5 scenes from Disney’s animated films that are still disturbing to this day

As a kid in the 90’s I watched all the Disney cartoons and loved most of them. Still, there are a few disturbing scenes in these works that left a lasting impression. So let’s go back to the ones for me 5 most defining Disney trauma scenes.

If you don’t know the Disney films mentioned: Attention, from here they will necessarily follow spoiler to the individual animated films.

5. Disney trauma: The death of Bambi’s mother

The film that probably comes to mind immediately when it comes to the processing of disturbing Disney scenes is Bambi (1942). Chased through the snow by hunters, halfway through the film, it’s just a shot that End of Bambi’s mother sealed.

We never get to see her body. But how the fawn wanders alone and calling through the winter and is finally confronted with the loss by its father, cuts deeply. Let’s see what that will look like when the Bambi trauma is remade even more realistically soon.

4. Disney Trauma: Fantasia summons demons

If I’m completely honest, I have fantasy (1940) did not understand as a child. In retrospect, interpreting famous pieces of music with animated images is creative. But when I was little, it was just a string of weird stories. But that didn’t mean the film didn’t make an impression on me.

Because in addition to more famous episodes such as “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”, the animated anthology also contained “A Night on the Bald Mountain”, which featured music by Leopold Stokowski gloomy witches sabbath including insanely creepy demons was summoned. Which is all the more eerie when, as a child, you have no idea what is happening.

3. Disney Trauma: Taran’s Cauldron sacrifices the cute sidekick

A fantasy adventure, Taran and the Cauldron (1985) delved into Welsh mythology, knights and dark magic. As a kid, I only saw this movie once and then never again. Firstly, because I found the villain with his glowing red eyes and his skeleton army extremely creepy. On the other hand, because the Disney film den drove the cuddly canine companion to the victim’s suicide.

Said Gurgi sacrifices himself jumping into the black magic cauldron because “Taran has many friends and Gurgi none”. As if that weren’t depressing enough as a statement, the film then illustrates just how horrible going into the cauldron actually is: the villain’s skin being ripped from his bones in a similar way in detail. It didn’t help that Gurgi was revived at the end of the film. His end was burned in forever.

2. Disney Trauma: The Unhappy End of Cap and Capper

In Cap and Capper (1981), a hound and a fox become friends as children before learning that their species are actually on opposite sides. A touching story of friendship, one would think. But alongside a dark bear attack that would have done Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Revenant credit, it’s the ending of Cap and Capper that haunted me for a long time as a kid:

I was used to happy endings from Disney, but despite the reconciliation this film ended on a sad note: instead of being able to overcome everything with their enduring friendship, they left the dog and the fox end up going their separate ways, returned to their respective worlds and bowed to the “natural order”. They wanted to be friends forever, but could only do so from afar. No, dear children, you cannot achieve everything in life. This may be a true life lesson, but it’s also a pretty devastating one.

1. Disney trauma: Mufasa’s death in The Lion King

The Lion King (1994) proved that devastating scenes and good films are not mutually exclusive. Then and now it is my favorite Disney film. And then and now I break at dramatic death of Simba’s father, Mufasa reliably in tears.

From Scar’s murderous betrayal to “zooming out” when little Simba sees his father fall. From finding Dad’s body in the dusty ravine, before the lion cub realizes Mufasa is dead, until Simba snuggles his tear-streaked face against his uncle’s leg. Everything is just right here to skilfully rip your heart out. But the fact that Disney dared to show and process trauma and loss also made the film one of the best. And for that you are happy to accept a few scars on your child’s soul.

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