Disney is one of the most influential media companies in the world, and their works (particularly their animated output) are frequently referenced in pop culture due to this.
References with their own pages:
- 101 Dalmatians
- Aladdin
- Alice in Wonderland
- Bambi
- Beauty and the Beast
- A Bug's Life
- Cars
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
- Cinderella
- Disney Live-Action Remakes
- Donald Duck
- DuckTales
- Dumbo
- Fantasia
- Fantasia 2000
- Finding Nemo
- Frozen
- Gargoyles
- A Goofy Movie
- Gravity Falls
- Hannah Montana
- Hercules
- High School Musical
- The Incredibles
- Inside Out
- The Jungle Book
- Kim Possible
- Lady and the Tramp
- Lilo & Stitch
- The Lion King
- The Little Mermaid
- Mary Poppins
- Mickey Mouse
- Monsters, Inc.
- Mulan
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Old Yeller
- Peter Pan
- Phineas and Ferb
- Pinocchio
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Pocahontas
- The Princess and the Frog
- Ratatouille
- Robin Hood
- Silly Symphonies
- Sleeping Beauty Disney
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Song of the South
- The Sword in the Stone
- TaleSpin
- Tangled
- Tarzan
- The Three Caballeros
- Toy Story
- Treasure Planet
- Up
- WALL•E
- Walt Disney Presents
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Winnie the Pooh
- Wreck-It Ralph
- Zootopia
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Anime & Manga
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure:
- Stardust Crusaders: When Polnareff is told he would be granted wishes during his encounter with Cameo, one of the various things he lists off is building 'Polnareff Land', an amusement park that he wants to be "bigger than Disney's".
- Stone Ocean: After Ermes gains her Stand, she states out random facts to assure herself she's not dreaming, one being that Mickey Mouse's birthday is on November 18.
Asian Animation
- The Bread Barbershop episode "Take Care of My Hair" has Bun Iger (a pun on Bob Iger), the CEO of a company called Bunisney, show up to have a haircut done for him by Master Bread for a show.
Comics
- In Bruchbach Serenade, Rick skims through a book containing classic literature and notes that "they stole half of these alleged classics from Walt Disney". This is followed by an Imagine Spot of Hans Christian Andersen's place being burned down by men in black wearing Mickey Mouse ears.
- In U.S.Avengers #4, Victor Vandoom plans to be "svimmink in readies like der cartoon duck!"
Films - Live-Action
- Alfred Hitchcock's 1936 film Sabotage has the Silly Symphonies cartoon Who Killed Cock Robin? playing in a theater.
- Sullivan's Travels: The Mickey Mouse cartoon Playful Pluto (specifically, the flypaper sequence) and its screening to a weary audience becomes a major plot point late in the film.
Literature
- In Moving Pictures, the magic of Holy Wood creates several Uplifted Animals. One of them is a duck who doesn't seem to be quite as uplifted as the others, since while they can talk normally, his voice still sounds like quacking, especially when he gets annoyed about this.
- In the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book "Old School" the family's pet pig starts standing on 2 legs and wears shorts. Greg says it's like living with a Disney character.
Music
- Disney was mentioned in an Cantonese song making fun of Chinese president Xi Jinping and the Chinese ban on Winnie the Pooh.Disney will redirected to 4-0-4!
Western Animation
- The Beany and Cecil episode "Beanyland" is a parody of Disney and Disneyland.