The Fox and the Hound
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The Fox and the Hound is a 1981 American animated feature loosely based on the Daniel P. Mannix novel of the same name, produced by Walt Disney Productions and released in the United States on July 10, 1981. The 24th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film tells the story of two unlikely friends, a red fox named Tod and a hound dog named Copper, who struggle to preserve their friendship despite their emerging instincts and the surrounding social pressures demanding them to be adversaries. In the film, the film's protagonists, Tod and Copper, meet when young and become friends. They play together all summer long, however, as they grow up, they become enemies because real hounds hunt foxes for food. A direct-to-video midquel, The Fox and the Hound 2, was released to DVD on December 12, 2006.
- Directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich.
[edit] Dialogue
- Widow Tweed: Amos Slade, you trigger-happy lunatic! Give me that gun!
- [she takes Amos' gun, then shoots on the radiator of his truck, which hisses]
- Amos: My radiator! Why, you blasted female! I'll--
- Tweed: [aims the gun at him] Hold it, right there!
- Amos: [nervously] Watch it! That thing's loaded.
- [Tweed shoots the gun in the air]
- Tweed: Now it ain't loaded!
- [she tosses the empty gun back to Amos]
- Amos: Dagnabbit, woman! [points to Tod] Your thievin' fox was after my chickens!
- Tweed: Rubbish and poppycock! I don't believe it. He wouldn't hurt a thing!
- Amos: You callin' me a liar, you muddle-headed female?! I saw it happen!
- Tweed: Amos Slade, that temper of yours is going to get you into a lot of trouble someday!
- Amos: [turns red in the face] Temper?! Temper?! Woman, you ain't seen my temper! [throws his hat to the ground and stomps on it] If I ever catch that fox on my property again, I'll blast him! And next time I won't miss!
- [While chasing Squeeks, Boomer accidentally pecks off the branch he's standing on and has a nasty fall]
- Young Tod: What happened to you? Golly!
- Boomer: Aw, shucks! I think I bent my b-b-b-b-beak.
- Dinky: [to Boomer] Now see what you've done?! You cost us our breakfast!
- Boomer: I cost us our breakfast? It was your fault!
- [an argument begins]
- [Dinky and Boomer watch Squeeks through Tweed's keyhole]
- Dinky: Look at that little creep. Warm and cosy by the fire.
- Boomer: Let me take a look. How do you like that guy? S-s-s-snug as a b-b-bug! While we're out here f-f-freezin' our b-b-b-b-beaks off!
- Dinky: Yeah. Well, yakkin' and shiverin' ain't getting us anywhere. We'll get that no-good worm when we come back! [flies away]
- Boomer: [follows Dinky] Oh, sh-sh-sh-sh-shucks!
- Young Tod: I'm a fox. My name's Tod. What's your name, kid?
- Young Copper: My name's Copper. I'm a hound dog!
- [Tod goes into Chief's barrel to watch him sleeping]
- Young Copper: Oh, don't go in there! He can get awful mean!
- Young Tod: [smirks] His ears ain't as big as yours, Copper.
- Young Copper: That's not the part you have to worry about...
- Young Tod: Woah. Look at those teeth...
- Young Copper: That's the part you gotta worry about!
- Young Tod: Copper, you're my very best friend.
- Young Copper: And you're mine too, Tod.
- Young Tod: And we'll always be friends forever. Won't we?
- Young Copper: Yeah, forever.
- [Note: This dialogue is repeated as a voice-over at the end of the film]
- [After breaking his leg, Chief whines and leaves his designated room, trying to get sympathy.]
- Amos Slade: Chief, get back in there before I break your other leg.
- [Tod tries to catch a fish.]
- Vixey: Tod, do you need help?
- Tod: No, I knew this way, all the... all the time! [falls into the water, then ends up catching a stick] I got him!
- Boomer: [laughs] Oh, that farm boy! He knew nothing about fishin'!
- [All laugh hysterically]
- Big Mama: I'm sorry, Tod. Honey, Copper's gonna come back a trained huntin' dog. A real killer.
- Tod: Oh, no. Not my friend Copper. He won't never change.
- Big Mama: I hope you're right, Tod.
- Tod: And we'll keep on being friends forever. Uh, won't we, Big Mama?
- Big Mama: Darlin', forever is a long, long time. And time has a way of changin' things.
- Adult Copper: [upon seeing Tod] I thought that was you, Tod. I heard you coming. Boy, you've really grown.
- Adult Tod: You have too, Copper. I saw you coming back with Chief and the hunter.
- Adult Copper: It's great to see you, Tod. [looks back at Chief, who is trying to sleep] But you know, you-- You shouldn't be over here. You're going get us both into a lot of trouble.
- Adult Tod: Look, I-- I just wanted to see you. We're still friends, aren't we?
- Adult Copper: [makes a sad glare] Tod... those days are over. I'm a hunting dog now. [Tod becomes surprised, then feels sad] You-- You better get out of here before old Chief wakes up.
- Adult Tod: Oh, Chief. [chuckles] He doesn't worry me.
- Adult Copper: [whispers, as Chief is barely awakening] Tod, I'm serious. You're fair game as far as he's concerned!
- Widow Tweed: Goodbye may seem forever, Farewell is like the end, but in my heart's a memory, and there you'll always be.
- [Copper yawns and lays down to go to sleep. He closes his eyes and smiles as he thinks about when he and Tod were younger.]
- [repeated dialogue]
- Young Tod: Copper, you're my very best friend.
- Young Copper: And you're mine too, Tod.
- Young Tod: And we'll always be friends forever, won't we?
- Young Copper: Yeah. Forever.
- [The film ends with Tod and Vixey sitting on a hill, overlooking where Copper is.]
