The Bigger They Are, the Louder They Oink

TaleSpin"The Bigger They Are, the Louder They Oink"
Season 1
Number 5
Episode information
Production code	007
Written by	Jeremy Cushner
Storyboards by	Frank Paur David Schwartz
Directed by	Larry Latham
Original air date	May 26, 1990 (Disney Channel) October 8, 1990 (syndication)
TaleSpin Episodes
Previous	"It Came From Beneath the Sea Duck"
Next	"The Idol Rich"

"The Bigger They Are, the Louder They Oink" is the fifth episode of The Disney Afternoon animated seires, TaleSpin. It first premiered on May 26, 1990 on the Disney Channel before making its syndication premiere on October 8, 1990, making it the twenty-fifth episode of the series.

Synopsis

Baloo is upset when Rebecca buys a truffle-hunting pig, instead of a new pontoon for the Sea Duck.

Refusing to believe that her idea may not be good, Rebecca gets herself and the pig enslaved by pygmies, and it's up to Kit and Baloo to save her.

Home video releases

DVD

• TaleSpin: Volume 1

Trivia

• The title is a pun on the phrase "The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall"

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Media TaleSpin • Walt Disney's World on Ice: Double Feature... Live! • Raw Toonage • NES game • Genesis game • Videography • Soundtrack • Comic book Characters Baloo • Kit Cloudkicker • Rebecca Cunningham • Molly Cunningham • Wildcat • Louie Lamount • Airplane Jane • Clementine Clevenger • Katie Dodd • Princess Grace • King Amok • Lotta Lamour • Prince Nevarhas Bin-Broak • Bandar-log • Captain William Stansbury • Joe Magee • Doctor Cooper • Rick Sky • Whistlestop Jackson • Nanuk • Myra Foxworthy • Detective Thursday • Inspector Burrow • Oscar Vandersnoot • Shere Khan • Khan's Pilots • Don Karnage • Air Pirates • Ivanod Spigot • Sergeant Dunder • Jack Case • Daring Dan Dawson • Ace London • General Patton • Trader Moe • Thaddeus E. Klang • Kitten Kaboodle • Ignatius • Dr. Axolotl • Dr. Zibaldo • Buffy and Muffy Vanderschmere • Douglas Benson • Prince Rudolf • Chancellor Trample • Emperor Wan Lo • Professor Martin Torque • Seymour • Covington • MacKnee • Sheriff Gomer Cleghorn and Deputy Wendell • Crazy Edie • Cool Hands Luke • Hans and Helga Episodes "I Only Have Ice for You" • "Time Waits for No Bear" • "A Touch of Glass" • "It Came From Beneath the Sea Duck" • "The Bigger They Are, the Louder They Oink" • "The Idol Rich" • "Stormy Weather" • "Plunder and Lightning" • "From Here to Machinery" • "Mommy for a Day" • "Molly Coddled" • "Polly Wants a Treasure" • "Vowel Play" • "Bearly Alive" • "Her Chance to Dream" • "All's Whale That Ends Whale" • "The Golden Sprocket of Friendship" • "For a Fuel Dollars More" • "A Bad Reflection on You" • "On a Wing and a Bear" • "A Star is Torn" • "A Spy in the Ointment" • "The Balooest of the Bluebloods" • "A Baloo Switcheroo" • "Whistlestop Jackson, Legend" • "Double or Nothing" • "Feminine Air" • "Last Horizons" • "Flight of the Snow Duck" • "Save the Tiger" • "The Old Man and the Sea Duck" • "War of the Weirds" • "Captains Outrageous" • "The Time Bandit" • "For Whom the Bell Klangs" • "Citizen Khan" • "Gruel and Unusual Punishment" • "Jolly Molly Christmas" • "My Fair Baloo" • "Waiders of the Wost Tweasure" • "Flight School Confidential" • "Bringing Down Babyface" • "Jumping the Guns" • "In Search of Ancient Blunders" • "Louie's Last Stand" • "Sheepskin Deep" • "Pizza Pie in the Sky" • "Baloo Thunder" • "Bullethead Baloo" • "Destiny Rides Again" • "Mach One for the Gipper" • "Stuck on You" • "The Sound and the Furry" • "The Road to Macadamia" • "The Ransom of Red Chimp" • "Your Baloo's in the Mail" • "Paradise Lost" • "The Incredible Shrinking Molly" • "Bygones" • "Flying Dupes" Locations Cape Suzette • Higher for Hire • Louie's Place • Wildcat's Houseboat • Khan Industries • Thembria • Pirate Island • Walla-Walla-Bing-Bang • Macadamia • Tinabula • Panda-La Songs Spin It • I'm Gone • Home is Where the Heart Is • Sky Pirates • Monkey In Your Tank • Friends for Life Objects Sea Duck • Khan Transport • Iron Vulture • Spruce Moose • Pirate Fighters • Idol of the Spirit-Switcher • The Ruby Wings • The Three Bells of Tinabula See also The Jungle Book • The Disney Afternoon