5 Scrapped Original Versions of Classic Disney Animations You Never Got To See

Explore the Scrapped Original Versions & Troubled History of Classic and Beloved Disney Animations. From the original abandoned version of Beauty and the Beast, The evolution of The Snow Queen into Frozen, Aladdin, Tangled & More!
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[@morganrinehart7813]

Belle’s original voice sounds like she’s being paid to care about the story

[@jeremyriley1238]

That's probably because she was possibly a placeholder voice hired to voice Belle on the thing since it only shows the storyboards, and would be replaced if it was given the go-ahead to be animated instead of the movie being changed to what we have today.

[@morganrinehart7813]

Jeremy Riley oh I know! The lack of effort made me giggle, that’s all!

[@watchforever1724]

Agreed

[@dxanatos2]

@@morganrinehart7813 It's still better acting than some of the versions Phelous reviewed. :)

[@xylopiano3]

@@dxanatos2 But what about Old Man? He is the greatest! Alright, I'll admit it's mostly because of Phelous' own performance as him.

[@sundered_ant]

Kind of wish Disney took inspiration from these scrapped ideas when remaking "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin" in live action.

[@cartiera7230]

Trevor S and The Lion King

[@icecreamhero2375]

stuff is scrapped for a reason

[@ChriIvaBrunner]

Basically following Pixar's method to make a sequel

[@icecreamhero2375]

@@ChriIvaBrunner They usually make sequels out of unanwsered questions noone asked. They are still good movies though. What happened to Bo Peep, What is monster colledge like,Where did Dory come from.

[@ChriIvaBrunner]

They do but the Toy Story sequels usually utilize ideas they had scrapped from the previous film and build upon them to better fit the story

[@missquacky5238]

It sucks that 2D animation is no longer common for movies.

[@lalaland9838]

Miss Quacky anime exist for a reason

[@ericmollison2760]

​@@lalaland9838 I agree, but modern anime typically uses CGI but in a subtle not obvious way, because it makes animation faster and smoother. Sometimes CGI is actually necessary depending on the scene. The viewers typically don't notice beyond thinking this looks way better than 90's anime. Actually some 90's anime is awesome, but in a different way than modern anime.

[@missquacky5238]

@@lalaland9838 Yes, there are some anime movies I do like but other then that I am not into anime.

[@fomalhaut_the_great]

cough steven universe: the movie cough

[@missquacky5238]

@@fomalhaut_the_great Yes, I am meaning towards 2D animation movies like the 80's and 90's how it was more commonly shown in theaters and now it barely is.

[@BlueGuy98]

Fun Fact: “Proud of Your Boy” was actually brought back for the Broadway version of Aladdin. The only difference is that Aladdin is singing the song to his dead mother, which is even sadder

[@jasongrape4920]

I think the Broadway Aladdin tells the story of the original version of the film.

[@auroraholiday6237]

yea, it is. i did one aladdin in my local town's show, and we singed that song.

[@jra3978]

Curious, does anyone know why the live action Aladdin has a scene where Aladdin and Jasmine were sung the same song by their mothers? Are the related? Is it just a culture thing?

[@auroraholiday6237]

@@jra3978 prob a culture thing

[@justanerdyhobbitgirl]

@@jasongrape4920 it's like a mix of the two; the main story is the released movie but they had elements like the friends instead of abu, some of the songs, and the prison rescue :)

[@IntergalacticSpaceKitten]

Seeing a grown man's voice crack over talking about something that was so special to a friend who was taken because of AIDS really really hurt to watch. Poor guy. Yeah, they should've left it in. Did they _at least_ include it later as bonus content on DVDs? The guy deserves the honor and a dedication to him.

[@TurtleRhythm]

I remember seeing them discuss it as bonus content on an Aladdin dvd, yeah at least

[@lakischadaleus7603]

In the broadway version of Aladdin, they actually kept some of the original songs like Proud of your boy.

[@BrowardHeron]

Yup, men have emotions too. Shocking.

[@jra3978]

I know 😢 I cant imagine how they felt after a death in the team, and knowing they had to keep working on the movie without that person. They did the same thing with Tangled after the guy died from a heart attack. There should be code, that those things be respected and kept in the movies unless its not possible at all. But then, we wouldnt have the movies we have now. Its a bit sad.

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

Yes, it was released on the 2004 DVD. And reused in the Musical along with Babkak Omar Aladdin Kassim, Call me princess, and High Adventure.

[@liv1370]

I don’t get how the princess and the frog did so bad. It’s such a great movie and I really want hand drawn animation to come back for Disney

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

Also, "Friends on the Other Side". Come on, like you never wanted to see Disney do voodoo.

[@BlackCroft666]

Instead of race swopping they could use actual african fairy tales and myths. THat they can pull stuff like that of is shown in "Princess and the frog". They can even use european fairy tales if they insert african or similar cultural things into it, making it natural or combining these.

[@TheStOne1]

The songs and score were awful, and the plot left a lot to be desired...

[@misspinkpunkykat]

It had "Disney" and "Princess" in the title and people thought it was another little girl's movie and Avatar was the big movie at the time.

[@Lol-ll5gh]

Real shit 🗣🗣 Honestly, Princess and the Frog was incredibly refreshing to see hand drawn animation. It breaks my heart they haven’t done anymore hand drawn ones. Although, I DO wish that they had followed the book that I read as a kid. I read somewhere that it was “loosely” based off the book by E.D. Baker.

[@mechajay3358]

I wish they kept Aladdin's mom in the film. Would've made that movie even more emotional.

[@randomcomment1286]

I wish they kept his pals! That song was catchy!

[@TheSongwritingCat]

For some reason most Disney animated movies feature dead moms or ones who barely talk. Dads are often present and vocal though. Aristocats, Mulan, The Princess and the Frog, etc. are the few exceptions (not counting Pixar).

[@prismstudios001]

MOMS OFF KILLS SNEY

[@merchantfan]

Yeah, I can't think of a Disney character who was actively acting to take care of their mother who was a good guy. I know Disney loves dead moms, but we also have only evil stepmoms.

[@vivienneq2556]

Random Comment12 my school play where we kept his friends. My friend who went to a different school in a different state did Aladdin too and they kept it there too

[@blackphoenix77]

The original designs for the Snow Queen were better than what they eventually went with for Frozen. And I would've loved to see that original version of Aladdin.

[@averynerdybookworm972]

As someone who loves the snow queen story (it was one of two stories I was told constantly when I was little) I would surprised if Disney ever went through with producing it because of how dark the story is. While the video didn’t talk about it, Gerda gets kidnapped by a group of bandits who want a friend for their daughter who threatens and throws knives at her for fun. There’s a witch that tries to burry Gerda to make her flowers grow and there’s a pack of wolves that routinely chase Gerda. It’s a fantastic story but I think changing it was the right idea because even the early concept based on it lost a lot of story without the darker plot

[@Karaetify]

Ikr the snowflake crown and coat made out of ferrets, amazing

[@averynerdybookworm972]

Jen Z don’t get me wrong I’d love to see a movie like that but I doubt Disney would ever make it because of how dark and violent the story is

[@Scroteydada]

Then I think you'd like this kzbin.info/www/bejne/naDapGqfhNSkl7c

[@NobodyC13]

My favorite concept art for Elsa when she was still written as a villain was this. Tall, regal, steely, wrapped in Cruella-levels of luxurious fur robes, complete with a tall fur toque. 2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Xxbda4XDTU/USFzI-H5_cI/AAAAAAAAdZs/P6QWIzWkonM/s1600/siepermann-sq.jpg

[@SoulofaDragon14]

I seen the Broadway Version of Aladdin about 3 years ago. They put Aladdin’s friends Babkak, Omar, and Kassim back in the show. They also added back three songs, “Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, and Kassim”, “Proud of Your Boy”, and High Adventure. It’s a really good show to see if you ever see it on Broadway or on Tour.

[@halesm]

came here to say this, awesome show

[@watchforever1724]

Honestly the Broadway version is better than the live action movie

[@thisismysea]

That's awesome. I thought the friends sounded fun when they were described here.

[@LynnHermione]

Proud of your Boy is a spectacular song, and High Adventure is SO FUN to sing, in our local production it was included :D

[@gracer8195]

Was gonna as the same thing😂

[@snortobortoowo5420]

I kinda wish we got the snow queen as a villain version.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

Isn't Don Bluth also doing something like that?

[@uno9331]

Why ? It's so cliche

[@stephenskinner7207]

How about The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe?

[@dx.feelgood5825]

Ikr? I specifically remember Anna in the early trailers yelling during a snowstorm "THAT'S NO BLIZZARD, THAT'S MY SISTER!"

[@SirBlackReeds]

@@uno9331 Really depends on how it's executed.

[@tremorsfan]

Apparently Frozen was going to have Elsa as the Villain up till the last minute. It was only after they wrote Let it Go that they changed Elsa into a tragic hero.

[@phantasosxgames8488]

@Ashley Shane Well , they are already making Maleficent falling from her infamous grace with Angeline Jolie's movie. those are so baad.

[@nicolechan9391]

Honestly she doesn't really fit "tragic hero" either

[@Sol36900]

@@phantasosxgames8488 I know 😭 Maleficent terrified as a kid but now as an adult she's an amazing villain

[@phantasosxgames8488]

@@Sol36900 which was throwed in a trash can. The movie "Maleficent" was supposed to used the extra 55 min (!) that a live-action brings to create an even deeper characterization for Maleficent. What they did? a token villain to make Maleficent a hero in comparisson. Whatever Maleficent did in the live-action movie , The King did , but worse. So , the whole "deeper characterization" is all about "you see , Maleficent is not that bad , this new OC that is just a worse male-copy-and-paste of Malecifent makes her a hero , right?". 20 minutes of those extra 55 could easily be put her receiving prejudice and lack of love from both fairies and humans because of her appearance and turning her bitter and bitter , 15 minutes would be used to improve Philip and Aurora's love subplot , 20 minutes for an opposition from the King and Maleficent , in which the King dies , Phillip learns from the King's mistakes (about appearances and knowing a person's heart) , with Aurora giving forgivines to Maleficent.

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

Ashley Shane I wouldn’t say never, but it does seem to be the current trend to have no hard villains. I actually blame Studio Ghibli because that trend started after Ghibli movies started to become popular and Disney got the deal to distribute them in the US. One of Miyazaki’s traits is that his movies rarely have hard villains, most of his villains either get redeemed by the end or are shown to have human motivations.

[@rafabg9827]

They took Snow Queen, changed everything but the reindeer and the snow, and said it was based on the Snow Queen.

[@SirBlackReeds]

Inspired, but even that was an exaggeration.

[@strongeronplants]

we know it wasn´t

[@TheStOne1]

It still was. They just combined characters Kay and Snow Queen into one single character: Elsa.

[@helixcheerleader]

They kept some key points. The core message of Frozen "only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart" is directly taken from the fairy tale ie "love can melt away the ice in one's heart" - Gerda's true love is what finally melted the ice in Kai's heart. They even paralleled the notion that Gerda's tears, crying as she embraced Kai is what did it, meanwhile Elsa was crying as she embraced Anna. Another thing is Kai and Gerda were siblings, Anna and Elsa are siblings. What's ironic is in this sense, the final film ended up being closer to the original fairy tale. Originally at the start of Snow Queen/Frozen, Elsa was meant to be a villain. It's only once Let it Go was composed that they realised they couldn't give this song to an antagonist. I personally believe that is where there are certain ambiguities in the film, and certain aspects of the story that didn't tie in as seamlessly as it should've.

[@Painocus]

@@TheStOne1: Isn't Kristoff meant to be Kai? Or is he the Robber Girl and they switched her gender becouse... "no homo" I guess?

[@abbyginge03]

Rapunzel unbraided gives me the same vibes as Enchanted We need more enchanted here

[@YesterworldEntertainment]

My thoughts exactly! It was a bit too much of a bunny trail, especially since the episode was already running close to half an hour, but there are quite a few similarities between Rapunzel Unbraided and Enchanted, so I wouldn't be surprised if they just recycled elements of the script as a (mostly) live action film

[@abbyginge03]

@@YesterworldEntertainment yeah ive loved enchanted since it came out and while you were listing stuff off it just kept sounding more similar 😂😂😂

[@BewitchCraft]

I was looking to see if anyone made this comment! I thought the same thing!

[@Kumori90]

“Brooklyn couple goes to a fairytale world”? Hmm... 🤔

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

I want my Jack Black inspired prince!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Can't imagine a green Genie or a Beast that looks like Rafiki with clothes

[@otaking3582]

At least it's better than a Beast that looks like a cross between a Goomba and a wort hog

[@thomasfredrickson6298]

@@otaking3582 I see what you did. Buy hey, we got Old Man going HHHHHHEEEEEEE

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know what you mean

[@claudiobizama5603]

SWOLE RAFIKI SWOLE RAFIKI

[@raphaelmarquez9650]

Genie did turn green at one point in the movie (when he was explaining his third rule).

[@MsSumoon]

If you watch the Barbie as Rapunzel, you can clearly see where Disney took the majority of “inspirations“ for Tangled. Because of these elements here: “lost princess“, “ lizard companion“, “princess who paints“, are not in the original tale, where the main character is just a commoners girl. but are all present in Barbie's movie that came out years before they started to think of the current version of Tangled, it's rather convenient that people praise Disney's originality where they probably took many things from this movie. Also, I have my theory that they also took many elements from the Magic of Pegasus for Frozen, but hey it's Disney they can do whatever they want.

[@Karaetify]

Susana Rodrigues omg I thought I was the only one who saw how much Tagled took from Barbie as Ropunzel

[@theresahall8206]

Well Disney did create an actual reason to have super long hair.

[@needle8419]

I can’t believe disney took inspiration from a Barbie movie

[@nathanclift9519]

Don’t forget Mother Gothel (Disney) and Gothel (Barbie)

[@sams_not_here]

Barely anything from disney is original. Even their DCOMs (Twitches and Cheetah Girls were books, High School Musical was an actual musical, Zombies was originally a failed tv show, and Phantom of the Megaplex.....well that ones obvious)

[@limeadel303]

Why are we not talking about how great the Beauty and the Beast film seemed to be artistically/ historically. They looked like they really made sure it was accurate, and selling the music box because of taxes is great for a bit of history.

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

That's what they should've done for the Live Action remake so it wasn't exactly like the animated version (or maybe people would just make comparisons to Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast...)

[@insertianameia2224]

It is more accurate to the original, but not quite. There was no aunt and her sisters were spoiled brats, like Cinderella step sisters lvl of spoiled brats. He became poor because of his ships being destroyed at sea. Basically causing today's equivalent of 100s of 1000s of dollars in losses as he was currently betting his entirely stability on those ships. I like the original version and read it to my kids, but the disney version is more entertaining and dramatic.

[@ipercalisse579]

True!

[@brandonspain12345]

According to Jeffrey Katzenberg, he felt the movie was "Way to dark and serious and didn't felt like a Disney movie half the time." Let me remind you, this is the same guy who wanted Toy Story to be "Darker" and "More Edge" and stole Pixar's idea with Antz. Hypocrite much?

[@jacquig1939]

I think removing the mother in Aladdin was a mistake. It grounds him more.

[@TiffanyRay]

I know they should've kept her too many Disney characters have dead mothers its not cool

[@Icanedit420]

Jacqui, it's something called "procrastination"

[@hunterolaughlin]

Also removing “Humiliate the Boy” was a mistake. Without an original villain song, now all Jafar has is a reprise of “Prince Ali” as his villain song.

[@katjablum3837]

@@hunterolaughlin after that song there was gonna be one called “my finest hour” the deleted scene is even on Disney plus

[@cricket.b2610]

I love learning about both Disney history and other animation studios history

[@meILM]

Hans Kristoff Anna Sven Hans Christian Andersen Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

[@thisismysea]

Why is this blowing my mind right now?!

[@JosephDavies]

Still better than Marie & Antoinette! ;)

[@someonedifferent8512]

Itsa_Me ILM *Kristoff

[@SirIkeMedia]

it's not very clever

[@KumaPaws376]

Yes, omg Perfect

[@amadhatter13]

I'm fascinated by the amount of songs that they resurrected for Aladdin on Broadway

[@MovieFan1912]

Kind of like how the Special Edition of Beauty and the Beast put in the song “Human Again” from it’s Broadway musical.

[@shawnmulligan2894]

Maurice-"HAPpy birthday, Belle..." Belle- "you Must sell it papa..." Third sister- *falls asleep from boredom

[@minako10]

Elsa could have easily been one of the most complex characters and probably one of the best Disney villains in a long time , had the filmmakers not strayed so far away from Hans Christian Andersen's story just because it's dark and the queen herself is rather ambiguous as to her intentions. I find it rather funny that Disney was ballsy enough to adapt Victor Hugo's work but found Andersen's story too dark for a Disney film.

[@cocoacoolness]

This version of Aladdin sounds better, it makes him actually sound like a diamond in a rough instead of a greedy thief

[@oximofo9]

Chloe Jayde Yea I love Aladdin a lot, but the movie was reworked in Sleeping Beauty, they even used some cut scenes from Sleeping Beauty. It’s not a coincidence that Aurora and Jasmine are always packaged together in marketing.

[@heyblackgirl6493]

He gave his bread away to the other homeless children

[@IorekB92]

@@oximofo9 How? I don't see it..

[@oximofo9]

IorekB92 if you watch all the extended elements of Sleepy Beauty, look at the characters and how they interact. They clearly fleshed out Jasmine and Aladdin more than Aurora and Philip. Both party’s are prisoners of their fates, both get a full time magical guardian/s, Aladdin is expelled by Jafar, Philip by Maleficent, return to slay the polymorph version of villain, the villains are the same person lol. The market scene is very similar of the cut scene from sleeping beauty, Aurora and Jasmine sing in the same range. Plus many other elements, that are beyond fairy tail tropes. Obviously the Aurora/Philip Waltz is the Disney standard couples dance so this is excluded from the comparison.

[@BarbaraMerryGeng]

Chloe Jayde / spelling correction : thief

[@foggypebble5159]

Their original plans for Frozen are absolutely better than what they ended up going with. Nothing happened in Frozen; it was a fetching mission. Evil Elsa looked like an amazing character.

[@BlazeHeartPanther]

But isn't that what the original is too, a "fetching" of the sisters little brother?

[@foggypebble5159]

BlazeHeartPanther Blaze It looked like there was more to the story than that though

[@BlazeHeartPanther]

@@foggypebble5159 When I meant original, I meant the original book with which they based this on.

[@foggypebble5159]

BlazeHeartPanther Blaze Oh, you mean the original Snow Queen story. Yeah, you’re right. I meant the original Disney version.

[@tiajoseph7309]

I would've like to have seen the version where Elsa was looking for a man. Sounds like it could've been a funny film.

[@Apophis324]

I would almost wish that these scrapped ideas would be turned into something like a Disney+ series. A What if the story went differently kind of thing. Especially the original Aladdin.

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

Alternate universe Disney classics? Absolutely yes pls.

[@strawberryspikes]

Yes!! Like the marvel ‘What If?’ Series they’re making but for Disney concepts!!

[@Apophis324]

Exactly! It's the same company anyway! :D

[@vivir339]

Bro, that could actually be an amazing idea. They could pretty much remake the original versions of their films (like Kingdom of the Sun or The Snow Queen), while not really messing with the canon of the actual movies. Disney would still profit from the nostalgia of the originals (instead of doing more live action remakes). Hell, they could even bring back 2D animation for the series. Just...God....the possibilities, man!!! Too bad they’ll never do it tho

[@Apophis324]

I can only agree with you, dude. 2D animation would be great for this.

[@erinpoland5662]

We could’ve learned about Rafiki’s backstory and how he was ripped

[@ratedr7845]

The fuck😂

[@krealyesitisbeta5642]

I can’t help but laugh at the idea of a buff Rafiki.

[@PhilTheHappyWanderer]

Bett Middler? From such hits as "The Lottery"? huh.

[@YesterworldEntertainment]

I literally had a part where I randomly segwayed into "The Lottery Starring Bette Midler!" with a clip of the MGM footage...but it just ruined the tone of the segment sadly.

[@otaking3582]

*Disney:* "This version of Beauty and the Beast is all boring! It's completely useless now!"

[@animationfanatic2133]

well it did get wet

[@TheFlamingDoh2]

AnimationFanatic HUEEEEEHHH

[@BlazeHeartPanther]

If you leave me, I shall die...…...of LONELYNESS

[@Pillzpop]

Oh shut up or I won't read you another Creepypasta!

[@mavcaguila]

This version lasted for 30 seconds! HEEEEEEEEE

[@RossOriginals]

Oh man, having Aladdin's mother be part of the story would have added a whole new depth to it too, and I actually like the continuation of the "Arabian Nights" intro theme as a narrative element with the narrator revealed as the Genie (as many have speculated he may have been), though I'm glad they made Jasmine less spoilt and I think the decision not to give Aladdin more friends in his origin was a good idea, I just feel like it'd have made him more sympathetic if he was struggling to provide for his dear old mother as part of it.

[@whydoieven3305]

The snow queens mink coat design is so aesthetically pleasing looking. I can't believe they didn't go with that design.

[@kstarnovagal6672]

Honestly the original Aladdin felt more natural and loving with his friends from home and his mother being the focus. It sounds better than Aladdin chasing after the princess.

[@quinteni.g.9117]

Man I wish they’d kept Aladdin’s mom in the final movie. It would have made his motive so much more inspiring and heartfelt. I love the final movie but that always bothered me that he just did things for money. The mom just sends and even better message about doing things for the people you love.

[@92JazzQueen]

You know that part with the original version of Aladdin with Abbi in it is the first time I am hearing about this character. I mean I know that originally Princess Jasmine was going to be a brat and change later, but it does sound interesting that Aladdin was originally going to choose Abbi over her. If that plot line was used, it would have been seen as the subversion of the usual formula of the guy getting with the princess and chooses his friend. I guess that's maybe where Sadira from the animated series got her inspiration from Abbi. Then again I do love Aladdin and Jasmine's relationship so it was good he ended up with her.

[@mythoughtsexactly2145]

totally forgot that eugene/flynn looks a lot like kristoff in early drafts

[@memethyst]

that's what i thought

[@Icanedit420]

Hmm...almost as if they looked back and used the design for Kristoff and called it a day. But that's just a theory... a film theory.

[@MovieFan1912]

@@Icanedit420Aaaaaaaand Cut!

[@MelodyAMc14]

Thanks for these videos. My six year old is really getting into drawing war scenes. Particularly modern military attacking Medieval castles. He was frustrated because his drawing always end up unsatisfactory in his opinion and in the trash. He was getting seriously worked up over it! So, I had him watch some of these videos so he could see how even professional artist end up scraping lots of hard work. He was super fascinated by the videos and (surprise surprise) is back to drawing tanks firing missiles at castles.

[@synovelle]

Also I would’ve LOVED to see Rapunzel: Unbraided. That idea sounds really fun, and I’m a sucker for Shrek’s fairytale satire. I can just imagine some of the humor in the modern woman with short hair suddenly having looooooong hair, and her troubles of having to deal with it, tripping over it, getting stuff stuck in it because she isn’t a fairytale princess, she’s a modern day woman in a princess’s body.

[@banzaibomb4980]

I like how the unused friends in Aladdin were used in the musical. Great use of characters forgotten

[@parrat8589]

Those original aladdin tapes are such a great find!

[@Ehh97]

The guy giggling as he says "princesses get their way" makes me laugh so hard XD

[@dramonmaster222]

Oh man! The scrapped version of Aladdin sounds SO AMAZING! I wish we could have gotten that.

[@renatashp]

*People love to say that it would be better if it were different, but I know that you are all hypocrites, because I know that if it were different you would say the same shit*

[@internetperson573]

Aladdin and jafar should have had a stand battle with genies

[@mermaidfinn]

Landon Ujimori pokebattle but with genies and using wishes as moves

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Jafar: oh ho? You’re approaching me?

[@eat_garlic_bread]

@@sweetcinnamonpnchkin Is ThIS a JOjO ReFErEnCE?!1??!1

[@lordzamasuvegetablackfusio9773]

@@eat_garlic_bread Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

[@lordzamasuvegetablackfusio9773]

@@sweetcinnamonpnchkin Aladdin: I can't meddle with your wishes without getting closer.

[@Igorcastrochucre]

"I know Dinosaur isn't a Disney classic" But IT IS a Disney movie, much like Bolt, Tron, Chicken Little, A Parent Trap, etc.

[@AmbrosiusAmaimon]

Tron was Disney?! Man, I must have forgotten

[@Igorcastrochucre]

@@AmbrosiusAmaimon Yeah, Disney did a lot of great stuff in live action like Flight of the Navigator, Honey I shrank the kids, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, John Carter, Prince of Persia, Homeward Bound, etc.

[@AmbrosiusAmaimon]

Wow lol, Homeward Bound was a childhood favorite of mine and I didn't know that..! I guess I never paid attention to what production company made these 😂

[@BlazeHeartPanther]

@@Igorcastrochucre Don't forget Treasure Island, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, Marry Poppins

[@SuperWolsey]

Chemikalz The Black Hole, Trenchcoat (w/ Margot Kidder & Robert Hays) and Condorman also

[@michaeleisner4758]

21:29 It’s me, mom I’m famous

[@TheDagger-px4ei]

For anyone who enjoyed the original snow queen story, fairytale theatre made a live action movie based on it that's pretty good

[@Diabekki]

Theres also a animated version of the original snow queen story from 1995, I was obsessed with it as a kid 😂

[@roachdoggjr1940]

@@Diabekki my moms husband gave me his old vhs collection a few years back. Now I have that one in the clam shell.

[@PunkPixie]

In my opinion? I think Elsa would of been better kept as a misunderstood “evil” Queen and they could have had let it go work well with the original idea. I’m not really good at explaining it but I have a few I ideas in how it could have gone

[@randomcomment1286]

I kinda want someone to animate the original storyline.

[@MelodyAMc14]

They decided to replace the fairy tale with feminism propaganda and ended up rewarded with a huge homerun of a movie that literally played in theaters until the DVD came out and sold more merchandise than any single Walmart warehouse could hold. As far as Disney is concerned Elsa could not have done better. It's not about a good story, it's about getting people to buy.

[@phantasosxgames8488]

@@MelodyAMc14 please....like the original story is better: an entire round trip in which there is no opposition , cry in a boy's eyes and everything is fixed , with the titular "Ice Queen" showing up in only one scene and not even as a villain. the second idea is for the Ice Queen to be a thot that kills her men and take their prizes until another man shows up and somehow unthot her. By far , Frozen is an improvement , it's ridiculous how people bash Frozen for been popular

[@scaryhobbit211]

@@phantasosxgames8488 EXACTLY. There are massive problems with the original Snow Queen's story structure that make it next to impossible to make it work well on film (The 1957 Soviet film is the best one to try it.) An evil Elsa doesn't mean anything if the story is broken. Disney was absolutely right to change it the way they did. Wanna know a movie/book that tells the original Snow Queen concept in a way that actually WORKS? See THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE. That story has an Ice Queen that's a clear and persistent threat, has a personality that's both charismatic and terrifying, and takes Jesus himself and an entire country rising up against her in a massive fight-to-the-death just to stop her.

[@phantasosxgames8488]

@@scaryhobbit211 exactly. Ice Queen is a good fairy tale, with teaching kids and whatnot....but for a movie? it had a bad structure in all it's places , it's no better than a parable and it would need to change. People bash Frozen , for ridiculous reasons , because , if we analyze coldly , it had the exact same structure to pretty much any other disney musical , with the whole difference been that we had 2 princess and with a love between sisters been the focus.

[@Trainlover1995]

The reason the Enchanted Snow Palace was never built is simple: guests didn't want sedate dark rides, they wanted roller coasters. The board really wanted to greenlight the attraction, but at the same time, they didn't want to lose guests to Magic Mountain. Therefore, they passed on Enchanted Ice Palace in favor of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and Marc Davis ragequit Disney shortly thereafter.

[@thisismysea]

I think they made the right choice. I'd take Big Thunder over a dark ride any day.

[@Dr170]

People have shit taste, don't they. Glad I'm not one.

[@interloper6384]

@@Dr170 ok boi

[@chucklesticmccormick5828]

damn, that kinda sucks, i really like the older dark rides. glad it wasnt in vain though, big thunder was a very worthy replacement :)

[@ReyBeltane]

I like the original Aladdin idea more almost...it would've made more sense that he fell for a girl he already knew well and wanted to make his mother proud!

[@h193013]

I’m glad we got the Beauty & the Beast we have now. I actually think it’s better than the original story.

[@fidm4paulette]

I LOVE Proud of Your Boy. I’m so happy all these old songs were brought back to life for the Broadway version.

[@fundifferent1]

Amazing. You never really know just how much goes into art until you've learned the true story. The finished product is rarely EVER what the idea started off as. It's just crazy they have all this sample footage and test audio though, LOL.

[@angelvee5093]

he talks like a more animated “burger king foot lettuce”

[@hhyasi]

delete

[@lili_peachy7315]

OwO yes

[@Solanin0803]

I... Jesus, this is so accurate, oh no

[@jakaylac.williams8675]

He DOES SOUND LIKE CHILLS😂😂

[@MovieFan1912]

Hahahahahaha!

[@petrockmom8792]

My favorite thing about this whole thing is that Babak, Omar and Kissim were added into the musical. I also love that Proud of your boy was added back! HOWARD ASHMAN!

[@justanerdyhobbitgirl]

Yes!!

[@gabe6222]

So what I’m hearing about the Tangled bit is, every time they changed it they were just like “what if we made it WAY less interesting?”

[@maestrozaverick]

I wish we got the full version of “Call Me A Princess” but having a guy singing it

[@jasongrape4920]

ZetiZaverick, a guy singing it?

[@youraisemeupj1234]

Yeah, I loved the singer's little chuckle in the middle as he lost it XD Kinda reminded me of kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGrMiot-a8p2jZY

[@MiraBoo]

I adore the version of Tangled that we got, but I would love to see the original two Rapunzel adaptations that Disney scrapped. The concept art for the traditional version looked gorgeous, and the Unbraided version was quite intriguing.

[@tomsmurf4225]

I like the idea of Aladdin wanting to provide a better life for his mother, Aladdin always seemed really selfish to me and this would have fixed that.

[@geoleo965]

This is the kind of obscure, yet fascinating content I was looking forward to appreciate... And RIP Napoleon... Poor thing went Dynamite.

[@bellonaying3975]

The original Aladdin is much like the broadway, having a lot of the same songs

[@insertianameia2224]

It was based more off the story added I to 1001 Arabian Nights. It was one of two stories added I by a Foreigner whom was attempting to write down all the stories that before were almost solely told by word of mouth. It is a good story, but if I didnt already m ow that it was Aladdin I wouldnt have thought it stood out from any of the other stories that span 3 books which are like 900pgs each. (So just under 3000pgs in total.)

[@bellonaying3975]

Insertia Nameia wow I didn’t know that

[@jennycurran225]

In our middle school production of Aladdin, we kept Proud of Your Boy and To Be Free.

[@ffulton27]

It's funny how much of the cut Aladdin stuff ended up into the Broadway musical, from proud of your boy to the three friends

[@solamente]

This video was so well made. My partner thought we were watching a documentary on Disney+. Nicely done!

[@YesterworldEntertainment]

Wow, reading this really made my day! Glad you enjoyed the video, I'm humbled by your words :)

[@monthly7846]

The old version of Aladdin is a lot like the modern musical

[@DustySprinkles]

Bippity Boppity Flop A little late, but you’re in luck. The broadway version of Aladdin uses the songs, “Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kadeem” “Proud of your boy” and “High Adventure”

[@mrWendybird]

You've been digging up some fascinating research, Mark. Nicely done, once again :D

[@ectopasta]

Seeing that Dinosaur had such an interesting history makes me giddy beyond all belief, that was one of my favorite movies as a kid and to see the troubled production is simultaneously disheartening and fascinating.

[@FIDreams]

I'm guessing that we're just going to gloss over the 'Snow Queen' part were our heroine says the 'Lord's prayer' and her breath creates an army of snow people to battle the Snow Queen. lol

[@novellanurney1294]

Well, it is Disney.

[@adamlambboy8332]

That would definitely spark the evangelical Christians up in arms over Christianity being used to perform “satanic” rituals. 🤣

[@hyperspaceoddity7805]

I can’t tell you how disheartened I am at all the loss of the hauntingly beautiful feel of what they were planning for the Snow Queen, and I can’t be the only one.

[@MunchyMakesStuff]

i'm just glad "proud of your boy" came back for the musical

[@ModernMouse]

I actually thought the live action Aladdin would bring up his mother as a wink to the original Howard Ashman version and surprised they didn’t. -Josh

[@madelienehartman9125]

I love that they added the scrapped Aladdin songs into the broadway

[@Ranedropz]

Babkak, Omar, and Kasim live on in the broadway adaptation of Aladdin. And they actually sing that song along with “Proud of your boy”, “High adventure” and the finale song.

[@peterdarmanian3571]

The Most interesting part about Aladdin: The Broadway Musical, is that they actually cut Abu from it, and brought back Aladdin's 3 friends, and they also made Iago into an Human.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

22:09 Never expected to see Shrek on Yesterworld. Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me

[@DuckandMikeyfan49]

Avery the Cuban-American I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed... By the way, there was a Yesterworld episode, based on Shrek 4D.

[@brybaby89]

I rather would have liked to have seen the more "Victorian" inspired Beauty and the Beast.

[@louisacapell]

That isnt victorian era. It's a late 17th century French look. Or more Georgian.

[@maurioooe1973]

It’s baroque, not Georgian nor Victorian, baroque

[@louisacapell]

@@maurioooe1973 Georgian is a TIME PERIOD, from early 1700 to early 1800. Marking the time period during the rule of the Hanoverian kings. Baroque is a STYLE. It was a popular dramatic, architectural and art style , popular before and during the first part of the Georgian period. My comment is correcting the poster about the time period. They said victorian, which is far too late for the costuming and furniture style of the clips they were referring to. So, while some of the imagery is in the Baroque style, the time period seems early Georgian, if we had to place a time period on an animated fantasy story.

[@dx.feelgood5825]

Georgian actually, but agreed

[@BigManX-fc9zv]

If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it😉

[@BlazeHeartPanther]

2:19 To which all of his stuff got wet making them "Completely Useless" 12:24 Was that Alan or Howard. He has such a suave voice ^^ 23:21 That Flyn Rider looks veeeeery Kristoff-ish. Guess it makes sense that most the people working on Tangled worked on Frozen

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@BlazeHeartPanther]

@@DTBootlegs Man, I love Howards voice. He'd of been perfect for voicing a character.

[@lutube7897]

The first draft of Aladdin sounds pretty good! I actually think they should’ve kept it!

[@enzocold6611]

I would've liked that original version of Aladdin better honestly

[@insertianameia2224]

If you so t mind spending 400 bucks USD, then you can buy the book that somewhere in the first book, contains the story the original version of Aladdin was loosely based on.

[@Duncaster]

Dinosaur was always my favorite Disney movie. Ngl I would’ve loved to see the original version. That one sounded incredibly interesting

[@Sirenhound]

15:03 I can't not imagine Jasmine sitting in the tub singing to her rubber ducky!

[@admiralofcuteness]

The original animation style of Tangled was so so beautiful!

[@MicaAnneArts]

After seeing the aladdin bit, i'm very excited with how many songs actually got into the broadway version. Bobkak omar Aladdin kassim, proud of your boy, and high adventure are brought back in the musical.

[@SydneyAlese]

Okay, but I would’ve liked to see the version of frozen with Elsa being cold trying to find a man. That sounds like that actually could’ve been fun and had a point- unlike the film now. Great video(:

[@SirBlackReeds]

There was a whole "heir and the spare" storyline that was scrapped.

[@_Darkstarmon_]

The original lion king ( king of the beast ) was actually really different compared to what we got. It was basicly an animated documentry but with a added disney story twist.

[@jennycraigadventures3314]

9:18 “Details are sketchy...” as we look at sketches. Pun intended?

[@YesterworldEntertainment]

...maybe...

[@thischannelisnomore9883]

Disney: Disney’s dinosaur was about to have a T. rex Me: *TRIGGERED AND RAGED AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!!!*

[@KevinRAAMAAAGE]

I'd say Oliver and Company is hands down one of my favorite Disney movies

[@TurtleRhythm]

Me too, and Aristocats

[@choaswormonstring3369]

Something that's actually pretty cool about the old songs from Aladdin is that a lot of them were re-used for the Broadway production of it. So Proud of Your Boy is being used in the Broadway production, as well as Babik, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim, and High Adventure.

[@hikariwrathyt9959]

The Original Gaston wasn’t I expected and the beast look like something out of a horror movie.

[@ethanlaborde]

Fun fact: My cousin helped work on Tangled.

[@SuperMoviemaster21]

What role?

[@ethanlaborde]

@@SuperMoviemaster21 I think he was an animator.

[@TimidIzzy]

Tangled is my favorite movie! Your cousin worked on a fantastic project and I'm sure they were a great deal of help!

[@fuyuseetaa]

Every single prior version of Frozen sounds that much more interesting than what we ended up with. I also would've loved to see at least one of the versions featuring Aladdin's mother, too.

[@LoveMyUnusual]

It's really cool to see that scrapped elelments from these appeared in other Disney movies. As much as I hate Frozen, I appreciate the long dedication to adapting such a dense story. It's also inspiring that so many of these scrapped stories were excellent and passionately fleshed out, but needed tweaking. The animation creative process is amazing, I adore it.

[@carolinering6129]

I'm so glad "Proud of Your Boy" found a home in the musical :^)

[@disappointed2349]

Honestly, I'd love to see that original Aladdin

[@natsohigh5552]

Crazy how many years some of these projects were in development. Songs for Aladdin recorded in "88" 😲 They kept the music and melody just changed the words

[@alexbahr930]

proud of your boy, Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim, and high adventure all got used in the musical which is pretty cool to have them brought back

[@aesults4872]

the design at 10:55 is so pretty im so mad they went with the design they did

[@trustno173]

While I personally believe Dinosaur is an underrated film and is probably among my top 20 favorite Disney animated movies, I always wonder what could have been, with the awesome ideas that got abandoned like Kron being more of a villain out to conquer the world and all Dinosaur species, Oviraptors as 'undertakers' who ate dead herd members to keep predators off the herd's scent, and other stuff that, for whatever reason, didn't work out.

[@watchforever1724]

Really you think dinosaurs was underrated?

[@libertyduester7011]

I swear some of the original songs like "proud of your boy" and the song Aladdin and his friends sing are used in the Aladdin musical

[@quotelation]

Usually when I watch stuff like this, a lot of it is stuff I already know, but SO MUCH of this is new to me. I love this format; hope you do more like this!

[@HardFreckles]

Wow, I never knew that the “Frozen” story was tossed around as Disney for so long that even him HIMSELF had worked on it before... I’m shocked. Also Oliver and Company and Dinosaur are forgotten treasures. ❤️

[@dundee6402]

Yeah, it was a very problematic story that they wanted to adapt but didn't know how to for decades.