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The Small One

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The Small One	comment	The Small One was a 1978 Disney short (26 minutes) Animated Film directed by Don Bluth. It was a theatrical film released during the Christmas season rather than a televised Christmas Special, serving as the second feature with the 1978 re-release of Disney's Pinocchio. It was Bluth's last full effort for Disney before he left to start his own company; the bulk of the film's animation is likewise provided by numerous people who would depart Disney alongside Bluth, including key animators Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy. Besides directing, Bluth wrote two of the film's songs himself: "Small One" and "The Merchants' Song".Based on a 1947 book by Charles Tazewell, the film is about an unnamed boy and a donkey. The donkey, nicknamed Small One, is the oldest and weakest of the family's animals, and so the boy has been tasked to sell him in exchange for a silver coin. The boy takes Small One to the market, and fends off a slew of exploitative vendors and uninterested buyers. At the end of the film, a kind man in need of a donkey offers to buy Small One from the boy for one silver piece. As Small One embarks on this new chapter, a familiar star appears in the sky.The film epitomizes the split that was running through the Disney studios at the time. Though nearly everyone felt that the studio was going through a troubled period, opinions differed as to how to correct the problems, Bluth and his adherents believing that there should be a conscious return to the style of the studio's glory days in the Forties and Fifties, while others suggested embracing and developingmore modern, experimental styles of animation. This dichotomy of styles affects the film itself, with the earlier part of the film harking back to the style of the Phil Harris era of animation, while the latter part of the film takes on the darker tones associated with parts of Pinocchio and Fantasia.Compare Rankin/Bass Productions' Animated Show Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey for a somewhat similar concept.
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The Small One / int_12dc4d97	comment	Greedy Jew: The merchants fit the stereotype, as they sing about money and are always ready to make a deal, and are quite mean to the boy and Small One. If it helps any, with the exception of a single Roman guard, every character seen in the film is Jewish.
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The Small One / int_17501df2	type	Cool Old Guy
The Small One / int_17501df2	comment	Cool Old Guy: Small One might be old and stiff, but he can still work up the energy to play with the boy and send the Jerkass auctioneer flying.
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The Small One / int_1d435a4d	type	A Boy and His X
The Small One / int_1d435a4d	comment	A Boy and His X: The two protagonists of the story are a farmer boy and his donkey finding a new home for the latter due to the boy's dad considering he's too old to be of service for the farm.
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The Small One / int_277686f2	type	Reused Character Design
The Small One / int_277686f2	comment	Reused Character Design: The Boy looks exactly like Mowgli with clothes on.
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The Small One / int_3202a9b0	type	Money Song
The Small One / int_3202a9b0	comment	Money Song: "The Merchant's Song".
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The Small One / int_33d2e914	type	Be Careful What You Say
The Small One / int_33d2e914	comment	Be Careful What You Say: The baker refuses Small One offer by telling that he would rather buy a horse to carry his fat wife. The merchants hear this and get all his money by force before giving him a horse.
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The Small One / int_33d5b7f2	type	Adapted Out
The Small One / int_33d5b7f2	comment	Adapted Out: Pablo, Cupido, and Padre, three characters who were in the prologue and the epilogue of the book as a way to introduce the story with the premise of Padre explaining Pablo the main reason why donkeys aren't stubborn, don't appear in the Disney short.
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The Small One / int_396e1c2a	type	Face Death with Dignity
The Small One / int_396e1c2a	comment	Face Death with Dignity: After the auctioneer incident, Small one realizes no one would buy him and leads the boy back to the tanner to end it all. Fortunately, there was still one good man interested in buying and keeping him alive.
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The Small One / int_3bc88a7f	type	Foregone Conclusion
The Small One / int_3bc88a7f	comment	Foregone Conclusion: It's about a donkey in Judea. Jesus is bound to show up in the story at some point.
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The Small One / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Small One / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Mostly sweet, though. Small One gets sold for a silver coin and the boy will never see him again, but he doesn't go to the tanner to be sacrificed for his skin, he's off to a great destiny, and Joseph is a gentle man who promises he'll be well cared for.
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The Small One / int_44bed11d	type	Stubborn Mule
The Small One / int_44bed11d	comment	Stubborn Mule: Averted; Small One is gentle, patient, and self-sacrificing, and keeps trying to work even when he's too weak.
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The Small One / int_51300dbf	type	Fat Bastard
The Small One / int_51300dbf	comment	Fat Bastard: The auctioneer is a big fat one to both the boy and Small One.
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The Small One / int_5717e34	type	Sincerity Mode
The Small One / int_5717e34	comment	Sincerity Mode: The tanner directly tells the kid that he only wants Small One for his hide. In their song, despite clearly mocking the boy, the merchants tell to the boy that no merchants besides the tanner are interested in Small One and point out that the best chance the boy has to sell him without sending the donkey to his death is to go to the jolly auctioneer.
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The Small One / int_575fd5e2	type	Dark Is Not Evil
The Small One / int_575fd5e2	comment	Dark Is Not Evil: The Tanner's place comes off as a creepy place and he's rather intimidating when seen through the POV of a small boy, but he's not a cruel man and is only making a living the same as anyone else in the town. He leans more into True Neutral territory.
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The Small One / int_5fcedca	type	Big Eater
The Small One / int_5fcedca	comment	Big Eater: Played for Drama. The boy's father points out to him that Small One eats more than the other donkeys despite being smaller and weaker. He can't pull a big enough load to warrant the cost of his food anymore and this is the main factor in the decision to sell him. In contrast to Small One, The baker's wife is Played for Laughs, as he describes her as a "healthy size" and is seen eating some donuts, with her husband being seen preparing many for her.
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The Small One / int_762b9223	type	Played for Laughs
The Small One / int_762b9223	comment	In contrast to Small One, The baker's wife is Played for Laughs, as he describes her as a "healthy size" and is seen eating some donuts, with her husband being seen preparing many for her.
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The Small One / int_7c9dcc1	type	THeUnfavorite
The Small One / int_7c9dcc1	comment	The Unfavorite: The other donkeys don't seem to be very happy with how the boy is especially good and sweet only with Small One.
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The Small One / int_82a64c4b	type	Adaptational Nice Guy
The Small One / int_82a64c4b	comment	Adaptational Nice Guy: In the original book, the boy's father forces him to sell Small One to the tanner, and then scolds him for crying about it. In the animated short, he explains more gently and apologetically that Small One must be sold, has intended to sell the donkey himself until the boy volunteers to sell him instead, and never mentions the tanner, who only enters the story later when the boy and donkey enter his store willingly before realizing who he was and what he wanted to do with Small one.
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The Small One / int_921cdca8	type	Nothing Personal
The Small One / int_921cdca8	comment	Nothing Personal: There was no malice in the father's decision to sell Small One. He simply couldn't earn his keep and the father could no longer afford to keep him. Same could be said of the tanner; sure, if he'd made the purchase Small One would have died, but only because it was part of his job. He's not unkind to the Boy, and is straightforward about his intentions for Small One.
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The Small One / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Small One / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: "He's good enough to be in a king's stable!" "Someone still needs you to brighten each day." It's not a stretch to imagine Small One being a loyal, loving friend to Him, just like he was to the boy.
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The Small One / int_9df812ad	type	Tiny Guy, Huge Girl
The Small One / int_9df812ad	comment	Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: The baker and his wife.
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The Small One / int_9f62723d	type	Get Out!
The Small One / int_9f62723d	comment	Get Out!: The potter tells this to the boy after he refuses his offer. A more aggressive variant occurs when the auctioneer throws a jar at the boy and bans him after Small One humiliated him.
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The Small One / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
The Small One / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: While he may have been humilliated by Small one, the auctioneer ultimately gets off-scott free as he bans the boy and Small one from the auction, and continues selling like nothing happened when they are away.
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The Small One / int_ad9fbc1e	type	Pyrrhic Victory
The Small One / int_ad9fbc1e	comment	Pyrrhic Victory: Despite succesfully defending his master's honor at the auction by throwing the auctioneer, the donkey loses the chance of being sold at the auction as the vendor bans the duo from it.
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The Small One / int_b1e8a3b3	type	Coming of Age Story
The Small One / int_b1e8a3b3	comment	Coming of Age Story: The boy has to learn to let go of his best friend while still finding him a good home.
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The Small One / int_b2463ea1	type	Intellectual Animal
The Small One / int_b2463ea1	comment	Intellectual Animal: The animals don't talk, but Small One clearly understands everything the humans say, as well as the greater implications of being sold.
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The Small One / int_b3c730b	type	Celestial Deadline
The Small One / int_b3c730b	comment	Celestial Deadline: The father tells the boy that he has until nightfall to sell Small One to someone for a silver coin.
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The Small One / int_b4068912	type	Star of Bethlehem
The Small One / int_b4068912	comment	Star of Bethlehem: Appears in the closing scene.
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The Small One / int_b9ae0e32	type	Diligent Draft Animal
The Small One / int_b9ae0e32	comment	Diligent Draft Animal: Small One himself may be an elderly donkey, but he does his best to work for the boy and his father even when he's feeling weak. He does his best to carry wood uphill, and even though he stumbles, he keeps trying. In the end, he is willing to carry Mary on their journey to Bethlehem.
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The Small One / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
The Small One / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: Small One is the only character whose name is given. Even St. Joseph's name is never spoken.
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The Small One / int_d2102da0	type	Bad People Abuse Animals
The Small One / int_d2102da0	comment	Bad People Abuse Animals: The boy believes this is the case for the tanner after he admits he's only interested in Small one's skin and flees from the store upon seeing that the tanner's few alive animals are in complete misery under his roof. A more straight case is played with the auctioneer, who strongly caresses Small one's pale skin, forcefully pulls his tail, and rides his fragile body with his overweight body.
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The Small One / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
The Small One / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Done twice in the short by the boy and Small One: They initially do it after the boy realized they were in the tanner and refusing their silver coin. They do it near the end to flee the auctioneer, who angrily tells them to get out and threw a jar near them.
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The Small One / int_dda99fa8	type	Despair Event Horizon
The Small One / int_dda99fa8	comment	Despair Event Horizon: Both the boy and Small One suffers one near the end where no one besides the tanner would want to buy Small One.
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The Small One / int_e68b72	type	The Load
The Small One / int_e68b72	comment	The Load: Due to his old age, Small One can't carry heavy loads of wood as the other donkeys on the farm, even having trouble carrying smaller sticks, forcing the boy to carry a part of his load. This, alongside the fact that Small One eats as much as the other donkeys, becomes one of the reasons why the father of the boy decides to sell him.
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The Small One / int_e9e35e8f	type	Exact Words
The Small One / int_e9e35e8f	comment	Exact Words: The Roman guard tells the boy that the owner of a store needs Small one and sends the boy there, ommiting on purpose that said person is the tanner who wants to have Small One's skin, as he laughs at the child's naivety.
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The Small One / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
The Small One / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: The Roman guard who gives the boy directions to the tanner, then haughtily laughs. Also, the auctioneer sarcastically auctioneers Small One while poking fun of him in front of his sellers.
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The Small One / int_f3909f81	type	True Meaning of Christmas
The Small One / int_f3909f81	comment	True Meaning of Christmas: "There's a place for each small one."
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The Small One / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
The Small One / int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: Hey, it's Don Bluth, what did you expect?
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The Small One / int_f91d1d4f	type	Darkest Hour
The Small One / int_f91d1d4f	comment	Darkest Hour: Near the end, the boy is banned from the auctioneer, nobody besides the tanner seems interested in Small One, and nightfall is covering the sky, with both of the protagonists waiting alone near the tanner's store resigned to reconsider the tanner's offer.
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The Small One / int_fccd06b6	type	Beware the Nice Ones
The Small One / int_fccd06b6	comment	Beware the Nice Ones: Small One is the sweetest, most loving donkey...until the auctioneer pushes the boy to the ground.
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The Small One / int_fd1f1a63	type	Ridiculously Cute Critter
The Small One / int_fd1f1a63	comment	Ridiculously Cute Critter: Small One is designed to look absolutely adorable despite being a little more worn and grizzled than most examples of this trope due to being old, complete with one ear that keeps flopping over.
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