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References to Disney
Magic Kingdom
- Hiro's address is 14 Montgomery Street. 14 is a reference to the year Big Hero 6 came out (2014), and Montgomery Street is where the Walt Disney Family Museum is located in San Francisco.
- One of the fairies from Fantasia flutters past Aunt Cass' window.
- Aunt Cass visits Tony's restaurant from Lady and the Tramp and finds him serenading just about every species of dog that's appeared in a Disney film from 101 Dalmatians to Coco. She also runs into Panchito, Jose, and a bunch of South American dancers from The Three Caballeros that make the whole street dance with them.
- Worldwide news reports in the wake of The Masquerade ending include showers of fireworks in Orlando, Zeus throwing around celebratory thunderbolts, pirate ships blasting each other on the high seas, leprechauns throwing dances all over Ireland, alien spottings in Hawaii, monster sightings in Oregon, nannies flying over London and the Queen of Norway wielding ice magic.
- The Duke of Weselton shows up at the UN to speak out against the outpour of magic. He even corrects his name to the reporter interviewing him.
- Cass falls asleep to the same French melodrama Remy falls asleep to in Ratatouille.
- Lock, Shock, and Barrel pass by in the street before Merlin arrives.
- Merlin appears like how he does in his film, and puts out the lights and saves Ralph from crashing using "Higitus Figitus".
- He later uses the opening lines of "Higitus Figitus" to call everyone's attention when the troll attacks.
- Eda's first appearance is how she looks in The Owl House episode "Echoes of the Past".
- Instead of offering Eda a lemon drop, Merlin asks if she'd like some Dole Whip.
- Eda brings up "the cy-bug incident" regarding Ralph.
- Merlin's scar on his left knee is a perfect map of Marceline, Missouri, Walt Disney's hometown.
- Merlin admits he would ask the Magic Mirror how to go about building a miniature railroad in his backyard and shows a deep appreciation for trains, two things he also has in common with Walt Disney.
- The soubriquet "The One Who Conquered Them All" is a play on "The One Who Started It All", the tagline affixed to Snow White when it was released on DVD for the very first time.
- Hiro gets saved from falling in the school chimney by a friendly chimney sweep - Bert, perhaps?
- An underwater exercise bike is featured at the SFIT Showcase like in the movie, plus a shrink-ray, a memory-finder, and a banana sharpener.
- Some of the lines overheard in the Showcase reference Star Wars and Tomorrowland attractions ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter and Carousel of Progress.
- Hiro steps out of the line for X-S Tech's teleporter demo to help BB-8. Later, Krei orders the demo locked down and sends in a cleanup crew, claiming things went a little haywire but it's under control.
- Aunt Cass and Allistair Krei flirt with each other, to Hiro's disgust. In the Big Hero 6 series, Krei does date Aunt Cass for a time.
- Hiro's showdown against Yama plays out much like how it did in canon, including him getting arrested.
- BB-8 shows his appreciation to Hiro by giving him a thumbs-up with his welding torch, like in The Force Awakens.
- Two unusual experiences that Aunt Cass previously downplayed include Hiro being visited by Mike Wazowski in the night, and discovering his toys came to life but losing the evidence before he could show her.
- Hiro has brief encounters with human Mrs. Potts and Chip, Mrs. Corry, Star Butterfly, and Jack Sparrow, which pique his interest in the magical world.
- During the summer, Hiro hangs out at the pier with some sea-salt ice cream.
- The seal on the letter is in the shape of a Hidden Mickey.
- Aunt Cass uses Chef Gusteau's cookbook to nail the doors shut and hums "It's a Small World" as she starts to act more unhinged.
- The pieces of the letters Aunt Cass tears up float away like in Mary Poppins.
- The hotel that Aunt Cass and Hiro stay at is The Happiness Hotel. They even do the same gag with the lightbulb.
- Beauregarde tries to cheer up Hiro in his own oblivious way.
- Medusa from The Rescuers rents out her riverboat in Devil's Bayou to Aunt Cass.
- Ralph arrives via a flying bed and carrying a carpetbag that holds an infinite amount of supplies. He also introduces himself saying if something needs to be torn down, "I wreck it".
- The birthday cake he gives Hiro in this version is a burnt pie.
- When Aunt Cass tells Hiro not to touch anything Ralph gives him, he replies that he'd be giving him apples if he were trying to poison him.
- When Hiro tries to give Peter a caramel apple on the train, he insists it's not poisoned.
- Aunt Cass' relationship with Tomeo is similar to Anna and Elsa's at the start of Frozen.
- Baymax's introductory scene combines his intro in the movie and his second scene with Hiro, albeit the latter interaction directed towards Aunt Cass.
- He also calls Mochi "hairy baby" as the two bond.
- Ralph sends his note to Merlin via Evinrude.
- Hortense, the mail ostrich, is the same bird who gave Donald Duck trouble in the short Donald's Ostrich.
- Hiro pulls out the Genie's lamp, and an exclamation point with the "alerted" sound effect from the Metal Gear Solid games like Ralph did in his film.
- Each of the school book authors is someone who contributed to Disney history:
- The Standard Book of Spell Animation (Level 1) by Ub Iwerks: Iwerks was one of Disney's original animators and worked on many of the early Mickey Mouse cartoons.
- Magical Color Theory by Eyvind Earle and Mary Blair: Blair was a concept artist who developed the look of various films throughout the 40s and 50s, and designed It's A Small World. Earle was a concept and background artist who most notably designed Sleeping Beauty.
- Alchemy: The Marriage of Science and Magic by Tony Baxter: Baxter was an Imagineer who worked on many attractions considered classics today including Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Star Tours, Splash Mountain, and Temple of the Forbidden Eye.
- The Magic Behind Music by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken: The songwriting team behind The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and half of Aladdin. By a not-so-stunning coincidence, there's a collection of their demos called "The Music Behind the Magic".
- A Beginner's Guide to Transformation by Glen Keane: The animator of the Beast, so he knows a thing or two about magical transformations.
- One Thousand and One Magical Flora by Ruth Shellhorn: Shellhorn was behind the original topiaries, grounds design, and other horticulture at Disneyland.
- Magical Drafts and Potions by Art Babbitt: The animator of Snow White's Evil Queen, hence the potions.
- Fantastic Beasts and How to Draw Them Out by Milt Kahl: One of Disney's Nine Old Men who animated plenty of animals.
- The Villains: A Guide to The Dark Forces and Self-Protection by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston: Two more of Disney's Nine Old Men who put together a book called "The Disney Villain".
- Frollo's rise to power was backed by The Northwests, The Blights, and David Xanatos, which lets you know right off the bat that it's not a good thing.
- Ralph calls The Snuggly Duckling "a very cozy place", which is how Eugene introduced it to Rapunzel.
- Attila and Vladimir give Hiro a cupcake and ask about his opinions on ceramic unicorns respectively. One of the pub thugs also yells out "Best! Day! Ever!" on meeting him.
- The Dapper Dans make an appearance on Main Street, as well as a certain white-haired magician in the magic shop and the penguin waiters.
- At the bank, Mr. Dawes Jr. warns Hiro to not feed the birds with his savings.
- The ride to the vaults is patterned after the Seven Dwarfs’ Mine Train ride.
- It's easy to miss, but the vault names are references to their respective owners:
- Hiro's vault, 11-14, is another nod to Big Hero 6's release date (November 2014).
- The vault keeping the Sundrop and Moonstone, 03-20, is the date of Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure's series finale (March 2020), very subtly hinting at what's inside and how the final chapter will play out. It's also accessed by playing the first notes of the Healing Incantation on a keyboard.
- Hiro has to file a lot of paperwork registering him as a magic user overseen by a slug-like monster.
- The amount of books in the Emporium are described much like how Cogsworth describes the castle's library in Beauty and the Beast.
- Some of the potion ingredients in the Apothecary include Black of Night, Scream of Fright, and Frog's Breath.
- Gepetto's shop is established in 1940, the year Pinocchio was released.
- One of the mishaps Hiro's wand testing causes includes setting off all the cuckoo clocks at once like in the movie. Another briefly turns Figaro into Louie the Mountain Lion.
- The wand that eventually claims Hiro is kept in the casket the Queen gives to the Huntsman to keep Snow White's heart.
- The announcement for the Casey Junior train is the same as the one from the Disney Parks Railroads.
- The announcement on the train when it's arriving is nearly identical to the disembarking spiel on the Monorail, including the Spanish at the end.
- Tinkerbell is locked in Peter's trunk, much like how she was trapped in the Darlings' drawer.
- Many of the snacks that appear on the trolley are classic (and discontinued) Disney treats like Itzakadoozie Pops and Wonder Balls.
- The famous figures that appear on the Wonderball Cards include [[Film/Enchanted Queen Narissa]], Captain Nemo, Scrooge Mc Duck, The Sanderson Sisters, Agatha Cromwell, King Brian, Hercules, and Eglantine Price.
- The first appearance of the Magic Kingdom castle is a recreation of the castle intro to every Disney movie from 2006 onward.
- The spell used to allow the students to see and hear the ghosts is the same incantation from Blackbeard's Ghost, and can also be seen in Madame Leota's spellbook in The Haunted Mansion.
- The Hitchhiking Ghosts refer to the Cheshire Cat as "that darn cat".
- Some of the feast includes food from "Be Our Guest".
- Merlin leads the school in a sing-along akin to the classic Disney Sing-Along VHS tapes, complete with a bouncing ball shaped like Mickey's head.
- The song they sing is "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" from The Carousel of Progress. According to the Blight twins, the original school song was "When You Wish Upon a Star".
- Some of the castle's secret passages are the Utilidors, which only Magic Kingdom staff can access like in the real Magic Kingdom.
- Edric and Emira get a tip that the entrance to one is located behind the Partners statue.
- The Cheshire Cat's pranks are taken from Alice in Wonderland near-verbatim.
- Lessons in Magical Myths and History include the sinking of Atlantis and how Ben Franklin got his ideas from a mouse.
- Hiro thinks he can hear music from the birds, the crickets and the willow tree in Professor Owl's class, a nod to his first short "Adventures in Melody".
- Wart accidentally changes Sprig into his human form from "The Shut-In!".
- The Hitchhiking Ghosts are happy to help students find their way to classes, provided they come along with them.
- Lambert's backstory is the same as the short he's from.
- Though he acts cowardly most of the time, he bravely fights back when Kay bullies Wart, like in the climax of his short.
- The dwarf interviewed about the bank break-in is Grumpy, judging by the description.
- Emira and Edric play the same tentacle illusion trick on Hiro as they did on Luz.
- In Charms class, Flora brings up Gwen Piper accidentally blasting her enemies with flowers.
- The passwords to the Mus common room are "Fortuosity" and "Bye-Um-Pum-Pum", both songs from The Happiest Millionaire.
- The book about flying Wendy checks out is called "You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!". It also employs the Goofy "How To" short method of instruction in "audiobook" form: tapping your wand on the page will have the book read itself aloud in a dry voice in contrast to the chaotic moving illustrations.
- Wart transforms into his bird and squirrel forms from The Sword in the Stone. He also gets chased by a hawk at one point.
- During detention in the forest, Kay forces Wart to retrieve a lost arrow. Kay also expresses reluctance to enter the forest because he claims it's swarming with wolves, like in the film.
- A suit of armor pops out and scares the group, a nod to the quickly discontinued knight played by a Cast Member in a costume that would appear in the Haunted Mansion endless hallway and scare guests.
- The armor falling like dominoes on top of Mr. O'Dell is out of The Prince and the Pauper.
- Hiro sarcastically suggests opening a locked door with "Open Sesame" and is shocked to see it work, like Jake in The Rescuers Down Under.
- Peter dresses up as a pirate for Halloween, much like how he donned Captain Hook's coat and hat at the end of his story.
- The Halloween party is set up very much like the ballroom from The Haunted Mansion, with ghosts waltzing with students to an organ.
- The party that continues in the Mus common room sees Sprig playing violin with The Phantom Five.
- The troll that attacks is the same troll from Enchanted. Wendy brings up that she read about them from Prince Edward's conquests when she lies to the teachers.
- He also is sent flying making the Goofy holler.
- The Keys to the Kingdom book Eda pulls out to look up the rules is a nod to the rules and ethics that Disney Cast Members follow.
- The Questing matches are recreations of Paradise Falls from Up and Elsa's mountain from Frozen.
- Alberta Falls wields the magic paintbrush from EpicMickey.
- Hunter teleports saying "Byeeee!" like how he departs in "Separate Tides".
- Grim Gloom's fear of spiders is very much in play near the end of the first Questing match.
- Zach's parents were among the generation of children traumatized by Jack Skellington playing Sandy Claws.
- Theories the students toss around regarding Santa Claus include Santa having elves prep houses for his arrival, him having a magic sack that gives whoever uses it whatever they ask for, and that if you kill him you're forced to take his place or ruin Christmas forever.
- The school's holiday pageant include the Nutcracker Suite from Fantasia complete with dancing plant life, the Haunted Mansion ghosts reading the poem of The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Merlin leading everyone in a sing-along of "From All of Us To All of You".
- One of the Christmas treats is a working miniature carousel made of gingerbread, one of the many life-size gingerbread creations that appear at Walt Disney World during the holidays.
- Hiro's unexpected Christmas gift is the snowglobe Wayne receives in the first Prep and Landing special, except it has The Lucky Cat Cafe and shows him Aunt Cass when he shakes it.
- The treats that Hiro gets from his Christmas cracker include a "Grow Your Own Beanstalk" kit, a Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons set, and a bunch of snowgies.
- The snowgies appear whenever Peter sneezes during his magical cold, like Elsa in Frozen Fever.
- The Forbidden Stacks has the busts from the Haunted Mansion library on its shelves.
- The book Hiro picks up there is The Magic Book of Spells from Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
- The room hiding the Magic Mirror is modeled after the one in the Evil Queen's castle.
- Merlin also mentions the Mirror's previous owner used its powers for her own vain selfishness, which drove her to commit terrible deeds.
- Wart being tormented all day by Kay and Boscha is exactly how she bullied Luz, Gus and Willow all day in "Wing It Like Witches.
- The books Ralph checks out:
- Elsa's autobiography is called "The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway".
- "Yetis, Snowgies, and Abominable Snowmen, Oh My!" references Expedition Everest, Frozen Fever, and the Matterhorn.
- "The Four Elemental Spirits, Vol. 1: Ice and Snow" references Frozen 2.
- Olaf is reassembled thanks to "cold and memory" much like how he does in Frozen 2.
- Peter's annoyance with Ralph's obsession with Olaf, declaring "You'd think he'd won an Oscar or something!" references Frozen's Oscar wins and the resentment towards its colossal success in the years following its release.
- Olaf belts out the end of "In Summer" in one scene.
- Peter also whispers to Hiro that Ralph is crazy like how Olaf did to Anna when Kristoff introduced them to the trolls.
- Ralph leads the children into The Forest of No Return from Babes in Toyland for their detention. The trees have eyes like in that film and in Snow White.
- Baloo rescues Hiro and Wart from Zhan Tiri in the forest by pulling on the wraith's tail like how he saved Mowgli from Shere Kahn.
- He also calls Hiro "little britches", his nickname for Mowgli, and calls Bagheera's bluff in him not caring about mancubs.
- Shortly after Hiro and Wart find the dead deer and are rescued by Bagheera and Baloo, they hear Bambi cry out for his mother. Baloo takes some consolation in that the Great Prince will look after him.
- The finals:
- Lilith has her students attempt to change bread and water into tea and cakes.
- Flora has them enchant a mop and bucket to clean a room just like Merryweather did in Sleeping Beauty, with points taken off if they can't make the broom stop.
- The Singing Harp from Fun and Fancy Free helps put Aladar to sleep. She also performs a little bit of "Stay Awake" with Hiro.
- The polyps from Ursula's lair take the place of the Devil's Snare.
- The puzzle trap with the blocks closing in is from the "Into The Bunker" episode of Gravity Falls.
- The giant Maelstrom game is full of ships from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise as well as a viking ship from the titular Epcot attraction and the Nautilus submarine.
- Zhan Tiri possessing Cassandra is identical to Magica De Spell possessing Lena in the Duck Tales reboot.
- Cassandra's departure from the castle plays out like her final scene in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.
- Eda rubs her house winning the House Cup in Lilith's face with the same taunt she used in "Covention".
References to Harry Potter
Magic Kingdom
- One of the names Aunt Cass mistakes with Hiro's is Harry.
- The news reporters in Chapter One are named Ron, Dean, Herm, and Hannah.
- Ralph lets you know exactly who Frollo stands in for in this story with his very first mention:
- "Ugh, Frollo's fudging things up as usual."
- Hiro points out the uselessness of a solid gold cauldron since gold has a low melting point.
- According to Fagin's first lines, Peter wanted to fly all the way to school himself after missing the train.
- Eda expresses confusion over the points system, such as how defeating a troll can earn a student only five points but being out past curfew costs them fifty points.
- Hiro spends some time gazing out the window of his dormitory on his first night, like Harry in the film version of Sorcerer's Stone.
- While trying to dissuade Lilith from punishing Hiro, Wendy and Wart for being out of bed, Eda argues that they weren't running any secret clubs behind their backs or trying to assassinate Merlin.
- While leaving the Magic Kingdom for the summer, Hiro looks back at the castle fondly and says the final lines of Sorcerer's Stone.
- "I'm not going home. Not really."
References to other works mentioned in this crossover
Magic Kingdom
- Some names Cass supposes Hiro might be called include Hayao and Goro.
- One of the lines overheard at the showcase comes from Robby The Robot. Another about a hamster flying a plane comes from The Simpsons.
- When Hiro realizes he's separated from Aunt Cass at the showcase, he mutters "Everyone's lost but me."
- When Hiro wonders why Aunt Cass doesn't like talking about his parents, Mrs. Effgee quotes a certain line from WandaVision regarding grief and love.
- Ralph describes the different yet simultaneous times and worlds coexisting with each other as a "wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey Jeremy-Bearimy...thing".
- One of the bank vaults has a musical lock keyboard, like in in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
- Kay calls Tinkerbell "pixie devil", which is what one of the pirates calls her in Hook.
- One of the theories surrounding Santa Claus is that he's really an alien named Carl Featherbottom, a recurring gag character on Escape from Vault Disney! who is a twelve year-old boy with the voice of a forty year-old man who is also Santa and an alien. It Makes Sense in Context.
- What the Magic Mirror tells Peter hints at Peter's original backstory from the original J.M. Barrie story.
- Merlin advises Hiro not to search for unnatural means to rediscover his family by saying "All magic comes with a price." Those become arc words in the climax.
- At one point Baloo warns Hiro to watch out for snakes.
- Hiro's song for his Music final is "No Way" from A Very Potter Sequel. He gets criticized for the swearing and for not singing a canon song.
