History YMMV / Fantasia

* EvilIsCool: The "Night on Bald Mountain" section, ''especially'' Chernabog, has [[{{Pun}} burned itself]] into people's memories the most.

** The introduction to the "Rite of Spring" segment has Deems say that dinosaurs had the brains of pigeons, the context implying unintelligence. It'd be more accurate to say the reverse of both dinosaurs ''and'' pigeons, nowadays.
** And in the introduction to the "Nutcracker" segment of the original roadshow where Deems states that nobody performs the ballet nowadays. Skip to 70 years later, when said ballet is arguably the most well-known and performed ballet in the world. In fact, the "Nutcracker" is probably the only piece in the movie (with the possible exception of "Tocatta and Fugue" and ''maybe'' "Dance of the Hours") that is more well-known for itself rather than for being part of this film. [[https://d23.com/5-fascinating-facts-about-fantasias-nutcracker-suite/ According to this D23 article,]] the ballet had not been performed in the United States before ''Fantasia'' was released: it didn't have its American premiere until 1944. Arguably, ''Fantasia'' [[ColbertBump introduced ''Nutcracker'']] [[{{Irony}} to American audiences]].
** This isn't the last time Disney will [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan depict fairies]].
** The Pastoral segment features colourful pegasi and unicorns prancing around, years before ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' would feature similar depictions.

** A ''Pteranodon'' snatches its prey, only to be eaten itself by a ''Mosasaurus'', something that would happen again decades later in ''Film/JurassicWorld''.
** It's difficult to watch the Dance of the Hours segment without humming "[[Creator/AllanSherman Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah]]" to yourself.

* SignatureScene:
** The "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment, especially Mickey's dream sequence in which he controls the stars in the nighttime sky.
*** Also, the following sequence in which Mickey shakes hands with Stokowski. The scene is also commemorated in a bronze statue in the lobby of Disney's Contemporary Resort in Walt Disney World.
** "Night on Bald Mountain", highly remembered not only for the nightmarish imagery with ghosts and demons dancing about, but for also introducing Chernabog.
** "Waltz of the Flowers" is often the most remembered segment of the Nutcracker segment (alongside "Chinese dance", but [[ValuesDissonance for different reasons]]). The particular segment where the pixies ice-skate in "Winter", or the snow-fairies were frequently used in advertisements of the film in TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium.
** Also from "The Nutcracker", the Russian Dance scene - though "Russian Dance" also somewhat doubles as a SignatureScene for "The Nutcracker".
** The ''Tyrannosaurus'' versus ''Stegosaurus'' scene from the "Rite of Spring" segment, enough that it features as an animatronic at the tail-end of the Disneyland Railroad's Primeval World segment and in Epcot's former Universe of Energy attraction.

** And in the introduction to the "Nutcracker" segment of the original roadshow where Deems states that nobody performs the ballet nowadays. Skip to 70 years later, when said ballet is arguably the most well-known and performed ballet in the world. In fact, the "Nutcracker" is probably the only piece in the movie (with the possible exception of "Tocatta and Fugue" and ''maybe'' "Dance of the Hour") that is more well-known for itself rather than for being part of this film. [[https://d23.com/5-fascinating-facts-about-fantasias-nutcracker-suite/ According to this D23 article,]] the ballet had not been performed in the United States before ''Fantasia'' was released: it didn't have its American premiere until 1944. Arguably, ''Fantasia'' [[ColbertBump introduced ''Nutcracker'']] [[{{Irony}} to American audiences]].

** And in the introduction to the "Nutcracker" segment of the original roadshow where Deem states that nobody performs the ballet nowadays. Skip to 70 years later, when said ballet is arguably the most well-known and performed ballet in the world. In fact, the "Nutcracker" is probably the only piece in the movie (with the possible exception of "Tocatta and Fugue" and ''maybe'' "Dance of the Hour") that is more well-known for itself rather than for being part of this film. [[https://d23.com/5-fascinating-facts-about-fantasias-nutcracker-suite/ According to this D23 article,]] the ballet had not been performed in the United States before ''Fantasia'' was released: it didn't have its American premiere until 1944. Arguably, ''Fantasia'' [[ColbertBump introduced Nutcracker]] [[{{Irony}} to American audiences]].

* BrokenBase: The film has developed a bit of a divisive reception amongst the Disney fandom over the years. Depending on who you ask, it is either regarded as being one of the greatest animated films of all time and Creator/WaltDisney's greatest work due to how ambitious and groundbreaking it is, on top of its beautiful animation, or a a boring and disjointed film that, while beautifully animated, lacks substance due to its lack of a cohesive narrative unlike Disney's other films.

** When Yen Sid smirks at Mickey after the latter's broom shenanigans, was it because he found the whole thing amusing or was he just planning to hilariously punish Mickey?