While most kids don't notice the witty grown-up jokes thrown into children's films, there are some things we can never forget. Most of the time, that's because we're emotionally scarred by them. Things can get really dark, and that can be traumatising for young viewers.
Here are 12 scenes from children's movies that you probably wished you'd never seen:
1. When Bambi's mother dies
The melancholic music makes it so much worse when Bambi trots around in the heavily falling snow calling "Mother! Mother, where are you?" and we all know that she's been hit by one of the gunshots.
2. The boat scene from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka's totally manic monologue and the insane lighting of this scene cause viewers to feel really quite stressed out and panicky. I think we were all clenching our butts during this scene. It's been likened to a psychedelic trip.
3. The forest scene from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
The grotesquely huge hands with long, spindly fingers grabbing at her cape... *shudders*.
4. When the Grand High Witch reveals her true self in The Witches
She literally pulls off her face and reveals a hideous, warty, skin-flapping head beneath. And don't get me started on the rat-witches in this film later on.
5. The Pink Elephant scene in Dumbo
The body made of eyeless elephant heads marching at an alarming pace straight at you is probably the most terrifying part of this spectacularly frightening song. Tim Burton is said to be making a version that's even scarier.
6. The pig parents in Spirited Away
This film has a number of surreal and disgusting creatures (special shoutout to that rancid sludge creature). But especially scarring for children is the idea that your parents have turned into actual pigs because they were too greedy, and are now monstrously shoveling food into their snouts.
7. The Finding Nemo anglerfish scene
The death of a parent and the kidnapping of a young, crippled boy is distressing enough. But how about that awful, awful anglerfish in the deep dark ocean?! That scene caused me to actually jump out of my seat and it really gave me the heebie jeebies.
8. When Artax helplessly sinks in the swamp in The Neverending Story
It's a known fact that people get more upset when animals die than other significant human characters. So to see Atreyu lose his noble steed in the Swamp of Sadness... just heartbreaking.
9. When Widow Tweed releases Tod back to the wild in The Fox and the Hound
I blame the waterworks on the mournful harmonica and the soul-crushing look of disbelief on Tod's face in their goodbye hug.
10. The death-by-acid scene in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
This scene really opens eyes to the cruelty of the world. A poor little shoe is murdered in a bucket of acid, and it wriggles, squeaks and squeals as it is slowly dipped in.
11. The flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz
There are so many of them and they make scary cooing sounds.
12. When Hexxus rises to power in FernGully: The Last Rainforest
The dark and ancient oil spirit begins to wreak chaos and grows in strength, first an oozing, steaming voice, then a slimy snake-like blob, then a skeletal figure dancing burlesque and finally, a huge godlike figure of poisonous slime.
13. The tree scene in The Last Unicorn
The red bull is scary and all, but this loved-up tree is somehow more terrifying. The enchanted tree has enormous bosoms that nearly smother poor Schmendrick who is tied around it. It's kind of funny, but mostly scary and weird.
While it may seem surprising to have such grim and wacky themes in kid's films, most of the time they are teaching some kind of lesson. It's a genre designed to help children learn more about different situations in the world, and that involves danger and conflict at times. Doesn't make them any less disturbing to watch now though.
Most of my clearest memories of watching movies when I was a small boy involve me being absolutely terrified.
Perhaps the censors were asleep on the job, but growing up, it felt like every feature film aimed at kids, from live-action romps to saccharine Disney flicks, all boasted at least one scene designed to scare the pants off of you.
A lot of these scenes don't really make much sense to a little child. When you revisit them as a grown-up, you realize that most of them were pretty tame and toothless.
But there are some films that take on an even more disturbing dimension when you watch them as an adult and still cause a shiver to travel down your spine. Don't believe me? Then take a look at the following examples, if you dare.
1. Toy Story 2 – Woody's Dream
There's no doubt that Toy Story 2 can tug at the heartstrings (remember Jesse's song?). But it can also raise the hairs on the back of your neck too.
Case in point, Woody's nightmare that his owner Andy will one day abandon him. Maybe it's Andy's lifeless stare or monotone voice as he says: "bye Woody!" and drops the toy into the trash, but this one still leaves me in a cold sweat.
Credit: Walt Disney Pictures
2. The Neverending Story – The Nothing
The Neverending Story almost lives up to its name with a cavalcade of scary moments that prove the world of Fantasia is out to get you. But nothing beats the existential horror of, well, The Nothing.
As Atreyu learns in his climactic meeting with the monstrous lupine Gmork, the so-called Nothing which threatens Fantasia isn't a villain so much as a force of relentless, omnivorous, entropy.
Created from the forgotten hopes and dreams of mankind, The Nothing is a formless cloud devouring everything in its passage, and coming into contact with it will erase you from existence forever.
Credit: Warner Bros.
3. Dumbo – Pink Elephants on Parade
One of the most surreal and inadvertently creepy scenes in the history of animation, this is meant to be a light-hearted sequence where Dumbo gets accidentally tipsy.
What then ensues is a bad acid trip montage showing a parade of pink elephants formed out of bubbles, which contort into weirder and weirder shapes and forms until Dumbo finally (and mercifully) wakes up from his stupor. Phew!
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4. Return To Oz – Princess Mombi
When you think of The Wizard of Oz, you think of chirpy tunes, colorful visuals, and wide-eyed optimism. But the movie's sequel, Return to Oz, is about as far removed from that tone as you can imagine.
It starts with Dorothy Gale being taken to an Arkhamesque mental asylum for electroshock therapy, due to her 'delusions' of the land of Oz. But then the girl washes away in a flood and ends up in a post-apocalyptic version of the Emerald City.
The spookiest scene of all is when we meet the wicked Princess Mombi, who has a predilection for wearing a variety of spare heads and wants to add Dorothy's to her collection...
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5. The Adventures of Mark Twain - The Mysterious Stranger
The Adventures of Mark Twain boasts one of the scariest scenes of any movie, claymated or otherwise.
Taken from the short novella of the same name, the 'Mysterious Stranger' sequence sees Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, and Becky Thatcher accosted by a softly-spoken angel who introduces himself as Satan.
Whisking them away to an island floating in a fathomless void, Satan wields near-omnipotent power; creating diminutive living people at a whim and graphically destroying them when they displease them.
As the children run for their lives, a nihilistic Satan fades away into a twinkle of starlight, whispering: "Life itself is only a vision. A dream. Nothing exists, save empty space and you, and you are but a thought."
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6. The Black Cauldron – The Horned King
The Black Cauldron wasn't exactly a hit at the box office, released in that awkward studio adolescence before Disney regained its stride with The Little Mermaid. But it remains a cult classic for its uncharacteristically moody atmosphere.
The movie's villain, The Horned King, is one of the standouts. Voiced with deep and velvety malevolence by the late Sir John Hurt, his brooding introduction still chills the blood of characters and viewers alike.
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7. Snow White – The Wicked Woods
Sometimes the simplest scares are the most effective, as the following scene from Snow White shows.
Disney's first full-length animated feature proves that all you need to do to creep people out is drop a pretty girl in the woods, get her lost, and shiver as leering, laughing faces loom out of the shadows at her.
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8. Time Bandits – The Supreme Being
Written by Monty Python alums Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, Time Bandits is inventive, exciting, and gut-bustlingly funny. But it doesn't pull any punches either when it comes to the fear factor.
History geek schoolboy Kevin runs away from his staid suburban home with six scheming dwarfs, who have stolen a magical map showing wormholes they plan to use to travel through time and get rich quick by looting the spoils of history.
But Kevin and his new friends are then pursued by the so-called "Supreme Being" – who appears as a gigantic, floating, deathly white face who commands them to "return the map!" Yeesh. I'd drop it right away, wouldn't you?
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9. Coraline – The Other Mother
Based on Neil Gaiman's novella, Coraline Jones travels through a magical tight time portal into a parallel universe version of her family home, populated by her "Other Father" and "Other Mother" – duplicates of her own workaholic parents with black buttons in place of their eyes.
Although the Other Mother dotes on Coraline at first, it eventually becomes clear that she's some kind of interdimensional parasitic monster, luring children away and eating their souls.
When Coraline refuses to stay with her Other Mother, the smiling facsimile transforms into a spindly hag, kidnaps Coraline's parents, and threatens to sew buttons on the young girl's eyes. It's enough to give anyone koumpounophobia.
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10. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – The Childcatcher
There's no doubt that the character of the Childcatcher has traumatized kids since Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was released way back in 1968.
Responsible for capturing and exterminating children in the fictional country of Vulgaria, the predatory implications of this oily and callous villain definitely stick in your memory.
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11. Pinocchio – The Pony Mines
There's no doubt that Pinocchio is one of Disney's all-time classics. But that said, this scene always makes me hesitate to give it a rewatch.
The scene in question has the wooden puppet run away from his father Geppeto and ends up enlisted by a shifty-looking coachman to travel with a group of other boys to a place called Pleasure Island.
But as Pinocchio and the boys indulge in decadent vices on the island, they slowly transform into braying donkeys and are then captured in crates by the coachman to be sold to slave labor in salt mines and circuses. Pretty hardcore, huh?
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12. Spy Kids – Floop's Fooglies
Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids is a pretty camp affair, with wild and over-the-top visuals and a fairly goofy plot. Yet there's something stomach-turning about TV host and demented genius Fegan Floop's minions, the Fooglies.
Although they initially appear to be warped Tellytubbies, we eventually find out that the multicolored Fooglies aren't actors in costumes. They're actually real people hideously deformed through mad science.
Worst of all is the scene where Carmen and Juni, play a video recording of the Fooglies backward and discover that their childish gibberish translates in reverse as "Floop is a madman. Help us. Save us."
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13. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – The Chocolate Tunnel
Not for nothing was author Roald Dahl once called "Master of the Macabre."
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory starts off as harmless fun, but then the tone dives off the deep end when Wonka takes Charlie Bucket on a chocolate riverboat ride down a psychedelic underground tunnel, ranting and chanting all the while.
Credit: Paramount Pictures
14. An American Tail – The Mouse Pogrom
An American Tail seems cute and sanitized, with anthropomorphic mice crossing the Atlantic to make a new life in the states.
But the animated feature was all about Jewish immigrants to America, and thus the film begins with a terrifying pogrom, with mice being caught and eaten by vicious cats – something which only makes the scene more shocking with the benefit of context.
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15. The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Claude Frollo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is probably Disney's most mature movie (apart from, arguably, the gargoyles) and no character exemplifies this better than the psychopathic Claude Frollo.
A bigoted raving zealot, Frollo's villainous song 'Hellfire' is as haunting as it is awesome, with the sinister minister struggling with his lust for the Roma woman Esmeralda, plotting genocide, and ranting about eternal damnation.
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So there you have it – the next time you're sitting down to watch a horror film, try remmebering some of the most iconic films from your childhood. See how they compare...
Shrek fans have been left mortified after realizing that the third movie holds an adult joke that went completely over our heads.
The Shrek movies were a staple for most of us growing up, and let's be honest, we all sit down and rewatch them every so often because they are timeless.
But as we get older, we start to notice things that may have slipped by when we were kids - and it turns out that the Shrek movies are full of jokes for the adults.
For example, in the third movie, there is a scene where Shrek is lying in bed and Donkey is trying to get him to get out, so he pulls back the covers.
What is left is Donkey with a look of pure horror and Shrek's giant green leg sticking out - clearly demonstrating that he isn't wearing anything at all.
Donkey pretty much confirms this, as he goes: "You know you really need to get yourself a pair of jammies."
We can only imagine what Donkey saw, but if we read between the lines it paints a picture that he saw more of Shrek than anybody should ever have to see.
If this innocent moment went over your head too, then rest assured you weren't alone, as people flooded the comments with their thoughts.
"My mind did not go in the right place," one person commented, as a second added: "How did I miss that??"
Though if you're still unsure what is going on here, a third user simply summed it up by saying: "They be..." followed by three smirking faces.
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This isn't the only Shrek moment that seems to be aimed at the adults, as in the first movie there is a scene with Lord Farquaad that, in my opinion, is even more alarming.
As the villain lies in bed, topless, he asks the magic mirror to show him a picture of Princess Fiona.
After the mirror obliges, the sheets by Farquaad's groin raise and he has an embarrassed look across his face - you see where this is going, right?
It would appear that he is very attracted to Fiona and got a little too excited by the picture in the 'blink and you'd miss it' moment...
Who would have thought these innocent movies could be so dirty?!
What kind of television did you watch growing up? Were you more of a Power Rangers kid, or did the various offerings on Nickelodeon have more of an influence in your Saturday morning activities? Did you like Digimon, or did Pokémon encourage you to be the very best, that no-one ever was?
Growing up in the 90s and early 2000s, you weren't exactly starved of choice when it came to engrossing television, but one program that has garnered somewhat of a strange reputation is Thomas & Friends. Most people who watched the show will look back on it fondly, but I don't get why; Thomas the Tank Engine is seriously messed up.
Revisiting the show as an adult, it's unsettlingly clear to see that the whimsical program I remember was in fact a totalitarian nightmare. Trains work themselves almost to death in order to meet the callous whims of the Fat Controller, putting themselves in mortal peril in the process, and these terrifying scenes were all chillingly narrated by Ringo Starr, arguably the worst of the four Beatles.
To be honest, I have no idea why it's so warmly remembered by children across the world, and the re-emergence of this scene from Thomas & Friends finally signals to me that the wider population is now wiser to the dystopian horror story that we all inexplicably watched as children.
Come with me on a terrifying and regrettable journey down Memory Lane, as we revisit episode three of Thomas & Friends. In this episode, Henry, one of the aforementioned 'friends', refuses to go to work in case the rain ruins his nice paint job. What does the Fat Controller do? Supply him with an umbrella? Give a tender and educational pep talk about the benefits of hard work for the kids back home?
He imprisons Henry inside a tunnel, sealing him forever behind a brick wall and effectively burying him alive. Of course. Why didn't I think of that? In the original recording of the show, you even get Ringo Star helpfully narrating: “I think he deserved his punishment, don’t you?”, implying that Henry's reluctance to see his skin wash away in the rain was deserving of being buried alive forever.
You might suddenly and inexplicably feel very cold. The warmth in your soul may never return.
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Unsurprisingly, when Twitter caught wind of this rather outrageous decision from the Fat Controller, they dug deeper, and they were pretty terrified by what they found.
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So, uh, yeah, apparently this is quite a common occurrence in the show? Isn't that... fun. When I eventually have kids a few years from now, there are probably going to be way more shows to catch my young ones' attentions, but in case they want to know what Daddy grew up on, I'll probably show them this episode of Thomas the Tank Engine.
Not because I want to scar them, but because I want to warn them. It's one of the creepiest television shows out there, and I'm glad that everyone else is beginning to see that.
We all have childhood movies that are near and dear to our hearts. Some fare better than others when you revisit them (The Jungle Book is still a classic), but some completely surprise you. Knowing these films like the back of your hand, it can be a strange experience to realise that you only understand the references they were making as an adult.
Sometimes, it can be straight up astonishing what these movies got away with back in the day, with the jokes flying over our heads. Someone recently took to Reddit to ask its users the question: "What is the funniest "adult innuendo" from a childhood movie you didn't catch as a kid?". Boy, did they deliver.
1. Performance issues in Space Jam
"Space Jam, when the therapist ask Ewing if there's anywhere else he has trouble "performing", and getting an emphatic "NO!" from Patrick."
"Took me a couple years before it dawned on me." - ProjectShadow316
2. Size jokes in Shrek
"Shrek: So that's Farquad's castle?Donkey: Yep, that's the place.
Shrek: Do you think he might be compensating for something?"
"Fiona: You know what? Stop it. Stop it both of you. You know you're just jealous that you'll never measure up to a great ruler like Lord Farquad.
Shrek: Well, Princess, maybe you're right. But I'll let you do the measuring when you see him tomorrow."
"Or honestly anything from this movie." - BucherundKaffee
3. Woody's "laser envy" in Toy Story
"I'm going to have to go with Toy Story Laser Envy I may have peed myself a bit the first time I caught it as an adult." - johnly81
4. Having babies in Robots
"In Robots, the father is running down the street yelling "I'm gonna be a dad!!!" because his son is about to be born."
"When he gets home, a delivery truck is just leaving, and his wife says "oh, honey, I'm sorry, you missed the delivery.... but that's ok, making the baby is the fun part" and holds up the box they are given with the parts to build their child with." - Dadoaesop
5. Bush action in the Road to El Dorado
"The intro to road to Eldorado, when the two Armadillo jump behind a bush and the Bush shakes violently for 5 seconds, then an entire family of Armadillo jump out." - Bobdog1994
6. Dirty jokes in Aladdin and the King of Thieves
"In Aladdin and the King of Thieves, when the thieves raid the wedding. The ground is shaking because of a stampede and the genie says, "I thought the ground wasn't supposed to shake until the honeymoon." - ace2049ns
7. Ratatouille's subtle gag
"From Ratatouille, Linguini is trying to confess the real reason everyone thinks he can cook:
Linguini: [hesitantly] I have a secret. It's sort of disturbing. I have a ra... I have a raaaaa...Colette: You have a... rash?Linguini: No no no. I have this-this tiny, uh, little... little...[Collette quickly glances down at Linguini's pants]" - Meretrice
8. Madagascar's secretive swearing
"I only recently realized that Sugar Honey Iced Tea in Madagascarstands for Shit." - Maximus125
9. Implied affair in The Grinch
"In the grinch there's a scene where they explain that "who babies" are delivered to their parents from the sky in baskets with umbrellas.
"One of the baskets lands in front of a house and the dad finds it and yells something like "honey, our baby's here!" And then he takes a puzzled look at the baby and says "looks just like your boss"" - huesofelktongue
10. Space Jam's Lola has an effect on Bugs Bunny
"In Space Jam Bugs Bunny acts like a wooden board after Lola flirts with him. Did not understand that until much later" - 2354DarkKnight
11. A misunderstanding in Hocus Pocus
"In Hocus Pocus, when the witches are getting onto the bus and Winifred tells the bus driver that they desire children and the bus driver replies, "Hey, that may take me a couple of tries, but I don't think it'll be a problem."
"I watched it recently and was like... yeahhhh that joke flew the fuck over my head during my entire childhood." - wisniear
12. Adult jokes from The Goonies
"In Goonies, when they're trying to glue the statue's dick back on, Mikey says "Guys, that's my mom's favorite piece". Mouth says "You wouldn't be here if it wasn't"
The first time it clicked for me, I nearly pissed myself." - Gonzostewie
13. Insults in Shrek
"Guess its more of a general "adult" joke, but the name farquad in shrek was written meaning fuckwad in reference to MichaelEisner or something. It made the movie so much funnier" - Ronaldreagansd
14. Oral sex in The Road to El Dorado?
"In Road to Eldorado, when Chel and Tulio are "kissing" on the floor and they sit up, after hearing a noise. He has a blissful look on his face while she rises from waist area and swipes back her hair." - RavenClawedd
15. Scooby Doo's pothead humour
"In the Scooby Doo film when Shaggy says his favourite girl name is “Mary Jane”." - newfonehudis
Some of these are pretty funny things to discover later on in life, but others - well, let's just say I definitely won't be seeing The Road to El Dorado in the same way ever again.
Disney are the absolute masters of entertaining kids and reminding adults that they are still kids at heart. Many of us grew up on Disney movies, and now the next generation is busy digesting the latest run of animated entertainment, us older humans can reflect and gleefully pick apart all the puns and innuendos that laced our childhood favorites that we didn't understand at the time. Disney are masters of that too and that is exactly why this list exists. So sit back and relax, as you yourself digest Disney in a different way!
[post_page_title] #1 The Joke On The Jokers [/post_page_title]
Starting with the end! Finding Nemo had its fair share of chuckles, and with its nautical theme, Disney missed out on one absolutely golden opportunity!
Have you worked it out yet? Did you fin-d what I am suggesting? No? Well, I guess this is it then! - Fin.
Pun, fish puns, fun.
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[post_page_title] #2 Snow White Would Have Seen This As Completely Fine Within Context [/post_page_title]
Fairy tales and movies don't always need to make any more sense than they need to in order to progress the story and keep people enthralled. However, as we know, that's almost NEVER the case and Snow White is an excellent example. The 1937 classic may seem like a happy ending, where Snow White is as happy as can be but if you really think about it, she was tricked (spiked?) fell asleep and woke up to a situation she had very limited control over. Shocking really!
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[post_page_title] #3 Plot Holes Are Ubiquitous [/post_page_title]
Still on with the snowiest of whites, we have a classic example of film-fan hindsight. "Why Didn't ...?" Old Queeny above wished Snow White to be gone. She had the power to transform herself into an old hag to TRICK the person she wished to be gone, so why not eliminate her another way by out-beautifying her? Hindsight 1, Disney 0.
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[post_page_title] #4 Furniture and The Beast [/post_page_title]
Released the year I was born and digested by my young eyes a few years later, at the time, I didn't release how very real it would hit my adult feels, twenty-eight long years later. Twenty-eight, nearly twenty-nine (ughhh) long years later when but a few short months ago I moved into a new flat with the task of finding furnishings. This one I truly resonate with, I mean, imagine watching your furniture humanize and toddle off on their merry way after a little song or sixteen?
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[post_page_title] #5 Aladin's Hidden Vices! [/post_page_title]
Aladin was a favorite of many. His wacky, seemingly innocent adventures defying all logic, gravity, and sense made for an entertaining flick but it is via our friend captain hindsight that now, we see through the looking glass. This exuberant young man had an exciting time in the film, especially as his main compadres were monkey he could communicate with, a smoking lamp and a flying, physis defying carpet. Drugs, Aladin was on drugs.
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[post_page_title] #6 Her Face Is Up There Mate! [/post_page_title]
El Prince-o couldn't remember the name of the woman he was enamored with in Cinderella. That dress must have been really doing it for him. *Sigh* To be honest, there isn't a huge amount I can say about this. Poor play Princey my boy, poor play. I'm sure it was a lovely dress but in hindsight, I think you have been paying a little too much attention to it.
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[post_page_title] #8 Wait, He Did What? This Is A Kids Film! [/post_page_title]
Disney, ah Disney, adult, and sexual innuendoes were common as the child-friendly jokes and as we aged we began to understand those little tidbits left for "grown-ups". However, it seems that Disney may have unintentionally added a few too many unknowingly. Enter Snow White, AGAIN! I'll put this simply. Our dashing male with questionable morals is KISSING a MINOR that he has JUST MET while she is in a state of DEATH. Now, let that sink in.
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[post_page_title] #9 A Cautionary and Cold Tale [/post_page_title]
Frozen has many life lessons for the modern child and although not perfect, was received very well. However, some excellent messages may have been accidental or at least not as initially obvious. Kids need structure but need to guided rather than led or ordered to follow a specific path. They need to make mistakes, not marry the first person they meet (first man in this case) and to not go full Ice-Witch when there is any sign of conflict. Nice one Frozen.
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[post_page_title] #10 Well, That's Not Very Nice! [/post_page_title]
You what's cool? Jokes. You what also cool, not teaching kids to be nasty at an early age before they properly understand humor! If you watch The Lion King now you will come to the conclusion that poor Simba was subject to a ploy, a ploy implemented by the feel-good song, Hakuna Matata. Bugs, it was all about getting the more Savana-kitty to eat bugs.
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[post_page_title] #11 France, they are in France. Apparently... [/post_page_title]
Up until this stage in my life, having seen the movie many times, and watched the live-action remake and probably talked about it more than one-hundred times, this still left me dumbfounded. Not only do these furniture pieces speak, but apparently understand linguistics so well that all but one of them have masked their FRENCH accent, while still residing in FRANCE. EVERYONE except Lumierè that is. Baffling.
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[post_page_title] #12 Mermaid Bowels To Human Bowels [/post_page_title]
Now, I know what you're thinking, but going through the source notes for this I had to include this one. Especially with this image. Swimming like a fish to pooping like a human. Poor riel. Popping in public isn't very dignified for royalty now, is it?
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[post_page_title] #13 The Debates Disney Causes [/post_page_title]
When you think of hot-film debates, you don't really think of legions of fans discussing lore when it comes to Disney's fairy-tales. Naturally, you don't but apparently you should, especially with Rapunzel it seems. Apparently, if her mother in-film had told her that her birthday was on a different day then the whole film would have ended then! Or so the debates online say, look them up!
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[post_page_title] #14 Unexpected Good Works, Sort Of... [/post_page_title]
Sometimes, the baddies of the Disney world actually do the protagonists a little good. It has been suggested that by taking away Ariel's voice, Ursula actually prevented Eric from thinking that this particular fish-out-of-water was a little strange. Something, something, dinglehoppers and snarfblats.
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[post_page_title] #15 Regressive Ideas [/post_page_title]
Disney has/had a habit of portraying hapless young women that cannot do anything without a man to save them, we all know this now to be a load of rubbish but many of these childhood staples taught us precisely that! And if they didn't the baddies and evil queens of the franchises were cast as so, to suggest that if they were not hapless and in need of saving, they were evil and needed to be brought down. Well done patriarchy, you've done it again!
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[post_page_title] #16 Unique Clodhoppers [/post_page_title]
Some people like feet, others don't, each to their own, but if absolutely no-one in the immediately populated area couldn't fit into these dainty little shoesies then it would suggest old Cindy had some terribly weird feet.
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[post_page_title] #17 EVERYTHING Was Furniture, E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G [/post_page_title]
Admittedly, this one caught me completely off-guard. Everything that was a usable appliance (as it were) in Beauty and The Beast was sentient and eventually became human again. Humans - and beasts for that matter - use the toilet... See where I'm going with this? Not only would have one of these unfortunate household essentials had to be the human-waste receptacle but would have had some SERIOUS post-traumatic stress disorder after returning to humanity. Bloody-hell Disney!
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[post_page_title] #18 Ruined? Perhaps [/post_page_title]
Today on: MASSIVE PLOT HOLES. The main point here is not the plot hole itself but that actually that as adults revisiting these childhood staples, we are destroying it all and laying waste to what left our younger selves with dropped jaws. Curse the gift of life experience!
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[post_page_title] #19 Don't Try This At Home [/post_page_title]
Tiny humans are impressionable, that's a fact. Tiny humans also mimic much of what they see and hear with no real understanding of consequence, that is also a fact. Rapunzel must have had an exceptionally strong neck. Your small children probably don't. I can't decide if Disney has actually screwed up here or not? A "no-no" or backhanded advice? The plot thickens!
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[post_page_title] #20 Planet Of The... Lions? [/post_page_title]
There is absolutely NO trace of humans in The Lion King. Why? Where? What Universe? Could this be a post-apocalyptic world where animals have survived? Did all the humans die out? The Bronze Age? The 21st Century? A weird cyborg future? Anyone? YOU BLEW IT UP, DAMN YOU, DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL?!?!?!?!
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[post_page_title] #21 Has Anyone Seen Mickey? [/post_page_title]
Mickey is the omnipresent mouse of the Disney world. He is near-always there in some form, and if he isn't his face is still so fresh in the minds of millions that forgetting about him is nigh-on impossible. And yet...
... and yet when was the last time he had a film dedicated to him? Mickey is more focussed on his career training doppelgangers and merchandise these days. Gotta bring the money in, I suppose!
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[post_page_title] #22 An Interesting Observation [/post_page_title]
I would love to know who initially came up with observation, but now that it's all over the internet, I can't fault its logic, so here we go. Mulan wouldn't have been able to save China had she had larger mammary glands. Boom! Sorry Boob!
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[post_page_title] #23 Spoiler Warning: Childhood Might Be Ruined [/post_page_title]
Simba's merry vocal tones singing of his desire to be King may well seem like blissful youthful exuberance but if the context of Lion-culture, if that's even a thing, is for the successor only to ascend once the former head of pride has expired. It really does put this little song in a MUCH darker context. Childhood ruined yet?
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[post_page_title] #24 Innuedos and Adult Humor Are One Thing... [/post_page_title]
As stated above, Disney are the unambiguous masters of hidden jokes more befitting of the life experience of the parents rather than their offspring. It's a certifiable fact, and we know this, but if you look a little deeper, it gets a lot worse. Beastiality, Stockholm syndrome, slave labor and lynching. Young children need to know about all of those, don't they? No.
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[post_page_title] #25 The Winners and Losers Of Capitalism... [/post_page_title]
Aladdin was essentially a story by a merchant coercing us into buying a worthless-lamp. Well, did it work?
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[post_page_title] #26 Timeless Relevancy and In-World Applications! [/post_page_title]
If Disney's various timelines and settings would prospectively reach our own level of societal development, with all its advantages AND problems. Old Pinocchio's nose would prove to be invaluable, we could repopulate the world's forests with ease! How do you ask? UNLIMITEDDDDDDD LUMBBBBERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! We need to fund this research now.
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[post_page_title] #27 Modern Princess Flick or Superhero Origin Story? [/post_page_title]
Frozen had many life lessons and gave no life to the world of dated, "princess hapless" style movies. It's safe to say it nailed this exceptionally well but at the same time, was that its initial aim? Take this dark-lighted night-shot of an image, showing a strong character wearing a CAPE alongside an attire that screams crime fitting more than it does royalty and tell me this isn't the story of the next great hero.
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[post_page_title] #28 The Ultimate Truth Finding Machine [/post_page_title]
Is life a quest for the truth? For some, it absolutely is. This next entry is more proof that Disney may well intentionally leave us some hidden gems but its the unintentional gob-smacking moments we should look out for! Pinnochio will save us all! Nothing will ever be ambiguous again! Just think of all the scientific applications!
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[post_page_title] #30 Ignorance Is Bliss! [/post_page_title]
Buzz. Buzz had his reawakening in the film and although, trying it was ultimately a revelation that left him more than just falling with style, leaving him happy with his new life. It was a heart-warming moment, to say the least, but prior to that awakening, Buzz had another life and another happiness.
Buzz "the astronaut" would have been overwhelmed with excitement if Sid has successfully launched that firework, Buzz Lightyear would be returning to space. Of course, we all glad that he didn't but still, I bet you never thought of it that way, did you?
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