"DO NOT BE FOOLED BY ITS COMMONPLACE APPEARANCE. LIKE MOST THINGS IN LIFE, IT IS NOT WHAT IS ON THE OUTSIDE BUT WHAT IS ON THE INSIDE THAT COUNTS."

- The Merchant in Aladdin

"So here is a riddle, to guess if you can sing the bells of Notre Dame. What makes a monster and what makes a man?"

- Clopin, narrator


You want to go outside? Oh, why, Rapunzel?
Look at you, as fragile as a flower
Still a little sapling, just a sprout
You know why we stay up in this tower?
That's right, to keep you safe and sound, dear.

- Mother Gothel, Tangled

In The Lion King, after Simba tries to escape all responsibility and go into exile, Nala has to go after him and remind him that the philosophy of "Hakuna Matata" or "No Worries" isn't a viable solution. One must face life head on despite its emotional toll and its challenges.

Analysis


In Toy Story 3, Lotso Bear becomes malevolent after his owner forgets about him in a park. Lotso Bear internalizes this sense of abandonment by refusing to allow toys to ever leave Sunnyside. He repeatedly tells the others that no one cares for them because he is deeply afraid that no one cares for him.

Analysis, Toy Story 3

"Poor unfortunate souls
In pain, in need
This one longing to be thinner
That one wants to get the girl
And do I help them?
Yes, indeed."

- Ursula, The Little Mermaid