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* DecoyProtagonist: In the episode "Mars and Beyond", a supposed stock SpaceOpera plot with a ScienceHero as protagonist is described, but actually the so called hero is to busy thinking about equations to even notice that his secretary gets kidnapped by a Martian robot. Eventually, it turns out that the secretary is the real protagonist who manages to save herself and get back to earth in time to type a letter for the scientist.

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* DecoyProtagonist: In the episode "Mars and Beyond", a supposed stock SpaceOpera plot with a ScienceHero as protagonist is described, but actually the so called hero is to too busy thinking about equations to even notice that his secretary gets kidnapped by a Martian robot. Eventually, it turns out that the secretary is the real protagonist who manages to save herself and get back to earth Earth in time to type a letter for the scientist.
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* WithLyrics: The episode "The Hunting Instinct" redubs ''WesternAnimation/ThePlasticsInventor'', replacing the original short's Professor Butterfield with Professor Ludwig Von Drake. At one point, Von Drake adds lyrics to an originally wordless song that played while Donald was baking motor parts. He even gives it a title: "Music to Bake an Airplane By".
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* DecoyProtagonist: In the episode "Mars and Beyond", a supposed stock SpaceOpera plot with a ScienceHero as protagonist is described, but actually the so called hero is to busy thinking about equations to even notice that his secretary gets kidnapped by a Martian robot. Eventually, it turns out that the secretary is the real protagonist who manages to save herself and get back to earth in time to type a letter for the scientist.
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** In ''Film/TheMuppetsWizardOfOz'', African-Americans portray Dorothy (Music/{{Ashanti}}), Aunt Em (Music/QueenLatifah), and Uncle Henry (David Alan Grier), a la ''Theatre/TheWiz''. Plus, in an example more reminiscent of a Species Lift, Toto the dog is made a prawn to allow Pepe to play him.

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** In ''Film/TheMuppetsWizardOfOz'', African-Americans portray Dorothy (Music/{{Ashanti}}), Aunt Em (Music/QueenLatifah), and Uncle Henry (David Alan Grier), (Creator/DavidAlanGrier), a la ''Theatre/TheWiz''. Plus, in an example more reminiscent of a Species Lift, Toto the dog is made a prawn to allow Pepe to play him.
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* ''Disneyland'' (1954-58)

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* ''Disneyland'' (1954-58)(1954–58)



* ''Walt Disney Presents'' (1958-61)

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* ''Walt Disney Presents'' (1958-61)(1958–61)



* ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'' (1961-69)

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* ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'' (1961-69)(1961–69)



* ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' (1969-79)

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* ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' (1969-79)(1969–79)



* ''Disney's Wonderful World'' (1979-81)
* ''Walt Disney'' (1981-83)
* ''The Disney Sunday Movie'' (1986-88)
* ''The Magical World of Disney'' (1988-90)
* ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' (1997-2008)

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* ''Disney's Wonderful World'' (1979-81)
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* ''Walt Disney'' (1981-83)
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* ''The Disney Sunday Movie'' (1986-88)
(1986–88)
* ''The Magical World of Disney'' (1988-90)
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* ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' (1997-2008)(1997–2008)



* ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' (2015-current)

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* ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' (2015-current)(2015–current)
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The Creator/WaltDisney anthology series began in 1954 on {{Creator/ABC}} to provide funding for [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]]. Rather than stick to one genre, the series covered a wide gamut of genres. The original ''Disneyland'' series was themed around each of the four sections of the Disneyland theme park: "Adventureland" was for the studio's nature documentaries, "Frontierland" was dedicated to dramatizations of US history, "Fantasyland" showcased the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts and [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon feature films]], and "Tomorrowland" was dedicated to the wonders of science, particularly the then-nascent space program. Walt Disney often promoted upcoming movies and new theme park attractions on this show.

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The Creator/WaltDisney Creator/{{Disney}} television anthology series began airing in 1954 on {{Creator/ABC}} Creator/{{ABC}} to provide funding for [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]]. Rather than stick to one genre, the series covered a wide gamut of genres. The original ''Disneyland'' series was themed around each of the four sections of the Disneyland theme park: "Adventureland" was for the studio's nature documentaries, "Frontierland" was dedicated to dramatizations of US history, "Fantasyland" showcased the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts and [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon feature films]], and "Tomorrowland" was dedicated to the wonders of science, particularly the then-nascent space program. Walt Disney often promoted upcoming movies and new theme park attractions on this show.
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* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: One segment of "Mars and Beyond" shows many philosophers discussing their own views on how Earth is the center of the universe.

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** {{Cannibalism}}: Right before that, we're shown "plants that feed on other plants".



* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: One segment of "Mars and Beyond" shows many philosophers discussing their own views on how Earth is the center of the universe.
-->'''Ptolemy:''' Learned men of science, I have listened to all your arguments. I now decree that our great Earth stands immovable as the hub of the universe. The supreme center of intelligent thinking.



* FuturisticSuperhighway: "Magic Highway, U.S.A." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyaKfLyKhbw has a segment]] based around this trope, predicting things like multi-colored lanes indicating their destination, heated roads for rain and snow, cantilevered highways above canyons, tubular highways, air-conditioned desert highways, mountain highways that protect from sub-zero temperatures, underwater highways, upside-down highways etc.



* SceneryPorn: Many episodes have this, be it live-action or animated.



* WomenDrivers: "Highway U.S.A" has a joke about his and hers lanes on highways. Ah, TheFifties...

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* WomenDrivers: "Highway "Magic Highway, U.S.A" has a joke about his and hers lanes on highways. Ah, TheFifties...

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* ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld: One part of the episode "Mars and Beyond" was about what kind of people live on the planets in the solar system:
-->'''Narrator:''' There are two kinds of people on Venus: mild people and fierce people.

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* ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld: One part of A segment in the episode "Mars and Beyond" was about a Sweden philosopher's conception of what kind of people live on the inhabitants of each planets in the solar system:
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system look like:
-->''[Animated depiction of two Venusians standing side-by-side, flashing red and yellow. The right one suddenly hits the left one with a mallet, plumping him into the ground with his head out.]''\\
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There are two kinds of people on Venus: mild people and fierce people.\\
''[The left Venusian turns yellow and smiles (mild), the right Venusian turns red and frowns (fierce).]''
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* {{Autocannibalism}}: In the third act of "Mars and Beyond", where the narrator discuss the possibility of life on Mars, one of the creatures shown are "plants that feed on themselves".

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* {{Autocannibalism}}: In the third act of "Mars and Beyond", where the narrator discuss the possibility of life on Mars, one of the creatures shown are "plants that feed on themselves".themselves", which is a case of ArtisticLicensePhysics, as such an organism would basically be a naturally-evolved perpetual motion machine.
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** ''Film/MiracleAtMidnight''
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* ProudPeacock: In the first episode of ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'', Ludwig von Drake sings "The Spectrum Song" while playing a piano keyboard that shoots out rays of color. At one point, these rays form into a peacock, who walks in front of von Drake so that the audience can only see him and his colorful tail. Von Drake is not amused and tells the peacock off, and the peacock walks away indignantly.

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* ProudPeacock: In the first episode of ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'', Ludwig von Drake sings "The Spectrum Song" while playing a piano keyboard that shoots out rays of color. At one point, these rays form into a peacock, who walks in front of von Drake so that the audience can only see him and his colorful tail.train. Von Drake is not amused and tells the peacock off, and the peacock walks away indignantly.
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* ProudPeacock: In the first episode of ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'', Ludwig von Drake sings "The Spectrum Song" while playing a piano keyboard that shoots out rays of color. At one point, these rays form into a peacock, who walks in front of von Drake so that the audience can only see him and his colorful tail. Von Drake is not amused and tells the peacock off, and the peacock walks away indignantly.
-->'''Ludwig von Drake''': Ooh, what a showoff! (to the audience) How do you like that guy? I'm gonna let you in on something. Confidentially, he dyes his feathers.
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** ''Film/{{Geppetto}}''
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** ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress''
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* ArtisticLicenseFilmProduction: Many episodes on the production of Disney movies clearly show them staged and simplified and thus not entirely accurate. This is especially significant with episodes showing the production of [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon animated films]]. To see this particular trope in action here, take a look at no less than ''two'' episodes on the production of ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'', "A Story of Dogs" and "Cavalcade of Songs".

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* ArtisticLicenseFilmProduction: Many episodes on the production of Disney movies clearly show them staged and simplified and thus not entirely accurate. This is especially significant with episodes showing the production of [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon animated films]]. To see this particular trope in action here, take a look at no less than ''two'' episodes on the production of ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'', ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', "A Story of Dogs" and "Cavalcade of Songs".



* BootstrappedTheme: Unsurprisingly for Disney, several intro credits used rearrangements of [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} "When You Wish Upon A Star"]].

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* BootstrappedTheme: Unsurprisingly for Disney, several intro credits used rearrangements of [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} "When You Wish Upon A Star"]].



* ChristmasSpecial: "From All Of Us To All Of You", and later, "A Disney Christmas Gift", followed by rebroadcasts of ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol''. The feature has become [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff a classic in Scandinavia]].
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: One segment of "Tricks of Our Trade" features actress Helene Stanley dancing ballet to help inspire the animators of the "Dance of the Hours" segment from ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}''. She overhears them comment on such features as the pudginess of Hyacinth Hippo and the big feet of Madame Upanova the ostrich, and mistakes these comments for insults directed towards her. When she decides to leave early, the animators convince her to stay longer by letting her see their animal drawings, then praising her fashion sense. (Helene's cap and cape in particular inspire the costume of Ben Ali Gator.)

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* ChristmasSpecial: "From All Of Us To All Of You", and later, "A Disney Christmas Gift", followed by rebroadcasts of ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol''.''WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol''. The feature has become [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff a classic in Scandinavia]].
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: One segment of "Tricks of Our Trade" features actress Helene Stanley dancing ballet to help inspire the animators of the "Dance of the Hours" segment from ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}''.''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''. She overhears them comment on such features as the pudginess of Hyacinth Hippo and the big feet of Madame Upanova the ostrich, and mistakes these comments for insults directed towards her. When she decides to leave early, the animators convince her to stay longer by letting her see their animal drawings, then praising her fashion sense. (Helene's cap and cape in particular inspire the costume of Ben Ali Gator.)



** Occasionally, Walt would pass hosting duties to someone else, most notably Ludwig Von Drake and the Magic Mirror from ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.

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** Occasionally, Walt would pass hosting duties to someone else, most notably Ludwig Von Drake and the Magic Mirror from ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.



* {{Letterbox}}: The {{Biopic}} "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story" boasted to mark the first time movie clips (in this case, scenes from ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'') played on TV in widescreen. However, the clips shown have an aspect ratio of 1.82:1, which means the picture still underwent trimming.[[note]]Disney animated ''Sleeping Beauty'' in 2.55:1, and movie theaters projected it at either 2.20:1 or 2.35:1.[[/note]]

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* {{Letterbox}}: The {{Biopic}} "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story" boasted to mark the first time movie clips (in this case, scenes from ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'') ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'') played on TV in widescreen. However, the clips shown have an aspect ratio of 1.82:1, which means the picture still underwent trimming.[[note]]Disney animated ''Sleeping Beauty'' in 2.55:1, and movie theaters projected it at either 2.20:1 or 2.35:1.[[/note]]



* SeriesMascot: Tinker Bell of ''Disney/PeterPan'' fame flies past and/or creates fireworks at the beginning of each episode. The sight of her flying in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle became so iconic to Disney fans, that Disney decided to have a Tinker Bell actress "fly" through the air during fireworks shows at the theme parks.

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* SeriesMascot: Tinker Bell of ''Disney/PeterPan'' ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' fame flies past and/or creates fireworks at the beginning of each episode. The sight of her flying in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle became so iconic to Disney fans, that Disney decided to have a Tinker Bell actress "fly" through the air during fireworks shows at the theme parks.
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* ScienceHerosBabeAssistant: The 1955 special "Mars and Beyond" has [[https://youtu.be/E0sbqqYo97s?t=775 a segment describing the stock plot]] in contemporary sci-fi comics and pulp stories, of a brilliant scientist hero who must rescue his SexySecretary from an extraterrestrial menace. Of course, Disney's version quickly turns into a complete parody: the brilliant scientist is so caught up in his calculations, [[FailedASpotCheck he doesn't even notice]] when the Martian robot abducts the secretary. And the secretary [[ScreamingWoman screams for several minutes]] but eventually dons a superhero costume and [[DamselOutOfDistress rescues herself]].
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* ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' (2015)

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** ''Series/TheSwampFox''



** ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World'' (in countries where color TV was not yet available)



** ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World'' (in countries where color TV was not yet available)
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* {{Autocannibalism}}: In the third act of "Mars and Beyond", where the narrator discuss the possibility of life on Mars, one of the creatures shown are "plants that feed on themselves".
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** Interestingly, while Walt Disney's smoking habit is well known, Goofy's voice actor, Pinto Colvig, was ''also'' a chain smoker. In fact, he was one of the most outspoken advocates of putting a surgeon general's warning on all cigarettes.
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** Their 1997 version of ''Film/{{Cinderella}}'' stars Music/{{Brandy}} as Cinderella. Additionally, Music/WhitneyHouston plays the fairy godmother, African-American Natalie Desselle plays stepsister Joy, Paolo Montalban, a Filipino actor, plays Prince Christopher, black actress Creator/WhoopiGoldberg plays his mother Queen Constantina, and Canadian Creator/VictorGarber plays his father King Maxamillian.

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** Their 1997 version of ''Film/{{Cinderella}}'' ''Film/{{Cinderella|1997}}'' stars Music/{{Brandy}} as Cinderella. Additionally, Music/WhitneyHouston plays the fairy godmother, African-American Natalie Desselle plays stepsister Joy, Paolo Montalban, a Filipino actor, plays Prince Christopher, black actress Creator/WhoopiGoldberg plays his mother Queen Constantina, and Canadian Creator/VictorGarber plays his father King Maxamillian.
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** ''Film/{{Cinderella}}''

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** ''Film/{{Cinderella}}''''Film/{{Cinderella| 1997}}''
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** ''Film/{{Toothless}}''
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** ''Literature/ConfessionsOfAnUglyStepsister''
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* DoubleVision: Utilized in the show's three-part version of ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'' (with the same process used in ''Film/TheParentTrap''). Also used in the show's introduction, which had Walt encountering a duplicate of himself.

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* DoubleVision: Utilized in the show's three-part version of ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'' (with the same process used in ''Film/TheParentTrap'').''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1961}}''). Also used in the show's introduction, which had Walt encountering a duplicate of himself.



* TheManBehindTheCurtain: In "The Title Makers", stars Annette Funicello and Tommy Sands are interrupted by a godly voice who guides them (and the audience) through scenes from ''Film/TheParentTrap''. The man is revealed to be Walt (although the voice was actually Creator/PaulFrees).

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* TheManBehindTheCurtain: In "The Title Makers", stars Annette Funicello and Tommy Sands are interrupted by a godly voice who guides them (and the audience) through scenes from ''Film/TheParentTrap''.''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1961}}''. The man is revealed to be Walt (although the voice was actually Creator/PaulFrees).



* MultiPartEpisode: Several of Disney's live-action films were either split into several parts for television or condensed into an hour. This was abandoned sometime in the late 1970s, when feature films like ''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' and ''Film/TheParentTrap'' were shown longer than the traditional hour-long slot. This was also the case with original television productions like "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh" and "The Boy From Dead Man's Bayou".

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* MultiPartEpisode: Several of Disney's live-action films were either split into several parts for television or condensed into an hour. This was abandoned sometime in the late 1970s, when feature films like ''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' and ''Film/TheParentTrap'' ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1961}}'' were shown longer than the traditional hour-long slot. This was also the case with original television productions like "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh" and "The Boy From Dead Man's Bayou".

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* ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' (1997-2008, 2015-)

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** Creator/DickVanDyke hosted the 2015 ''Film/MaryPoppins'' airing that heralded the ''Wonderful World'''s return to ABC.
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* SongOfManyEmotions: In "An Adventure in Color", Ludwig von Drake sings "The Green with Envy Blues", which combines this with ColorfulSong, mentioning that he has "green with envy, red with anger, purple-passionate blues."
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* SexySecretary: Episode "Mars and Beyond". The secretary that gets kidnapped by Martians is originally depicted as being sexy and not very bright. After she's kidnapped by Martians, she [[DamselOutOfDistress turns into a superheroine and rescues herself]].

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