History Franchise / DisneyAnimatedCanon

The list of all the films in the canon (plus upcoming films, related franchises, cancelled films, and live-action remakes) can be found on [[Recap/DisneyAnimatedCanon this Recap page]].

This category does not include productions from Walt Disney Animation's sister studios Creator/{{Pixar}} and [[Creator/BlueSkyStudios Blue Sky]], nor does it include every animated feature released by Disney (such as the DirectToVideo {{Sequel}}s and [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie other]] [[WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut films]] [[WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers created]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Planes}} by]] Creator/DisneyToonStudios, Creator/StudioGhibli dubs, animated films made under a different Disney banner such as ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', which was made under Creator/TouchstonePictures, as well as films made by 20th Century Animation and released under Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios, or animated films distributed by Disney but produced by non-Disney studios). There don't seem to be any hard-and-fast rules as to which movies get to be part of the canon and which don't, but generally, the canon films have a big budget and are made by the Disney feature animation unit (live-action/animation hybrids like ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'' and ''Film/MaryPoppins'' tend not to count unless the animation is the bulk of the film, as in ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'' or ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime''). Website/TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_theatrical_animated_features set of lists]] for both the canon and non-canon films.

See also Creator/DisneyToonStudios, Franchise/DisneyPrincess, ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' (an AffectionateParody of Disney's own films), ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', a video game series which also seems to follow the rule of only using canonical characters from nearly all of these films ([[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas and]] [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean th]][[Franchise/ToyStory en]] [[Film/{{Tron}} so]][[Film/TronLegacy me!]]), or ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' which represents almost every canonical movie up to 2001 with at least a cameo appearance. ''Series/OnceUponATime'' is a live-action fairy tale series shown on Disney-owned ABC, with versions of the fairy tale characters heavily and obviously indebted to the Disney animated film versions. ''Film/{{Descendants}}'' is a similar all-DAC crossover Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie, featuring the offspring of classic Disney characters in a live-action musical. The Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes refers to a series of films that remake DAC films in live-action format.

[[caption-width-right:350: ''[[HumbleBeginnings "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by]] a [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse mouse."]]''[[labelnote: Clockwise from top left:]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Mirabel]], [[WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld Legend, Ethan]], [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana, Naveen]], WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}, [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook Mowgli, Baloo]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Nick, Judy]], WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}, [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Elsa, Anna]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Flora, Merriweather, Fauna]], [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland the Chershire Cat]], [[WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon Raya]], WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}, [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch]], WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}, [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Hiro, Baymax]] and [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]].[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350: [[HumbleBeginnings "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by]] a [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse mouse."]][[labelnote: Clockwise from top left:]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Mirabel]], [[WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld Legend, Ethan]], [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana, Naveen]], WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}, [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook Mowgli, Baloo]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Nick, Judy]], WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}, [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Elsa, Anna]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Flora, Merriweather, Fauna]], [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland the Chershire Cat]], [[WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon Raya]], WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}, [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch]], WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}, [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Hiro, Baymax]] and [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]].[[/labelnote]]]]

''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' were both produced and released by Disney under its Creator/TouchstonePictures banner (the latter's [[UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie 3D]] re-releases were under the Disney banner). Compare the works of former Disney animator Creator/DonBluth, as well as the [[WesternAnimation/GulliversTravels two feature length]] [[WesternAnimation/MrBugGoesToTown animated films made by]] [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer Studios]].

[[caption-width-right:350: [[HumbleBeginnings "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by]] a [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse mouse."]][[labelnote: Clockwise from top left:]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Mirabel]], [[WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld Legend, Ethan]], [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana, Naveen]], WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}, [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook Mowgli, Baloo]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Nick, Judy]], WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}, [[WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}} Elsa, Anna]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Flora, Merriweather, Fauna]], [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland the Chershire Cat]], [[WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon Raya]], WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}, [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch]], WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}, [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Hiro, Baymax]] and [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]].[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350: [[HumbleBeginnings "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by]] a [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse mouse."]][[labelnote: Clockwise from top left:]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Mirabel]], [[WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld Legend, Ethan]], [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana, Naveen]], WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}, [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook Mowgli, Baloo]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Nick, Judy]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}} Elsa, Anna]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Flora, Merriweather, Fauna]], [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland the Chershire Cat]], [[WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon Raya]], WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}, [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch]], WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}, [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Hiro, Baymax]] and [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]].[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350: [[HumbleBeginnings "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by]] a [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse mouse."]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[HumbleBeginnings "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by]] a [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse mouse."]][[note]]The current VanityPlate of Walt Disney Animation Studios, the studio behind the Animated Canon. Ironically, ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' is not a part of the Disney Animated Canon, but the ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts''.[[/note]]]]

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Promoted by Creator/{{Disney}} as the Disney Animated Classics, the animated feature films produced by their main feature animation studio, currently known as Walt Disney Animation Studios, has a long history.

This category does not include productions from Walt Disney Animation's sister studios Creator/{{Pixar}} and [[Creator/BlueSkyStudios Blue Sky]], nor does it include every animated feature released by Disney (such as the DirectToVideo {{Sequel}}s and [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie other]] [[WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut films]] [[WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers created]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Planes}} by]] Creator/DisneyToonStudios, Creator/StudioGhibli dubs, animated films made under a different Disney banner such as ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', which was made under Creator/TouchstonePictures, as well as films made by 20th Century Animation and released under Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios, or animated films distributed by Disney but produced by non-Disney studios). There don't seem to be any hard-and-fast rules as to which movies get to be part of the canon and which don't, but generally, the canon films have a big budget and are made by the Disney feature animation unit (live-action/animation hybrids like ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'' and ''Film/MaryPoppins'' tend not to count unless the animation is the bulk of the film, as in ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'' or ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime''). Wiki/TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_theatrical_animated_features set of lists]] for both the canon and non-canon films.

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[HumbleBeginnings "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by]] [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse a mouse."]]]]

Promoted by Creator/{{Disney}} as the Disney Animated Classics, the animated feature films produced by their main feature animation studio, currently known as Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationStudios, has a long history.

This category does not include productions from Walt Disney Animation's sister studios Creator/{{Pixar}} and [[Creator/BlueSkyStudios Blue Sky]], nor does it include every animated feature released by Disney (such as the DirectToVideo {{Sequel}}s and [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie other]] [[WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut films]] [[WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers created]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Planes}} by]] Creator/DisneyToonStudios, Creator/StudioGhibli dubs, animated films made under a different Disney banner such as ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', which was made under Creator/TouchstonePictures, films made by 20th Century Animation and released under the Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios banner, or animated films distributed by Disney but produced by non-Disney studios). There don't seem to be any hard-and-fast rules as to which movies get to be part of the canon and which don't, but generally, the canon films have a big budget and are made by the Disney feature animation unit (live-action/animation hybrids like ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'' and ''Film/MaryPoppins'' tend not to count unless the animation is the bulk of the film, as in ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'' or ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime''). Wiki/TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_theatrical_animated_features set of lists]] for both the canon and non-canon films.

This category does not include productions from Walt Disney Animation's sister studios Creator/{{Pixar}} and [[Creator/BlueSkyStudios Blue Sky]], nor does it include every animated feature released by Disney (such as the DirectToVideo {{Sequel}}s and [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie other]] [[WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut films]] [[WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers created]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Planes}} by]] Creator/DisneyToonStudios, Creator/StudioGhibli dubs, animated films made under a different Disney banner such as ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', which was made under Creator/TouchstonePictures, or animated films distributed by Disney but produced by non-Disney studios). There don't seem to be any hard-and-fast rules as to which movies get to be part of the canon and which don't, but generally, the canon films have a big budget and are made by the Disney feature animation unit (live-action/animation hybrids like ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'' and ''Film/MaryPoppins'' tend not to count unless the animation is the bulk of the film, as in ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'' or ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime''). Wiki/TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_theatrical_animated_features set of lists]] for both the canon and non-canon films.

Promoted by Creator/{{Disney}} as the Disney Animated Classics, the animated feature films produced by their main feature animation studio, currently known as Walt Disney Animation Studios, has a long history.

See also Creator/DisneyToonStudios, Franchise/DisneyPrincess, ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' (an AffectionateParody of Disney's own films), ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', a video game series which also seems to follow the rule of only using canonical characters from [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters nearly all of these films]] ([[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas and]] [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean th]][[Franchise/ToyStory en]] [[Film/{{Tron}} so]][[Film/TronLegacy me!]]), or ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' which represents almost every canonical movie up to 2001 with at least a cameo appearance. ''Series/OnceUponATime'' is a live-action fairy tale series shown on Disney-owned ABC, with versions of the fairy tale characters heavily and obviously indebted to the Disney animated film versions. ''Film/{{Descendants}}'' is a similar all-DAC crossover Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie, featuring the offspring of classic Disney characters in a live-action musical. The Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes refers to a series of films that remake DAC films in live-action format.