History Expy / AnimatedFilms

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{WolfWalkers}}'', Oliver Cromwell (AKA The Lord Protector) has an awful lot in-common with Judge Claude Frollo from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney''; he's a bitter, grey-haired, incredibly religious, deeply-superstitious man who is the highest authority in the town that they rule over, abuses anyone who questions that authority, pushes their blonde-haired subordinate into rebellion and is waging what he sees is a holy war against a marginalized group (the Lord Protector with the wolves, Frollo with gypsies). He even dies [[DisneyVillainDeath falling]] after raising his sword against a fiery background quoting scripture.

** The early drafts for ''The Rescuers'' used Cruella de Vil from ''WesternAnimation/101Dalmatians'' as this movie's BigBad. While this plan was eventually dropped as the studio wasn't fond of the idea of doing sequels[[note]] which is somehow ironic as ''The Rescuers'' would later be the first movie in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon to get a sequel[[/note]], it's not hard to see the influence with the actual villainess, Madame Medusa, in both appearance and mannerism.

* In ''WesternAnimation/WolfWalkers'', Oliver Cromwell (AKA The Lord Protector) has an awful lot in-common with Judge Claude Frollo from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney''; he's a bitter, grey-haired, incredibly religious, deeply-superstitious man who is the highest authority in the town that they rule over, abuses anyone who questions that authority, pushes their blonde-haired subordinate into rebellion and is waging what he sees is a holy war against a marginalized group (the Lord Protector with the wolves, Frollo with gypsies). He even dies [[DisneyVillainDeath falling]] after raising his sword against a fiery background quoting scripture.

* In ''WesternAnimation/WolfWalkers'', Oliver Cromwell (AKA The Lord Protector) has an awful lot in-common with Judge Claude Frollo from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney''; he's a bitter, grey-haired, incredibly religious, deeply-superstitious man who is the highest authority in the town that they rule over, abuses anyone who questions that authority, pushes their blonde-haired subordinate into rebellion and is waging what he sees is a holy war against a marginalized group (the Lord Protector with the wolves, Frollo with gypsies). He even dies [[DisneyVillainDeath]] falling after raising his sword against a fiery background quoting scripture.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', the five Muses, as a group of black female singers who omnisciently narrate the story by singing pop and gospel music, occasionally [[InteractiveNarrator interacting]] with the characters, resemble the three "urchins," Crystal, Ronette, and Chiffon, from another Creator/AlanMenken musical, ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei Lee's favorite band 4*Town is essentially a pastiche of various boy bands, particularly the Music/BackstreetBoys and Music/{{NSYNC}}.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei Lee's favorite band 4*Town is essentially a pastiche of various boy bands, particularly the Music/BackstreetBoys and Music/NSync.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Edna is based on real-life Paramount costume designer Edith Head, though that's more of a case of ComicBookFantasyCasting. Many say she was based on Creator/LindaHunt's character Regina Krumm in Creator/RobertAltman's 1994 film ''Pret-a-Porter''. There is a serious resemblance, down to her size, her hairstyle, her black dress and her circular glasses!

* Victor from ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' looks like the grown-up version of [[http://www.helderdarocha.com.br/blog/tim_burton_vincent.jpg Vincent]], the child protagonist of one of Burton's earliest stop-motion works. There was even a ShoutOut in the movie.

* Wilbur and Orville from ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'' are basically the same albatross, down to the design and character, though this was a conscious decision on behalf of the animators. By the time the sequel was made the original voice of the bird in the first film had died and out of respect for the actor they created the same kind of character, but presented him as ''his brother''. Though even Wilbur & Orville have much in common with [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 Launchpad [=McQuack=]]], also a feather brained bird pilot who crash lands more than he flies and is involved in the rescue of young kids.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Edna is based on a real-life costume designer for Paramount, Edith Head, though that's more of a case of ComicBookFantasyCasting. Many say she was based on Linda Hunt's character Regina Krumm in Altman's 1994 film ''Pret-a-Porter''. There is a serious resemblance, down to her size, her hairstyle, her black dress and her circular glasses!

** Tortoise John is based on Noah Cross, John Huston's character in the 1974 film ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1998 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie]]'', a CultClassic movie version of the classic song, has Arrow. He's a buck Rudolph's age that [[TheBully bullies]] him and his overall his [[TheRival rival]]. He bares more than a passing resemblance to minor character "Fireball" from the stop-motion special, a yearling with blond "hair" that was friends with Rudolph for all of 5 minutes until he learned about Rudolph's nose.
* Hank Scorpio was originally going to be the villain of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', but instead, the movie has a different character, Russ Cargill. The two have the same voice actor (Albert Brooks), some of Cargill's lines sound like the kind of thing Scorpio might say, and both are pretty Bond-villainish.

* ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer: TheMovie'', a CultClassic movie version of the classic song, has Arrow. He's a buck Rudolph's age that [[TheBully bullies]] him and his overall his [[TheRival rival]]. He bares more than a passing resemblance to minor character "Fireball" from the stop-motion special, a yearling with blond "hair" that was friends with Rudolph for all of 5 minutes until he learned about Rudolph's nose.

** Ralph himself is basically a human Franchise/DonkeyKong.
** Felix is an imitation of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] (or, as he was called back in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', Jumpman). He even does the animation when Mario loses a life in ''Donkey Kong'' at one point.

* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': All of the principal leads in the film are expies of video game characters in some way.
** Ralph himself is basically a human Franchise/DonkeyKong.
** The hero of the game, Felix, is an imitation of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] (or, as he was called back in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', Jumpman). He even does the animation when Mario loses a life in ''Donkey Kong'' at one point.
** Also, the ''names'' Fix-It Felix and Wreck-It Ralph are similar to that of obscure franchise ''VideoGame/HammerinHarry'' complete with similar catchphrases. And indeed, the beginning of the film shows Ralph's house getting demolished to make place for a series of apartments, which is exactly what happens to Hammerin' Harry at the beginning of the game. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nX_IxIqrc4 Observe]]. The name may also be an allusion to ''VideoGame/WreckingCrew'', which starred a hammer-wielding Mario.
** Sgt. Calhoun could be based on any number of commando characters from video games. But in particular she seems to be a cross between [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]] and a [[GoodIsNotNice Paragade]] [[Franchise/MassEffect Female Shepherd]], with the language kept family-friendly. She also has a lot of similarities to Captain Amelia from ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet''. Both are BadassInCharge females, tough, snarky, are {{Tsundere}}, lost someone close to them (Amelia lost her closest friend, Mr. Arrow and Calhoun lost her fiancé, Brad), and they both fall in love with and marry [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]] who are bashful and badass (Dr. Delbert with Amelia and Felix for Calhoun).
** ''Sugar Rush'' at first seems like any other kart racing game from the '90s, only it's themed on candy. But [[WordOfGod Rich Moore stated]] that his favorite current game is ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', so we can assume that's the basic inspiration. Indeed, it seems like a cross between ''Mario Kart'' and Candy Land. Portions of the ''Sugar Rush'' race course are clearly taken from various ''Mario Kart 64'' courses, with the candy theme substituted in. The Fruit by the Foot-themed track where [[spoiler: Turbo jumps Vanellope]] is very similar to Rainbow Road, for instance.
** King Candy:
*** The creators admit King Candy's based on The Mad Hatter from Disney's version of ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' (who in turn [[InkSuitActor was based on and voiced by Ed Wynn in his "Perfect Fool" persona)]].
*** [[spoiler:Turbo, in addition to being the name of a Sega arcade game, is basically a knock-off of the marquee chalky-skinned mascot from the Bally/Midway game ''VideoGame/RallyX''.]]
*** [[spoiler:His King Candy persona is one of The Wizard from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. He comes from another land (his own game), is leading his subjects on through manipulation and usurping the rightful ruler and having their memories locked away (Ozma and Vanellope), the hero comes to him for a favor (in Ralph's case, the medal he got from ''Hero's Duty''), while he asks of something in return that involves the "villain" (Vanellope, which he calls "The Glitch", and smashing her candy car), and is ultimately a fraud hiding behind another image that makes the hero appreciate the things they have in life. Heck, there's even some cute allusions with the fact he's ruling over what can be considered Munchkins (the other candy racers) and has Oreo guards which chant in the same fashion as those from the movie.]]
*** His clothing is somewhat similar to [[Film/WillyWonkaandtheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka's]], and of course they are both strongly associated with candy and sweets.
*** [[spoiler:Turbo's suit and helmet look somewhat similar to WesternAnimation/KickButtowski's.]]
*** [[spoiler:King Candy is also noted to have some unsettling similarities to [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Judge Doom]] due to both characters using disguises throughout the majority of their respective films and possessing unnerving true forms.]]
*** He also looks and acts eerily like King Koo Koo from ''Westernanimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure''.
** In the same way that King Candy is an Expy of [[spoiler:Film/TheWizardOfOz]] Vanellope can be seen as one for [[spoiler:Princess Ozma]] in the sense that [[spoiler:she's the rightful ruler of the kingdom and was ousted through trickery, and has no memory of who she really is. And like Ozma she's eventually restored to her rightful place]].
** The arcade owner, Mr. Litwak, looks a very great deal like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Day Walter Day]].
** Those familiar with ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' might notice how the Cy-Bugs are very similar to the Tyranids.
** Fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' might liken Ralph and Calhoun to Bob and Helen, which makes it feel strange when they're not the ones to develop feelings for each other.

* [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]] has the mannerisms and sputtering lisp of his cast-mate WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck (although his name and species recalls WesternAnimation/BugsBunny instead).

* Creator/{{Disney}} has been accused of doing this, but just recycling animation styles and voice actors doesn't make an Expy.
** Wilbur and Orville from ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'' are basically the same albatross, down to the design and character, though this was a conscious decision on behalf of the animators. By the time the sequel was made the original voice of the bird in the first film had died and out of respect for the actor they created the same kind of character, but presented him as ''his brother''. Though even Wilbur & Orville have much in common with [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 Launchpad [=McQuack=]]], also a feather brained bird pilot who crash lands more than he flies and is involved in the rescue of young kids.
** Grumpy (''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'') has provided a blueprint for all the grouchy sourpusses who have a change of heart in the end in Disney movies: Jock the Scottish highland terrier (''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''), Archimedes the owl (''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''), Iago the parrot (''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', although he does so in [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar the sequel]]) and Phil the satyr (''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'').

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*** [[spoiler:Turbo, in addition to being the name of a Sega arcade game, is basically a knock-off of the marquee chalky-skinned mascot from the Bally/Midway game ''RallyX''.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':
** Edna is based on a real-life costume designer for Paramount, Edith Head, though that's more of a case of ComicBookFantasyCasting. Many say she was based on Linda Hunt's character Regina Krumm in Altman's 1994 film ''Pret-a-Porter''. There is a serious resemblance, down to her size, her hairstyle, her black dress and her circular glasses!
** If a place can be an expy, than the middle school that Violet attends is one for Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Oregon, where Brad Bird went to high school. This is down to them having the same mascot (the Spartans). However, since the high school building was torn down in 2005 and rebuilt, it's a little hard to see it now.

** The hero of the game, Felix, is an imitation of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] (or, as he was called back in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', Jumpman).

** Grumpy (''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'') has provided a blueprint for all the grouchy sourpusses who have a change of heart in the end in Disney movies: Jock the fox terrier (''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''), Archimedes the owl (''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''), Iago the parrot (''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', although he does so in [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar the sequel]]) and Phil the satyr (''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'').

** Chakal is basically a more human version of the giant green ogre bandito El Malverde from ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre''. The fact that [[SharedUniverse they take in the same universe]] certainly helps.