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Every Disney Reference in Wish

Peter C. Hayward

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This video contains every Disney in Wish, including about a few dozen that I don't think anyone has found.

I went frame-by-frame through the film and spent a lot of time googling names and rewatching classic Disney films..

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20 Comments

@lamontsimmons4682 2 years ago

I think this is one you missed. After Simon’s wish is granted, he says, “Long live the king,” which is the same line Scar said to Mufasa in The Lion King.

@authoreyes101 2 years ago

Missed the reference to Mulan's opening sequence: when Asha is sitting with her dad, it's in an ink drawn style in a similar way to Mulan's opening.

@sheaharris8189 2 years ago (edited)

I was thinking when she said “just keep wishing” it was a reference to Finding Nemo’s “just keep swimming”

@raven6601 2 years ago

The Atlantis reference might be the moment Star steals Dahlia's glasses and looks through them like Kida does with Milo's

@powerpup97 2 years ago

Here's a Disney reference you missed: During the first scene with Asha and her friends, one of them offers their cookie to another and says, "Take mine." This is most likely a reference to 101 Dalmatians when Roger says, "Take mine," as he offers his handkerchief to Anita.

@tiffbitz 2 years ago

When Asha says, “Oh, Mama” it sounds EXACTLY like Tiana.

@GalaxinaStyle 2 years ago

One more: the bear calls the deer "brother", I bet that's a Brother Bear reference!

@andrewweaver4606 2 years ago (edited)

Also a reference: the diamond shaped patterns on Magnifico’s wall are just like the ones Elsa makes when she wakes up the enchanted forest in frozen 2

@josephe9463 2 years ago

When Magnifico got sucked in the mirror, there was a slight reference to the villain defeat in Princess and the Frog.

@TolisArmenistis 2 years ago

When Asha’s friends hold the ropes and they jump to open the roof of the castle, it resembles the way that Quasimodo was ringing the bells in Norte Dame. And of course they shout like Tarzan.
Other than that, I see Valentino, being a goat, always supporting the main female character as a (wild) reference to Djali, the goat of Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

@serenamolinari1176 2 years ago

maybe it's just me but the whole scene of the dinner when Asha has an argument with Sabino right before the song "this wish", it resambles a lot the scene of the argument between Mulan and her father before she decides to join the troops

@Kipperdidoo 2 years ago

Found one… When the chickens are doing their dance, they dive off the chicken coop like the three ballerina hippopotamus in Fantasia.

@nostalgicamvs 2 years ago (edited)

You skipped one Disney reference. The scene in the movie "Wish" where Valentino sticks his tongue out at the wall painting of King Magnifico when Asha was singing was mostly likely referenced from the scene in the movie "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" when Esmeralda’s goat, Djali stuck his tongue out at Judge Claude Frollo right after Esmeralda announced Judge Claude Frollo as "the only fool."

@tsitraht49 2 years ago

Asha walking over the bridge in the forest during “This Wish” is reminiscent of Mulan walking over bridge (in terms of composition) like Mulan during “Reflection” sequence.

@marceloG-Art 2 years ago

Missed ref: near the end of Wish, there is a shot that starts on a belltower and travels down into the town. This is a reference to a famous shot in Pinocchio (the morning he goes to school), which was the most expensive shot in that film.

@MintelThamesArchives 2 years ago

Note: for the final scene: Disney’s current and 2006 logos were referenced when Star goes up the castle.

@jbfcb93 2 years ago

Here another One: when Magnifico gains power, the Clouds coming take the same Shape than the ones Jafar creates when he becomes a sorcerer

@o.lyandzberg2784 2 years ago

The neon green eyes Magnifico (and Simon, at one point) gets, are REALLY reminiscent of Bruno's, when he uses his gift. This is definitely not a coincidence.

@tiffanydewitt9837 2 years ago

You can see HeiHei the chicken in the chicken coop when the star first comes out of the bag.

@ladylight7250 2 years ago

A reference you also missed was the one we're the group go into hiding and go to a place that Bazema knew about and says "introverts deserve sanctuary." the location of their sanctuary is referenced to the gypsies hideout in Hunchback of Nostradamus also known as the gypsies sanctuary.