Which 1933 Disney short features the song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”
Answer
Three Little Pigs
The 1933 Disney short Three Little Pigs features the song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”
The cartoon adapts the traditional fairy tale about three pigs building houses of different strength while a wolf tries to blow them down. Disney’s version became a major popular success, and the song spread beyond the film as a widely recognized piece of 1930s popular culture.
The three pigs are named Fifer Pig, Fiddler Pig, and Practical Pig. Practical’s brick house withstands the wolf, while the houses made from straw and sticks do not. The film’s success also helped establish personality animation: the pigs have distinct behavior and performance styles rather than functioning as identical fairy-tale figures.
The short is sometimes confused with The Big Bad Wolf, a 1934 sequel that features the same characters and villain. The famous song originated in the earlier Three Little Pigs.