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The Wind in the Willows
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A beloved 1908 children's novel by British author Kenneth Grahame, set in an idealized England of the late Victorian to early Edwardian Era. It details the adventures and misadventures of four variably anthropomorphic animals living around the banks of "The River". | |
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Dirty Coward | |
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Dirty Coward: The Weasels who pick on any animal weaker than them, but scurry when someone stands up to them. When Mole enters the Wild Wood they scare him out of his mind. When Rat with his cudgel and brace of pistols enters the Wood to look for Mole, they don't dare pull any of the same nasty tricks. | |
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Staging an Intervention | |
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Staging an Intervention: Mole, Rat, and Badger have a rather forceful one to stop Toad from his self-destructive behavior before he squanders his whole fortune on motor-cars he'll inevitably wreck to bits. | |
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Four-Philosophy Ensemble | |
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Four-Philosophy Ensemble: Mole is the Optimist, Rat is the Realist, Toad is the Apathetic and Badger is the Cynic. | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: Mole and Water Rat. | |
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Nouveau Riche | |
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Nouveau Riche: It's implied that Toad's family bought their way into squiredom rather than inheriting it. Toad inherited his money from his father and is rather cavalier towards spending his inheritance on whatever takes his fancy — he also conspicuously lacks any kind of title or honorific; not even "the Honorable" or "Esquire". Badger's comments implies that Toad Hall belonged to somebody else before Toad's father came to live there. | |
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money! | |
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: In Chapter 11, Ratty tells Toad that Mole and Badger fully expected him to buy his way out of his prison sentence. | |
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Adaptation Expansion | |
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Adaptation Expansion: Pretty much every adaptation, even the most faithful ones, add a scene at the end where Toad shows signs of slipping back into his old ways by developing a fascination for (or buying) aeroplanes. This fails to be Adaptational Personality Change since Word of God admitted Toad's epiphany likely wouldn't last. | |
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Make It Look Like a Struggle | |
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Make It Look Like a Struggle: The washerwoman who sells her clothes to Toad so he can escape the prison asks to be left bound and gagged so she can make out that he took her clothes without her consent. | |
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Anachronism Stew | |
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Anachronism Stew: As Toad goes into the jail we time-travel from the turn of the century into the Middle Ages, walking past "men-at-arms" and "ancient warders" with halberds and a room with racks and thumbscrews, and by the time we've stepped into the "grimmest dungeon... in the heart of the innermost keep," the Edwardian police sergeant is starting to say things like "Oddsbodikins!" and "a murrain on both of them!" | |
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Alliterative Title | |
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Alliterative Title: "The Wind in the Willows" | |
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Pride Before a Fall | |
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Pride Before a Fall: Toad's pride is eventually his undoing; see above under Break the Haughty. | |
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Furry Confusion | |
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Furry Confusion: Not particularly strong, but in a lot of the artwork, the main cast are much, much bigger than the stoats and weasels. Also, while the main cast wears clothing, Otter wears none. Also: Toad has a horse called Alfred. While he is an actual quadrupedal horse who pulls the caravan, he does seem to be sentient. Strangely, this is one of the few animal characters not named after his species. Mole's "black velvet smoking jacket" is a joke on a mole's fur. | |
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Carnivore Confusion | |
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Carnivore Confusion: The narrative says it's against animal etiquette to actually discuss it, but the subject is touched upon by Rat, when he describes the inhabitants in the Wild Wood: The stew Toad feasts on late in the book contains rabbit meat, despite a couple of talking rabbits in the first few chapters. | |
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Wholesome Crossdresser | |
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Wholesome Crossdresser: In a humorous incident, Toad escapes prison disguised as a washerwoman with clothes from the jailer's daughter, and manages to wind up disguised on a train outrunning the police. | |
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Bilingual Bonus | |
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Bilingual Bonus: The Latin title of the chapter "Dulce Domum", where Mole rediscovers his old abandoned house, means "Sweet Home", obviously meant to evoke "Home Sweet Home". | |
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Spoiled Sweet | |
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Spoiled Sweet: Despite his faults, Toad is as Rat says "So simple, so good-natured, and so affectionate." | |
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Break the Haughty | |
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Break the Haughty: Toad's humiliating arrest and imprisonment, during which he attempts to starve himself to death, but decides to live after all thanks to a kind jailer's daughter and a bit of bubble-and-squeak. Not to mention being chased by the police after escaping, and all the indignity he receives for his washerwoman disguise. | |
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Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense | |
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Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: Mr. Toad. He has more than enough money to throw away on all the luxury cars he wants, but can't seem to grasp that driving recklessly is a bad idea that will crash them and land him in jail. | |
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What Measure Is a Non-Cute? | |
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What Measure Is a Non-Cute?: The weasels, and the related ferrets and stoats, are all nasty little buggers, sneaking into Toad Hall to take it over while Toad is out. They're eventually let go with a warning, though, as they promise to be good after being thrashed by Badger. | |
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Must Make Amends | |
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Must Make Amends: Badger forces Toad to compensate the Bargewoman for her stolen horse. It's a fairly small amount but Toad really hates her that much. | |
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The Baby of the Bunch | |
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The Baby of the Bunch: Mole in sometimes treated as such in some adaptations, usually due to Mole being often portrayed in said adaptations as more naive and wide-eyed compared to the rest of the cast. | |
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Adapted Out | |
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Adapted Out: The chapters "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" and "Wayfarers All" tend to get left out of adaptations, probably because they interrupt the ongoing story of Toad and don't actually add anything to the overall plot. | |
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Not Helping Your Case | |
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Not Helping Your Case: Mr. Toad is fairly unconvincing when he stands trial for auto-theft, destruction of property and cheeking the police. | |
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Wolverine Publicity | |
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Wolverine Publicity: Several adaptations aren't named "The Wind in the Willows" but rather "Toad of Toad Hall", "The Adventures of Mr. Toad", etc. etc. | |
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Gender Flip | |
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Gender Flip: In the 2017 West End Musical, Otter and Portly are now Mrs. Otter and Portia. Dina Gregory released an all-female adaptation on Audible in 2020. The story sticks very closely to the original, but with Lady Toad, Mistress Badger, Miss Water Rat and Mrs Mole. | |
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Gentle Giant | |
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Gentle Giant: Both Badger and Otter are as friendly as they are big and powerful. | |
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Character Development | |
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Character Development: Over the novel, Mole comes out of his shell, and Toad settles down to become serious and respectable by the end. Badger also becomes a little bit less reclusive, shown in the epilogue. Grahame pointed out in a later interview that Toad would eventually turn back to his old ways. Mole is the only character whose development would stick. | |
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Barbarous Barbary Bandits | |
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Barbarous Barbary Bandits: Discussed by Rat at one point when he and Mole are entertaining a bunch of Christmas guests, one of whom was a mouse who starred in a play in which his character was held captive by Barbary corsairs, after which he escaped only to find his love had left him to live in a convent. | |
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Adaptational Heroism | |
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Adaptational Heroism: The Greek God Pan's more ... adult passions are left out, instead focusing on his love for nature and animals. | |
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The Alleged Steed | |
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The Alleged Steed: The barge-horse stolen by Toad from the bargewoman, being an old work animal, is a downplayed version, as it can't gallop for very long and soon slows down to a trot. A traveller Toad passes offers him four shillings total for the beast — "shillin' a leg" — which Toad rightfully considers a very paltry sum, but when paying back the woman for the theft at the end, the local assessors consulted by both parties admit it's actually quite fair. | |
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Characterization Marches On | |
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Characterization Marches On: For the sequels by William Horwood, the main characters have slightly changed personalities. Toad's been hit with some Character Exaggeration and become even more egotistical and ridiculous (though with frequent bursts of extravagant generosity), while Ratty's become a spiritualist of some sort who talks to the river. Only Mole remains more or less the same. | |
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Silence of Sadness | |
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Silence of Sadness: When Mole is homesick, Ratty notices how quiet his friend is, and how he is dragging his feet. | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise: Toad's washerwoman outfit. | |
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Taking the Veil | |
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Taking the Veil: Mole recounts how the young mice had put on a play about a sailor lost at sea and how when he returned, his beloved had done this. | |
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TheBigBad | |
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The Big Bad: Although the weasels, stoats and ferrets are usually grouped together as a whole, The Chief Weasel is usually given this status. | |
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The Big Guy | |
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The Big Guy: Otter is a Boisterous Bruiser and Gentle Giant 2; while the main four confront The Big Bad, Otter and his posse keep the guards off their backs. | |
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Happy Ending Override | |
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Happy Ending Override: In the first of William Horwood's sequels, The Willows in Winter, Toad discovers that he's still wanted for all the crimes he committed in the first book, and for breaking out of prison. His continued escapades to stay out of prison results in a life-long enmity between him and the High Judge, who becomes his most prominent adversary and pretty much the Big Bad of the rest of the series. | |
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The Hermit | |
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The Hermit: Badger lives alone in the Wild Wood and doesn't like visitors. However, he's not really antisocial, just a bit cantankerous and fond of solitude. He is shown to be fiercely loyal to his friends. | |
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Bedsheet Ladder | |
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Bedsheet Ladder: How Toad escapes after being locked in his bedroom. | |
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Uncle Pennybags | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_5e111c91 | comment |
Uncle Pennybags: At the end of the book, Toad gives The Gaoler's Daughter a locket for her kindness and the Engine Driver financial compensation for his help in his escape. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_5fcedca | type |
Big Eater | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_5fcedca | comment |
Big Eater: Rat is apparently one on picnics. See Food Porn below. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_5fcedca | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_60e49895 | type |
The Leader | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_60e49895 | comment |
The Leader: Badger is the de factor authority figure amongst the River Bankers by virtue of his seniority, strength, and sheer force of personality. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_60e49895 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_643060dc | type |
Fleeting Passionate Hobbies | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_643060dc | comment |
Fleeting Passionate Hobbies: A defining aspect of Mr Toad, who keeps throwing himself at every new fad only to quickly get bored with it and move on to something new. It's to the point that Ratty discussing it with Otter forms part of Toad's Establishing Character Moment in Chapter 1: | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_643060dc | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_65bc92fc | type |
Four-Temperament Ensemble | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_65bc92fc | comment |
Four-Temperament Ensemble: Mole is Phlegmatic, Badger is Choleric, Toad is Sanguine and Rat is Melancholic. That said, Badger is a pretty Melancholic character as well. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_65bc92fc | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_6787588e | type |
The Pardon | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_6787588e | comment |
The Pardon: Alan Bennett's play has the judge show up on the end to pardon Toad in exchange for a free breakfast. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_6787588e | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_680f950 | type |
Gilligan Cut | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_680f950 | comment |
Gilligan Cut: Toad steals a motorcar and roars off in triumphant splendor. Cut to him in court being sentenced to twenty years in prison, Grahame doesn't even bother to depict the trial, he just goes straight for the sentencing. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_680f950 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_6b146924 | type |
Species Surname | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_6b146924 | comment |
Also: Toad has a horse called Alfred. While he is an actual quadrupedal horse who pulls the caravan, he does seem to be sentient. Strangely, this is one of the few animal characters not named after his species. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_6b146924 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_6fc21d06 | type |
Fiction 500 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_6fc21d06 | comment |
Fiction 500: Averted with Mr. Toad, he may be rich but as Rat points out "he's not a millionaire". note Keep in mind a £1000 during the Edwardian era would be roughly worth over £57,000 in today's money. And the average price of a motor car back then was £340 which is £20,000 in today's money. And if Toad did have at least a £1,000,0000 that would £57,000,000 in today's money. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_6fc21d06 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_7a0374eb | type |
Impoverished Patrician | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_7a0374eb | comment |
Impoverished Patrician: Toad tends to be a borderline example in some adaptations, since the book mentions he's rich but not a millionaire. The 2006 BBC Adaptation had Toad selling his chairs to pay for a car. In The Willows in Winter he actually does lose his fortune and Toad Hall in a fire, until he finds out that his American cousin left him a fortune. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_7a0374eb | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_7f3e75b6 | type |
Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_7f3e75b6 | comment |
Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair: There appears to be an ancient ruined human city abandoned and buried beneath the Wild Wood (heavily implied to be Roman). Badger cynically comments how its builders thought that they were building for eternity. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_7f3e75b6 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_7febc23b | type |
Establishing Character Moment | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_7febc23b | comment |
Establishing Character Moment: Mole is introduced getting frustrated with housework and going outdoors to explore; Rat idly messing about on his boat; Toad eagerly greeting his friends and announcing that he's given up boating in favour of caravaning; and Badger being annoyed at being disturbed in the middle of the night before letting Mole and Rat into his house. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_7febc23b | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_808cbaeb | type |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_808cbaeb | comment |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Toad is convicted for stealing a motor-car, dangerous driving and cheeking the police. Ironically, the Clerk is more lenient with the first two crimes. Although never specified, Toad's cheek is described as "imaginative" and "gross impertinence". Given his flamboyant, conceited attitude, it's not hard to believe. | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_808cbaeb | featureApplicability |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_808cbaeb | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Mr. Toad is usually played as this in any adaptation. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_823c6e3e | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_82a64c4b | type |
Adaptational Nice Guy | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_82a64c4b | comment |
Adaptational Nice Guy: In Michel Plessix's comic adaptation, Badger is notably friendlier and less gruff. Still an antisocial Hermit Guru with a penchant for lecturing, but far more tolerant of Toad's antics. Only when other people are in danger of getting hurt, or Toad otherwise takes it too far, does Badger put his foot down. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_82a64c4b | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_82da9d46 | type |
Mundane Fantastic | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_82da9d46 | comment |
Mundane Fantastic: While Toad is the only animal to have extensive interaction with humans, no one seems surprised at the sight of a bipedal talking toad who wears clothes. And then Pan shows up in one chapter. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_82da9d46 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_83adb272 | type |
Crystal Dragon Jesus | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_83adb272 | comment |
Crystal Dragon Jesus: Pan, who is in fact the Savior, but for animals instead of humans. Interestingly enough, the chapter "Dulce Domum" has young field mice singing a Christmas carol that invokes and pays homage to Mary, Joseph and the Christ child. note Animal religious practices of this world must be quite fascinating. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_83adb272 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_860c8ce3 | type |
Wistful Amnesia | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_860c8ce3 | comment |
Wistful Amnesia: After their encounter with the god of the forest in "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", Rat and Mole are left with a feeling that something amazing and wonderful has recently happened, but they can't recall quite what. As the book said it's the gift that Pan bestows on all animals who see him, "lest the awe should dwell and turn [their] frolic to fret". | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_860c8ce3 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_87154420 | type |
Arcadian Interlude | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_87154420 | comment |
Arcadian Interlude: "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn." | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_87154420 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_8c3241aa | type |
One-Hour Work Week | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_8c3241aa | comment |
One-Hour Work Week: It's never established what the animals do for a living — they don't seem to need to work at all, though Mole seems to be the least well-off, though he can still afford a velvet smoking jacket. Rat never seems to anything except boating, fishing, and poetry writing. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_8c3241aa | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_8d25533e | type |
Your Size May Vary | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_8d25533e | comment |
Your Size May Vary: The animals at first seem to be about the size you expect, until they get affected by Toad's Anthropomorphic Shift, and are suddenly the right size for operating a horse-drawn caravan. Then later, Ratty and Mole can both comfortably fit inside a hollow tree, while Toad is crashing motor cars and having extensive adventures in the human world. Some editions also have artwork of a human sized and anthropomorphic main cast and rodent-sized, non-anthropomorphic weasels. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_8d25533e | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_9002083e | type |
Character Exaggeration | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_9002083e | comment |
Character Exaggeration: Played with for Mr Toad. Given his already bombastic nature already fits the cartoon format, it's not rare for Animated Adaptations to elevate his crazy, show off personality, if in a more endearing way. Perhaps to help keep him sympathetic, a lot of renditions increase Rat and Badger's neuroses towards Toad into borderline prudishness (thus making the often used outcome of them discovering his new addiction to planes all the more amusing). | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_9002083e | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_93f74e38 | type |
Playful Otter | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_93f74e38 | comment |
Playful Otter: Otter is this in spades—just don't mess with his friends. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_93f74e38 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_970c790a | comment |
In Willam Horwood's sequels, Otter is promoted from "most major of the minor characters" to a full fledged major character. In the same books, the judge who sentenced Toad to prison becomes a recurring character and is pretty much the series' Big Bad. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_970c790a | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_98f22e5f | type |
Wardens Are Evil | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_98f22e5f | comment |
Wardens Are Evil: Downplayed. The Gaoler isn't evil or abusive, but he does make repeated overtures to make Toad's stay in the dungeon more comfortable .... for a price. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_98f22e5f | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_9cc1a329 | type |
Upper-Class Twit | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_9cc1a329 | comment |
Upper-Class Twit: Toad is quite rich and also rather fat-headed. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_9cc1a329 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_a65288e2 | type |
Ascended Extra | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_a65288e2 | comment |
Ascended Extra: In Willam Horwood's sequels, Otter is promoted from "most major of the minor characters" to a full fledged major character. In the same books, the judge who sentenced Toad to prison becomes a recurring character and is pretty much the series' Big Bad. In Jacqueline Kelly's sequel Return to the Willows the "small, bedraggled weasel" who volunteered to deliver the invitations to Toad's banquet is a major character (His name is "Sammy"). | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_a65288e2 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: Toad is guilty of stealing a car and escaping prison, and yet once he returns to the River and with the help of his friends retake Toad Hall from the weasels he's able to resume his life without fuss or consequence. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_a70223 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_a7055a94 | type |
Classical Anti-Hero | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_a7055a94 | comment |
Classical Anti-Hero: Mole before Character Development. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_a7055a94 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_ab17f66 | type |
Big Brother Mentor | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_ab17f66 | comment |
Big Brother Mentor: Water Rat largely plays this role toward Mole, especially early in the story when Mole's just starting to learn his way around the outside world. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_ab17f66 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_b2279346 | type |
RetCon | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_b2279346 | comment |
Retcon: As mentioned, many adaptation end with Toad developing a mania for airplanes, whereas the original novel ended with him (seemingly?) having learned his lesson and become more mature. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_b2279346 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_b9f472b | type |
Storming the Castle | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_b9f472b | comment |
Storming the Castle: "When the Toad came home..." | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_b9f472b | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_bb01ad0e | type |
Cool Boat | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_bb01ad0e | comment |
Cool Boat: It's just a rowboat, but Ratty's boat is described as beautifully painted and gaily decorated, and there's always a picnic basket on board. Unfortunately, it gets sunk near the end of the novel thanks to the stoats. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_bb01ad0e | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_be2a5b42 | type |
Anthropomorphic Shift | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_be2a5b42 | comment |
Anthropomorphic Shift: The animals seem to alter their status several times over the novel, moving back and forth between Civilized Animal, Partially Civilized Animal, and Funny Animal. Seemingly they become more or less humanlike as the plot demands. The anthropomorphic line gets so uncertain that at one point Toad is said to have "combed the dry leaves out of his hair". It's probably best to think of it with the MST3K Mantra. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_be2a5b42 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_c3245c20 | type |
I Lied | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_c3245c20 | comment |
I Lied: Toad says this after supposedly agreeing with Badger's long anti-car lecture. He gets locked up under guard. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_c3245c20 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_c39846a3 | type |
Pride | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_c39846a3 | comment |
Pride: Mr. Toad's defining characteristic. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_c39846a3 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_c59cfa2e | type |
Felony Misdemeanor | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_c59cfa2e | comment |
Felony Misdemeanor: Mr. Toad's prison sentence. Stealing the motor car is twelve months (which according to the court clerk is mild), while his reckless driving warrants three years (quite lenient) and cheeking the police warrants fifteen years which adds up to nineteen years, which the judge then makes an even twenty, and he thinks he's being soft on Toad. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_c59cfa2e | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_c8d3911c | type |
The Darkness Before Death | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_c8d3911c | comment |
The Darkness Before Death: When Mr. Toad pretends to be dying, he says, "Is it dark in here?!". | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_c8d3911c | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_ca2608c5 | type |
Wicked Weasel | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_ca2608c5 | comment |
Wicked Weasel: One of the most iconic examples in literature! Ratty is very evasive about them telling Mole flat out that they can't be trusted, and then they invade Toad Hall while Toad's away, fully prepared to protect their conquest by lethal force. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_ca2608c5 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_caa28b82 | type |
Cloudcuckoolander | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_caa28b82 | comment |
Cloudcuckoolander: Mr. Toad, at times. "A motorcar! Poop-poop! Poop-poop!" (Or, in some editions, "Beep-beep!") | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_caa28b82 | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_cb70651c | type |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_cb70651c | comment |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: It's unclear whether Water Rat's sudden desire to board a ship with Sea Rat in Wayfarers All is due to Sea Rat putting some sort of charm on him or due to Sea Rat being a good storyteller and playing on Water Rat's natural, buried desire to travel. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_cb70651c | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_d05cf3f | type |
Footnote Fever | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_d05cf3f | comment |
Footnote Fever: The American edition of Jacqueline Kelly's Return to the Willows has a number of footnotes to explain British terms, but there are a number of other footnotes, including one explaining the concept of life not being fair, and another directing readers back to the previous footnote when Mr. Toad complains to himself about how unfair things are. | |
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The Wind in the Willows / int_d05cf3f | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_d45812ba | type |
Fake Faint | |
The Wind in the Willows / int_d45812ba | comment |
Fake Faint: Mr. Toad pulls a prank on Ratty and Moley by asking, "Is it dark in here?!" and demanding a doctor and a lawyer before collapsing on the couch with his eyes shut. | |
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Idle Rich | |
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Idle Rich: Toad. He's a deconstruction of this trope as he has way too much time to devote to whatever hobby takes his interest, it doesn't really become a problem until he takes up motoring and destroys a half-dozen cars in a row. | |
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Broken Record | |
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Broken Record: After Badger tells him off for correcting Toad's grammar ("teach 'em" vs. "learn 'em") because it's the same grammar Badger uses, Rat retreats into a corner and begins repeating the two phrases alternately until told to stop. | |
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The Load | |
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The Load: Mole becomes this during the "Wild Wood" chapter; he recklessly goes off to visit the place in the middle of a winter snowfall, and proceeds to be absolutely useless while Rat is trying to save both their lives. | |
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Deconstruction Fic | |
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Deconstruction Fic: Counselling for Toads is partly this and partly an introduction of counseling process and transactional analysis used in therapy. It opens with Toad having lapsed into depression, and his friends insisting he needs counselling — then, through Toad's therapy session we explore the reasons behind his foolish and sometimes self-destructive behavior, and how his friends (particularly Badger) completely mishandled the situation and just added to the problems which led to Toad's eventual depression. | |
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business | |
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business: After reclaiming Toad Hall, Toad makes an unconvincing pretense that he has learned from his past hubris, though Badger and Rat make clear they don't buy into it. At the celebration banquet however, Toad acts genuinely modest and gentlemanly, not grandstanding the slightest, with the two left dumbfounded the whole evening. In Wayfarers All, after the Sea Rat left to sail again and while Water Rat is preparing to follow him, Mole walks into Water Rat's house and is alarmed at his sudden desire to leave all he has ever known to hop on a ship, his mechanical behavior, and his strange-looking eyes. Mole ends up tackling Water Rat to the ground until this behavior stops. | |
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Casual Danger Dialog | |
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Casual Danger Dialog: When Otter enters Badger's house, Mole asks him, "Weren't you at all-er-nervous?" Otter laughs and says, "I'd give 'em nerves if any of them tried anything," then talks over breakfast about how much fun he could have in the Wild Wood. | |
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Funny Animal | |
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Funny Animal: The whole cast, except for the humans that Toad interacts with. | |
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Snap Back | |
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Snap Back: Averted, in that Ratty mentions that if Toad keeps buying all these new cars, he's eventually going to use up his whole fortune. | |
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Big Ball of Violence | |
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Big Ball of Violence: In the 1987 made-for-tv animated film version by Rankin-Bass. When Toad was briefed about what happened to Toad Hall while he was in prison, he went into a big rant over it, prompting Badger to order Ratty and Mole to restrain him, resulting in the Big Ball of Violence. | |
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A Dog Named "Dog" | |
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A Dog Named "Dog": All the principal characters are either this or Species Surname; since they only appear to have one name apiece, it's hard to tell which. | |
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Conspicuous Consumption | |
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Conspicuous Consumption: Toad lives in a luxurious manor house and is always spending lavishly on his latest craze. | |
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Food Porn | |
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Food Porn: The stew Toad dines on, which contains no less than seven animals, is lovingly described. Toad's expression of rapture in the accompanying illustration doesn't help. The contents of Ratty's picnic basket. | |
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Lower-Class Lout | |
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Lower-Class Lout: The Wild Wooders are treated this way, a product of Grahame's class-based mistrust of the English working class whom he saw as lazy, idle, prone to theft rather than honest labour, ill-educated and vicious to their social betters. (And, unlike the more selective middle-class house-owning voles, moles and badgers, breed uncontrollably). It is no accident the heroes are all members of the stout English yeomanry. | |
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Lions and Tigers and Humans... Oh, My! | |
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Lions and Tigers and Humans... Oh, My!: Zig-zagged. Most of the animals live in burrows (albeit in very human-like comfort) and have little or no interaction with humans. Mr. Toad, on the other hand, lives in an actual house, drives cars, is put on trial in a human court, held in a human prison, and escapes by disguising himself as a human washerwoman. During his escape no one suspects that he's Mr. Toad until he actually announces it when he rides off with a barge woman's horse. And he also interacts on a more-or-less equal basis with all the other animals. | |
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Forbidden Zone | |
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Forbidden Zone: Don't go into the Wild Wood by yourself. The only ones who do are — Badger (who lives in the heart of it and nobody would dare cross) and Otter. Ratty manages it only by going in armed to the teeth, and making sure anyone who sees him knows so at a glance. | |
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Science Is Bad | |
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Science Is Bad: Not science, exactly, but the rush of new fads for the rich, such as automobiles and aeroplanes. | |
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Drives Like Crazy | |
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Drives Like Crazy: Mr. Toad's second defining characteristic; he wrecks five cars a week, on average, and has to be locked into his room to try and dissuade him. | |
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Comically Missing the Point | |
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Comically Missing the Point: Toad has a knack for this in Michel Plessix's comic adaptation. One memorable scene happens after Toad's escape from jail, when he finds himself in Ratty's home and Ratty tells him to go get cleaned up and get out of those washerwoman clothes. In the comic, Ratty is annoyed that Toad is tracking mud in on his carpets, and ushes him up to the bathroom to clean up, while adding: "And put on some slippers!" Cut to Toad in the bathroom, wondering why Ratty told him to wear slippers in the shower. | |
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