub resulting in a clean lack of lip sync]].

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Whereas Fifer and Fiddler are usually the ones to fall for the Wolf's lies, in the first short it's the other way around, with Practical deliberately falling for the Wolf's Fuller Brush man disguise so he can demonstrate the security of his brick house even ''before'' the Wolf threatens to huff and puff and blow his house in.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Whereas Fifer and Fiddler are usually the ones to fall for the Wolf's lies, in the first short it's the other way around, with Practical Pig deliberately falling for the Wolf's Fuller Brush man disguise so he can demonstrate the security of his brick house even ''before'' the Wolf threatens to huff and puff and blow his house in.

* TheBigBadWolf: [[TropeNamers Yup.]]

** The title of Creator/EdwardAlbee's play ''Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' is a shout-out.

* GratuitousGerman: The Wolf's song "Little Pigs Is Good to Eat" from ''Three Little Wolves'' contains many lines in German.

''The Three Little Pigs'' is a landmark [[AnimatedFilms animated short film]] released on [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation May 27, 1933]]. It was produced by Creator/WaltDisney (though distributed through Creator/UnitedArtists). Based on the [[Literature/ThreeLittlePigs fairy tale of the same name]], ''Three Little Pigs'' won the 1934 [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons]]. In addition to critical acclaim, the cartoon was a smash hit, so much that it was still running in theaters months after its debut, and became Disney's biggest financial success. To this day, it remains the single-most successful animated short ever made.

* PaperThinDisguise: One of the Big Bad Wolf's favorite methods.

** The comics also frequently guest star Br'er Bear, usually as a foil to Zeke. In these stories, B'rer Bear is generally portrayed as [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation more of a good guy]] than he was in ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'', even being friendly with the pigs and Li'l Wolf -- although he's still stupid and violent, with Zeke as the most frequent target for his violent tantrums. In fact, Br'er Bear in these comics is notable as one of the only people in a Disney comic who could shoot at someone with a shotgun ''[[ShotInTheAss and actually hit him]]''. Zeke always survived being shot, though. Br'er Fox and Br'er Rabbit also make sporadic appearances, with their original characterizations more or less intact.

* BlackComedy: There are two pictures on Practical's wall labeled 'Mother' and 'Father.' Mother shows a picture of a sow with a bunch of piglets. Father shows a string of sausage.

* BlackHumor: There are two pictures on Practical's wall labeled 'Mother' and 'Father.' Mother shows a picture of a sow with a bunch of piglets. Father shows a string of sausage.

* GuileHero: Practical outwit the wolf in every ways.

** Practical doesn't have time to sing and dance while working on his house, a fact that he recites as a song verse while moving to its rhythm.