You probably watchedAll Dogs Go to Heavenas a kid if you’re reading this.
You may have even watched it several times growing up.
It is, after all, a classic movie.
Is our fondness of the movie possibly colored by nostalgia, though?
The only way to find out is to rewatch it as a grown-up.
Here are the things that only adults would possibly notice inAll Dogs Go to Heaven.
They gamble and are involved in some pretty sketchy dealings.
How did this even get made into a movie intended for young eyes?
Fortunately, to kids, gambling probably just looks like a real-life game of Monopoly.
We can’t say the same thing for murder and kidnapping, though.
There’s one brief moment in the first musical number, though, that tarnishes the entire movie.
Fortunately, the rest ofAll Dogs Go to Heavenpasses by without any more shockingly racist depictions.
How does Charlie not realize that Carface can’t be trusted in All Dogs Go to Heaven?
Oh Charlie, did being locked up in the dog pound make you soft?
We thought you were a hardened denizen of the canine crime world.
You should have known better than to trust Carface.
Didn’t you see the gambling den sign that had your name crossed out, leaving only Carface’s?
Not to stereotype, but Carface even gives off a bad guy vibe.
He’s a chain-smoking crime lord who surrounds himself with sycophantic minions.
Carface’s deep, raspy voice is no doubt the product of years of chainsmoking.
Charlie doesn’t just have a couple of drinks.
No, hegets completely sloshed not exactly G-rated material.
Of course, most kids (hopefully) won’t recognize what a drunk person looks like.
They probably think that Charlie is just really sleepy or perhaps that heate a lot of sugar.
There’s still no excuse for the chain smoking, though.
At least Carface is a bad guy who kids most likely won’t want to mimic.
Why do only some of the dogs wear clothes in All Dogs Go to Heaven?
What is going on with the fashion inAll Dogs Go to Heaven?
Are clothes the norm in the world ofAll Dogs Go to Heaven?
Or are they simply a social quirk?
to differentiate himself from his henchmen.
But why does Itchy wear a t-shirt and a baseball cap?
And how does the baseball cap stay on his head over his ears?
We’ve got the same question about Killer’s eyeglasses.
Where would someone even buy doggy eyeglasses?
When it stops ticking, it means their time is up.
Charlie also learns that everything everyone has done or will do ends up written in a book.
In short, heaven knows what’s going to happen before it happens.
As the dog angel who greets Charlie says, there are no surprises in heaven.
So why is she so surprised when Charlie steals his watch in a song and dance number?
Shouldn’t she have known what was going to happen?
Is this some sort heaven entrance exam?
Or is this proof that there actuallyaresurprises in heaven?
Why wouldn’t Charlie just want to stay in heaven in All Dogs Go to Heaven?
Charlie’s motivations for returning to Earth inAll Dogs Go to Heavenseem kind of murky.
But Charlie doesn’t really have much going for him on Earth.
Charlie’s redemption arc is kind of rushed and, to be honest, not all that convincing.
He’s selfish, greedy, and amoral.
In retrospect, it’s kind of surprising thatAll Dogs Go to Heavenbecame as popular as it did.
Then again, maybe it all just goes to show thatyou can’t keep a good dog down.
How do the horses understand the dogs in All Dogs Go to Heaven?
We could really use a guidebook here to figure out how animal linguistics work inAll Dogs Go to Heaven.
It’s established that animals can’t talk to humans or even other animals.
Anne-Marie is basically a pint-sized Dr. Doolittle.
This just makes things even more complicated and confusing.
Exactly how do these animal languages work?
Can animals learn to speak another animal’s language?
Are there animal language courses?
Is that horse killing time between races by leveling up on Duolingo?
He clearly has no sense of self-preservation.
He should have known that it wouldn’t take Carface very long to realize that Charlie was still alive.
Does Kate wear heels to bed in All Dogs Go to Heaven?
Kate’s fashion is too high maintenance to handle.
According toTime, it wasn’t until the 1960s that wearing pants became commonplace for women.
The show takes place in the 1950s, and Midge is always glammed up, just like Kate.
Thinking of the strenuousbeautyroutines women of the past had to go through is positively nightmare-inducing.
None of the numbers are too catchy.
This means singing often falls more into the category of speak-singing, making it far from impressive.
In some ways, the musical numbers weaken the movie.
They mostly serve to interrupt the narrative instead of enhancing the story or moving the plot along.
