History WesternAnimation / Fantasia

* GreenGators: Ben Ali Gator is a dark green alligator.

* ScienceMarchesOn: ''The Rite of Spring'' shows the dinosaurs dying off due to extreme desertification, which was one of the many competing theories explaining the K-Pg extinction event. It wasn't until 1980 that Luis Alvarez and his team found that all over the world, the thin sedimentary layer marking the end of the Cretaceous Period contained way higher than normal amounts of iridium, which is rare on Earth, plus soot, shocked quartz, and microscopic diamonds, evidence of a massive asteroid striking the planet at that time.

** Whereas the original Fantasia segment has Yen Sid swatting Mickey with the broom after his little stunt, at least one of the storybook adaptations avoids this. The sorcerer simply tells Mickey [[AnAesop not to start what he can't finish]].

A sequel was made in 1999: ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000''.[[note]]Yes, the movie called ''Fantasia 2000'' was released in the year 1999.[[/note]] Unlike most Disney sequels, this one was actually in accordance with Walt Disney's intent; the original idea was to update the film ''every year'', animating one or two new songs every time and rotating older ones out of the print to make room for the fresh material. In addition, the prestige of being in a ''Fantasia'' film meant that Disney had no trouble lining up celebrities to introduce the various sections of film.

A platform game for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis loosely based on the first movie was released on 1991, though it's widely regarded as mediocre at best. A 2014 rhythm music game by Creator/{{Harmonix}}, ''[[VideoGame/FantasiaMusicEvolved Fantasia: Music Evolved]]'' has been released for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} and UsefulNotes/XboxOne. Yen Sid is also a major character in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' and ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' series.

* RoadshowTheatricalRelease: The only animated Disney film to receive such a treatment [[note]]DVD/Blu-ray releases of ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'' and ''The Happiest Millionaire'' restored the films to their roadsiw lengths.[[/note]]. The DVD and Blu-Ray releases were a recreation of the original roadshow version.

* ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'', composed by Paul Dukas. The most famous scene in the entire film. This sequence features WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a sorcerer's apprentice]], who borrows his master's enchanted hat and decides to try out its powers. He finds out, however, that the magic is a [[PowerIncontinence little too much for him to handle.]] This film is notably one of the only times Mickey Mouse has appeared in a feature film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, the other times being ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'' (via the ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' short), ''Fantasia 2000'' (which reuses this short), and ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' (as a cameo during the "Oh My Disney" sequence).

* ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'', composed by Paul Dukas. The most famous scene in the entire film. This sequence features WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a sorcerer's apprentice]], who borrows his master's enchanted hat and decides to try out its powers. He finds out, however, that the magic is a [[PowerIncontinence little too much for him to handle.]] This film is notably one of the only times Mickey Mouse has appeared in a feature film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, the other times being ''Film/FunAndFancyFree'' (via the ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' short), ''Fantasia 2000'' (which reuses this short), and ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' (as a cameo during the "Oh My Disney" sequence).

* ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'', composed by Paul Dukas. The most famous scene in the entire film. This sequence features WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a sorcerer's apprentice]], who borrows his master's enchanted hat and decides to try out its powers. He finds out, however, that the magic is a [[PowerIncontinence little too much for him to handle.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of the characters' names are only known from supplementary material: namely Jackus the donkey/unicorn, Yen Sid the sorcerer, all the named characters in ''Dance of the Hours'', and Chernobog (unless he is, as Deems Taylor identifies him, Satan after all.) A lot of the less familiar-looking animals from ''The Rite Of Spring'' are only named in concept art as well, such as Troodon[[note]]The creature chasing the Archaeopteryx, portrayed as a [[ScienceMarchesOn predatory ornithischian]] [[/note]], Hallopus[[note]] The small bipedal reptiles that flee when the T. rex approaches''[[/note]], Kannemeyeria[[note]] The fat, beaked animal digging for clams[[/note]], Hypsilophodon[[note]]The small green tree-climbing dinosaurs[[/note]].

* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of the characters' names are only known from supplementary material: namely Jackus the donkey/unicorn, Yen Sid the sorcerer, all the named characters in ''Dance of the Hours'', and Chernobog (unless he is, as Deems Taylor identifies him, Satan after all.) A lot of the less familiar-looking animals from ''The Rite Of Spring'' are only named in concept art as well, such as ''Troodon''[[note]]The creature chasing the ''Archaeopteryx'', portrayed as a [[ScienceMarchesOn predatory ornithischian]] [[/note]], ''Hallopus''[[note]] The small bipedal reptiles that flee when the ''T. rex'' approaches''[[/note]], ''Kannemeyeria'' [[note]] The fat, beaked animal digging for clams[[/note]], and ''Hypsilophodon'' [[note]]The small green tree-climbing dinosaurs[[/note]].

* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of the characters' names are only known from supplementary material: namely Jackus the donkey/unicorn, Yen Sid the sorcerer, all the named characters in ''Dance of the Hours'', and Chernobog (unless he is, as Deems Taylor identifies him, Satan after all.) A lot of the less familiar-looking animals from ''The Rite Of Spring'' are only named in concept art as well, such as ''Troodon''[[note]]The creature chasing the ''Archaeopteryx'', portrayed as a [[ScienceMarchesOn predatory ornithischian]] [[/note]], ''Hallopus''[[note]] The small bipedal reptiles that flee when the ''T. rex'' approaches''[[/note]], ''Kannemeyeria''[[note]] The fat, beaked animal digging for clams[[/note]], and ''Hypsilophodon''[[note]]The small green tree-climbing dinosaurs[[/note]].

* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of the characters' names are only known from supplementary material: namely Jackus the donkey/unicorn, Yen Sid the sorcerer, all the named characters in ''Dance of the Hours'', and Chernobog (unless he is, as Deems Taylor identifies him, Satan after all.) A lot of the less familiar-looking animals from ''The Rite Of Spring'' are only named in concept art as well, such as ''Troodon''[[note]]The creature chasing the ''Archaeopteryx'', portrayed as a [[ScienceMarchesOn predatory ornithischian]] [[/note]], ''Hallopus'' [[note]] The small bipedal reptiles that flee when the ''T. rex'' approaches''[[/note]], ''Kannemeyeria''[[note]] The fat, beaked animal digging for clams[[/note]], and ''Hypsilophodon''[[note]]The small green tree-climbing dinosaurs[[/note]].

* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of the characters' names are only known from supplementary material: namely Jackus the donkey/unicorn, Yen Sid the sorcerer, all the named characters in ''Dance of the Hours'', and Chernobog (unless he is, as Deems Taylor identifies him, Satan after all.) A lot of the less familiar-looking animals from ''The Rite Of Spring'' are only named in concept art as well, such as ''Troodon''[[note]]The creature chasing the ''Archaeopteryx'', portrayed as a [[ScienceMarchesOn predatory ornithischian]] [[/note]], ''Hallopus'' [[note]] The small bipedal reptiles that flee when the ''T. rex'' approaches''[[/note]], ''Kannemeyeria'' [[note]] The fat, beaked animal digging for clams[[/note]], and ''Hypsilophodon''[[note]] The small green tree-climbing dinosaurs[[/note]].

* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of the characters' names are only known from supplementary material: namely Jackus the donkey/unicorn, Yen Sid the sorcerer, all the named characters in ''Dance of the Hours'', and Chernobog (unless he is, as Deems Taylor identifies him, Satan after all.) A lot of the less familiar-looking animals from ''The Rite Of Spring'' are only named in concept art as well, such as ''Troodon''[[note]]The creature chasing the ''Archaeopteryx'', portrayed as a [[ScienceMarchesOn predatory ornithischian]] [[/note]], ''Hallopus'' [[note]] The small bipedal reptiles that flee when the ''T. rex'' approaches''[[/note]], ''Kannemeyeria'' [[note]] The fat, beaked animal digging for clams alongside the ''Plateosaurus''[[/note]], and ''Hypsilophodon''[[note]] The small green tree-climbing dinosaurs [[/note]].

* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of the characters' names are only known from supplementary material: namely Jackus the donkey/unicorn, Yen Sid the sorcerer, all the named characters in ''Dance of the Hours'', and Chernobog (unless he is, as Deems Taylor identifies him, Satan after all.) A lot of the less familiar-looking animals from ''The Rite Of Spring'' are only named in concept art as well, such as ''Troodon'' [[note]]The creature chasing the ''Archaeopteryx'', portrayed as a [[ScienceMarchesOn predatory ornithischian]] [[/note]], ''Hallopus'' [[note]] The small bipedal reptiles that flee when the ''T. rex'' approaches''[[/note]], ''Kannemeyeria'' [[note]] The fat, beaked animal digging for clams alongside the ''Plateosaurus''[[/note]], and ''Hypsilophodon'' [[note]] The small green tree-climbing dinosaurs [[/note]].

* AscendedToCarnivorism: In the ''Rite of Spring'' sequence, ''Plateosaurus'' and ''Kannemeyeria'' (both herbivorous) are portrayed eating clams. Becomes a case of AccidentallyCorrectWriting in the case of the plateosaurs, which are now believed to have been partially omnivorous.

* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of the characters' names are only known from supplementary material: namely Jackus the donkey/unicorn, Yen Sid the sorcerer, all the named characters in ''Dance of the Hours'', and Chernobog (unless he is, as Deems Taylor identifies him, Satan after all.)

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The Sorcerer can't help but smirk after Mickey's little adventure, even while he whacks Mickey's behind with the broom.

* AsteroidsMonster: Unfortunately for Mickey, splitting animated brooms to pieces is not a good idea.

%%* FromBadToWorse: See HopeSpot.

* SdrawkcabName: The sorcerer is officially named Yen Sid. Think about it.

%%* SorcerersApprenticePlot: The {{Trope Namer|s}}.

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* ''Dance of the Hours'', composed by Amilcare Ponchielli. In this comedic sequence, ballet-dancing anthropomorphic animals (ostriches, hippos, elephants, and alligators), representing the times of day (morning, noon, evening and night) dance in time to the music in a loose adaptation of its original ballet, ''La Gioconda''.
* ''Music/NightOnBaldMountain[=/=]Ave Maria'', composed by Music/ModestMussorgsky and Music/FranzSchubert, respectively. The first half of this sequence is probably the most frightening sequence in Disney animation, featuring Chernabog (who is essentially the Devil, instead of an actual Slavic Pagan deity [[note]] In the film the character is more or less explicitly identified as Satan; he only started being called "Chernabog" decades later for business reasons. The word "chernabog" in Russian literally means "Black God" [[/note]]) raising the dead from the grave. The sequence leads to a contrasting sequence to the calm tune of ''Ave Maria'', featuring a procession of pilgrims walking through a forest with the rocks and trees evoking a cathedral, to witness the dawn.

Not to be confused with the ''Series/AmericanIdol'' winner Fantasia Barrino, or the name of the fantasy world in the film version of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'', or with ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia''.