History HilariousInHindsight / AnimatedFilms

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' (1996) featured a VillainSong in which the villain sang about burning down Notre Dame. In April of 2019, guess what happened? Ordinarily this would just be a FunnyAneurysmMoment, but what bumps it into dark comedy territory is that at the time, Disney was right in the middle of creating hi-def and live-action remakes of some of its older movies. ''Hunchback'' wasn't one of them... supposedly.

* Rex in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' is a toy dinosaur made by an unnamed company that was bought out by Mattel. Fans have long noted his resemblance to the tyrannosaur from the already-discontinued "Dino-Riders" line (which featured human action figures that... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin rode on dinosaurs]]) and speculated that that's exactly what he was. Fast forward two years after the movie's release, and the company behind Dino-Riders, Tyco, was indeed bought by Mattel.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', Bart imitates WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse by wearing a black bra on his head and saying "I'm the mascot of an evil corporation".Creator/{{Disney}} now owns most of 21st Century Fox's assets, which includes ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', Bart imitates WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse by wearing a black bra on his head and saying "I'm the mascot of an evil corporation". In 2017, it was announced that Creator/{{Disney}} is looking to purchase most of 21st Century Fox, whose assets include ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' had this happen to it: in the movie, Elsa has the ability to conjure ice and snow. Shortly after the movie came out, a "polar vortex" caused large swaths of the United States and Canada to be blasted with subzero temperatures and heavy snowfall. A lot of fans therefore jokingly blamed the polar vortex on Elsa's powers. That, or telling Mother Nature that when Elsa said "the cold never bothered me anyway," it wasn't supposed to be taken as a challenge. The first teaser for ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' would be released during the 2019 polar vortex.

* Duke Weaselton in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' is shown running a bootleg DVD stand, with mammal-versions of other Disney animated movies, including "[[ProductionForeshadowing movies that haven't even been released yet]]". One of these films is "Giraffic", referencing a production which was in the works at the time known as ''Gigantic'', but ended up being shelved indefinitely the following year. ''Giraffic'' has a caption which says "Weaselton Exclusive", and now, since the real film is never coming out, it's really true!

* One of the songs used in ''WebVideo/TheFryingNemo'' saga, a series of WebAnimation/YouTubePoop videos based on ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', is "What A Wonderful World" by Music/LouisArmstrong. In 2016, the film's sequel, ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'', would use this song [[spoiler: when Hank the septopus crashes a truck into the ocean to free all the fish inside of it]].

* One of the songs used in [[https://youtu.be/tasYiVI0iz0 this]] WebAnimation/YouTubePoop of ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' is "What A Wonderful World" by Music/LouisArmstrong. In 2016, the film's sequel, ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'', would use this song [[spoiler: when Hank the septopus crashes a truck into the ocean to free all the fish inside of it]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}'' had this happen to it: in the movie, Elsa has the ability to conjure ice and snow. Shortly after the movie came out, a "polar vortex" caused large swaths of the United States and Canada to be blasted with subzero temperatures and heavy snowfall. A lot of fans therefore jokingly blamed the polar vortex on Elsa's powers. That, or telling Mother Nature that when Elsa said "the cold never bothered me anyway," it wasn't supposed to be taken as a challenge. The first teaser for ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' would be released during the 2019 polar vortex.

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* ''HilariousInHindsight/TheEmojiMovie''
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* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDark'', [[spoiler:Ritchie Simpson, [[RoleReprise reprised]] [[Series/{{Constantine}} by]] Creator/JeremyDavies, is a pawn for [[AdaptationNameChange (Dr.)]] Destiny. In ''Series/Elseworlds2018'', he's cast as John Dee[[AdaptationNameChange (gan)]] himself.]]

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu_Eag_NbVU Cutting Edge]]'', a song in ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' where The Master's new appliances gloat about how technologically advanced they are is amusing to watch now that [[TechnologyMarchesOn Technology Has Marched On]]. Said "cutting edge" appliances are now all hilariously and amazingly obsolete (good luck even finding some of them in a thrift store), while the "outdated" toaster, lamp, vacuum, and electric blanket are all still popular and commonly used in homes.

* In the [[WesternAnimation/AstroBoy 2009 Astro Boy film]], Donald Sutherland plays a character called President Stone. Sounds a lot like the name of a [[Film/TheHungerGames certain future Sutherland role]], right?

* In Disney's ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'', one of the heroine's evil stepsisters is named "Anastasia". Fast-forward about fifty years, and ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' becomes something of an evil stepsister to the Disney canon princesses, considering she was Creator/DonBluth's answer to them, and Don Bluth used to work for Disney before leaving and establishing himself as a competitor. Even better, both Anastasias are/eventually become redheaded heroines with love interests with humble backgrounds.

* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' had this happen to it: in the movie, Elsa has the ability to conjure ice and snow. Shortly after the movie came out, a "polar vortex" caused large swaths of the United States and Canada to be blasted with subzero temperatures and heavy snowfall. A lot of fans therefore jokingly blamed the polar vortex on Elsa's powers. That, or telling Mother Nature that when Elsa said "the cold never bothered me anyway," it wasn't supposed to be taken as a challenge. The first teaser for ''Disney/FrozenII'' would be released during the 2019 polar vortex.

** In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', there is a scene in which several princesses, including spoofs of Rapunzel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, have a superhero-style battle against Prince Charming, all of whom are included in the Franchise/DisneyPrincess line-up (though Rapunzel jointed the Disney lineup four years after ''Shrek The Third'' was made). In an actual Disney film, ''Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternet'', [[spoiler: the Disney Princesses help fight an army of Ralph clones with their own special abilities]].

* ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' (1996) featured a VillainSong in which the villain sang about burning down Notre Dame. In April of 2019, guess what happened? Ordinarily this would just be a FunnyAneurysmMoment, but what bumps it into dark comedy territory is that at the time, Disney was right in the middle of creating hi-def and live-action remakes of some of its older movies. ''Hunchback'' wasn't one of them... supposedly.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'': Nigel, a sulfur-crested cockatoo, is one in an endangered species. Eventually, ''The Week'' would specify a "good week" for "endangered species," by which it meant men bearing such a name as going out of vogue, meeting at a pub somewhere.

* ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' (1996) featured a VillainSong in which the villain sang about burning down Notre Dame. In April of 2019, guess what happened? Ordinarily this would just be a FunnyAneurysmMoment, but what bumps it into dark comedy territory is that at the time, Disney was right in the middle of creating hi-def and live-action remakes of some of its older movies. ''Hunchback'' wasn't one of them... supposedly.

* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' had this happen to it: in the movie, Elsa has the ability to conjure ice and snow. Shortly after the movie came out, a "polar vortex" caused large swaths of the United States and Canada to be blasted with subzero temperatures and heavy snowfall. A lot of fans therefore jokingly blamed the polar vortex on Elsa's powers. That, or telling Mother Nature that when Elsa said "the cold never bothered me anyway," it wasn't supposed to be taken as a challenge. Never mind that it was mostly the United States and eastern Canada where 2014's winter was exceptionally cold, whereas it was nothing out of the ordinary in Elsa's native Norway.

* ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'': When ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' came out, many people made jokes that Elsa was responsible for the 2014 Arctic blast that blanketed large swaths of the United States. The first teaser for ''Disney/FrozenII'' would be released during the 2019 polar vortex.

* ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' (1996) featured a VillainSong in which the villain sang about burning down Notre Dame. In April of 2019, guess what happened? Ordinarily this would just be a FunnyAneurysmMoment, but what bumps it into dark comedy territory is that at the time, Disney was right in the middle of creating hi-def and live-action remakes of some of its older movies. ''Hunchback'' wasn't one of them... supposedly.

* ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'': When ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' came out, many people made jokes that Elsa was responsible for the 2014 Arctic blast that blanketed large swaths of the United States. The first teaser for ''Disney/FrozenII'' would be released during the 2019 polar vortex.

* The ShoutOut to ''Film/MadMax'' in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobMovieSpongeOutOfWater The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'' with the denizens of Bikini Bottom transformed into Apunkalypse after the disappearance of the Krabby Patty recipe became more hilarious three months later with the release of ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.