Disneyhas been the dominant force in theanimationindustry for over one hundred years.

After its success proved that audiences could watch a 90-minutecartoon, the company continued to make more.

When the prince discovers Rapunzel in the tower, he offers to marry her and help her escape.

Flynn Ryder, Rapunzel, and Hercules, are just a few of the Disney characters who had darker endings in their original stories.

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8’Hercules' (1997)

Hercules became a demi-god at the hands of his wife.

However,it also streamlined many of Heracles' actual achievements for a universal Greek-mythology setting.

The poisoned blood burned his skin terribly, soHeracles threw himself onto a funeral pyre.

Flynn Rider and Rapunzel at a campfire in Disney’s Tangled.

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However,the prioress uses the opportunity to kill Robin by draining most of his blood.

5’The Little Mermaid' (1989)

The mermaid transformed into a sea foam.

The Little Mermaidis one of the most important films in Disney’s history.

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It kickstartedDisney’s beloved Renaissance erawith its Broadway-style musicals, memorable characters, and stellar animation.

Sleeping Beautyis one of Disney’s most beautiful films from a technical and musical standpoint.

There are few Disney films as polarizing asThe Hunchback of Notre Dame.

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1’Pocahontas' (1995)

Pocahontas and her history were completely whitewashed.

They gathered all their best talent to work onPocahontaswhile their B-team worked onThe Lion Kingto tide audiences over.

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Bambi’s mother looking at a young Bambi in 1942’s Bambi.

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A glowing Hercules, voiced by Tate Donovan, holds hands with Meg, voiced by Susan Egan, in Hercules.

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Chicken Little cries out, alarmed, from a bell tower in Chicken Little.

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Robin Hood balancing an arrow on the tip of his finger in Robin Hood.

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Ariel looks troubled and sings as Flounder is nearby in Ariel’s grotto in The Little Mermaid.

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A rebellious young mermaid, Ariel, longs to explore the human world and falls in love with Prince Eric after saving him from a shipwreck. Desperate to be with him, she makes a dangerous deal with the sea witch, Ursula, trading her voice for a chance to live on land, risking her life and her father’s kingdom in the process.

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Maleficent surrounded by green magic flames as guards point spears at her in Sleeping Beauty.

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Copper protecting Tod from the hunter’s gun in The Fox and the Hound.

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Disney’s take on the original novel written in 1831, The Huntchback of Notre Dame is an animated musical drama that sees a kind-hearted, deformed young man named Quasimodo who yearns to see the outside world is forced to live alone in the Notre Dame Cathedral as a bell ringer. When a group of traveling performers arrives in town, Quasimodo takes his chance to head out to see them, and his life is changed forever by a chance encounter with the equally kind-hearted Esmerelda. However, his caretaker, the cruel and iron-fisted Frollo, intends to hunt the Romani people down, jeopardizing the travelers' lives.

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Pocahontas shields John Smith who has his hands tied behind his back from her father in Pocahontas.

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