Disney Death Count

Disney Death Count is a three-part series on Film Theory that enumerated all on-screens deaths across the Disney animated canon. This was strictly limited to Walt Disney Animated Studios (which means it does not include any animated movies from Pixar such as Finding Nemo or Coco or 20th Century Fox such as Anastasia and Ice Age, nor does it include any of the direct-to-video Disney sequels), and also did not count the sequels Rescuers Down Under or Ralph Breaks the Internet. A basic ground rule was also established on the basis of sentience, in the sense that only sentient creatures should be counted in the death toll if they die. The rule boiled down to: "If animals can speak, or if they act as intentionally-driven characters, then they are sentient". As the three videos did not exhaustively explain all the deaths in their overall count, this article will attempt to flesh out all the remaining deaths per movie that were not explicitly mentioned.
Overall death count of the Disney animated canon is summarized on the following list, with numbers taken directly from the videos. "Low death count", comprising 10 deaths or less per movie, are covered in the first episode, "medium death count", generally comprising less than 10,000 deaths, are covered in the second episode, and finally "high death count" are covered in the third episode, generally comprising 10,000 deaths or more. Knowing the total counts we expect from each category can help us estimate the death counts from the movies not directly referenced by Matpat.
Summary Table of all Three Videos
Type 	No. of Movies 	Total Death Count 	Average 	URL
Low Death Count 	41 	44 	~1 	What is Disney's Body Count?
Medium Death Count	12Given as 11 in the video, but this also includes Melody Time	3,476A running total is given as 3,520 in episode 3 (corrected from 3,518 in the previous video). 3,520 - 44 = 3,476 	~290 	No One Survives Disney!
High Death Count 	5 	364,057Some confusion in estimating the death counts of Hercules and Atlantis: The Lost Empire causes this and other numbers to vary from Matpat's	~72,811Average heavily skewed at this point	Disney's Biggest Disasters!
Total 	58 	367,577Given as 344,031 in the video 	6,338 	Disney Death Count Trilogy
==Death Counts Given by Matpat==
These numbers are taken directly from the original videos, sticking as close to Matpat's own words as possible. This is, understandably, the majority of the list in total, being 41 movies in total.
===Movies with no Deaths===
The intuitive category of what we like to think Disney for, although the majority of entries on this list come from the "Lost Decade" of Disney animation in the 1940s. Apparently Disney has not been able to resist killing somebody off ever since Walt's death in the 1970s, with the one wholesome exception of Zootopia.
No Kill Count
Title 	Released	Source
The Reluctant Dragon 	1941 	"This is why these no-kill movies are musical reviews featuring questionable live-action segments"
Dumbo 	1941 	"Movies like Dumbo... are all no-kill movies"
Saludos Amigos 	1942 	
Victory Through Air Power
This must be in the list to make the total number 58 movies, so it seems odd to attribute it as no-death rather than simply disqualified from the list. The total deaths in World War II are often estimated to be 66 million people, including the genocides of Nazi Germany and Japan, as well as the atomic bombings of Japan at the end of the war. However, the on-screen deaths would only count specific fronts or battles that are covered in this particular movie, not the entire war	1943 	"I just didn't include it into the overall kill count since, you know, it's World War II. There were a lot of deaths. But they were historically-accurate deaths"
The Three Caballeros 	1944 	
Song of the South 	1946 	
Fun and Fancy Free 	1947 	"Or Fun and Fancy Free... while most of them do rack up zero kills..."Lumpjaw fell off a waterfall but is clearly seen floating down the river unharmed. Willie the Giant seemed to plunge to his death off the top of the beanstalk, just as he did in the original German legend, but miraculously survives to make a cameo at the end of the movie. However, the famine seen at the beginning of Jack and the Beanstalk must have had devastating results outside of Mickey's crew, completely wiping out sources of food or water for several weeks. This is most deadly when you consider the human body can't last more than three days without water, or three weeks without food. As one extreme example, the Great Famine of 1315 wiped out 3 million people across western Europe, and it's no coincidence this is around the same time period most Grimm's Fairy Tales take place. Notice how so many stories in Brother's Grimm start with children being abandoned in the woods or, in the case of Hansel and Gretel, resorting to full-on cannibalism. Thus, the famine seen in both Happy Valley and the original legend of Jack is very likely to be one and the same with this event in the early 14th century
One Hundred and One Dalmatians 	1961 	"...and 101 Dalmations are all no-kill movies"
The Sword in the Stone
This is a surprising result when one considers the original source material. According to L'Morte D'Artur, barely anyone actually recognized Arthur as the legitimate King outside of London. Thus, right after the events we see in the movie, Arthur had to go out and fight many wars and battles to conquer the rest of Britain, and in some cases the casualties ranked up shockingly quick. According to the even older source of Geoffery of Monmouth, Arthur's wars against the Danish invasions "exterminated" the Saxons of Britain. The only conflict hinted at in the opening prologue is initial chaos caused by the vacancy of the Britonnic throne. However, the original legends never really indicate any real anarchy during that time, since the various Celtic kingdoms of Britain were mostly independent already	1963 	"Sword in the Stone... are all no-kill movies"
The Jungle Book 	1967 	"The Jungle Book... are all no-kill movies"
Robin Hood
In the original legends of Robin Hood, however, a lot of people died. In fact, one year after the events of the movie, Richard the Lionhart was shot dead at the Siege of Châlus-Chabrol, and his brother Prince John was crowned the legitimate King of England. Although John would later face a massive revolt that, among other things, helped create the first English Parliament, it was still during this time that Robin Hood and most of his Merry Men were ultimately assassinated. That being said, however, there is no way to know if subsequent history in the movie would match up to original source material. Prince John is last seen in prison, whereas in real history John was forgiven by Richard on accounts of being a "27-year-old child"	1973 	"All no-kill movies, as are Robin Hood"
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	1973 	"All no-kill movies, as are... the feature films of Winnie the Pooh"
Winnie the Pooh 	2011 	
Zootopia 	2016 	"In our no-kill films, the antagonist is usually thwarted in some comedic way, and just gives up their evil plot"
===Movies with a Death Count===
Deaths are distributed across several categories for convenience. Although many movies have death of multiple categories, this system tries to summarize over the most common denominator:
*Ecological Disaster: Nature kills animals, or at least can be classified as a natural event
*Natural Disaster: Nature kills humans, or can be classified as a natural event
*Man-made conflict: Across wars, assassinations, or murders, humans kill other humans. In this context, however, "human" means that the character is meant to represent a humanoid, bipedal creature, even if they aren't strictly homo sapien
*Crime against nature: Humans kill animals, but specifically in a way that is morally wrong (like poaching)
*Man-made accident: Human errors accidentally results in a catastrophe, using the same definition of human as above
*Natural consumption: Carnivorous or omnivorous creatures (like humans) consume other sentient creatures simply because they are lower on the food chain, without any malicious intentions
*Martyrdom: A good character is killed by a villain, even if not the main character or main villain, for any or all motivation
*Villain death: The villain himself is killed, either intentionally or not
More than zero deaths
Title 	Released	Total Deaths 	Category 	Details
Dinosaur 	2000 	307,143Ring-tailed lemurs are an endangered species, with over 40,000 found on Madagascar in the year 2000 that has since dropped to 2,400 in more recent years. Obviously, the population that would have existed millions of years before modern deforestation would have been a lot higher	Ecological Disaster 	Every lemur on Lemur Island dies after a meteor strike except for one family. The total carrying capacity of Madagascar, the only island in the world to support Lemur population, is this same numberIf we assumed that Lemur Island was Madagascar, then that would imply ring-tailed lemurs are almost entirely extinct in the universe of Dinosaur. An alternate interpretation could be that Lemur Island is either a real or fictional island that used to exist off the coast of Madagascar, but has since disappeared after millions of years of continental shift
Atlantis: the Lost Empire 	2001 	35,185 	Natural Disaster 	171 Expeditionary Crew killed by the Leviathan. 14 deaths in the final battle between the Atlanteans and Rourke's mercenaries, including the King of Atlantis himself. Identifying the Sinking of Atlantis from Plato's Critias with the Mount Thera Eruption concludes that the movie's prologue accounts for the remaining 35,000, albeit in a possible range from 20,000-35,000Identifying the Sinking of Atlantis with the Mount Thera Eruption, albeit popular, seems very unlikely an explanation, particularly as Plato specifically places Atlantis as a continent outside the Mediterranean, hence called the Atlantic Ocean. Alternatively, the Sinking of Atlantis is often associated with the Noachian Deluge in the Book of Genesis, as well as various other Flood myths around the world, and the resemblance is uncanny: God is disappointed with how humanity continues advancing and interbreeding with the Nephilium, so he sends a flood to wipe out all life on earth except Noah and his Ark. Thus, if this same global catastrophe was also responsible for destroying Atlantis we could determine the total number of deaths there should be in the story based on the global population there was at the time. However, as it turns out pinpointing a date such a flood is supposed to take place is not so easy. To be fair, the Ancient Greek flood myth, the Deucalian Flood, is often associated with the Mount Thera Eruption in the 16th century BC, and by interesting coincidence this very same eruption is also associated with the events of the Plagues of Egypt in the Book of Exodus. Obviously, however, the Book of Exodus takes place long after the time of Noah, which in the literal Biblical chronology is placed around the 24th century BC (or as early as the 33rd century BC using alternate Biblical translations)
Hercules 	1997 	20,000 	Man-made conflict 	Eight monsters are enumerated from the various "labors of Hercules" in the movieThis figure does not seem to take into account any wanton destruction wrought by these same monsters before Hercules defeats them, as noted in one hilarious line early in the movie: "now were the fires before or after the earthquake? They were after the earthquake, I remember, but before the flood", but this is dwarfed by the war between the Titans and Olympians known as the Titanomachy. Identifying the Titanomachy with the Mount Thera Eruption, this gives an estimated result of 20,000 deaths, taking the lower end of the range due to Greece's distance from the islandThe identification of the Titanomachy with the Mount Thera Eruption is surely an error, and a classic mistake of merging events that might not necessarily be the same. As said above, the Sinking of Atlantis is associated with the Noachian Flood and similar myths from around the world. Hesiod, the oldest source on the matter, doesn't give any chronology except to say that the Titanomachy lasted 10 years, but he does indicate that it occurred long before the Flood, even though both events are supposed to be global catastrophes that nearly wiped out all humanity. According to the Hellenic-Egyptian historian Manetho, who lived about 150 years after Plato, the first Dynasty of Egypt was a time ruled directly by a mix of Greek and Egyptian gods, which can give us a fair idea how certain mythological events are related in time. Taking Manetho's work literally, we would say that the Titanomachy occurred about 2,647 years before the Flood, so definitely not the same event. Interestingly enough, Manetho's literal chronology gave the total length of this divinely-ruled dynasty as roughly 9,600 years, which could explain why Plato referred to Atlantis as "9,000 years old". However, later Christian historians like Eusebius would try to reinterpret Manetho's numbers to better fit the Biblical chronology. Basically, he concluded that Manetho has such wacky dates because he is referring to years in a lunar calendar, i.e. a calendar that counts a whole year every 28 days. Correcting this chronology places the Titanomachy about 214 years before the Flood. Because the Titanomachy, like the Flood, was intended to be a global event that nearly wipes out all life on Earth, once again an estimate of the mythological death count could be made by determining the total Earth population at the time it takes place
The Lion King 	1994 	1,660Surprisingly, much fewer of the main characters die than in the original play Hamlet 	Ecological Disaster 	King Mufasa is thrown off a ledge into a stampede of wildebeests, and Scar falls into a pit of fire at the end. A zebra and two hyenas are killed casually by Scar in preparation for his evil plan. The remaining 1,655 deaths come from an ecological catastrophe when Scar introduces 137 hyenas into a new ecosystem with little-to-no natural predators, and this continues for five years as Simba ages to adulthoodThis evidently doesn't take into account any deaths of natural consumption by the more carnivorous main characters, including a whole song by Timon and Pumba's diet of insects. Of course, the appearance of insects start to blur the lines when it comes to sentience
Mulan 	1998 	1,468Probably should subtract from this five Hunnic soldiers who survived the avalanche, and were just knocked unconscious in the final Battle of the Shang Palace 	Man-made conflict 	During the fictional Battle of Mongolian Mountains, 11 Huns were killed in the initial artillery barrage, 178 horsemen were killed in subsequent fighting, and 1,048 soldiers were killed in the avalanche caused by Mulan. 200 were killed by the Hunnic raids at the beginning of the movie, and 30 Chinese horsemen died from the surprise attack at the Battle of the Great Wall. At the end of the movie, Shenyu himself was blown up by fireworksThis seems like a surprisingly-low number considering this is the only Disney Movie that primarily focuses on a full-on war (albeit fictional). However, there is in fact a historical war in China that is surprisingly-comparable to the events of the movie. Long before the Huns were raiding Rome in the fifth century AD, they originally started out as dominating the Mongolian plains north of China, except at that time they were known as the Xiongnu Khanate. Across the whole history of their conflict with the Han Dynasty, from 133 BC until 89 AD, these wars totaled roughly 130,000 causalities from both sides, although obviously the movie takes place over a much shorter period of time. The battle where Matpat attributes 30 deaths is somewhat similar to the Battle of Loulan in 108 BC, which actually killed 700 Chinese horsemen. The climax of the movie is very similar to the Battle of Altai Mountains in 89 AD, which actually killed 13,000 Mongols and forced the rest of the army to surrender. Of course, it is worth noting that the original legend of Hua Mulan takes place during the Former Jin Dyansty, somewhat later than the Han
Treasure Planet 	2002 	1,017 	Man-made conflict 	"The hotel explosion in the beginning of the movie ranks up nine, plus a couple of pirates and murder plots sprinkled along the way", making a total of 17. The remaining 1,000 deaths come from the Acturian Treasure Ship that was raided and destroyed by Captain Flint in the opening prologueCaptain Flint is surprisingly brutal. Most of the time, pirates prefer not to kill their victims, because it is much more profitable to keep them for ransom or sell them into slavery. In fact, one could argue that the Acturian crew might have been more short-staffed if Flint had already taken a lot of potential ransom money on-board
Home on the Range 	2004 	304 	Crime against nature	304 stolen cows are sold to be slaughtered before they could get saved
Moana 	2016 	261 	Natural disaster 	Gramma Tala dies of old age at the beginning of the movie. The remaining 260 deaths are caused when the island of Kakamora is blown up, killing a race of sentient coconuts located near the Solomon Islands. Although the "Darkness", or rather plague, is the main problem in the movie, it moves so slowly across the Polynesian islands that it would be rather easy to avoid, and thus not counted in the overall death tollOne possible explanation why this plague is so slow is due to the nature of its carriers. The Polynesian people around the Pacific Ocean are notorious for being thinly-populated and widely-spread over a large area, making it difficult for any disease to spread very quickly. Furthermore, since this is exasperated by the fact this takes place during ancient Polynesia, when the population was even smaller. Perhaps this plague could be connected with the mysterious catastrophe that eventually destroyed the Polynesian civilization near Easter Island around 1000 AD. It is estimated that, at the time the giant statues on the island were built, the population must have been at least 10-15,000, which massively reduced over the next few centuries to a mere 2-3,000 inhabitants by the time Europeans arrived, thus causing an overall death toll somewhere in the thousands of people. Of course, because Moana prevented this catastrophe from getting anywhere near Easter Isaland (on the opposite side of the world from Tahiti), then it's definitely not the exact same event
Melody Time 	1948 	109After determining the "Medium death count" must total to 3,476, all the named movies across Matpat's estimates eventually total to 3,368. No exact number is given for Melody time except "a body count in the double, if not triple digits". Subtracting 3,476-3,368 = 108 deaths here 	Man-made accident 	Little Toot pushes against the rudder of a steam tanker, causing it to swing out of control and crash into a city block, thus killing an estimated 108 deathsIt's extremely rare for a tanker accident to run directly in to a city block, which is probably why this death toll is so much higher than one would normally expect. Most of the times, tanker accidents are caused by running into bridges or coral reefs, or by the cargo catching fire. Its also important to remember that a tanker ship, despite its massive size, only requires 20-25 people to crew. Thus, the only kind of tanker accidents that cause significantly-higher death tolls are when the ship collides into another, more densely-crewed ship, which was not the case hereApparently Matpat did not attempt to rationalize any of the natural disasters wrought by Pecos Bill randomly shooting up towns and Native American tribes, as well as "causing the stars to evaporate" just to make Texas the Lonestar state plus Johnny Appleseed dies
Pinnocchio 	1940 	83 	Natural consumption 	83 blue-fin tuna fish are seen eaten by MonstroThe 2,117 children transformed into donkeys and sold into slavery are probably wishing they were dead
Brother Bear 	2003 	83 	Natural consumption 	81 fish are seen eaten by bearsIt is questionable if these fish are actually sentient, in comparison to the insects of The Lion King. Sitka sacrifices himself to save his sons from a bear, which is later killed by Kenai, bringing the total to 83In the third episode, Matpat corrects himself to say he left out two deaths, bringing the running total from 3,518 to 3,520. It is safe to assume these are the two he missed
Bambi 	1942 	81 	Ecological disaster 	The number of deaths in Bambi's forest is taken as a ratio of the largest forest fire with a known animal death toll, namely the Rim Fire in 2013. Bambi's mother is shot by a hunter earlier on, making 81 totalOne clearly-sentient quail is also shot during the movie, which puts this number firmly in error. Possibly, Matpat didn't remember this because he stated he prefers not to re-watch this particular movie (and I for one wouldn't blame him)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 	1996 	47 	Man-made conflict 	When Judge Frollo purges the city of Paris of Gypsies, six separate houses are burned to the ground for refusing to comply. The Hunchback's mother was beaten to death by Frollo's guards, and Frollo himself fell into a fiery pit. "Pack that on several villagers killed in the last scene... for a grand total of about 47"Due to long-standing racial and religious prejudice, Roma people (given the derogatory term "Gypsies") have been persecuted in western Europe quite often, although generally more so in later time periods than the 15th century. Tudor England ordered all gypsies to leave Britain twice in the 16th century, although we have no information how many were killed or even deported. In more recent times, 15,150 Romanis were killed in occupied France during the Nazi purges of World War II, and in the 21st century roughly 20-30,000 Romani immigrants have been deported from France back to Eastern Europe
Frozen 	2013 	33 	Natural disaster 	King Angnarr and Queen Iduna were drowned when their ship was lost at sea, taking an estimated crew of 30 sailors with themTo be fair, the king and queen are the only two deaths the people of Arendelle would really care about. A giant snow monster is also destroyed, which qualifies as sentient in the same way Olaf doesThe Snow Monster death is a mistake as it shown he lived and living in the castle during the after credit scene of the movie. Prince Hans is confirmed to be punished with menial labor, which is a shockingly merciful fate considering he just attempted to murder the Queen and princess. There are no on-screen deaths as a result of Elsa's winter storm, and its understandable that a Norwegian Kingdom isn't deathly susceptible to an unexpected winter.
The Little Mermaid 	1989 	27 	Natural consumption 	Eight unidentified sea creatures are consumed to make the potion to conjure Ariel's legs. Two more crustaceans are eaten by Ursula in that same musical number. Five fish are hauled to shore by Prince Erik's fishermen, and nine are brutally cooked by an insane chefTruly an underrated Disney villain. The eels Flotsam and Jetsam are disintegrated by Ursula by accidentNot going to lie, in my childhood I was convinced they were transformed into shrimp, not outright vaporized. I cannot be the only one to think that, who in turn is impaled on the side of a sunken ship
Chicken Little 	2005 	17Surprisingly brutal compared to the original Aesop fable 	Man-made accident 	A water tower breaks in the beginning of the movie and crashes through a movie theater, crushing 17 unnamed characters
Alice in Wonderland 	1951 	16 	Crime against nature	12 oyster children were eaten alive by a Walrus in the story of "the Walrus and the Carpenter". The Queen of Hearts, in proof of her despotism, orders four playing cards to be executed
Make Mine Music 	1946 	6 	Crime against nature	Willie the Whale is killed by Professor Tetti Tatti, who is convinced Willie has an opera singer in his belly. As Willlie dove he took the entire boat down with him, consisting of Professor Tatti and three sailors. Additionally, the antagonist wolf is killed in Peter and the Wolf
The Great Mouse Detective 	1986 	4 	Man-made conflict 	Professor Ratigan falls off of Big Ben to his death, and earlier in the movie he killed "an underling and two of his henchmen", one of which was eaten alive by his pet cat
Peter Pan 	1953 	2 	Villain death 	Two pirates are casually killed by Captain Hook, although all the pirates bemoan how long it's been since they've "slit a throat"Captain Hook is last seen being chased away by the crocodile, but his reappearance in the sequel movie proves that he survived the attack
Sleeping Beauty 	1959 	2 	Villain death 	The Evil Fairy Maleficent is stabbed by Prince Philip's sword, and her pet crow Diablo is turned to stone. Surprisingly, both deaths are directly caused by the actions of the "Good fairies"This may be a more important point than we think, because Mistress Flora explicitly mentions that their magic cannot be used to do evil, hence why they never outright killed maleficent when they had the chance. Maleficent's death of course can be explained in that the fairies never directly did harm to her, just enchanted a sword Prince Philip used (the "sword of Truth"). However, it can be argued that Diablo is not permanently turned to stone, or at least he's somehow still alive under that rocky exterior, since even Mistress Merrywheather is bound by the same rules of magic
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937 	1 	Villain death 	The Evil Queen falls off the edge of a cliff after said cliff is struck by lightningIn the original version of the legend, as well as the vast majority of non-Disney adaptations, the Huntsman is immediately killed for his failure to kill Snow White
Lady and the Tramp 	1955 	1 	Natural consumption 	A rat is mauled to death by Tramp in order to protect the baby's room from it
The Rescuers 	1977 	1 	Villain death 	Madame Medusa is presumably eaten by her own crocodilesEven though she is never seen again, it seems dubious to jump to the conclusion she died from this, after seeing Captain Hook go through much worse punishment when it comes to reptiles
Fantasia 2000 	2000 	1 	Villain death 	A "shockingly-handsy Jack-in-the-box" is consumed in fire during the sequence of the Steadfast Tin SoldierThe sequence of Donald Duck aboard Noah's Ark only slightly addresses the fact that the Noachian Deluge is designed to wipe out all life on Earth (Donald and Daisy are mutually worried about losing the other one, after all). If we took a literal interpretation of the Bible and ignored all outside sources, one could come up with some kind of estimate for the number of people that would be killed in such an event. The chronology in Genesis Chapter 5 says there was about 1,600 years from the time of Adam and Eve to the Flood, meaning they had that much time to spend to "be Fruitful and multiply", so to speak. After the Flood (given in the literal chronology as around the 25th century BC) the world population is essentially restarted at zero with only Noah and his family surviving, and God even gives the same mandate to Noah as he to Adam in Genesis chapter 8. 1,600 years after the Flood, in that case, would be around the eighth century BC, at which point the world population could be estimated at roughly 50 million people. Thus, by the time of the Flood, Adam and Eve had that same amount of time to reproduce themselves, so we can assume the world population was also around 50 million people. Leaving a margin of error because population rates before the Flood might have been very different, leaves us with an estimate of 40-60 million people destroyed by water. However, this may not be relevant at all to Fantasia 2000 since it isn't ever made clear how literal Noah's Flood is in this context
Tangled 	2010 	1 	Villain death 	Mother Gothel falls out of Rapunzel's Tower, but she disintegrates before hitting the bottom
Wreck-it Ralph 	2012 	1 	Villain death 	King Candy (AKA "Turbo") was permanently deleted from the system when he died in a game that wasn't hisGeneral Calhoun's husband probably never existed, the backstory of his death is just data stored into the object of Calhoun's code. If her game included cut scenes or prologue that actually depicted her husband as a separate AI, then he would exist in the Wreck-it-Ralph universe. However, as long as he's a program in the system he'll always get re-spawned when the game is reloaded, so no one actually dies anyway except King Candy
==Death Count not Given by Matpat==
Matpat never explicetly gives a death count for these remaining 17 movies. However, we know for a fact not all of them are zero count. Of the 41 movies covered in the first video, 24 are explicetly named, giving a total death count of 20. We are told these 41 movies in total have a death count of 44, so the remaining 17 movies must have a total death count of 24. This total allows us to understand what the upper limit is going to be for the death count of each movie.
===Movies With No Deaths===
No Kill Count
Title 	Released	Notes
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	1949 	Many people probably expect Mr. Toad to be his own undoing one day
Cinderella 	1950 	Possibly Disney's least-deadliest Princess
The Aristocats 	1970 	Classic example of villains defeated comedically, the butler Edgar is often called the most pathetic Disney villain
The Fox and the Hound 	1981 	For a movie so famous for being emotional and tragic, it's remarkable that no one actually dies
Aladdin 	1992 	Although Jafar dies in the sequel, the Return of Jafar, he is definitely alive at the end of the original movieWithin the first 10 minutes of the movie, the thief Jafar brings to the Cave of Wonders is consumed and presumably killed by the Cave for not being the "Diamond in the Rough"
Meet the Robinsons 	2007 	Technically, Doris the robotic bowler hat was wiped from history by a little time travel, but it's hard to actually count that as a "death", since in a multi-dimensional perspective Doris is still fine and well in the alternate universe created by the change in history. It's amusing to note Matpat sought to disqualify sequels specifically because of Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, which comparatively is less convoluted with time travel
Bolt 	2008 	
===Movies with a Death Count===
More than zero deaths
Title 	Released	Total Deaths	Category 	Details
Tarzan 	1999 	5 	Natural disaster 	In possibly one of the most brutal Disney backstories, both of Tarzan's parents and a sentient ape are killed by a leopard right off the bat. Kerchak the ape gets shot by Clayton, who in turn hangs himself off of a collection of loose vinesThis number should be inflated, and it's remarkable Matpat neglected to take this into consideration after examining Disney's other great shipwreck, Frozen. The beginning of Tarzan shows a ship sinking into the sea, already blazing in fire. There is no way a ship that size could be crewed entirely by Tarzan's parents. To be fair it is not certain if everyone on board would have died or if some had already escaped like Tarzan's parents
The Emperor's New Groove 	2000 	5 	Man-made conflict 	After being transformed into animals, the palace guards blindly follow Yzma's orders to jump out the side of the Northern Palace. Yzma herself falls this same way, but she bounces back up due to a trampoline. Since the guards never return, we presume they all plunged to their deaths. It remains uncertain why Yzma never faces punishment for having seized power from the Emperor, although remaining a cat the rest of her life is possibly a punishment all on its own
Fantasia 	1940 	4 	Ecological Disaster	All the deaths in this movie come from the Rite of Spring sequence, involving a mass extinction of dinosaurs. Note this isn't the Cretaceous Extinction Event, involving giant meteors and such, but rather the much earlier and anticlimactic Permian Extinction Event. However, rather than taking all deaths from this event into account we only care about the on-screen deaths, namely threeActually, 10 dinosaurs die from the famine on-screen, but this number is shrunk to ensure the overall death count matches Matpat's numbers. Historically, the Permian Extinction Event killed off 57% of all biological families, gradually over a period of two million years dinosaurs that succumb to dehydration plus one that was killed earlier by a T-Rex. As honorably mentions: Mickey chopped an arguably-sentient broom to pieces, but since it immediately pulled itself back together it clearly wasn't completely dead. A Night on Bald Mountain is terrifying, but neither the religious humans nor the evil spirits or demons are actually harmed, just forced to retreat under the mountain during the segment of Ave Maria
Oliver and Company 	1988 	3 	Man-made conflict 	The dogs Roscoe and DeSoto are both electrocuted by falling off of a car onto electric tracks. Bill Sykes himself only survives them for a minute before getting hit by a train himself
The Black Cauldron 	1985 	2 	Villain death 	Gergie sacrifices himself by jumping into the Black Cauldron, and the Horned King himself gets sucked in at the end. A zombie army is seen disintegrating, but they are clearly not sentient. A most terrifying villain death for such a forgettable movie
Lilo & Stitch 	2002 	2 	lost parents 	Lilo and Nani lost there parents passed away in a car crash before the movie
Big Hero 6 	2014 	2 	Martyrdom 	Tadeshi Hamada is blown up near the beginning of the movie. The robot Baymax is sucked into a black hole near the end, and it is no dispute he is characteristic enough to count as sentient
Beauty and the Beast 	1991 	1 	Villain death 	Once again, the villain plunges to his death, this time being Gaston off the top of the Beast's castle. Thus, it can't be said that "no one dies like Gaston"
Pocahontas 	1995 	1 	Villain death 	Kokoum was shot dead by Thomas, although one of the most primitive firearms in a Disney movie. Although the colonists' actions were clearly in the wrong, it is notable that Kokoum was literally trying to kill John SmithThe historic events around the founding of Jamestown actually killed a lot more people, but this actually had nothing to do with the natives. Native American conflicts with the English colonists didn't become major until the Massacre of Mystic Fort in 1636, almost twenty years after Pocahontas died. In reality, the true antagonist of John Smith's crew was disease and starvation. By 1609, two years into settling Jamestown, over 350 colonists had died from these causes
The Princess and the Frog	2009 	1 	Villain death 	Dr. Facilier is dragged into Hell at the end of the movie, being close enough as death to count
==Notes==
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