20 Gruesome Scenes From The Original Disney Stories That We Didn't Know About
If you love learning new things about Disney, then you're going to really enjoy this article.
Disney movies may be known for happy endings, but many of the original fairy tales behind them were far darker than most people realize. From classic princess stories to familiar animal tales, the source material often included violence, punishment, and unsettling twists that never made it into the animated versions.
This roundup looks at 20 scenes and plot points from the original stories that inspired iconic Disney films. Some of them are shocking, some are grim, and all of them help explain why so many of these tales were softened for younger audiences.
Here are the original moments that changed everything.
1. Sleeping Beauty
This actually makes sense for the storyline, but it is a part that may not be suitable for the children's version.
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This is definitely a gruesome part of the original story that I didn't know about.
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I just need to know why this was part of the original story in the first place.
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4. The Little Mermaid
I can see why they removed that from the cartoons and movies we watched of The Little Mermaid.
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5. Beauty and the Beast
This is such an unfortunate part of the story, but it just shows how jealousy works.
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6. Aladdin
It's really wild to see how they cover up scenes like this and how they were just swept under the rug.
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7. Jungle Book
This definitely was not in the Jungle Book that I remember watching.
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8. Robin Hood
Well, this isn't exactly how I remember the story ending. It's very interesting to see the differences between the original stories.
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And if you think those original Disney scenes are dark, wait until you see the visual anomalies that make your logic “spin in the mud.”
9. Peter Pan
This whole original story is much darker than any of us imagined, so I'm not surprised at all.
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10. Tangled
The sneakiness and sabotage that this movie entails are wild.
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11. Pocahontas
This is an interesting take on the story, and honestly, knowing the history behind it makes me believe that this was a story made up by Smith.
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12. Mary Poppins
It's crazy to know that the entire storyline is completely different from the original.
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13. The Lion King
Well, this wouldn't have been a great ending for a children's movie.
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14. Little Snow White
This is an interesting way for the story to end and also presents an intriguing concept to Snow White's main storyline.
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15. Tarzan
This wouldn't have been the happy ending we were all searching for in the Tarzan movie.
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16. The Frog Prince
I mean, I wouldn't have been upset if they had kept this scene in the movies and stories we see today.
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17. Hercules
This storyline was much darker than we originally remembered.
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18. The Fox and the Hound
I prefer the story that we know compared to this one because this does not have a happy ending at all.
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19. Cinderella
The lengths that these people went to in order to get that shoe to fit are ridiculous.
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20. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
This is definitely a dark part of the story that we've never heard before.
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These dark storylines of the original Disney movies and stories are absolutely astonishing. I had no idea about some of these, and it's no wonder they removed these scenes from the stories we hear now.
Clearly, some of these were not child-appropriate at all, which makes sense as to why they were removed.
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