History CentralTheme / AnimatedFilms

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda4'': Learning to accept change and PassingTheTorch.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'': With some perseverance and teamwork, any hardship can be overcome. Moreover, some journeys can only be completed if everyone stays on the same path.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIITheGreatValleyAdventure'': Be a kid while you're still a kid; parenting's a lot tougher than it looks. Also, adults are responsible and know exactly what they're doing.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIIITheTimeOfTheGreatGiving'': The wonders of togetherness and unity. More importantly, asserting dominance over others through aggression is not the best way to go, especially in times of grave danger.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVTheMysteriousIsland'': If children decide to go somewhere without adult supervision, they'll be sorry. A second theme would have to be the possibility that a close friend might betray or turn against you when you grow up.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVITheSecretOfSaurusRock'': Is there really such a thing as bad luck? In addition, the mistaken tendency for people to pin the blame of a devastating series of events on a complete stranger.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVIITheStoneOfColdFire'': People may be different on the inside than the outside, whether for better or worse. Also, there's more to the universe than what we experience in our daily lives.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeXTheGreatLongneckMigration'': Familial tradition, as well as the discovery of a lost parent, its impact on the child, and what can be done to fix the relationship.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeXIInvasionOfTheTinysauruses'': It's not a good idea to scapegoat other people for your actions; take responsibility for them, as hard as it may seem.

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': What do you do when you find out your profession is unethical? What does it take to try and change it for the better?

* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': Can love be found in the least likely of places, or people?

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': Life is an adventure. Don't let grief and bitterness keep you from it.
** Also, don't let the material things you did or did not have blind you to relationships, past or present.

* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'':
** Life is precious; never take it for granted.
** The inevitability of death, and finding the resolve to not let fear overtake your life.

* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': What does it mean to be "big?" Redefining order in a flawed hierarchy.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Fantasia}}'':

** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': No matter where they come from or who they are, anyone can be Spider-Man, as long as they're willing to take the leap of faith.

** Generational trauma.

** [[spoiler:Generational trauma and the struggles and problems with trying to live up to the high expectations of your parental figures]].

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': How parenthood can change you in ways you never expected.

* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'': Friendship, forgiveness, redemption, and how the actions of one innocent person, kidnapped for the slaughter, can transform a trio of misfits into a true family.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': What does it mean to be extraordinary?

** ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': There is no thing that makes you special. It's just you and what you do.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': Anyone can be special. Creativity is a wonderful, powerful thing that often crops up in unexpected places and, sometimes, unexpected people.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart'': Not everything is as awesome as you expect it to be, and sometimes bad circumstances brought on by anger and misunderstanding can make people change for the worse. However it is still important to make the effort to make things better for everyone and yourself rather than sulking in that negativity.