Mistakes and Easter Eggs in Disney Movies
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41 Disney Movie Easter Eggs That Only Die-Hard Fans Can Spot
We *definitely* missed most of these hidden moments.
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It's funny to think about the history of hiding Easter eggs in animated movies. Before the days of VHS, if an animator slipped something into the background of a film, it really was an in-joke that quite possibly very few people could ever find out about. Once home-video came into play — and the slo-mo features that came with it — fans could pore over every frame of a movie. But even if fans found something, they could only spread it through word-of-mouth. You had to be dialed in with the whole world of fans IRL before the information could come to you. Now, there are streaming services, there are screen-shots, and there's the whole internet that can help a fan get the word out about a clever hidden joke — so filmmakers have to bring their Easter-egg game to the next level.
These Disney Easter eggs — which span nearly four decades — run the gamut. There are some that are delivered with a wink, as if the animators expected fans to notice and be delighted by them right away. Older ones, though, were even hard to spot on a streaming service — you really needed to find an old-school, frame-by-frame way of watching it to find the hidden surprise. How many of these Disney Easter eggs did you know about before the age of VHS, before the dawn of the internet, or before Disney+? Test yourself to see if you're a true, eagle-eyed Disney fan.
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Aunt Cass in 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' (2018)
Ralph Breaks the Internet is full of overt Disney in-jokes, from the Stormtroopers that chase our heroes to a scene of all the famous Disney princesses in their cozy clothes. But slow it down and you'll get even more references. For example, when Ralph and Vanellope first encounter pop-up ads, the image of the "desperate housewife" dying to meet other singles looks a lot like Aunt Cass from Big Hero 6.
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Flounder in 'Moana' (2016)
When Maui sings "You're Welcome" in Moana, a school of fish swims across the scene. And just who is part of that world? It's Flounder from The Little Mermaid.
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Aladdin's Lamp in 'Moana' (2016)
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Olaf in 'Moana' (2016)
Even Frozen gets a little nod from Moana. It's very dark, but if you check out her stores as she's packing her boat, you can find an oddly shaped carrot and a stick that looks like a hand — the ingredients for an Olaf if we ever saw them.
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Elsa and Anna in 'Zootopia' (2016)
Speaking of Frozen, it seems that little girls all over the world want to dress up as that movie's princesses — even in the animal-filled city of Zootopia. When Judy Hops takes a train through all of the different districts of the city, she passes through Tundratown and sees two little elephants dressed like Anna and Elsa.
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Stitch in 'Big Hero 6' (2014)
If you had to guess which character pops up the most in Easter-egg cameos, who would you pick? It just might be Stitch from Lilo and Stitch — that mischievous little alien finds ways to hide everywhere. In Big Hero 6, for example, you can spot a photo of Mochi, Hiro's cat, wearing a Stitch costume. It's in a gallery wall of photographs on Hiro's staircase.
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Rapunzel in 'Frozen' (2013)
In the beginning of Frozen, Arendelle's gates have been closed for so long that, when they finally re-open for Elsa's coronation day, everyone wants to take a peek inside. Including, it seems, Rapunzel — you can spot her with her short harido walking into the castle for a split-second when Anna sings "For the First Time in Forever."
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'Paperman' in 'Wreck-It Ralph'
This is a deep-cut for real, die-hard Disney fans. During Ralph's visit to his bad-guy support group in Wreck-It Ralph, you can find a paper on the bulletin board that bears a bright-red lipstick kiss. That is a nod to "Paperman," the Oscar-winning animated short film that was shown in theaters with Wreck-It Ralph. "Paperman" is a romantic short about a guy who goes in search for the woman who makes that lipstick impression on one of his forms, then disappears onto a train. (It really is lovely, and every animation fan should try to watch it if they missed it in theaters.)
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Pinocchio in 'Tangled' (2010)
In Tangled, you can meet a lot of unsavory characters at a pub called the Snuggly Duckling — including, it seems, Pinocchio. During the big "I Have a Dream" musical number, he's chilling on a perch high above the action — you can only see him when one of the other patrons flies around like Cupid. (And look! No strings.)
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Princesses in 'Tangled' (2010)
Rapunzel must've seen the other Disney princess movies — she's painted homages to them on the newel posts in the staircase in her tower. There's an apple for Snow White, a slipper for Cinderella, a rose for Belle, and a shell for Ariel. She also has a real spinning wheel in there, too, as a nod to Aurora.
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The Magic Carpet in 'The Princess and the Frog' (2009)
Right before the title comes up in The Princess and the Frog, we see a quotidian street scene, with people walking to work, taking cars, and shaking out a carpet. Wait a minute — that carpet, with the tassels and the blue-and-purple design, looks familiar. It's the Magic Carpet from Aladdin.
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Jack Skellington in 'The Princess and the Frog' (2009)
When the Shadow Man says he has "Friends on the Other Side" in The Princess and the Frog, does he mean Halloween Town? Because one of the shadows he conjures sure looks like Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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'The Jungle Book' in 'Meet the Robinsons' (2007)
Meet the Robinsons jumps around in time, but every year is a good year to be a fan of The Jungle Book. Toward the end of the movie, you can see a poster for the adventures of Mowgli and Baloo on the back fence of the Little League field.
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'The Lion King' in 'Chicken Little' (2005)
Did you think this was the opening to The Lion King? Nope! It's the beginning of Chicken Little, a clear nod to Lion King fans.
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Nemo in 'Brother Bear' (2003)
This is one of those one-frame Easter eggs — the kind that's really hard to catch with the pause button on a streaming service. (Doing slo-mo on a VHS would probably make it easier to catch.) But, during a montage where Denahi and Sitka are fishing and a mammoth-like creature disrupts their net, for one second you can see one clownfish among the chaos. If you spot him, you've found Nemo.
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Stitch in 'Treasure Planet' (2002)
Hey, it's Stitch again! This time, he's hanging out on a shelf in the bedroom of a young Jim Hawkins in Treasure Planet. It's probably not how Robert Louis Stevenson imagined Hawkins' childhood room, but it's definitely cuter this way.
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Mulan in 'Lilo and Stitch' (2002)
So, if Stitch is hiding in everyone else's movies, who is in Lilo and Stitch? For starters, Mulan. You can see a Mulan poster on the wall in Lilo's bedroom.
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Dumbo in 'Lilo and Stitch' (2002)
But Mulan isn't the only one. A quick scan of Lilo's toybox also reveals a stuffed Dumbo plush. It's surprisingly sweet for such a spirited girl.
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Hidden Mickeys in 'The Emperor's New Groove' (2000)
"Hidden Mickeys" are a sub-category of Easter egg all their own. Basically, animators love hiding the classic Mickey head shape (a silhouette comprised of three circles) into movies, TV shows, even the rides at Disney World. In this overhead shot from The Emperor's New Groove, you can see a bunch of Hidden Mickeys made out of green vegetables.
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Mrs. Potts and Chip in 'Tarzan' (1999)
Tarzan doesn't have a lot of in-movie songs, but when the jungle animals come across a campsite full of objects that belong to English explorers, they can't help themselves from banging on it all and breaking out into "Trashin' the Camp." And one of the found objects they turn into a drum set is a very distinctive tea set — including a teacup with a signature chip in it. Beauty and the Beast fans know this as Mrs. Potts and Chip.
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Little Brother in 'Tarzan' (1999)
Also in Tarzan, when Professor Archimedes Q. Porter is turned upside-down, a bunch of random stuff falls out of his pockets — including Little Brother, Mulan's dog!
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Credits in 'Mulan' (1998)
We'll have to take the internet's word on this one. It's been reported that, when Mulan walks among the tombs during "My Reflection," the names on the gravestones are the names of the movie's animators. (Will they do it again for the live-action remake this year?)
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Scar in 'Hercules' (1997)
In myth, one of Hercules' famed 12 labors was slaying the Nemean Lion. In the movie, it looks like he got the better of Scar, the villain from The Lion King — check out the scar under this lion skin's eye.
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Scar in 'Hercules' (1997)
Scar is even more obvious when Hercules casts the skin to the ground, and you can see that even his eyes are the same color as the villainous lion's.
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Belle in 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' (1996)
It seems like Belle at some point managed to get away from her poor, provincial town — she's seen walking around the streets of Paris in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, when Quasimodo is singing "Out There."
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Pumbaa in 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' (1996)
Belle isn't the only one who makes a surprise appearance in Hunchback. At the film's climax, you can glimpse one incongruous gargoyle on the cathedral's ledge — a warthog that looks like Pumbaa from The Lion King.
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Mickey in 'A Goofy Movie' (1995)
Any Powerline fans out there? There's certainly one very famous one: Mickey Mouse! At the end of A Goofy Movie, during Powerline's big gig, you can find him dancing in the crowd.
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Jock in 'The Lion King' (1994)
What's a little Scottish terrier doing with all those hyenas? We have no idea, but little Jock from Lady and the Tramp managed to find his way to Pride Rock and ingratiate himself among the bad guys. You can see him at the end of The Lion King, when Scar explains to an adult Simba that the hyenas consider his uncle to be their rightful king.
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The Beast in 'Aladdin' (1992)
In Aladdin, the Sultan has a menagerie of toy animals he likes to play with. And the animals sure are exotic: There's a giraffe, a rhino, and — hey! — the Beast from Beauty and the Beast.
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Sebastian in 'Aladdin' (1992)
Life is Aladdin's restaurant, the Genie explains, and the Genie is the maître d'. But when the Genie goes through a menu of royal options for Aladdin's new princely persona, he gets pinched by a crab — namely, Sebastian from The Little Mermaid.
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Marisa LaScala Parenting & Relationships Editor Marisa LaScala covers all things parenting, from the postpartum period through empty nests, for GoodHousekeeping.com; she previously wrote about motherhood for Parents and Working Mother.
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Mistakes and Easter Eggs in Disney Movies
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