Disney Animation Cheats

It feels kind of silly to pick on Disney for this, since most other animation of the same era was crappy limited television animation that consisted of nothing but cheats, however it is fascinating to see many instances of this I hadn’t noticed before.

The topic is Disney animation cheats, specifically scenes of animation that were recreated frame by frame with new characters. Here are some examples:

What I find most odd about this phenomenon is how time consuming and difficult it must have been to copy these scenes. It wasn’t simply a matter of photocopying the drawings, the details and physics of the animation had to be adapted to fit the new characters. It almost seems like more trouble than it’s worth.

This one stings the most:

It’s really tiny, but if you look closely you can see that the Beauty and the Best dance is identical to the one from Sleeping Beauty – right down to the folds in the gown.

These screen grabs come from a Russian website (page 1, page 2) with many more examples.

Disney Animation Cheats

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