History Main / Disneyfication

** In the ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' episode, the Monster's request for a bride is replaced with a request to "make me a frieeeend!", the Monster is [[LostInImitation portrayed much more like the dumb brute from the movies than the highly intelligent creature from the book]], and Victor (Wishbone) doesn't die.
** And then there's ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' episode, wherein the Morlocks' only crime is being creepy, rather than [[spoiler: farming and eating the Eloi]].
** In ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer'', Injun Joe's name is changed to the more politically correct "Crazy Joe."
** Mostly averted with Myth/{{Faust}}. They leave out Gretchen's pregnancy, but they retain how she ''' [[KilledOffForReal dies]], [[DyingAlone alone]] [[DrivenToMadness and completely insane]] because Faust (Wishbone) [[TearJerker left her when she needed him the most]]'''. You have to admit, that [[DoubleEntendre took serious balls]]. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome And it was awesome]].

* ''Anime/LesMiserablesShojoCosette'' is a family friendly adaptation of ''Literature/LesMiserables'', removing almost all the violence, adult themes and angst. It still has its dark moments, though.
* "Manga/{{Doraemon}}": In one story, after Nobita tells The Little Mermaid unmodified to his little cousin, she wails without a break. To make her happier, Nobita attempts to Disneyfy the story by entering the story world and making the mermaid and the prince together to have a Happily Ever After. He succeeds, yet his cousin still cries, as she hates the modified ending.

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[[caption-width-right:350:There is also singing, per the norm.[[note]]Despite this, ''[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Hunchback]]'' [[DownplayedTrope is still one of the]] [[DarkerAndEdgier darker Disney films.]][[/note]]]]

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'''Bart''': No, ''The Little Mermaid'' was created by Disney, right before he created ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' and ''Franchise/StarWars''.\\

** ''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'' alters history so that (almost) everyone survives, including bad guys who would be considered AcceptableTargets, and also shoehorns some really bad singing and dancing in. It's a ripoff of a bunch of more famous movies, such as like James Cameron's ''Film/Titanic1997'', with comic scenes practically lifted wholesale from Disney movies.

* The AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' is Disneyfied in a similar manner to the later live action version. Although a notable difference is that while the animals in the live action adaptation express their displeasure of Napoleon's policies after a cumulation of him sending Boxer to the butcher shop and altering the entirety of the animal seven commandments, especially the seventh, by simply leaving the farm, the animals actually rebel outright against Napoleon and his pigs and successfully depose his regime. Though, given that the original novel was an allegory about Stalinism, and the animated adaptation was in large part bankrolled by the [[ExecutiveMeddling Central Intelligence Agency, this is understandable.]] Maybe not ideal, but understandable.

[[caption-width-right:350:There is also singing, per the norm.[[note]]Despite this, ''[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Hunchback]]'' [[DarkerAndEdgier is still one of the darker Disney films.]][[/note]]]]

** [[spoiler: Kludd]] himself is also made to be more sympathetic by having [[DecompositeCharacter him initially be a separate character]] from [[spoiler: The Metal Beak]] and slowly corrupted by the Pure Ones. Unlike the CompleteMonster and EnfantTerrible he was in the books.

* In the arcade version of ''[[VideoGame/DoubleDragonII Double Dragon II: The Revenge]]'', Marian is killed off by Machine Gun Willy and she stays dead in the end. In the NES version, she is still killed off as well, but the scene where she is shot to death by said villain (who is absent in this version) is never shown and she is restored to life after defeating the final boss (a new villain who was not in the arcade version).

->''"It was much earlier even than that when most people forgot that the very oldest stories are, sooner or later, about blood. Later on they took the blood out to make the stories more acceptable to children, or at least to the people who had to read them to children rather than children themselves (who, on the whole, are quite keen on blood provided it's being shed by the deserving[[labelnote:*]]That is to say, those who deserve to shed blood. Or possibly not. You never quite know with some kids.[[/labelnote]]), and then wondered where the stories went."''

A form of editing a story that renders a story "safe" for juvenile audiences (or the parents thereof) by removing undesirable plot elements or [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory unpleasant historical facts]], adding Broadway-style production numbers, and reworking whatever else is necessary for a LighterAndSofter HappilyEverAfter Ending. There is often a clearer line between [[BlackAndWhiteMorality good and evil]], which may cause one character to be [[AdaptationalVillainy forced into the cackling villain role]]. TalkingAnimal sidekicks tend to be tacked on somehow.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Darkstalkers}}'' cartoon. While originally there was a lot of moral ambiguity, with the monster hunter wanting to kill nice monsters and even the main heroine not caring about being queen, the cartoon had BlackAndWhiteMorality and was way less violent. For example, Demitri's teeth are just two fangs instead of an entire jawful of sharp teeth. They also tone down all the sexual elements, turning Morgan from a sexy [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld teenage-looking]] [[HornyDevils succubus]] heroine to an older-looking villainess in a much less appealing outfit.