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10	[[caption-width-right:312:''Look for the [[{{Pun}} bear]] necessities...''[[note]]Top: [[WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973 Little John]], 1973; Bottom: [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Baloo]], 1967.[[/note]]]]
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14	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'':
15	** Manolo is the humanized version of [[Literature/TheStoryOfFerdinand Ferdinand]]. Both don't want to follow their family careers (both involving bullfighting), opting for a more peaceful pursuit.
16	** Chakal is basically a more human version of the giant green ogre bandito El Malverde from ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre''. The fact that [[SharedUniverse they live in the same universe]] certainly helps.
17	* Victor from ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' looks like the grown-up version of [[https://web.archive.org/web/20181218041403/http://www.helderdarocha.com.br/blog/tim_burton_vincent.jpg Vincent]], the child protagonist of one of Burton's earliest stop-motion works. Lampshaded InUniverse.
18	-->'''Mr Everglot:''' We shall continue as planned, with or without Vincent.\
19	'''Mrs Everglot:''' Victor.\
20	'''Mr Everglot:''' Whatever.
21	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', the five Muses, as a group of black female singers who omnisciently narrate the story by singing pop and gospel music, occasionally [[InteractiveNarrator interacting]] with the characters, resemble the three "urchins," Crystal, Ronette, and Chiffon, from another Music/AlanMenken musical, ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''.
22	* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':
23	** Edna is based on real-life Paramount costume designer Edith Head, though that's more of a case of ComicBookFantasyCasting. Many say she was based on Creator/LindaHunt's character Regina Krumm in Creator/RobertAltman's 1994 film ''Pret-a-Porter''. There is a serious resemblance, down to her size, her hairstyle, her black dress and her circular glasses!
24	** The middle school that Violet attends is one for Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Oregon, where Brad Bird went to high school. This is down to them having the same mascot (the Spartans). However, since the high school building was torn down in 2005 and rebuilt, it's a little hard to see it now.
25	* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleKing'': The Hyena Chancellor and Ricardo are based off [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar and his parrot Iago]]. The Hyena is an EvilChancellor who also pretends to be loyal to the King and his relationship with Ricardo is similar to Jafar and Iago's.
26	* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'': As pointed out by [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Quest_for_Camelot_1998.aspx?Page=2 The Agony Booth]], [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/17979-quest-for-camelot the Nostalgia Critic]] and Creator/LaurenFaust (who worked on the film as an animator) Kayley is, both looks and personality-wise, [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]]. Faust, [[http://www.donbluthanimation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1619 commenting]] on the similarity, goes even further and points out that Garret looks like the human form of the Beast.
27	* Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s film ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' has two examples:
28	** Tortoise John is based on Noah Cross, Creator/JohnHuston's character in the 1974 film ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''.
29	** Rattlesnake Jake was based on Angel Eyes from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', though his sociopathic behavior is very reminiscent of Frank from ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'', too.
30	* Wilbur and Orville from ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'' are basically the same albatross, down to the design and character, though this was a conscious decision on behalf of the animators. By the time the sequel was made the original voice of the bird in the first film had died and out of respect for the actor they created the same kind of character, but presented him as ''his brother''. Though even Wilbur & Orville have much in common with [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 Launchpad [=McQuack=]]], also a feather brained bird pilot who crash lands more than he flies and is involved in the rescue of young kids.
31	** The early drafts for ''The Rescuers'' used Cruella de Vil from ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' as this movie's BigBad. While this plan was eventually dropped as the studio wasn't fond of the idea of doing sequels[[note]] which is somehow ironic as ''The Rescuers'' would later be the first movie in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon to get a sequel[[/note]], it's not hard to see the influence with the actual villainess, Madame Medusa, in both appearance and mannerism.
32	* ''[[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1998 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie]]'', a CultClassic [[TheMovie film adaptation]] of the classic song, has Arrow. He's a buck Rudolph's age that [[TheBully bullies]] him and his overall [[TheRival rival]]. He bares more than a passing resemblance to minor character "Fireball" from the stop-motion special, a yearling with blond fur that was friends with Rudolph for all of five minutes until he learned about Rudolph's nose.
33	* Hank Scorpio was originally going to be the villain of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', but instead, the film has a different character, Russ Cargill. The two have the same voice actor (Creator/AlbertBrooks), some of Cargill's lines sound similar to something Scorpio might say, and both are pretty Bond-villain-ish.
34	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei Lee's favorite band 4*Town is essentially a pastiche of various boy bands, including but not limited to the Music/BackstreetBoys, Music/{{NSYNC}}, b4-4, and Music/BigBang.
35	* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'':
36	** Ralph himself is basically a human Franchise/DonkeyKong, with nearly identical proportions to the ape (albeit with a human design) and a similar gruff attitude (at least in his game).
37	** Felix is an imitation of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] (or, as he was called back in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', Jumpman). He's a short, cheery guy with a bulbous nose who likes to help people, and he's [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/66/1c/66/661c663e046e6ca4246f3de04eab0ae4.png sometimes seen jumping with his fist in the air]], similar to [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r0WKn-3RFXo/maxresdefault.jpg one of Mario's signature poses]]. At one point, he even does the animation when Mario loses a life in ''Donkey Kong''.
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