Top 10 Disney Movies That Were Almost Completely Different

These Disney movies were almost completely different. For this list, we’ll be looking at Disney and Pixar movies that had original concepts differ from the final product we all know and love. Our countdown includes "Pocahontas," "Inside Out," "Peter Pan," and more! Do YOU want to see the original versions of any Disney movies? Let us know in the comments!
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[@SpacialRend7]

The majority of Disney films are naturally different, as the original source material would be too dark or mature, story-wise. For example, Ariel doesn’t get her happily ever after and dies in the Hans Christian Andersen tale.

[@CarolinaMouse]

Fun Fact with Aladdin- You see both Aladdin and Jasmine get human friends in the musical version of the show.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I wish the recent remake included some elements from it

[@sunnygirl523]

@@manuelorozco7760 it did jasmine had a best friend named dalia 🤩

[@manuelorozco7760]

@@sunnygirl523 Which was a bit obvious she would end up with Genie. But it was somewhat reasonable

[@manuelorozco7760]

I think Peter Pan, Inside Out, Moana, Mulan, Frozen and Toy Story were almost just fine the way they turned out. But as for a Monsters sequel, I’m good with Monsters At Work. I’m glad the Aladdin Broadway musical featured the original concepts that didn’t make the final cut.

[@joshuatewolde1837]

If you ask me despite the differences in these Disney movies they still hold a nostalgic charm charm memories that makes us want to live up to their legacy SOME DAY!

[@joheljimenez696]

I was fully aware that Cruella would have made an appearance in rescuers but since they switched out with medusa, it was a very interesting thing to do since Cruella cared more about fur coats than diamonds, but Ursula as Ariel's sister now would've been a significant game changer.

[@aidanhever3369]

Believe it or not, Redfeather the turkey was supposed to be voiced by John Candy. But because of his tragic death in 1994, Redfeather was scrapped and the animal friends remained silent.

[@trinaq]

I loved that they made Woody more likable in the final movie, it wouldn't have been the same if he'd been a jerk to Buzz the whole way through.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I agree. Otherwise I would have enjoyed the movie a teeny bit less then I actually did.

[@barbaratrigg1693]

I agree. I love Woody and buzz.

[@TheCommenterDragon]

That's what i love about Disney films like these, they all originally had plots that were either too dark or mature to use. just another thing to add to the pile of secrets that these particular films hold.

[@olleselin]

The early drafts of "Toy Story" almost costed Pixar their entire establishment. Disney told them to fire people to which they refused. Then the team rewrote everything and took it further to make this finally layered masterpiece.

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

Where's the Emperor's New Groove? Originally it was going to be a musical entitled Kingdom of the Sun, and be a Prince and The Pauper story with Pacha (voiced by Owen Wilson instead of John Goodman) and Manco (changed to Kuzco) looking exactly alike and swapping places. Only when a version of Yzma, who's intention was to create eternal night to preserve her youth, finds out about this she turns Manco into a lama, and blackmails Pacha into doing her bidding. Then Manco teams up with and eventually falls for a female lama herder named Mata to get him back to the palace, while Pacha falls in love with Manco's bride to be Nina. Also instead of Kronk there was Huaca, a little stone servant voiced by Harvey Fierstein. And there was going to be songs written by Sting, most famously the Yzma song Snuff Out the Light.

[@keithpotter9922]

I was really surprised that wasn’t on here, they basically rewrote it and turned it into a comedy, Yzma’s deleted song is great! 👍

[@las_0703]

There was originally a scene in toy story where Woody throws Buzz out the window on purpose and becomes bad. It was called the black Friday reel.

[@Starwarsfanboy0928]

I think it’s also worth noting about Toy Story, that the movie was originally mean spirited. Yeah, remember that horrendous Black Friday reel. That was so bad that Disney wanted Pixar to stop the production.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I’m not into mean spirited stuff nowadays most of the time

[@charliejoson9145]

I just found what you were describing...it's on a 2 yr old MsMojo video. It was automatically linked on this video

[@forestwells5820]

Not sure if it counts as "completely different", but Zootpoia was originally supposed to have a whole thing with collars for predators, but the creators realized they didn't like that world and so they scrapped it. Nick was even going to have a dad who was trying to pitch a new company, but the fox angle was still there.

[@carminecdinoproductions]

Zootopia had a different draft with that!

[@forestwells5820]

@@carminecdinoproductions I couldn't remember how different the story was with that one. Been a while since I saw the feature about it.

[@amandapike2477]

Ursula is Triton's sister in the Broadway musical of The Little Mermaid.

[@rainbowrunner1550]

Here's another one: Toy Story 2. Instead of Jessie, there would've been a character called "Señorita Cactus". And while the original storyline was different compared to the film we know and love, the final version of Toy Story 2 still contained many elements from the original story.

[@Ella-bg2ve]

The original character of Woody was actually so unlikeable that the movie was said to have been hard to watch. It cost Disney soooooo much money because the whole script had to be re written

[@12Blueace]

Even Tom Hanks didn’t want to play the original version of Woody.

[@Anime_theatre_lover]

I heard about the Monsters inc sequel from awesomemay. The reason why it got canceled was because a whole other studio called “Disney circle 7 animation” was gonna make it instead of Pixar

[@devingiles6597]

You forgot a Disney film from the year 2000 that should've got a mention, The Emperor's New Groove. It was originally titled Kingdom of the Sun and went through a troubled development. What the heck, MsMojo?

[@christianparrish6647]

Rest in peace Gilbert.

[@christianparrish6647]

@@anar8343 I know. 😔

[@hunterolaughlin]

At least he and Robin can have a good time with making each other laugh up in Heaven now.

[@Shadowluigi-pj9nq]

I'll be surprised if Tangled isn't on the list. Rapunzel unbraided was wild

[@nebula1305]

I really thought zootopia was going to be in this list as they did have a different plotline here all predators were meant to wear collars if they became too emotional as well as there as the scenario of Nick Wilde who was originally the main character (and was previously going to be a rabbit named jack savage).

[@juanrisa945]

No Emperor's New Groove? You can't talk about Disney films that started differently than how they were released without that movie.

[@callum110597]

Amazing. Well, I heard all about Toy Story, Monsters University and Frozen. But wow, all those other movies had significant changes!

[@Tpgytp]

You forgot that the merrie men were originally going to appear in Robin Hood, but Wolfgang wanted to do a buddy comedy, so little Jon was the onley one to appear in it

[@Sebastian-lw5qb]

Emperor's New Groove should have won this. It really would almost have been a totally different movie.

[@HafeezUrRehman916]

3:52 It’s 2022 and I’m still watching Inside Out! It’s now 7 years old too!

[@olvialee7221]

120: 2022’s Chip N Dale: Rescue Rangers beat them to it. Having Peter Pan as the villain, voiced by Will Arnett

[@olvialee7221]

117: Cruella as the villain in The Rescuers? That would be a different story

[@danielwebber7517]

You forgot to add that, in one draft of Toy Story, Woody was supposed to be a complete bully who would've deliberately thrown Buzz out the window rather than do it by accident.

[@carminecdinoproductions]

I’d love to see Disney and Pixar do a Monsters Inc sequel movie with more monster characters!

[@christianparrish6647]

Getting trapped because of a birthday? Now that I would have loved to see.

[@mintyglitch9304]

Ngl I would like to see that idk why

[@thattheatrenerd1418]

I mean when you think about it the original Aladdin script with no abu and rajah is basically the musical plot, they had high adventure in the plot originally.

[@jamalvargas6146]

Splash and Who Framed Roger Rabbit RIP Touchstone Pictures Disney's forsaken film branch

[@HafeezUrRehman916]

9:13 Frozen 2 also was AMAZING. It wasn’t in this video though but I’ll say I pretty much enjoyed it.

[@HafeezUrRehman916]

9:13 Frozen was AMAZING.

[@vassa1972]

For me it would be Mulan because it was the first film that my then wife Angy saw together on our first date I still have fond memories of it, but like in life things change I'm now 50 years old and a stroke and cardiac arrest and colon cancer survivor and use a wheelchair when I'm outside of my apartment building here in downtown Hamilton Ontario Canada we got married in '99 and devorced since 2010 with no kids, but still love the movie

[@youtuber9626]

toy story is masterpiece

[@olvialee7221]

118: I like Monsters Inc but if the prequel was changed as a sequel, I’d love to see it

[@geckohunter123]

What? The Emperors New Groove was LITERALLY going to be a different movie 😂

[@HafeezUrRehman916]

9:13 WHY ISN’T FROZEN NUMBER 1? It should be to me.

[@NorrisVaughn]

You guys missed Kingdom of the Sun which became The Emperor's New Groove. It was going to be a musical, and it even starred Owen Wilson

[@MontyyMarijuanaVonPython]

Nice to see they considered other names for grandma willow and if her friends got a voice yes or no, but NEVER thought how disrespectful, inappropriate, inaccurate and most importantly disgusting Pocahontas could have looked. I mean the girl was basically a victim of human trafficking, like they always did.

[@christianparrish6647]

It would have been cool to see Pocahontas's animals speak.

[@olvialee7221]

20 emotions? That’ll be hard to cast

[@KangaKucha]

I do love Pocahontas because of what it did that was right, like the romance and racism, but it also has flaws that keeps it from being the best movie. Like a talking tree in this? REALLY?!? If it just talked to Pocahontas and/or John Smith it be ok but nope, it also acts out with two settlers! Ugh!

[@corbinowens2437]

that's crazy how they ended up using those elements in Toy Story 3 & 4

[@eliassmeke3991]

Yes 👍 you forget to mention The Emperor’s New Groove, Toy Story 2 and 3, Lady and the Tramp, Cinderella, The Lion King, Tangled, A Bug’s Life, Wreck-it Ralph and a few more.

[@samuelcollantes1175]

Nice video , and very interesting as well. Happy saturday Ms Mojo. Hope i see You soon for more, and God bless You, take care.

[@olvialee7221]

116: No mention of The Emperor’s New Groove? Darn

[@paulajones3856]

Camp Lazlo made a reference to Peter Pan from the episode Lumpus vs. the Volcano where Lazlo, Raj, Clam and Slinkman become Native Americans for the volcano spirit, which turns out to be a Chicken Pot Pie. Maybe WatchMojo should do Top 10 Cartoon Network Moments That Made Fans Rage Quit sometime

[@justineves3588]

Very very great epic list I like it a lot very great job mis mojo one of my absolute favorite list ever 💗 you're Disney videos are some of my absolute favorite videos ever keep up the great job mis mojo

[@olvialee7221]

121: I don’t know if there would be a list of Disney Villains saying fools even including Sweet Pete from Chip N Dale: Rescue Rangers and Darcy from Amphibia

[@hunterolaughlin]

The Emperor’s New Groove and Zootopia should have been contenders for this list. I’m not gonna repeat the way they were originally different as many others have already done so in the comments.

[@DonovanOliver]

Not to mention Dinosaur. Since Chris Farley was casted as Sorbus, but then he died too soon, as well as to be casted as Shrek. Not to mention Noah. Because I saw it in the concept animation.

[@carminecdinoproductions]

You guys also forgot The Lion King which had various drafts including some dark ones that were considered too dark for a Disney animated feature!

[@hunterolaughlin]

Also originally Mufasa wasn’t going to come back as a spirit after his death. So that’s another way the Lion King was originally going to be darker than the final film.

[@carminecdinoproductions]

@@hunterolaughlin Earlier drafts are darker and one is non-musical and an earlier storyboard featured an alternate death for the movie’s villain!

[@jazieldelacruz5582]

With Mulan, Aladin & holly f*** and respect but got so surprised with the true origin planing film for toy story

[@59771006]

When they decided to get rid of Aladdin’s mother a great song called “Proud of Your Boy” was cut from the movie the idea was that Aladdin would walk off and sing about how he was going to make his mother proud of him but when they decided to get rid of the mother there was no need for the song luckily the song lives on the Broadway musical

[@thureinhtet6528]

Zootopia, Tangled, and The Emperor's New Groove also have their original different version. Zootopia, a Disney furry movie, is supposed to be a spy film series that told the missions of a bunny secret agent named Jack Savage. Tangled, a Grimm Fairy Tale movie has two different origins. One takes place in modern times and the other is a darker version that contains Rapunzel's love interest, Bastian is similar to Kristoff from Frozen. In the origin of The Emperor's New Groove, the faces of Pascha and Kuzco are the same and Yzma has her song.

[@shaliseshaw9385]

There should another Top 10 Disney and Pixar Movies That Were Almost Different: The Lion King(1994), Robin Hood, Dumbo(1941), Pinocchio, Home On The Range, Pete's Dragon(1970s film), Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Finding Nemo, Coco, The Good Dinosaur, Toy Story 2, Winnie The Pooh and The Honey Tree, Mary Poppins, etc. 📺🎥🎥📽️📽️📽️🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬

[@shanzaaa8532]

It took them so long to make the rescuers yet they forgot to take the porn scene out of the original 😂

[@olvialee7221]

119: What about Up? Wasn’t there a previous list saying Carl and Ellie met in college and have a hate to love relationship?

[@freddiemolinajr.8397]

good video

[@MadMalManny]

The Jungle Book? Bill Peet created a version that was akin to the original novel by Rudyard Kipling as dark and mysterious

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

That Will be so Cool 👌👌😇😇

[@DavidAnthony211]

Kingdom Hearts 3 is a closer sequel to Monsters Inc. We'll ever get.

[@lavelap5]

Am I the only one who thinks Peter Pan is pretty dark already?

[@elysiabarr425]

The original book he is far from good, he kills the lost boys when they get too old. He cuts of Hook’s hand and feeds it to the crocodile. He is more of a villain.

[@listasneed3518]

I like how with mulan they revived the original plot with the arranged marriage between the princesses

[@georgiaolivia91]

The rescuers is my favourite and feel nobody knows it 🥺

[@SpacialRend7]

It’s interesting you say that because I just rewatched it yesterday as I felt the urge to do so and because it’s a classic film.

[@georgiaolivia91]

@@SpacialRend7 I think you are amazing and a lot of respect for you:’)

[@SpacialRend7]

@@georgiaolivia91 I appreciate that, thank you.😌🙂

[@amandawagner6099]

well, at least TLM musical kept Ursula as his sister, which was a better motivation for her.

[@theggamer2824]

You forgot How Zootopia was suppose to be about Nick Wilde instead of Judy as the main character and followed a different storyline.

[@HafeezUrRehman916]

9:13 Finally, I’ve heard Frozen 3 is the last of the franchise. I’m sure 3 Frozens were enough!

[@christian10697]

Zootopia was also vastly different with the whole Tame Collars storyline.

[@pinkyoshianimate1819]

I'm surprised you didn't mention The Emperor's New Groove.

[@StuffwellakaTy]

You guys forgot the most important film of all: Zootopia. That film has gone through a lot of changes!

[@alteregobro4826]

can you do top 10 dreamworks movies that were almost completely different?

[@christianparrish6647]

Hello Msmojo

[@dylanrivera2244]

Black Cauldron was originally supposed to be PG-13 (1980s PG-13), but at the last second the producers chickened out and it killed the whole movie.

[@sergioandrescontreras5251]

How was WALL.E going to be different? If someone knows, please let me know.

[@stephenchase2537]

Inside Out should have been a horror movie!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@HafeezUrRehman916]

11:12 I didn’t really liked Toy Story 4 much. It wasn’t in this video though anyway. It was Toy Story 1 in this video.

[@forrestdupre87]

What about Lady and The Tramp, THE LION KING?

[@MrGleeiscool]

Msmojo I’m going to Disneyland July 26th and 27th time for a week Of Disneyland videos to get me ready for the best trip ever

[@zeokingsilver]

So different

[@melissagrant4178]

Can you do a top 10 hex girls song that were be cool

[@user-re8fc8yk8n]

I love Disney movie my favourite movie is Encanto cars inside Out coco brave end Moana

[@davidabby7336]

Wow

[@tylerriley2587]

I blame Jeffrey Katzenberg for trying to make Woody a jerk and Pixar almost got canceled Because of him

[@MrGabeanator]

what no emperors new groove

[@sarahramsey9454]

bizarre mind blogging but a lot of these are classics originals you can't just fix movies differently that makes it more different and very not the same almost changed no way those classics need be left alone including anymore in the making

[@1992disney]

Frozen would've been a MILLION times better if it had stuck with the original draft of having Elsa be the villain instead of some "misunderstood heroine" (along with being more true to The Snow Queen and improving upon it's source material like many Disney animated classics that came before). I mean, she wasn't gonna be just another typical Disney villain. In fact, she was supposed to be a morally-gray one like John Silver in the underrated masterpiece, Treasure Planet. But NO. Let It Go happened and everything about Frozen was completely changed for the WORSE at the very last minute. That was not only one of Disney's BIGGEST mistakes, but also one of the DUMBEST decisions they've ever made.

[@DanielMartinez-hm8pu]

What about kingdom of the sun

[@HafeezUrRehman916]

I hope I get replies too!

[@Missmagazinebura]

Once upon a time Frozsn was better.

[@darkshadow7005]

😇😇😇😇

[@ODJJ-77.83]

2,000

[@Seventeenpro517]

First,

[@christinalenzhofer4600]

Bernhard und Bianca Die Schöne und das Bist

[@aleksandrakettner905]

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