History HumansAreTheRealMonsters / AnimatedFilms

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' is a PlayedForLaughs version. While the monsters don't show any signs that they consider the human race evil or malevolent, they are for some reason under the impression that humans are toxic enough to kill with a touch. They go to any lengths necessary to keep themselves safe from them when producing energy from them by scaring children. They basically consider the human race living nuclear power.

* The final most dangerous threat of ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' isn't the three large bears with immense strength working with Goldilocks nor is it the lupine bounty hunter [[spoiler:who turns out to be TheGrimReaper himself]], but rather ''Big'' Jack Horner, the monstrously apathetic and cruel normal human who is willing to do anything to get power (including causing the deaths of his own men) due to envy originating from wounded petty pride and a lust for power.

* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke, especially since his plan to visit Atlantis [[spoiler:was just a way for him to obtain that place's Heart ''[[{{Greed}} for his own greed]]'', even if it means leaving the Atlanteans to their potential extinction]]. When compared with his second-in-command Helga Sinclair, Rourke himself is '''a lot''' more [[{{Sociopath}} sociopathic]] than her.

* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke, especially since his plan to visit Atlantis [[spoiler:was just a way for him to obtain that place's Heart ''[[{{Greed}} for his own greed]]'', even if it means leaving the Atlanteans to their potential extinction]]. When compared with his second-in-command Helga Sinclair, Rourke himself is '''a lot''' more [[{{Sociopath}} sociopathic]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke, especially since his plan to visit Atlantis [[spoilers:was just a way for him to obtain that place's Heart ''[[{{Greed}} for his own greed]]'', even if it means leaving the Atlanteans to their potential extinction]]. When compared with his second-in-command Helga Sinclair, Rourke himself is '''a lot''' more [[{{Sociopath}} sociopathic]].

** While both versions of the tale are as depressing as hell, it's interesting to note that the cartoon has an even more of a DownerEnding than the original book. [[spoiler:In the film, the dogs are heavily implied to have died at the end, whereas they go live with a nice "Master" at the end of the book.]]

** Adding to this, it seemed a lot of the people in the ending montage were using it as political ammunition to put conservation laws in effect they'd already wanted.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'', [[{{Dracula}} Count Dracula]] grew to believe this following an incident where an angry mob set his previous home on fire [[spoiler:which resulted in the death of his wife]]. Dracula even appeared scared and tried to calm the mob down, but they still did it anyway. After meeting Jonathan in the 21st century, however, he begins to warm up to humans which is then solidified when he meets a whole town of friendly humans who proceed to help him even after he reveals who he really is. The following movies continue to subvert the trope, the worst humans are just insensitive jerks [[spoiler: and any that are actually villainous like Van Helsing and Erika undergo a HeelFaceTurn.]]

** Francis gets into an argument with Claudandus, asking about the good men. Claudandus yells back "No! ''No!'' There aren't any good men! They're ''all'' bad! ''They're all the same!''" Claudandus is even spitting as he yells this. Obviously, Claudandus's argument is flawed, because Francis's owner is a good man.

** [[DeadpanSnarker Bluebeard]] at first believes that it's a human causing the murders stating that only a human would do something so cruel to a cat. Of course, it turns out to be a cat (IE:[[spoiler:Pascal/Claudandus]]) committing the murders rather than a human. He also refers to humans under the slang term "[[FantasticRacism Can-Openers]]", believing that humans are only good for opening cans of food for cats.
** Francis gets into an argument with Claudandus, asking about the good men. Claudandus yells back "No! NO! There aren't any good men! They're all bad! ALL OF THEM!" Claudandus is even spitting as he yells this. Obviously, Claudandus's argument is flawed, because Francis's owner is a good man.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'' is a tough case. It is harsh in its depictions of human scientists performing animal experimentation on rodents, who aren't even developed themselves as individuals. The biggest threat to TheProtagonist and her family is a farmer who's unaware that an adorable boy is in his fields. Though one rat, Jenner, has the dubious honor of being the evilest character on screen.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'' is a tough case. It is harsh in its depictions of human scientists performing animal experimentation on rodents, who aren't even developed themselves as individuals. GGThe biggest threat to TheProtagonist and her family is a farmer who's unaware that an adorable boy is in his fields. Though one rat, Jenner, has the dubious honor of being the evilest character on screen.

* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' takes the misguided point of view. The dentist believes that he has rescued the lame Nemo from the dangers of the reef rather than separating him from his father, and the main antagonist is a slightly hyperactive little girl who doesn't realize that if she shakes the bag too hard she'll kill the little fish inside. [[HanlonsRazor It's clearly ignorance rather than malice]]. Then again, when one of the sharks earlier in the movie hears about Nemo being "kidnapped" he says disgustedly, "Humans. Think they own everything."

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron'':
** Depicts a white man owning a wild horse as equivalent to slavery because TheProtagonist is the horse and not the human. [[spoiler: This human is a GracefulLoser because he comes to see the horse as a WorthyOpponent.]]
** The Native Americans of the same film are shown in a more sympathetic light, but the titular stallion still doesn't like being trained. The other horses do but they prefer the Native Americans to the Settler.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'', Dumbo's mom was separated from him and chained up in a cage because she gave a bratty human kid a (well-deserved) spanking for harassing Dumbo. This can be a double subversion, however, because from the POV of the humans, the bratty human kid ''is'' an audience of the circus, and Mrs. Jumbo's rampage will risk an injured audience and smears on the circus name, possibly causing it to lose audience and go bankrupt because of the risk of rampage. Even if it's harsh, the Ringmaster is doing what he can to keep the circus alive and allow animals to have their role in his circus... except that his future treatment to Dumbo is to force him to play the clown and be the subject of further ridicule, thereby the double-subversion.

** This cumulates in a scene where the protagonists are being besieged by a frenzied mob of living townspeople, complete [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything with arms grasping at them through broken windows]]. Meanwhile, the actual zombies calmly went in through the back entrance of the building [[spoiler: to ask the protagonist to help put them back to rest.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'' is a tough case. On is harsh in its depictions of humans performing animal experimentation on rodents. However, the rodents benefit it from it because they become ''more like humans''. They can read and do math and design buildings and harness electricity. This was the goal of the experiments. The biggest threat to TheProtagonist and her family is a farmer who's unaware that an adorable boy is in his fields. Though one rat, Jenner, has the dubious honor of being the evilest character on screen.

''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'': Batman forces Darkseid to return Supergirl to the heroes by threatening to destroy his planet. Darkseid commends him on such a ruthless maneuver, stating that it was believable coming from him (and would've failed were it done by a certain Kryptonian and Amazon) because humans are renowned for killing their own kind in order to win.

* Played With in ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''. Normally, when films try to deal with the "humans vs. nature" conflict, [[{{Anvilicious}} it creates clumsy caricatures of both sides]]. However, ''Princess Mononoke'' presents the conflict in a [[GrayAndGreyMorality more even-handed fashion]]. The [[LadyOfWar Lady Eboshi]] is shown to be [[AntiVillain quite a complex villain]] with [[AFatherToHisMen some]] [[OnlySaneMan good]] [[HeelRealization sides]], and the closest thing to a true villain in the film is [[AffablyEvil a genuinely nice and friendly guy]]. Some of the other human characters of the film, however...