We Never Noticed These Details From Childhood Animated Movies And Cartoons

Published on 07/19/2021
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Not your average proposal

When we learned the meaning of the moment below, where Aladdin and Jasmine are “a whole new world-ing” above Greece and he throws an apple to her, we were years old.

Not Your Average Proposal

Not Your Average Proposal

Throwing an apple at someone was apparently a method to propose to them in Ancient Greece, so Aladdin was practically asking for Jasmine’s hand. Imagine how different those viral proposal videos on the internet would be if people still did it now!

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The first of its kind since Dumbo

Lilo and Stich is one of our favorite Disney films, not only because it’s amusing, unique, heartbreaking, and incredibly human, but also because it’s visually magnificent. There’s a reason for that, as it turns out.

The First Of Its Kind Since Dumbo

The First Of Its Kind Since Dumbo

Since 1941’s Dumbo, this was the first Disney film to have watercolor-painted backgrounds. The studio’s backdrop painters took some time to get used to this technique, which hadn’t been employed in decades, and they even received advice from an artist who had painted the Snow White backgrounds!

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