History ExactWords / AnimatedFilms

** Captain Hook promises Tinkerbell "not to lay a finger -- or a hook -- on Peter Pan." He stays true to his word... by using a TimeBomb.
*** Tinkerbell deserves some credit, for being smart enough to insist that Captain Hook add that he won't use his hook either.

* A cornerstone of Nick's cons in ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'', which allow him to engage in disingenuous business practices while not outright lying to his customers, following the exact letter of the law if not the spirit. Later used in a more benevolent manner when [[spoiler:Chief Bogo is about to [[TurnInYourBadge force Judy to resign]] for not solving the missing predators case in time, and Nick notes that Judy still has ten of her allotted 48 hours left]].

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' has a classic case of this when Eddie is falling from the top of a building in Toontown, while Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse are skydiving. Eddie asks for a spare, and of course in traditional cartoon fashion, Bugs gives him a spare [[spoiler: tire.]]

** "You can't marry a person you just met." This not only refers to Anna's instant engagement with Hans [[spoiler: but also serves as a warning that Hans is not what he seems]].

* It's an interesting blink-and-you-miss-it moment, but in ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', when the Fates tell Hades of the prophecy, one warns him that "should Hercules fight, you will fail". He takes it that he just needs to kill Hercules before ultimately just stealing away his SuperStrength. Then, he makes the mistake of sending the Cyclops to wreck havoc prompting a weak and heart-broken Herc to go out there...

** Dr. Facilier told Naveen that there was "green" in his future and that he'd be able to "hop from place to place" like he always wanted. Soon afterwards he turned Naveen into a frog. For Naveen's assistant, [[ButtMonkey Lawrence]], Facilier told him that his future is ''exactly'' the man he always wanted to be. And surely enough, Lawrence was given a charm that turns him into Prince Naveen, as part of Facilier's plot to gain Big Daddy's fortune.
** Later in the film, Mama Odie points out that while Naveen does indeed have to kiss a princess to break the spell, there is no requirement that the princess be born royalty; the girl only has to bear the title as is the case for Charlotte, Princess of the Mardi Gras parade. [[spoiler: This also applies to princesses who get the title by ''marrying'' a prince, which is how Naveen and Tiana end up breaking the spell; when she marries him and he kisses the bride, returning them to normal.]]

-->''(Diego manages to jump over an impossibly long gap in an erupting volcano)''\\

-->'''Vulture:''' There is some good news though. The more of you die, the better I eat.\\

** And the second movie has this gem:

*** Tinkerbell deserves some credit, for being GenreSavvy enough to insist that Captain Hook add that he won't use his hook either.

** Played for laughs when Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf arrive at Elsa's ice palace, and Anna tells the boys to give her a minute alone with her sister. Olaf sits down and starts counting (presumably to sixty), and Kristoff eventually joins in.
*** Actually, if you watch the time on the screen, he comes in exactly a minute later!

* WhoFramedRogerRabbit has a classic case of this when Eddie is falling from the top of a building in Toontown, while Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse are skydiving. Eddie asks for a spare, and of course in traditional cartoon fashion, Bugs gives him a spare [[spoiler: tire.]]

* Pabbie, the elder troll in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' does this twice, and both times his exact words are misinterpreted. First, when the King and Queen of Arandelle bring Elsa to him for help, he warns them that "fear will be her enemy." Her parents believe that the outside world would fear her, so they try to keep her powers a secret. But ultimately it is her own fear that causes her to lose control of her powers, and living in self-imposed isolation only sets those fears in concrete. Later, when Kristoff brings Anna to Pabbie to heal her when Elsa accidentally froze her heart, Pabbie tells them that only "an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart." [[spoiler: Anna believes this means TrueLovesKiss so Kristoff races her home to be reunited with her True Love Hans, who turns out to have been EvilAllAlong. In the end, it is Anna's own Act of Love([[HeroicSacrifice blocking Hans' sword from killing Elsa just as she froze solid]]) that thaws her heart.]]

** Also, throughout the story, the Owl band leader continually says Rango is going to die. [[spoiler:Well he does. Everyone does eventually.]]

* In ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', King Candy goes to confront Ralph over Vanellope. When Ralph confronts him, ready to punch his face in, Candy tries to stop him by pulling out a pair of glasses, slipping them on and asking him "YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses, would ya?" Ralph pulls the glasses off and hits him with it.

* Rapunzel in ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' is known not to break promises, which is part of the reason why she doesn't leave the tower in the first place. The promise she agrees to at the end of the song "Mother Knows Best" is "Promise me you'll never ''ask'' to leave this tower again".

* In WesternAnimation/DespicableMe, when Agnes is heartbroken at not winning the stuffed unicorn she was after in a (very likely rigged) carnival game, [[PapaWolf Gru]] invokes this by saying "My turn!" and using his own gun. The game operator only said that the target had to be knocked over; he said nothing about not ''destroying'' it in the process, along with most of the rest of the stand.

'''Buzz:''' But we're not on my planet, are we?\\

** Dr. Facilier told Naveen that there was "green" in his future and that he'd be able to "hop from place to place" like he always wanted. Soon afterwards he turned Naveen into a frog.

'''Woody:''' No. ''(Buzz attacks Woody)''