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Remember those sweet, innocent old Disney cartoons? Well, scratch that sweet and innocent part. In this classic quiz, we found 10 controversial Disney cartoons; can you match the inappropriate content to its source?
YES! my first 100%! I’m actually a bit ashamed that I knew most of these…
posted by Liz on 7-31-2008 at 10:41 am
100% I thought it was kinda easy, to be honest. Maybe I just research too much about the ‘dark’ side of Disney though.
posted by Sarah on 7-31-2008 at 10:57 am
100% for me, too. I think it just stems from being a movie buff.
While it’s definitely un-PC today, I still love the song “When I See An Elephant Fly” from Dumbo.
And who could forget “Zipa-Dee Doo-Dah”? (Great…now I’m going to have that song stuck in my head for the rest of the day.)
posted by SpaceMonkeyX on 7-31-2008 at 11:12 am
%100 as well. I just did the ones I knew, then the ones that seemed obvious, and guessed the rest.
posted by Bassman on 7-31-2008 at 11:30 am
I got 100% as well, which was awesome because I haven’t seen half of these movies.
posted by bedhead on 7-31-2008 at 11:30 am
100% - although I’ve never seen “Rescuers Down Under”.
Another embarassing Disney moment: I always wondered about the strange, awkward key change in the “Pastoral” segment of “Fantasia” — until I learned they had cut a scene showing black centaurs polishing the male centaur’s hoofs.
posted by Karl on 7-31-2008 at 11:37 am
100% here as well! My very first!
posted by august on 7-31-2008 at 11:38 am
This was my first 100% as well! I’ve seen all but two or three of these, but it was all a long time ago.
posted by Krista on 7-31-2008 at 11:44 am
100%! Well 90% because I forgot to fill in the last one (Peter Pan) but obviously I had the right answer. I was surprised the priest in The Little Mermaid getting an erection during the wedding of Eric and Ursula didn’t get included. I saw it once while babysitting and rewound it just to be sure!
posted by Kelly J on 7-31-2008 at 12:12 pm
@ Karl
Wow, I never knew that!
posted by Johnny Cat on 7-31-2008 at 12:13 pm
100% here too. I like the easy tests because I like to win.
posted by Zach on 7-31-2008 at 12:14 pm
I would have sworn you have posted this exact quiz before. Nailed it then, nailed it now.
posted by Nathan on 7-31-2008 at 12:57 pm
Boo-yah, 100%.
That’s probably because I used to be obsessed with these disturbing Disney facts.
posted by Victoria on 7-31-2008 at 1:23 pm
Woo hoo! 100%
I have to thank the Mikkelsons at Snopes for educating me on a number of these items.
posted by mungley on 7-31-2008 at 1:36 pm
Kelly-
They say that’s his “knee” I was watching something on the disney myths that was trying to debunk a lot of these and they showed it from various angles. Technically it was his knee but…it sure doesn’t look like that!
posted by Caitlin on 7-31-2008 at 1:51 pm
I may be crazy…but I seem to remember the word “damn” being used in “The Rescuers”…anyone?
I think it was one of Penny’s captors who said it.
Got 100%, but that “damn” question got me to thinking…
posted by Ohne Hosen on 7-31-2008 at 3:51 pm
Some of the parts of Song of the South were released on video long ago, then they pulled it.
Personally I think it’s MORE racist to yank the movie and try to pretend that time period in our country never existed.
posted by Dave on 7-31-2008 at 4:35 pm
I checked out the Fantasia bit, and sure enough, right around the time the guys are about to court the girls, the song has a stutter to it. Like they remixed it.
Disney never fails to disappoint me.
ReCaptcha: intensified cuffs
posted by Johnny Cat on 7-31-2008 at 11:28 pm
I guess only the ones who scored 100% want to brag about it, but it was also my first 100 and I’m feeling proud of myself.
posted by manz on 8-1-2008 at 1:16 am