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6	!!Animated films with their own pages:
7	[[index]]
8	* ''MythologyGag/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie''
9	* ''MythologyGag/DCShowcaseBatmanDeathInTheFamily''
10	* ''MythologyGag/TheLegoBatmanMovie''
11	* ''MythologyGag/{{Lightyear}}''
12	* ''MythologyGag/TheLionKing2019''
13	* ''MythologyGag/{{SCOOB}}''
14	* ''MythologyGag/ScoobyDooAndTheCurseOfThe13thGhost''
15	* ''MythologyGag/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse''
16	** ''MythologyGag/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse''
17	* ''MythologyGag/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie''
18	[[/index]]
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20	!!Film Examples:
21	* At the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Adventures of Tintin\|2011}}'', a painter paints a portrait of Tintin. The painting turns out to be his design from the comics! And if you look closely in the background, you can see that the painter has done paintings of the other characters from the comics too. What's even better is that the painter is a CreatorCameo of Creator/{{Herge}}.
22	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'':
23	** Genie asks "You've just won the heart of the princess. What are you going to do next?" In ads, celebrities would answer such questions with "I'm going to Disneyland!" As he asks, the soundtrack plays a few notes from the beginning of "When You Wish Upon a Star", the famous song from Disney's ''Pinocchio'' that was at the time used as the anthem for the Disney theme parks.
24	** Also, perhaps, the start of a BrickJoke: at the end of the film, after [[spoiler: Genie is released]], he is seen wearing a touristy Hawaiian shirt ''and a Goofy hat.''
25	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingMaurice'' has several references to both plot points that were changed from [[Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents the book]], and the wider ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' canon:
26	** Rincewind and Twoflower make a cameo appearance.
27	** ''Twurpe's Peerage'', mentioned in several City Watch novels, is on a lectern in Malicia's library.
28	** While the subplot about Peaches writing down Dangerous Beans's thoughts in a pictographic language she invented is mostly excised, they appear at the end when we're shown the rat school.
29	** Mr Clicky the clockwork rat is still involved in the showdown with the real Piper, but in a very different way.
30	* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'':
31	** A mounted deer's head is seen in the bar that Gaston frequents; WordOfGod is that this is WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'s mother.
32	** The song "Days in the Sun" from the [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 2017]] LiveActionAdaptation has the line "I can feel a change in me", calling back to "A Change in Me" from the ScreenToStageAdaptation.
33	* The Franchise/DisneyFairies ''Tinker Bell'' movie opens with a paraphrase of the origin of fairies in ''Peter and Wendy'', and the sequence of Tink being created seems to be set (between the baby's laugh, and her arrival in Pixie Hollow) in Kensington Gardens, location of J. M. Barrie's ''Literature/PeterPanInKensingtonGardens'' (which eventually became the story we're familiar with), and current site of a statue of Peter.
34	* The lead characters from ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' are named Gerda and Kai. In ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', they are [[CompositeCharacter combined with the Princess and the Snow Queen respectively]] and called Anna and Elsa. A reference is made to their original names in the script, where two servants have them.
35	* In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', Young Agnarr says he is reading a book by "some Danish author", clearly a reference to Creator/HansChristianAndersen, who wrote "The Snow Queen", which served as the inspiration for the franchise. In addition, the image on the book resembles one of the posters of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', which was based on [[Literature/TheLittleMermaid a short story]] by Andersen.
36	* In ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie'', Golobulus, the movie's BigBad, was voiced by Creator/BurgessMeredith, who portrayed UsefulNotes/WorldWarII correspondent Ernie Pyle in 1945's ''The Story Of G.I. Joe''.
37	* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'':
38	** It has several ''literal'' Mythology Gags referencing the 12 Labors of Hercules/Herakles -- like the lion's skin he wears when posing for a portrait, or when he breaks into Hades' private chambers while riding Cerberus. The series has even more, like when he applies for his "hero's license" and finds out he's 12 deeds short.
39	** Double bonus -- that lion skin is actually Scar. About whom Zazu said "He'd make a very handsome throw-rug."
40	* In ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'', the ending has [[spoiler:the Parr family car transforming into an Incredible-themed mobile]], similar to the Parr's family van in "[[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FBer-zuNTP2Kk3DWBQtsaHVIueM4Fj2e6zJ2XtTHziSLRAu-1Xk6NZXfNeXWOdQy6Y0UMUOVtDE53fL9Lo9AsocfqRP_uHQl9GUROfh4tUxkZ2-WxxRvxDDOIvbhOGkbMSrVg=s0 Family Matters: Issue #2.]]"
41	* In ''Literature/TheTrueMeaningOfSmekday'', the Boov Tip befriends is named J.Lo. In ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'', Tip's mother is played by the real [[Music/JenniferLopez J-Lo]].[[note]]J.Lo from the book was given an AdapatationNameChange to Oh because of this, as well as some copyright issues[[/note]]
42	* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'': Near the end of the movie [[spoiler: when Hiccup and Astrid take their children to visit the Hidden World, Hiccup's story references the opening monologue of the first ''How to Train Your Dragon'' book: "There were dragons once, when I was a boy..."]]
43	* In the Disney adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}'', two of the gargoyles are named "Victor" and "Hugo", a reference to the author of [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame the original novel]].
44	* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'':
45	** One of the girls in Riley's class has a shirt similar to Sid's from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''.
46	** In a flashback of Riley playing tag with Bing Bong, we can see the ''WesternAnimation/LuxoJr'' ball. The same ball also appears in a promotional animation made for the film where Bing Bong plays with it.
47	** One of the board games in Imagination Land, "Find Me!", has an image of [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Nemo]] on it.
48	* There's a gag documentary on the ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' DVD -- apparently Stitch has been attempting to get a Disney movie since ''[[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs 1937]]''. The documentary shows screenshots from films with Stitch drawn in them.
49	* ''Franchise/TheLionKing'':
50	** [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The first film]] includes a SelfDeprecation towards one of Disneyland's more infamous rides:
51	--->'''Scar:''' Oh, Zazu, why don't you sing something with a little more bounce in it?\
52	'''Zazu:''' ''[sarcastically]'' It's a small world after all...\
53	'''Scar:''' NO! No, ''anything'' but that!
54	*** A prime example of EvenEvilHasStandards. In the musical version it's "[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Be Our Guest]]". Some more recent productions have also used "[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Let it Go]]".
55	** In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'', when Timon has to take care of Simba during the night, they are seen walking across the same log bridge seen during the TimeSkip in [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 the original movie]]. Upon the third instance of this, Timon even says, "We're going to get old walking across this thing."
56	*** In the same film, during the scene when Pumbaa pauses the movie to grab a snack, Timon hums "It's a Small World After All" to himself, possibly to reflect the scene between Zazu and Scar.
57	** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'' has [[MythologyGag/TheLionKing2019 its own page]].
58	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'':
59	** One of the fish in the "You're Welcome" DisneyAcidSequence resembles Flounder from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''. Tamatoa's lair also resembles Ariel's grotto. And in TheStinger, the still overturned Tamatoa complains to the audience that they would help him if his name was Sebastian and he had a Jamaican accent. ''Moana'' was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, the same people as ''TLM''.
60	** Flash the sloth from ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' appears in the Realm of Monsters.
61	** While trying to control his shapeshifting after recovering his fish hook, Maui transforms into [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Sven the reindeer]].
62	** A Polynesian-style drawing of WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph can be seen near the end of the credits.
63	* The feature adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'' opens with how Mr. Peabody adopted Sherman, a direct nod to the first ''Peabody'' segment from ''The WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Show''.
64	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie''
65	** The company name on the moving van is Mendelson & Melendez, a tribute to Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez, the producers of the classic ''Peanuts'' TV specials.
66	** The comic book Charlie Brown shows his admirers depicts ''[[ComicStrip/SnuffySmith Barney Google]]'' character Spark Plug the horse. who was the source of Charles Schulz's lifelong nickname "Sparky".
67	* ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'':
68	** Hogarth's surname, Hughes, is an homage to the original book's author, Creator/TedHughes.
69	** The original book opens with the Giant shattering from falling off a cliff and his pieces reassembling themselves. He demonstrates this ability in the film when a train damages his hand. [[spoiler:The final scene shows his body rebuilding itself in the arctic, much like he did in the beginning of Hughes' book.]]
70	** The original book had a giant space dragon invade earth because it was provoked by the violent nature of warfare, with the world's armies launching a futile counterattack. This is a little similar to how the army assaults the alien threat of the Giant himself, who becomes a terrifying alien monster when they push him too far.
71	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'':
72	** Between the forces of Flashpoint Aquaman, we can see [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010 Aqualad/Kaldur'ahm, Tempest/Garth and Aquagirl/Tula]], even with the same basic designs and weapons of ''Young Justice''.
73	** Flashpoint Batman flat out calls the group Cyborg is putting together a ComicBook/SuicideSquad.
74	** [[spoiler:Aquaman losing his right arm.]]
75	** Flash first starts realizing he's in an alternate universe when he hears about the Elongated Kid (as opposed to Miss Alchemy in the comic), a superhero he's never heard of, being murdered. In the DCU that took place in the pre-Flashpoint continuity in the comics leading up to the event ([[spoiler:Thawne did it]]).
76	** Hal Jordan tells Aquaman's forces to "Beware my power, asshole!"
77	* ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'':
78	** The movie opens with a MinorKidroduction, showing the penguins as children in Antarctica and how they became lost at sea where they eventually end up in New York, much the same way ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa'' depicts this happening to Alex.
79	** The main plot opens with a celebration of Private's 10th birthday and escalates from there; Marty's 10th birthday similarly motivates the opening act of ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar1''.
80	** When locked in a cage, Skipper orders Rico to bust them out, which he does by coughing up a paperclip to pick the lock with. This action in [[WesternAnimation/Madagascar1 the first movie]] is what inspired his stomach of holding abilities.
81	** The Penguins meet a rival group known as the North Wind, who are comprised of northern animals. The penguins don't get along with them at all, aside from one of them having a crush on the female of the group. The idea that the Antarctic Penguins would be natural rivals of Arctic life but one of the penguins having a crush on one of them also comes up in ''Merry Madagascar''.
82	** [[spoiler:King Julien's]] cameo in TheStinger uses an older design that would be out of date relative to the time the movie takes place, but matches how he appeared alongside the penguins in ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' cartoon.
83	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfFilmSeries'':
84	** In the seventh film, ''[[Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfAmazingPleasantGoat Amazing Pleasant Goat]]'', Super the penguin, upon initially meeting Weslie, decides to nickname him "[[YouAreNumberSix 0803]]". This is a reference to when the ''Pleasant Goat'' [[Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf TV show]] started airing (August 3rd, 2005, or 8/03/05).
85	** While ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfDunkForFuture'' does not follow the zodiac theming of the previous ones, it does feature tigers as the opposing basketball team, fitting how it released in the Year of the Tiger and hearkening back to the films' zodiac roots regardless.
86	* In Creator/RobertZemeckis' ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'', during the frozen lake scene, the flux capacitor from fellow Zemeckis film ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' can be seen in the locomotive cab.
87	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': Back in ''The Lion King'', Timon claims that stars are fireflies that got caught in that big [[BuffySpeak bluish-black thing]], and laughs at Pumbaa's suggestion that they're balls of gas burning millions of miles away. In ''The Princess and the Frog'', another Disney film released over a decade later, the firefly Ray is in love with "Evangeline", a star that he believes to be a firefly. And later in the movie, a distraught Tiana quotes Pumbaa, telling Ray that Evangeline is really a ball of gas etc. etc. And at the very end of the movie [[spoiler:Ray dies, but is seen to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.... as a star, shining right next to Evangeline.]] So... it looks like Timon was right.
88	* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'':
89	** You can clearly see a teapot and cup almost identical to Mrs. Potts and Chip from ''Beauty and the Beast'', when the monkeys are rocking out at the camp. (The only difference is a lack of eyes and mouth.)
90	** The set returns in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''' Deep Jungle level. Ironically the real Mrs. Potts appeared in the second game where Deep Jungle did not appear.
91	** Also, later in the movie, when the gorillas hold Professor Porter upside-down, one of the many things that fall out of his pockets is a toy Little Brother from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''.
92	* Another obscure Ride Cameo sneaks into ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' when Tour Guide Barbie starts channeling the automated voice from the Matterhorn (quite audible from the line): "Remain seated please. Permanecer sentados por favor."
93	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'': At the start of the film, when the Bergens discover that all the Trolls have escaped from the tree, the wooden decoys look exactly like the classic Troll dolls. In fact, the earliest Troll dolls were made of wood.
94	* The Pooh doll for the live-action opening of ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'' was originally made for the first Pooh film ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' in 1966, but ended up being replaced by a different doll. It was finally used 45 years later.
95	* ''WesternAnimation/WonderWomanBloodlines'':
96	** Dr. Poison speaks with the accent and raspy voice she had in the [[Film/WonderWoman2017 live-action film]].
97	** The scarred Amazon with a blind eye seems to be this continuity's version of Persephone from the [[WesternAnimation/WonderWoman2009 2009 film]].
98	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'':
99	** A glimpse of some side characters gives us a weasel named Duke Weaselton, referencing back to a character mispronouncing the Duke of Weselton in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}''. (When she confronts him at his pirate DVD shop, Judy mispronounces his name as "Weselton" and he corrects her, thus echoing and inverting the joke from ''Frozen''.) They even share the same voice actor, Disney Animation regular Creator/AlanTudyk.
100	** When Judy confronts Chief Bogo wanting to be a real police officer, he bluntly tells her that "Life isn't some cartoon musical where you sing a little song and your insipid dreams magically come true. So, [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 let it go]]."
101	** At the climax, the deer mannequin [[spoiler:that "savage" Nick mangles]] is recognizably WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}.
102	** There are some references to ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' in terms of character choices. Most prominently, Nick is a GuileHero of a criminal fox in green clothing, much like Robin Hood himself. There's also Mayor Lionheart, an anthropomophic lion sharing a name with the anthropomorphic lion version of Richard the Lionheart, but who also has wolves working for him much like ''Robin Hood'''s villain Prince John did. These aren't just convergent animal stereotypes, either: co-director Byron Howard was inspired to make ''Zootopia'' based on ''Robin Hood''.
103	** During the climax, Judy and Nick are dressed similarly to Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox from ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'' (although later WordOfGod would deny that, claiming that it was mere coincidence -- likely to save face, considering ''Song'''s [[ValuesDissonance not-so-wonderful reputation]]).

Context MythologyGag / AnimatedFilms