False Reassurances in Animated Films.
- An American Tail: in the song "There Are No Cats In America", the Sicilian mouse sings about how his mother went to plead for the life of his brother to the local mob boss cat. The boss "said he would see her", did, then ate her, and presumably ate the brother as well.
- In Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, mobster Salvatore Valestra is desperate enough to ask the Joker for help when someone's killing his associates. The Joker's response: "Certemonte! No way is anybody going to hurt my pal Sal! That's what I like to see, a nice big smile!" And of course, Mr. J ensures the killer doesn't have a chance to hurt Sal, and Sal stays smiling, in his own unique fashion.
- In The Book of Life, while yelling panicked instructions to Manolo, Luis reassures Carmen that everything is fine, who is holding him the entire time.
- In Frozen, right before the song "Love is an Open Door", Anna tells Hans about how Elsa shut her out, and Hans assures her that he would never do so. Towards the end of the movie, he does the exact opposite— he shuts her in.
- In Ice Age: The Meltdown, the mysterious Lone Gunslinger vulture confirms that the oncoming flood is true and explains to all the animals that in order to escape it, they have to reach a huge boat at the end of the valley, all in less than three days. He ends his warning with...Lone Gunslinger: There is some good news, though. The more of you die, the better I eat.
Crowd: gasp!
Lone Gunslinger: I didn't say it was good news for you. [flies off]
Sid: Boy, he must've been a real pleasure to have in class. - In The Lion King, Scar prepares to trap Simba and Mufasa in a stampede, telling Simba that there's "a surprise" for him. When Simba asks about it, Scar's answer provides the title for the scene's track.Simba: Hey, Uncle Scar, will I like this surprise?
Scar: Simba, it's to die for... - Captain Hook does this in both Disney Peter Pan movies. In the first, he promises Tinker Bell, "I give my word not to lay a finger — or a hook — on Peter Pan," so he tries to assassinate him with a bomb, which he explains when Smee asks why he doesn't just slit his throat. In the second, he promises Jane he won't harm a hair on Peter's head, so he plucks one hair from his head when he captures him, and he definitely won't harm that specific hair while he harms the rest of Peter.
- In The Powerpuff Girls Movie, when Mojo Jojo uses exact words to hide the fact that he's betraying them to rule the world.Blossom: Do you think they'll be surprised?
Jojo: Oh yeah.
Buttercup: You think they'll still be mad at us for playing tag?
Jojo: No, they'll have forgotten all about that.
Bubbles: Will they love us?
Jojo: (pausing) Yes.
(Later)
Bubbles: This isn't making the town a better place!
Mojo: Yes, it is — for me! - In The Princess and the Frog, Tiana's mom shows up at the restaurant as Tiana looks at it, and Tiana's excitement is decidedly not infectious.Tiana: Doesn't it just make you want to cry?
Eudora: (Beat) Yes... - The Rescuers Down Under: The mouse doctor on the prospects of his patient: "Now now, my dear. Keep a stiff upper lip. They all come in with a whimper, and leave with a grin." Think about it a minute.
- Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy: According to an old ad for Creeps and Crawls' law firm, the two lawyers would handle their clients' estates as their own. In their previous appearance, they tried to cheat Colonel Beauregard's beneficiaries out of his estate.
- In Toy Story, Buzz gives one to Woody in the van:Buzz: I just wanted to let you know that even though you tried to terminate me, revenge is not an idea we promote on our planet.
Woody: Oh, well, that's good.
Buzz: But we're not on my planet, are we?
Woody: Uh... no?
[Buzz tackles Woody] - In an earlier version of Turning Red, Mei was going to run for class president against Tyler and the debate would have ended with Tyler getting under Mei's skin to the point that Mei's friends preemptively hold her back. Mei tells them that she's ok and they can let go.
