History WhatAnIdiot / DisneyAnimatedFilms

'''The Result''': Willy isn't ''that'' stupid when he catches on to what the trio tries. He locks them up, and when they escape and rescue the harp, gives chase on seeing Mickey trying to tie his shoelaces together. Cue one murderous sprint from the giant's castle, across the pond and down the beanstalk. Donald and Goofy barely manage to get the Harp down in time, and they end up sawing the beanstalk JustInTime. Willy as it's revealed survives and is still chasing after Mickey, in the "real" world.

** The Beast tells Belle that she is allowed to go anywhere in the castle except for the west wing. He raises his voice at the last part for emphasis.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Belle to follow this order. She already knows he is incredibly emotionally fragile at this point and quite vicious when upset, so it's in her best interest to ensure he doesn't lose his cool.\\

** Vanillope says she is getting bored of racing the same tracks every day, so Ralph decides to make a new one for her to race on.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Ralph to do this at night when the arcade is closed. Ralph and Vanillope both have jobs to do, and abandoning the game could lead to their cabinets being shut down, as they learned in the last movie.\\
'''Instead:''' Ralph does this in the day when the arcade is still open, and Vanillope ignores the player's inputs to drive on the new track.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' For Scar to either shut his mouth or engage in some EvilGloating in how Simba is nothing but a failure as he stalls enough time for the hyenas to come to his aid, potentially win the battle for him by ganging up on Simba, and giving the hyenas a feast for their lives.\\

** Eric in a matter of minutes learns that a sea witch hypnotized him into a marriage and has stolen away his true love, the mute girl he had taken in who transforms into a mermaid.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' As a prince with a loyal kingdom, he would bring in TheCavalry, including the sailors that told him the myth of Triton (and Ursula in the deleted SpoilerOpening), which he does do in the stage version. He already knows that Ursula can do dangerous magic, and has the strength of a large octopus at the least.\\

->''I'm surrounded by idiots!''

->'''Scar''': I'm surrounded by idiots!
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'''

'''As a Result:''' When Denahi gets sent to take care of the fish by Sitka just to leave Kenai alone (because he is disappointed that he received "the bear of love"), he is understandably pissed at Kenai when the basket was stolen by a bear because he didn't tie it up properly, prompting Kenai to go and hunt for it. When Sitka and Denahi look for Kenai to stop him from being killed, he gets attacked by a bear on the ice glacier that he provokes. This forces Sitka to sacrifice himself to save Denahi and Kenai from the bear by cracking huge chunks of the ice glacier that he and the bear are on. This sets the film's plot into motion. And as Rutt and Tuke point out in AlternateDVDCommentary, [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot none of the events of the film's plot would be happening if Kenai tied the basket properly and away from the bear's reach.]]

'''As a Result:''' It only takes 3 seconds of musing for Lady Tremaine to realize that Cinderella was the mystery girl at the ball, and wicked as ever, she follows her upstairs and locks her in her room, forcing the mice to retrieve the key in the film's climax.

'''You'd Expect''': She would blackmail Cinderella into favoring the Tremaines when she marries the prince, or threaten to lock her up forever. Use the leverage you have to support GoldDigger tendencies. This was what Dame Olga, Tremaine's equivalent in ''Ella Enchanted'', tried to do when realizing her Ella was in love with her prince.\\

'''Instead:''' He just arms them with an outdated crossbow, which allows Elsa to block the arrow shot and mount a defense against them, and would have killed them too had Hans not stopped her.\\
'''As a Result:''' When she returns to her rightful rule, Elsa cuts all trading ties with Weselton.
** After Anna gets struck in the heart by Elsa's ice powers, Kristoff decides to take her to the trolls, as he remembers that they healed Anna 13 years ago from being struck by Elsa's ice. Grand Pabbie proclaims that due to the ice in her heart, Anna will become frozen solid and that the only way to remove the ice is an "ActOfTrueLove".\\

'''Instead:''' We know it's not the beer since Gaston is still able to think, so that's not an excuse. Gaston "helps" Maurice by tossing him in the snow, and hatches a scheme with the asylum owner to lock up Maurice unless Belle agrees to marry Gaston. This backfires because, again, ''Belle is missing,'' and it takes a while for her and Maurice to return home. Gaston still doesn't get the memo and makes [=LeFou=] stand watch until the pair reappear, which could have taken months. When threatened, Belle refuses because she just went through that with the Beast who at least had the decency to escort Maurice to the village, and just received her freedom back. Then she proves her father isn't crazy by revealing the Beast's existence. Sure, Gaston turns it around with the villagers, but he forfeited any chance of winning Belle over.

'''You'd Expect''': Gaston to use his rifle to get a BoomHeadshot. His EstablishingCharacterMoment is that he's a crackshot, and this is a giant Beast that is twice his height and at least three times as heavy. Now is not the time to give your target an inch.\\

'''Or:''' He'd pretend to get up and when they let their guard down he would take Belle hostage, granted it's definitely an [[DirtyCoward all-time low]] coming from him but knowing full well that the Beast would never hurt her, he could easily ransom the Beast into doing whatever he wanted.\\
'''Instead:''' He proceeds to stab the beast ''[[UngratefulBastard right after he spared his life]]'' knowing full well that he just got overwhelmed recently.\\
'''As a Result:''' The Beast swings his arm in pain where Gaston loses his balance while trying to dodge it, causing him to fall [[DisneyVillainDeath right off the balcony into the ravine below]].

'''As a Result:''' When Denahi was sent to take care of the fish by Sitka just to leave Kenai alone (because he is disappointed that he received "the bear of love"), he is understandably pissed at Kenai when the basket was stolen by a bear because he didn't tie it up properly, prompting Kenai to go and hunt for it. When Sitka and Denahi look for Kenai to stop him from being killed, he was attacked by a bear on the ice glacier that he provoked. This forced Sitka to sacrifice himself to save Denahi and Kenai from the bear by cracking huge chunks of the ice glacier that he and the bear were on. This sets the film's plot into motion. And as Rutt and Tuke point out in AlternateDVDCommentary, [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot none of the events of the film's plot would be happening if Kenai tied the basket properly and away from the bear's reach.]]

** After Anna gets struck in the heart by Elsa's ice powers, Kristoff decides to take her to the trolls, claiming that they once dealt with ice-strickenness before. Grand Pabbie proclaims that due to the ice in her heart, Anna will become frozen solid and that the only way to remove the ice is an "ActOfTrueLove".\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Anna would demand the Trolls to tell her everything about Elsa and her powers like when did she get such powers? Why is she so scared of it? And why exactly is her sister shutting her out besides to hide it? Whatever knowledge she receives would be particularly useful in trying to persuade her sister again when she returns to the Ice Castle after the ice in her heart is removed by the ActOfTrueLove.\\
'''Instead:''' She doesn't seem to bother questioning them and is seemingly more focused on getting a kiss to thaw her frozen heart, but afterwards, she seemingly doesn't know what to do next. It's only because of Hans that she unwittingly performed the act that broke the curse, but if the timing was any different, she probably would have turned into a solid block of ice forever.

'''Instead:''' He just leaves Anna to her death without double checking, completely gambling on the fact that Anna will die rapidly, that no one will hear her faint cries for help, that no one knows where she is, and that she didn't and wouldn't write a note explaining to everyone that Hans killed her. Olaf, the SpannerInTheWorks for Hans, rescues Anna in the nick of time, and when she saves Elsa from Hans, every local and foreign guest sees his cruelty.\\
'''As a Result:''' Anna breaks off the engagement, and Elsa sends Hans back to the Southern Isles in disgrace for trying to kill them.

'''You'd Expect:''' Someone to go to collect the body, or someone else to point out that a marriage has no legal meaning without witnesses and someone presiding over it. The council would also point out that it is not within Hans' rights to be the executioner as Elsa needs to stand trial first (not to mention that such claims from a foreign representative basically tantamounts to a ''declaration of war'')\\

'''Instead:''' She doesn't radio in, and abandons her post to pursue the weasel. Not only does this nearly get her fired (and even then, ''only'' by the skin of her teeth and through pure luck), but it deprives the ZPD of information that would later prove much more critical.

'''Instead:''' Judy tries to play bad cop and threatens to take Mr. Big down. She and Nick are seconds away from being executed on the spot for this when Mr. Big's daughter talks him down.

'''You'd Think:''' Judy would ask what "night howlers" were. Or, failing that, use her smart phone to look up the term.\\

** Max turns down Bradley's invitation to join his fraternity because he doesn't want to leave his friends behind and they make an embarrassing bet that the loser team will be the other's towel boy. They end up recruiting Goofy instead when he accidentally shows off some skateboard moves. Max is less than pleased about this move, but he makes him join Bradley's team to keep him distracted. Later, during the qualifiers, Bradley sabotages Max's performance by blinding him with a light and rigs Goofy's skateboard, with Mac just barely passing to th next round.\\

'''Instead''': He doesn't. When he loses at the initial rounds to Goofy and barely passes, he yells at his dad to stay out of his life and doesn't talk to him for months, until late in the school year during the finals. While he did have a point that his father was being too clingy, Goofy wasn't aware of what happened and is not to blame for it, resulting in Max coming off as a jerk due to him blaming him for what happened because he's fuming over the fact that he lost at skateboarding to him. Of all the things in the world, is this supposed to be the last straw?\\

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning'':

** The plot kicks off when Mr. Flaversham, a toymaker, is kidnapped on his daughter's birthday. The BigBad Ratigan has his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Fidget do the job. He also anticipates that Flaversham as a loyal subject to the crown will not cooperate unless he is forced to.

'''Instead:''' Pain proposes they lie through their teeth about killing Hercules and hope that Hades never learns the truth.\\

'''As a Result:''' When Denahi was sent to take care of the fish by Sitka just to leave Kenai alone (because he is disappointed that he received "the bear of love"), he is understandably pissed at Kenai when the basket was stolen by a bear because he didn't tie it up properly, prompting Kenai to go and hunt for it. When Sitka and Denahi look for Kenai to stop him from being killed, he was attacked by a bear on the ice glacier that he provoked. This forced Sitka to sacrifice himself to save Denahi and Kenai from the bear by cracking huge chunks of the ice glacier that he and the bear were on. This sets the film's plot into motion. And as Rutt and Tukk point out in AlternateDVDCommentary, [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot none of the events of the film's plot would be happening if Kenai tied the basket properly and away from the bear's reach.]]

'''You'd Expect:''' Edgar to realize that this gives him her fortune by default. As the cats' caretaker till the end of their lives, he'd double as their guardian and thus would have access to Madame's millions.\\

** One part of Dr. Facilier's plans is to keep a transformed Naveen's "heart pumping" for the time being while Laurence impersonates him and has Naveen.\\

'''Instead:''' Thinking Triton already knows the whole truth, he anxiously blurts out that he tried to keep Ariel away from the humans. Predictably, Triton flies into a furious rage and angrily asks Sebastian to tell him more, which results in him revealing the location of Ariel's secret grotto where she keeps her human treasures, which leads to the incident below.\\

You'd expect: That Faciler would have him placed in some sort of confinement that allows him to breathe or give the bottle he places him in holes so that Naveen cannot play a fast one and trick Laurence into loosening the bottle.\\
Instead: He had Laurence bottle him up with no hole in the lid, which leads to Naveen tricking his former servant into loosening the lid which results in the prince's escape and putting a dent in Faciler's plan as the amulet that allowed Laurence to impersonate Naveen ends up running out of the blood sample it had for fuel the next day.\\
Result: This plays a part in Facilier summoning the Friends on the Other Side to try and catch him with Facilier knowing full well that he'd be doomed if his debt is not paid off which eventually results in his demise when Tiana breaks the amulet after Naveen uses his frog foot to throw it to Ray so he can get it to her.

** After a long chase, [=GoGo=] has drove the car right into the bottom of the ocean and Yokai has seemingly lost sight of them.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' He would wait and make sure that the kids are either dead or have managed to float to the surface. Regardless of whether they die or not, their bodies would eventually float right to the surface so he can get a clear confirmation as to what happened to them. If they surfaced while still alive and within his sight, well let's just say that the Big Hero 6 squad would not have been formed in the first place.\\
'''Instead:''' He just assumed that they all died and pretty much just gives up chase.\\
'''As a Result:''' This allows the kids to recuperate in Fred's mansion, forming a team of superheroes, and ultimately cases Yokai's downfall in the end.

'''The Result:''' Bolt busts out of his trailer and runs away in an attempt to rescue Penny. Meanwhile, the studio gets a lookalike to replace him. However during a shoot this lookalike cowers when the make-believe bad guys threaten him and he flees the soundstage knocking over a torch in the process, setting the studio on fire, and Penny nearly dies from smoke inhalation if the real Bolt didn't come back in time to save her.

** Hiro and the gang are currently pursued by the vengeful Yokai who is out for their blood with Wasabi driving the car.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For Wasabi to forget about any safety procedures of driving and steer away as fast as possible. No time think about the rules when you are currently chased by a supervillain.\\