YMMV / Disney Chills

• Accidental Aesop:
  • The moral of Part of Your Nightmare is meant to be about how popularity isn't worth true friendship and it's better to be yourself than changing yourself to fit in, but the climax having Ursula turn Shelly into a fish over a technicality creates another lesson—always get contracts in writing, and check them thoroughly for loopholes.
  • Fiends on the Other Side seems to be Always Save the Girl will not work in real life. Jamal offers up the necklace his grandmother gave him to save Malik from a bad deal he made. This ends up being the wrong choice for both of them, as Facilier lied, turns Jamal into a shadow, and has nothing in the way of his conquest.
• Complete Monster:
  • Be Careful What You Wish Fur: Cruella de Vil, long after her demise, has lingered on into the present day in two ways: her prestigious, real-fur fashion industry; and her literal undead spirit. When teenager Delia finds Cruella's famous Dalmatian coat in the trash and takes it, Cruella begins insidiously haunting her, culminating her torment by spiriting away Delia's puppies and promising to butcher them if her coat isn't returned. The final fate Cruella inflicts on Delia is one Cruella has inflicted on countless victims before: transformed into a lifeless but eternally conscious mannequin, doomed to display Cruella's furs forever.
  • Liar, Liar, Head on Fire: Hades, god of the Underworld, bargains with teen athlete Hector for athletic ability to win the Zeus Cup in the upcoming Mt. Olympus Spartan Race. In truth, Hades is a devious sociopath who was imprisoned for good reason and wastes no time trying to ruin Hector's life, enslaving the souls of those he bargains with and consigning others to the nightmarish River Styx. Despite Hector's best efforts, Hades had already bargained with his supposed Love Interest Mae and has Hector aged up and killed, consigned to Styx while he releases the Titans to destroy the world.
• Fridge Horror:
  • How did John and Michael feel when Barrie disappeared for about forty years give or take, regaining their memories of him during that time and realizing that they may have sent a good friend to his death? Michael for his part is coping by treating it as a fairy tale.
  • It's hinted at that Cruella's coat isn't faux fur like Delia thinks, as it's as soft as real Dalmatian puppies. Assuming Cruella went around kidnapping puppies on a semi-regular basis like in the movie, just how many dogs were killed over the years?
• Narm:
  • Most of what Ursula does to torment Shelly is genuinely scary, but attacking her with plastic cups, straws, and trash hammers home the Green Aesop too far in to be taken seriously.
  • Kendall and her friends speak in hashtags frequently, such as "Hashtag BFF!" or "Hashtag loser," which gives a Totally Radical vibe and makes a lot of their dialogue laughable.
• Too Bleak, Stopped Caring: The series is infamous for being bleak and horrific, with every single book in the series having some kind of Cruel Twist Ending or Downer Ending happening to innocent and misguided victims who don't deserve it, and only one of which doesn't have the bad guy winning.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: Despite being based on Disney movies, the series is incredibly dark with the protagonists often meeting horrifying ends.

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