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->''"Some day, my prince will come,\\
Some day, we'll meet again,\\
And away to his castle we'll go,\\
To be happy forever I know..."''
-->-- '''''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''''', the original TropeMaker

One of the more well-known tropes associated with WesternAnimation, which like so many others was made and codified by Creator/WaltDisney.[[note]]Mainly as an extension of his previous ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'' shorts, which were made to advertise music and thus featured at least one song tying into each short.[[/note]]

During the 20th century, certain animated films tended to double as designated musicals in which, at certain points in the storyline, the characters would sing musical numbers that resonated with the overall theme of the moment. The heroes would mostly sing confidence/PowerOfFriendship-friendly numbers while [[VillainSong the villains pretty much sung about how superior they were for their disrespect for the greater good]]. Did we mention there were also some love songs in there, too?

Due to musicals in general falling out of fashion in the late 1960s, the whole concept pretty much went DeadHorseTrope until it was revitalized in the 1990s by Creator/HowardAshman and Music/AlanMenken (previously best known for ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''), with the juggernauts of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. Notable that they were more like stage musicals than previous entries in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, with more songs more integrated into the plots. All three were also later adapted ''into'' Broadway stage musicals.

Compare and contrast MusicalEpisode.
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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Disney (in chronological order)]]
%% This list sticks to the strictest definition of a musical: it's not enough for the film to have musical numbers, they must be sung by the characters themselves. So movies like Bambi or Tarzan aren't examples. There also has to be more than one instance of a character-sung number, so movies like Emperor's New Groove or Zootopia don't count either.
* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros''
* ''WesternAnimation/MakeMineMusic''
* ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree''
* ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland''
* ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''
* ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''
** ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTrampIIScampsAdventure''
* ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''
* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh''
** ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' (with one exception, the characters do not sing the songs)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' (although most of characters do not sing the songs)
** ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound2'' (which revolves around the characters encountering a musical band)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' (despite only having two songs)
* ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidArielsBeginning''
* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''
** ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas''
** ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastBellesMagicalWorld''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar''
** ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''
* ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld''
* ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/MulanII''
* ''WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange''
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' (rare TV series example)
** ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension''
** ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse''
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''
* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst''
** ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' (at first, it seems like the rare example of Creator/{{Pixar}} doing a musical, except all of the singing occurs InUniverse)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023''
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[[folder:Don Bluth (and sequels based on his films)]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark''
* ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven''
** ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven2''
** ''All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series'' had at least one song per-episode.
** ''An All Dogs Christmas Carol''
* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail''
** ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest''
** ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailTheTreasureOfManhattanIsland''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/BartokTheMagnificent''
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* Every DirectToVideo sequel to ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', despite the original ''not'' being one:
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIITheGreatValleyAdventure''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIIITheTimeOfTheGreatGiving''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIVJourneyThroughTheMists''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVTheMysteriousIsland''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVITheSecretOfSaurusRock''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVIITheStoneOfColdFire''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVIIITheBigFreeze''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIXJourneyToBigWater''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeXTheGreatLongneckMigration''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeXIInvasionOfTheTinysauruses''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeXIITheGreatDayOfTheFlyers''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeXIIITheWisdomOfFriends''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeXIVJourneyOfTheBrave''
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin''
* ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH2TimmyToTheRescue''. Another musical sequel to [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh a non-musical Bluth film]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina|1994}}''
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[[folder:[=DreamWorks=]]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''
** ''WesternAnimation/JosephKingOfDreams''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado''
* The ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' films both avert this and play it straight. Most of the time, the songs there are just play in the background like a normal film. However, once or twice the characters play it straight and break into song themselves, usually when they're [[AffectionateParody parodying]] Disney.
* The ''Franchise/{{Trolls}}'' films (while it has some original songs, it is for the most part, a JukeboxMusical)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour''
** ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether''
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[[folder:Golden Films]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinGoldenFilms''
* ''Anastasia''
* ''Atlantis''
* ''[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastGolden1992 Beauty and the Beast I]]''
* ''[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastGolden1999 Beauty and the Beast II]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Camelot}}''
* ''The Christmas Elves''
* ''Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone''
* ''The Emperor's Treasure''
* ''The Great Easter Egg Hunt''
* ''Gulliver's Travels''
* ''Hercules''
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameGoldenFilms The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
* ''Jack and the Beanstalk''
* ''The Jungle Book''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleKing''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfSuLing''
* ''Little Angels''
* ''WesternAnimation/MiracleInToyland''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightBeforeChristmas''
* ''Noah's Ark''
* ''[[WesternAnimation/PocahontasGoldenFilms Pocahontas]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/PrincessCastle''
* ''Peter Rabbit'' (or ''Reggie Rabbit'', as they call it)
* ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePrinceAndThePauper1995 The Prince and the Pauper]]''
* ''The Red Shoes''
* ''[[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1998 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie]]''
* ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Misfit Toys''
* ''The Secret Treasure Of Machu Picchu''
* ''Sinbad''
* ''Sleeping Beauty''
* ''Snow White (I)''
* ''Snow White (II)''
* ''WesternAnimation/ATaleOfEgypt''
* ''WesternAnimation/TarzanOfTheApes''
* ''Tom Thumb Meets Thumbelina''
* ''Treasure Island''
* ''The Wizard of Oz''
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[[folder:UAV Entertainment]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingFeatsOfYoungHercules''
* ''WesternAnimation/MosesEgyptsGreatPrince''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfAnastasia''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfTheHunchback''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfMulan''
* ''Snow White and the Magic Mirror''
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungPocahontas''
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[[folder:JetlagProductions]]
* ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaJetlagProductions''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameJetlagAnimation''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Other Examples]]
* ''WesternAnimation/The3LittlePigsTheMovie''
* ''WesternAnimation/AMonsterInParis''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTomThumbAndThumbelina''
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/WakkosWish''
* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy''
* ''WesternAnimation/AsterixAndCleopatra''
* ''[[Literature/{{Babar}} Babar: The Movie]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/BabesInToyland''
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* Both ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' sequels, ''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest'' and ''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIIWingsOfChange'', though you might not notice it. [[https://www.animationsource.org/balto/en/articles/Phil-Weinstein-interview/85108.html&id_film=12 According to an interview]], Universal Cartoon Studios placed onto the sequels a quota of three songs per movie in order to compete with Disney (which explains why most ''The Land Before Time'' sequels are also musicals). The ''Balto'' sequel writers did '''everything''' to stick it to the executives: in ''Wolf Quest'', two of the songs are on the same scene and are similar enough to effectively be just one song (the first even being short to boot), so they're effectively a ''single song'', ergo reducing the amount of songs to two. In ''Wings of Change'' the first song is just an atmospheric piece singing over the intro, filling the quota but the last two numbers are very distinct and the animators clearly had more fun with them.
* Several ''WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}}'' movies are this. Some of the most notable examples include ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsThePrincessAndThePauper'' and ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsTheIslandPrincess''
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBFG''
* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth''
* ''[[WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBobsBurgersMovie''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster''
** ''The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars''
** ''The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue''
* Plenty from ''Franchise/CareBears'':
** The TV specials: ''The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings'' and ''The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsMovie''
** ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsMovieIIANewGeneration''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsAdventureInWonderland''
** ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsNutcrackerSuite''
* ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''
* WesternAnimation/CentralPark
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}''
* The AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/CharlottesWeb''
** ''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure''
* ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride''
* WebAnimation/CyberpunkLab
* ''WesternAnimation/DavidCopperfield1993''
* ''WesternAnimation/DotAndTheKangaroo''
* ''WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights''
* ''WesternAnimation/FamousFred''
* ''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico''
* ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatTheMovie'' which is notable since its soundtrack is often held up as the famously awful movie's only saving grace.
* ''WesternAnimation/FerngullyTheLastRainforest''
** ''WesternAnimation/FernGully2TheMagicalRescue''
* ''WesternAnimation/FreddieAsFRO7''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gallavants}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/GayPurree'' which had Creator/JudyGarland making her only appearance in animation as the voice of the lead.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee''
* ''WesternAnimation/GlobehuntersAnAroundTheWorldInEightyDaysAdventure''
* ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer''
* ''WesternAnimation/GulliversTravels''
* ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfter''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHappyCricket''
* ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' and its sequel were both [[JukeboxMusical Jukebox Musicals]].
** ''Happy Feet 2''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHauntedWorldOfElSuperbeasto''
* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel''
* ''WesternAnimation/HeidisSong''
* ''WesternAnimation/HelpImAFish''
* ''WesternAnimation/HerculesAndXenaTheAnimatedMovieTheBattleForMountOlympus''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/HoodwinkedTooHoodVersusEvil''
* ''WesternAnimation/JackAndTheCuckooClockHeart''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' is a rare television series example, since every episode has three songs in it.
* ''WesternAnimation/JetsonsTheMovie''
* ''WesternAnimation/JingleBells'' (Hyperion Pictures)
* ''WesternAnimation/JonahAVeggieTalesMovie''
* ''WesternAnimation/KatyLaOruga''
* ''Anime/TheKindlyLion'' (''Yasashii Lion'')
* ''WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI''
* ''WesternAnimation/LadybugAndCatNoirTheMovie''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn''
* ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfOzDorothysReturn''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Leo}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/LionOfOz''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax1972''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012''
* Both ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}: Lost in Paris'' and ''My Fair Madeline'', in addition to the Creator/{{CINAR}}[=-produced=] specials.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicVoyage''
* ''Animation/MavkaTheForestSong''
* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterMash2000''
* ''[[WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie Mumfie's Quest]]'' which may hold the record for the most songs in an animated musical with thirteen of them.
* Plenty from ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'':
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986''
*** The TV special: ''My Little Pony: The End of Flutter Valley''
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3''
*** ''A Very Minty Christmas''
*** ''The Princess Promenade''
*** ''The Runaway Rainbow''
*** ''Twinkle Wish Adventure''
** The ''Equestria Girls'' film series:
*** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls''
*** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks''
*** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames''
*** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree''
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'' (the movie adaptation of ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship is Magic]]'')
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNutcrackerPrince''
* ''WesternAnimation/OChristmasTree'' (Hyperion Pictures)
* ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAForest'' featured Creator/MichaelCrawford singing one of its' songs.
* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheMoon''
* The AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth''
* The AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/PippiLongstocking''
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress''
* ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppiesAndTheLegendOfBigPaw'' was an odd example that was halfway between a straight example and a JukeboxMusical. The lyrics were original, but were set to the music of classic fifties rock songs like "Let's Go To The Hop" and "Duke of Earl."
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheGoblin''
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndThePea''
* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot''
* ''WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure''
* The Creator/{{Rankin Bass|Productions}} Christmas specials.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGoSpaceCamp''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}''
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio 2}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule''
* ''WesternAnimation/RockOdyssey''
* ''WesternAnimation/RoverDangerfield''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie''
** ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Scarecrow|2000}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyGoesHollywood''
* ''WesternAnimation/ShinboneAlley''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'' (a JukeboxMusical)
** ''WesternAnimation/Sing2''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSnowQueen1995''
** ''The Snow Queen's Revenge''
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''
** ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie''
* Both the Christmas and Easter specials of ''WesternAnimation/TheStoryKeepers''.
* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' is one of the JukeboxMusical variety.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuicideShop''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess''
** ''The Swan Princess II: Escape from Castle Mountain''
** ''The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom''
** ''The Swan Princess Christmas''
** ''The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale''
* ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice''
* ''WesternAnimation/ThelmaTheUnicorn''
* The butchered version of ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' had [[ExecutiveMeddling musical numbers added]] against the creator's wishes.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsTheGreatRace''
** ''WesternAnimation/JourneyBeyondSodor''
* ''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn''
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies''
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTune''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Vivo}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWarToEndAllWarsTheMovie''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWaterBabies1978'' has songs [[MediumBlending in its animated parts.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/WeWishYouAMerryChristmas'' (Hyperion Pictures)
* ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory''
* ''ComicBook/TheWitchBoy''
* ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''
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