Top 10 Rejected Animated Movies That Became Successful

[@MsMojo]

Which pick do you think has the greatest underdog story? Let us know below, and check out our video of the Top 30 Pop Stars Who Voice-Acted for Animated Movies: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYDcaqh8fZynp7csi=ll68Aw1nuXBQh5ns

[@DANNYTHEFROG123]

The Emperors New Groove is still my favorite

[@justineves3588]

All of them are great choices

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

‘The Emperor’s New Groove’ was pretty cool and hilariously ridiculous. LOL

[@gianthand8130]

Yes 😂

[@olleselin]

Yeah😂😂😂😊😂

[@TheImaginator972]

I agree, although I sometimes wish we could have got the original version of kingdom of the Sun. 🤣

[@bakersnuts100]

When I need a good laugh, I pop this dvd in the player. Kronk ! Pull the lever !

[@mitchellryan7621]

Yeah, I wonder how it would have been if it came out originally as Kingdom of the Sun.

[@olleselin]

Man, i had no idea about "Toy Story" or "The Lion King" were initally rejected! Thank God they became one of the most succesful animated features ever made! ❤

[@DANNYTHEFROG123]

Both movies had me from the opening scene.

[@TheImaginator972]

I'm totally surprised you didn't include "The Prince Of Egypt" since that movie have as good history because Jeffrey Katzenberg has always wanted to adopt the story of Moses with Disney, unfortunately they rejected that idea until DreamWorks Animation made it.

[@abigailaceves9230]

Seriously, Disney has no problem adapting fairy tales that are pretty dark in their own right but not a biblical tale!?

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

‘Frozen’ became a huge HIT and song “Let It Go” was impressive. Millions and millions of fans of all ages loved it, and they can’t get enough of the franchise.

[@gianthand8130]

Nice.

[@1992disney]

And it was for all the WRONG reasons.

[@chelseacanales8763]

I didn’t know that Toy Story was rejected! Glad that the movie along with The Lion , The Emperor’s New Groove and The Nightmare Before Christmas were a success

[@vulpixfairy1985]

I love the fact that ALL of these films are my utmost favourites…this is a great list.

[@ProgressWillNeverBeStopped]

The Emperors New Groove is still my favourite out of this entire list and just might be the most slept on movie on this list.

[@masonruni]

If Toy Story was number 1, I’m going to agree to the list. The film was a game changer in cinema

[@SilvanaPuris2310]

It is unbelievable that these movies were rejected at one point but they were a success, I was surprised to know that they were rejected before, like: The Lion King, Frozen, Toy Story and The Rescuers

[@ProfessorTakatoPalm]

What I’ve learned with a lot of stories like this is that sometimes a masterpiece comes out of much rejection.

[@dreamguardian8320]

I've read in Don Bluth's book Somewhere Out There, that he had a lot of struggles with the Secret of NIMH, but it managed to see the light of day in the end, and I for one am glad it did.

[@calebbusing6171]

Fascinating

[@ReynaReactsandReviews]

The lion king being rejected & it became one of Disney’s best movies

[@yenziwemamba06]

book of life is SUCH an amazing film

[@kameronmcclary3369]

Seriously Frozen, Toy Story, The Emperors new groove and The Lion King are truly some of the greatest Disney movies ever made, they should've never been rejected at all

[@thomaslevy2119]

Didn't mention "Nimona" -- just the most recent animated film that almost never saw the light of day due to Disney buying the company. It was excellent.

[@AnikaBoomHeart]

I am very suprised that Nimona is not on the list cause of Blue Sky Studios departare, however Netflix decided to revive this project however with some great animation from a NEW animation division of Annapurna Pictures.

[@TheImaginator972]

Surprise seeing you too, yeah I was also surprised too they didn't include Nimona, since that movie was supposed to be Blue Sky Studio film until Disney shut them down, we glad Netflix has brought the film to reality.

[@AnikaBoomHeart]

That is true fact, besides it became a successful film to honor its studio's legacy

[@olleselin]

​@@AnikaBoomHeart yeah, "Nimona" turned out so good! MsMojo should've at least made it an honourable mention

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

I’m glad to hear these success stories!

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

The Disney animated classic ‘The Lion King’ turning 30. 😁

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

1995’s ‘Toy Story’ = One of my top 5 most favorite Pixar movies of all time! 😁👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@pyrosiscryo]

I'm surprised you didn't even mention Treasure Planet.

[@noahdean9685]

A honorable mention would have been nice

[@stayhappylittlemermaid]

Hard work might not seem exciting, but the results will be amazing.

[@lavenderflowersfall280]

The Lion King practically RAISED me. Life: weird. you'd think you would have turned out better? Me: yeah go figure

[@maximvandepoll3008]

I'm honestly surprised Nemona isn't on here, considering Disney basically abandoned it before Netflix gobbled it up.

[@saritasteel3178]

I just hope that in the movie of Shrek 5, once Disney buys DreamWorks, all The Official Disney Princes and all The Official Disney Princesses appear, especially the most important character in the movie of The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea, Melody, The Daughter of Prince Eric and Princess Ariel, with her best friends Zephyr, Tip, Dash, Kiera and Catalina, and besides, they will be the new main characters of the movie of Shrek 5 so that they help Shrek, Princess Fiona, Donkey, Dragon, Puss in Boots, Kitty Softpaws, Perrito, Dulcinea, The Three Diablos, Goldilocks, The Three Bears, Prince Lancelot, Princess Tiffany, King Artie, Princess Guinevere, The Children of Shrek and Princess Fiona: Fergus, Farkle and Felicia, The Children of Donkey and Dragon: Bananas, Parfait, Peanut, Eclair, Coco and Debbie and The Others to defeat Rumpelstiltskin, Death, Drizella Tremaine, all The Official Villains of Disney and all The Official Villains of DreamWorks, as Queen Grimhilde, Lady Tremaine, Captain Hook, Hades, Maleficent, Cruella de Vil, Marina del Rey, Ursula, Gaston LeGume, Jafar, John Ratcliffe, Shan Yu, Yzma, Dr. Facilier, Zhan Tiri, Judge Claude Frollo, Mother Gothel, Tamatoa, Drago Bludvist, Grimmel The Grisly, Mor'du, King Runeard, Prince Hans, Pitch Black, Dr. Zara, Queen Nerissa, King Magnifico, Rapunzel (Shrek) and Morgana, and to prevent Rumpelstiltskin, Death, all The Official Villains of Disney and all The Official Villains of DreamWorks from ruling and destroying all The Multiverse Forever, especially The Kingdom of Far Far Away, Shrek along with his wife named Princess Fiona will need help from their new friends which are all The Official Disney Princes and all The Official Disney Princesses, as Prince Florian, Princess Snow White, Prince Charming, Princess Cinderella, The Baker, Anastasia Tremaine, Prince Philip, Princess Aurora, Prince Eric, Princess Ariel, Prince Adam, Princess Belle, Prince Aladdin, Princess Jasmine, Prince John Smith, Princess Pocahontas, Prince Li Shang, Princess Fa Mulan, Prince Naveen, Princess Tiana, Prince Flynn Rider, Princess Rapunzel, Varian, Cassandra, Maui, Queen Moana Waialiki, Hiccup Haddock, Princess Merida, Kristoff Bjorgman, Queen Anna, Jack Frost, Princess Elsa, Miguel Rivera, Princess Raya, Walter Beckett, Princess Mirabel Madrigal, Jin, Yi, Connor, Ruby Gillman, Starboy, Princess Asha, Mateo, Queen Elena, Prince Desmond, Princess Amber, Prince James, Princess Isabel, Prince Hugo, Princess Sofia, Namaari, The Futuristic Four, The Other Six Princesses of The Kingdom of Atlantica and Melody, but actually, Melody is The First and Only that she is not a True Official Disney Princess, because Melody made her debut in the movie of The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea and it is also because she is The First and Only Daughter of an Official Disney Princess, but Shrek, Princess Fiona, Donkey, Dragon, Puss in Boots, Kitty Softpaws, Perrito, Dulcinea, The Three Diablos, Goldilocks, The Three Bears, Prince Lancelot, Princess Tiffany, King Artie, Princess Guinevere, The Children of Shrek and Princess Fiona: Fergus, Farkle and Felicia, The Children of Donkey and Dragon: Bananas, Parfait, Peanut, Eclair, Coco and Debbie and The Others also need Melody's help to protect and save all The Multiverse, especially Their Kingdom of Far Far Away away from Rumpelstiltskin, Death, all The Official Villains of Disney and all The Official Villains of DreamWorks, because Melody is The Daughter of Prince Eric and Princess Ariel, but also The Death of Queen Lillian, because since her husband named King Harold passed away in the movie of Shrek 3, she has felt heartbroken and that caused her own death in her Kingdom of Far Far Away, and all The Inhabitants of The Kingdom of Far Far Away are saddened by The Death of Queen Lillian, because now she is with her husband named King Harold in heaven, and now they have lost their queen, that means now The Kingdom of Far Far Away needs a new queen and King Artie said that his love interest, girlfriend, fiancée and former classmate from Worcestershire school called Princess Guinevere would be the one to be The New Queen of Far Far Away, so King Artie decided to return to his old school called Worcestershire along with Shrek, with his older cousin Princess Fiona, with Donkey, with Dragon, with Puss in Boots, with Kitty Softpaws, with Perrito, with Dulcinea, with The Three Diablos, with Goldilocks, with The Three Bears, with The Children of Shrek and Princess Fiona: Fergus, Farkle and Felicia, with The Children of Donkey and Dragon: Bananas, Parfait, Peanut, Eclair, Coco and Debbie and with the Others to meet again with their friends from their school who are actually Prince Lancelot, Princess Tiffany and his love interest, girlfriend and fiancée Princess Guinevere to take them back to his Kingdom of Far Far Away, and also The Romance of all The Official Disney Princes and all The Official Disney Princesses, especially The Romance of Maui and Queen Moana Waialiki, The Romance of Hiccup Haddock and Princess Merida, The Romance of Jack Frost and Princess Elsa, The Romance of Varian and Cassandra, The Romance of Starboy and Princess Asha, The Romance of Prince Lancelot and Princess Tiffany and The Romance of King Artie and Princess Guinevere, because I think that Maui will be Queen Moana Waialiki's love interest, boyfriend and fiancé, while Hiccup Haddock will be Princess Merida's love interest and boyfriend, Princess Tiffany will be Prince Lancelot's love interest, girlfriend and fiancée and Princess Guinevere will be King Artie's love interest, girlfriend and fiancée, because Queen Moana Waialiki is going to fall in love with Maui, Princess Merida is going to fall in love Hiccup Haddock, Princess Tiffany is going to fall in love with Prince Lancelot and Princess Guinevere is going to fall in love with King Artie, but they don't know how to tell them their feelings towards them and neither how to win their hearts, because every time Queen Moana Waialiki gets too close to Maui when it comes to true love, she gets very nervous with him, while which in the case of Princess Merida is also the same, because whenever Princess Merida gets too close to Hiccup Haddock when it comes to true love, she also gets very nervous with him, in the case of Princess Tiffany it is also the same, because whenever Princess Tiffany gets too close to Prince Lancelot when it comes to true love, she also gets very nervous around him, and in the case of Princess Guinevere too, because every time Princess Guinevere gets too close to King Artie when it comes to true love, she also gets very nervous around him, but luckily for them, Princess Fiona will help Queen Moana Waialiki to win The Heart of Maui, also Princess Merida to win The Heart of Hiccup Haddock, also Princess Tiffany to win The Heart of Prince Lancelot and also Princess Guinevere to win The Heart of King Artie, and I also want that Jack Frost will be Princess Elsa's love interest and boyfriend and Varian will be Cassandra's love interest and boyfriend, because Jack Frost leaves fall in love with Princess Elsa, but he doesn't know how to tell her his feelings and how to win her heart, because every time Jack Frost gets too close to Princess Elsa when it comes to true love, he gets very nervous with her, because Varian leaves fall in love with Cassandra, but he doesn't know how to tell her his feelings and how to win her heart, because every time Varian gets too close to Cassandra when it comes to true love, he gets very nervous with her, but fortunately for they, Shrek will help Jack Frost to win The Heart of Princess Elsa and also Varian to win The Heart of Cassandra, except Melody, The Daughter of Prince Eric and Princess Ariel, because she doesn't need a love interest, but also The Rivalry of King Artie and Queen Anna because they both want to compete in a challenge to see who is The Best Ruler of a Kingdom, because both want to do what is best for Their Own Kingdom, because King Artie wants to do the best for his Kingdom of Far Far Away because now he is The New King of Far Far Away and Queen Anna wants to do the best for her Kingdom of Arendelle because now she is The New Queen of Arendelle, but at the end, King Artie and Queen Anna become best friends in the world, because at the end, they both learned from their mistakes that they have made since their challenge to compete to see who is the best ruler of a Kingdom, and that at the end, King Artie and Princess Guinevere see their first true love kiss and that they become a romantic couple, just like Prince Lancelot and Princess Tiffany, and also that at the end of the movie of Shrek 5, Shrek becomes The New Leader of The Official Disney Princes and Maui, Hiccup Haddock, Kristoff Bjorgman, Jack Frost, Varian, Jin, Connor, The Baker, Starboy, Mateo, Prince Desmond, Prince James, Prince Hugo, Prince Lancelot and King Artie become The New Official Members of The Official Disney Princes, while Princess Fiona becomes The New Leader of The Official Disney Princesses and Queen Anna, Princess Elsa, Cassandra, Yi, Ruby Gillman, Anastasia Tremaine, Princess Asha, Queen Elena, Princess Amber, Princess Isabel, Princess Sofia, Goldilocks, Namaari, The Other Six Princesses of The Kingdom of Atlantica, Princess Tiffany and Princess Guinevere become The New Official Members of The Official Disney Princesses and that one day, Princess Tiffany will be The Wife of Prince Lancelot and that they have a family in the future, and that also Princess Guinevere is The Wife of King Artie, that they also have a family and that she becomes The New Queen of Far Far Away in The Future.

[@tmnt2105]

Great list

[@angeld3654]

Wow!!that's crazy to think these movies could've never happened!!! Especially Frozen, the Emperor's New Groove, Lion King, or the Book of Life

[@mauricesmithjr4050]

5:42 the storm will forever rage on

[@samuelcollantes1175]

Happy monday afternoon, Ashley, take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well

[@jafodesrrhinuaaanndez1521]

That's not Ashley, that's Tom. They are making the same video and posting it on another channel.

[@ROCKONplaceboforever]

Emperor's new groove is a classic love it so nuch good list 👏❤ love them all

[@justineves3588]

Very very great epic list i like it a lot very very great job mis mojo 😊❤

[@carlintaylor3229]

Empires new groove was great had no idea it was supposed to be a completely different movie at first glad it got a spin off on Disney channel too ❤❤

[@everlenaoliver6912]

4:29 I love the Book of Life, Fox made the right choice. I'll take it over Coco.

[@5FtOfRage]

Emperor's New Groove is one of my favorite Disney animated movies

[@DustinKopperman]

Heavy Metal and Vivo and Ron's Gone Wrong and The Book of Life and Frozen and The Emperor's New Groove and The Lion King and The Nightmare Before Christmas and Toy Story has the greatest underdog story on TV or on the DVDs or on Disney Plus

[@ericgeddes3353]

I will never forgive Disney for Frozen. I was really looking forward to them adapting The Snow Queen and they changed it beyond recognition. How is a kid wanting to save their best friend unrelatable? That's what makes the original so good.

[@1992disney]

They just wanted to push a feminist agenda. 🤷‍♀

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

I have no memory of almost any part of Secret of Nihm except that it terrified me when I was a kid. My sister and I watched quite a few times though because my sister loved it but I never loved it it was always too scary for me

[@sockygaldamez9492]

I never knew that The Book Of Life, The Lion King, Frozen, Toy Story, The Nightmare Before Christmas and The Emperors new Grove were rejected but I’m so glad they were made and became successful because they are brilliant movies ❤️❤️ also I do like Ron’s gone wrong as well 😊

[@anthonybeaudry1547]

NIHM was profound! is still wonderful to watch in my 40s with my teenage kids.

[@kleine.5438]

4:45 to 5:50 WHOA 😮 that's surprising 😯

[@johnseelinger9803]

I like the movies that were in the top 4 positions on this list. I've got copies of them except for "The Secret of NIMH."

[@SiennaGomez-u2c]

Vivo is one of my favorite movies to watch on Netflix❤

[@fluffydoge2869]

For the number 8, lookup “Next Gen”. It came out before this movie.

[@meganthompson6676]

Out of this list, there are only three movies I never saw or even heard of.

[@randomreviews4278]

2:41 love rons gone wrong

[@Jamal-bl7yh]

Killer Bean Forever (2009) Saw This In 2016 and I didn't know It'd spawn a web series, Mobile Game, and upcoming Console Game I loved that animated movie so bloody good awesome character

[@trinaq]

"Nightmare Before Christmas" is a movie that you can watch on both Christmas and Halloween.

[@gianthand8130]

Kinda like how Rise of the Guardians works as a Christmas movie and Easter movie.

[@rainbowrunner1550]

I'm happy that Toy Story became the timeless film it did. However, the Black Friday Reel is a solid testament of how troubled its production was. Especially with how much of a jerk Woody was there, compared to the final film. Even Tom Hanks wasn't overly fond of it.

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

“Dropping a project with Lin Manuel Miranda is a bad idea” Yeah…If Lin Manuel Miranda was supposed to work on a film I would absolutely help with it because we know that at least the music is going to be fire

[@Nellia..]

New Groove ♥️🔥

[@colinfahrenkamp8572]

What about Nimona?

[@brockthehydroelectricninja3144]

I love almost every single one of these films (minus Heavy Metal and NIMH)

[@istvangergelypalosi8795]

Top 10 Yoram Gross Movies

[@katherineknapp4370]

LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA IS EPIC, TALENTED, AND DEFINITELY CUTE!

[@gianthand8130]

I hope Skydance Animation’s “Gigantic” is a part of this.

[@vermontvoice13]

It was never made so how would it be in this list?

[@dreamguardian8320]

@@vermontvoice13 Well, from what I heard, since Disney cancelled Gigantic and fans really wanted to see it, the creators went to Skydance Animation in hopes of saving the movie and having it see the light of day. It may not be on the list yet, but hopefully someday, if done right, we might actually see Gigantic after so long. Might.

[@gianthand8130]

@@dreamguardian8320 👍

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

Walt Disney suggested doing the Snow Queen in 1940?! But they didn’t do anything with it till 2013?!! And then it became their biggest hit?! Wh-

[@Johidiaz]

They should’ve added Nimona

[@Josh-g1h9n]

Who would think Mixing Shakespeare and lions would be cool

[@Sketchchick215]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Book of Life!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@MrGabeanator]

what timing I was just watching the emperors new groove

[@Animeguy300]

Ron Gone Wrong was cool

[@1992disney]

If I were you guys, I'd replace Frozen with Treasure Planet because as big of a box-office flop TP was, it ultimately ended up getting a large and strong fanbase years later. But no. As always, you HAD to exclude the underrated Disney masterpiece in favor of a popular film that didn't deserve to be in the first place, and for the sake of views and subscribers, of course. 😤

[@crystalmorrison1616]

Only 3 movie on this list Iv'e seen

[@LowkeyAndrew]

I can't believe that vivo got rejected few years ago and became best movie thanks sony

[@joshuatewolde1837]

I bet you Inside Out 2 could & will BEAT The Lion Ling (2019) as the #1 HIGHEST GROSSING ANIMATED FILM OF ALL TIME!!!!

[@vermontvoice13]

Inside out 2 beat frozen 2 as highest grossing animated film…lion king is nowhere near the level of either frozen film or inside out 2 lol

[@Josh-g1h9n]

Eartha Kitt blew it out of the water

[@alondraxiquivicente120]

Great

[@gabriellehodges1996]

When MsMojo become a man voice? I must haven't been watching in a while lol

[@lh8167]

I love The Book of Life!

[@shelbyramirez5897]

Mulan 0:17

[@noahdean9685]

Nimona!

[@georgigood]

Nimona

[@171QA]

No Nimona?

[@anniedonahue3089]

45 seconds ago. Wow.

[@gianthand8130]

4 minutes old now.

[@jeanineaoun4558]

I was born the same month and year and date when Lion King came out

[@anniedonahue3089]

Third.

[@abispanner3957]

Frozen is the only one that shouldn't be on this list

[@Josh-g1h9n]

Ron gone wrong was disappointing

[@lorenzjudeceloso2444]

pull the level kronk.. WRONG LEVEr!!!!

[@vermontvoice13]

Umm ok…Frozen def was NOT a rejected film. It just happened to take a long ass time to come to be, not the same thing as being rejected

[@LeonardoKlotz]

What about NINONA?

[@peteryanes3413]

I never seen or hear of the 10#

[@alexius23]

🎥🍿🎞🎬🧙🏻‍♂

[@octaviosanchez1051]

Please do top 10 worst my little pony friendship is magic episodes

[@anthonyklecha6002]

No lack of respect for these movies, but are we just gonna ignore the fact that this is a *Ms* Mojo video with a *male* narrator?

[@AmandaYee-yn9dk]

Cisco is better than the book of life

[@Lovingly.Miscellaneous.-qf2lf]

Cannot express how much I LOVE The Book of Life🥹