All-Time Best Animated Sequences

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

I'm suprised that nobody has mentioned Mufasa's death in the Lion King. As far as getting an emotional response out of people, that pretty much takes the cake. Also in the Lion King, the scene with Mufasa in the clouds is beautiful and moving.

I'm also a fan of the final scene in Monsters Inc., where Mike shows Sulley the door, and he gets to see Boo again. It has emotions and leaves it open for your imagination.

The witch's in Snow White, where all the animals are runing in the storm, also stands out in my mind as a great scene.

For just the beauty of the animation, I think I would go for April Shower from Bambi and Tocatta and Fuge in G Minor from Fantasia. They both do a great job of taking the music to higher levels.

 

Originally Posted By basil fan

If you want to make people cry, the opening of Oliver & Company.

To make people laugh, try Kronk in the diner kitchen or Edgar the butler's second bout with the farm dogs.

I also nominate Basil in the toy shop, which I actually prefer to the Big Ben chase, Orville's take-off in The Rescuers, Tramp vs the rat.

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Originally Posted By planodisney

1. Spaguetti scene in Lady and the Tramp.


2. Be Our Guest from BatB.


3. The dogpound scene also from Lady and the Tramp.


4. Ode to Gaston from BatB.

 

Originally Posted By disneyjerry

colors of the wind from pocahontas.

 

Originally Posted By pecos bill

One nice sequence that comes to mind is when Donald gets caught in the soundtrack in The Three Caballeros, I also love the little pastel train in the film.

 

Originally Posted By Perdita

-The opening sequence in Lion King and Mufasa's Death
-Cinderella has the other glass slipper at the end
-"Everybody Wants to be a cat" from Aristocats
-Todd and Copper can no longer be friends (the only movie has me in tears)Fox & the Hound
-Bambi's mom dies

 

Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy

<Walt's personal favorite, or so the many stories go, was from CINDERELLA - The Fairy Godmother transforming Cinderella from a scullery maid in rags into a princess in a ball gown.>

Hmm, interesting...I read somewhere that he once said his favorite piece of animation was Cinderella running down the stairs in her new ball gown. The person who said so said they thought it was interesting that for Walt's favorite, he chose such a simple piece (I think it's in a book of mine, I'd have to look it up).

Great to see ya here again, Rhett!

 

Originally Posted By Travaria

Some of my favorite would be: The sequence in Mulan starting when she's sitting out on the dragon statue in the rain and ending when she rides off on Khan, that scene always just absolutely floors me.

Another one of my favorites is the sunrise over the savahana scene in Lion King as well as Mufasa and Simba talking out under the stars. Although that second one is more for the emotions than the actual animation...

Really I go nuts anytime they show a huge sweeping landscape shot. Like the view of the palace in Aladdin, some of the jungle view in Tarzan, the destroyed Chinese village in Mulan. I just can't get enough of those panaramic type shots.

 

Originally Posted By CuriosWolfSo

1) The Lion King Sunrise Opening Scene and ending with the main title.

2) Donald, Jose, and Panchito singing "The Three Caballeros"

3) Dumbo's Pink Elephants Nightmare

4) Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice

5) Hyacinth Hippo & Ben Ali Gator's Dance (from "Fantasia")

6) The Roger Rabbit-Baby Herman "Somethin's Cooking" cartoon opening in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

7) King Leonidas's soccer game in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"

8) Peter Pan and the Daring children flying to NeverLand

9) "Be Our Guest" from "Beauty and the Beast"

10) The build-up for The Wolf's first appearance from hearing the narrator saying "And there was also a...WOLF!" as The Wolf roars off-screen, seeing his huge pawprints in the snow, the big shadow lurking behind the trees and finally his camera-shaking growl as he thrust his head with his drooling toothy jaws wide-open while as he approach towards you, slowly filled up the screen with his glinting yellow-orange eyes...

 

Originally Posted By adizneeguy

Opening of Lion King has to be my #1. Went to IMAX to see it a few years ago, and my youngest daughter was convinced that the elephant was gonna step right on her lap.
I also like the singing and dancing scene in Snow White. I remember staring in disbelief when I paid attention to her hair bouncing around. I love the attention to detail and admire the time and effort it had to take. Details. Pixie dust. These are the things that have always set Disney apart.

 

Originally Posted By Fe Maiden

<<I'm also a fan of the final scene in Monsters Inc., where Mike shows Sulley the door, and he gets to see Boo again. It has emotions and leaves it open for your imagination.>>

I love that scene too. Seeing Sulley's face light up, then the screen simply fading to black with very little fanfare felt very odd to me the first time I saw it but it sure worked.

<<1) The Lion King Sunrise Opening Scene and ending with the main title.>>

I guess I'm not alone with this one. It is strange since it's not really a scene, but seeing the main title at the end of The Lion King strikes such a chord with me.

 

Originally Posted By basil fan

Orville's take-off in The Rescuers.

The teaser in Atlantis.

Briar Rose meet Prince Philip.

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Originally Posted By markcanada

The Incredibles . . . where Mr. Incredible says "I'm not strong enough".

Finding Nemo . . . when they finally find each other.

The Little Mermaid II (OK, I admit, not a direct theatrical release), but the scene with Ariel looking out of the window on the back of the boat as it is sailing over the ocean. . .

Beauty and the Beast ballroom scene . . .with the long shot that spirals down from the roof towards the dancers.

Mulan -- the long shot as the Mongols come over the mountain in the thousands.

The climax scene in Atlantis when the guardians come to life as the statues rotate overhead.

 

Originally Posted By ctdsnark

The initial meeting between John Smith and Pocahontas---no dialogue,very quiet music,even the waterfall sound which dominates the soundtrack at that point is quiet---the expressions on their faces is all we need.

After Tarzan has killed Sabor,a disgruntled and depressed Kerchek turns away---not only was he not able to protect his family from the leopard,but this strange creature he was coerced into accepting into his fold was able to do it.Tarzan then lays the big cat's corpse at Kerchek's feet,as if to say, "I didn't do this for myself---I did it for our family,and for you.".The moment that follows,the exchange of facial expressions between Tarzan and Kerchek---had a gunshot not gone off in the distance,would the great ape finally welcome the hairless one into his family?This,we will never know.

And Disney is abandoning the creation of scenes like these for the likes of Chicken Little?

 

Originally Posted By LindsayC

The flight of Cody and Marahute near the beginning of Rescuers Down Under, and from the same movie one of the funniest pieces - where Joanna steals eggs from McLeach.

The Beast’s transformation in Beauty and the Beast.

Any appearance of Little Brother in Mulan.

Hellfire from Hunchback

Kronk and the dinner sequence in New Groove.

 

Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

The Incredibles - the sequence when Dash is escaping the villains on the island.

The Incredibles - the opening sequence where Mr. Incredible is trying to get to his wedding -- saving the day along the way.

 

Originally Posted By DDMAN26

Jim I love the Dash sequence in the Incredibles.

I would pick our first introduction to Woody and gang in Toy Story

Lampwick turning into the Donkey in Pinocchio

 

Originally Posted By Jakijajah

Apart from the obvious ones (come on! everybody loves the TLK sunrise ) I adore:

- Transformartion in Brother Bear. Especially when the blue liquid splashes on the rock.

- Kida stepping on water as the giant rock masks fall behind her.

- The scene when Pocahontas "magically" learns english and the wide shot when they're standing under the tree and the vertigo of "the colours of the wind surrounds them". Aslo, their intial meeting adn what Glen did to Pocahontas' hair stunns me everytime.

- Jane's baboon chase for her screems and the shot when her and Tarzan are about to get crushed by the falling log. Intense!

- The Kronos scequence in The Incredibles when they go back and forth between Mr I discovering Syndrome's plan and Helen suspecting Bob of an affair. The music and editing on this is breathtaking.

- The whole Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo

Just to mention a fiew.

 

Originally Posted By Jakijajah

that's "screams"

 

Originally Posted By Imagineer This

The Sorceror's Apprentice sequence from Fantasia, some Pixar, some Aladdin and a lot of the above.