money 24 Kind Of Messed-Up Disney Movie Facts That Are Making Me Rethink These Films
1.After seeing Finding Nemo — in which Nemo plots to escape the dentist's office through the toilet — many children started flushing their fish down toilets to "free" them, leading to frantic calls from parents to plumbers. But there was nothing they could do, as the fish usually quickly died after being flushed.
This happened so much that Ellen DeGeneres, who voiced Dory in the film, talked about it on The Tonight Show.
2. You know how Woody's catchphrase in Toy Story is "there's a snake in my boot"? That's actually a euphemism for being drunk.
TIL Toy Story Woody's signature line "There's a snake in my boot!" is a euphemism for alcoholic hallucinations. from todayilearned
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3. Remember the scene in The Incredibles when Mrs. Incredible calls someone named Snug so she can get a plane? The character initially flew the plane and died upon its explosion.
In The Incredibles (2004), Helen calls her friend Snug to get a plane. Originally, Snug had many more scenes, flew the plane, and died when it exploded. All that remains of his character are a still image and two sentences. from MovieDetails
4.Trusty was also originally supposed to be killed in Lady in the Tramp, according to James Gavin's biographer of Lady and the Tramp voice actor Peggy Lee. Lee allegedly convinced Disney to change it.
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5.The Princess and the Frog reportedly caused so many young girls to kiss actual frogs that 50 kids ended up in the hospital with salmonella.
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6. In a tiny Easter egg, Disney put Nemo-brand caviar in a Ratatouille scene. In case you somehow forgot, Finding Nemo starts with all but one of Marlin and Coral's fish eggs (aka caviar) being eaten.
The Gusteau's pantry in Ratatouille (2007) stocks a few cans of Nemo brand caviar. To quote the YouTube channel Cinemawins, that's dark Pixar. Real dark. from MovieDetails
7. In another pretty dark joke for Disney, in their short The Three Little Pigs, the pigs' father is just a picture of meat, meaning he's been killed and turned into meat.
In the Walt Disney short "The Three Little Pigs (1933) the father is represented in pictures on the wall as different meats. from MovieDetails
8.A scene in The Lion King pretty infamously shows dust in the sky spelling out the word "Sex." While it's been debunked, the animators likely were trying to sneak in hidden messages (and had done so in the past) — but it was probably "SFX."
9.Another popular urban legend concerned phallic imagery on The Little Mermaid poster and a scene in which the priest apparently had an erection. These were debunked, but not before a woman literally sued Disney over sexual messages in the film despite its G rating.
10.However, there are times Disney animators actually have stuck in hidden messages. Perhaps the most famous example is this segment Disney created for the 1991 Oscars, which poked fun at Christian groups claiming there were sexual or inappropriate messages in their films with a scroll that, upside down, read, "Looking for Satanic messages?"
The clip apparently also included "a covert f-bomb" and Michael Eisner's phone number.
11.In another hidden message that Disney actually admitted to, you can see a topless woman for a split second during The Rescuers. The image was removed from later releases.
12.Not exactly subliminal, but similarly, the early Pixar short Knick Knack was edited to be more appropriate after initially featuring a toy character with large breasts.
13. However, you can still spot the uncensored version in this Toy Story 2 moment — yes, even in the Disney+ version (skip to 24:31).
In Toy Story 2 (1999), several Pixar shorts and commercials are seen on the TV when Hamm is changing channels. One of them is the uncensored version of Knick Knack (1989) which has not been released post-2003, after its female characters received a reduction in breast size. from MovieDetails
14.Lilo & Stitch originally featured a storyline about hijacking a plane, then crashing it into buildings. This was changed post–Sept. 11, even though most of the animation was complete.
The plane was changed to a spaceship, and the crash occurred in the mountains rather than a city.
15. A Monsters Inc. scene was also changed from an explosion to a plasma dome post–Sept. 11.
In Monsters Inc. (2001), Harryhausen's was originally meant to be blown up by the CDA as "decontamination" following Boo's appearance, but Pixar decided to change it to a plasma dome post-9/11. This explains why the gym bag Sulley left behind is seen with burn marks later. from MovieDetails
16. There are a ton of creepy references to horror film The Shining in Pixar films — in particular the Toy Story films.
The carpet at Sid’s house in Toy Story (1995) was intentionally made the same as the carpet at the Overlook Hotel in The Shining (1980), one of many references to the horror film throughout the Pixar series. from MovieDetails
17.In another horror movie–related fact, the girl who voiced Lilo in Lilo & Stitch also played Samara in The Ring.
18. In Up, on Carl and Ellie's wedding day, they hammer nails and saw wood — this is a euphemism for having sex.
In Disney/Pixar's Up(2009) Carl and Ellie are shown hammering nails and sawing wood on their wedding day. This is a once popular euphemism cleverly disguised as innocent enthusiasm to fix their dream home. from MovieDetails
19. And this fishline toy from Toy Story is supposed to be a reference to a hooker.
20.In one more inappropriate joke, after Buzz is impressed when Jessie opens the door for the dog at the end of Toy Story 2, his wings pop up in an obvious erection reference.
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21. Disney Channel original movie Johnny Tsunami also features a pretty clearly inappropriate joke by subtly accusing their assistant director of sodomy.
Johnny Tsunami: Johnny’s history teacher lists several “events leading to the revolution” on the chalkboard, including, at the very bottom, the “K Winther Sodomy Act.” The name of the film’s First Assistant Director is Kim Winther. Thanks, Disney! from MovieDetails
22. This is certainly not as recognizable as other Disney films, but in the Disney-produced documentary White Wilderness, which featured lemmings committing mass suicide, it turned out that the lemmings had been pushed to their deaths by the filmmakers.
The 1958 Disney Documentary "White Wilderness" created the myth about suicide lemmings - in fact the lemmings were pushed by filmmakers from MovieDetails
This contributed to a misconception that lemmings commit suicide to deal with overpopulation.
23.Adriana Caselotti, who voiced Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, was only paid $970 and wasn't even told she was working on a film. Afterward, Walt Disney allegedly made it difficult for her to work again in the industry because he didn't "want to spoil the illusion of Snow White" and so didn't want her voice used for anything else.
24.And finally, you may have noticed how many parents — usually the mom — die or are dead in Disney films. This was likely influenced by Walt Disney's own experience with the death of his mother.
Disney producer Don Hahn suggested that Walt's guilt over his mother's death caused him to include this aspect in many of his films. According to Don, Walt bought his parents a house and had "the studio guys" fix the furnace, but the furnace leaked and Walt's mother died in her sleep.
