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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':
** Helen is the true hero of the story. The film is about Helen's realization that the shallow domesticity she has accepted is suffocating her as well as the rest of the family, and at the end of the movie she achieves happiness by accepting her true calling as not only a homemaker. This is supported by the interpretation of Violet as the second lead. Violet [[CharacterDevelopment grows as a person]] much more than her brother Dash. Violet frees her family from Syndrome [[spoiler:both in his confines as well as the explosion which kills him]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':
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** Helen is the true hero of the story. The first film is about Helen's realization that the shallow domesticity she has accepted is suffocating her as well as the rest of the family, and at the end of the movie she achieves happiness by accepting her true calling as not only a homemaker. This is supported by the interpretation of Violet as the second lead. Violet [[CharacterDevelopment grows as a person]] much more than her brother Dash. Violet frees her family from Syndrome [[spoiler:both in his confines as well as the explosion which kills him]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/FrozenFever'': Why was Elsa so loopy despite the fact that all she had was a cold? Did she drink the medicine Oaken gave Anna, which was laced with opium and/or alcohol? Or, since this was apparently her first cold, was it because of her weak immune system?



* Shere Khan from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' could be interpreted as an avenger against Man, seeing how they have hunted and killed his species purely for their striped pelts. In the books, he's born crippled, meaning he finds it easier to hunt humans. This is a common explanation for many man-eating predators. The film removes his lameness, and therefore his reason for attacking humans.

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* Shere Khan from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'':
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could be interpreted as an avenger against Man, seeing how they have hunted and killed his species purely for their striped pelts. In the books, he's born crippled, meaning he finds it easier to hunt humans. This is a common explanation for many man-eating predators. [[AbledInTheAdaptation The film removes his lameness, lameness]], and therefore his reason for attacking humans.humans. There's also debate on whether his apparent civility is [[AffablyEvil his true personality]] or [[FauxAffablyEvil a lie]].
** Is King Louie's desire to be more powerful than the monkeys, which he wants to gain by being an honorary human via using fire, just playful arrogance, or is he evil (since if he used fire to rule over the animals, they'd fear him)?


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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'':
** The Man Upstairs:
*** Did he [[spoiler:allow Finn's sister, who seemed to be a toddler, to play with the LEGO as well as Finn]] to be fair, or (considering she seemed to be [[spoiler:bad at playing with LEGO]]), was it a CoolAndUnusualPunishment for playing with it without his permission?
*** Was his desire to [[spoiler:glue all the LEGO together]] just a weird quirk, or did he have some mental issue, like OCD or a midlife crisis?
** Are the LEGO figures [[spoiler:actually LivingToys, and the things Finn imagines come alive in their world]], or is it [[spoiler:all in Finn's head]]? If the former, is Finn [[spoiler:aware that the LEGO figures are alive]], or does he [[spoiler:think they're just unthinking toys]]?
** Did the computer really not understand Benny's vocal requests, but recognised Metalbeard's pirate talk, or was it stalling to allow Bad Cop to capture everyone?


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* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'':
** When the CEO of [=BnL=] didn't inform the other humans about Operation Clean-Up failing, was it on purpose, or by accident?
** Are [=BnL=] a generic MegaCorp, or were they genuinely looking out for humanity but unintentionally [[BigFatFuture made them lazy]]?
** When AUTO [[spoiler:insisted that the ''Axiom'' not return to Earth]], was he blindly following his programming, or was it because [[spoiler:he knew he wouldn't be needed and would thus be turned off if the ''Axiom'' did return to Earth]]?
** When WALL-E [[spoiler:slipped into the holo-detector, was it an accident, or (since he is shown to care more about the NeedsOfTheMany than himself) did he do it on purpose as a HeroicSacrifice so that it would stay open?]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'':

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*** As a ruler: A somewhat egotistical and temperamental but ultimately fair and just king? Or an outright oppressive tyrant who randomly outlaws anything he doesn't like (music... humans...), expects all of his subjects to obey his whims, then will readily banish, execute or imprison any subject that makes him mad (like [[TheExile Ursula]] or [[BeleagueredAssistant Sebastian]])? ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning'' has only fueled the latter interpretations, [[FanonDiscontinuity though not all fans consider it canon]].

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*** As a ruler: A somewhat egotistical and temperamental but ultimately fair and just king? Or an outright oppressive tyrant who randomly outlaws anything he doesn't like (music... humans...), expects all of his subjects to obey his whims, then will readily banish, execute or imprison any subject that makes him mad (like [[TheExile Ursula]] or [[BeleagueredAssistant Sebastian]])? ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning'' ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidArielsBeginning'' has only fueled the latter interpretations, [[FanonDiscontinuity though not all fans consider it canon]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'': When Prince John says he'll have Friar Tuck publicly hanged to draw out Robin Hood, Sir His responds: "B-B-B-But, sire, hang Friar Tuck?! A man of the church?!" Was he [[EvenEvilHasStandards horrified at Prince John stooping so low]], or was he [[PragamaticVillainy wary of offending the Catholic Church]], one of the most powerful institutions in Medieval Europe? Or was it some combination of both?

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* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'': When Prince John says he'll have Friar Tuck publicly hanged to draw out Robin Hood, Sir His responds: "B-B-B-But, sire, hang Friar Tuck?! A man of the church?!" Was he [[EvenEvilHasStandards horrified at Prince John stooping so low]], or was he [[PragamaticVillainy [[PragmaticVillainy wary of offending the Catholic Church]], one of the most powerful institutions in Medieval Europe? Or was it some combination of both?



** There's also something to be said that Wu's worry that the ritual would fail ''does'' happen, but only because Mei bails out mid-way because she decides she wants to keep it. With that in mind, and the possibility that Wu was just parroting warnings from her own parents or grandparents (despite warning that the ritual could fail after too many transformations, she apparently hasn't seen this happening herself, since she answers Mei's "Has that ever happened?" with "It cannot happen."), it's possible that said ancestors came to the wrong conclusion (or Wu misinterpreted them)--"more transformations=more difficult/possibly failing ritual", when the actual conclusion was "more tranformations=closer emotional bond with the panda spirit=less likely to want to separate=more difficult/possibly failing ritual".

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** There's also something to be said that Wu's worry that the ritual would fail ''does'' happen, but only because Mei bails out mid-way because she decides she wants to keep it. With that in mind, and the possibility that Wu was just parroting warnings from her own parents or grandparents (despite warning that the ritual could fail after too many transformations, she apparently hasn't seen this happening herself, since she answers Mei's "Has that ever happened?" with "It cannot happen."), it's possible that said ancestors came to the wrong conclusion (or Wu misinterpreted them)--"more transformations=more difficult/possibly failing ritual", when the actual conclusion was "more tranformations=closer transformations=closer emotional bond with the panda spirit=less likely to want to separate=more difficult/possibly failing ritual".



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** Did Marshmallow pull a HeelFaceTurn because he got what he wanted (to be alone)? Or was it because Elsa made him when she was territorial and afraid and so he embodied the anger and fear, and thus he lost those personality traits when Elsa was no longer angry and scared?
** Why was Olaf so keen on the idea of summer, and heat in general? Was it just because he'd never experienced it and thought it sounded exciting, was it because at the time he was created, it should've been summer (he was created during an EndlessWinter that was set off during the summer), or was it a side effect of him being created to like "warm" hugs and him not knowing the double meaning of the word "warm"?



** Snow White, depending on how you view her, is either way too trusting, naive and friendly for her own good or just plain TooDumbToLive. Is she being a traditionalist stereotype by cooking and cleaning for the dwarves, or was she simply doing what she needed to do to try and get by, and those were the only marketable skills she had at her disposal, so she hired herself a-la-Mary Poppins?

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** Snow White, depending on how you view her, is either way too trusting, naive and friendly for her own good or just plain TooDumbToLive. Is she being a traditionalist stereotype by cooking and cleaning for the dwarves, or was she simply doing what she needed to do to try and get by, and those were the only marketable skills she had at her disposal, so she hired herself a-la-Mary Poppins?Poppins? Some people have also explained her AngstWhatAngst moments as her being a StepfordSmiler.



*** Why did she choose an ugly old woman as a disguise despite wanting to be the fairest in the land? Was she just too distracted by homicidal rage to realise she was ugly? Was she using the disguise as an excuse to "cut loose"? Was she only intending to make herself look elderly and the ugliness was incidental? Did she think Snow White would take pity on her if she looked hideous? Or was she going for a disguise that was very far removed from her normal look to avoid suspicion?

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*** Why did she choose an ugly old woman as a disguise despite wanting to be the fairest in the land? Was she just too distracted by homicidal rage to realise she was ugly? Was she using the disguise as an excuse to "cut loose"? Was she only intending to make herself look elderly and the ugliness was incidental? Did she think Snow White would take pity on her if she looked hideous? Or was she going for a disguise that was very far removed from her normal look to avoid suspicion?suspicion? Similarly, her becoming more hammy and unhinged -- was that just cutting loose, or had the transformation changed her personality?


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** Was Humbert reluctant to kill Snow White because he was a good man, or was he just trying to avoid a SuccessionCrisis?


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** Why didn't Carl make more plans on how to survive in the wilderness? Was he [[FridgeHorror planning on dying]], or did he just get too excited to think that far ahead?
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* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'':
** During the Leviathan's attack on ''Ulysses'', it briefly grabs the ship in its mandible claws and holds it up to its "eyes", close enough for Milo to watch them dilate. Considering that it doesn't attack or snap the ''Ulysses'' in half during this scene, it almost appears to be '''[[ItCanThink intently studying]]''' the ship. Is it [[PragmaticEvil analyzing the enemy for weaknesses]], perhaps trying to determine whether it's a threat? Taunting the people on board with how easily it can destroy them? Lining up a kill shot for its WaveMotionGun? Or is it so ancient that it genuinely has no idea ''what the hell it has in its claws'', especially since the only other mechanical constructions it's ever seen are other Atlantean vessels like itself?
** During the same sequence, the Leviathan takes an awfully long time to destroy the ''Ulysses'', although it clearly could have obliterated the ship and everyone on board with a single tail slap. Is this a case of PlotArmor keeping the Leviathan from killing all the main characters in five seconds, or is the Leviathan sadistically toying with its defenseless prey? Or, as suggested above, is it confused about the ''Ulysses'' and trying to figure out what it is?
** As the Leviathan is circling ''Ulysses'', it gives out two loud calls that the crew can't understand. Is this a RoarBeforeBeating, or was the Leviathan trying to communicate with the vessel?
** Was Rourke EvilAllAlong or did he do a FaceHeelTurn when he realized the mission wasn't a simple "find the lost city and take valuables"? He knew about the crystal beforehand by reading or looking at the images in the book, but he didn't understand the ancient language so he couldn't know what the crystal was exactly, nor did he (or really ''anyone'' for that matter) expect Atlantis to still be inhabited. Excavating valuable artifacts from long-dead civilizations isn't evil even if you're OnlyInItForTheMoney like he seems to be, but deciding to take it from still-living people who depend on is unquestionably evil. Considering he only starts acting outright villainous ''after'' the crystal is revealed and he is given the chance to learn more about it, it calls into question if he was EvilAllAlong, or if learning the truth made him realize the value of it and acted on that. Dr. Sweet's statement when Rourke punches King Kashekim implies that after arriving in Atlantis, the crew (save Milo) met up and agreed upon taking the valuables, since he outright says Rourke assaulting the king was not part of the plan.
** How much of Helga's LastBreathBullet to kill Rourke due to [[DeathEqualsRedemption a desire to do the right thing now that she no longer had any chance to profit from doing the wrong one]] (she did seem to be very slightly less comfortable than Rourke with their various despicable actions, though not enough to stop being TheDragon) and how much was TakingYouWithMe spite from him betraying and fatally injuring her the second it seemed useful.
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