21 Scenes In Various Disney Animated Films That Went Excessively Far Considering Their Target Audience Is Kids

While taking a good look at this list, you can already tell that they went excessively far.

Maryjane

• Published in Disney
• July 31, 2022

What do you do when you’re bored? You either play some good music, watch a movie or do something fun.

When it comes to movies, some people prefer action, some prefer romance, some prefer animation, and so on. When talking about animated movies, the first thing that comes to mind is the Disney animation movies.

Disney has gained popularity in the world today and is known to be family-friendly. This simply means that even though their movies are geared towards kids, everyone can still enjoy them.

In spite of this, Disney has likewise been known to dig into an area that doesn't simply test or push limits, but effectively breaks and tears through them. They create astounding content that works out in a way that is far beyond what one could anticipate from an organization with their kind of reputation.

These movies comprise of love tales, romance, and some life lessons that can help one positively. Not just that, they additionally have some upsetting or rather disturbing moments that you could have seen while watching them.

We’ve gathered 21 of those disturbing moments that we could find from different Disney animated movies. While taking a good look at this list, you can already tell that they went excessively far.

So grab a seat, keep scrolling, and check out these moments.

1. The fact that Jasmine was only 15 when she was expected to be married within a year

2. Bing Bong, one of the most innocent characters in Inside Out, teaches us the true meaning of friendship by risking his life to save Riley

3. Clayton and Tarzan’s struggle ended with Clayton falling and being hanged by the vines

4. Living with step siblings or stepparents makes life terrible, exactly like Cinderella’s. They are constantly present to ruin the day with their nasty deeds. Cindrella’s step-sisters ripped her dress to pieces while she was still wearing it, and her stepmother didn’t even say a work and she just smirked

5. In Bambi, remember this scene where innocent Bambi and his mother were enjoying their meal? And suddenly there was an unexpected twist where his mother was murdered just three minutes later

6. Jafar planned to make Jasmine his sex slave by using his wish, and our innocent minds didn’t realise what was going on

7. Remember in Big Hero 6, when Tadashi was completely blown apart? It broke our heart as well

8. This is the moment when you understand that Mufasa was the only male lion in their pride, so making him Nala’s father and linking Nala and Simba together

9. In Toy Story 3, everyone accepted their fate together when they realized there was no way out after being snuck into a furnace

10. In Toy Story 3, these toys had to go through something unpleasant, and we didn’t even understand it earlier

11. The scene in “The Princess and the Frog” where Dr. Facilier is literally taken to hell by the voodoo demons

12. When the evil queen in Snow White not only paid someone to kill her stepdaughter but also brought her heart back as proof that she was dead, it was a defining moment in Disney history

13. Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke, the main antagonist of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, lost his life after being crystalized and being turned into a blue humanoid monster. Later, his body was cracked with a hot red light beam that caused him great pain

14. Scar hurled Mufasa from a cliff and told Simba that he was the one who killed his father

15. Mulan was planned to be executed despite the fact that she defended them from the Huns once Mulan’s actual gender was revealed

16. The way Frollo grabbed Esmeralda, scented her hair, and informed her that in his imagination he pictured a rope around her neck. Didn’t it seem like he was sexually harassing her?

17. When Charles Muntz tied Russell to a chair and opened the blimp door, he nearly killed him

18. Sometimes, Disney shows how merciless a woman can be. Just to stay young forever, Mother Gothel took an innocent baby and put her in a tower just for the sake of her beauty

19. When people pulled Dumbo’s mother from him simply because she was attempting to protect her child, it was considered cruel

20. Bad guys were not fortunate enough to be in Pinnochio since they were all converted into donkeys and sold as slave labour on Pleasure Island

21. Disney can be quite nasty at times. And Cruella De Vil is regarded as one of the most evil villains in the Disney universe. She didn’t even leave these helpless Dalmatian puppies and was willing to sacrifice their lives for the price of a single fur coat

Yes, we love Disney, and yes, we totally love their animated movies, but that doesn’t stop us from pouring out our minds. These scenes are upsetting or disturbing, but then we have to remember that it’s a movie and we can’t control what happens in it.

Do you have any other unsettling Disney scenes you'd like to add? Drop them below.

Maryjane