History WesternAnimation / Fantasia2000

* ''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 ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' 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 Creator/BetteMidler.[[/note]]

* AdultFear: In "Rhapsody in Blue", the little girl pulls away from her nanny and runs into a busy street. Her ball

* AdultFear: In "Rhapsody in Blue", the little girl pulls away from her nanny and runs into a busy street.

* DamselInDistress: The Ballerina in the "Steadfast Tin Soldier" does get in one good shot with a rubber ball when the Jack-in-the-Box attacks, but there's otherwise not a lot she can do to defend herself, especially not once she's trapped under a drinking glass.

* HeroStoleMyBike: In ''Rhapsody in Blue'', since every taxi passes right by, Duke grabs a kid's scooter and immediately charges off on it, though at least he had the decency to give him some money.

** After the sorceror cleaned up the flood from Mickey Mouse's magical mishap, the sorceror glares at Mickey, who pastes a sheepish grin on his face as he returns the sorceror's "borrowed" hat and a broom. The smile doesn't save Mickey from being swatted on the behind with the broom.

* WontTakeYesForAnAnswer: At one point during the Steadfast Tin Soldier segement, the Ballerina, upset at the Jack-in-The-Box wanting to apologize for what happened to the Tin Soldier with a boquet of roses, rejects his apology and still decides to wait for the Tin Soldier to come back instead.

** "Pomp and Circumstance" borrows a number of gags from the WesternAnimation/SillySymphony "Father Noah's Ark", including a pair of woodpeckers causing a leak by pecking the Ark's side, and a multitude of bunnies exiting the Ark.

* SpaceWhale: ''Pines of Rome''.

** The scene in "Pomp and Circumstance" when the multitude of bunnies exit the ark is a nod to the WesternAnimation/SillySymphony "Father Noah's Ark".

''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, the first entry released after the conclusion of the Disney Renaissance (and consequently a transitory film marking the shift from UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation to UsefulNotes/TheMillenniumAgeOfAnimation), and the sequel to the 1940 film ''WesternAnimation/{{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, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/PennAndTeller, Creator/JamesEarlJones, Quincy Jones, and Creator/AngelaLansbury.

''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 ''WesternAnimation/{{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, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/PennAndTeller, Creator/JamesEarlJones, Quincy Jones, and Creator/AngelaLansbury.

''Fantasia 2000'' premiered at Carnegie Hall on December 17, 1999 as part of a five-city concert tour, with performances in London, Paris, Tokyo, and Pasadena, California. An exclusive release in Creator/{{IMAX}} theaters followed from January 1 to April 30, 2000, becoming the first animated feature-length film issued in the format. Fantasia 2000 was opened wide in the United States on June 16, 2000.

* BrickJoke: Overlaps with TheStinger, as after the credits, Creator/SteveMartin is still waiting for the camera to come back to him.

* ''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 (Walt Disney/Wayne Allwine), and James Levine.[[/note]]

* WontTakeYesForAnAnswer: At one point during the Steadfast Tin Soldier, the Ballerina, upset at the Jack-in-The-Box wanting to apologize for what happened to the Tin Soldier with a boquet of roses, rejects his apology and still decides to wait for the Tin Soldier to come back instead.

* AccidentalPervert: Before Mickey Mouse has found Donald Duck in the shower, he accidentally walks in on Daisy Duck in her dressing room while she was getting dressed, causing her to shriek as soon as Mickey quickly apologizes to her and closes the door.

* HappyHarlequinHat: The Jack-in-the-Box in ''The Steadfast Tin Soldier'' sequence has one.

* LighterAndSofter: ''2000'' has each musical segment introduced by a celebrity guest, and most of the introductions take a somewhat comedic tone, which when contrasted with Deems Taylor's narration of the original causes ''2000'' to come across as less adult-oriented.

* AllTheOtherReindeer: The other soldiers don't like the one-legged Tin Soldier because his disability makes him clumsy.

** 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.

* DisneyVillainDeath: ''The Steadfast Tin Soldier'' when the [[spoiler:Jack-in-the-Box falls into the fireplace]].

* MurderByCremation: At the end of the ''Steadfast Tin Soldier'' segment, 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.)

* 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.)

** ''Rhapsody in Blue'' for a 12 minute number, is nearly ReferenceOverdosed. Sequence director Eric Goldberg's name pops up very often, noticeably on the plaque for the "Goldberg Hotel". The "Ninas" that Al Hirschfeld (the artist whose style inspired the look for the number) added in his drawings are present in the animation as well. Hirschfeld, his daughter Nina, his wife Susan, and writer Brooks Atkinson are among some of the people rushing out of the Goldberg Hotel. The original song's composer, George Gershwin, shows up in the sequence as himself, playing the piano one floor above Rachel during her piano lesson.

* {{Trope 2000}}: Justified somewhat as it was released in the [[MillenniumBug year 2000]]. At 12:00 midnight on the first day of the year, no less.

* BlackComedy: "Pomp and Circumstance" has a unicorn, dragon, and gryphon(?) sitting aside and laughing at the idea that God will flood the Earth while the other animals are boarding the ark. [[KilledOffscreen Guess what happens to them.]]

* DisneyDeath: One of the little butterfly...''things'' in the "5th Symphony" video has its wing broken while trying to [[MamaBear protect its baby]] from a swarm of evil bat...''things'', and soon afterward gets swarmed, leading us to assume it died. In a blink-and-you-miss-it moment at the end, however, it turns out to be alive.

* DisneyVillainDeath: ''The Steadfast Tin Soldier'' when the [[spoiler:Jack-in-the-Box falls into the fire]].

** To past Disney films and characters, especially "Pomp And Circumstance". The snake that's about to eat the mice towards the end of "Pomp and Circumstance" looks an awful lot like Kaa from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''.
** And the elephants are [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Winifred and Hathi]]!
** The frilled lizards come from Frank in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder''.
** The hippo that stomps on Donald's foot during the exit from the arc seems to have [[{{WesternAnimation/Fantasia}} ditched her tutu]] since the last time we saw her.
** A duo of penguins are right out of ''Film/MaryPoppins''.
** The shot over the bird's back revealing the ark mirrors the similar shot in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' of Zazu revealing Pride Rock.
** The steadfast tin soldier facially resembles Woody from WesternAnimation/ToyStory.

** The scene in "Pomp and Circumstance" when the multitude of bunnies exit the ark is a nod to the WesternAnimation/SillySymphony "Noah's Ark".

* 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.

''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, Creator/BetteMidler, Creator/PennAndTeller, Creator/JamesEarlJones, Quincy Jones, and Creator/AngelaLansbury.

* ''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 Creator/BetteMidler.[[/note]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: During the ''Firebird Suite'', a [[Disney/{{Bambi}} noble-looking stag watches as his once-peaceful forest home burns to the ground.]]

** To past Disney films and characters, especially "Pomp And Circumstance". The snake that's about to eat the mice towards the end of "Pomp and Circumstance" looks an awful lot like Kaa from ''Disney/TheJungleBook''.
** And the elephants are [[Disney/TheJungleBook Winifred and Hathi]]!

** The hippo that stomps on Donald's foot during the exit from the arc seems to have [[{{Disney/Fantasia}} ditched her tutu]] since the last time we saw her.

** The shot over the bird's back revealing the ark mirrors the similar shot in ''Disney/TheLionKing'' of Zazu revealing Pride Rock.

** The frilled lizards come from Frank in ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder''.

Production began in 1990, and the film featured computer generated imagery, as well as hand-drawn backgrounds in certain sequences. [[PDQBach Peter Schickele]] worked with Levine on the musical arrangement of each musical piece.

* FurryConfusion: Lampshaded most brilliantly in ''Pomp and Circumstance'', when Donald does a double take at a pair of realistically-drawn ducks boarding the Ark. (This is the current page image for that trope.)

** A duo of penguins are right out of ''Disney/MaryPoppins''.