SCARIEST Disney Film? - The Cute and Terrifying tale of The Rescuers

The Rescuers is really good and I love it
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[@DrawpinionDump]

Who's your favorite Disney villain?

[@memerman9268]

Scar. He actually was successful with his plan and continued to be successful for a while until simba came back

[@jensheft4047]

First and affar

[@ngt0k0med90]

I have to agree Scar is the best Disney villain

[@subartic]

Ernesto de la Cruz from Coco, his plot works and you can understand why he did what he did.

[@autumnelemental97]

Ratigan. Great PRESENTATION, absolutely perfect villain song and wonderful fitting voice (but I'm not going to lie, I prefer his Polish voice actor, Andrzej Blumenfeld. Yes, Vincent Price is incredible, but for me he is simply different than the voice I grew up with)

[@rabnerd28]

I'm not saying that this movie takes place in the same universe as The Great Mouse Detective but decades later, but I am saying that this movie takes place in the same universe as The Great Mouse Detective but decades later.

[@zulemazahir666]

Not relevant so apologies, but I had to say..nice username! 😅

[@twilighthairball]

OMG I had never thought about that but it makes total sense! The way mice interact with the universe around them feels pretty similar. I grew up with both of these films (The Great Mouse Detective is my favorite Disney film of all time) but I never made that connection besides "disney films about mice". Cool that you pointed that out!

[@Canido19]

During production of Oliver & Company, there was talk about the little girl who would adopt Oliver being a slightly older Penny from The Rescuers. So that'd be at least 4 movies in this animated universe.

[@Fyrsiel]

I've always wondered what kind of trauma followed that poor kid after being forced to squeeze into a hole (that flooded!!) repeatedly for so long. You KNOW this kid had issues with claustrophobia when she grew up...

[@jessielefey]

I always assumed (headcanonned) the Rescue Aid Society had a psychotherapeutic division. Can't rescue a kid without saving the brain too, I figure.

[@MissCaraMint]

@@jessielefey Specifically animal therapy.

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

@@MissCaraMint That image alone is actually kinda funny 😁

[@sandradermark8463]

You did know that the villainess was originally supposed to be Cruella who crossed the pond and set shop in Dixie; wearing gatorskins as well as keeping Brutus and Nero as pets (oh the irony!). In Oliver and Company, Jenny was also supposed to be Penny post-adoption. Such connections...

[@DrawpinionDump]

I didn't know about the Oliver and Company thing!! Makes total sense!!

[@Sweetumskitty1789]

That would have been so cool!

[@that_goth_bitch3899]

How do you know all that? Like... Are these just fan theories or is there an actual source to confirm this?

[@animateddepression]

Why should I worry?

[@WorriedtheCircusDemon]

@Animated Depression I know it's been 5 months but Why should I care?

[@TakumaMimura]

Fun fact, Milt Kahl had gone through a rather bitter divorce in previous years. Supposedly, he based Madam Medusa on his ex-wife.

[@t.r.luxx1311]

I remember hearing that she originally was meant to be Cruella Deville or modeled closely to her before they scrapped the idea and redisgned her but this definitely makes the story behind the creation of the characters much more interesting

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

Thank YOU for saying it first!

[@cowboi_]

Omg I love that😂

[@merrittstults8213]

I LOVED this movie as a kid but the only part that I really remember traumatizing me is when Madame Medusa pulled her falsies off...I, a horrified four-year-old, did not know that false lashes existed and believed she was pulling her real eyelashes out

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

Oh, you thought that was scary? What about that scene where the cave fills up with water and Penny gets sucked into a whirlpool?! That scene always made my heart jump as a kid!

[@Harukurochan]

I’m glad I’m not the only one wondering why most animated features of the 80s were so overtly grim in both themes and colour pallets in comparison to what we got in the 90s. Not that there weren’t traumatic moments in those films, *cough* Mufasa’s death *cough* 90% of “Hunchback” *cough* but they felt more balanced in how more disturbing themes were handled. Maybe it was because the animation industry in America seemed to be in such a dire state that it leaked into the films themselves? Or Don Bluth’s storytelling tropes seemed to touch upon a mood that kids of that era resonated with? I honestly don’t know, and I grew up with and loved Bluth’s earlier films. Makes you wonder how modern kids would react to those films...probably not well.

[@LaoonCow]

I think that the 80s was an experimental time where they tried to make stories more realistic and expressions like. It would explain a lot about why the movies back then were so grim.

[@aaronfletcher8745]

Well, I'm in my early teens and I love the animated films of the 80s, especially Bluth. I can't really speak for most young kids, though I did grow up on The Land Before Time, The Fox and the Hound, and the like, because I really couldn't get emotionally invested for some reason. So I was just entertained, not saddened or scared. Now, on the other hand, I do feel those emotions now, upon rewatching them. If I were to guess about how modern kids would react, I'd say that they'd probably eat it right up. Kid's entertainment (specifically TV animation) nowadays is often a bit dark and depressing (see Infinity Train).

[@Harukurochan]

@@aaronfletcher8745 Good points. Plus, Laika films exist, are recent, and have a fair amount of interest. I suppose creepy animation for kids is timeless

[@youvebeenpoisoned5018]

Ah yes, because anyone born after 1996 can’t experience any negative emotions! I mean, I don’t think they’ve ever even seen a movie with conflict-especially since older movies cannot be watched again! /s

[@stitches318]

My little guy watched Land Before Time over and over again when he was like 2 and 3. I honestly forgot how traumatizing it was. The first time we watched it together I sobbed and sobbed. The music from my own childhood did something strange to me. I regret showing him those kinds of movies, along with Finding Dory and Finding Nemo. Too upsetting and disturbing for such young kids. I prefer he watch gentler entertainment like Little Bear, Kipper, and Winne the Pooh the TV series (the movie Pooh's Grand Adventure was another one that was way too sad and depressing for young kids imo)

[@ARedMagicMarker]

I remember mean parents hating and mocking this movie. Maybe because this movie put their meanness on display and in a negative light, not as something to be praised. I remember my own mom mocking the movie and saying Penny was "overreacting" and whiny.

[@100lovenana]

Makes you wanna say, "Oh would you look at that...". It's surprising how movies and other forms of storytelling can show a person's true colors.

[@ARedMagicMarker]

@@100lovenana EXACTLY. I've always had to side eye and very gradually distance myself away from those people who can honestly look at a piece of media with an obvious, despicable villain...and they roll their eyes at how they're being portrayed, or jump through hoops to justify their unjustifiable behavior. Or they just get flat out mad and nasty and start stomping around and tell you to CUT THAT OFF or CHANGE IT! I TOLD YOU TO CHANGE THAT (insert butthurt name calling about the "weak" characters suffering the villains wrath here). They can't stand that the majority of the world views their worldview as completely effed up, so they paint the actual victims and the virtue signalers, weak, or just stupid, and they hate it when they win in the end. Cue a three-hour talk about the person ranting about the movie, and how the good characters are "weak", and self righteous, and the bad characters are just "misunderstood." If not that, expect some of them to compare their lives to a fictional victim, and try and make it so that you forget all about the story, and dote on them instead. And you can guarantee their own victim story is made up, or sprinkled with half truths. Anything to get the attention off the movie with a portrayed real victim. It doesn't even have to be fictional, it could be a documentary, or a story in the news. I know the characters in media are fictional, but I don't want to be around people who honestly sees nothing wrong with certain inhumane traits.

[@GrandCorsair]

I'm glad this movie is getting more love. I feel like the Disney movies from the 70-80s don't get enough credit.

[@twilighthairball]

Love your pfp!!!

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

Let's not forget the one's in the 2000s. Especially a certain film called Bolt. Does anyone remember that?

[@krbthewitch]

I know that Ursula's design was based off of Drag Queen DeVine, but I see a few drag queen I'm familiar with in Madame Medusa's look here.

[@DrawpinionDump]

Legend has it that Milt based her on an ex-wife he wasn't in good terms with dfhkhgdh I don't know how much about this is true, but if it is, I wonder if she saw the movie

[@krbthewitch]

@@DrawpinionDump That would be kind of hilarious if that were true.

[@ellaharrington9597]

this movie is so messed up but at the same time I find it so comforting and cozy I DONT KNOW WHY

[@williamhanekom9882]

I'm glad someone agrees that this movie is pretty damn creepy in context. You've got an abducted orphan child being used for dangerous labor in the demands of a gator owning psychopath with a shotgun. Not only that, but she almost drowns several times, has risk of getting eaten, gets threatened and emotionally manipulated by the adults. I wouldn't be surprised if she had to go to therapy after all that.

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

I wish Disney did more smol movies. They are very cozy

[@LaoonCow]

I remember watching this movie in Kindergarten. I got nightmares for 2 months

[@DamonNomad82]

The Rescuers is my favorite Disney film from after Walt's passing and before the Disney Renaissance started. My favorite scene is the organ scene, when Bernard and Bianca hide in the pipes of an old organ and one alligator plays the organ while the other tries to grab them as they come flying out of the pipes. It combines genuine threat and genuine comedy perfectly, and that's one of the hardest combinations to pull off! The crowning jewel of the scene is when Medusa, disturbed by the wild, random organ playing, comes raging into the room. Instead of assuming what anyone else would, and shouting "Penny!" or even "Snoops!" she immediately knows that it was Brutus and Nero, meaning they had done this sort of thing before!

[@Soloee_]

I remember thinking some parts were scary to watch when I was younger, but a lot of my focus was always on the fact that the pretty white mouse shares the same name as me, so I was more than fine xD

[@miticaBEP07]

I have a headcanon for which the non-diegetic songs - Who Will Rescue Me, Tomorrow Is Another Day and Someone's Waiting For You - are all sung by Penny herself. She grew up into a beloved singer and uses her music to comfort people in a situation like hers. Also, can we raise one up for BAMF Ellie Mae?

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

I could see her doing that.

[@corv1d770]

The Rescuers honestly helped me cope with living in a neglectful and abusive environment as a child so,,,they did something right. Sometimes I felt like Penny, and I could escape through the adventures for a little bit. Edit: Also lmao I just realized for the first time that this movie may be part of why I have claustrophobia and fear of caves and underground depths though

[@gabrielledoucette2373]

You are the first person that shared this. And I too agree and this is why I was so drawn to this and it didn’t scare me but rather comfort me as a child, I have been met with a lot of negativity in saying that and a lot of people saying the film shouldn’t even exist. This movie helped children like me keep faith and feel less alone thank you for sharing your comment

[@memerman9268]

I watched this as a kid and I agree with you. It’s messed up

[@cl0p38]

*child abuse*

[@BlackReshiram]

who else here watched this as a kid and thought bernard and bianca themselves would somehow become pennys parents

[@twilighthairball]

You're not alone hahahha!

[@lilenwasnothere6867]

here 😭 i don't know how i thought that was going to happen

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

That would've been weird

[@metalgamer21]

This along with Mulan were my favorite movies as a kid. I watched them so many times my parents probably got sick of them. Thanks for the nostalgia trip, now I need to find a way to rewatch this gem.

[@DrawpinionDump]

You're welcome! I also loved Mulan

[@KatelynJewel]

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. It seems like whenever I hear about it most of the time, it's always about how the sequel was superior but is underrated because it bombed. I love the sequel and I definitely see why it's usually preferred with it having more action and adventure, but I still find the first one enjoyable as well.

[@gumball6445]

There's a secule

[@gumball6445]

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[@khiernix]

YES, like the sequel is really good but the first one is also as good in my opinion

[@cthulhucy]

I love drawpinion dump so much omg

[@LaoonCow]

Same 🥺

[@sergioperez3721]

Sammmee

[@danielsandoval8345]

Yep. Waifu material 🤤

[@DrawpinionDump]

you guys I'm gonna cry

[@aboringotakuwhoisntnamedkyle]

Bro you get it :)

[@pirana9745]

This movie was definetively one of my favourites, though the main titles song always made me cry. Nowadays i still do

[@gabrielledoucette2373]

Me too it really comforts my inner child

[@haileybalmer9722]

I remember watching this for the first time as a kid, and getting to the part where we see the inside of the cave. I was like "NO NO NO no n... huh. Can I live inside of that skull somehow? That sounds perfect."

[@TahtahmesDiary]

As an abused adoptee, I found this movie I found it very relatable. As an adult that enrages me but I’m glad I had some comfort back then.

[@gabrielledoucette2373]

I agree with you, thank you for sharing.

[@lizafootfor5471]

Truth is when I was six, I couldn't help but feel creeped out yet curious plus I found it emotional. I was even at the edge of my seat when watching this movie back then. Today, I really like The Rescuers. The characters are memorable, the story is very good and the themes are dark and deep for a kids film teaching them about abandonment, child neglect, faith, bravery and true act of heroism. The sequel is good, too. I also recommend a TV series called Chip n' Dale: rescue rangers. It's not related, but it's a bit similar on being adventurous and heroic. Great video ☺

[@gabrielledoucette2373]

This movie helped me have faith and feel normal in some of the darkest times of my life- I really related to penny. It disheartens me to hear comments that people think this shouldn’t be shown, for some children this is the only comfort and soothing they have .. music and everything just on point I cried re watching this as an adult

[@aliencentaur]

Honestly one of my favorite movies from my childhood!

[@guyjackson2062]

Bernard and Bianca snuggling up on that albatross is the cutest thing ever animated.

[@_ezrah]

I haven’t seen this movie in 20 years! It’s making me cry just thinking of this movie! 😭🥰 Flotsam and Jetsum are a copy of THE Brutus and Nero

[@snbsixteen6stars201]

Also i loved Medusa Glad they did not re use cruella de vill for this movie

[@Virus-vv2xs]

i adore the way she was so meticulously animated, the Rescuers was one of Milt Khal's last movies & was the lead character animator for Medusa. the way she moves around & all of her shots are just visually stunning!! so detailed so much moving at once!!

[@miticaBEP07]

Using a new character with some Cruella elements instead of Cruella herself gave the creators way more creative freedom to work with her. Cruella was way more aggressive, but Medusa does have more of a manipulative side and can feign some charm. Being good with a gun, having pets that she seems to love and enjoying life in a boat in the middle of the swamp (which the high-class loving British designer would probably very not enjoy) are also distinguishing traits. Medusa also appears to be poorer than Cruella, owning a run-down pawn shop instead of being a famous designer. Cruella wouldn't need to get rich, she already is. They did everything right with this character and I commend them for it.

[@scarlettwinteralt7785]

I watched this when I was really young (before I could even talk), watched it several times this year and only then I realised how messed up this movie is but it makes me feel cosy at the same time

[@dalekbeifong]

same!!! and i absolutely adore the sequel too

[@curlykinkycoilsckc]

This movie was scary, too real and likely to happen. Baby girl almost drowned! Like this could have been actual news, lifetime could have made a movie of this, this could start with based on a true story. With that said i watched this several times as a child and stayed singing the anthem 😂

[@crayonsmmmm3509]

Something about Medusa’s design looked familiar: she kinda looks like the singer lady from boxtrolls

[@shantih19]

I wrote my first fanfiction at like 6-7 y/o, it was about (spoilers (?)) Bianca and Bernard's marriage after the second movie. Send help

[@adventureawaits1401]

Yo I feel that on a spiritual level😂 They were my first ship before I even know what shipping was

[@QueenCloveroftheice]

They showed us this movie in daycare, and it traumatized me lmao

[@sandradermark8463]

I was raised on this film... kawaii especially the bayou community with Gramps Turtle, Deacon Owl and Deadeye Rabbit and Evinrude (I would have luved the bear or bullfrog and how this chara would have played out against the rest of the cast)... even though the skull cave and the villains (Thénardier expies with pet gators named after rotten Romans) were quite scary. To be honest I was puzzled when both Luke and Evinrude drink moonshine and breathe fire; thought this was a reconstituent draught and not strong drink. This film was also my gateway into Southern Gothic...

[@infjelphabasupporter8416]

As a child I wasn't afraid of this film because I saw my mom in Madame Medusa. I mean she didn't force me into caves but she was just as verbally abusive and beat me. Still one of my favorite Disney films. It's so heartwarming yet incredibly realistic.

[@Jackson-nr2mw]

I love the darker Disney movies a lot more than the 90s fairy tales. their more impactful and more serious, and I can still see myself watching them instead of a little mermaid or beauty and the beast.

[@dalekbeifong]

This was my favorite movie by far as a kid. The sequel too!

[@laurenaspreyart]

I’m so glad someone finally talked about this film, I feel like it’s so underrated. I didn’t know some of the behind the scenes stuff so that was very cool :) Also, where did you get the plushies?! 😍

[@DrawpinionDump]

I've had them since I was small! If memory serves me, they came bundled with the VHS in some package deal (either that or we just coincidentally bought them together)

[@ccarr1025]

I recently rewatched this with my daughter (4 years old). Honestly, it hit me pretty hard. A kid alone, even at her orphanage who doesn’t think she’s getting adopted because she isn’t good enough or cute enough. Then even being willing to go down into the hole as long as Medusa will let her go back to the orphanage so she can have a chance to get adopted, and Medusa telling her no one would want to adopt her… breaks my heart.

[@lunapond7652]

I loved this movie as a kid! I had it in Spanish on VHS, it was wonderful, very cinematic, me being the age of the orphan girl i was terrified for her when she had to go underground, i really felt for her and her struggles. it was easy for me to imagine myself in her situation and made me really invested in the story, it left a huge impression on me, it’s one of the few movies that seemed to have a more complicated plot and i enjoyed it wasn’t just about a romance with two characters who had just met eachother.

[@Furore2323]

Oh damn it's flooding back, this movie tore me up.

[@animarodies3755]

I'm not going to lie. This movie's opening sequence is my absolute favorite one among Disney films. Not the "Circle of Life" sequence from "The Lion King", not the intro sequence from "Mulan", but the one in this movie. The artistry is so beautiful, and the accompanying song is so gorgeously somber.

[@stm7810]

Glad we stayed to the end for the plushies!

[@lauren6509]

Finally madame Medusa gets a spotlight cause she's definitely the worse. I used to watch it a lot growing up because it was my mom's favorite movie and hearing her say "Why would anyone want a homely little girl like you?" Made me sad. Like you stole this girl under false pretenses and hold her hostage to do your dirty work so why would you say that to an orphan. Sidenote this movie has one of the best scores of all cinematic history. Debate your mother👩🏿‍⚖️👩🏿‍⚖️👩🏿‍⚖️

[@antarctican_immagrants6849]

I love your drawing style, its cute

[@badweather4cast]

Here's some neat facts about this movie and the books it was based on! Expanding on what you mentioned, in the original novel of the same name by Margery Sharp, Bernard and Bianca have to rescue a Norwegian poet from a place called the Black Castle, a terrible prison. Bianca actually wasn't a part of the Prisoner's Aid Society at that point, Bernard was, and he was sent to ask for her help due to her owner being the son of a diplomat (I believe, it's been a while) with the ability to travel to faraway places. In conjunction with the discussion of this video, the book was described ON THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET as being a "lighthearted fantasy" for children... parts of it, however, are quite dark. The poet's message is written in blood, reading: "Will I ever see Norway again..." Not to mention Miss Bianca herself is nearly killed several times. The description of the prison is also quite upsetting... a bleak place, indeed. Funnily enough, the movie more accurately adapts the second book in the series, called simply Miss Bianca, where Bianca and a team of other female mice join forces to rescue a young child named Patience (no doubt where the name Penny came from in the movie!) from a quartz prison called the Crystal Palace, if I'm remembering correctly. Actually, the Prisoner's Aid Society weren't very interested in the idea of rescuing Patience, since children didn't really excite them as much as say, a trapped hero, hence why a team of mother mice were sent, who were more emotionally attached to the cause. Her tyrannical keeper, the Countess (though of what, even the main characters are unsure) used Patience as a maid and barely fed her at all, the girl was described as "painfully thin". She's eventually rescued by the mice and brought to live with a nice couple. However, what's interesting about Patience's plight is that the Crystal Palace is in the middle of the city, not isolated like the bayou. Anyone and everyone can see that she needs help through the semi-translucent prison walls... but no one even tries. Another terrifying fun fact: The Countess had several clockwork maids built who could only say, "as her grace pleases"! Yep, that book was a rollercoaster, all right. Some of the imagery was downright insane, but I love it for that.

[@Evielicious]

Honestly I thought the second one with the poacher was scarier.

[@smolpeepee245]

I watched this as a kid and liked it, it was a lot different from any of the other movies I saw. I'd love to rewatch it some day.

[@WolfmanArt]

Milt Kahl is one of my favorite Disney animators!! The work he did for Disney inspired me as an artist!

[@sociallyineptspider-man2366]

I'd love your take on a silent voice in a video essay, you're channel is fantastic and I always look forward to your next upload

[@hameley12]

This movie and a few others were in my top *most favourites* back in the 80s. I was young and loved dark tones and the type of "I'm a survivor, not a victim" themes. It was quite refreshing to see little mice helping a human and not the other way around. Now that I am older and I'm petite. I always remember this one movie; that because I'm short I should never limit myself nor undervalue myself in any way. My best friend also loves this movie very much! Thank you Drawpinion Dump for your take on the movie! Keep them coming!

[@snbsixteen6stars201]

Loved resuers down under

[@crayonsmmmm3509]

I had a picture book of that and there was this one picture of a trapped joey that made me cry

[@snbsixteen6stars201]

@@crayonsmmmm3509 i had the comic of that movie, there was this picture of the rescuers in the haunted mantion Its bin 20+ years and i still want a rescuers in the haunted mantion movie or comic

[@adventureawaits1401]

@@snbsixteen6stars201 Yoooo what??! There was a comic??? Where can I find that??!!

[@archsteel7]

... Dob Bluth gave a generation of children a massive appreciation for the very smol and the very large.

[@abrady0]

You’re so underrated.

[@flappudle6689]

Omg I loved this movie so much- 💕💕✊🧡💙 thank you so much for making this vid!

[@Beanie26]

did you know that Rescuers Down Under was the First Disney Animated film to be completly animated digitally? an also Madame Medusa was apparently notoriously difficult to animate

[@stiffpictures8971]

I’ve seen this movie! It’s been popping up on and off in my memory forever. The scene I always remember the most is the two mice walking through the streets. I’ve always thought it was a figment of my imagination but it’s not!

[@zulemazahir666]

I wondered why I thought of Cruella DeVille, I watched it yesterday and realized that the car was probably the same.

[@Lilcharlie78]

its one of my favs. i like it when it is kinda dark.

[@elibridgers2781]

This movie is nostalgic to me, watching it with my Dad on VHS at night when I was a young lad. This movie is long overdue for a live-action remake.

[@paolosardi9734]

This movie is so cozy and nostalgic to me, it's probably my favourite, i just really love don bluth style

[@thecatmom2861]

This movie used to give me nightmares as a kid

[@therealfinnaspring8585]

I loved this movie growing up. It was atmospheric and stuck with me

[@Lizzy3D]

I always get this funny IKEA's Smallland association with this movie because that was the first time Isaw and even heard of it

[@BlameSpace101]

The only cartoon kids film I think is scary and horrifying is watership down I watched it when I was younger and it gave me nightmares for weeks.

[@Ohboycommentsection]

That is definitely not a kids' movie. My dad made the accident of renting that for me when I was 7 and about 20 minutes in I was bawling my eyes out 😭 I didn't watch that animated feature again until college and then I'd liked it a lot

[@mightyowl1800]

This is me admiring the flex of your Rescuers plushies 👏👏👏

[@Herowebcomics]

Cute and terrifying is the perfect way to describe this movie! The mice and other good animals were cute,and so is Penny,but what was happening to her was not! All the comedy they tried while we were hanging out with her didn't work so well! I was like "Ha ha ha! You are a little girl in a kidnapping situation where you are forced to go into a watery hole for a giant shiny rock!”

[@cinferbear2408]

I remembered this movie from when I was younger and I loved it. I just rewatched it again today after not seeing it for a few years, and now I regret it. So much seemed depressing and bleak to me and the villainess was so horrifying. After seeing her I was just terrified throughout the rest of the film, like just h o w and w h y . It felt like I was looking into the depths of the underworld, I know this sounds dramatic but she was so horrifying to me in every way, and I felt so depressed looking at the film.

[@cinferbear2408]

I don’t even know why it was as depressing and horrifying as it/she was, I just felt that looking at it.

[@jacquelinemackie4395]

I really want to rewatch the rescuers now

[@SatansSimgma]

Most nightmare inducing cave scene, petrified me as a 5 year old.

[@Anthophobia]

I absolutely loved The Rescuers when I was little! In hindsight it probably wasn’t the best for little me but I loved it nonetheless

[@gumball6445]

Ok this was one of my childhood movie now I may ne 12 so dont you judge me my parents are like 50 I as not a fan of this but when I was 8 I rewatched it i stood back and looked at it hard i found a new love for it looking at it again now i love it i think it is one of the best Disney movies ever

[@gumball6445]

I have been NOTICEEEEEEEEDD!!!!!!!!

[@lpsfoxstar8454]

THANK YOU FINALLY this. movie. needs. more. love.

[@vd7937]

I loveeeee this movieeee

[@nikkiespinosa8854]

Same! :)

[@mangantasy289]

I always loved that movie too. Still do. Now as an adult I can oly wonder just how traumatized for life poor Penny must have be. And Bernhard and Bianca are such great characters, especially in the way they complement each other. And they are mice, which gives them extra points for me. I totally love those little creature and have them as pets since decades. I like the sequel too, it has such interesting characters. (and can't tell how much I like Bernhard facing his fear and scare the boar. But in the sum I always liked the first one Rescuers movie a little more.

[@robertgonzales1106]

I seriously forgot I watched this as a kid and I am 30... gives me weird feelings to see clips from it

[@Calirinz]

I know this video is kinda old now but I wanted to comment that this Disney film is based off of some cool books published in the 1950s about Miss Bianca who works in a prisoners aid society and I think it’s sad nobody ever seems to know or mention this. They’re quite hard to get a hold of now but I own one and it’s eloquently written and beautifully illustrated

[@mysticblue108]

Everytime I see that lil dragonfly from the rescuers I can hear it even if it’s a photo

[@xRaiofSunshine]

I love the tiny mouse society, it’s so cute among the gloomyness 😊

[@redactedredacted6656]

As far as horrifying Disney films about mice in a human world go I preferred The Great Mouse Detective. But The Rescuers was amazing and I hope Miss Bianca's coats and Madam Medusa inspired some drag queens

[@edienandy]

The opening scene of the Great Mouse Detective scarred me for life. That bat’s face exploding onto the screen still haunts me 😰

[@DianaDxD]

I actually vividly remember watching this movie and the opening sequence kinda creeped me out as a kid mainly cuz I thought the music was kinda intense and the dark setting of the Bayou😰

[@reynard61]

It's amazing how well it did considering what it was up against: Star Wars (which was *still* going strong even though it had been released in late May), The Spy Who Loved Me, A Bridge Too Far, Smokey and The Bandit, Saturday Night Fever, Annie Hall, Oh God!, etc. I kind of wish that you'd talked a bit about the music. Remember, "Someone's Waiting for You" was nominated for a Best Song Oscar (but lost out to that dreadful Debbie Boone glurge-fest "You Light Up My Life"), and Artie Butler's somewhat eccentric background cues that drew influences from everywhere from 1940s-ish Tom-and-Jerry to Mariachi -- sometimes within the same few bars!

[@lauraabreu3852]

Boiaido & Bianta forever!

[@jonryder7269]

I feel one f the big strenghts this films has over the sequal is the rescuers themselves. In the sequal sure the outback is huge but everyone seems to know where the baddies hideout is they are just getting carried there. In this film they have very little to go on but small clues yet they are the ones who find AND save the girl and they do it together.

[@ZoeBlacktail]

The rescuers are one of my favorite disney movies. XD

[@harmondaniels5108]

I saw this movie at a friends house as a kid, and I remember the gloom, and how I thought it was slightly more off putting, than other cartoon movies.

[@aboringotakuwhoisntnamedkyle]

I love your vids

[@DrawpinionDump]

thank you

[@aboringotakuwhoisntnamedkyle]

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[@LusciousTwinkle]

My favourite Disney film EVER. BTW I can't think of a fairytale that DOESN'T contain child abuse.

[@MissCaraMint]

Oh I love the rescuers. You should see the second one too.

[@thespriteofhumanity]

Why can't the bottle just be a bottle?

[@annaathey8827]

Yes! I loved this movie so much as a kid!

[@rodentary]

Omg i loved rescuers and rescuers down under

[@vixxcelacea2778]

Total side note but I would almost swear that movies that are like this and any kid friendly films with child abuse and abandonment are there for kids who are actually experiencing it, to be able to escape on an adventure filled with people and animals who care about them and get a happy ending. Matilda, All Dogs Go to Heaven. The Rescuers and The Little Princes were movies I related to. Now in adulthood I realize why. So if by some off chance that this is the case, thank you to the creators who made these stories. They helped me get through the childhood in which I knew something was wrong, but because it's rare for your abuser to be as obviously cartoonishly evil, it helped me come to terms with it and to see that the madness I lived in wasn't normal even if it was hyperbolic version in the movies. Noticing commonalities was part of the key that helped me realize what I in.

[@gabrielledoucette2373]

I couldn’t have said it better myself, Thank you for sharing this. It disheartens me to hear others say these movies shouldn’t be available for children. This really helped me tbrew some of the darkest times of my childhood. I appreciate reading your comment

[@remyxedfern5008]

Another masterful commentary from the South American genius to brighten my day

[@edwinreid8355]

" Snoooops! What's wrong? "

[@eveecco]

I remember watching this, Robin Hood, Aristocats, and the Swan Princess a lot as a kid.

[@animateddepression]

Ahh good ol 80s Stranger Danger.