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Line 2: [[File:BabePigMovie1.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\|''"That'll do, pig. That'll do."''}} Based on a book named ''The Sheep-Pig'' by [[Dick King-Smith]], ''[[Babe]]'' is the story of a little piglet ("Babe" to the other animals he encounters and "Pig" to all the humans -- [[Fridge Brilliance\|including the narrator]]) that gets plucked from his life as future dinner to become a prize at a fair, ending up on the farm of sheep rancher Mr. Hoggett. His ranch is quirky already, and taking in Babe, cared for by his sheepdog Fly, only makes things stranger. As it turns out, Babe is a kind and trusting sort that quickly befriends most of the farm, and uses his friendship to become an effective sheep herder. From there, Farmer Hoggett decides, instead of using Babe as a featured part of the dinner table, to use the little pig to actually compete in sheep dog trials. Line 15: ----- {{tropelist}} ~~=== This movie has examples of: ===~~ * [[Acting for Two]]: Christine Cavanaugh voiced both Babe and Duchess the cat. * [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The movie adds several characters and plot threads that weren't in the book. * [[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]]: Fly was willing to put aside her prejudice for sheep to politely ask them what happened the morning that Maa was killed so she could prove Babe's innocence. ▼ * [[Angry Guard Dog]]: Rex. ▲* [[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]]: Fly was willing to put aside her prejudice for sheep to politely ask them what happened the morning that Maa was killed so she could prove Babe's innocence. * [[Animal Athlete Loophole]]: [[Aint No Rule]] that says a pig can't compete in a sheepherding dog trial! In a trick of semantics the trial registration form merely requires "Name of Entry". The narrator says that had it been "Name of Dog", they couldn't have entered Babe. This also happens in [[Adaptation Displacement\|the book]]. * [[Animal Talk]]: All animals can understand each other, though their understanding of humans is limited. Humans can't understand the animals at all. Line 30 ⟶ 28: * [[Brutal Honesty]]: Fly did not sugar-coat the fact from Babe that humans do eat pigs. * [[Carnivore Confusion]]: Basically makes up the entire plot of both movies. When was the last time you cringed at a duck dinner? * [[Cats Are Mean]]: Though the film gives a disclaimer that not ''all'' cats are mean (indeed, the ones in ''City'' are mostly nice). However, Duchess, the spoiled cat, is mean by even cat standards. {{spoiler\|She not only gives Babe a nasty scratch, but also tells him that humans eat pigs.}} How is it her line "Pigs have no purpose" isn't here? It pretty much defines this trope. Ultimately subverted in ''Ace,'' where Clarence the cat is, at worst, a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]], and is quick to befriend the titular pig. Line 40 ⟶ 38: * [[Disaster Dominoes]]: A chapter in the second movie, appropriately titled "[[Genius Bonus\|Chaos Theory]]". * [[A Dog Named "Dog"]]: Farmer Hogget calls Babe "Pig". Babe's mother called all her babies "Babe". * [[Dueling Movies]]: Against ''[[Gordy]]'', a slightly earlier film also about a talking pig. * [[Fantastic Racism]]: Between the dogs and the sheep, the dogs who regard sheep as inferior and stupid, and sheep, who think of all dogs as bloodthirsty wolves. * [[Furry Confusion]]: Sort of. One of the brilliant touches in ''Pig in the City'' is how the chimps -- who wear clothing and are part of a circus act -- consider themselves superior to other animals because of how human-like they are. By the end {{spoiler\|they find it's better just being themselves}}.▼ * [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Babe. ▲* [[Furry Confusion]]: Sort of. One of the brilliant touches in ''Pig in the City'' is how the chimps -- who wear clothing and are part of a circus act -- consider themselves superior to other animals because of how human-like they are. By the end {{spoiler\|they find it's better just being themselves}}. * [[Greek Chorus]]: The mice. * [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: This was one of the main reasons why Rex did not like Babe. Rex had the makings of a sheepdog champion but had lost his hearing and therefore couldn't herd sheep as well as he used to. Then came Babe who was able to do what he couldn't. * [[Heartwarming Orphan]]: Babe. * [[Heel Face Turn]]: Rex. * [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Hugo Weaving\|Agent Smith]] as Rex. * [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Rex, who eventually warms up to Babe. * [[Meaningful Echo]]: {{quote\|Fly decided to speak very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that sheep were stupid, and no one would ever persuade her otherwise. The sheep spoke very slowly, for it was a cold fact of nature that wolves were ignorant, and nothing would convince them otherwise. }} * [[Meaningful Name]]: Babe is a "babe" i.e, "baby" because of his naivety. Rex and Duchess because of their rank and place in the farm's hierarchy. * [[Motor Mouth]]: Mrs. Hoggett. * [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]: Since adult pigs aren't very cute, Babe never grows up, despite the fact that at least a couple months passed in the first movie, and it must've been a year by the time the sequel begins. Averted in the book, where it's vividly described how Babe, as a fully grown pig, trots out of Farmer Hoggett's van and to the trial field. * ''Really'' averted in ''Ace'', where the titular character starts as a cute piglet, but the narrative explicitly and several times mentions how he grows as time passes. At the end of the book, he's ''huge.'' * [[Parental Bonus]]: A particularly eyebrow raising one, again care of Ferdinand, this time describing his attempts to take over the rooster's role: {{quote\|"I tried making it with the chickens and it didn't work!"}} Line 63 ⟶ 56: {{quote\|" Fly? May I call you Mom?"}} * [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Ferdinand. In fact, he's not in the original book and was invented for the movie specifically to fill this role. * [[Poor Communication Kills]]: The main reason for the ~~enimity~~enmity between sheep and dogs. * [[Raised by Wolves]]: A variant; Babe is raised by a mother sheepdog, who does teach a somewhat awkward set of manners to the young pig. Somewhat appropriately, the sheep frequently refer to the dogs as "wolves". * [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Take your pick. * [[The Quiet One]]: Hoggett. Line 73 ⟶ 66: * [[Shout-Out]]: An inversion, the quote at the top of the page has been referenced in several place from ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' to ''[[Shrek]]''. ** And far more obscurely, in Warcraft 2 the NPC sheep would bleat out 'baa ram ewe' if you clicked on them enough. * [[Sleeper Hit]]: This was not expected to be a successful film at the box office but had a strong life in theatres and video thanks to critical acclaim, excellent word-of-mouth and its multiple Oscar nominations. * [[Sneeze of Doom]]: Subverted. Ferdinand ''almost'' wakes up the cat, but then Babe drops an alarm clock. * [[The Stoic]]: Hoggett, again. Line 79 ⟶ 71: {{reflist}} {{Golden Globe Award Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy}} [[Category:Babe]] [[Category:Australian Movies]] [[Category:Animal Logic]] [[Category:Academy Award]] [[Category:Films of the 1990s]] [[Category:~~Babe~~Films Based on Novels]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Short Titles]]