History Trivia / TheDisneyAfternoon

* TheWikiRule: [[http://the-disney-afternoon.wikia.com/wiki/The_Disney_Afternoon_Wiki The Disney Afternoon Wiki]].

*** The Magic Kingdom Show? A show based around the [[Ride/WaltDisneyWorld Walt Disney World Theme parks]], Where a little boy & a little girl learn that a magical replica of their favorite Disney theme park exists high up in the clouds. The theme park rides include Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Franchise/TheHauntedMansion and Cinderella Castle.

*** The Magic Kingdom Show? A show based around the [[Ride/WaltDisneyWorld Walt Disney World Theme parks]], Where a little boy & a little girl learn that a magical replica of their favorite Disney theme park exists high up in the clouds. The theme park rides include ''Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' ''Franchise/TheHauntedMansion'' and Cinderella Castle.
*** Speaking of Disney theme park shows there was one based on proposed based on Critter Country where The ''Ride/CountryBearJamboree'' would interact with the characters from ''Ride/SplashMountain'' with Brer Fox as the main antagonist.
*** A planed series was based around the character Thumper from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' titled Thumper’s Thicket, It bares a similarity to what would become the Disney Bunnies series of books.

** ''Maximum Horsepower'' (a show about old Disney character Horace Horsecollar being kidnapped by aliens having thought [[HoldingOutForAHero he was the savior they desperately needed]]).
** The Magic Kingdom Show? A show based around the [[Ride/WaltDisneyWorld Walt Disney World Theme parks]], Where a little boy & a little girl learn that a magical replica of their favorite Disney theme park exists high up in the clouds. The theme park rides include ''Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' ''Franchise/TheHauntedMansion'' and Cinderella Castle.
** Speaking of Disney theme park shows there was one based on proposed based on Critter Country where The ''Ride/CountryBearJamboree'' would interact with the characters from ''Ride/SplashMountain'' with Brer Fox as the main antagonist.
** A planed series was based around the character Thumper from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' titled Thumper’s Thicket, It bares a similarity to what would become the Disney Bunnies series of books.

** [[http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2007/08/16/tube-thursday-the-disney-afternoon-shows-that-you-didn-t-get-to-see.aspx#sthash.CONEDMqM.dpbs This]] blog post details shows intended for the block that never got made, like ''Maximum Horsepower'' (a show about old Disney character Horace Horsecollar being kidnapped by aliens having thought [[HoldingOutForAHero he was the savior they desperately needed]]).

* FlagshipFranchise: ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'' is this for the block as a whole. It is by far the most famous and popular show aired on the block, and one of the only ones to be added back after it was rotated out. It even became [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 the first show to get revived or rebooted in animation form]].

* InvisibleAdvertising: Disney barely promoted ''WesternAnimation/TheShnookumsAndMeatFunnyCartoonShow'' outside of the requisite on-air promos and a pasta line by Franco American, especially compared to ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', which was given wall-to-wall promotion.

* RecycledSoundtrack: Many of the shows, ''Rescue Rangers'' especially, tended to reuse music cues and sound effects for every episode (high-quality hand-drawn TV animation doesn't pay for itself).

** WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse was supposed to have a show of his own called ''Mickey and the Space Pirates'', but prior to 1999, Disney wouldn’t allow their mascot in any shows or movies unless the final product was absolutely perfect.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyWorldOfTexAvery'' replaced this block in some US markets.

** Also happened to the shows in syndication, when Disney began feuding with Creator/{{Fox}} -- see, the Fox O&O stations, along with many of their affiliates, had carried ''[=DuckTales=]'' from the beginning, along with ''Rescue Rangers''. Then Disney bought Los Angeles' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCAL-TV channel 9]] after their previous owner, [[Creator/RKORadioPictures RKO General]], lost the license[[note]]short version: RKO General was incredibly corrupt and their parent company General Tire was no better[[/note]], and planned to move ''[=DuckTales=]'' and ''Rescue Rangers'' there. Barry Diller, head of Fox and former colleague of then-Disney head Michael Eisner (when they both worked at Creator/ParamountPictures), was pissed-off at what Disney had done and ordered all of the Fox O&Os anfd affiliates to dump Disney content ASAP. Most followed his lead, but not all of them; in some cases, this resulted in a drawn-out transfer, like in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} where WTXF-29, the Fox affiliate then owned by Paramount (and currently owned by Fox) continued to run some, but not all, of the shows until their contracts ran out; cross-town rival WPHL-17 picked up the new shows starting with ''Darkwing Duck'', but it took them some time to air the "entire" Disney Afternoon.