What's the biggest cheap Disney rip-off?

[toonaspie]

I found another good list of stuff.

http://mondohe.com/Animazione_per_tutte ... -1577.html

Call me crazy but now I am really obsessed with wanting to watch that Lion King series ripoff I found. It looks so crazy that I have to see more of it!!!

[Merryweather__]

Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bjbYInEwlw

That looks horrifyingly bad!
I am at a loss for why Evan Rachel Wood would do such a movie!

[daydreamer22010]

lol this thread is awesome. I cant believe all of these knockoffs!!!!

i guess people will try anything for quick money huh? go figure

[JaceDisney91]

But yeah, I've seen worse . . .
- Goldie, a Bambi rip-off
-A crappy Aladdin clone
-Part one of a bad Lion King clone
-A not-so-good copy of the second Lion King
-The trailer makes me laugh at how bad this is . . . This makes Hunchback 2 look like a freakin' masterpiece!

And there's some other bad clones, like of Balto, Pocahontas, Atlantis, and more . . . but yeah. These are crap. They make Disney's worst DTV sequels look like priceless gems.

- Juuchan17

Oh...man...watching those trailers were like watching my own nervous breakdown taking place! You're right, those were HORRIBLE! xP

But anyway, I notice another user was talking about several video "games" from the same company ripping off Disney a very huge deal. Well I happen to be one of those unfortunate people to be given one of those games. My parents are not the gullible type usually but in 2000, they gave me a PlayStation "game" called Dalmatians and when I put it in for pure curiosity the same day, I realised it was a very badly animated 30-minute (or longer, it felt longer) cartoon presented through FMV (full motion video, the sort of lower-quality video older video games consoles used to use) and what do you get to play with and make use of it being on the PlayStation? Jigsaw puzzles that you assemble on screen using your PlayStation controller...seriously!

Oh my god, that was a horrendous experience, I swear my brain almost turned to goo from that one.

And also, did anybody see a piece of animated terrorist propaganda which featured a big lion and a group of annoyed rats? I won't go into that much detail but I discovered it on YouTube a couple of days back and it was definitely a blatent rip-off of The Lion King! Terrorism has always been very bad and I'd of course never go with it but terrorist propaganda or not, it seems really pathetic that they had to rip-off such a popular Disney movie purely for their ways of delivering their message and I hope to god that Disney somehow will file a lawsuit against the animators responsible... xP

[Siren]

Here are two knock-off toys for the over-merchandised Cars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgmr7NP-qbw

[Ariel'sprince]

Glad you posted that .
Like I said-The second car is creepy.
Oh,and that reminds me,how about Dishy Princess?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auzC0JLgfAg

[Elladorine]

I love watching JeepersMedia.

[Dr_Cox]

LOL, those are hilarious.

These aren't "cheap", but we can't forget Small Soldiers (rips off Toy Story), Antz (rips off A Bug's Life), and Shark Tale (rips off Finding Nemo).

Lets not forget Madagascar as a rip off of The Wild - Urgh how I hate Dreamworks

Does anyone eles think the new movie 'Igor' looks a tad like Quassie from Hunchback? Although I think the plot is more Frankenstein from what i can gather from the trailer I saw...

[Ariel'sprince]

I love watching JeepersMedia.

Yeah,me too .
Dr_Cox-Actually The Wild is ripping-off Finding Nemo,The Lion King and Madagascar (Even the poodle is a Madagascar rip-off).

[Dr_Cox]

Dr_Cox-Actually The Wild is ripping-off Finding Nemo,The Lion King and Madagascar (Even the poodle is a Madagascar rip-off).

I can see your point about Finding Nemo - although can it count as a rip off seen as Disney made both - how can they rip off themselfs?

I always though the Wild was in development, when Dreamworks ripped it off, hence the really shoddy character animation in Madagascar?

[Ariel'sprince]

No,Pixar made Finding Nemo.
And I even think that The Wild was also ripping-off Sleeping Beauty in one scene (Something about the giant Buffalo in the beginning reminds me of dragon Maleficent).
I think Madagascar was first,and Madagascar is pretty okay,I don't even consider The Wild a Disney movie.

[2099net]

Good grief. Does anyone here actually understand the difference between rip-off, tribute and simple story?

The Wild rips off Finding Nemo because its about a child and a father being seperated? Well then, Finding Nemo must be a huge rip-off of Pinocchio then. It's not as if Disney and orphans or single parents are a new concept is it - going all the way back to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

And by the way, The Wild did come first, it just wasn't released first. And by all accounts, it's story treatment even came before Finding Nemo's.

[Ariel'sprince]

How many movies have child who tries to run away because and he father were fighting,then the child get kidnapped by humans to other place,then the father goes to his rescue and on his way he meets different character that teach about life?.
This just ripping-off Finding Nemo.

[PeterPanfan]

Ariel'sprince, consider what you're posting before you post. Disney owned Pixar when Finding Nemo was made, therefore it was pretty much associated with Disney. Don't jump on someone's back just because they said Disney made it.

It also did not "rip-off" Finding Nemo. The plots were slightly similair, but nothing else in the movie, as bad as it was, was the same as Finding Nemo.

[supertalies]

Check out the fin on the mermaid....was she in the middle of transforming???

Must be some new species...

Check these out:

I have both the movies (yes, I DID know it wasn't Disney! I had a different (better) cover) and I must say, the characters don't look a thing like in the actual movie. This mermaid isn't a redhead in the movie, she's just blonde. The king doesn't look like Triton either in the movie.
And this BATB doesn't have a scene like this. This movie follows the original more than the disney one (no lumiere etc).

[Ariel'sprince]

Are you sure you aren't mistaking it for other movies?.

[pap64]

There's a very interesting debate regarding what's a rip off and what isn't, so I decided to put my spin on it. Bear in mind, this might get confusing...

A rip off is when someone borrows an idea, creates an EXTREMELY identical version but changes some things so that it isn't an obvious rip off and hopes the popularity of the original idea leads people to their product.

For example, the infamous Brazilian CG films. These films are clear rip off films created to cash in on the popularity of the films. They are made and released around the time the official movies are released, and the characters bear a strong resemblance to the original ones.

Another example is when they take drawings (like the Disney Princesses) and change them around so that they LOOK like the Princesses but are different. But the differences are so minor that the crime is clearly noticeable.

Finally, there's the Phoenix games. Those are very clear, undeniable rip offs as the character designs are exactly like the original Disney designs. Even one of the games borrows OFFICIAL artwork from a major Square-Enix game (Kingdom Hearts)!

Now, when a film borrows an universal idea and puts their spin on it, it can be considered cashing in or just creating their own version.

Here's another example; the idea of fractured fairy tales have existed since Jay Ward's "Rocky and Bullwinkle". Yet, the popularity of Shrek led to a renaissance of movies and TV series that made fun of fairy tales. Movies like "Hoodwinked" and "Happily N'ever After" got put into production quickly. This is called cashing in.

Now that leaves us with the "cheap" animated films based on popular fairy tales. AKA "the movies released when the Disney films are out". Now these are not rip offs because the original tales are public domain. So if they make a film about Rapunzel just in time for the release of Disney's Rapunzel then it isn't a rip off because the story of Rapunzel has existed for a very, very long time. What the movie is, though, is an opportunistic cash in. These people know that if a Disney film is popular kids and their parents will be caught up in the hype and buy this film in hopes that its just as good as the Disney version.

So these "cheap" dollar DVDs can't be called rip offs because the original stories are public domain. But they are still guilty of trying to cash in the popularity of the Disney of Dreamworks films.

Now regarding the Dreamworks films being rip offs. The best example is "Finding Nemo" vs. "Sharktale". People call the latter a rip off because it came right after the success of Nemo. And the rumors of Jeffrey Katzenberg "borrowing" ideas from Disney after he left the company fueled this even further. The main similarities between the films is that they are animated CG movies about talking fish.

Finding Nemo takes place is a much more realistic underwater setting. The characters talk and don't act like real fish, but their anatomy, settings and structure are closer to reality.

Sharktale is more of a fantasy film featuring talking fish designed to resemble humans and live in an underwater city that resembles New York. The story is a mix between the story of the "Brave Little Tailor" and an episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", sans Uncle Phil, Carlton, Jazz and any other characters from the series.

So again, both films are drastically different that its hard to call one of them a rip off. Its clearly an universal idea with its own twist. Not to mention that talking fish movies have existed long before Nemo and Sharktale made their debut.

Remember "The Incredible Mr. Limpet"? And "The Little Mermaid" sure was popular.

The Dreamworks films are not rip offs per se, more like films that were strategically released in hopes of catching the same audience the first film did.

Still with me? OK, here's a nice little wrap up:

Rip offs: The Brazilian movies, the cheap toys and the Phoenix Games

Cash ins: The cheap Supermarket DVDs, any fractured Fairy Tale movie released after Shrek, the alleged rip off Dreamworks films.

Get it? Got it? Good. Now give me five...

[Siren]

LOL, those are hilarious.

These aren't "cheap", but we can't forget Small Soldiers (rips off Toy Story), Antz (rips off A Bug's Life), and Shark Tale (rips off Finding Nemo).

Lets not forget Madagascar as a rip off of The Wild - Urgh how I hate Dreamworks

Does anyone eles think the new movie 'Igor' looks a tad like Quassie from Hunchback? Although I think the plot is more Frankenstein from what i can gather from the trailer I saw...

Small Soldiers is not a rip off of Toy Story. The stories are completely different. Not to mention, its not like Toy Story was the first movie to ever bring toys to life. Its been going on since Velveteen Rabbit.
Antz and Bug's Life is the only "rip off" you mention that might actually be a rip off. But Bug's Life was more a retelling of the Ant and the Grasshopper, where as Antz was not.

Shark Tale and Finding Nemo very different stories. Again, idea concepts the films shared, have been seen before. Sharks not wanting to kill has been used before. My daughter has 4 children's books all about sharks who decide they want to have fish as friends and not food.

Igor looks like Quasi? Ummm...Yeah. He does because since Frankenstein, Igor is usually depicted as a hunchback. Quasimodo and Igor are both hunchbacks, so of course they look alike.

The Wild verses Madagascar....not the first story were captive animals find themselves in the wild. I like The Wild's animation better. But saying Madagascar had bad animation is like saying Hercules had bad animation. It wasn't rushed, it was stylized. it was not meant to look realistic. The Wild took a realistic approach. The Wild was meant to be more cartoony.

Pap64, you said it perfectly.

The problem is, NOTHING is 100% original. Pixar puts some original spins on old ideas, but that doesn't mean they OWN the original idea and all others are imitations. I love Pixar like the next guy. Love Disney too. But seeing people just slam all others because another company cashes in, is pushing it. And its being close minded. You might actually enjoy one of those cash in movies. You might even enjoy them better than the one before them.

[supertalies]

Are you sure you aren't mistaking it for other movies?.

As I said:

I have both the movies (Yes, I DID know it wasn't Disney! I had a different (better) cover)

[pap64]

Pap64, you said it perfectly.

The problem is, NOTHING is 100% original. Pixar puts some original spins on old ideas, but that doesn't mean they OWN the original idea and all others are imitations. I love Pixar like the next guy. Love Disney too. But seeing people just slam all others because another company cashes in, is pushing it. And its being close minded. You might actually enjoy one of those cash in movies. You might even enjoy them better than the one before them.

This is why it annoys me when people say that "Toy Story" ripped off "The Raggedy Ann and Andy" movie.

Yes, Raggedy came out first. HOWEVER, the concept of toys coming to life has been around since the written word was first used for storytelling. Its a child's fantasy to have his or her toys come to life. So to say that Toy Story ripped off Raggedy because of the concept is being ignorant and a fanboy.

Let's go into detail...

Raggedy Ann and Andy tells the story of two dolls out to rescue a kidnapped French doll named Babbette.

Toy Story is about an old toy who get jealous of a new, more modern toy and the two embark on a journey to discover that it doesn't matter which is better, what's important is the love they have for their owner.

Now, both are about toys that come to life when no one's looking. This has been done already so neither film can claim exclusivity of the idea. Toy Story was based on the short "Tin Toy". In fact, Toy Story was going to be a sequel to that short starring Tiny.

Long before that short was released (and years after Raggedy Ann and Andy) there was a Jim Henson special called "The Christmas Toy". The story is about a plush Tiger who wishes to become the best Christmas toy ever and thus tries to sneak to the Christmas tree in hopes that his owner will be happy to find him. Now this short also has toys that come to life when the children are out of the room, and goes one step further by saying that if toys are caught out of their place they will lose their life and remain a lifeless toy forever.

Not only that, this special also features an intergalactic toy who thinks is the most amazing thing ever.

So if you were to believe what people are saying...

Toy Story rips off both Raggedy Ann and The Christmas Toy, and the Christmas Toy ripped off Raggedy Ann, and Raggedy Ann ripped off every animated short about toys ever made!

Once again, toys coming to life is nothing new. The Nutcracker was a ballet about toys!

The Nintendo game "Chibi-Robo" featured toys who come to life thanks to a wish a robot made to some aliens. And they work exactly like in Toy Story, meaning that if humans are in the room they freeze! So clearly, Nintendo is ripping Pixar off, and they are ripping off Raggedy Ann and Andy!!!

Oy, people. I know your love of Disney, Dreamworks, Warner Bros. or any movie or studio is great but before making claims that something is a rip off of something do a little research. You'll learn that not everybody is out to screw you in one way or another...