History LetsGetDangerous / AnimatedFilms

* ''Disney/TheLionKing'':

* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'':

* Eric from ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' spends a good portion of the film getting jerked around in one way or another, but when Ursula tries to kill Ariel, he {{ram|mingAlwaysWorks}}s her with a ship, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling her]].

* The scene in ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'' where the [[KidsAreCruel bratty kids]] who were mocking Dumbo are smacked around by [[MamaBear Mrs. Jumbo]], who even throws a bale of hay. Unfortunately, she's locked up in a prison wagon.
* For most of Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood'', Little John is a jovial sidekick who makes jokes about Prince John from afar and has to be coaxed into going along with Robin's plans. But when the Prince is about to execute Robin at the tournament, all Little John does is grab the Prince by the collar, point a dagger at his back, and growl: "Okay hotshot, now you tell your men to untie my buddy ''or I'll''..."

* In ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree'', Bongo gets like this when he stops being afraid and puts his circus skills to the test to take down Lumpjaw.
* In ''{{Disney/Tarzan}}'' Jane becomes a little less useless while she's being rescued from the baboons by having the good idea to open her parasol to bowl them all out of the way. Later on in the movie she's able to swing across a vine to rescue Kala from the poachers. She also gets a few ActionGirl moments in the TV series, most notably when prison guards arrive to arrest Hugo and Hooft - she knocks one of the guards down by throwing a chair at him.

* ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder'' has a scene in which Bernard, the shy stuttering unlucky mouse janitor, confronts a razorback hog in the Australian outback. After timidly running and hiding, Bernard realizes that Bianca, Jake, and Cody are all depending on him, turns around, ''thrashes the full-grown wild boar by its tusks'', and forces it to carry him to the scene of the rescue.
* ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'' has spent the entire movie as a naive helpless little fawn, and even after the TimeSkip into a buck, is still {{Adorkable}} and awkward. Then Ronno arrives and tries to take his beloved Faline away. Cue the ass kicking.
* Repeated in the {{Midquel}}, ''Disney/BambiII''. Bambi is still a clumsy, timid fawn at this point, and has been dealing with Ronno's bullying, his crush on Faline and being sent away by his father to live with another doe. After he finally snaps back at Ronno however, his adoptive mother gets caught in a snare and awaits a vicious pack of hunting dogs. Bambi not only leads them away from her but skilfully outsmarts and takes out each and every one of them.

* ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder'' has a scene in which Bernard, the shy stuttering unlucky mouse janitor, confronts a razorback hog in the Australian outback. After timidly running and hiding, Bernard realizes that Bianca, Jake, and Cody are all depending on him, turns around, ''talks the full-grown wild boar into submission'', and forces it to carry him to the scene of the rescue.

* Eric from ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' spends a good portion of the film getting jerked around in one way or another, then the sea witch tries to kill Ariel, and he introduces Ursula to Mister Giant Pointy Stick.
* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', towards the end, [[spoiler:when Vector has captured the girls, and refuses to release them, even though Gru gave him the Moon. Gru, who up until this point was doing an OK job, decided to finally step up his game. Going so far as to dodge Vector's defenses, and [[OffhandBackhand punch out a shark.]]]] Succinctly described by this comment:

* The scene in ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'', where the [[KidsAreCruel bratty kids]] who are TooDumbToLive are smacked around by [[MamaBear Mama Elephant]], Mrs. Jumbo. She even throws a bale of hay. Too bad the humans lock her up in a prison wagon.

** Tantor also goes through this as well. After spending most of the movie as the CowardlyLion, he finally decides to take a stand and help out his friends. His first act? Swimming out to the ship where Tarzan is being held hostage ''after'' calling out Terk for her {{Jerkass}} behavior and he takes on every crew member ''on his own''. But it doesn't stop there. He also leads his herd to the gorilla nesting grounds, thus helping Tarzan to stop Clayton from taking the gorillas.

** Grimlock transforms ONCE in the beginnning, then is stuck in Dino mode for the rest of the show, for one simple purpose: to provide comic relief as a cute animal. Trouble is, he's a cute BIG DANGEROUS Tyranosaurus Rex, as he reminds us on the Quintesson planet
* ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' has a moment where Denzel is led to think that [[TeamMom Tifa]] died shielding him from an attack. How does the sickly kid respond? Cry? Run away? No.

* ''Disney/TheRescuers Down Under'' has a scene in which Bernard, the shy stuttering unlucky mouse janitor, confronts a razorback hog in the Australian outback. After timidly running and hiding, Bernard realizes that Bianca, Jake, and Cody are all depending on him, turns around, ''[[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talks the full-grown wild boar into submission]]'', and forces it to carry him to the scene of the rescue.

* ''Disney/TheRescuers Down Under'' has a scene in which Bernard, the shy stuttering unlucky mouse janitor, confronts a razorback hog in the Australian outback. After timidly running and hiding, Bernard realizes that Bianca, Jake, and Cody are all depending on him, turns around, ''singlehandedly beats the full-grown wild boar into submission'', and forces it to carry him to the scene of the rescue.
* ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'' has spent the entire movie as a naive helpless little fawn, and even after the TimeSkip into a buck, is still {{Adorkable}} and awkward. And then Ronno arrives and tries to take his beloved Faline away. Cue the ass kicking.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'':

* ''Disney/TheRescuers Down Under'' has a scene in which Bernard, the shy stuttering unlucky mouse janitor, confronts a razorback hog in the Australian outback. After timidly running and hiding, Bernard realizes that Bianca, Jake, and Cody are all depending on him, turns around, ''singlehandedly beats a full-grown wild boar into submission'', and forces it to carry him to the scene of the rescue.

* Transformers: The Movie, Grimlock transforms ONCE in the beginnning, then is stuck in Dino mode for the rest of the show, for one simple purpose: to provide comic relief as a cute animal. Trouble is, he's a cute BIG DANGEROUS Tyranosaurus Rex, as he reminds us on the Quintesson planet

* Princess Fiona from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', who dispatches the attackers in the middle of movie.

* Despite all the training he received, the title character from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' seemed absolutely no match for the enemy... until the decisive battle.
** And he does it ''again'' in the sequel.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', towards the end, [[spoiler:when Vector has captures the girls, and refuses to release them, even though Gru gave him the Moon. Gru, who up until this point was doing an OK job, decided to finally step up his game. Going so far as to dodge Vector's defenses, and [[OffhandBackhand punch out a shark.]]]] Succinctly described by this comment:

* Despite all the training he received, the title character from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' seemed absolutely no match for the enemy... until the decisive battle.

* Princess Fiona from ''{{Shrek}}'', who dispatches the attackers in the middle of movie.

* For most of Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood'', Little John is a jovial sidekick who makes jokes about Prince John from afar and has to be coaxed into going along with Robin's plans. But when the Prince is about to execute Robin at the tournament, all Little John does is grab the Prince by the collar, point a dagger at his back, and growl "Okay hotshot, now you tell your men to untie my buddy ''or I'll''..."

* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''

* Eric from ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' spends a good portion of the film getting jerked around in one way or another, then the sea witch tries to kill Ariel and he has to introduce her to Mister Giant Pointy Stick.
* ''DespicableMe'', towards the end, [[spoiler:when Vector has captures the girls, and refuses to release them, even though Gru gave him the Moon. Gru, who up until this point was doing an OK job, decided to finally step up his game. Going so far as to dodge Vector's defenses, and [[OffhandBackhand punch out a shark.]]]]
** Succinctly described by this comment:
--->'''Agnes:''' ''(to Vector)'' He is gonna kick your butt.

* The enchanted objects in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''.

** Rafiki definitely qualifies. After all, we thought of him as just a mystic adviser. Come the final battle, he's busting hurt on the hyenas like nobody's business.

* The scene in ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'', where the [[HumansAreBastards bratty kids]] who are TooDumbToLive are smacked around by [[MamaBear Mama Elephant]], Mrs. Jumbo. She even throws a bale of hay. Too bad the humans lock her up in a prison wagon.

--->'''Agnes:''' *to Vector* He is gonna kick your butt.

* Rafiki from ''TheLionKing'' definitely qualifies. After all, we only thought of him a just a mystic adviser. Come the final battle, he's busting hurt on the hyenas like nobody's business.
** Pumbaa from TheLionKing is generally a pretty laid-back guy, unless you happen to [[BerserkButton call him a pig]], at which point you'd better run.