History Main / AllAnimationIsDisney

* Many newcomers thought ''VideoGame/AnimalJam'' is created by the National Geographic Society, thanks to the game using to be under the brand. Creator/WildWorks created the game; they just had National Geographic to partner with them. This has died down after National Geographic ended their partnership in 2018 and thus the branding was removed.

* Any game that is played through a web browser is almost unanimously referred to as a "[[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] game". While it's true that many browser games are Flash-based, plenty of other games are written in programs such as [=JavaScript=], Canvas, [=WebGL=], and [=WebAssembly=]. That, and Flash largely stopped being used as a gaming platform outside of archival purposes around 2015 in favor of [=HTML5=]-based ones that were less resource heavy. Flash itself also ended support in 2020, with most browsers blocking anything Flash-based by default, if not removing their dedicated Flash players altogether.

* ''Film/MotherGooseRockNRhyme'' is often mistaken for a Disney movie because it frequently aired on the Disney Channel in the late 80's to early 90's, and there's even been requests for the film to be added to Creator/DisneyPlus. However, despite airing on their channel, the rights are not owned by Disney, as the film was made by Hi-Tops Video (the kids arm of Media Home Entertainment), known for distributing VHS tapes of the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' specials, ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'', ''Series/BabySongs'', ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheRockersOutOfThisWorld'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin''. The film would later be owned by Lyrick Studios, who distributed ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' and ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales''.

* This often tends to happen if Creator/DisneyChannel imports a show from another country and airs it on their channel, with people often claiming Disney made the show when that's not the case. ''Series/UnderTheUmbrellaTree'', ''WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie'' (These two are Canadian shows made for Creator/{{CBC}}. To add even more confusion, Disney distributed merchandise and [=DVDs=] of ''Rolie Polie Olie'' under their name until they lost the rights, though as of 2021, the show is now on Creator/DisneyPlus.), ''WesternAnimation/TheKoalaBrothers'' (a show from Australia's [[Creator/AustralianBroadcastingCorporation [=ABC4Kids=]]] block, not to be confused with former the American ABC Kids [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday morning block]]) ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'', ''WesternAnimation/KateAndMimMim'' (both of these are originally from Creator/{{CBeebies}}), ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'' (made by Creator/EntertainmentOne, the same company behind ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'', and is currently owned by Creator/{{Hasbro}}) and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}''. (much like ''Koala Brothers'' above, it originated on [=ABC4Kids=] and is distributed by Creator/TheBBC)

* Movies from Creator/BlueSkyStudios, Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation[[note]]with the exceptions of ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'' and the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse'' series (due" to Sony's iron grip on the Franchise/SpiderMan brand), respectively[[/note]] or Creator/IlluminationEntertainment are extremely likely to be mistaken for each other, since the vast majority of their filmography are quite similar in terms of writing, comedy and visuals.

* Movies from Creator/BlueSkyStudios, Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation[[note]]with the exceptions of ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'' and the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse'' series, respectively[[/note]] or Creator/IlluminationEntertainment are extremely likely to be mistaken for each other, since the vast majority of their filmography are quite similar in terms of writing, comedy and visuals.

* There was once a perception since ''Series/TheSopranos'' that all prestige series/miniseries was from Creator/{{HBO}} ([[Series/MadMen sorry]], Creator/{{AMC). Though is much less a thing since Creator/{{Netflix}} threw its hat in that game.

* Due to his huge popularity, many people assume any nature documentary with a British-sounding narrator is by David Attenborough.

* French HardcoreHipHop of The90s will very often be attributed solely to Music/SupremeNTM. There's a belief that they participated to the soundtrack of ''Film/LaHaine'', but the only thing from them in it is a lyric (which amounts to "Fuck the Police!") that was {{sampl|ing}}ed by DJ Cut Killer.

* Any form of classical music will often be attributed to Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart regardless of the time period or style in which it was written. Music/LudwigVanBeethoven and Music/JohannSebastianBach are possible exceptions given that they are the other two most famous composers, but even they are prone to being misattributed onto other works.

* On March 22, 2011, Disney's Creator/{{ABC}} TV network presented a two-hour special titled "Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time", which presented the best moments or films in various categories. In the animation category, four of the choices were made by Walt Disney Pictures: 1. ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', 3. ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', 4. ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' and 5. ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''. Number 2? ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' -- made by Creator/{{Pixar}}, but nevertheless distributed by Disney, and Disney had owned Pixar since 2006.

* This often tends to happen if Creator/DisneyChannel imports a show from another country and airs it on their channel, with people often claiming Disney made the show when that's not the case. ''Series/UnderTheUmbrellaTree'', ''WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie'' (These two are Canadian shows made for Creator/{{CBC}}. To add even more confusion, Disney distributed merchandise and [=DVDs=] of ''Rolie Polie Olie'' under their name until they lost the rights, though as of 2021, the show is now on Creator/DisneyPlus.), ''WesternAnimation/TheKoalaBrothers'' (a show from Australia's [[Creator/TheABC [=ABC4Kids=]]] block, not to be confused with former the American ABC Kids [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday morning block]]) ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'', ''WesternAnimation/KateAndMimMim'' (both of these are originally from Creator/{{CBeebies}}), ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'' (made by Creator/EntertainmentOne, the same company behind ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'', and is currently owned by Creator/{{Hasbro}}) and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}''. (much like ''Koala Brothers'' above, it originated on [=ABC4Kids=] and is distributed by Creator/TheBBC)

** The fact that Disney now owns the rights to the parody as a result of their acquisition of Fox is HilariousInHindsight.

* While ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' is owned by Disney as of April 2019, it was made by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]]. A character in ''[[Film/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family Values]]'' saying "It's Disney" ''just'' before ''The Sound of Music'' comes on undoubtedly contributes to the confusion. Also, the association with Creator/JulieAndrews (of ''Film/MaryPoppins'' fame) [[{{Typecasting}} in a similar role]], and just one year after ''Poppins'' no less, probably added to the confusion.

** Warner Bros. tried to play this trope to its advantage during test screenings of ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina|1994}}''. When they played the film with the Warner logo, audiences gave it a mediocre score. When they played it with the Disney logo, the scores were ''much'' higher. Bluth reported the same thing was employed by 20th Century Fox with ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}''. With the Disney logo, some sequences even met with applause! And the marketing of ''Anastasia'' heavily played up the {{Disneyesque}} elements. Funnily enough, thanks to Disney's purchase of Fox, the film is now ''owned by Disney''..

* An [[https://archive.org/details/thomas-friends-season-25-animated-reboot-trailer-1 Internet Archive]] upload of the leaked ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo'' trailer has been put in the Creator/{{WildBrain}} category despite being animated by Creator/{{Nelvana}} instead.

* In ''Literature/AnansiBoys'' Fat Charlie is stuck on an airplane full of tourists from Britain to Florida Disney World who sing all the songs from Disney animations, including "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" under the impression that it's a Disney song.

** They'll furthermore use these shows to bash [[{{Eagleland}} America]] in general, despite the facts that (1) American fans often led the charges against these shows and pushed hard for uncensored releases, and (2) Some censored anime – like the aforementioned ''Sailor Moon'' and Nelvana's ''[[Manga/CardcaptorSakura Cardcaptors]]'' – were made by Canadians. It's also worth noting that edited versions like these have also been made outside North America; for example, ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'''s [[https://imgur.com/a/MHsha German TV edit]][[note]]Later broadcasts are uncensored[[/note]] as well as anything made after 2000 by Venus Centre (Al-Zuhra) for the Arabic-language channel Spacetoon.

** In addition to "The Sound of Music", the very same episode used "The Brady Bunch" theme from Paramount 1969-74 series and "Tomorrow" from "Annie" (either Broadway musical or 1982 film Columbia Pictures).

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhNEPShZeZI This video]] calls ''WesternAnimation/CharlottesWeb'' a Disney movie. In fact, it was produced by Hanna-Barbera, and distributed by Paramount. It does not help that one of the main characters, Fern Arable, has a face very similar to that of Wendy, of ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', and the songs were done by the Sherman Brothers, who in turn did the songs for ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'', ''Film/MaryPoppins'' and various other Disney works.

** Some people think that ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' is created by Nintendo, due to most of its gamess following a cartoony and colorful design akin to that of Nintendo, Sonic's status as one of the most famous video game characters (something that many Nintendo characters share), later games appearing on Nintendo consoles (the Platform/WiiU's eshop even had a dedicated section for Sonic games), and ''VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames''. Sonic is created by Creator/{{Sega}}, which has plenty of M-rated games up its belt.

* 2018's ''Film/{{The Little Mermaid|2018}}'' caused some confusion. The [[Film/TheLittleMermaid2023 Disney live-action remake]] had been announced but hadn't even entered production at the time.