Song of the South/Characters

Br'er Rabbit

• Barefoot Cartoon Animal
• Everythings Better With Bunnies
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Joel Chandler Harris gives Riley as Br'er Rabbit's real name. A very few Disney comics mention it now and then.
• Trickster Archetype

Br'er Bear

• Beary Funny
• Brains and Brawn: The brawn.
• Catch Phrase: "NOW LOOK!"
• Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal
• Too Dumb to Live: He's pretty much a plot device, both in the movie and the folk tale, to screw with Br'er Fox and his plans.

Br'er Fox

• Barefoot Cartoon Animal
• Brains and Brawn: The brains.
• Jerkass: And how.
• Lean and Mean: No wonder he's so hot on that rabbit's trail; Br'er Rabbit'd be the only square meal Br'er Fox's had in a while!
• Motor Mouth: The Disney animation directors actually had to invent a new animation process to keep up with James Baskett's rapid-fire delivery of Br'er Fox's dialogue.
• Obviously Evil: Basically the villain of the movie, though Ginny's brothers aren't too far behind.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Generally, stories involving Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox end with Fox getting caught in his own trap and dying, which naturally doesn't happen here. Granted, he would always return for the next tale.

Uncle Remus

• Cool Old Guy
• Magical Negro
  • He could also be a subversion, since in the end he actually DOES step forward and save the day.
• Nice Guy: He's the only character in the movie to not be shown having any real character flaws or being rude to people at any point. Given that the movie was trying promote tolerance, this was probably intentional.