YMMV / Allegro non Troppo

• Animation Age Ghetto: In-universe, the director expects the animation to be funny and carefree, and gets increasingly angry with the artist for not complying. The movie as a whole seems to criticize this attitude.
• Cult Classic: Bolero especially is a gem of its own of Deranged Animation and detailed creatures before the age of CGI.
• Esoteric Happy Ending: At the end of the movie, the earth explodes and the words "HAPPY END" appear.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • The film poster and the opening sequence of the Boléro segment seem taken straight out from World of Goo.
  • The final piece is "The Firebird Suite", which Disney would also use for the final piece of Fantasia 2000.
• Jerkass Woobie: Surprisingly, the snake in Firebird. Sure he tried to get Adam and Eve to eat the apple, but after eating the apple himself and going through a hellish world of western commercialism, who wouldn't want to comfort him?
• Retroactive Recognition: The animator is played by Maurizio Nichetti, who became known as the Italian Woody Allen.
• Signature Scene: The Boléro segment, particularly the shot of the soda bottle. The segment was frequently shown stand-alone, and was featured on many covers for the film.
• So Okay, It's Average: Outside of Boléro and Valse Triste, none of the other segments really stand out despite their stellar animation. Though this can be somewhat made up for with the live-action segment in-between the animated segment; which are often just as a kooky and surreal as the former.
• Tear Jerker: Watch the Valse Triste segment without tearing up. Lampshaded by everyone in the orchestra and chorus and onlookers bawling their eyes out.
• Visual Effects of Awesome: Boléro is a masterpiece of Deranged Animation.
• The Woobie:
  • The cat from Valse Triste.
  • The artist is also this for most of the movie.

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