These are what we call the 'YMMV items.' Things that some people find in this work. We call them 'your mileage might vary' because not everyone sees these things in the same way. This starts discussions in the trope lists, a thing we don't want. Please use the discussion page if you'd like to discuss any of these items.
YMMV: Disney Animated Canon
Adaptation Displacement: When Disney adapts a story or fairy tale, their version tends to become the best known and may influence future adaptations. The most remarkable examples are the fairy tale films from the Renaissance era, such as Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. The stories were already Adaptation Overdosed and the Disney versions are only about 20 years old, yet they still manage to be the best-known versions. Averted in some cases, mainly when the Disney version flops. When most people think of Robin Hood, they don't picture him as a fox.
Vindicated by History: Hunchback and Herc, at least, have been vindicated by kids of the 90's, mostly thanks to having one of the most evil and one of the most genuinely likeable villains in the canon (Frollo and Hades, respectively). In addition, they have some of Alan Menken's finest soundtracks and, in the case of Hercules, being one of the funniest films in the canon. Pocahontas isn't quite as lucky, and is often viewed as the nadir of the Renaissance - even then, it's still somewhat popular. Ironically, it's Shrek that gets panned now thanks to Dreamworks Animation endlessly rehashing the Shrek formula and continually copying Pixar.
It really says something that Disney's big attempt at bringing back traditional animation was a George Lucas Throwback to the Renaissance films - The Princess and the Frog. And their next film, Tangled, was basically a Renaissance-age hit In CGI, complete with good old Alan Menken providing the soundtrack!
