History Anime / MyLittleGoat

* CrazyPrepared: After the events of the original story, Mother Goat decides to put a taser into her bag as she's heading off to get some strawberries.

* DramaticDrop: When Mother Goat returns home from picking strawberries. She is shocked as she witness [[spoiler: her children getting throw across the room, and especially seeing Natsuki's father preparing to rape his son by ripping of his clothes.]] She reacts by dropping her bag containing five strawberries and a taser off-screen.

* EyeCam: Midway through the film, we get a 10 second shot from the Mother Goat's perspective showing her reaction to [[spoiler: Natsuki's father molesting his son and her children being through across the room and injured.]] Her shadow is also shown and the bag containing strawberries and a taser.

* StunGuns: Mother Goat carries a taser and arrives just in time to protect [[spoiler: Natsuki from AttemptedRape by his father.]]

** Or, she had [[spoiler:intentionally [[TheKindnapper rescued the human child]] from his depraved biological father (not that hiding the boy in the forest [[{{Determinator}} discouraged him any]]). Giving [[RuleOfSymbolism them the woolen coat they wear]] to help them cope with being molested]]. In either case the goat kids accept him as [[BlackSheep their big brother]] Toruku without question knowing their mother would be angry otherwise, that is except for eldest daughter Lecon.

** She could be deeply in denial about Toruku's death, since she insists on calling Natsuki by a different name and picking strawberries since they're "Toruku's" favorite.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's not entirely clear whether or not Mother Goat knew in the beginning Natsuki wasn't really her oldest son Toruku:
** It could have been a case of MistakenIdentity because of the [[AnimalEaredHeadband goat-eared hood]] Natsuki wears, or simply been deeply in denial about Toruku's death.

** Or, she had [[spoiler:intentionally [[TheKindnapper rescued the human child]] from his depraved biological father]] (not that hiding the boy in the forest [[{{Determinator}} discouraged him any]]). Giving [[RuleOfSymbolism them the woolen coat they wear]] to help them cope with being molested. In either case the goat kids accept him as [[BlackSheep their big brother]] Toruku without question knowing their mother would be angry otherwise, that is except for eldest daughter Lecon.

* HappilyAdopted: Mother Goat dearly loves Natsuki as her own son, [[ReplacementGoldfish naming him Toruku]] after her [[spoiler:deceased first-born, and gifting him with a woolen coat so his siblings would accept him as their elder brother without question.]] Natsuki, however, is frightened by the strange new house and initially wants nothing to do with the family, at least until he begins empathizing with their anxieties [[spoiler:and the goat children stand up for him against his father]].

* AmbiguousSituation: It's not entirely clear whether or not Mother Goat knows Natsuki isn't really her oldest son Toruku. She could have known Natsuki was a lost human boy and called him "Toruku" so her other children would accept him, mistaken Natsuki for Toruku because of the [[AnimalEaredHeadband goat-eared hood]] he wears, or simply been deeply in denial about Toruku's death. Lecon, the eldest daughter, immediately suspects that Natsuki isn't who Mother Goat says he is, though one of the other kids tells her that their mother would be angry if she said that; whether or not she'd be angry because she's in denial is also unclear.

* HappilyAdopted: Mother Goat dearly loves Natsuki as her own son, [[ReplacementGoldfish naming him Toruku]] after her [[spoiler:deceased first-born]]. Natsuki, however, is frightened by the strange new house and initially wants nothing to do with the family, at least until he begins empathizing with their anxieties [[spoiler:and the goat children stand up for him against his father]].

** The coats the children wear are a reference to either masking or overcoming their trauma and that they no longer feel pain or disgust about themselves. In the former's case it was because eldest sister couldn't understand how Natsuki's wool looked so beautiful; in fact, they were abused and she later saw how scarred and bruised his body really was.

* HappilyAdopted: Mother Goat dearly loves Natsuki as her own son, [[ReplacementGoldfish naming him Toruku]] after her [[spoiler:deceased first-born, and gifting him with a woolen coat so his siblings would accept him as their elder brother without question.]] Natsuki, however, is frightened by the strange new house and initially wants nothing to do with the family, at least until he begins empathizing with their anxieties [[spoiler:and the goat children stand up for him against his father]].

* MistakenIdentity: Subverted. It appears as though Mother Goat had accidentally mistaken Natsuki for her lost son Toruku due to the [[AnimalEaredHeadband hood with goat ears]] that he wears. In actuality, she had [[spoiler:rescued him from his depraved biological father]] (not that hiding the boy in the forest [[{{Determinator}} discouraged him any]]). The eldest daughter Lecon soon [[BlackSheep starts to suspect]] Natsuki isn't who Mother said he was.

* GettingEatenIsHarmless: Horrifyingly and realistically averted, unlike [[Literature/TheWolfAndTheSevenYoungKids the original story]] which played the trope straight. The goat kids all have various injuries and trauma from the experience, only surviving at all thanks to their mother's intervention. The acid burns take the course of the animated film to slowly heal from. [[spoiler:Toruku, who was eaten first, was already dead and gone by the time rescue came.]]

* FacialHorror: The poor goat children (save Nono who was undetected) all are scarred from their sojourn in the wolf's belly. Eldest daughter Lecon suffered the worst of this (not counting Toruku [[spoiler:who died]]), as her left eye is damaged along with having a missing left hoof and most her wool burned off. By the short's ending with [[RuleOfSymbolism new animal coats]] Mother made for them, the children no longer feel [[MarkOfShame ashamed of themselves]] for being victims of abuse, their injuries healing. Lecon's and Cocoa's [[EyeScream damaged left eyes]] have recovered to merely being lazy eyes, and don't allow what the wolf did to define them.

* GettingEatenIsHarmless: Horrifying and realistically averted. The goat kids all have various injuries and trauma from the experience, only surviving at all thanks to their mother's intervention. The acid burns take the course of the animated film to slowly heal from. [[spoiler:Toruku, who was eaten first, was already dead and gone by the time rescue came.]]

* FacialHorror: The poor goat children (save Nono who was undetected) all are scarred from their sojourn in the wolf's belly. Eldest daughter Lecon suffered the worst of this (not counting Toruku [[spoiler:who died]]), as her right eye is damaged along with having a missing right hoof and most her wool burned off. By the short's ending with [[RuleOfSymbolism new animal coats]] Mother made for them, the children no longer feel [[MarkOfShame ashamed of themselves]] for being victims of abuse, their injuries healing. Lecon's and Cocoa's [[EyeScream damaged left eyes]] have recovered to merely being lazy eyes, and don't allow what the wolf did to define them.

* FacialHorror: The poor goat children (save Nono who was undetected) all are scarred from their sojourn in the wolf's belly. Eldest daughter Lecon suffered the worst of this (not counting Toruku [[spoiler:who died]]). By the short's ending with [[RuleOfSymbolism new animal coats]] Mother made for them, the children no longer feel [[MarkOfShame ashamed of themselves]] for being victims of abuse, their injuries healing. Lecon's and Cocoa's [[EyeScream damaged left eyes]] have recovered to merely being lazy eyes, and don't allow what the wolf did to define them.

* TheGhost: [[spoiler: The eldest son Toruku is never seen, as he [[PosthumousCharacter died before]] the short's beginning. [[ReplacementGoldfish Natsuki]] is taking [[HappilyAdopted their place]] in the goat family.]]

* {{Grimmification}}: This short is a much darker and realistic take on the "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids" since it takes places after the events of story. Unlike other darker takes on fairy tales, this has a much happier and uplifting ending.
* HappilyAdopted: Mother Goat dearly loves Natsuki as her own son, [[ReplacementGoldfish naming him Toruku]] after her [[spoiler:deceased first-born, and gifting him with a woolen coat so his siblings would accept him as their elder brother without question.]] Natsuki however wanted nothing to do with the family, at least until he began empathizing with their anxieties [[spoiler:and they stood up for him against his father]].

* MistakenIdentity: Averted. It appears as though Mother Goat had accidentally mistaken Natsuki for her lost Toruku. In actuality, she had [[spoiler:rescued him from his depraved biological father]] (not that hiding the boy in the forest [[{{Determinator}} discouraged him any]]). The eldest daughter Lecon though soon [[BlackSheep started to suspect]] Natsuki wasn't who Mother said he was.

** The obvious one in the climax, [[spoiler:Natsuki's father turning into a wolf as he molests him]], is one indicating that [[spoiler:the man is just as dangerous and abusive as the Big Bad Wolf the goats previously encountered [[TheyLookLikeEveryoneElse despite looking meek and normal]]]].

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Natsuki's father]], of one of the worst kind; [[spoiler:he seems relieved to have found Natsuki at first, but it's quickly revealed that he intends to molest Natsuki and it's implied that he's done it before.]]

* AdultFear: One of every parent's worst nightmare, to find their children are the victims of abuse. Mother Goat comes home to find her children were eaten by a wolf, [[spoiler:one of them [[OutlivingOnesOffspring died]]]] and later, when [[spoiler:Natsuki's dad eventually tracks down where his son is, as it's soon revealed that he actually molests Natsuki]].