10+ Problematic Things That Happened In Disney Movies

The buck teeth and mock accent are only the beginning. Having to endure the song "We Are Siamese" as an adult is about the most cringeworthy thing a person should ever be asked to do.

Dumbo gets so deliriously drunk that he begins hallucinating a herd of terrifying pink elephants.

By the way, the song "Pink Elephants On Parade" is easily the most terrifying Disney song of all time.

Many point to the portrayal of King Louie and his subjects as being racially contentious and insensitive.

I recently rewatched the film and I have to admit — it's hard to argue otherwise.

Sure, Disney is quick to show us just how much Pinocchio is disgusted by such habits but they shouldn't have been there in the first place!

Why did they have to show him guzzling beer and puffing stogies at all?

The prologue to Beauty and the Beast ends with the narrator asking "who could ever learn to love a beast?"

It conveys the idea that it is the job of young women to "fix" the abusive aspects of their male partner's psyche/personality.

Ariel isn't all that dissimilar from Belle. By surrendering her voice to Ursula, she's metaphorically surrendering that which defines her — all for a man she's never even met.

This perpetuates an outdated notion that men are the superior gender and that a woman should be ready to sacrifice all that she is for love.

Have a listen and hear it for yourself. The opening lyrics to the song (in the original animated feature) are:

"Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face, it's barbaric but hey — it's home."

How did the Prince know that kissing Snow White would break the spell? I don't remember him ever being privy to that information, do you?

So for all we know, he had no idea whatsoever that she'd even wake up. When you think of it in that way, it's creepy.

Admittedly, it's been a while since I've seen Sleeping Beauty. But to the best of my knowledge, I don't remember the Prince ever being told that true love's first kiss would break the spell.

Even if he did, how could anyone argue Aurora loved him? They literally met once.

I seriously shudder even thinking about this scene. Without a doubt, "What Made The Red Man Red" is on the Mt. Rushmore of offensive Disney songs and Disney moments.

It almost makes Peter Pan unwatchable.

Alice eats a piece of mushroom and grows as big as a house. She swallows a pill and she becomes smaller than a dormouse.

There are songs about flowers with special powers and backward-talking chess pieces. It's such a psychedelic film that Jefferson Airplane even wrote a song about it.

You can really take your pick of whatever verse you prefer. But my personal favorite has always been "Kidnap the Sandy Claws, chop him into bits. Mr. Oogie Bogey is sure to get his kicks."

Whoever conceived the character of Cruella de Vil must have truly been one sick puppy. Who in their right mind would make a coat from the skins of Dalmations?!

It makes you wonder how many other helpless animal victims have crossed Cruella's path.

To make one thing clear, John Smith and his cohorts weren't interested in singing songs that had to do with painting with all the colors of the wind.

They came to eradicate and slaughter.

Disney was so bold as to actually name one of the characters Jim Crow. If that isn't flying a giant middle finger in the face of racial equality, I don't know what is.

This is another film that should be locked up in the vault — permanently.