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The Old Man of the Mountain

168 statements
32 feature instances
8 referencing feature instances

The Old Man of the Mountain	type	TVTItem
The Old Man of the Mountain	label	The Old Man of the Mountain
The Old Man of the Mountain	page	TheOldManOfTheMountain
The Old Man of the Mountain	comment	The Old Man of the Mountain is a 1933 Betty Boop short from The Golden Age of Animation. It is one of three Betty Boop shorts that Cab Calloway performed in, the other two being Minnie the Moocher and Snow White (1933).The short opens with a mountain lion running down from a mountain into a nearby town, warning everyone about "The Old Man of the Mountain." They all panic and begin rushing out of town. Betty asks what's wrong, and an owl (voiced by Calloway) stops to tell her through song about the Old Man of the Mountain. Betty then makes her way up the mountain and meets face to face with the Old Man (also voiced by Calloway).The short is in the public domain and can be seen here.Has nothing to do with the leader of The Hashshashin nor the former rock formation in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire that collapsed in 2003.
The Old Man of the Mountain	fetched	2023-09-18T10:21:57Z
The Old Man of the Mountain	parsed	2023-09-18T10:21:57Z
The Old Man of the Mountain	isPartOf	DBTropes
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_12dd1d4c	type	Rape as Drama
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_12dd1d4c	comment	Rape as Drama: It's implied that this is why the Old Man is so feared. He flirts with Betty and tries to grab her, even ripping off her clothes, and another woman running from the Old Man has a stroller with three babies that look just like him.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_1ba8eb64	type	Visual Pun
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_1ba8eb64	comment	Visual Pun: When the Old Man is approaching Betty, we see him licking his thumbs. This is a visual play on the long forgotten phrase "Hot Licks", which was slang for "Catchy music."
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_20f689e9	type	Adaptational Villainy
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_20f689e9	comment	Adaptational Villainy: The short is based after a pre-existing song, where the Old Man, while somewhat batty and having a bit of a trickster streak, is ultimately just a wise old hermit who lives in harmony with nature.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_267ce120	type	Dirty Old Man
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_267ce120	comment	Dirty Old Man: When the Old Man meets Betty, he starts flirting with her, and before long begins chasing her, apparently with the intent of raping her! Another woman running from the Old Man has a stroller with three babies that look just like him.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_2ae29c0d	type	The Dreaded
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_2ae29c0d	comment	The Dreaded: The Old Man is evil, and everyone knows it.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: Despite what a jerk he is, the Old Man is an amazing singer and dancer. Not surprising, considering that his voice and his moves (via rotoscoping) is provided by Cab Calloway.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_2ea2942b	type	Conspicuously Light Patch
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_2ea2942b	comment	Conspicuously Light Patch: Played with. When Betty first arrives at the Old Man's cave, there's a boulder that's very obviously not painted and very prominent in the scene. She walks right up to it and then turns her back to it, making it look like the Old Man is going to come out from behind it. He then pops out of a completely normal, painted part of the background instead, surprising her. He does later destroy the light rock with a lightning bolt, however.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_3c9f5d7d	type	Hammerspace Hair
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_3c9f5d7d	comment	Hammerspace Hair: The Old Man's beard had a tankard of alcohol stored in it plus a pair of bugs to pour it into his mouth while he was running.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_4c798fd5	type	Shock and Awe
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_4c798fd5	comment	Shock and Awe: Downplayed. The Old Man throws a lightning bolt at one point, but he only does it to destroy the rock that it seemed like he was going to pop out of. This is more of a one-off gag as opposed to the Old Man actually having superpowers.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_58977071	type	Creepy Jazz Music
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_58977071	comment	Creepy Jazz Music: The short opens with everyone in town panicking and running as jazz music plays. One townsperson, an owl, stops when Betty asks him what's wrong, and he explains through song that everyone is running from the titular Old Man. Betty goes up to the mountain to try and stop the Old Man, and when she finally meets him, he starts flirting with her through song.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_70b840b6	type	Giving Them the Strip
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_70b840b6	comment	Giving Them the Strip: Betty escapes from The Old Man by slipping out of her dress. The dress then slaps him in the face and runs off after her.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_795002b2	type	Puddle-Covering Chivalry
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_795002b2	comment	Puddle-Covering Chivalry: A bear removes its fur and covers a puddle with it so Betty could cross. It promptly shrinks from the moisture, much to the bear's anger.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_7ace2582	type	Somewhere, a Mammalogist Is Crying
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_7ace2582	comment	Somewhere, a Mammalogist Is Crying: The animal at the beginning, which is apparently a mountain lion, has a mane. Unlike lions (which are a different species), mountain lions do not have manes. This may or may not have been intended as a Visual Pun.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_7fd86888	type	Mountain Man
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_7fd86888	comment	Mountain Man: This short is based on the jazz song of the same name, and the titular Old Man is once again portrayed as a hermit who lives in a cave in the mountains. However, he goes through Adaptational Villainy in this cartoon. Rather than being a harmless, if batty, old man like he was in the original song, he's now a monstrous individual who tries to eat and/or assault anyone who enters his domain.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_81867cc	type	Warning Song
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_81867cc	comment	Warning Song: The song that this short is named after is sung by an owl in the village to Betty, warning her that the Old Man of the Mountain is evil and will kill or eat anyone who crosses his path. Notably, the lyrics are changed from the original version of the song to give the Old Man Adaptational Villainy.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_8bfe8aea	type	Creepy Cave
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_8bfe8aea	comment	Creepy Cave: The Old Man lives in one, unsurprisingly. It's full of all manner of creepy background objects, including what appears to be a giant skull with a railroad spike through it.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_8cb844c6	type	Mr. Exposition
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_8cb844c6	comment	Mr. Exposition: The Owl, who tells Betty all about the Old Man through song.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: The titular Old Man.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_a1bb23ab	type	Wild Man
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_a1bb23ab	comment	Wild Man: The Old Man is an evil version, living on his own in the wild, and terrorizing the inhabitants of the area whenever he feels like it.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_ac5fa94	type	Rotoscoping
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_ac5fa94	comment	Rotoscoping: With Cab Calloway's rotoscoped moves, even a creepy old guy can dance!
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_b0218885	type	Mickey Mousing
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_b0218885	comment	Mickey Mousing: Much of the action in the short is synced up to the music provided by Cab Calloway and his orchestra.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_bb7ae292	type	Child by Rape
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_bb7ae292	comment	Child by Rape: When Betty asks a woman with a baby stroller why she's crying, she says "the Old Man of the Mountain", and shows Betty her baby triplets who have beards like the Old Man, implying that the Old Man raped her and fathered the triplets.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_c5fe6c81	type	Strong Family Resemblance
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_c5fe6c81	comment	Strong Family Resemblance: As Betty climbs up the mountain, she runs into a crying woman with a baby stroller. Inside the stroller are three babies that look exactly like the Old Man, complete with long beards.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_cc076c63	type	Tailfin Walking
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_cc076c63	comment	Tailfin Walking: A male fish comes out of a puddle while walking on his tail fin to gawk at Betty's legs, until his wife comes out (also walking on her tail fin) and drags her husband back in.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_cde51255	type	Antagonist Title
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_cde51255	comment	Antagonist Title: The Old Man of the Mountain is the Big Bad.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: The entire town reacts this way when they hear the Old Man is on the move, evacuating en masse rather than risk running into him.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_e016e53f	type	Throwing Off the Disability
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_e016e53f	comment	Throwing Off the Disability: Played for laughs - an old man (not the title character) with bandaged feet limps around on a pair of crutches, only to get one look at Betty's curves, and immediately finds himself reinvigorated, tossing aside the crutches.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: When the Old Man has Betty cornered, the townsfolk sneak up from behind and subdue him.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_eb9afb9d	type	Evil Old Folks
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_eb9afb9d	comment	Evil Old Folks: The Old Man is definitely a nasty fellow, and the Big Bad of the short.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_ef32c307	type	The Owl-Knowing One
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_ef32c307	comment	The Owl-Knowing One: The Owl, who stops to give Betty a Warning Song about the Old Man of the Mountain while everyone else runs away.
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The Old Man of the Mountain / int_fcdf597b	type	Titled After the Song
The Old Man of the Mountain / int_fcdf597b	comment	Titled After the Song: "The Old Man of the Mountain" is titled after the Cab Calloway song that came out just one year before this short, as well as the titular villain.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

The Old Man of the Mountain	hasFeature	Antagonist Title / int_727e758f
The Old Man of the Mountain	hasFeature	Creepy Jazz Music / int_727e758f
The Old Man of the Mountain	hasFeature	Dirty Old Man / int_727e758f
The Old Man of the Mountain	hasFeature	Eat the Camera / int_727e758f
The Old Man of the Mountain	hasFeature	Mountain Man / int_727e758f
The Old Man of the Mountain	hasFeature	Public Domain Animation / int_727e758f
The Old Man of the Mountain	hasFeature	Somewhere, a Mammalogist Is Crying / int_727e758f
The Old Man of the Mountain	hasFeature	Wild Man / int_727e758f

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