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About This Quiz
Rewind to the 1990s. Ah, the golden age of Disney. Do you remember? Were you lucky enough to experience it firsthand? We were treated to movies like "The Lion King" and "Pocahontas." We saw the first (and second) "Toy Story" films. We marveled at "Aladdin" and fell in love with "Beauty and the Beast." It was quite a decade! (Which makes it a tough act to follow, of course.)
But the 2000s and 2010s were special too. Disney ushered in the 21st century with the likes of "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles." We met Experiment 626 in "Lilo & Stitch." We got to "Meet the Robinsons." We even worked the scare floor at "Monsters, Inc." Not much drop-off, right? The hits just kept coming, and since we'll be in this millennium for a while, the odds are good that some other pretty incredible movies will be coming down the pike.
Just how much of the past 20-ish years of Disney do you remember? Take a walk down memory lane while you sort through these Disney hits from the first two decades of the 2000s. Do you remember what movie Tiana belongs to? What "lost" city did Disney explore? Which movie displayed the puppy power of a lost pooch? Get "Up" for this quiz and see if you're an Incredible Disney fan!
"102 Dalmatians"
"Tangled"
"Bolt"
Bolt, the pup from the movie of the same name, believes he has superpowers, since he portrays a superdog on TV. Everything unravels when Bolt believes his owner, Penny, has been kidnapped.
"Wall-E"
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"The Lion King"
"The Jungle Book"
"Toy Story 3"
The third installment in the Toy Story franchise, "Toy Story 3," lived up to the hype, earning the top spot as the highest-grossing film of 2010. This time, the toys find themselves being donated to a daycare center when their owner prepares to go to college.
"Meet the Robinsons"
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"The Tigger Movie"
"Monsters University"
Let's face it: College isn't for everyone, and Sulley and Mike were no exceptions. In this follow-up to "Monsters, Inc.," which is actually a prequel, we meet Mike and Sulley trying to navigate college at — you guessed it — "Monsters University."
"The Sword in the Stone"
"The Wild"
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"The Wild"
"Chicken Little"
If you remember the European folk tale "Henny Penny," also known as "Chicken Little," you'll relate to this movie and its title character's worrywart personality. Of course, the sky wasn't really falling, but Chicken Little did create quite a stir.
"Valiant"
"Maleficent"
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"The Incredibles"
Meet ... "The Incredibles"? Yep, that's right! "The Incredibles" was the first Pixar-Disney film collaboration to showcase an entirely human cast of characters in a movie. Prior to that, it was things like monsters, talking toys and bugs. (Eww.)
"Meet the Robinsons"
"The Aristocats"
"Cinderella"
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"Moana"
"Coco"
OK, it's not as morbid as it sounds. Primary character Miguel ventures to the Land of the Dead to seek out the help of his great-great-grandfather to restore the love of music that has been missing from Miguel's family for generations.
"Dia de los Muertos"
"Merida"
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"Incredibles 2"
"Wreck-It Ralph"
Video game character Ralph is a bad guy who just wants to be good, and we all get to watch his progress in the Disney flick "Wreck-It Ralph." It's not always an easy path — is it ever? — as the arcade game world around him is threatened by his actions.
"Pixels"
"Meet the Robinsons"
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"I, Robot"
"Wall-E"
"Big Hero 6"
"Big Hero 6" marks Disney's first introduction of characters from the Marvel Universe, as well as our first glimpse at the puffy robot named Baymax. Baymax just has your best interest at heart; you'd better say, "I am satisfied with my care," if you want to keep him happy!
"E.T."
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"Cars 2"
"Up"
In "Up," main character Carl Fredricksen reminisces on his childhood hero, Charles F. Muntz, an explorer with a blimp-like dirigible called the Spirit of Adventure. Carl later pilots his own ship — his house — by attaching many helium balloons.
"Chicken Little"
"Brave"
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"Tangled"
By some estimates, "Tangled" cost Disney more than $250 million to make, launching it into the stratosphere for not only animated films, but also movies in general. Not to worry, though — Disney pulled in nearly $600 million in box office revenue.
"Sleeping Beauty"
"Beauty and the Beast"
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
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"The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
"Lilo & Stitch"
"The Princess and the Frog"
Hey, princesses need a lot of gear! Tiana from "The Princess and the Frog" wears nine — count 'em, nine — different outfits in her movie. Her Disney Princess counterpart from "Pocahontas," on the other hand, wears the same outfit throughout.
"Atlantis: The Lost Empire"
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"Lilo & Stitch"
"Sulley"
"Scare Factory"
"Monsters, Inc."
In "Monsters, Inc.," released in 2001, scarers at the Monsters, Inc. factory believed that children were toxic. So, when a little girl they call Boo makes it through to the scare floor, Mike and Sulley must work diligently to return her safely to her bedroom.
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"Ratatouille"
You may think of ratatouille as a stewed vegetable dish, and you're right. But Disney turned that dish into a movie of the same name and put a rat in the kitchen — really! "Ratatouille" was released in 2007.
"Lady and the Tramp"
"Tangled'
"Finding Dory"
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"Enchanted"
"Lilo & Stitch"
"Moana"
Moana is just a girl when she is chosen to reunite a relic with the goddess Te Fiti and save the people of her island. Along the way, she recruits the assistance of Maui, whose character was inspired by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's grandfather. (Seriously!)
"Brave"
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"Bolt"
"Inside Out"
"The Wild"
"Zootopia"
Disney's "Zootopia" chronicles the partnership of a rabbit who's a police officer and a fox who's a bit of a troublemaker. The pair team up to solve a city's problems, and then the fox becomes a police officer. Can't make this stuff up!
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"Hocus Pocus"
"Inside Out"
"Enchanted"
"Cinderella III: A Twist in Time"
It wasn't the popular success that the original "Cinderella" was, but "Cinderella III: A Twist In Time" is an interesting sequel to the popular Disney Princess flick. In this movie, Cinderella's stepmother gets her hands on the Fairy Godmother's magic wand, and chaos ensues.
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"Wall-E"
"Meet the Robinsons"
"Incredibles 2"
When "The Incredibles" was introduced in 2004, little did fans of the movie know they would have to wait 14 years for its sequel. In fact, that's the longest gap between a movie and its theatrical release sequel in Disney history, with "Finding Nemo"/"Finding Dory" coming in second, at 13 years.
"Big Hero 6"
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"The Wild"
"Mulan"
"Brave"
You might say Disney was "brave" or at least revolutionary with the introduction of the spunky Merida in "Brave," the first Disney Princess without a love interest. Before producers landed on "Brave," the working title of this film was "The Bear and the Bow."
"Pocahontas"
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"Big Hero 6"
"Wall-E"
If Wall-E's sounds and noises seem familiar, there's a good reason. The same sound designer who created the voice of R2-D2 in "Star Wars" is behind the trash compactor robot's language in this 2008 release. The designer's name is Ben Burtt.
"Robots"
"I Am Legend"
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"Wreck-It Ralph"
"Frozen"
Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Snow Queen" was Disney's inspiration for its blockbuster animated film "Frozen." Both stories follow a princess' journey to free a kingdom from a curse of perpetual winter, but the details vary considerably.
"Coco"
"Planes"
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"The Princess and the Frog"
"Moana"
"Lilo & Stitch"
"Lilo & Stitch" might have gotten a location upgrade, by some standards. It was originally slated to be set in either Kansas or Kentucky, but producers eventually decided on Hawaii. Oh, and the first thoughts about the movie involved Stitch only; Lilo didn't enter the picture until later.
"Mulan"
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"Up"
"Planes"
Disney is nothing if not thorough! When they put together the movie "Planes," they sought the assistance of the U.S. Navy to offer feedback on portions of the film. Filmmakers even spent time aboard the U.S.S. Carl Vinson to get a firsthand account of carrier life.
"Sky High"
"The Rocketeer"
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"Boats"
"Cars"
What better way to tell the story of "Cars" than with people like Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mario Andretti and Michael Schumacher, who are in the car racing business? This film debuted, appropriately, at Lowe's Motor Speedway in North Carolina.
"Planes"
"Trains"
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"Pinocchio"
"Tinker Bell"
"Tinker Bell," the movie about the fairy of the same name who follows Peter Pan around, gives viewers a more in-depth picture of this beloved character. From 2008 to to 2014, she was the star of several movies in her own franchise.
"Fairies"
"Peter Pan"
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"The Emperor’s New Groove"
"The Emperor’s New Groove" wasn't as successful as some of Disney's other movies, but it's a cute one nonetheless. It was first intended to be called "Kingdom of the Sun," before producers changed course.
"Pooh's Heffalump Movie"
"Monsters, Inc."
"Ralph Breaks the Internet"
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"Wall-E"
"Meet the Robinsons"
In "Meet the Robinsons," Lewis meets a future version of himself, a man known as Cornelius Robinson. The movie was inspired by the book "A Day with Wilbur Robinson," authored by William Joyce.
"Meet the Jeffersons"
"Big Hero 6"
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"Happy"
"Upside Down"
"Inside Out"
"Inside Out" explores many of the emotions you will experience in life — Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust — in the form of characters with their own personalities. All of these characters live inside the head of one young lady named Riley.
"Joy"
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"Coco"
"Valiant"
Only Disney could turn homing pigeons into an animated film. The movie "Valiant" was based on the real-life contributions of pigeons who aided British troops during World War II. The pigeons' movie enemies are falcons.
"Enchanted"
"Brave"
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"The Little Mermaid"
"Finding Nemo"
"Gone Fishin'"
"Finding Dory"
Believe it or not, Disney producers working on "Finding Dory" dove deep into the study of the psychology behind the adoption process, to make a more realistic portrayal of what adoption is like for the adoptee. In this movie, Dory was welcomed into a new home with Nemo and his dad.
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"Sleeping Beauty'
"Tangled"
"Enchanted"
"Enchanted" is a Disney movie like no other, blending animation and live action into one film. Disney does a good job of poking fun at itself in this film, too. In one scene, for example, Giselle is cleaning, and rats and cockroaches join in on the fun, a nod to princesses like Cinderella being joined by birds and squirrels.
"Finding Dory"
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"Christopher Robin"
"The Tigger Movie"
"The wonderful thing about Tiggers/ Is Tiggers are wonderful things." At least Disney fans certainly think so, making "The Tigger Movie" the highest-grossing Winnie the Pooh franchise film when it was released in 2000, until it was unseated by "Christopher Robin" in 2018.
"Pooh's Heffalump Movie"
"Eeyore"
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"Pixels"
"Wreck-It Ralph"
"Ralph Breaks the Internet"
Well, we already have the world wide web, but Disney needed a visual representation of it for the movie "Ralph Breaks the Internet." They arranged a field trip to a server facility that is a hub for internet-based communication in North America for inspiration.
"Wall-E"
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"Atlantis: The Lost Empire"
"Chicken Little"
"Treasure Planet"
Robert Louis Stevenson authored "Treasure Island," which isn't exactly "Treasure Planet," but it's close. Both tell the story of Jim Hawkins' quest for buried treasure. Disney's version ups the ante by putting the whole story in space.
"Home on the Range"
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"Brother Bear"
"Brother Bear" has rather serious subject matter for an animated movie, with a bear targeted by an Inuit boy for the death of his brother. As punishment, the boy is transformed into a bear himself, and a literal — and spiritual — journey begins.
"Home on the Range"
"The Wild"
"Zootopia"
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"Atlantis: The Lost Empire"
"Atlantis: The Lost Empire," released in 2001, is a nod of tribute and recognition to Jules Verne, who wrote many famous adventure novels. A departure from Disney's typical musical, this movie is all about action and adventure, which Verne certainly would've approved of.
"Treasure Island"
"The Wild"
"Home on the Range"
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"Peter Pan"
"The Little Mermaid"
"Valiant"
"Finding Nemo"
Dory introduces this famous line from "Finding Nemo," which is used to help guide her and Marlin on their journey to find Marlin's son, Nemo. The pair eventually find P. Sherman, a dentist, who has Nemo in his office aquarium in Sydney.
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"The Jungle Book"
"Down on the Farm"
"Home on the Range"
"Home on the Range," a 2004 release by Disney, is named after a popular folk song. Remember "Home, home on the range/ Where the deer and the antelope play"? In 1947, it was designated as the state song of Kansas. Wonder how they feel about the movie?
"Chicken Little"
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"T-Rex"
"Dinosaur"
Released in 2000, "Dinosaur" was slated to have a meteor shooting through the sky as part of its opening sequence. However, "Armageddon," released two years prior, opted for a similar opening, so "Dinosaur" producers reversed course.
"Jurassic Park"
"Jungles"
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"The Wild"
The animals in the Central Park Zoo maybe didn't realize how good they had it until they plotted an escape to "The Wild." Soon they discover they're not exactly cut out for life on the outside. "The Wild" was released in 2006.
"The Zoo"
"Zootopia"
"Animals"
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"Winnie the Pooh"
"The Hundred Acre Wood"
"Pooh's Heffalump Movie"
Released in 2005, "Pooh's Heffalump Movie" was the first of the Winnie the Pooh films to be narrated by Pooh himself. The story follows the friends in the Hundred Acre Wood as they go in search of a "monster" they've dubbed a "Heffalump."
"Christopher Robin"
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