Below are video examples taken from the extensive Disney Animated Canon and all sequels and spin-offs associated.
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Golden Age (1938-1942)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Became Their Own Antithesis
- Big Bad
- Black Magic
- Disney Villain Death
- Even Evil Has Standards
- Evil Makes You Ugly
- Evil Matriarch
- Guilt-Ridden Accomplice
- Hiccup Hijinks
- Villain Opening Scene
- Big Damn Reunion
- Complete Monster
- Disney Death
- No Escape but Down
- No More for Me
- Transformation Horror
Package Film Age / Wartime Era (1942-1949)
Silver Age (1950-1967)
Cinderella
- Big Bad
- Doomed New Clothes
- Gorgeous Garment Generation
- I Want Grandkids
- Storybook Opening
- When the Clock Strikes Twelve
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
- Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
- Damsel in Distress
- Foot Bath Treatment
- Offing the Annoyance
- Our Mermaids Are Different
- Pirate
- Pirate Song
- Walk the Plank
- Cats Are Mean
- No Indoor Voice
- Never Smile at a Crocodile
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech
- Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Bronze Age / Dark Age (1970-1988)
The Aristocats
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- All Cloth Unravels
- Bittersweet Ending
- Blatant Lies
- Canon Foreigner
- Catchphrase Interruptus
- Dumbass Has a Point
- Exploiting the Fourth Wall
- Failures on Ice
- Glass Smack and Slide
- Growling Gut
- Help, I'm Stuck!
- Heroic BSoD
- Hoist by His Own Petard
- I Ate WHAT?!
- Keet
- Punctuated Pounding
- Scary Stinging Swarm
- Spelling for Emphasis
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight
- Wardrobe Malfunction
Disney Renaissance (1989-1999)
The Little Mermaid
- The Little Mermaid (1989)
- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
- The Little Mermaid III: Ariel's Beginning
- Aladdin
- Actually Quite Catchy
- Attention-Deficit Disciple
- Becoming the Genie
- Big Bad
- Black Widow
- Charm Person
- Cut Song
- Dark Reprise
- Distracted by the Sexy
- The Door Slams You
- Establishing Character Moment
- Evil Laugh
- Evil Sorcerer
- Faux Affably Evil
- Flight of Romance
- Freeing the Genie
- The Hero
- Hurricane of Puns
- Hypno Ray
- "I Am" Song
- Kiss of Distraction
- One-Winged Angel
- Our Genies Are Different
- Playing with Fire
- Politically Incorrect Villain
- Sidekick Song
- Signature Song
- Smoke Out
- Sssssnaketalk
- Sorcerous Overlord
- Aladdin: The Return of Jafar
- Aladdin: The Series
- Aladdin and the King of Thieves
- The Lion King (1994)
- Timon & Pumbaa
- The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
- The Lion King 1½
- The Lion Guard
- The Lion King (2019)
- Earth Song
- Evil Colonialist
- Green Aesop
- In Harmony with Nature
- "I Want" Song
- Language Barrier
- Outdoorsy Gal
- "Setting Off" Song
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hercules
Mulan
Tarzan
Experimental Era (Post-Renaissance) (1999-2007)
Fantasia 2000Lilo & Stitch
- Lilo & Stitch: The Series
- Afraid of Needles ("Sample")
- Briar Patching ("Dupe")
- Cloning Splits Attributes ("Dupe")
- "Freaky Friday" Flip ("Swapper")
- Flushing Toilet, Screaming Shower ("Sample")
- Growling Gut ("Ploot")
- Practical Joke, with the following tropes depicted: ("PJ")
- Suck E. Cheese's ("Phantasmo"; two clips)
- Leroy & Stitch
- Stitch! (all examples from "Angel's Flight")
- Stitch & Ai (all examples from "Gotcha!")
Disney Revival (2008-present)
The Princess and the Frog
- Baleful Polymorph
- Complete Monster
- Dragged Off to Hell
- The Final Temptation
- Happily Married
- "Setting Off" Song
- Spoiled Sweet
- Triumphant Reprise
- Tangled
- Tangled: The Series
- 11th-Hour Superpower
- And the Adventure Continues
- Braving the Blizzard
- Brought Down to Normal
- The Bus Came Back
- Chekhov's Gun
- Chekhov's Skill
- Complete Monster
- A Crack in the Ice
- Dark Reprise
- Distant Duet
- Face–Heel Turn
- Faux Affably Evil
- "Gaining Confidence" Song
- Heel–Face Turn
- Heroic Sacrifice
- Hostile Show Takeover
- It's All My Fault
- "I Want" Song
- Kick the Dog
- One-Winged Angel
- Our Werewolves Are Different
- Rapid Hair Growth
- Rejected Marriage Proposal
- The Reveal
- Special Edition Title
- Sudden Downer Ending
- Then Let Me Be Evil
- Traitor Shot
- Wham Line
- When She Smiles
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are
Wreck-It Ralph
- Frozen (2013)
- Act of True Love
- Big-Lipped Alligator Moment
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
- Dark Reprise
- Disney Acid Sequence
- Disney Death
- Evil All Along
- The Evil Prince
- Falling Chandelier of Doom
- Falling-in-Love Montage
- Heroic Sacrifice
- "I Want" Song
- An Ice Person
- Laser-Guided Amnesia
- Major Injury Underreaction
- Not a Morning Person
- Power Incontinence
- The Power of Love
- Right Behind Me
- Shipper on Deck
- Sidekick Song
- Signature Song
- Sock Slide Rink
- Trauma Button
- Truth in Television
- Unstable Powered Woman
- Villain with Good Publicity
- What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?
- Frozen Fever
- Olaf's Frozen Adventure
- Frozen II
Big Hero 6
- Bait-and-Switch
- Batman Gambit
- Caught on Tape
- Dance Party Ending
- Dark and Troubled Past
- Elephant in the Living Room
- Wham Line
- Disney Acid Sequence
- Has Two Thumbs and...
- "I Am Great!" Song
- Music Soothes the Savage Beast
- Villain Song
- Badass Family
- Baldness Angst
- Blessed with Suck
- Calling the Old Man Out
- Disney Acid Sequence
- Dysfunctional Family
- Ear Worm
- Establishing Character Moment
- False Cause
- Gossipy Hens
- Green Thumb
- Group Picture Ending
- Harbinger of Impending Doom
- "I Am Becoming" Song
- "I Want" Song
- Meaningful Background Event
- Muggle Born of Mages
- Mundane Utility
- Must Have Caffeine
- Oh, Crap!
- Petal Power
- Reprise Medley
- The Scottish Trope
- Seers
- Songs in the Key of Panic
- Staring Contest
- Super Strength
- Theme Tune Roll Call
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak
- Trauma Button
- Weight Woe
- Worst Wedding Ever
