History Series / WaltDisneyPresents

* StockDinosaurs: The episode "Mars and Beyond" features a segment about "Possible Martian Life" and compares it to how life evolved on Earth. Prehistoric life that is identifiable includes many stock animals -- ''Dimetrodon'' is one of the synapsids. Dinosaurs include ''Plateosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Allosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Triceratops'', ''Tyrannosaurus'' and ''Archaeopteryx''. Other reptiles include ''Rhamphorhynchus'' and ''Pteranodon''. Mammals ''Smilodon'', glyptodonts, ground sloths and mammoths, before jumping to modern animals. These animals were presented as static images moving along a static background.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}} Live!'' (2019)

** ''Film/{{Cinderella| 1997}}''

** ''Film/{{Annie| 1999}}''

** ''Film/{{A Wrinkle in Time| 2003}}''

** ''Series/DavyCrockett''

** A variant of this crosses over with both AllMythsAreTrue and DoingInTheWizard in "The Plausible Impossible", where Walt suggests that the idea of [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaurs]] in ClassicalMythology was that a man in a chariot saw a [[BornInTheSaddle horseback rider]] pass by and wave at him, mistaking the rider and the horse to be one creature.

* 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 train. Von Drake is not amused and tells the peacock off, and the peacock walks away indignantly.

** Their 1999 production of ''Film/{{Annie|1999}}'' had Grace (the social worker who brings Annie to Daddy Warbucks's mansion) be played by Music/AudraMcDonald, a black actress - which raises eyebrows at the very end, when Daddy proposes marriage to Grace. (Interracial marriage was not illegal in New York in the 1930s, but it is ''extremely'' far-fetched to suppose that [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory such a rich and powerful character would publicly attempt it]].)

** ''Film/TheMuppetsAtWaltDisneyWorld'' (1990)

* ''Film/TheMuppetsAtWaltDisneyWorld'' (1990)

* {{Muppet}}: This series brought forth two TV specials with Franchise/TheMuppets: ''The Muppets at Walt Disney World'', and ''Film/TheMuppetsWizardOfOz''. Kermit the Frog also made a cameo in ''Mickey's 50'', as did Miss Piggy and Gonzo in ''Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration''.

* ShoutOut: In ''Ruby Bridges'', one of the times Ruby is taken up to the school has her wearing a white dress, the words "nigger" and "KKK" graffitied on the building, and a thrown tomato hitting the words - all adding up to referencing Creator/NormanRockwell[='s=] ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Problem_We_All_Live_With The Problem We All Live With]]''.

** Clips and segments from one episode sometimes gets re-edited in later episodes, such as "Inside Outer Space".

-->''[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.]''\\

-->'''Bing/Narrator:''' Man, I'm getting out of here!\\

* ToonPhysics: Discussed on "The Plausible Impossible".

** Also, the opening to "The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic" with Micheal Eisner.

* CondemnedByHistory: Zigzags between this and VindicatedByHistory in "The Great Cat Family." The episode shows how the cat was once worshipped as a god by the ancient Egyptians and became a useful tool in reducing the number of cases of Bubonic Plague, only to be demonized through superstitions and treated as a monster, witches in animal form, and minions of evil. The episode ends on a hapier note showing how cats have managed to bounce back.

* One segment of "An Adventure in Art" (also known as "4 Artists Paint 1 Tree") follows character animator Marc Davis, special effects animator Joshua Meador, color stylist Eyvind Earle, and background artist Walt Peregoy as they each paint pictures of an oak tree. Just as each person specializes in a different field of animation, so too does each one apply different painting techniques and artistic interpretations. Narrator Walt insists that even though none of the men took the same approach, none of them picked an inherently improper one, because they chose to follow their own individual mindsets instead of conforming to another person's style.

* CanonWelding: "The Goofy Adventure Story" took numerous Goofy cartoons taking place in different time periods (with [[NegativeContinuity no continuity between them]] and with Goofy sometimes [[UniversalAdaptorCast playing different roles]]) and used them to establish [[InsanelyInternationalAncestry a long and intricate ancestry for Goofy]]. Future media with Goofy would keep the idea of him having many colorful ancestors throughout history.

* CanonWelding: "The Goofy Adventure Story" took numerous Goofy cartoons taking place in different time periods (with [[NegativeContinuity no continuity between them]] and with Goofy sometimes [[UniversalAdaptorCast playing different roles]]) and used them to establish [[InsanelyInternationalAncestry a long and intricate ancestry for Goofy]]. Future media with Goofy would keep the idea of him having a long and storied ancestry.

* EatMe: Episode "Mars and Beyond". One segment about the plant men in Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs' Literature/{{Barsoom}} stories has a bird drop an egg on the plant man's head. The plant man swallows it, then a baby bird with a saw-beak cuts its way out.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: In "Mars and Beyond", a series of busts of Greek philosophers offer their ideas of the way the universe works. When one, Aristarchus, proposes that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, he is pushed aside by the bust of Ptolemy, who then declares the Earth the unquestioned center of the universe, while the bust of Aristarchus[[KilledMidsentence crashes offscreen in mid-sentence]].

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: In "Mars and Beyond", a series of busts of Greek philosophers offer their ideas of the way the universe works. When one proposes that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, he is pushed aside by the bust of Ptolemy, who then declares the Earth the unquestioned center of the universe, while the other [[KilledMidsentence bust crashes offscreen in mid-sentence]].
* JokerJury: In ''The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh'', the Scarecrow and his gang of smugglers hold a mock trail for one of their number who had betrayed them to the army.

* BeYourself: "An Adventure in Art" (also known as "4 Artists Paint 1 Tree") follows character animator Marc Davis, special effects animator Joshua Meador, color stylist Eyvind Earle, and background artist Walt Peregoy as they each paint pictures of an oak tree. Just as each person specializes in a different field of animation, so too does each one apply different painting techniques and artistic interpretations. Narrator Walt insists that even though none of the men took the same approach, none of them picked an inherently improper one, because they chose to follow their own individual mindsets instead of conforming to another person's style.