Disney, giving us fever dreams for 100 years and counting. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the crazy and colorful Disney movies that had us questioning what we were watching.
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00:00 the directions and directly you'll be directed in the right direction. Drink me."
00:05 Welcome to Ms. Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the crazy and colorful
00:10 Disney movies that had us questioning what we were watching. "Come with me,
00:13 your friends can stay here." We'll be including both live action and animated features.
00:19 Number 10. Who framed Roger Rabbit?
00:27 "Kind of jumpy aren't you, Valiant? It's just Dumbo." It was always a weird concept to have
00:33 live action and animated characters interacting on screen, but Disney audiences embrace the art
00:38 form. Think classics like Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, or Pete's Dragon. However,
00:44 unlike its predecessors, Who Framed Roger Rabbit acknowledges that half of the cast are cartoons
00:49 and actually builds the plot around it. "You don't know how hard it is being a man,
00:55 looking at a woman looking the way you do." "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Set in an
01:02 alternative version of the golden age of Hollywood, the movie depicts humans and
01:05 toons as coexisting factions with adult problems and prejudices. It's all a bit of sensory overload
01:12 and the bad guy is the stuff of nightmares. "Remember me, Eddie? When I killed your brother,
01:19 I talked just like you!" Number 9. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. The Wind in the Willows
01:29 and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow aren't exactly a match made in heaven. Nevertheless, back in
01:34 the 40s, someone thought to pair them up and make a kids movie. It's not a crossover, just a double
01:39 feature, but still an unusual combo. "You see, Toad was far too clever and at the moment completely
01:46 mad." The Mr. Toad segment comes first, narrated by the classic British actor Basil Rathbone.
01:52 It definitely has its moments, but it doesn't prepare you for what comes next.
01:56 In Sleepy Hollow, scares and silliness abound as the headless horseman rides out. The Spectre's
02:12 high-pitched laugh is especially unnerving, but never fear, there are songs from Bing Crosby to
02:16 lighten the mood. "He swears to the longest day he's dead, he'll show them that he can get ahead."
02:24 Number 8. Make Mine Music. Like Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a collection of unconnected short
02:30 films set to music. Disney did a lot of this kind of thing in the 1940s, as most of the studio staff
02:36 had been drafted into the war effort. "Oh, Peter, what a hero. You too, Ivan. Everybody's happy,
02:43 except the wolf." The individual stories in the anthology are a bizarre selection. From classical
02:50 ballet, to teenagers at the malt shop, to a high-stakes baseball game, to two hats who fall
02:55 in love, there doesn't seem to be any underlying point. It's fun though, and the animation is clever
03:10 and colorful. The final story is the Piestrese Stance, a tragic tale of an operatic whale.
03:16 It's as surreal as it sounds, but also genuinely heartbreaking.
03:32 Number 7. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. This collection of charming tales isn't too
03:40 strange at first glance. We say hello again to our favorite cuddly characters as three featurettes
03:45 come together in one grand narrative. "Now obviously, this situation calls for an expert."
03:50 "Somebody call for an excavation expert? I'm not in the book, but I'm at your service." The movie
03:58 features several weird meta moments like gophers, or when the narrator gets involved to help out a
04:03 character in trouble. "Hey, who are you?" "I'm the narrator." "Oh, well please, for goodness sakes,
04:10 narrate me down from here." "Very well, hold on tight."
04:14 And who could forget the Heffalumps and Woozles sequence? That wasn't meta so much as it was
04:24 just insane. These smiling, psychedelic creatures are Pooh's biggest fear, and they terrified us too,
04:30 although it's hard to say why. The accompanying song was written by the Sherman Brothers,
04:34 who are also responsible for the "It's a Small World" theme song, so things are making sense.
04:40 "They come in ones and twosels, but if they so twosels, before your eyes you'll see them
04:45 multiply. Plum, plum, plum." Number six, The Shaggy D.A. Disney's 1959 movie The Shaggy Dog
04:53 tells the story of a boy who's cursed by an ancient ring, which causes him to transform
04:57 into an old English sheepdog. Weird though it was, the audience rolled with it, and the film's
05:02 success spawned a sequel, 17 years later. "You're getting a little gray, Dad." "Fellow citizens."
05:10 "No!" In The Shaggy D.A., the protagonist, Wilby, is all grown up. He's also practicing law and
05:24 taking on corruption in the government. "Come election day, you can vote those people out of
05:28 office and bring back respectability to this community." "Oh, thank you, Mr. Daniels." The
05:33 special effects are memorable to say the least, especially the dog transformations, which are a
05:38 joy to behold. This madcap adventure is delightfully random and filled with hilarious
05:43 set pieces that will make you question your sanity. It's loads of fun though. "Why didn't
05:47 you tell me you could skate? Boy, this is a real showstopper. A dog that talks and sings, skates,
05:52 drives." Number five, The Black Cauldron. Based on the Chronicles of Prydain novels and steeped
05:58 in Welsh mythology, The Black Cauldron is one of Disney's darkest animated films. It's also
06:04 totally bizarre. "Troubled thoughts weigh on your heart. Pray you now, those thoughts impart." For
06:12 one thing, the entire plot revolves around a pig who has visions. Then there's the terrifying
06:17 horned king, who plans to take over the world by capturing said pig and harnessing her powers.
06:22 "Arise, my messengers of death. Our time has arrived." There's something about the 80s style
06:32 of animation, combined with the medieval fantasy setting that creates a real sense of unease.
06:37 The characters and the storyline are unpredictable. And what is Gergie actually supposed to be?
06:43 "You're charming." "I'm pungent too." Number four, Fantasia. In which Disney film can you find
06:50 mushrooms, hippos, broomsticks, and evil spirits all dancing to a soundtrack of classical music.
06:56 It's Fantasia, of course. "So our picture opens with a series of impressions of the conductor
07:01 and the players. Then the music begins to suggest other things to your imagination." The 1940
07:06 anthology film has dazzled and terrified children for decades, and we couldn't omit it from this
07:11 list. Segments featuring fairies and centaurs are an explosion of color and creativity, but
07:16 sometimes the epic scale of the music takes the animation to a darker place. The most famous
07:21 sequence, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, features everyone's favorite mouse, but has a real sense
07:26 of threat and the night on Bald Mountain is nothing short of horrifying. Then there's Fantasia 2000,
07:32 a fitting homage to the original with equal fever dream potential.
07:42 Number three, The Brave Little Toaster franchise. A toaster, a radio, a lamp stand, an electric
07:48 blanket, and a vacuum cleaner set out on an adventure to find their missing owner.
07:52 Does this sound like the plot of a Disney movie or a nonsensical dream you once had?
07:56 If that wasn't strange enough, there's also The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.
08:09 In the sequel, all our favorite appliances travel into space after their "little master,"
08:13 as they refer to him, is accidentally transported to the red planet.
08:17 "Are you telling us that you can actually come up with a way to get us to Mars?"
08:20 "Of course! Going to Mars is easy. The club bed in Cancun this time of year would take some
08:27 wrangling." There, the gang meet an army of discarded items under the command of a giant
08:32 fridge who is planning to blow up the earth. It all made sense when you were a kid.
08:36 "Oh, don't waste time reattaching me to the ceiling. Just leave me on the floor, face up!"
08:43 Number two, Return to Oz.
08:45 "This electrical marvel will make it possible for you to sleep again. And it will also get
08:54 rid of all those bad waking dreams that you've been telling me about."
08:59 Whatever possessed Disney to take the 1930s classic The Wizard of Oz and twist it into
09:04 something dark and disturbing, we'll never know. It's not exactly their brand. However,
09:09 the vibe is arguably closer to the original books, and the movie has become a cult classic.
09:14 "Where's the scarecrow? And what's happened to the Emerald City?"
09:18 "Answer her!"
09:19 After her aunt and uncle dump Dorothy in a psychiatric hospital,
09:23 she narrowly avoids electric shock treatment and escapes to an Oz that has fallen to evil forces.
09:28 Anyone who was exposed to Return to Oz as a child will know the terror of the wheelers
09:33 and the head-swapping Princess Mambi. Even Dorothy's friends have nightmare potential.
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09:59 Number one, Alice in Wonderland.
10:02 Lewis Carroll's Alice novels have enchanted readers throughout the years,
10:05 and it's their weirdness that makes them wonderful. There have been multiple adaptations
10:09 of the story, each strange, surreal, and nonsensical. Disney's 1951 version is no exception.
10:16 "Well, after this I shall think nothing of falling down the stairs."
10:22 From the caterpillar to the queen of hearts, the mad hatter to the Cheshire cat,
10:26 we know what to expect from Carroll's quirky characters. Yet every scene still has a strange,
10:30 dreamlike quality that turns reality on its head.
10:33 "Can you stand on your head?"
10:35 Alice in Wonderland is a brightly colored onslaught to the senses.
10:39 But don't try to make it make sense. You have to embrace the madness.
10:43 "But I don't want to go among mad people."
10:46 "Oh, you can't help that. Most everyone's mad here."
10:51 What was the weirdest Disney film you watched as a kid? Tell us your favorites in the comments.
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