Are all Disney movies connected? Understand the ‘Disney Theory’

Many people are familiar with the Pixar Theory, which consists of linking all of the studio’s films together, showing that they are all telling a single, great story. This alleged connection is often due to easter-eggs present in scenes in animations. But, did you know that there is also a Disney Theory?

The Disney Theory has the same purpose as that of Pixar, only with the films produced by The Walt Disney Animation Studios. The easter-egg issue is very strong, as well as the Pixar Theory, and both hypotheses, not all feature films are used to prove the connection in these universes. Check now the likely timeline of Disney movies.

the beginning of everything

The beginning of the theory is at the oldest point in the Disney universe, in “The Lion King”, where we can see a savannah still untouched, without human interference. But that doesn’t mean that humans don’t exist: there are indications that the wild animal movie takes place at the same time as the animation “Hercules”. This is because, in the feature of the Greek hero, Scar’s skin is presented as being that of the Nemean lion, which would prove that the stories would be in close periods of time.

In “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, which takes place in 1502, there is a gargoyle very similar to Pumbaa. Thus, if we consider that the construction of the cathedral happened around 1,500 years after the events of Ancient Greece, the animation fits in the chronological line between Disney films. Another thing that we can observe in Quasimodo’s tale is the presence of the magic carpet, of “Aladdin”, and of Cinderella’s Stepmother.

But why isn’t the rug in the cave? Well, he would stop there later, since in this line, the story of the Arabians takes place later. And at the time when we see Aladdin find the magic lamp, the meeting between Ariel and Prince Eric is also taking place, since the Genie even takes the crab Sebastian out of a bag, which would show that the characters live in the same period. of time.

In “The Little Mermaid” we can notice the presence of the King and the Grand Duke of the animation “Cinderella” in the almost wedding of Prince Eric with Vanessa. Thus, the princess with the glass slipper lives at the same time as Ariel and Aladdin, which would be between the 16th and 19th century. But, as Cinderella’s Stepmother is in Quasimodo’s story, the 16th century is the most likely.

“Tangled” takes place in the early 19th century and there is a curious factor in the film: on Rapunzel’s bookshelf, we can find copies of “Beauty and the Beast”, “The Little Mermaid” and “Sleeping Beauty”, the which would indicate that in the Disney universe, people end up writing biographies about their lives in fairy tale form, since there is so much magic involved in the facts.

The princess with long, magical hair lives at the same time as Anna and Elsa, the protagonists of “Frozen”. Not only that: they are related! One theory that helps fit the sisters’ story into the timeline is that the princesses’ parents would be going to Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder’s wedding and the shipwreck would have happened. This would explain the couple’s presence during Elsa’s coronation ceremony.

There is a strand of theory, which has been confirmed and denied several times, that the princesses’ parents did not die, and that they were shipwrecked on an island. A story very similar to that of “Tarzan”, which takes place in the 19th century, the same as “Tangled” and “Frozen”.

Jumping a little in time and going to 1921, in the USA, we managed to find in “The Princess and the Frog” the flying carpet, the genie’s lamp, and a statue of Triton, which serves as a clue to fit the animation of Princess Tiana further down the timeline.

Within the Disney universe itself, there would be fictional works, and they would be “Mulan” and “Dumbo”. That’s because in the movie “Lilo & Stitch”, which is set in the late 20th century, we can see a real Mulan poster, and a Dumbo plush, products that would be based on the stories. This idea would apply to “Pinocchio”, since the puppet appears in “Tangled”, and the character’s animation does not have a determined period.

To finalize the theory, in “Leroy & Stitch”, the alien finds dozens of other experiments and among them are Timon and Pumbaa. That is, this indicates that since “The Lion King” living beings are produced by a greater force, that In any case, the Disney universe would be one big alien experiment going on forever in a loop.

Following this line of reasoning, it is possible to explain the narratives that are repeated, such as the damsel in distress, which would indicate that aliens are studying and replicating fairy tales. And that’s why some bizarre situations happen, such as Bambi’s mother appearing in several stories like “Beauty and the Beast”, “Mowgli” and “Bernardo and Bianca”, plots that take place in different centuries and places.