What if Don Bluth stayed at Disney?/Disney Animated Canon

The **Disney Animated Canon** (sometimes known as the **Disney animated features canon**) is the name given to the narrative shared by all Disney theatrical animated feature films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios since 1937.

It's one of the six main Disney branches (of which, at 83 years old as of 2021, it is the second longest running), the other four being *Mickey Mouse and Friends*, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pixar, *Winnie the Pooh*, and *Star Wars*.

Seven of the films are sequels: *The Rescuers Down Under*, *An American Tale: Anne-Marie Goes West*, *Fantasia 2000*, *Return to Never Land*, *The Jungle Book 2*, *101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure*, *Ralph Breaks the Internet*, and *Frozen II*.

Fourteen of the films are live-action/animation hybrids: *Fantasia*, *Saludos Amigos*, *The Three Caballeros*, *Fun and Fancy Free*, *Melody Time*, *The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh*, *Pete's Dragon*, *Rock-a-Doodle*, *Balto*, *James and the Giant Peach*, *Fantasia 2000*, *The Tigger Movie*, *Winnie the Pooh's Easter Carol*, and *Winnie the Pooh*.

*Wish*, *Frozen III*, *Zootopia 2*, and one untitled movie are upcoming films.

The first feature to use the Walt Disney Pictures logo was *The Black Cauldron*.

The first feature to use the "Walt Disney Animation Studios" logo was *Meet the Robinsons*.

For advertising purposes, the Walt Disney Company began to affix numbers to each of the films in the late 1980s. Through this method, they could proclaim the film to be "Disney's X full-length animated film". When the numbering system was introduced, the group of films included became collectively known as the "Disney Animation Canon." Many film historians and animation fans refer to them as Disney "classics" or Disney "features". The numbering system remains today, as recent press releases for such products as the 30th anniversary edition of *An American Tale*, the 20th anniversary editions of *The Land Before Time* and *Oliver & Company*, as well as the opening and closing logos for *Encanto*, still refer to the film's number. Some foreign numbering systems of Disney animated features exclude *Dinosaur* and include *The Wild* (2006). However, *The Wild* was not produced by Disney in that matter. In some countries, *Pete's Dragon*, *An American Tale: Anne-Marie Goes West*, *James and the Giant Peach*, *The Jungle Book 2*, and *Winnie the Pooh* are not included.

## Films in the Disney animated canon

### Walt Years

* *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1937)
* *Pinocchio* (1940)
* *Fantasia* (1940)
* *Dumbo* (1941)
* *Bambi* (1942)
* *Saludos Amigos* (1942)
* *The Three Caballeros* (1944)
* *Make Mine Music* (1946)
* *Fun and Fancy Free* (1947)
* *Melody Time* (1948)
* *The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad* (1949)
* *Cinderella* (1950)
* *Alice in Wonderland* (1951)
* *Peter Pan* (1953)
* *Lady and the Tramp* (1955)
* *Sleeping Beauty* (1959)
* *101 Dalmatians* (1961)
* *The Sword in the Stone* (1963)

### Post-Walt Years

* *The Jungle Book* (1967)
* *The Aristocats* (1970)
* *Robin Hood* (1973)
* *The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh* (1977)
* *The Rescuers* (1977)
* *Pete's Dragon* (1977)
* *The Fox and the Hound* (1981)
* *The Secret of NIMH* (1982)
* *The Black Cauldron* (1985)
* *The Great Mouse Detective* (1986)
* *An American Tale* (1986)
* *The Brave Little Toaster* (1987)
* *Peter Rabbit* (1987)
* *The Land Before Time* (1988)
* *Oliver & Company* (1988)
* *Banjo the Woodpile Cat* (1989)

### Renaissance Years

* *The Little Mermaid* (1989)
* *We're Back: A Dinosaur Story* (1990)
* *The Prince and the Pauper* (1990)
* *The Rescuers Down Under* (1990)
* *Babes in Toyland* (1991)
* *Beauty and the Beast* (1991)
* *An American Tale: Anne-Marie Goes West* (1991)
* *Rock-a-Doodle* (1992)
* *Tom Sawyer* (1992)
* *Aladdin* (1992)
* *Thumbelina* (1993)
* *The Ugly Duckling* (1993)
* *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993)
* *The Lion King* (1994)
* *A Troll in Central Park* (1994)
* *The Swan Princess* (1994)
* *The Pebble and the Penguin* (1995)
* *Pocahontas* (1995)
* *Balto* (1995)
* *Piper* (1996)
* *James and the Giant Peach* (1996)
* *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996)
* *Hercules* (1997)
* *Anastasia* (1997)
* *The Snow Queen* (1997)
* *Mistress Masham's Repose* (1998)
* *Mulan* (1998)
* *The Nutcracker* (1998)
* *Hansel and Gretel* (1999)
* *Tarzan* (1999)

### Post-Renaissance Years

* *Fantasia 2000* (1999/2000)
* *Dinosaur* (2000)
* *The Tigger Movie* (2000)
* *The Emperor's New Groove* (2000)
* *Atlantis: The Lost Empire* (2001)
* *The Baby Blue Whale* (2001)
* *Return to Never Land* (2001)
* *Lilo and Stitch* (2002)
* *Piglet's Big Movie* (2002)
* *Treasure Planet* (2002)
* *The Jungle Book 2* (2003)
* *Winnie the Pooh's Easter Carol* (2003)
* *Brother Bear* (2003)
* *Pooh's Heffalump Movie* (2004)
* *101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure* (2004)
* *Home at the Range* (2004)
* *Chicken Little* (2005)
* *Meet the Robinsons* (2007)
* *Bolt* (2008)

### Revival Years

* *The Princess and the Frog* (2009)
* *Tangled* (2010)
* *Winnie the Pooh* (2011)
* *Red Riding Hood* (2011)
* *Frankenweenie* (2012)
* *Brave* (2012)
* *Wreck-It Ralph* (2012)
* *Frozen* (2013)
* *Goldilocks* (2014)
* *Big Hero 6* (2014)
* *Zootopia* (2016)
* *Moana* (2016)
* *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018)
* *Two Kids in Paris* (2019)
* *Frozen II* (2019)
* *Raya and the Last Dragon* (2021)
* *Encanto* (2021)
* *Strange World* (2022)
* *Wish* (2023)