MISTAKES IN DISNEY ANIMATION

[DisneyChris]

In The Little Mermaid, at the part where Sebastian discovers Ariel's secret grotto filled with human objects, his rear legs are stuck in a small cap. However, when the screen cuts to Ariel, the cap is gone. Then when it cuts back to Sebastian, the cap is there again. The same thing repeats over and over.

[Disney 181]

If you go to the internet movie database(http://www.imdb.com)and look at any movie, trust me if its imdb its on there, go to the goofs section. there should be tons and sometimes explanations for every movie!

[Mr. Toad]

I dont see it here, so how about Pete's peg leg which has switched legs over the years before disappearing all together because they couldnt get it straight which leg it belonged on. I dont believe it ever appeared in different legs in the same cartoon though./

[Joe Carioca]

That would cover "intentional" mistakes - as I believe the Tarzan "disappearing leopard" scene is ... the animator/director saying "Let's give the picky Disney fanatics something to find."

Actually, I think that would be "It will be too costly to draw these scars on every frame of film. Let's pretend they never existed".

[Starion]

In the cartoon Dumb Bell of the Yukon, the stone that Donald Duck had placed on the Mother Bear´s belly (to replace the weight of her bear cub) falls to one of her feet, but when she holds her foot in pain and jumping around, it´s the wrong foot she grabs (the one not hit by the stone!).

That's funny! I wonder how the animators and editors missed this mistake.

If you go to the internet movie database(http://www.imdb.com)and look at any movie, trust me if its imdb its on there, go to the goofs section.

Everyone can also look at moviemistakes.com too.

[Eeyore's friend]

I heard about a topless lady at a window in The Rescuers though I never noticed that when I watched the film. It's not the same kind of mistake that's in other films, more of a planted on purpose one.
I'm going to look out for those mistakes in Alice in wonderland!
I like the way the animators put Belle in The hunchback of Notre Dame briefly and just for fun!

[DisneyGirl]

I heard about a topless lady at a window in The Rescuers though I never noticed that when I watched the film. It's not the same kind of mistake that's in other films, more of a planted on purpose one.
I'm going to look out for those mistakes in Alice in wonderland!
I like the way the animators put Belle in The hunchback of Notre Dame briefly and just for fun!

From Snopes.com:
"On 8 January 1999, Disney announced a recall of the the home video version of their 1977 animated feature The Rescuers because it contained an "objectionable background image." Approximately 38 minutes into the film, as rodent heroes Bianca and Bernard fly through the city in a sardine box strapped to the back of Orville, proprietor of Albatross Air Charter Service, the photographic image of a topless woman can be seen at the window of a building in the background in two different (non-consecutive) frames: first in the bottom left corner, then at the top center portion of the frame.

The two "topless woman" frames have reputedly been present in the film ever since its original 1977 theatrical release (a fact apparently confirmed by Disney, whose spokesperson said that the tampering "was done more than 20 years ago"), although Disney claims that they were not included in the 1992 home video version because "it was made from a different print." Disney also claimed that the images were not placed in the film by any of their animators, but were inserted during the post-production process. The company decided to recall 3.4 million copies of the video "to keep our promise to families that we can trust and rely on the Disney brand to provide the finest in family entertainment.""

"that the images were not placed in the film by any of their animators, but were inserted during the post-production process" meaning the supposed horny animators which get so much flack for things Disney fans see in films, didn't do this, it was actually done by someone else in post production, Disney affiliated or not, I don't think it really matters.

I believe I read somewhere that Belle AND the Magic Carpet from Aladdin appear in The Hunchback.
If you watch 101 Dalmations during the Twilight Bark, there are a few dogs that look oddly familiar...Peg from Lady and the Tramp, and I believe one other doggy from L&tT appear in the 101 Dalmations. They don't speak, nor are they mentioned by name.

[DisneyGirl]

http://www.snopes.com/disney/disney.asp is where I read about all of these supposed sexual references in the Disney movies. With the exception of the Rescuers (which was done in post production), I think the whole thing (Simba's SEX dust cloud, Ariel's Penile castle and so on and so forth) are all just a bunch of bored nit pickers with nothing better to do with their time. (The Nit Pickers Guide would be proud.)

[AwallaceUNC]

I've always thought it was quite obvious that it said SFX, not SEX. People see what they want to see.

-Aaron

[DisneyGirl]

I've always thought it was quite obvious that it said SFX, not SEX. People see what they want to see.

-Aaron

Yes I agree, I always thought it was SFX also...
I'm sure Freud would be proud if he were here to see an entire nation mistaking SFX for SEX.

[IggieKuzco]

well i know that's the official xplination but it seems pretty rediculous to me.. i mean... why would the animation department put in a secret sound effects (sfx) reference?? if anything theyd put there own mark. i think it was just an artist having sum fun and the disney ppl just didnt know how to xplain it so the found the best back up explination (which also within itself isnt so good... i mean y would an animation comany hide secret messages in there movies??). another thing, i just compared the new DVD version and the original video virsion and in the new virsion it's not there, it's been covered up and this shows to me that obviously this scene had something that the disney company didnt want in the movie and so for that they decided to redo or add or change a whole scene! because it may be just the video and dvd difference that im seeing, but sizes and shapes of things in that scene- including simba- are definatly different from each other in both versions.

[AwallaceUNC]

SFX typically stands for Special Effect, not Sound Effects, and it was the SFX people who supposedly put it in. If you look at close-up frame-by-frames, there is clearly no bottom line... it's an F, not an E. Disney reanimated it because, as always, they want to appease the angry-but-vocal minority that objected to it, not because they felt truly guilty. They have a track record of doing so.

-Aaron

[DisneyGirl]

if anything theyd put there own mark.

So you're a Disney animator? This is a professional opinion, is it?

i mean y would an animation comany hide secret messages in there movies??).

Why did Pixar load Toy Story with secrets? Why do producers and directors and actors have little descreet objects and phrases in their movies and shows that mean something to them, but nothing to anyone else? Perhaps it's an inside joke?

another thing, i just compared the new DVD version and the original video virsion and in the new virsion it's not there, it's been covered up and this shows to me that obviously this scene had something that the disney company didnt want in the movie and so for that they decided to redo or add or change a whole scene!

Apparently this is so completely obvious (as you put it) to only you and no one else in the world, otherwise more people would be saying the same thing. Perhaps the flack they got the last time spurred them to change it for the sake of not getting a headache from people who have nothing better to do than obsess about things like this.
This isn't really a big deal. Who cares if the next Disney movie has another supposed sexual whatnot hidden? There are tons of movies that have their main characters making sexual references left and right (The Cat in the Hat for instance, an erect tail maybe funny to you and me, but try explaining it when a little kid asks, "Why did his tail do that when he sees the pretty lady, Mommy?")
I would show my child a Disney movie over some of the garbage that's out there now, with or without penile castles, sex in the wind and erect ministers (which btw, it was his knees, not his, ahem...which is clearly visible in a different scene than the one that's plastered all over the net.)

I must add finally, that no, as much as this post makes you think, I do not have children, though a woman can hope.

[IggieKuzco]

SFX typically stands for Special Effect, not Sound Effects, and it was the SFX people who supposedly put it in. If you look at close-up frame-by-frames, there is clearly no bottom line... it's an F, not an E. Disney reanimated it because, as always, they want to appease the angry-but-vocal minority that objected to it, not because they felt truly guilty. They have a track record of doing so.

-Aaron

lol oops... well that changes my theory a little

and being that my theory has changed, all that i have to say to u dGirl is

oh, and bout the having kids comment... lol

[DisneyGirl]

lol oops... well that changes my theory a little

and being that my theory has changed, all that i have to say to u dGirl is

oh, and bout the having kids comment... lol

I'm finding it a little hard to read your posts and wondering why my post about having kids is so amusing to you. Emoticons really do a poor job at replacing a good word. Curse the internet for them, same goes for net talk or chat speak, whatever you're calling it today.

[IggieKuzco]

sorry... (uugh... sad smiley... must put sad smiley...)

about the kids thing... even though i really dont know u for some reason i didnt invision u as having kids yet... dunno why.. im sorry

[Isidour]

some other mistakes on Bambi:
~on the "how'll you call him" scene at begining,the spots of Bambi's coat disappear
~when Bambi and his mother r going to the meadow,Bambi's mother appear from a bush
~Faline's eyes constantly change of color(blue and brown)
~since deer hunting season is in summer and fall,Bambi's mother was killed by an ilegal hunter

[Isidour]

by the way

does somebody know why on the crocodrile scene of the song "ijust can't wait to be king" the bird on the croc's mouth than should fly away where changed for some fats birds?

[akhenaten]

in pocahontas.when poca kisses john in d glade..as they do a long shot..the necklace disappears..and that was before kocoum was killed and snatched it off her neck.

[Rumpelstiltskin]

I heard about a topless lady at a window in The Rescuers though I never noticed that when I watched the film. It's not the same kind of mistake that's in other films, more of a planted on purpose one.
I'm going to look out for those mistakes in Alice in wonderland!
I like the way the animators put Belle in The hunchback of Notre Dame briefly and just for fun!

From Snopes.com:
"On 8 January 1999, Disney announced a recall of the the home video version of their 1977 animated feature The Rescuers because it contained an "objectionable background image." Approximately 38 minutes into the film, as rodent heroes Bianca and Bernard fly through the city in a sardine box strapped to the back of Orville, proprietor of Albatross Air Charter Service, the photographic image of a topless woman can be seen at the window of a building in the background in two different (non-consecutive) frames: first in the bottom left corner, then at the top center portion of the frame.

The two "topless woman" frames have reputedly been present in the film ever since its original 1977 theatrical release (a fact apparently confirmed by Disney, whose spokesperson said that the tampering "was done more than 20 years ago"), although Disney claims that they were not included in the 1992 home video version because "it was made from a different print." Disney also claimed that the images were not placed in the film by any of their animators, but were inserted during the post-production process. The company decided to recall 3.4 million copies of the video "to keep our promise to families that we can trust and rely on the Disney brand to provide the finest in family entertainment.""

"that the images were not placed in the film by any of their animators, but were inserted during the post-production process" meaning the supposed horny animators which get so much flack for things Disney fans see in films, didn't do this, it was actually done by someone else in post production, Disney affiliated or not, I don't think it really matters.

I believe I read somewhere that Belle AND the Magic Carpet from Aladdin appear in The Hunchback.
If you watch 101 Dalmations during the Twilight Bark, there are a few dogs that look oddly familiar...Peg from Lady and the Tramp, and I believe one other doggy from L&tT appear in the 101 Dalmations. They don't speak, nor are they mentioned by name.

Considering Disney lost millions, I don't think the prankster will ever step forward. He (I suppose it is a he) is probably afraid of being sued.

The famous picture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3m_FmU4k84

Not exactly something that would damage children should they see it.

The reason why it was only discovered on Laserdisc (judging by the YouTube video) could be because the image is crystal clear when you freeze it, onlke the jumping image you get when you try to freeze it on VHS. Or maybe it was discovered on VHS, becuase it was the VHS that was called back, so who knows.

But even before VHS, Laserdisc and DVD/Blu-ray, the scene with the woman was available for people. To quote a post I found on Facebook:

"Before video discs and VHS tapes,
TV & this toy let us watch at home
By Leo N Holzer
Families and local groups once used projectors to screen 16mm prints or rented Super 8 excerpts from classic films, shorts and cartoons.
But in 1973, the Fisher Price Movie Viewer debuted, allowing children to control Super 8 clips. Shaped like a ray-gun, it featured a viewfinder, focus knob, hand-crank, and a slot for film cartridges, requiring no batteries. By 1978, Fisher Price expanded the line with an electronic theater that included a light-up screen.
The movie viewer became a popular toy in many homes, thanks to partnerships with Disney, Warner Bros., and others, offering clips from beloved films. However, most families didn’t buy many cartridges, making Disney's “Lonesome Ghosts” the most common choice — as it was included in the package with the viewer.
The toy’s appeal lay in its interactivity; users could rewind and watch scenes in reverse, unlike traditional Super 8 films that could be damaged by light. The Viewer allowed for frame-by-frame exploration, adding to its charm.
The Fisher Price Movie Viewer also offered insight into Walt Disney’s creative process, reminding us that animation is about drawing one frame at a time and hoping for a touch of magic."

I actually have the Fisher Price Movie Viewer with the Rescuers scene. It's around somewhere, so I have not checked it yet. It would have been a surprise if one or both frames had been transferred to this toy for children, and nobody noticed it. If it's there, it would have been possible to avoid the problem with the Laserdisc and VHS years ahead.

But my impression is that these movie viewer toys cheated a bit. Instead if 24 pictures per second, they showed us 12 puctures or something. If that's the case, it is possible the woman in the window is not included just by pure coincidence.

(Also noticed that DisneyGirl's Geocities website is no longer around, but someone stored its front page on Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20041216095 ... ngonstars/ )