Line #26 Main/Disneyesque


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2	[[caption-width-right:246:[-So ''that's'' where [[ThemeTune "those good, old-fashioned values on which we used to rely"]] went.-]]]
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4	Any non-Creator/{{Disney}} work adopting an art style that is typical of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, for the purpose of an {{Homage}}, AffectionateParody, or even a TakeThat, to the Disney style.
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6	Well, at least the stereotypical style is adopted. Regardless of the actual variety of the art in Disney films, many people think that all Disney films have the same general look, with traits such as:
7	* Soft lines.
8	* Large round doe eyes.
9	* Outlines done in colors rather than black.
10	* [[DisneySchoolOfActingAndMime Very smooth animation in every movement]].
11	* Only one tonal layer applied with a gaussian blur in compositing.
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13	This can appear in a TV show, a comic book or a feature-length film; and it doesn't matter if this style lasts through the entire work or is just an ArtShift for a single scene. It can involve a character having a pleasant fantasy, even overlapping with DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce or the RogerRabbitEffect.
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15	{{Animesque}} is a SisterTrope... or might even be a SubTrope, depending on how much you take into account Creator/OsamuTezuka basing his style on the various Creator/WaltDisney works.
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17	For works mimicking ''retro''-Disney art style, see InkblotCartoonStyle.
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19	Contrast LimitedAnimation.
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21	Not to be confused with {{Disneyfication}}, AllAnimationIsDisney (though it could easily lead to that), or being a FollowTheLeader to Disney films.
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23	!!Examples
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25	%% The description excludes Follow The Leader films to Disney movies. Please do not post them here.
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30	* ''Anime/Belle2021'': Belle herself [[NonStandardCharacterDesign stands out from every other user's avatar in U]] for having a very Disney Princess-inspired design, particularly with her large doe eyes and prominently drawn lips. In fact, she was originally designed by Jin Kim, a veteran Disney animator and character designer.
31	* ''Anime/DragonQuestYourStory'' controversially used an artstyle more inspired by [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Disney's]] [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 3D]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} CGI]] [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph films]] instead of the traditional Creator/AkiraToriyama style that ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' is known for.
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35	* ''Advertising/FindTheOne'': The commercials' looks, themes, and music all evoke the Creator/{{Disney}} oeuvre. The first two commercials play off the ''Franchise/DisneyPrincess'' feel, while the last two are partly inspired by ''Franchise/TheIncredibles''
36	* A NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvkHPety7ho couched as a trailer]] for a TalkingAnimal movie about a young female bald eagle and her goofy porcupine sidekick rescuing her father from a flock of villainous vultures.
37	* In 2022, Heinz Ketchup had [[https://youtu.be/0cbY-OVJSuc?feature=shared an animated ad for No Sugar Added ketchup]] about a woman singing about [[GrowingUpSucks adulting sucks]] with singing animals and [[AnimateInanimateObject objects]].
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41	* Creator/DonBluth was a former animator turned bitter independent rival of the Disney company. Of his many productions in the latter capacity (''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin'', ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'', ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretofNimh'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' to name a few) one of the most successful was ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' which is noted for being one of the most Disneyesque both in aesthetic and story structure. Ironically, Anastasia now belongs to Disney being a ''Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios'' property.
42	* The Warner film ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' has a heavy influence of the Disney Renaissance movies, particularly in its character designs, use of anachronistic gags and a AwardBaitSong as its main theme.
43	* Some of the early Creator/DreamWorksAnimation (such as ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'') show a certain influence from Disney films of the 90s.
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46	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
47	* Used in ''{{Film/Enchanted}}'', which opens with the sequences in Andalasia animated. Notably these scenes weren't done by Disney's own animation studio, as it had not yet relaunched their 2D department (though it ''was'' animated by Disney veterans).
48	* In the film ''Film/NineToFive'', Violet has an ImagineSpot while thinking of a way to do in Mr. Hart. Dressed as Snow White, she poisons Hart's coffee with help from animated WoodlandCreatures.
49	* Another imagine spot in ''Film/{{Fletch Lives}}'', this time based on ''Film/SongOfTheSouth''.
50	* A DreamSequence in ''Film/TheBeauticianAndTheBeast'' is done in the Disney style.
51	* ''Film/BoratSubsequentMoviefilm'' features a fake Disney Princess-style movie about Melania Trump. And of course it is as kid-inappropriate as it gets.
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55	* A running gag in ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' is Rebecca's obsession with the (fictional) animated film "Slumbered", which had a massive effect on her childhood and severely warped her expectations regarding romantic love. In Season 4, we finally get to see a portion of it, and it is this trope to a t. Rebecca only has access to a VHS she taped from cable as a child, as the copyright is in the Disney Vault, and not legally available.
56	* Kimmy's happy place in ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt''.
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59	[[folder:Video Games]]
60	* ''VideoGame/TheBannerSaga'' has a distinct Disneyesque graphical style.
61	* The character models of ''VideoGame/FeralHeart'' are heavily influenced by Disney's FunnyAnimal movies.
62	** Likewise, its predecessor ''VideoGame/ImpressiveTitle'' has its player characters modeled after the lions from WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King\|1994}}. In fact, it's not hard to recreate Simba, Nala, or Zira in the CharacterCustomization menu, especially since some of the fur markings are directly pulled from the franchise, such as the Hyena's triangular spots and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride Zira]]'s head stripe. And that's not mentioning the many, ''many'' hairstyles based off of Simba's and Kovu's manes.
63	* ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' has [[DownplayedTrope a very localized instance of this]] regarding the design of Elizabeth. While she exists in [[CrapsaccharineWorld the cynical world of Columbia]] and is depicted within the game's realistic art style, the game's developers explicitly took much inspiration from Disney princesses while creating her, sporting [[InnocentBlueEyes big, expressive blue eyes]], a modest, yet adventurous personality similar to that of Belle from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', and even starting out in an outfit similar to what Belle wears at the start of her movie. The same artists have even mentioned needing to tone down some of Elizabeth's animations as they feared they were starting to unintentionally rip off Rapunzel of ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' (and given that Elizabeth is also a MacGuffinSuperPerson whose life was defined by [[GirlInTheTower entrapment in a tower]] by an abusive foster parent/kidnapper, that wouldn't be the only similarity).
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67	* ''Website/CollegeHumor'' has done this a fair number of times:
68	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS-aerse5Ig Colors of the Wind: Stoner Edition]]" (aka "Tokahontas").
69	** "''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3KRQSpORW0 Theme Gone Horribly Wrong!]]". And by "GoneHorriblyWrong", they mean it.
70	** And "[[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/5635400/pixar-intro-parody Pixar Logo Gone Horribly Wrong!]]" Again, they mean it.
71	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka8p7AfSdWM Prince Harry as a Disney Prince]] casts the UK Royal Family's Prince Harry as a Disney Prince, with predictable results: he's a stereotypical bro or chav in all the roles. Most humorously, he gets along with [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Gaston]] just swimmingly.
72	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhyLXlEti6s Aladdin's Mistake]]". At the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Aladdin wishes for Genie to [[HumanityEnsues become]] ''[[HumanityEnsues human]]'' (not ''free''), and he also does this just as Genie comes out of the lamp. As a result, Genie becomes a helpless mutant with a death wish.
73	** Website/{{Cracked]} and Creator/RachelBloom's video ''WesternAnimation/IfDisneyCartoonsWereHistoricallyAccurate'' is parody of Disney cartoons done in their signature style.
74	* Applying this trope to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' sounds like a ridiculous idea, but the ''[[WebAnimation/JoJosBizarreAdventureOneCartoonistsDream One Cartoonist's Dream]]'' fan musical project [[NarmCharm makes it work]], for both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D-TWiaDePg heroes]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDQLE_1O63Q villains]]. The art even edits Disney characters into [=JoJo=] characters, giving the viewer an idea of how the series might look in the Disney style.
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78	* ''Blog/UnshavedMouse'' discusses this when reviewing ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', noting that Disney had imposed their house style on lots of artists over the years, and the film itself was Walt Disney's attempts at breaking away from that style.
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82	* As in the picture, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' did this as one of several {{Alternate Universe}}s Brian and Stewie visit in ''Road to the Multiverse'', which included making Lois look like a Franchise/DisneyPrincess.
83	* ''WesternAnimation/PrincessSissi'', a German cartoon very loosely based on Elisabeth of Bavaria, is drawn in this style to the point the titular character herself resembles [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Aurora]].
84	%% * One episode ''WesternAnimation/ToddMcFarlanesSpawn'' opened like this.
85	* Princess Clara (and anyone and anything related to her) from ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', as the show uses characters from different animation styles.
86	* Creator/TexAvery's early ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts aped the Disney style as closely as possible for the sake of parody.
87	* ''WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons'': The first Screwy Squirrel cartoon ''WesternAnimation/ScrewballSquirrel1944'' has Screwy encountering a very Disneyesque little squirrel, who announces the cartoon will be about him "and all his cute furry friends" (a plot sounding suspiciously like ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}''), whereupon Screwy [[TakeThat beats him up]].
88	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
89	** A ValentinesDayEpisode featured a ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' parody named "Shady and the Vamp". Although the characters were still drawn in the standard Simpsons style, the backgrounds were painted in the Disney style and the characters' lines were done in color.
90	** Disney animator Creator/EricGoldberg directed the CouchGag for the episode "Fland Canyon", where the Simpsons appear as various Disney characters. Again, drawn in the Simpsons style, but with much smoother animation. It also depicts the wide variety of art styles within the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, with Maggie done in the InkblotCartoonStyle of the early '30s and Homer as [[WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book\|1967}} Baloo]] in the sketchy Xerox style of the 1960s and '70s.
91	** WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie had a scene where Homer and Marge get ready for bed while in Alaska and some Disney esque animals help them, complete with a buck and a fawn that resemble WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} and his father, the sequence was animated by former Disney animator John Pomeroy.
92	* Early Creator/ChuckJones shorts, such as those featuring Sniffles the Mouse, employed this.
93	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresFromTheBookOfVirtues'' looks pretty Disneyesque for a PBS cartoon.
94	* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryAndTheWizardOfOz'' (2011) does this with the settings and characters derived from the latter film, but lets the T&J characters have their typical look.
95	* For a brief period in the late 1940's at ''Creator/WalterLantz'' studio the shorts had a very Disneyesque style, this is because ''Creator/FredMoore'' a Disney animator worked there during the period he had been temporarily fired, Moore was largely credited for creating the Disney style, in his scenes ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' looked like a mix between Donald Duck and the Aracuan Bird, ''WesternAnimation/AndyPanda'' looked like Mickey Mouse in a panda costume, and in the short "Pixie Picnic" several of the titular pixies looked a lot like the Seven Dwarfs.
96	* One of the complaints that Music/PaulMcCartney has about the Beatles animated movie ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' was its heavy the use of psychedelic, PopArt and LimitedAnimation, since he's more a fan of Disney and the Disneyesque style.
97	* Ken Muse's scenes in his earlier work for ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' was very Disneyesque, he was a former Disney animator who left the studio after the strike and came to work at MGM.
98	* Suzy’s story from the ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode “That’s Entertainment” has a Disneyesque look to it, one sequence with a Princess (voiced by Lea Salonga who provided the singing voices of Jasmine and Mulan) that parodies ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', and Suzy imagines herself as a mermaid princess looking similar to Ariel, the sequence was designed by Dan Haskett who worked on ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}}''.
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