13 Disney Movies You Had No Idea Originally Had A Different Title
Could you imagine Simba being the king of the jungle?
1. Instead of being named after the robot, Wall-e was originally titled "Trash Planet."
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2. Frozen's working title was the same as the Hans Christian Anderson tale it was based on, "The Snow Queen."
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3. Before turning into a full-length feature, Mulan was going to be a short film, and it was going to be titled "China Doll."
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4. The Emperor's New Groove had the original working title of "Kingdom of the Sun."
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5. Lee Unkrich revealed that they almost named A Bug's Life in the same vein of Toy Story, but they ultimately didn't want to follow the "___ Story" naming convention.
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6. There was a different plot, title, and color associated with the Cars movie. There were originally no race cars, and the main car was a foreign yellow car trying to win approval from the small town folks in the movie.
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7. Wreck-It Ralph had the working title "Reboot Ralph."
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8. Meet the Robinsons was based off of the book A Day with Wilbur Robinson and that was the working title of the film.
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9. The Great Mouse Detective was almost released under the name "The Basil of Baker Street."
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10. OK, this one isn't a huge change, but The Princess and the Frog used to be called "The Frog Princess."
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11. Oliver & Company was produced under the working title "Oliver & the Dodger."
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12. Tangled was originally named after its main character.
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13. Finally, The Lion King was originally called "King of the Jungle." I think Disney finally realized that you don't typically see a lion in the jungle.
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