History AllThereInTheManual / AnimatedFilms

** Hans last name, Westergard, was only mentioned in a deleted scene from an early draft in which Elsa was still the villain. WordOfGod later confirmed via Twitter that, even though that scene never made it into the canon, Hans's name was kept.

** Also, the removed songs go into great detail about a "Troll Prophecy" about Arendelle being plunged into eternal winter, going a long way to explain why Elsa's parents are so afraid of her magic and force her to hide it, as well as explaining the aprehension of everyone. Incidently, the Prophecy winds up comming compleatly true ''anyway'', just not as everyone expected.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' assumes the viewer has at least some knowledge of the DCU, as not much of the members of the LegionOfDoom's backstory is detailed outside of how ComicBook/VandalSavage became immortal. While the viewer is left with the impression that Metallo, ComicBook/{{Bane}}, Cheetah, and Mirror Master have fought Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman, and Franchise/TheFlash respectively before, the full details of Franchise/GreenLantern's [[DatingCatwoman relationship]] [[UnresolvedSexualTension with]] [[{{Yandere}} Star Sapphire]] aren't explored and the fact that the ComicBook/Martian Manhunter and [[EvilTwin Ma'alefa'ak]] [[CainAndAbel are brothers]] isn't even mentioned (and adds a whole lot of [[IncestSubtext creepy subtext to Ma'alefa'ak posing as a sedcutive blonde woman to lure J'onn into a trap and continuing to act that way after J'onn figures it out]]).

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' assumes the viewer has at least some knowledge of the DCU, as not much of the members of the LegionOfDoom's backstory is detailed outside of how ComicBook/VandalSavage became immortal. While the viewer is left with the impression that Metallo, ComicBook/{{Bane}}, Cheetah, and Mirror Master have fought Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman, and Franchise/TheFlash respectively before, the full details of Franchise/GreenLantern's [[DatingCatwoman relationship]] [[UnresolvedSexualTension with]] [[{{Yandere}} Star Sapphire]] aren't explored and the fact that the ComicBook/Martian Manhunter and [[EvilTwins Ma'alefa'ak]] [[CainAndAbel are brothers]] isn't even mentioned (and adds a whole lot of [[IncestSubtext creepy subtext to Ma'alefa'ak posing as a sedcutive blonde woman to lure J'onn into a trap and continuing to act that way after J'onn figures it out]]).

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' assumes the viewer has at least some knowledge of the DCU, as not much of the members of the LegionOfDoom's backstory is detailed outside of how ComicBook/VandalSavage became immortal. While the viewer is left with the impression that Metallo, ComicBook/{{Bane}}, Cheetah, and Mirror Master have fought Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman, and Franchise/TheFlash respectively before, the full details of Franchise/GreenLantern's [[DatingCatwoman relationship]] [[UnresolvedSexualTension with]] [[{{Yandere}} Star Sapphire]] aren't explored and the fact that the ComicBook/Martian Manhunter and [[EvilTwins Ma'alfa'ak]] [[CainAndAbel are brothers]] isn't even mentioned.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'' was only 75 minutes long, but it has entire websites dedicated to it in which you could do all sorts of interesting things.

* Right before the release of the 2007 ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie, the writers put out a five-issue comic book mini-series that served as a prequel to the movie and basically bridged the gap between it and the previous movies.

* Right before the release of the 2007 ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie, the writers put out a five-issue comic book mini-series that served as a prequel to the movie and basically bridged the gap between it and the previous movies.
* Detailed profiles of other Supers that are only briefly mentioned in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' (if at all) in the Extras section of the DVD. The comic book also fills in some holes the movie may have left open.
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d (a bit more literally) in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', when Rex discovers the player's guide to a video game he's been trying to beat. He cries indignantly, "They make it so [[GuideDangIt you can't beat the game unless you buy this book]]! It's extortion, is what it is." Later in the film, the tip on how to beat the game (enter the villain's lair through a secret side entrance) is used in the real world when the toys sneak into their own villain's apartment.
* ''The Art of WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' has all kinds of intriguing easter eggs: scrapped character designs and whole characters, like Po's mother and all the Mooks who originally worked for Tai Lung before he was deemed [[RuleOfCool more frightening]] [[{{Determinator}} all by himself as a one-man army]]; the latter included the Wu Sisters (three snow leopard assassins), wolves and crocodiles and goats (who appear in Po's DreamSequence), and a four-armed yak god demon on fire. Also, explanations as to how Oogway came to the Valley of Peace, why [[CarnivoreConfusion all the villagers are pigs and sheep]], lost locations (like an alkali flat, a bandit inn, and two immense statues of a snow leopard and panda kung fu masters [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic on which Po and Tai Lung were to fight]]), and much more.
** The Wu Sisters made it into the ''Kung Fu Panda'' video game, as did the wolves and crocodiles, though they're not so much subservient to Tai Lung as they are trying to win his favour. The game also features Tai Lung's training arena, though this may [[OrWasItADream or may not]] be a DreamSequence.
** The two animated shorts included in the DVD releases greatly expand upon the backstories of the Furious Five and the Kung Fu Council, respectively. The latter also includes the first canonical appearance of the Wu Sisters.
** The official website for WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 gives additional info on the backstories of Lord Shen and the Kung Fu Council that wasn't brought up in the film (though the latter was [[{{Retcon}} Retconned]] by one of the aforementioned animated shorts). There's also ''The Art of Kung Fu Panda 2'', which serves pretty much the same purpose as the first.
* A fair amount of information on ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'''s world is only given in the two prequel novels.

* ''Treasure Planet: A Voyage of Discovery'', the art book for ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'', reveals an almost insane amount of information not included in the film, such as the name of Jim's father (Layland), Jim's relationship with him, the species and backstory of Silver, how Treasure Planet came to be, and even the names and personalities of the crewmembers.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'' was only 75 minutes long, but it has entire websites dedicated to it in which you could do all sorts of interesting things.
* The DVD for ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' features a brief origin of monsters featurette explaining that monsters were a race of ancient hominid that came into conflict with early humans and were driven away to an enchanted island where the [[FoodChains plant life they consumed]] gradually turned them into inhuman creatures of different shapes and sizes. Upon discovering this, they decided they could take revenge on the humans by scaring them and have continued ever since.

* The origin of Elsa's ice powers in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' was explained in an interview by Jennifer Lee, as a child is born with ice magic every 1000 years, and only during an alignment of Saturn (with what was never stated, or possibly never figured out). This was meant to be detailed in the film through narration by a troll [[FakeNationality with a Brooklyn accent]], but it was left out because they figured that the more was explained, the more questions there would be about the rules of magic. [[Franchise/HarryPotter They don't exactly have 7 books and 8 movies to explain it, after all.]] This explanation actually makes a lot of sense if you happen to know that [[FridgeBrilliance Saturn's rings are part ice]], and as for [[http://www.ksbw.com/image/view/-/25309596/medRes/2/-/maxh/460/maxw/620/-/i8foutz/-/saturn-ocean-moon-jpg.jpg one of its moons, Enceladus...]]

* A fair amount of information on ''TitanAE'''s world is only given in the two prequel novels.

* ''Treasure Planet: A Voyage of Discovery'', the art book for ''{{Treasure Planet}}'', reveals an almost insane amount of information not included in the film, such as the name of Jim's father (Layland), Jim's relationship with him, the species and backstory of Silver, how Treasure Planet came to be, and even the names and personalities of the crewmembers.

* The origin of Elsa's ice powers in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' was explained in an interview by Jennifer Lee, as Elsa was a child born every 1000 years, and only during an alignment of Saturn (with what was never stated, or possibly never figured out). This was meant to be detailed in the film through narration by a troll [[FakeNationality with a Brooklyn accent]], but it was left out because they figured that the more was explained, the more questions there would be about the rules of magic. [[Franchise/HarryPotter They don't exactly have 7 books and 8 movies to explain it, after all.]] This explanation actually makes a lot of sense if you happen to know that [[FridgeBrilliance Saturn's rings are part ice]], and as for [[http://www.ksbw.com/image/view/-/25309596/medRes/2/-/maxh/460/maxw/620/-/i8foutz/-/saturn-ocean-moon-jpg.jpg one of its moons, Enceladus...]]

* The origin of Elsa's ice powers in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' was explained in an interview by Jennifer Lee, as Elsa was a child born during an alignment of Saturn (with what was never stated, or possibly never figured out) every 1000 years. This was meant to be detailed in the film through narration by a troll [[FakeNationality with a Brooklyn accent]], but it was left out because they figured that the more was explained, the more questions there would be about the rules of magic. [[Franchise/HarryPotter They don't exactly have 7 books and 8 movies to explain it, after all.]] This explanation actually makes a lot of sense if you happen to know that [[FridgeBrilliance Saturn's rings are part ice]], and as for [[http://www.ksbw.com/image/view/-/25309596/medRes/2/-/maxh/460/maxw/620/-/i8foutz/-/saturn-ocean-moon-jpg.jpg one of its moons, Enceladus...]]

* The origin of Elsa's ice powers in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' was explained in an interview by Jennifer Lee, as Elsa was a child born during an alignment of Saturn (with what was never stated, or possibly never figured out) every 1000 years. This was meant to be detailed in the film through narration by a troll [[FakeNationality with a Brooklyn accent]], but it was left out because they figured that the more was explained, the more questions there would be about the rules of magic. [[Franchise/HarryPotter They don't exactly have 7 books and 8 movies to explain it, after all.]] This explanation actually makes a lot of sense if you happen to know that [[FridgeBrilliance Saturn's rings are part ice]], and as for [[EndlessWinter one of its moons, Encelades...]]

* The origin of Elsa's ice powers in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' was explained in an interview by Jennifer Lee, as Elsa was a child born during an alignment of Saturn (with what was never stated, or possibly never figured out) every 1000 years. This was meant to be detailed in the film through narration by a troll [[FakeNationality with a Brooklyn accent]], but it was left out because they figured that the more was explained, the more questions there would be about the rules of magic. [[Franchise/HarryPotter They don't exactly have 7 books and 8 movies to explain it, after all.]] This explanation actually makes a lot of sense if you happen to know that [[FridgeBrilliance Saturn's rings are part ice]], and as for [[EndlessWinter its most well-known moon, Europa...]]

* The origin of Elsa's ice powers in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' was explained in an interview by Jennifer Lee, as Elsa was a child born during an alignment of Saturn (with what was never stated, or possibly never figured out) every 1000 years. This was meant to be detailed in the film through narration by a troll [[FakeNationality with a Brooklyn accent]], but it was left out because they figured that the more was explained, the more questions there would be about the rules of magic. [[Franchise/HarryPotter They don't exactly have 7 books and 8 movies to explain it, after all.]] This explanation actually makes a lot of sense if you happen to know that Saturn's rings are part ice, and [[EndlessWinter as for its most well-known moon, Europa...]]

* The origin of Elsa's ice powers in Disney/{{Frozen}} was explained in an interview by Jennifer Lee, as Elsa was a child born during an alignment of Saturn (with what was never stated, or possibly never figured out) every 1000 years. This was meant to be detailed in the film through narration by a troll [[FakeNationality with a Brooklyn accent]], but it was left out because they figured that the more was explained, the more questions there would be about the rules of magic. [[Franchise/HarryPotter They don't exactly have 7 books and 8 movies to explain it, after all.]] This explanation actually makes a lot of sense if you happen to know that Saturn's rings are part ice, and [[EndlessWinter as for its most well-known moon, Europa...]]

* The origin of Elsa's ice powers in Disney/{{Frozen}} was explained in an interview by Jennifer Lee, as Elsa was a child born during an alignment of Saturn (with what was never stated, or possibly never figured out) every 1000 years. This was meant to be detailed in the film through narration by a troll [[FakeNationality with a Brooklyn accent]], but it was left out because they figured that the more was explained, the more questions there would be about the rules of magic. [[Franchise/HarryPotter They don't exactly have 7 books and 8 movies to explain it, after all.]] This explanation actually makes a lot of sense if you happen to know that Saturn's rings are part ice, and [[EndlessWinter as for its most well-known moon, Europa...]

* The DVD for ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' features a brief origin of monsters featurette explaining that monsters were a race of ancient hominid that came into conflict with early humans and were driven away to an enchanted island where the [[FoodChains plant life they consumed]] gradually turned them into inhuman creatures of different shapes and sizes. Upon discovering this, they decided they could take revenge on the humans by scaring them and have continued ever since.