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| 7 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} When you wish upon a star]], [[BootstrappedTheme your dreams come true!]]]] |
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| 9 | ->''"I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether we be six or sixty. Call the child 'innocence.' The worst of us is not without innocence, although buried deeply it might be. In my work I try to reach and speak to that innocence, showing it the fun and joy of living; showing it that laughter is healthy; showing it that the human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is still reaching for the stars."'' |
| 10 | -->-- '''Creator/WaltDisney''' |
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| 12 | [[https://disney.com The Walt Disney Company]] (commonly referred to simply as "Disney", so much so that in 2012 it began crediting itself as such too) is, as of 2019, the largest media group in the world[[note]]Comcast and Creator/{{Sony}} are only technically larger if you include their revenue from non-media assets[[/note]]. Chances are that this company has had some sort of impact to your life. You may have very likely heard the name "Disney" at least once, have at least watched one of its cartoons, or have seen a movie under their name. They're ''that'' influential to the field of entertainment. In fact, in terms of the history of animated films, Disney could often be considered [[TropeMaker the studio that started it all]] and still dominates it through sheer input and prestige. |
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| 14 | Founded in 1923 as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio by [[Creator/WaltDisney Walter Elias "Walt" Disney]] and his older brother Roy, the studio started out by making short animated productions, then moved on to larger animated films, live-action films and eventually everything else. The history of the company is ''long'', and even broken down this is just a summation: |
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| 17 | |
| 18 | [[folder:The Early Years]] |
| 19 | Walt & Roy started out making shorts called the WesternAnimation/AliceComedies for Creator/{{Universal}} Pictures. After completing the Alice Shorts, they moved onto WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit, but after only twenty-six shorts were made the rights to Oswald were taken away from Walt Disney and his partner Creator/UbIwerks by Universal's executive board, and the two (along with Roy and apprentice animators Les Clark and Johnny Cannon) were left to basically fend for themselves. Needing a new character, they created WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, who was the star of the first ever animation to feature synchronised sound, ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie''. Soon after the ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'' cartoons followed, which evolved to become the studio's animation evolution showcase where the latest techniques and narrative experiments were tried out commercially.\ |
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| 21 | In 1937 they decided to go one step further and create their first full-length film, ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''. Everybody predicted failure and told them to stop before it was too late. It became the highest grossing movie of all time (until ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' took the crown 2 years later) and won eight (admittedly honorary) Oscars. With the success of ''Snow White'' the company could expand and create the films from the forties such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}''. Unfortunately, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII meant much of the European market was closed and most of the new feature films bombed. Around the same time there was also a bitter labor strike over the issue of unionizing animators that destroyed the studio camaraderie, with the striking animators complaining that Walt was a money-wasting control freak and Walt taking the strike as a personal betrayal while his studio was struggling. To keep the studio alive, the studio did instructional and propaganda films for the US government while the company's own movie-making was slow, meaning films that were in production from before the war didn't get released until afterwards (such as ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' and ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''). After the war ended, Disney, still burdened with considerable debt, moved into the {{Documentary}} film genre with the ''True-Life Adventures'' and produced cheaper packaged animated feature films that were essentially animated shorts edited together. |
| 22 | [[/folder]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[folder:The Postwar Era and Visionary Walt]] |
| 25 | Eventually, Disney gambled for a true feature with one story like in its prime and created the hit ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}''. This success began one of the company's busiest eras, releasing five or six pieces every year - many eventually becoming classics. Additionally, Walt began pushing for a vision of the company doing things outside of visual media entirely and wanted to create a recreational park unlike any the world had previously known (and one that would begin to crystallize his ideas about urban planning and the future.) [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks The first Disneyland]], then, was opened in 1955 and the studio moved into all live action dramatic films like ''Film/{{Treasure Island|1950}}'' and ''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''. The studio also moved into television with ''Disneyland'' that would become in various incarnations a long running television showcase for Disney's productions such as the "Davy Crockett" series while the syndicated ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub'' secured the youth audience.\ |
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| 27 | Unfortunately, the 1959 failure of the lavish feature film ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' (due to the huge budget despite a good box office showing) prompted both a downsizing of the animation studio and a retreat from fairy tales for years. These changes showed in their next feature, ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', their first film to be ambiguously set in contemporary times. Furthermore, the studio took advantage of a new technology called xerography, a dry photocopying process that eliminated the need to hand-ink the animation, but it only allowed for black outlines, which forced a hard scratchy visual style for years. However, the studio also hit a creative peak in 1964 with ''Film/MaryPoppins'', one of the great film musicals that combined the best of Disney's artistry of animation and live-action into a cinematic classic. Unfortunately, Walt Disney, who had been losing interest in animation by then in favor of TV and theme park projects (and ''especially'' wanted to go all-in on his "Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow", or EPCOT, to help push forward a lot of the city and design planning the company had learned in having to manage Disneyland) died of lung cancer, and his brother Roy came out of retirement to run the company. One of his first acts was renaming Disney World as "Walt Disney World" in honor of his brother (although he was unable to convince the rest of the Disney board to make EPCOT anything even remotely approaching [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLCHg9mUBag&t=1161s Walt's grand vision]] for the place). The last films Walt Disney worked on, ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' and ''The Happiest Millionaire'' were released in 1967. Roy himself died shortly after Walt Disney World was opened in 1971. |
| 28 | [[/folder]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[folder:Disney Without Walt: The 70s]] |
| 31 | In the years after that, the company continued with its creative momentum gradually draining with the more ambitious members of the management frustrated by the constant overhang of "What would Walt do?" Through the 1970s, the obvious answer to that of emulating Walt's penchant for taking big budgeted creative dares was not one of them, as the company's live action films became largely a bunch of family safe comedies and sequels to their one really successful post-Walt film, ''Film/TheLoveBug''. To make things more complicated for them, Disney had developed a reputation in the 1970s as being the studio that caught actors [[HollywoodHypeMachine on their way up]] or [[WhiteDwarfStarlet on their way down]]. Few established actors were willing to work with the studio because of this, and in turn the public had grown more skeptical to new releases [[OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight without the "Walt Disney Presents" billing]] in the title. What's worse, Disney's position as the go-to studio for family friendly pictures was challenged for the first time after the end of the MediaNotes/NewHollywood era and with the rise of [[MediaNotes/TheBlockbusterAgeOfHollywood all-ages blockbusters]]. Furthermore, the young artists involved in these blockbusters embodied much of Walt's best qualities, such as Creator/GeorgeLucas taking ambitious creative risks with ''Franchise/StarWars'' and Creator/JimHenson with ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' as a man who proved to be as much an artistic giant with puppetry as Walt was with WesternAnimation.\ |
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| 33 | The animation department was no better off with sporadic new films with limited budgets punctuated by endless rereleases of their older films on a regular schedule even while the graduates of Walt Disney's [=CalArts=] school came on board like Creator/JohnLasseter and Creator/TimBurton. Furthermore, while the studio was able to advance such as improving the xerography processing in animation to finally get rid of the scratchy outline visuals in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', more ambitious animators, especially Creator/DonBluth, finally had enough feeling creatively stifled by 1979 and walked.\ |
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| 35 | When the senior management finally fell to Walt's son in law, Ron Miller, in that same period, the company was in its nadir, with only the theme parks being consistently profitable. To his credit, Miller did make some positive moves like taking a chance with innovative films like ''Film/{{Tron}}'' and he planned to create more adult oriented fare through the new branch, Creator/TouchstonePictures. |
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| 38 | [[folder:Under New Management: The 80s, the 90s and the Eisner Era]] |
| 39 | However, these efforts weren't enough and in 1984, shareholder Saul Steinberg launched a brief hostile takeover bid of the company with the intention of closing it and selling off its various assets. In response, Disney board chairman Ray Watson reached out to investor Sid Bass with the hopes of convincing him to buy a major stake in the company in order to ward off Steinberg. Bass agreed, but only on the condition that Disney's management underwent a serious change. And so, in a board room coup, Miller was ousted and Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg (both from Creator/{{Paramount}}) and Frank Wells (from Creator/WarnerBros) were placed in charge of the company. In its ten years of existence, this management trio revived the company with inexpensive but well received adult fare like the comedy films with relatively faded stars at the time like Creator/NickNolte and Creator/BetteMidler. Eventually, the company purchased the noted independent film distributor/studio Creator/{{Miramax}} to produce more artistically ambitious fare, which paid off with the audacious and critically hailed 1994 box office hit, ''Film/PulpFiction'' by Creator/QuentinTarantino.\ |
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| 41 | The trio's faith in Disney's Animation proved a dicier proposition when the department's one grandfather feature film project, ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' proved a major flop. However, the much cheaper and more successful subsequent film, ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' in 1986 convinced the trio to give the animators a chance. This paid off handsomely as the expensive later film, ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' proved a sensation in 1988 and ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' set off the [[MediaNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation Disney Renaissance]] with a series of spectacular blockbusters that brought the company more money and prestige than they ever dreamed of. Meanwhile, the company made their own waves on TV with a new commitment to TV animation with superb big budgets and well done animated series like ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'', ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', dramatically raising the bar of what TV animation could be.\ |
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| 43 | Unfortunately, the trio fell apart when Frank Wells was killed in a skiing helicopter accident and the moderator to Eisner's ego was removed. This led to infighting with Katzenberg who eventually left to form Creator/DreamWorksSKG and Eisner assumed more control. The company started declining while in his increasingly inept hands, even as he made bold acquisitions like the [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] TV network. At the same time, the contracted computer animation house, Creator/{{Pixar}}, owned by Creator/SteveJobs, transformed feature animation with its astounding series of critically lauded smash hit animated features while Disney's in house cel-animated films were increasingly overshadowed. Even worse for Disney, the new field of computer animation allowed competitors to finally sidestep the AllAnimationIsDisney public prejudice and allowed new competitors to get their own piece of the pie, most notably Creator/DreamWorksAnimation[[note]]Lord Farquaad, the main antagonist of ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', one of [=DreamWorks Animation's=] first big hits, was reportedly [[TakeThat modeled after Eisner by Katzenberg]][[/note]]. |
| 44 | [[/folder]] |
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| 46 | [[folder:The House the Mouse Built: The Iger Era, the New Millennium, and Media Dominance]] |
| 47 | Eventually, Roy E. Disney, Walt's nephew, and others had enough with Eisner's escalating business blunders. This climaxed with him alienating Steve Jobs and his Pixar studio by insulting them with claiming that their upcoming film, ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', [[AndYouThoughtItWouldFail was sure to be a flop]] that would take them down a peg. After that film broke all box office records for feature animation and won an [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]], Eisner looked like a complete incompetent at the worst possible time, with Disney's contract with Pixar being due to expire soon and Jobs loathing Eisner personally and eager to walk. To fix that calamity of losing such a valuable studio, the board of directors ousted Eisner and placed Robert Iger (previously head of ABC) in charge.\ |
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| 49 | Since taking over as CEO, Bob Iger has taken a much more hands-off approach to things, most likely as an effort to undo the damage of his predecessor's legendary ExecutiveMeddling. His primary accomplishments have been inking the multi-billion dollar buyouts of Pixar (A corporate feat made easier for the fact that Iger and Jobs' wives had been roommates in university), Marvel, and Lucasfilm, easily making back their money by sitting back and just letting them do what they do best. He also restructured studio management appointing John Lasseter as overseer for Feature Animation, Pixar, and [=DisneyToon=] Studios, with the former getting back to its roots and no longer trying to compete with Pixar and the latter getting out of the cheapquel game and focusing more on higher quality works like the ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'' franchise and the ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' spin-off ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}''. As for Feature Animation, they managed to rebuild with a return to traditional animation with middling success like ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' and ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'', but really reestablished their place with successful CGI features like ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}''. Furthermore, the essential innovative spirit of Disney found an echo again after so long as the studio suggested an artistic middle ground is possible with their Oscar winning short, ''WesternAnimation/{{Paperman}}'', that experimented with a visual technique that fused the best qualities of hand-drawn and digital animation. Iger was originally set to retire from Disney in 2018 however in 2016 his expected replacement, then COO and [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Parks]] head Tom Staggs, left the company after taking blame for [[DevelopmentHell issues]] with the construction of the Shanghai resort. Disney announced that Iger's contract was delayed the next year and would serve as a consultant for the following three years.\ |
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| 51 | Over the years, and particularly beginning in the [=1990s=], Disney has acquired various other companies and folded them into its overall mass media production pipeline, with examples such as Creator/{{Miramax}} (in 1993), Capital Cities/[[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] in 1996 (a deal which included Creator/{{ESPN}}, A&E, Creator/TheHistoryChannel, Creator/{{Lifetime}}, and Creator/DiCEntertainment), [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]] [[Creator/{{FoxKids}} Worldwide]] from News Corporation and [[Creator/{{SabanEntertainment}} Haim Saban]] in 2001, Franchise/TheMuppets (from Henson) in 2004[[note]]Meaning the troupe from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and subsequent movies; the ''Series/SesameStreet'' characters were sold outright to Sesame Workshop in 2001 (previously they were contract performers) while ''Series/FraggleRock'' and other Creator/JimHenson Company properties remain owned by Henson, as does the [[Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop Creature Shop]] effects house. The rights to ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' and ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'', on the other hand, are held by Creator/SonyPictures[[/note]], Creator/{{Pixar}} in 2006 (previously Disney had been merely distributors of their films), and most notably, Creator/MarvelComics in 2009. Of those, Miramax and [=DIC=] were sold off (Miramax to an investor consortium named Filmyard Holdings in 2010, and [=DiC=] back to Andy Heyward in 2000). Since the ABC acquisition, Touchstone Television Studios (naturally the television division of Touchstone Pictures) has been renamed ABC Studios for better brand alignment. Likewise, Fox Family was renamed ABC Family, though this created an awkward situation as that network moved to air racier content away from the "family" image but was stuck with the "Family" name[[note]]When News Corp. originally acquired The Family Channel from The Christian Broadcasting Network, it was contractually obligated to keep the word "Family" in the network's name due to cable contracts- a stipulation which carried over to the Disney purchase and in turn foiled their efforts to rename it as "XYZ"[[/note]]; however, it finally renamed to ''Freeform'' in 2016. Disney has also launched its own media ventures independent of these acquisitions. These include the cable outlets Creator/DisneyChannel, Disney Junior and Creator/ToonDisney which in 2009 was relaunched as Creator/DisneyXD and Disney Television Animation[[note]]formerly Walt Disney Television Animation[[/note]], an entity unrelated to any previous Disney animation studio that produces strictly animated content for television and primarily for the aforementioned cable outlets. \ |
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| 53 | On October 30th, 2012, they announced a $4 billion deal to purchase Lucasfilm[[note]]and by extension, Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic[[/note]] and the rights to ''Franchise/StarWars'' with a new trilogy planned, [[Film/TheForceAwakens the first of which]] came out in December 2015. It would be followed by ''Film/TheLastJedi'' in 2017 and ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' in 2019. The company also created the animated series ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', which ran from 2014 to 2018, and two spin off Anthology films, ''Film/RogueOne'', released in 2016, and ''Film/{{Solo}}'', released in 2018. After a long stint in DevelopmentHell, Disney would also reignite the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' series with a fifth installment in 2023, expected to be Creator/HarrisonFord's swan song as the main character.\ |
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| 55 | Finally, on December 14, 2017, Disney firmly solidified its position in the media world by announcing it would acquire the majority of 21st Century Fox, including [[{{Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios}} Twentieth Century Fox]] (who, ironically, distributed the first six ''Star Wars'' films) and its divisions and television units, the FX Networks, the Fox Sports Regional Networks, and almost all of Fox's international assets from UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch for $66.1 billion. The deal would give Disney a massive global foothold unparalleled by any other media company, ensuring its future for a long, long time. However, the future [[note]]at that time, anyway[[/note]] wasn't certain, given that Comcast were heavily pushing for a purchase of Fox themselves. Comcast eventually dropped out after Disney offered a higher bid of $71.3 billion, and shortly after, gained approval from The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division[[note]]provided they shed Fox Sports' regional channels[[/note]]. On July 27th, 2018, the deal was made official when Fox shareholders [[https://deadline.com/2018/07/disney-fox-shareholders-give-historic-merger-vote-of-approval-1202434925/ voted overwhelmingly]] in Disney's favor, paving the way for Walt's little animation studio to become the biggest media empire humanity has ever known... and, despite the [=DoJ's=] acquiescence, leading to howls of trust-ism from many other corners of the industry and the world at large. \ |
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| 57 | Disney's 2019 was notable for a variety of reasons. Chief among them was their official acquisition of 21st Century Fox, completed on March 20, 2019. (With the deal, Rupert Murdoch's family became some of the company's largest indidvidual shareholders.) Shortly after the deal was finalized in April 2019, Iger revealed his intent to step down as CEO of the company when his contract expires in 2021, claiming plans for his successor were already in place. That same month, they also formally revealed their rollout strategy for the long-discussed Creator/DisneyPlus streaming service. Launched in November 2019 and touted as a potential "Creator/{{Netflix}} killer" in the press, Disney+ features a combination of existing content from the vast libraries of Disney, Pixar, Creator/MarvelStudios, Creator/{{Lucasfilm}}, Creator/{{National Geographic|Channel}}, and their newly-acquired Twentieth Century Fox[[note]]including the first 30 seasons of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''[[/note]], as well as new original content (films, series, and documentaries) from each of those brands. The KillerApp launch series ''Series/TheMandalorian'' was so successful that the company has decided to focus more future Star Wars stories on television rather than film. Of course it was still the company's biggest year ever at the box office, seeing the release of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' which became the highest grossing film of all time[[note]]taking just under 3 months to do so. the previous record holder ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' took 14[[/note]], while ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'', ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', ''[[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker]]'' and remakes of ''Film/{{Aladdin|2019}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|2019}}'' all passing the billion dollar mark[[note]]no studio in history had ever released more than 4 billion-dollar movies in the same year and they had 7[[/note]].\ |
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| 59 | On February 25, 2020, Iger stepped down as the CEO of and was replaced by Bob Chapek, who was the chairman of Disney's parks business. Iger stayed with Disney as an executive chairman until December 2021 and continued to play a major role in the company's direction.\ |
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| 61 | On October 12, 2020, in response to the massive worldwide success of Disney+, and the continued industry-wide shift into direct-to-consumer and streaming (not helped by the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic keeping movie theaters below capacity), Disney announced a major restructuring in which all distribution units and streaming services would be centralized under one large unit, while the company's production units were restructured into studios (movies), general entertainment (television) and sports (ESPN). The restructuring is meant to give the units more resources to provide additional content to its streaming platforms.\ |
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| 63 | On November 20, 2022, Chapek stepped down as CEO after a rocky tenure, with Iger returning to retake his old position. Disney later reshuffled its units again, restructuring its filmed entertainment, streaming/distribution and television units under one roof. By the following year, Disney shuttered Marvel Entertainment leaving the Marvel brand under the control of its entertainment, publishing and licensing divisions.\ |
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| 65 | On February 7, 2024, Disney announced plans to partner with Creator/EpicGames and take an equity stake in that company. That same year, Disney announced that it would merge their entire Indian media business (including the Star TV network, and its film distribution business there) with Reliance Industries' [=Viacom18=] (which is co-owned with Creator/ParamountGlobal, but their stake needs to be offloaded first, which is still pending approval). Disney would take a stake in the combined company while Reliance and [=TV18=] take stakes in the venture, which is set to be completed by the end of this year or early 2025. |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | For further reading, take a look at UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff, Creator/DisneysNineOldMen and Creator/WaltDisney. |
| 69 | |
| 70 | The company has also been a force in family programming for decades, with Disney-themed shows spanning all three "traditional" U.S. broadcast networks (see ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents''). |
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| 72 | !!TropeNamer of: |
| 73 | [[index]] |
| 74 | * AllAnimationIsDisney [[invoked]] |
| 75 | * DisneyAcidSequence |
| 76 | * DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce |
| 77 | * DisneyDeath |
| 78 | ** DisneyVillainDeath |
| 79 | * DisneyDogFight |
| 80 | * {{Disneyesque}} |
| 81 | * {{Disneyfication}} |
| 82 | * DisneyOwnsThisTrope |
| 83 | * DisneySchoolOfActingAndMime |
| 84 | * ImGoingToDisneyWorld |
| 85 | [[/index]] |
| 86 | ---- |
| 87 | !!Disney People: |
| 88 | [[index]] |
| 89 | * UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff |
| 90 | ** UsefulNotes/TheWaltDisneyFamilyAndTheNineOldMen |
| 91 | ** MediaNotes/DisneyActors |
| 92 | ** MediaNotes/DisneyLegends |
| 93 | ** UsefulNotes/DisneyMusicians |
| 94 | ** Creator/PixarRegulars |
| 95 | [[/index]] |
| 96 | ---- |
| 97 | !!Disney Media: |
| 98 | [[index]] |
| 99 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 100 | |
| 101 | [[folder:Short Films]] |
| 102 | * WesternAnimation/AliceComedies (1923 - 1927) |
| 103 | * WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit (1927 - 1928) |
| 104 | * WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts |
| 105 | ** WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse (1928 - 1953; 1983 - Present) |
| 106 | ** WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck (1937 - 1961) |
| 107 | ** WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} (1939 - 1961; 2007) |
| 108 | ** WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup (1930 - 1951) |
| 109 | ** WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies (1929 - 1939) |
| 110 | ** WesternAnimation/MiscellaneousDisneyShorts: For shorts that aren't part of a recurring series. |
| 111 | * ''WesternAnimation/HowToCatchACold'' |
| 112 | * WesternAnimation/PixarShorts (1984 - Present) |
| 113 | * WesternAnimation/RogerRabbitShorts (1989 - 1993) |
| 114 | * ''WesternAnimation/TangledEverAfter'' (2012) |
| 115 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Paperman}}'' (2012) |
| 116 | * ''WesternAnimation/FrozenFever'' (2015) |
| 117 | * ''WesternAnimation/InnerWorkings'' (2016) |
| 118 | * ''WesternAnimation/OlafsFrozenAdventure'' (2017) |
| 119 | * ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAStudio'' (2023) |
| 120 | [[/folder]] |
| 121 | |
| 122 | [[folder:Feature Films — Animated]] |
| 123 | * Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon |
| 124 | * Creator/{{Pixar}} |
| 125 | * Creator/DisneyToonStudios (closed in June 2018) |
| 126 | * Creator/BlueSkyStudios (closed in April 2021) |
| 127 | * Other Feature Films |
| 128 | ** ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' (except UK and Europe) |
| 129 | ** ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie'' |
| 130 | ** ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'' |
| 131 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet: TheMovie'' |
| 132 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'' |
| 133 | * Released under Creator/TouchstonePictures |
| 134 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' (since rereleased under the Disney banner since 2006) |
| 135 | ** ''WesternAnimation/Gen13TheMovie'' |
| 136 | ** ''Anime/DragonBallZTheTreeOfMight'' (Mexico distribution only through Buena Vista International in 1998.) |
| 137 | ** ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' (since rebranded as a Disney film for the DVD release and [[ChannelHop rereleased by non-Disney studios]] outside of Japan and China) |
| 138 | ** ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' (select international releases were through Touchstone Pictures instead of Disney or Creator/{{Miramax}}, [[ChannelHop later rereleased by non-Disney studios]] outside of Japan and China) |
| 139 | ** ''Anime/TheBoyWhoSawTheWind'' |
| 140 | ** ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' (select international releases were through Touchstone Pictures instead of Disney, [[ChannelHop later rereleased by non-Disney studios]] outside of Japan and China) |
| 141 | ** ''Anime/TalesFromEarthsea'' (since rebranded as a Disney film for the DVD release and [[ChannelHop rereleased by non-Disney studios]] outside of Japan and China) |
| 142 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ElArca'' |
| 143 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'' |
| 144 | ** ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'' (except UK, Canada and Europe) |
| 145 | ** ''Anime/TheWindRises'' (since [[ChannelHop rereleased by non-Disney studios]] outside of Japan and China) |
| 146 | ** ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' |
| 147 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MissingLink'' (in select international territories only) |
| 148 | * Walt Disney Home Video |
| 149 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas'' |
| 150 | ** ''WesternAnimation/DisneySingAlongSongs'' |
| 151 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'' |
| 152 | * Released under Walt Disney Japan |
| 153 | ** Creator/StudioGhibli’s films, North American distribution from 1998-2012; French distribution from 2002-2020; European distribution from 1999-2003, Japanese home video distribution from 1996-present (with some distribution through Pony Canyon, theatrical distribution with Creator/{{Toho}} since 1991); Chinese, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese distribution from 2001-present; Walt Disney Studios Japan also [[InternationalCoproduction co-funded]] all their films from ''Anime/MyNeighborsTheYamadas'' to ''WesternAnimation/TheRedTurtle''. |
| 154 | ** ''[[Franchise/GhostInTheShell Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence]]'' (Japanese home media distributor and co-funder with Tokuma Shoten, [[Creator/NipponTV Nippon Television Network]], Dentsu, Creator/{{Toho}}, and Mitsubishi Corporation. Produced by Creator/ProductionIG and Creator/StudioGhibli. Distributed by Creator/{{Toho}} in Japan (theatrical); distributed by [[Creator/DreamWorksSKG Go Fish Pictures]] in the United States and Creator/MangaEntertainment in the United Kingdom and Australia/New Zealand) |
| 155 | ** ''Anime/MaryAndTheWitchsFlower'' (Japanese home media distributor and co-funder with Creator/{{Toho}}, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Lawson, Kadokawa Shoten, Yoimuri TV, Ken On, Amuse, DN Dream Partners, LINE, Yoimuri Shimbun, STV, MMT, SDT, CTV, HTV and FBS. Produced by Creator/StudioPonoc, Creator/StudioKhara, and [[Creator/NipponTV Nippon TV Movies]]. Distributed by Creator/{{Toho}} in Japan (theatrical); Creator/{{GKIDS}} in the United States, Altitude Film Distribution in the United Kingdom (functions as non-Asian sales holder), and Creator/MadmanEntertainment in Australia/New Zealand) |
| 156 | ** ''Anime/ModestHeroes'' (Japanese home media distributor, produced by Creator/StudioPonoc and [[Creator/NipponTV Nippon TV Movies]]. Funded by Dentsu. Distributed by Creator/{{Toho}} in Japan (theatrical), Creator/{{GKIDS}} in the United States and Creator/{{Netflix}} in all other regions) |
| 157 | * Released under Walt Disney India |
| 158 | ** ''Animation/RoadsideRomeo'' |
| 159 | ** ''Animation/ArjunTheWarriorPrince'' |
| 160 | * Disney+ |
| 161 | ** ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse'' |
| 162 | ** ''WesternAnimation/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' |
| 163 | *** ''WesternAnimation/DiaryOfAWimpyKidRodrickRules'' |
| 164 | *** ''WesternAnimation/DiaryOfAWimpyKidChristmasCabinFever'' |
| 165 | ** ''WesternAnimation/NightAtTheMuseumKahmunrahRisesAgain'' |
| 166 | * Distributed but not produced by Disney |
| 167 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' |
| 168 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheWild'' |
| 169 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Valiant}}'' |
| 170 | * Also see Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationUnits for animation studios outside of Pixar. |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Feature Films — Live-Action]] |
| 174 | [[AC:Active Distribution Labels]] |
| 175 | * Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (1978-present) |
| 176 | * Creator/WaltDisneyPictures (1983-present; replaced Buena Vista Distribution) |
| 177 | * Disneynature (2008-present) |
| 178 | * Creator/MarvelStudios (2012-present) |
| 179 | * Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} (2012-present) |
| 180 | * Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios (2019-present; formerly Twentieth Century Fox) |
| 181 | ** Creator/SearchlightPictures (2019-present; formerly Fox Searchlight Pictures) |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[AC:Former Distribution Labels]] |
| 184 | * Creator/TouchstonePictures (1984-2016; dormant) |
| 185 | * Creator/{{Miramax}} (1993-2010; sold to Filmyard Holdings) |
| 186 | ** Creator/DimensionFilms (1993-2005; acquired by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany per contractual obligations) |
| 187 | * Creator/DreamWorksSKG (via distribution agreement; 2009-2016 (except EMEA and India); now with Creator/{{Universal}}[[note]]Universal also owns [=DreamWorks=]' former animation division, Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, as of August 2016[[/note]]) |
| 188 | * Creator/HollywoodPictures (1990-2001, 2006-2007; now serves as catalog label) |
| 189 | * Creator/GaumontBuenaVistaInternational (1993-2004; joint venture between Creator/{{Gaumont}} and Disney) |
| 190 | * Fox 2000 (2019; shuttered one day after Disney's purchase of Fox) |
| 191 | * Creator/CinergiPictures (via distribution agreement; 1989-1998) |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[folder:Television]] |
| 195 | [[AC:Television Production Studios]] |
| 196 | * [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC Signature]] (formerly [[Creator/TouchstonePictures Touchstone Television]], and later ABC Studios; ABC Signature originally operated as a separate unit of ABC Studios until both were merged in August 2020) |
| 197 | ** Walt Disney Television (1983-2003) |
| 198 | * Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation |
| 199 | * It's a Laugh Productions |
| 200 | * Creator/MarvelTelevision (absorbed into Marvel Studios in December 2019) |
| 201 | ** Creator/MarvelAnimation (transferred to Marvel Studios in October 2019) |
| 202 | * 20th Television (formerly 20th Century Fox Television) |
| 203 | ** Creator/TouchstoneTelevision (formerly Fox Television Studios, and later Fox 21 Television Studios, absorbed into 20th Television in December 2020; no relation to the unit now called ABC Signature) |
| 204 | ** Creator/TwentiethTelevisionAnimation |
| 205 | * [[Creator/{{FX|Networks}} Productions]] (FXP) |
| 206 | * Creator/TsuburayaProductions (home video distribution of select shows under the [[Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman Archives]] lineup) |
| 207 | |
| 208 | [[AC:Networks, Programming Blocks and Streaming Platforms]] |
| 209 | * Creator/AAndE [[note]]50/50 joint venture with Hearst Communications[[/note]] |
| 210 | ** Crime & Investigation Network |
| 211 | ** Fyi |
| 212 | ** Creator/TheHistoryChannel |
| 213 | *** Military History |
| 214 | ** Creator/{{Lifetime}} |
| 215 | *** Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) |
| 216 | *** Lifetime Real Women |
| 217 | ** Viceland (formerly History International, then H2) |
| 218 | * [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany American Broadcasting Company (ABC)]] |
| 219 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' |
| 220 | * Creator/DisneyChannel |
| 221 | ** Disney Junior [[note]]Originally an early morning preschool block that later became Playhouse Disney in February 1999. The block rebranded under its current name in 2011 and later spun-off into its own network in 2012, replacing [=SoapNET=] on most cable providers[[/note]] |
| 222 | ** Creator/DisneyXD |
| 223 | * Creator/DisneyPlus |
| 224 | ** Creator/{{Star|DisneyPlus}} |
| 225 | * Disney Star |
| 226 | * Creator/{{ESPN}} [[note]]joint venture with Hearst Communications[[/note]] |
| 227 | ** ESPN+ |
| 228 | * Creator/{{Freeform}} (Originally known as the CBN Satellite Service and later known as The Family Channel, Fox Family Channel, and ABC Family) |
| 229 | * Creator/FXNetworks |
| 230 | ** FX |
| 231 | ** FXM |
| 232 | ** FXX |
| 233 | * Creator/{{Hulu}} [[note]]joint venture with Comcast; Disney will acquire full ownership by 2024[[/note]] |
| 234 | * Creator/NationalGeographicChannel [[note]]Part of National Geographic Partners; a joint venture with the National Geographic Society[[/note]] |
| 235 | ** Nat Geo Wild |
| 236 | * Creator/BabyTV |
| 237 | * ''Creator/OneSaturdayMorningAndABCKids'' |
| 238 | * Creator/ToonDisney |
| 239 | |
| 240 | [[AC:Shows Not Covered by Any of the Above]] |
| 241 | * ''Series/DoctorSynTheScarecrow'' (1964) |
| 242 | * ''Film/TowerOfTerror'' (1997) |
| 243 | * ''Film/TopKids'' (1987; originally produced as a sponsored film for Mercedes-Benz under the title ''Centurion Odyssey''; acquired by Disney and retooled as a Disney Channel special) |
| 244 | * ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'' |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[AC:Buena Vista / Disney-ABC Domestic TV series]] |
| 247 | * ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' (1993-98; with [[Creator/{{PBS}} KCTS Seattle]] and Rabbit Ears Productions) |
| 248 | * ''Series/TheChallengers'' (1990-91; with [[Series/TheBigShowdown Ron Greenburg Productions]] and [[Creator/DickClark Dick Clark Productions]]) |
| 249 | * ''Series/{{Debt}}'' (1996-98; with Faded Denim Productions for Lifetime) |
| 250 | * ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'' (2008-10) |
| 251 | * ''Series/SiskelAndEbert'' (1986-2010) |
| 252 | * ''Series/WinBenSteinsMoney'' (1997-03; for Creator/ComedyCentral) |
| 253 | * ''Series/WinLoseOrDraw'' (1987-89, NBC; 1987-90, syndicated; 1989-92, Disney Channel (''Teen''); 2014 (Disney Channel revival); with [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 Kline &]] [[Series/StrikeItLucky Friends]] and [[Creator/BurtReynolds Burt &]] [[Series/{{Tattletales}} Bert]] Productions) |
| 254 | * ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' (2002-2019; syndicated version) |
| 255 | [[/folder]] |
| 256 | |
| 257 | [[folder:Comics and Magazines]] |
| 258 | * ''ComicBook/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' |
| 259 | * ''ESPN Magazine'' |
| 260 | * ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'' |
| 261 | ** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfTheChaosGod'' (A [[WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon Disney Afternoon]] BatFamilyCrossover comic series) |
| 262 | ** ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfDAndA'' |
| 263 | * ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics |
| 264 | ** ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse |
| 265 | ** ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse (including Creator/CarlBarks and Creator/DonRosa) |
| 266 | ** ''Comicbook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' |
| 267 | ** ''ComicBook/ALittleSomethingSpecial'' |
| 268 | ** ''ComicBook/IAmThePhantomBlot'' |
| 269 | ** ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseAndTheSwordOfIce'' |
| 270 | ** ''ComicBook/MillenniumOrbSaga'' |
| 271 | ** ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' (''Duck Avenger'' in the US) |
| 272 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Ultraheroes}}'' |
| 273 | ** ''ComicBook/WizardsOfMickey'' |
| 274 | * ''Magazine/NationalGeographic'' (joint venture with National Geographic Society) |
| 275 | * ''ComicBook/DisneyKingdoms'' (imprint including ''Seekers of the Weird'', ''Figment'', and ''Big Thunder Mountain Railroad'') |
| 276 | [[/folder]] |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 279 | * ''Literature/{{Bravely}}'' |
| 280 | * ''Literature/CityOfVillains'' |
| 281 | * ''Literature/DarkAscension'' |
| 282 | * ''Literature/DisneyChills'' |
| 283 | * ''Literature/TheKingdomKeepers'' |
| 284 | * ''Literature/TheMouseWatch'' |
| 285 | * ''Literature/PeterAndTheStarcatchers'' |
| 286 | * ''Literature/TheQueensCouncil'' |
| 287 | * ''Franchise/{{Riordanverse}}'': |
| 288 | ** ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' |
| 289 | *** ''Literature/TheDemigodFiles'' |
| 290 | *** ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' |
| 291 | *** ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'' |
| 292 | ** ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'' |
| 293 | ** ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' |
| 294 | * ''Literature/ATaleOf'' |
| 295 | * ''Literature/TalesFromAdventureland'' |
| 296 | * ''Literature/ATwistedTale'' |
| 297 | [[/folder]] |
| 298 | |
| 299 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 300 | * See Creator/DisneyInteractiveStudios for video games created by Disney Interactive Studios. |
| 301 | |
| 302 | [[AC:Video games created outside Disney Interactive Studios]] |
| 303 | * ''VideoGame/TheBlackCauldron'' (1986) |
| 304 | * ''VideoGame/MickeyMousecapade'' (1987) |
| 305 | * ''VideoGame/AdventuresInTheMagicKingdom'' (1990) |
| 306 | * ''VideoGame/CastleOfIllusion'' (1990, 2013) |
| 307 | ** ''VideoGame/LandOfIllusion'' (1992) |
| 308 | ** ''VideoGame/WorldOfIllusion'' (1992) |
| 309 | ** ''VideoGame/LegendOfIllusion'' (1994) |
| 310 | ** ''VideoGame/DisneyIllusionIsland'' (2023) |
| 311 | * ''VideoGame/TheLittleMermaid'' (1991) |
| 312 | * ''VideoGame/{{Quackshot}}'' (1991) |
| 313 | * ''VideoGame/TheLuckyDimeCaper'' (1991) |
| 314 | ** ''VideoGame/DeepDuckTrouble'' (1993) |
| 315 | * ''Darkwing Duck'' (1992) |
| 316 | * ''VideoGame/DisneysMagicalQuest'' trilogy (1992, 1994, 1995) |
| 317 | * ''VideoGame/AladdinCapcom'' (1993) |
| 318 | * ''VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames'' (1993) |
| 319 | * ''VideoGame/GoofTroop'' (1993) |
| 320 | * ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' (1994) |
| 321 | * ''VideoGame/MickeyMania'' (1994) |
| 322 | * ''VideoGame/DonaldInMauiMallard'' (1995) |
| 323 | * ''VideoGame/{{Gargoyles}}'' (through Buena Vista Interactive; 1995) |
| 324 | * ''VideoGame/ABugsLife'' (1998) |
| 325 | * ''VideoGame/ToyStory2'' (1999) |
| 326 | * ''VideoGame/MickeysSpeedwayUSA'' (2000) |
| 327 | * ''VideoGame/DisneysAladdinInNasirasRevenge'' (2001) |
| 328 | * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series (collaboration with Creator/SquareEnix; 2002–present) |
| 329 | * ''VideoGame/DisneysExtremeSkateAdventure'' (2003) |
| 330 | * ''VideoGame/FindingNemo'' (2003) |
| 331 | * ''{{VideoGame/The Incredibles|Game}}'' (2004) |
| 332 | ** ''VideoGame/TheIncrediblesRiseOfTheUnderminer'' (2005) |
| 333 | * ''VideoGame/{{Cars}}'' (2006) |
| 334 | ** ''VideoGame/CarsMaterNationalChampionship'' (2007) |
| 335 | ** ''VideoGame/CarsRaceORama'' (2009) |
| 336 | * ''VideoGame/{{Up}}'' (2009) |
| 337 | * [[/index]]''Franchise/PhineasAndFerb''[[index]] |
| 338 | ** ''VideoGame/PhineasAndFerbAcrossThe2ndDimension'' (2011) |
| 339 | ** ''VideoGame/PhineasAndFerbQuestForCoolStuff'' (2013) |
| 340 | * ''VideoGame/DisneyUniverse'' (2011) |
| 341 | * ''VideoGame/KinectDisneylandAdventures'' (2011)[[note]]Remastered in 2017 as ''Disneyland Adventures''[[/note]] |
| 342 | * ''VideoGame/KinectRushADisneyPixarAdventure'' (2012)[[note]] Remastered in 2017 as ''Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure''[[/note]] |
| 343 | * ''VideoGame/WheresMyWater'' series (2011–present) |
| 344 | * ''VideoGame/{{Mittens}}'' (2013) |
| 345 | * ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' series (2013–2016) |
| 346 | * ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicalWorld'' (2014) |
| 347 | * ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicKingdoms'' (2016–present) |
| 348 | * ''Disney VideoGame/ArtAcademy'' (2016) |
| 349 | * ''VideoGame/Cars3DrivenToWin'' (2017) |
| 350 | * ''VideoGame/LegoTheIncredibles'' (2018) |
| 351 | * ''VideoGame/{{Meteos}}: Disney Magic'' (2006) |
| 352 | * ''VideoGame/DisneyHeroesBattleMode'' (2018–present) |
| 353 | * ''VideoGame/DisneySorcerersArena'' (2020–present) |
| 354 | * ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'' (2020–present) |
| 355 | * ''VideoGame/StarSmash'' (2020–present) |
| 356 | * ''VideoGame/DisneyMirrorverse'' (2022) |
| 357 | * ''VideoGame/DisneyDreamlightValley'' (early access 2022) |
| 358 | * ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm'' (early access 2023) |
| 359 | [[/folder]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 362 | * Walt Disney Records (formerly Disneyland Records) |
| 363 | * Creator/HollywoodRecords (1989-Present) |
| 364 | ** Lyric Street Records (1997-2010) |
| 365 | * Fox Music (2019-Present) |
| 366 | [[/folder]] |
| 367 | |
| 368 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 369 | * Radio/RadioDisney |
| 370 | [[/folder]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | [[folder:Theme Parks and Shows]] |
| 373 | * Ride/DisneyThemeParks |
| 374 | ** Ride/{{Disneyland}} |
| 375 | ** Ride/WaltDisneyWorld |
| 376 | ** Ride/TokyoDisneyResort[[note]]Not completely owned by Disney themselves, but by the Oriental Land Company, which licenses the Disney properties to use in their theme parks.[[/note]] |
| 377 | ** Ride/DisneylandParis |
| 378 | * Creator/DisneyTheatricalProductions |
| 379 | ** Theatre/DisneyOnIce |
| 380 | [[/folder]] |
| 381 | |
| 382 | [[folder:Primary Franchises]] |
| 383 | * Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon (adapted franchises)[[note]]Based on media that are either in the PublicDomain, or licensed from other companies that still own them.[[/note]] |
| 384 | ** ''Franchise/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians''[[labelnote:(licensed)]]Based on the 1956 novel written by Dodie Smith.[[/labelnote]] |
| 385 | ** ''Franchise/{{Aladdin}}''[[labelnote:(public-domain)]]Based on the fairy tale from ''Literature/ArabianNights''.[[/labelnote]] |
| 386 | ** ''Franchise/AliceInWonderland''[[labelnote:(public-domain)]]Based on the 1865 novel written by Creator/LewisCarroll.[[/labelnote]] |
| 387 | ** ''Franchise/{{Beauty and the Beast|Disney}}''[[labelnote:(public-domain)]]Based on the 1740 fairy tale written by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve.[[/labelnote]] |
| 388 | ** ''DerivativeWorks/{{Cinderella}}''[[labelnote:(public-domain)]]Based on the 1697 fairy tale written by Creator/CharlesPerrault.[[/labelnote]] |
| 389 | ** ''Franchise/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''[[labelnote:(public-domain)]]Based on the 1831 novel written by Creator/VictorHugo.[[/labelnote]] |
| 390 | ** ''Franchise/{{The Jungle Book|Disney}}''[[labelnote:(public-domain)]]Based on the 1894 novel written by Creator/RudyardKipling.[[/labelnote]] |
| 391 | ** ''Franchise/LadyAndTheTramp''[[labelnote:(licensed)]]Based on a 1945 short story written by Ward Greene.[[/labelnote]] |
| 392 | ** ''Franchise/TheLittleMermaid''[[labelnote:(public-domain)]]Based on the 1837 fairy tale written by Creator/HansChristianAndersen.[[/labelnote]] |
| 393 | ** ''Franchise/{{Mulan|Disney}}''[[labelnote:(public-domain)]]Based on the classical Chinese poem ''Literature/TheBalladOfMulan''.[[/labelnote]] |
| 394 | ** ''Franchise/PeterPan''[[labelnote:(licensed)]]Based on stories written by J.M. Barrie. Copyright/royalties sold to Great Ormond Street Hospital; in the public domain outside of the UK.[[/labelnote]] |
| 395 | ** ''Franchise/{{Pinocchio}}''[[labelnote:(public-domain)]]Based on the 1883 novel written by Carlo Collodi.[[/labelnote]] |
| 396 | ** ''Franchise/SleepingBeauty''[[labelnote:(public-domain)]]Based on the 1697 fairy tale written by Creator/CharlesPerrault.[[/labelnote]] |
| 397 | ** ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}''[[labelnote:(licensed)]]Based on the novel series written by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs. In the public domain, but still trademarked by Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc.[[/labelnote]] |
| 398 | ** ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh''[[labelnote:(licensed)]]Based on the book series written by Creator/AAMilne and illustrated by E. H. Shepard. The first book and its associated characters went into the public domain in January 2023.[[/labelnote]] |
| 399 | * Disney Animated Canon (original franchises) |
| 400 | ** ''Franchise/DisneyFairies''[[note]]Also based on the aforementioned ''Peter Pan''.[[/note]] |
| 401 | ** ''Franchise/DisneyPrincess''[[note]]Based around a mixture of public-domain and original characters.[[/note]] |
| 402 | ** ''Franchise/DisneyVillains'' |
| 403 | ** ''Franchise/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' |
| 404 | ** ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}''[[note]]Loosely based upon ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' by Creator/HansChristianAndersen[[/note]] |
| 405 | ** ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch''[[note]]Also marketed as ''Disney Stitch'' since 2021[[/note]] |
| 406 | ** ''Franchise/TheLionKing''[[note]]Loosely based upon ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' by Creator/WilliamShakespeare[[/note]] |
| 407 | ** ''Franchise/{{Tangled}}''[[note]]Loosely based upon ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'' by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm[[/note]] |
| 408 | * Creator/DisneyChannel |
| 409 | ** Franchise/DisneyChannelAnimatedUniverse |
| 410 | ** Franchise/DisneyChannelLiveActionUniverse |
| 411 | ** ''Franchise/GravityFalls'' |
| 412 | ** ''Franchise/KimPossible'' |
| 413 | ** ''Franchise/PhineasAndFerb'' |
| 414 | * Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck |
| 415 | ** ''Franchise/MickeyMouse & Friends'' |
| 416 | *** ''Franchise/DonaldDuck'' |
| 417 | ** ''Franchise/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' |
| 418 | ** ''Franchise/DuckTales'' |
| 419 | * Creator/{{Pixar}} |
| 420 | ** ''{{Franchise/Cars}}'' |
| 421 | ** ''Franchise/FindingNemo'' |
| 422 | ** ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'' |
| 423 | ** ''Franchise/MonstersInc'' |
| 424 | ** ''Franchise/ToyStory'' |
| 425 | * Other franchises |
| 426 | ** ''Franchise/TheHauntedMansion'' |
| 427 | ** ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' |
| 428 | ** ''Franchise/MaryPoppins'' |
| 429 | ** ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' |
| 430 | ** ''Franchise/{{Tron}}'' |
| 431 | [[/folder]] |
| 432 | |
| 433 | [[folder:Acquired Franchises]] |
| 434 | [[AC:Properties Acquired Before the Fox Merger]] |
| 435 | * Creator/{{ABC}} (1996-present) |
| 436 | ** Creator/DiCEntertainment (sold in 2000; library now owned by Creator/WildBrain) |
| 437 | ** Creator/{{ESPN}} (80%) |
| 438 | ** Creator/AAndE Networks (50%) |
| 439 | ** [[/index]]ABC Productions library |
| 440 | *** Copyrights to pre-1973 [[Creator/{{AmericanBroadcastingCompany}} ABC Films]] material (distribution rights owned by Creator/{{CBS}}, successor-in-interest to ABC Films' successor Worldvision Enterprises) |
| 441 | *** Selmur Productions library |
| 442 | *** Greengrass Productions library (''WesternAnimation/WildWestCOWBoysOfMooMesa'', ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight''[[note]]Both shows currently distributed by Creator/WildBrain under license from Disney[[/note]], ''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition'') |
| 443 | *** ABC Motion Pictures library |
| 444 | *** Palomar Pictures library (broke away from ABC in 1969) |
| 445 | *** ABC Circle Films library |
| 446 | *** ABC/Kane Productions library |
| 447 | *** ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' |
| 448 | ** Creative Wonders (joint venture with Creator/ElectronicArts; both companies sold their stake to Creator/TheLearningCompany) |
| 449 | * Jumbo Pictures (1996-2000) |
| 450 | * Various Creator/FoxKids and Creator/SabanEntertainment shows, which came with the purchase of Fox Family Worldwide from News Corp. and Saban in 2001. |
| 451 | ** Most notable was ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', which Disney continued to produce from 2001-2010 until Haim Saban repurchased the franchise rights from Disney. The franchise is currently owned by Creator/{{Hasbro}}.[[index]] |
| 452 | ** Most of the Creator/SIPAnimation Library [[note]]Disney owned a 49% minority stake in the company. As of 2019, The Walt Disney Company France acts as a contract point for SIP's former assets. The programmes Disney doesn’t own are the CinéGroupe Co-Productions (which the latter retains ownership to) and ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'' (which is owned by [=WildBrain=]).[[/note]] |
| 453 | ** Most [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Family Channel / Fox Family]] in-house programs and TV movies (2001-present) |
| 454 | ** Most of the in-house Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises library, including all Marvel-based cartoons (does not include co-productions or certain licensed programs; 2001-present) |
| 455 | ** Marvel Productions / New World Animation in-house library (2001-present; does not include commissioned work such as co-productions with Creator/SunbowEntertainment) |
| 456 | ** Creator/JetixEurope (formerly Fox Kids Europe) |
| 457 | * ''Series/BabyEinstein'' (2001-2013) |
| 458 | ** ''WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins'' (2005-present) |
| 459 | * ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' (2004-present) |
| 460 | ** ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'' (2004-present)[[note]]Disney would acquire [[Creator/JimHenson The Jim Henson Company's]] stake of said series with their purchase of the Muppets franchise. Other Henson franchises remain with the Henson family.[[/note]] |
| 461 | * Creator/MarvelComics (2009-present) |
| 462 | ** ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' |
| 463 | ** ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' |
| 464 | ** Creator/MarvelAnimation library |
| 465 | * {{Creator/Lucasfilm}} (2012-present); this includes all companies and franchises under the banner, such as: |
| 466 | ** ''Franchise/StarWars'' |
| 467 | *** ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' (new Expanded Universe canonically made for Disney's ''Star Wars'') |
| 468 | *** ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' (the old ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe) |
| 469 | ** ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' (initially, Disney had production and merchandising rights to Indy when it bought Lucasfilm, though {{Creator/Paramount}} kept the distribution rights to the first four films) |
| 470 | ** ''Film/{{Willow}}'' |
| 471 | * Creator/DreamWorksSKG 2010-2016 output (except EMEA and India), acquired by Disney as payment for outstanding loan. |
| 472 | ---- |
| 473 | [[AC:Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios[[labelnote:*]]The studio was previously by the name "Twentieth Century Fox" until its name change in January 2020.[[/labelnote]] (2019-present)]] |
| 474 | * Feature films and franchises: |
| 475 | ** Film adaptation rights to certain Creator/MarvelComics movies, which were previously held only by Fox (including ''ComicBook/XMen'' and ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'') |
| 476 | ** ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' |
| 477 | *** ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' |
| 478 | *** ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' |
| 479 | ** ''Franchise/{{Avatar}}'' |
| 480 | ** ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' |
| 481 | ** ''Franchise/DieHard'' |
| 482 | ** ''Film/DragonballEvolution'' (plus Japanese distribution rights to subsequent ''Franchise/DragonBall'' anime films) |
| 483 | ** ''Film/HomeAlone'' |
| 484 | ** ''Film/{{Kingsman}}'' |
| 485 | ** ''Film/{{MASH}}'' |
| 486 | ** ''Film/OfficeSpace'' |
| 487 | ** ''Film/TheOmen'' |
| 488 | ** ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' |
| 489 | ** ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' |
| 490 | * Creator/BlueSkyStudios, including: |
| 491 | ** ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' |
| 492 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' |
| 493 | [[/index]] |
| 494 | * Almost all of the Creator/{{Fox}} network's in-house programming pre-merger (except Fox Entertainment in-house programs such as ''Series/JoeMillionaire'' and other reality shows; these programs are still owned by Fox), including (but not limited to):[[index]] |
| 495 | ** ''Series/AllyMcbeal'' |
| 496 | ** ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' |
| 497 | ** ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' |
| 498 | ** ''Series/TheBernieMacShow'' |
| 499 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' |
| 500 | ** ''Series/{{COPS|1989}}'' (seasons 1-25 only) |
| 501 | ** ''Series/{{Empire}}'' |
| 502 | ** ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' |
| 503 | ** ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' |
| 504 | ** ''Franchise/{{Futurama}}'' |
| 505 | ** ''Series/InLivingColor'' |
| 506 | ** ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' |
| 507 | ** ''Series/TheOrville'' |
| 508 | ** ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'' |
| 509 | ** ''Franchise/TheXFiles'' |
| 510 | *** ''Series/TheXFiles'' |
| 511 | *** ''Series/Millennium1996'' |
| 512 | *** ''Series/TheLoneGunmen'' |
| 513 | ** Several movies produced by Creator/DonBluth, including ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina|1994}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'', and ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin'' (except US rights, which are owned by [[Creator/{{MetroGoldwynMayer}} MGM]])[[note]]These movies came under Fox ownership after Rupert Murdoch purchased Media Assets, who bankrolled all three movies. Creator/WarnerBros, who distributed the first two movies worldwide and ''Pebble'' internationally, transferred all distribution rights to Fox upon the expiration of their distribution deal with Bluth in 2000.[[/note]] |
| 514 | ** Most of the network's late-night talk show programming (except the network's inaugural program ''The Late Show'', still owned by Fox Corporation) |
| 515 | * 20th Television properties (in addition to the above mentioned Fox in-house programs), including (but not limited to): |
| 516 | ** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' |
| 517 | ** ''Series/Batman1966'' (includes [[Film/BatmanTheMovie tie-in movie]]; home video rights to series sans movie currently licensed to Creator/DCComics owner Creator/WarnerBros) |
| 518 | ** ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'' |
| 519 | *** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' |
| 520 | *** ''Series/{{Angel}}'' |
| 521 | ** ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'' |
| 522 | ** ''Series/TheGifted2017'' |
| 523 | ** ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' |
| 524 | ** ''Series/LastManStanding'' |
| 525 | ** ''Series/LostInSpace'' |
| 526 | ** ''Franchise/{{MASH}}'' |
| 527 | *** ''Series/{{MASH}}'' |
| 528 | *** ''Series/AfterMASH'' |
| 529 | ** ''Series/ModernFamily'' |
| 530 | ** ''Series/{{Roswell}}'' |
| 531 | ** ''Series/ThisIsUs'' |
| 532 | ** Most of the unit's syndicated programming library (''Judge Alex'', ''Forgive or Forget'', ''A Current Affair'', etc.; excludes programs retained by Fox Corporation such as the 1999 run of ''Divorce Court'', ''Dish Nation'', and the Fox Television Stations Productions library; syndication rights to these programs are held by Fox First Run) |
| 533 | * Touchstone Television (formerly Fox 21) properties, including (but not limited to): |
| 534 | ** ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory'' |
| 535 | ** ''Series/BurnNotice'' |
| 536 | ** ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' |
| 537 | ** ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' |
| 538 | ** ''Series/WhiteCollar'' |
| 539 | * The post-1990 [[Creator/RogerCorman New World Pictures]] library (includes some pre-1990 material and copyrights) |
| 540 | ** The post-1991 New World Television library (though it includes a portion of pre-1991 material, notably ''Series/TheWonderYears'') |
| 541 | ** Creator/FourStarTelevision library |
| 542 | ** Genesis Entertainment library |
| 543 | *** ''Series/TheJudge'' |
| 544 | *** Syndication rights to ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' |
| 545 | ** Gold Key Entertainment library |
| 546 | ** Blair Entertainment, a syndicator acquired in New World's purchase of SCI Television, including |
| 547 | *** ''Series/BreakTheBank1985'' |
| 548 | *** ''[[Series/StrikeItLucky Strike It Rich]]'' (currently licensed to Fremantle, who owns the more successful UK version) |
| 549 | ** Syndicated series such as ''Real Stories of the Highway Patrol'' and ''Weekly World News'', does not include the first 3 seasons of ''Access Hollywood'' (which are owned by [=NBCUniversal=]). |
| 550 | ** Learning Corporation of America/Highgate Pictures library |
| 551 | * Fox Reality Channel originals library |
| 552 | * Metromedia Producers Corporation library |
| 553 | ** ''Series/SmallWonder'' |
| 554 | * [[/index]] [[Creator/MaryTylerMoore MTM Enterprises]] library [[index]] |
| 555 | ** ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow'' (and its followup, ''Series/{{Newhart}}'') |
| 556 | ** ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' |
| 557 | ** ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' |
| 558 | ** ''Series/StElsewhere'' |
| 559 | * Magazine/NationalGeographic media library |
| 560 | * Creator/{{FX|Networks}} Productions library |
| 561 | ** ''Series/Legion2017'' |
| 562 | ** ''Series/TheAmericans'' |
| 563 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' |
| 564 | ** ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' (co-owned with Creator/{{MGM}}) |
| 565 | ** ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' |
| 566 | * Fox Television Animation library (except ''Animation Domination High-Def'' {ADHD} programs, retained by Fox Corporation) |
| 567 | ---- |
| 568 | %%[[AC:Properties Acquired After the Fox Merger]] |
| 569 | [[/folder]] |
| 570 | |
| 571 | [[/index]] |
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