Top 20 Disney Movies That Break the Fourth Wall
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Date: 2023-11-21
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Andrea
I always thought if the characters looked directly at the camera it's more to show the workers behind the scenes of the movies showing off how the characters are feeling in those particular moments.
Unless, of course, they actually talk directly to the audience like with The Lion King, The Emperor's New Groove, and those post credits scenes like with Moana, Hercules, and Aladdin.
But, who knows I could be wrong and it is pretty cool to know about if it's true. :)
Though in Peter Pan I can most definitely tell that the Crocodile is looking right directly at us while going after Captain Hook! Lol: )
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I always thought if the characters looked directly at the camera it's more to show the workers behind the scenes of the movies showing off how the characters are feeling in those particular moments.
Unless, of course, they actually talk directly to the audience like with The Lion King, The Emperor's New Groove, and those post credits scenes like with Moana, Hercules, and Aladdin.
But, who knows I could be wrong and it is pretty cool to know about if it's true. :)
Though in Peter Pan I can most definitely tell that the Crocodile is looking right directly at us while going after Captain Hook! Lol: )
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Ellyn
This was a huge hoot! Okay, now how about Live Action 4th Wall Breaks. One of my all-time favorite L/A 4thWBreaking movies has to be 1997's George of the Jungle --of course, the fact that it was derived from a hilarious cartoon series from the Jay Ward Studios (creators of Rocky and Bullwinkle) probably has something to do with its excellence in breaking that wall! Just one sample: Max (in Cockney accent): Thor! Are you fighting with the Narrator? Thor: Yeah, well, he started it! Narrator: Did not! Thor: Did too! Narrator--well, you can probably see where that was going.
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This was a huge hoot! Okay, now how about Live Action 4th Wall Breaks. One of my all-time favorite L/A 4thWBreaking movies has to be 1997's George of the Jungle --of course, the fact that it was derived from a hilarious cartoon series from the Jay Ward Studios (creators of Rocky and Bullwinkle) probably has something to do with its excellence in breaking that wall! Just one sample: Max (in Cockney accent): Thor! Are you fighting with the Narrator? Thor: Yeah, well, he started it! Narrator: Did not! Thor: Did too! Narrator--well, you can probably see where that was going.
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Summer
I definitely wouldve added The Sword and the Stone. It has a little narration, but the best fourth wall break is at the very end. When Arthur becomes king, Merlin assures him he will become great and famous, and one day his story will become a motion picture. Arthur looks at him in confusion and says, A motion picture? Merlin replies, That right, my boy. No commercials, of course. The the The End title card runs, so it implies that this motion picture is what you just watched, and if you watched it in a theater, it probably had no commercials.
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I definitely wouldve added The Sword and the Stone. It has a little narration, but the best fourth wall break is at the very end. When Arthur becomes king, Merlin assures him he will become great and famous, and one day his story will become a motion picture. Arthur looks at him in confusion and says, A motion picture? Merlin replies, That right, my boy. No commercials, of course. The the The End title card runs, so it implies that this motion picture is what you just watched, and if you watched it in a theater, it probably had no commercials.
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Joe
In one scene from Dora and Friends: Into the City when Dora, Pablo and Kate are asking the viewers why the sea serpent ducked down into the water and its all because of very loud noises and that which would explain that Kate accidentally popped her balloon sword which gives the pirates an idea on purpose and how the way getting the treasure chest back after the sea serpent would help Dora & Pablo take back the treasure that the pirates stole from them in the first place.
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In one scene from Dora and Friends: Into the City when Dora, Pablo and Kate are asking the viewers why the sea serpent ducked down into the water and its all because of very loud noises and that which would explain that Kate accidentally popped her balloon sword which gives the pirates an idea on purpose and how the way getting the treasure chest back after the sea serpent would help Dora & Pablo take back the treasure that the pirates stole from them in the first place.
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Family
Tbh, I feel like Lion King 1 1/2 was an even bigger wall breaker than LK. Because the whole thing is basically Timone and Pumbaa narrating the story, showing the movie, etc. Even the ending has all these Disney characters coming into the theater at the end, and they're rewinding it in order to play it for them.
Idk if the ending is actually a wall break, but I still say 1 and 1/2 was a better wall break than the first Lion King.
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Tbh, I feel like Lion King 1 1/2 was an even bigger wall breaker than LK. Because the whole thing is basically Timone and Pumbaa narrating the story, showing the movie, etc. Even the ending has all these Disney characters coming into the theater at the end, and they're rewinding it in order to play it for them.
Idk if the ending is actually a wall break, but I still say 1 and 1/2 was a better wall break than the first Lion King.
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fanjoy
besides the BGM, in all probability there was already a service of the Divine Office/Liturgy of the Hours underway after the Feast of Fools scene; proof of that is the soft choral BGM when Esmeralda enters the Cathedral for the first time and she was looking around, the Archdeacon lighting the candles while conversing with Esmeralda, & the Christians during God Help the Outcasts sequence
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besides the BGM, in all probability there was already a service of the Divine Office/Liturgy of the Hours underway after the Feast of Fools scene; proof of that is the soft choral BGM when Esmeralda enters the Cathedral for the first time and she was looking around, the Archdeacon lighting the candles while conversing with Esmeralda, & the Christians during God Help the Outcasts sequence
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Patricia
Tamatoa also breaks the fourth wall when he asks the audience if they 'get it' after his line about 'get the hook'. This is a pun that most adults will get, harking back to a time when talent show acts would literally 'get the hook' (be pulled offstage by a stage-hand using a shepherd's crook or something similar) if the audience didn't like them.
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Tamatoa also breaks the fourth wall when he asks the audience if they 'get it' after his line about 'get the hook'. This is a pun that most adults will get, harking back to a time when talent show acts would literally 'get the hook' (be pulled offstage by a stage-hand using a shepherd's crook or something similar) if the audience didn't like them.
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Dama
Im not sure if this counts as a fourth wall break, but in the movie The Croods, Sandy and Belt do the dun dun dun in front of the words The End.
Also, in Ever After High, Maddie Hatter can actually communicate with the narrators. (I know its not technically Disney, but still)
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Im not sure if this counts as a fourth wall break, but in the movie The Croods, Sandy and Belt do the dun dun dun in front of the words The End.
Also, in Ever After High, Maddie Hatter can actually communicate with the narrators. (I know its not technically Disney, but still)
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BPJD
Another set of fourth wall breaking comes from Disney's 1994 series Gargoyles, which has references to at least Star Wars and Bambi in the first episodes alone. I'm really sad that not many people talk about or even acknowledge that Gargoyles is a part of Disney.
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Another set of fourth wall breaking comes from Disney's 1994 series Gargoyles, which has references to at least Star Wars and Bambi in the first episodes alone. I'm really sad that not many people talk about or even acknowledge that Gargoyles is a part of Disney.
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Carol
As funny as fourth wall breaks are, I could've done without the one in Tangled. I know this is an unpopular opinion, but Eugene's narration ruins the whole tone of the film. Also the ending narration makes it sound like he changed very little, if at all.
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As funny as fourth wall breaks are, I could've done without the one in Tangled. I know this is an unpopular opinion, but Eugene's narration ruins the whole tone of the film. Also the ending narration makes it sound like he changed very little, if at all.
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Chisszaru
Damn Mushu, that was too cold, even for me. I'm quite a hardened guy, and can easily make decisions so hard, everyone around me starts to cry, and say i'm too cold inside, but Mushu might just take the price for that. I can't complain though
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Damn Mushu, that was too cold, even for me. I'm quite a hardened guy, and can easily make decisions so hard, everyone around me starts to cry, and say i'm too cold inside, but Mushu might just take the price for that. I can't complain though
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Teresa
Not officially disney, but disney adjacent, my first experience if a character breaking the 4th wall comes at the end of the original muppet movie when at the end of the credits, animal tells the audience to go home, the adds on bye-bye
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Not officially disney, but disney adjacent, my first experience if a character breaking the 4th wall comes at the end of the original muppet movie when at the end of the credits, animal tells the audience to go home, the adds on bye-bye
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sresnick03
Im sorry but if youre going to talk about Lion King but show a clip from 1 1/2 then speak about how that movie was the 4th wall! Instead of mentioning just the first Lion King. And tbh you should of just did the 1 1/2 instead
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Im sorry but if youre going to talk about Lion King but show a clip from 1 1/2 then speak about how that movie was the 4th wall! Instead of mentioning just the first Lion King. And tbh you should of just did the 1 1/2 instead
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Hannah
I heard that you probably heard about this that one of the line somewhere and I just kind of glory to say the least so I guess I heard that they cut that part out I think something to do with cutting peoples tons off or something
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I heard that you probably heard about this that one of the line somewhere and I just kind of glory to say the least so I guess I heard that they cut that part out I think something to do with cutting peoples tons off or something
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Juan
1. Tangled
2. Tarzan
3. The Little Mermaid
4. Mulan
5. The Lion King
6. Snow White and The 7 Dwafs
7. Pinocchio
8. Moana
9. Aladdin
10. Hercules
11. Brother Bear
12. Emperor's New Grove
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1. Tangled
2. Tarzan
3. The Little Mermaid
4. Mulan
5. The Lion King
6. Snow White and The 7 Dwafs
7. Pinocchio
8. Moana
9. Aladdin
10. Hercules
11. Brother Bear
12. Emperor's New Grove
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Brodiger
I love how in the lion king when Timon says pumba not in front of the kids and pumba says oh sorry thats when Simba. Looks at the camera all confused hes like what are you talking about? Thats the funniest part of the movie
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I love how in the lion king when Timon says pumba not in front of the kids and pumba says oh sorry thats when Simba. Looks at the camera all confused hes like what are you talking about? Thats the funniest part of the movie
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Kenya-Jazmyne
Cartoon Network breaks the fourth wall almost the same or more than Disney. Breaking the fourth wall is always my favorite parts of the show that do it.
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Cartoon Network breaks the fourth wall almost the same or more than Disney. Breaking the fourth wall is always my favorite parts of the show that do it.
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Olvia
194: I was 4 years old when I saw Brother Bear in theaters with my mom. Let me just say, the ending also creeped me out. Again years ago but I get easily scared
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194: I was 4 years old when I saw Brother Bear in theaters with my mom. Let me just say, the ending also creeped me out. Again years ago but I get easily scared
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Firefly
How about in The Aristocats, Thomas OMalley looks at the camera, and says Come to think of it OMalley, youre not a cat, youre a rat! Right? Right?
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How about in The Aristocats, Thomas OMalley looks at the camera, and says Come to think of it OMalley, youre not a cat, youre a rat! Right? Right?
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Laura
Finally, a countdown that gives The Emperor's New Groove the accolades it deserves. It and A Bug's Life are probably my 2 favorite Disney films.
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Finally, a countdown that gives The Emperor's New Groove the accolades it deserves. It and A Bug's Life are probably my 2 favorite Disney films.
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Jaime
I think cars 2006 have break the fourth wall after the end credits was finish one of the two cars is keep on asking we to look for directions
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I think cars 2006 have break the fourth wall after the end credits was finish one of the two cars is keep on asking we to look for directions
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cajayson8301
The Evil Queen from Snow White also looked into the camera when she said there may be an antidote to the poisoned apple.
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The Evil Queen from Snow White also looked into the camera when she said there may be an antidote to the poisoned apple.
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ladyvader139
Most of these really aren't 4th wall breaks, they're mostly characters talking to themselves. This list is a real stretch
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Most of these really aren't 4th wall breaks, they're mostly characters talking to themselves. This list is a real stretch
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Hannah
I never done the one I wonder if you ever do a video of maybe a Pixar movies or something like that breaking the fourth wall
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I never done the one I wonder if you ever do a video of maybe a Pixar movies or something like that breaking the fourth wall
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Gastronauta
I was expecting #1 to be ENCANTO and it wasn't even on the list! I mean, Mirabel sings to the audience all the time!
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I was expecting #1 to be ENCANTO and it wasn't even on the list! I mean, Mirabel sings to the audience all the time!
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Elisabeth
0: 38: Thank you for also mentioning Eugene, the real name (or actually it's Horrace, but he doesn't like that name)
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0: 38: Thank you for also mentioning Eugene, the real name (or actually it's Horrace, but he doesn't like that name)
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Sam
4: 07 Is it bad that I wish Hugo acted more like Duckman?
7: 15 (Holds hand up) You'll learn when you're older.
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4: 07 Is it bad that I wish Hugo acted more like Duckman?
7: 15 (Holds hand up) You'll learn when you're older.
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Harris
Just because Characters stare or Look into The Audience for 1-2 Seconds cant really be call a 4th Wall Breaking
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Just because Characters stare or Look into The Audience for 1-2 Seconds cant really be call a 4th Wall Breaking
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Hannah
What are my favorite voice Wahlbergs is Tamatoa even if theyre not big fan of Moana how does give me a sequel
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What are my favorite voice Wahlbergs is Tamatoa even if theyre not big fan of Moana how does give me a sequel
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Olvia
193: The fourth wall break at the ending of The Aristocats creeped me out when I was little. It was years ago
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193: The fourth wall break at the ending of The Aristocats creeped me out when I was little. It was years ago
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