History ChekhovsSkill / AnimatedFilms

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''

* ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2''

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'':
** Po uses all the skills he learned in his training, like the chopstick fight, in his final battle with Tai Lung.
** In the sequel, Po has some difficulty mastering [[spoiler: Shifu's "inner peace" form. When he finally attains inner peace and gets the move right, he is able to use it to defeat Shen's battery of cannons.]]
** In the third film, Po and [[spoiler:his biological father]] learn that the ancient pandas knew the secret to [[spoiler:transferring chi to another person. Po's father eventually admits that the secret has been forgotten. At the end, though, after Po's HeroicSacrifice (sending himself to the spirit realm in order to return Kai there), first Po's father, and then the other pandas (plus Tigress and Po's adopted father) manage to replicate the secret and give Po an abundance of chi, allowing him to truly become the Dragon Warrior and defeat Kai once and for all]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}},'' Lightning [=McQueen=] learns about backwards driving and opposite-lock drifting in Radiator Springs. Both skills prove crucial at the final Piston Cup race.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' has the Minions' ability to form human chains rapidly.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'':

* In ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' Kayley defeats BigBad Ruber by dodging out of the way of his strike at the
last moment, causing him to put Excalibur back in the stone, a technique she learned from Garrett earlier in the movie.

* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', Po uses all the skills he learned in his training, like the chopstick fight, in his final battle with Tai Lung.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'' early on Simba wrestles with Nala as a cub and he never beats her (he finally does as an adult), later he uses these skills to defeat Scar in the end.
** The fact that Nala always pins him is one of these in and of itself; it's how they wind up identifying each other as adults.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', Squishy's ability to sneak up on people and perform an OffscreenTeleportation is used to great effect in the library round and in the final round of the Scare Games.

* About halfway through the first ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' film, Woody and Buzz Lightyear actually both get into an argument and fly out of the car they were in. During the said argument, Buzz actually slaps Woody in the face, causing it to spin 360 degrees. Woody then spins his head 360 degrees later in the film in order to scare Sid and save Buzz Lightyear.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'', Oh reflects light off a mirror to distract Tip early on. This comes in handy later when [[spoiler:Tip uses it to distract the Gorg driving the Mothership, using the mirror that was supposed to be her mom's Christmas present]].

* Jack-Jack's ability to fire EyeBeams in pulses when held. Violet uses him as an EquippableAlly to fire at a hypnotized Screech who had abducted Dash.

** Helen's parachute ability.

* In ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' Kayley defeats BigBad Ruber by dodging out of the way of his strike at the last moment, causing him to put Excalibur back in the stone, a technique she learned from Garrett earlier in the movie.

* Jim Hawkin's solar surfing which got him into trouble at the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet' proves to be vital and [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome amazing]] in the climax [[spoiler: when the Planet is self-destructing. He then uses a makeshift surfer using a sheet of metal and a severed cannon to fly back to a portal and change the destination to Montressor Spaceport. His resourcefulness, quick thinking, and Chekhov's Skill save the RLS Legacy and those on board from a very unpleasant demise.]] Small wonder why Jim is jailbait and MrFanservice at the same time.

* One quick gag early in ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' establishes that Iago can imitate voices. Later in the movie he lures Aladdin away from the lamp by pretending to be Jasmine.

* In ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', Pacha and Kuzco's back-to-back climbing technique returns in the climax.
* In ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree'', Bongo, being a circus bear, puts his circus acrobatics to the test to help defeat Lumpjaw.

* In ''Disney/TheLionKing'' early on Simba wrestles with Nala as a cub and he never beats her (he finally does as an adult), later he uses these skills to defeat Scar in the end.

* ''Disney/{{Moana}}'':

* ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'':

* In ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'', the titular character at one point intimates the sound of Clayton's gun. This leads to a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in the climax.
* In ''Disney/TheTiggerMovie'', Roo uses the Whoopty-Dooper-Loopty-Looper-Alley-Ooper bounce that Tigger invented earlier in the movie in order to save Tigger from an avalanche (that Tigger himself caused, ironically enough).

* Jim Hawkin's solar surfing which got him into trouble at the beginning of ''Disney/TreasurePlanet' proves to be vital and [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome amazing]] in the climax [[spoiler: when the Planet is self-destructing. He then uses a makeshift surfer using a sheet of metal and a severed cannon to fly back to a portal and change the destination to Montressor Spaceport. His resourcefulness, quick thinking, and Chekhov's Skill save the RLS Legacy and those on board from a very unpleasant demise.]] Small wonder why Jim is jailbait and MrFanservice at the same time.
* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'':

* Used throughout the climax of ''Disney/{{Bambi}} II'', when a pack of hunting dogs close in on a trapped doe, Bambi uses multiple experiences from earlier to lure them away and take them out one by one:

* In ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'', the titular character at one point intimates the sound of Clayton's gun. This leads to a MomentOfAwesome in the climax.

* Jim Hawkin's solar surfing which got him into trouble at the beginning of ''Disney/TreasurePlanet' proves to be vital and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome amazing]] in the climax [[spoiler: when the Planet is self-destructing. He then uses a makeshift surfer using a sheet of metal and a severed cannon to fly back to a portal and change the destination to Montressor Spaceport. His resourcefulness, quick thinking, and Chekhov's Skill save the RLS Legacy and those on board from a very unpleasant demise.]] Small wonder why Jim is jailbait and MrFanservice at the same time.