Disney+

**Disney+** (pronounced "Disney Plus") is a streaming service produced by the Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution unit of the Walt Disney Company. It launched on November 12, 2019.

It started as a domestic service in the United States, and then expanded internationally after Fall 2019. The service is the exclusive home to Disney-owned original content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, and National Geographic channels. Internationally, Star is available, which primary carries general and mature content for the service, in addition with selected series and movies from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia in Asia-pacific markets, while anime is currently only available in Japan. +.

## Launch

Disney+ was launched early in the Netherlands on September 12, 2019 as a free trial. It officially launched in the Netherlands, United States and Canada on November 12, 2019 just before 3:00 a.m. EST (UTC–5). Disney+ launched in Australia, New Zealand, and Puerto Rico on November 19, 2019, and then in Austria, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, Ireland, and Switzerland on March 24, 2020. Disney+ is expected to launch in Eastern Europe, over the course of a year, and Latin America, over the course of three months, both starting in October 2020. In Spain, a linear Disney+ TV channel launched alongside the streaming service, which broadcasts programming from Disney+. It's available exclusively on Movistar+, their release partner in the region.

In December 2019, it was announced that Canal+ would be the exclusive distributor of Disney+ in France. The launch in France was delayed from March 24 to April 7, pursuant to a request from the French government to conserve network capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic placing additional strain on communications networks.

In February 2020, Iger announced that it planned to launch Disney+ in India on March 29, 2020 by means of its existing service Hotstar, rebranding its paid tiers as a co-branded service. Hotstar was acquired by Disney during the Fox purchase, and has been the dominant streaming service in the country.

In April 2020, it was announced that Disney+ original content will be licensed to pay TV and streaming operator OSN, starting on April 9, in 17 countries of the Middle East and North Africa region with Disney nothing that they had no current "plan to launch Disney+ as a standalone service in the region in the near future".

The service launched in Japan on June 11, 2020 as part of Disney's existing partnership with NTT Docomo, and succeeded their existing Disney Deluxe service in the region for the Disney+ Originals.

Disney+ launched in Indonesia through Hotstar on September 5, 2020, and in Portugal, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and Greenland on September 15, 2020, and in Latin America and the Caribbean on November 17, 2020.

Star, Disney+'s brand for general entertainment content, would launch on February 23, 2021 in Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore and is expected to be rolled out to select international markets in the future, including Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Israel and South Africa. However, in the United States, Hulu fills this role, with most Star originals going to this service instead.

On February 25, 2021, it was reported that Disney+ would launch in Malaysia and Thailand through Hotstar within 2021. It was later confirmed that the launch would take place in Malaysia on June 1, 2021 and Thailand on June 30, 2021. Disney+ launched in South Korea and Taiwan on November 12, 2021, and in Hong Kong on November 16, 2021. The launch date for the Philippines and Vietnam has yet to be announced, tentatively by early 2022.

## Returning Programming

*Main article: List of returning programming on Disney+*
## Cancelled Programing

* *Muppets Live Another Day* - An original comedy series planned to have featured the Muppets and Josh Gad that would have taken place after the events of *The Muppets Take Manhattan*. It was cancelled due to creative differences.
* *Book of Enchantments* - An adaptation of Serena Valentino's book series exploring the origins of various Disney Villains in a shared universe setting.
* *Kingdom Keepers* - An adaptation of the book series to have been headed by Kevin Smith planned to have featured Russell Brand as Captain Hook as the lead villain. Rejected after new management in the division decided it used "too much Disney IP" despite having been greenlit as a "Disney version of the Avengers".
* *Lizzie McGuire* revival series — a continuation of the Disney Channel series, meant to focus on an adult McGuire living in New York City. It was cancelled due to creative differences from the show's creator Terri Minsky.

## Edits and omissions

* Despite the disclaimer saying that they are presented as created, the version of *Fantasia* used on Disney+ has Sunflower removed, and *The Three Little Pigs* has the Big Bad Wolf's Fuller Brush Man disguise instead of the original Jewish peddler disguise. In addition, *Santa's Workshop* is missing a scene of a stereotypical black doll that says "Mammy!" while throwing out its arms, a la Al Jolson.
* The *TaleSpin* episodes "Last Horizons" and "Flying Dupes," and the *Darkwing Duck* episode "Hot Spells" are not available, though the *TaleSpin* episodes were released on DVD.
* The Toon Disney edits of *TaleSpin* episodes are used on this service, instead of the original versions which were previously released on DVD.
* *The Proud Family* episode "Don't Leave Home Without It" is omitted from all digital services due to music licensing issues.
* Some of Disney's animated films on Disney+ have some minor edits:
	+ *The Sword in the Stone* uses the UK release, which partially censors Madam Mim's line: "Sounds like someone's sick. How lovely. I do hope it's serious; something dreadful." The "serious/dreadful" part was cut.
	+ The dryer was replaced by a pizza box in *Lilo & Stitch* due to the concern of children hiding in their dryers (though this edit was already present in the film's UK release).
	+ *The Return of Jafar* contains the same edits as the 2005 Special Edition DVD which removes several frames of Genie Jafar's skeleton when electrocuted near the end of the film, and is presented in a cropped 16:9 widescreen format (though this edit was already present in the film's Blu-Ray release). This aspect ratio is used in *Aladdin and the King of Thieves*.
* *Splash* is changed, with some of Madison's nude scenes being either cropped or obscured by way of digitally extended hair.
* Various very brief instances of material in *The Rescuers*, *Who Framed Roger Rabbit*, *The Lion King*, and *The Little Mermaid* that were removed after they gained publicity are also removed on Disney+.
* The version of *Adventures in Babysitting* used on Disney+ is the broadcast television edit with all profanity edited.
* *The Santa Clause* has the inappropriate phone number replaced.
* The National Geographic documentary *Free Solo* has all instances of profanity censored.
* In *Aladdin*, the song "Arabian Nights" uses the modified lyrics.
* All episodes of *Andi Mack* featuring actor Stoney Westmoreland are unavailable following his arrest for sexual assault. All episodes featuring the actor are still available to stream on Disney+ in Japan.
* Three episodes of *The Simpsons* are unavailable to stream on Disney+:
	+ "Stark Raving Dad," which features Michael Jackson, is unavailable on the service. The show's producers withdrew the episode from circulation following the release of the documentary film *Leaving Neverland*, which details allegations of child sexual assault against Jackson.
	+ "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo" is unavailable on Disney+ in Japan, due in part of one scene depicting the then Emperor of Japan Akihito, and shown in a disrespectful manner. Other elements seen as disrespectful to Japan and its culture are contained in the episode.
	+ "Goo Goo Gai Pan" is unavailable on Disney+ in Hong Kong, due to references to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and a scene depicting former Chinese Communist dictator Mao Zedong.
* Some episodes of *Tron: Uprising* and *The Little Mermaid* TV series are not available.
* The Disney Channel series *Wizards of Waverly Place* had some scenes of minor cleavage blurred.
* The 1967 live-action film, *The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin* was edited to remove racial slurs.
* Several *Bluey* episodes have many content from the original Australian airings changed or removed to "suit" American audiences (even though the *Bluey* episodes were originally aired on ABC Kids without any editing changes and later released on DVD in Australia only).
	+ "Markets" removes the horse doing a poop before Bluey Heeler and Indy run away.
	+ In another episode, "Chickenrat", the sauerkraut makes Bandit Heeler sneeze (he burped in the original Australian airing of the episode).
	+ The "BBQ" episode replaces the word "capsicum" (from the original Australian airing) with "pepper".
	+ The ending of the episode, "Taxi" removes the part where Bingo Heeler pretends to barf on Bandit.
	+ The episode "Daddy Putdown" is missing the part when Bingo Heeler asks Bandit Heeler how babies get in the mother’s belly. This was removed since, in Disney’s eyes, it was a bit too cheeky and inappropriate.
	+ The episode "Teasing" uses the AUS September 2020 edited version, where a racial scene with the word "ooga booga" was removed due to a complaint by a viewer stating that the episode included a term with racial connotations and a problematic history for Black people. The aforementioned word was changed to "Shooby-doowah".
	+ In the season 2 episode, "Trains", Bluey Heeler's line, “It’s a piece of poo” (from the original Australian airing) was changed to “That’s a slug”.
	+ The season 2 episode, "Flat Pack" uses the AUS August 2020 edited version, where another racial scene with the word "ooga booga" was also removed. The aforementioned word was changed to "Ooh ooh".
	+ In the season 2 episode "Escape", the word "axe" (from the original AUS airing) was changed to "pick".
* The *Toy Story 2* outtake of Stinky Pete promising a role in the sequel to two twin Barbie dolls was removed after 2018 to avoid any #MeToo-related controversy.
* *The Lion King II: Simba's Pride* uses the cuts from the 2004 release and is in widescreen ratio.
* In *Hamilton*, two "F words" were omitted from "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)" and "Washington on Your Side"; however, a third, partially unfinished one used in "Say No to This" is retained. This was to prevent the film from receiving an R rating.
* *Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends* omitted one episode from the service, featuring Nazi imagery and Nazi agent Red Skull. Additionally, the series' third episode features a warning about racially insensitive content regarding stereotypes of Asians.
* In 2021, films such as *Peter Pan*, *The Aristocats*, *Dumbo*, *Lady and the Tramp*, *The Jungle Book*, *Aladdin* (alongside the two sequels), and the live-action *Swiss Family Robinson*, were removed from kids' Disney+ profiles due to negative depictions of people and cultures. Said films are still viewable on regular Disney+ profiles, with the enhanced content advisory warnings.
	+ Strangely one film *Pocahontas* was kept in the children’s profiles and wasn’t given the 10 second description in spite of containing the regarded themes.
* Disney’s 1946 compilation film *Make Mine Music* is not available on the service due to regarding themes including sexualized imagery in "All the Cats Join In" and intense gunplay violence in "The Martins and the Coys".
* *Song of the South* is unavailable on the service; the full film has never been released on home video or digitally in the U.S. It has also been withdrawn from all media. The other is *Victory Through Air Power*, which has been banned from all media.
* The FOX television series *American Dad!* and *Family Guy* on the Star hub of international versions of Disney+ were altered to remove profanities. Additionally, the *Family Guy* episode "Partial Terms of Endearment" is not available on the service, due to its controversial nature.
	+ Despite this, and the show's controversial state in-general, oddly enough, some more of the most controversial episodes of *Family Guy* can still be streamed such as "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein", which was originally delayed from its original release in 2000 as it was feared to have been viewed by audiences as anti-Semitic, and would take three to four years before it would've finally aired on television syndication after the episode was referred to have been 'banned' on home video, as well as the episode "420", which was controversial for its campaign statement that cannabis should be legalized, which resulted in the episode and the whole series being banned from syndication entirely from the Venezuelan government, and lastly, the episode "Extra Large Medium", which was controversial for parodying characters that stereotyped and made fun of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her special needs son, or otherwise, portraying somebody with a disability in a cruel fashion. While the writers and Seth MacFarlane defended the episode, the voice actor for the character Joe Swanson, Patrick Warburton did not, and instead sided with Sarah, stating in an interview that he agreed that the episode went too far and said "I know that you have to be an equal-opportunity offender, but there are some things that I just don't think are funny."
* *Pepper Ann* was never released on home video including VHS or DVD, but digitalized and part of Disney's One Saturday Morning.
* Select episodes of *The Muppet Show* include content advisories warning of outdated cultural depictions and negative depictions of people and cultures.
	+ Several episodes have been partially edited, usually cutting certain songs.
	+ The Brooke Shields and Chris Langham episodes are unavailable in the U.S. and Europe.
	+ The Spike Milligan and John Denver episodes are unavailable in Europe.
* Two episodes of *DuckTales* are missing: "Sphinx for the Memories" and "Launchpad's Civil War". This is despite the fact that both episodes were released on DVD.
* *Muppet Classic Theater* and *The Spirit of Mickey* were exclusively released on VHS.
* In some countries outside the United States, the 11th episode of *Star vs. the Forces of Evil* is not available. In Southern Asia, the episode "Just Friends" has the infamous same-gender kiss scene subdued.

### Unedited or restored content

* The version of *Clock Cleaners* used on Disney+ partially restores Donald Duck's argument with the mainspring, where he yells at it, "Says you!" (and it answers back, "Says I!"), but his calling it a "snake in the grass" is replaced with garbled squawking, as was the case when the cartoon was featured on the Walt Disney Treasures DVD set, "Mickey Mouse in Living Color", and beyond.
* The version of *Melody Time* used on Disney+ fully restores Pecos Bill's cigarette, as well as his run-in with a tribe of painted Indians, which were last seen on the 1980s VHS *American Heroes* (although they were also released uncut on Japanese laserdisc in 1987 and on the UK DVD release in 2000).
* Likewise, the version of *Saludos Amigos* on Disney+ restores Goofy's cigarette in the "El Gaucho Goofy" segment, which was cut from the Gold Collection and Classic Caballeros Collection DVD releases, but restored when the film was released as a bonus on the DVD release of *Walt & El Grupo*.
* The version of *An Extremely Goofy Movie* on Disney+ keeps the infamous flaming X scene which is often cut from American television airings intact.
* *Phineas and Ferb* retains the withdrawn episodes "Ready for the Bettys", "The Flyin' Fishmonger", and "Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown".
	+ Unfortunately, the episode "Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown Hosted by Kelly Osbourne" is absent from the service owing to Kelly Osbourne's controversy in 2015.
* *X-Men: Days of Future Past* began streaming on Disney+ on July 10, 2020, with both nudity and profanity intact.
* *The Wolverine* began streaming on Disney+ on September 4, 2020, with profanity intact.
* *The Fault in Our Stars* began streaming on Disney+ on September 25, 2020, with both sexual scenes and profanity intact.
* *Turner & Hooch* and *Home Alone* retains all instances of profanity.
* *The Simpsons Movie* retains all instances of profanity, nudity, and other more mature content.

## Trivia

* *Aladdin* and *The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show* are currently the only shows from The Disney Afternoon that have yet to be made available for streaming on Disney+.
* *Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers* and *Goof Troop* (both of which use the HD prints from the digital releases) are cropped for a widescreen presentation.
* *Pepper Ann* is released in high-pitched PAL format.
* *Phil of the Future*'s episodes are in the airing order, and not in the chronological (production) order.
* The *Roger Rabbit* short "Roller Coaster Rabbit" is only available as an extra on *Who Framed Roger Rabbit*. The other shorts, "Tummy Trouble" and "Trail Mix-Up", are individually available on the service.
* Only the first season of *The Replacements* is available while the second season did not occur in this service.
* *Darby O'Gill and the Little People* uses a theatrical re-release version with a cropped widescreen aspect ratio and re-dubbed voices that lose the more authentic Irish accents.
* *Canine Caddy*, originally released as a Mickey Mouse cartoon, even though it was officially a Pluto cartoon, has the opening and closing titles replace Mickey's head and name with Pluto's. Oddly, the music used in the opening is replaced by the post-1947 Pluto opening theme.
* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, certain films which were originally slated as theatrical premieres were instead launched on Disney+ or are slated to launch on Disney+. These include *Artemis Fowl* and *The One and Only Ivan*. *Onward* was released theatrically, but made available on Disney+ two weeks after its theatrical premiere due to closures because of the pandemic. *Frozen II* was also made available on the service far earlier than originally planned. The live-action version of *Mulan* has been announced a premium release on the service beginning on September 4, 2020 where the service is available, due to the continued closure of theaters in many markets (but banned from theaters). *Soul* has been banned from theaters due to the pandemic because it is available on Christmas Day. Another Pixar film that has been banned from theaters is *Luca*.
* All the *Mickey Mouse Clubhouse* specials are split into two episodes, with one of the characters providing a recap of the first part at the beginning of the second part.
* All the *Phineas and Ferb* specials have been divided into two episodes. In addition, *Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel* and *Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars* are also available in their original combined release as separate titles.
* *Deep Blue* is currently the only Miramax film whose rights have been retained by Disney to stream on Disney+, despite Disney selling off the Miramax library in 2010.
	+ It is also the the only film from a major studio outside of Disney to stream on Disney+.
* Disney+ is a paid service. There are two payments users can do before subscribing: $7/month or $70/year (US).
* Not all the original Disney films are not to be available on this service. A notable example of which is the live-action film with non-CG animation *Song of the South*. Other films which have this fate or will be available soon are *Make Mine Music*, *Victory Through Air Power*, *Summer Magic*, *The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band*, *In Search of the Castaways*, *The Legend of Lobo*, *Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book*, *The Monkey's Uncle*, *The Brave Little Toaster*, *Savage Sam*, etc., several live-action films with non-CG animated elements like *So Dear to My Heart*, *Something Wicked This Way Comes*, and *The Watcher in the Woods*, and also short films such as *Mother Goose Goes Hollywood*, *Hooked Bear*, *In the Bag*, *Moose Hunters*, *Wynken, Blynken and Nod*, *Mickey's Surprise Party*, *Woodland Café*, *Orphans' Picnic*, *A Cowboy Needs a Horse*, *The Little House*, *Cock o' the Walk*, *The Worm Turns*, *The Autograph Hound*, *Who Killed Cock Robin?*, *Merbabies*, *Paul Bunyan*, *Donald in Mathmagic Land*, *Melody*, *Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom*, *A Symposium on Popular Songs*, etc.
* Some of Disney's original animated shows, like *The Wuzzles*, *The Buzz on Maggie*, *Brandy & Mr. Whiskers*, *Dave the Barbarian*, and *Shorty McShorts' Shorts*, have yet to appear on the service.
	+ Notably *Shorty McShorts' Shorts* remains abandoned after that controversial finale.
* Not all the shows of Playhouse Disney/Disney Junior are available on this service yet. Some notable examples of which are *Stanley*, *JoJo's Circus*, *Sofia the First*, *Welcome to Pooh Corner*, *Dumbo's Circus*, and *Bear in the Big Blue House*.
* More films from 20th Century Studios and its subsidiaries that ended its Pay 1 window on HBO/HBO Max will be added to this service.
	+ In addition, *Ron's Gone Wrong* will become the first 20th Century Studios film to be simultaneously released on Disney+ and HBO Max based on Disney and WarnerMedia's extension deal for Pay 1 window for 2022.
* There are collections by a different category with films and shows under the search tab within the service.
* As part of the Asia-pacific contents expansion, licensed content from East Asia and Southeast Asia are only available in Asia markets, and anime is only available in Japan.