History WesternAnimation / Fantasia2000

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* ''Symphony No. 5,'' composed by Music/LudwigVanBeethoven. [[note]] Normal compositions have the main opening repeat several times, i.e., be "free"; the ''Fantasia 2000'' recordings only have it play once before proceeding to the finale [[/note]] Like ''Toccata and Fugue in D Minor'', this is an "abstract" sequence, featuring butterfly-like triangles flitting about.
* ''Pines of Rome'', composed by Ottorino Respighi. [[note]] This piece contains Movements 1, 3 and 4 (Villa Borghese, Janiculum, and the Appian Way; it omits Movement 2, the Catacombs, with Movement 1 going straight to 3 after it ends [[/note]] This one features a family of [[SpaceWhale humpback whales that fly]] (yes, ''fly''). [[note]]Introduced by Creator/SteveMartin and Itzhak Perlman.[[/note]]

* ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'', [[note]]The actual movie uses the original recording from the first film, but the CD soundtrack has a recording by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra instead. [[/note]] back by popular demand.[[note]]Introduced by Creator/PennAndTeller.[[/note]]

* Symphony No. 5, composed by Music/LudwigVanBeethoven. [[note]] Normal compositions have the main opening repeat several times, i.e., be "free"; the ''Fantasia 2000'' recordings only have it play once before proceeding to the finale [[/note]] Like ''Toccata and Fugue in D Minor'', this is an "abstract" sequence, featuring butterfly-like triangles flitting about.

* Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major (first movement), composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. Basically, this one is Creator/HansChristianAndersen's ''Literature/TheSteadfastTinSoldier'' set to music, and it would be the last time Disney adapted one of Andersen's works until ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' 13 years later. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major is also the first and only piece of music in this film composed after the original ''Fantasia's'' original theatrical release.[[note]]Introduced by Bette Midler.[[/note]]

* ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'', [[note]] the actual movie uses the original recording from the first film, but the CD soundtrack has a recording by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra instead. [[/note]] back by popular demand.[[note]]Introduced by Creator/PennAndTeller.[[/note]]

* {{Badass}}: The Firebird, mostly because it's a phoenix made of lava.

* AnimatedActors: In one of the [[DVDCommentary Blu-Ray commentaries]] of ''Fantasia 2000'', MickeyMouse commentates with Roy Disney on ''Sorcerer's Apprentice''; apparently it took over forty takes to dance down the stairs and they had to borrow brooms from WarnerBros in addition to bringing in the whole union. During ''Pomp and Circumstance'', DonaldDuck comes in near the end asking where the song they promised him for working with all those animals is, [[DisasterDominoes which results in]] the commentary room flooding. "Does anyone remember where we parked the ark?"

* YouShallNotPass: One of the triangle-butterfly-things pulls this in Symphony No. 5, fighting off some of the evil bat-things and getting injured so its smaller friend can escape.

* CorruptCop: A brief but rather funny example in ''Rhapsody in Blue''. Jobless Joe picks up an apple that seems to have fallen from a fruit stand, and heavily considers eating it himself (being broke and starving), but ultimately chooses to leave it. Just as he's about to put it back, a cop shows up and shouts at him for stealing...and then proceeds to eat the apple himself once Jobless Joe is gone.

* BiblicalTimes: "Pomp and Circumstance" is a retelling of the Noah's Ark story.

* Symphony No. 5, composed by Music/LudwigVanBeethoven. Like ''Toccata and Fugue in D Minor'', this is an "abstract" sequence, featuring butterfly-like triangles flitting about.
* ''Pines of Rome'', composed by Ottorino Respighi. This one features a family of [[SpaceWhale humpback whales that fly]] (yes, ''fly''). [[note]]Introduced by Creator/SteveMartin and Itzhak Perlman.[[/note]]

* ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'', back by popular demand.[[note]]Introduced by Creator/PennAndTeller.[[/note]]

* ''Pomp and Circumstance'', composed by Music/EdwardElgar. This scene is based on the story of [[TheGreatFlood Noah's Ark]], featuring WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck as Noah's assistant.[[note]]Introduced by Leopold Stokowsky, WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, and James Levine.[[/note]]

'''''Fantasia 2000''''' is a 1999 American animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Creator/{{Disney}} Pictures. It is the 38th film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon and the sequel to the 1940 film ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}''. As with its predecessor the film consists of animated segments set to pieces of classical music, with ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' being the only segment that is featured in both films. The soundtrack was performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with conductor James Levine. A group of celebrities introduce each segment in live-action scenes including Creator/SteveMartin, Itzhak Perlman, Bette Midler, Creator/PennAndTeller, Creator/JamesEarlJones, Quincy Jones, and Creator/AngelaLansbury.

* {{Badass}}: The Firebird as well, mostly because it's a phoenix made of lava.

* Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major (first movement), composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. Basically, this one is Creator/HansChristianAndersen's ''Literature/TheSteadfastTinSoldier'' set to music.[[note]]Introduced by Bette Midler.[[/note]]

** ''Firebird'' is awfully similar to StudioGhibli's green aesops. [[WordOfGod The DVD commentary by the animators]] did acknowledge Miyazaki as a source of inspiration.

* ''Symphony No. 5'', composed by Music/LudwigVanBeethoven. Like ''Toccata and Fugue in D Minor'', this is an "abstract" sequence, featuring butterfly-like triangles flitting about.

* ''Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major-I'', composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. Basically, this one is Creator/HansChristianAndersen's ''Literature/TheSteadfastTinSoldier'' set to music.[[note]]Introduced by Bette Midler.[[/note]]

* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: The baby whale in the "Pines of Rome" sequence. D'awwww.

* ConspicuousCG: The ''Symphony No. 5'' is the most obvious offender, but the ''Pines of Rome'' has several long shots that are incongruous to the close-ups.
** Granted, the Pines of Rome animatics actually were started several years before the film was released.

* CorruptCop: A brief but rather funny example in "Rhapsody in Blue". Jobless Joe picks up an apple that seems to have fallen from a fruit stand, and heavily considers eating it himself (being broke and starving), but ultimately chooses to leave it. Just as he's about to put it back, a cop shows up and shouts at him for stealing...and then proceeds to eat the apple himself once Jobless Joe is gone.
* CreatorCameo: Eric Goldberg was one of the four main artistic directors on ''2000'' and animated the flamingos and ''Rhapsody in Blue''. That's him drawing at the light table, and handing Creator/JamesEarlJones the sheet of paper.
** A posthumous, animated creator cameo is done with George Gershwin in the "Rhapsody in Blue" segment. Gershwin is the man playing the piano, upstairs from the little girl's piano lesson.

* {{Disneyfication}}: The adaptation of ''The Steadfast Tin Soldier'', though that was mostly from the original ending not matching the music. Check out the storyboard reel on the DVD for that.

** Also, most of the humans in [[OverlyLongName ''Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major-I. Allegro'']] (Or the Steadfast Tin Soldier, whatever title you prefer).

* TheGreatDepression: The implied setting for "Rhapsody in Blue", or around that era at the least.
* HappyHarlequinHat: The Jack-in-the-Box in "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" sequence has one.

* ImagineSpot: The skating rink scene in "Rhapsody in Blue", where all the characters imagine what their fantasies would be.

* LonelyRichKid: Rachel (the little girl) in "Rhapsody in Blue." Unlike most {{Lonely Rich Kid}}s, though, what she longs for is not friends her own age, but to spend quality time with her hard-working parents.

* MurderByCremation: At the end of "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" segment of ''Fantasia 2000'', the evil Jack-in-the-Box is flung into a fire while attempting to kill the titular tin soldier. To be fair, all the tin soldier had to do was put up his staff when the Jack-in-the-Box was flying at him with his sword; Jack's own momentum carried him the rest of the way. (Though it's pretty clear that's what the soldier was going for).

* PursueTheDreamJob: Duke, the construction worker in the "Rhapsody in Blue" sequence, eventually quits his job, during TheGreatDepression no less, to pursue his dream of being a jazz drummer.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: "Firebird" is based on the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens ([[RuleOfCool but with more lava than a pyroclastic flow]]). It also includes the hollowed out volcano post-eruption and could possibly allude to the incredibly fast regrowth of the forest decimated by the Mount St. Helens eruption (though not as fast as the animation, or course.)
* ShoutOut: "Firebird" is awfully similar to StudioGhibli's green aesops.
** [[WordOfGod The DVD commentary by the animators of "Firebird"]] did acknowledge Miyazaki as a source of inspiration.

** The whole concept of Donald and Daisy narrowly missing one another in "Pomp and Circumstance" was partially inspired by ''SleeplessInSeattle''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: It's notable, considering [[{{Sequelitis}} Disney's track record]] [[ContestedSequel for sequels]], that ''2000'' truly has the same tone and feeling to it as the original 1940 ''Fantasia''.
** Many of the shorts serve as Spiritual Successors to shorts from the original.

* YouShallNotPass: One of the triangle-butterfly-things pulls this in "Symphony No. 5", fighting off some of the evil bat-things and getting injured so its smaller friend can escape.

* WhoWritesThisCrap: Creator/JamesEarlJones asks something similar in ''Fantasia/2000'' after animator Eric Goldberg hands him a synopsis of the "Carnival of the Animals" segment.

* ''Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major-I'', composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. Basically, this one is Creator/HansChristianAndersen's "Literature/TheSteadfastTinSoldier" set to music.[[note]]Introduced by Bette Midler.[[/note]]

'''''Fantasia 2000''''' is a 1999 American animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Creator/{{Disney}} Pictures. It is the 38th film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon and the sequel to the 1940 film ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}''. As with its predecessor the film consists of animated segments set to pieces of classical music, with ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' being the only segment that is featured in both films. The soundtrack was performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with conductor James Levine. A group of celebrities introduce each segment in live-action scenes including Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Bette Midler, Penn & Teller, James Earl Jones, Quincy Jones, and Angela Lansbury.

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