11 Disney Movies With Dark Origins

Most people have a favorite animated Disney classic, and for a lot of us, our favorite Disney movie was a great source of comfort when we were growing up. This fact proves that Disney really knows how to make a movie that makes kids feel good, even though they all have a sad or scary moment or two. Yet, very few Disney movies are actually entirely original ideas. Most of them were based on a story that already existed. Disney takes the story, Disney-fies it AKA makes it appropriate and loveable for folks of all ages, and it becomes their own version. As a result, while most of us know the story of Cinderella or The Little Mermaid the way Disney delivered it to us, that’s not the only way that many of these stories were previously told. If the folks at Disney took the time to remove certain character traits or plot points from a story before adapting it for the screen, chances are that those details weren’t family-friendly enough for the brand. And, what we’ve discovered is that the original versions of many of the Disney classics were downright dark. Cinderella and Rapunzel (AKA the OG Tangled) both involved characters getting brutally blinded. The Fox and the Hound had a deeply dressing ending, as did The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The witch in Snow White met a terrible fate at the end of the original tale, and we’re very thankful we never heard the original Sleeping Beauty story as kids. You’re gonna be shocked to hear just how far some of these stories went.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:18 Cinderella
01:12 Tangled
01:53 The Fox and the Hound
02:25 Snow White
03:19 The Little Mermaid
04:03 Sleeping Beauty
04:54 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
05:33 Pinocchio
06:12 Mulan
07:04 Peter Pan
07:18 Beauty and the Beast
07:40 Outro
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Edited by: Gabrielle Alves
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[@felicity1877]

The problem with fairy tales is that you can always track them to these older sources and they are different versions. Disney didn't invent all of the "childfriendly" versions.
Cinderella is based on Perrault's "Cendrillon" (and not on the dark Brothers Grimm versionI), The Sleeping Beauty is based on the softened Brother Grimms version ("Dornröschen") with also references to the ballet by Tchaikovsky (the music is used anyway). Fairy tales exist in different versions, Disney just didn't use the dark versions. I'm not happy how this is always ignored....

[@lordvenjix3757]

Amazing video 👌

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Wow I think differently of the Disney princess story

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Which princess? 💙

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Sleeping beauty.....

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[@TheO-5]

fun fact the original has rapunzel and her stepmother trapped in the tower with no way to escape and they both die in there 😅

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coool

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I love dark things

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Mulan real story, is sicking.

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