History Trivia / Fantasia

** The VHS and Laserdisc of ''Fantasia'' had an alternate box set that also contained the documentary ''Fantasia: The Making of a Masterpiece'', and the film's soundtrack on a two-[[UsefulNotes/CompactDisc CD]] package among other things.

!! Tropes applying to the 1991 UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis game based on the 1940 Disney film:

* ScienceMarchesOn: The dinosaurs in the "Rite of Spring" sequence are hopelessly inaccurate today, but were fairly in-line with scientific thinking at the time. As Roy Disney says in the film's commentary, many aspects of the sequence were cutting-edge for their time and were 'facts' that the general public didn't even have a clue about back then.

* TheOtherDarrin: Deems Taylor's voice is re-dubbed by Creator/CoreyBurton in the 2000 restorations due to much of the original audio from the recovered footage being lost.

* Fantasia had the first known use of "Surround Sound" in a theater, coined as "Fantasound." The 1991 VHS and Laserdisc releases based on the 1990 remaster are the only home releases to contain this mix. Disney+ has the 5.1 remix created for the DVD in 2000.

* Fantasia had the first known use of "Surround Sound" in a theater, coined as "Fantasound." The VHS and Laserdisc releases are the only releases to contain this mix. Disney+ has the 5.1 remix created for the DVD in 2000.

** [[https://twitter.com/animated_antic/status/1283945771155390465?s=21&t=HScNQK-OVRELn6V4SO0uSw Concept art]] of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" shows that Mickey was originally depicted with his original PieEyed design prior to getting redesigned by Fred Moore. There is also another [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdGBM7BWoAYLu0E?format=jpg&name=900x900 piece of concept art]] that shows a completely different and unused redesign of Mickey that would use the tanned skin, but would keep the ConjoinedEyes, making him look similar to his first design from ''WesternAnimation/PlaneCrazy'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheGallopinGaucho'' (and coincidentally enough, the later ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'')

* At 2 hours and 4 minutes (124 minutes) long, this is the longest Disney animated film; the 50th-anniversary edition released in theaters in 1990 and cut 4 minutes to make it 2 hours flat.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The game was hit with a cease and desist from Roy Disney, [[NoAdaptationsAllowed who insisted that no adaptations of his uncle's work be made]]. As a result, all future sales and advertising of the game had to stop and every unsold copy had to be destroyed. However, because Sega had previously been successful with ''VideoGame/CastleOfIllusion'', Disney compensated them for lost sales and gave them favorable conditions for future games.

* StillbornFranchise: A great version of one; ''Fantasia's'' failure to make up its original high cost, coupled with WWII cutting off the European market, led to ''Fantasia'' never getting fully followed up for the rest of the 20th century.

* BannedInChina: It used to be banned [[http://entertainment.ie/cinema/news/Seven-classic-films-that-were-banned-in-Ireland/338461.htm in Ireland]] but then recut on initial release to remove the Rite of Spring part, which a censor believed "gave an entirely materialistic view on the origin of life" (most likely because said scene focuses on the Big Bang, something that would have been at odds with traditional Catholic beliefs). It has since been released entirely uncut.

* BannedInChina: It used to be banned [[http://entertainment.ie/cinema/news/Seven-classic-films-that-were-banned-in-Ireland/338461.htm in Ireland]] for its alleged satanic imagery.

** Can you imagine if the Disney execs had followed through with their original idea for ''Fantasia'' and continued to release sequels to it periodically, even yearly, with brand-new music and animation? Unfortunately, the onset of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and the lack of enough money made at the box office from the original film (it made a lot of money, but certainly not enough to justify the cost of making a continuous series) resulted in the idea being dropped in what is considered the most haunting Disney "could have been" of all.

!! Misc. Trivia

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* BannedInChina: It used to be banned [[http://entertainment.ie/cinema/news/Seven-classic-films-that-were-banned-in-Ireland/338461.htm in Ireland]].

** It was also banned in WWII-era Japan, as the Imperial government feared that the Japanese people seeing the Americans make such beautiful works of art would lower morale. They did however allow animation director Mitsuyo Seo, who was producing animated propaganda at the time, view the film to serve as inspiration.

* RealitySubtext: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" has an interesting variation: it was around the time ''Fantasia'' came out that Walt's life didn't go according to plan, much like how Mickey loses control of the brooms.

** [[https://twitter.com/animated_antic/status/1283945771155390465?s=21&t=HScNQK-OVRELn6V4SO0uSw Concept art]] of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" shows that Mickey was originally depicted with his original PieEyed design prior to getting redesigned by Fred Moore. There is also another [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdGBM7BWoAYLu0E?format=jpg&name=900x900 piece of concept art]] that shows a completely different and unused redesign of Mickey that would use the tanned skin, but would keep the ConjoinedEyes, making him look similar to his first design from ''WesternAnimation/PlaneCrazy'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheGallopinGaucho'' (and coincidentally enough, the later ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'')

* MagnumOpusDissonance: ''Fantasia'' has been described as being ahead of its time, because although Walt Disney planned for this to be his big film, it actually flopped and the relatively more "kiddy movie" ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' actually turned over a greater profit. In the present, ''Fantasia'' has been VindicatedByHistory, and is often one of the movies discussed as being the best of the Disney Animated Canon.

* Fantasia had the first known use of "Surround Sound" in a theater, coined as "Fantasound." The Blu-Ray releases and Creator/DisneyPlus retain this audio mix, albeit modified with Dolby 5.1 setups in mind.

* BuryYourArt: Disney is very ashamed of Sunflower, the [[ValuesDissonance stereotypical black centaurette]] that tended to the others, and has edited out of post-1960 prints as a result. You can tell which scenes she appears in by noticing the fuzziness, although later releases such as the 2010 Blu-Ray remaster (the same version on Disney+) try to make said fuzziness a bit less noticeable using digital noise reduction. [[DigitalDestruction Albeit to mixed results]]...

* OldShame: Sunflower, the stereotypical black centaurette that tended to the others, edited out of post-1960 prints. You can tell which scenes she appears in by noticing the fuzziness, although later releases such as the 2010 Blu-Ray remaster (the same version on Disney+) try to make said fuzziness a bit less noticeable using digital noise reduction. [[DigitalDestruction Albeit to mixed results]]...

** [[https://twitter.com/animated_antic/status/1283945771155390465?s=21&t=HScNQK-OVRELn6V4SO0uSw Concept art]] of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" shows that Mickey was originally depicted with his original PieEyed design prior to getting redesigned by Fred Moore. There is also another [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdGBM7BWoAYLu0E?format=jpg&name=900x900 piece of concept art]] that shows a completely different and unused redesign of Mickey that would use the tanned skin, but would keep the ConjoinedEyes, making him look similar to his first design from ''WesternAnimation/PlaneCrazy'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheGallopinGaucho''.

** Creator/WaltDisney's original plan for the film, as mentioned above. Some of the segments they had considered for this were worked into the other compilation films Disney made during the '40s.
** There was a rejected pitch for a segment that would have been a hybrid of [[Music/RichardWagner Wagner's]] ''[[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' and [[Creator/JRRTolkien Tolkien's]] ''Literature/TheHobbit''.