Referenced By / Disney Live-Action Remakes

Fanfic

• Edgar sarcastically summarizes a fictional live-action adaptation of The Aristocats told from Edgar's POV.

Films – Live-Action

• Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022): Dale is shown to have gotten "CG surgery" for a more "modern" look, parodying how 2D characters are tweaked for live-action reboots in general. Baloo also appears as he did in the 2016 remake, with Dale remarking he also got work done.

Live-Action TV

• Parodied on Saturday Night Live. When Dwayne Johnson hosted in 2015, they had a sketch in which Bambi was given the live-action remake treatment and became about Bambi's Roaring Rampage of Revenge.

Western Animation

• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023): At one point in his eponymous episode, The Beyonder watches some TV and wonders why humans are so fascinated with remakes, calling the animated versions superior.
• Robot Chicken: A sketch from "May Cause the Exact Thing You're Taking This to Avoid" involves Bob Chapek and Walt Disney presenting a fictional live-action adaptation of The Story of Menstruation in the year 2063.
• South Park: In the special "Joining the Panderverse", Cartman has a nightmare where he and his friends are replaced by adult women of color, a jab at Disney allegedly race-lifting characters for their remakes to appeal to minority audiences.

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