Your Favorite Disney Movies’ Dark Origins — Explained in 16 Minutes

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Disney’s beloved classics… but darker than you ever imagined. Let me know in the comments which story YOU 🫵 think has the darkest origin? 0:01 The Lion King (William Shakespeare – Hamlet) 02:30 The Pied Piper (German Folklore) 04:11 101 Dalmatians (Dodie Smith – The Hundred and One Dalmatians) 06:01 Oliver & Company (Charles Dickens – Oliver Twist) 08:32 Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Plato – Atlantis) 10:16 Mickey and the Beanstalk (English Fairy Tale – Jack and the Beanstalk) 12:12 Robin Hood (English Folklore) 14:14 The Great Mouse Detective (Arthur Conan Doyle – Sherlock Holmes)

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