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Mob's avatar

So many fantastic cartoons. But everyone seems to have forgotten Spirit. Like wtf. Did y'll never watch spirit?! The red Indian with a Beauty of a Stallion.

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Iwuagwu Ebuka's avatar

...my mom would suddenly start cutting onions in the house and it’d get into my eyes😂😂😂

What kind of yeye coincidence is that

But Amadin, I am surprised you did not make mention of Mr incredible

Although I don't think it was a Disney cartoon

I must say, It was very difficult reading this without drawing images in my mind, you nailed it...

Especially the impression you created about the inner child taken over 🙌

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Joseph Utih's avatar

"You're playing with the big boys now"... The Prince of Egypt left a mark on my inner child tho'. Also remember loving the story of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I love this piece!!!

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OrevaOghene Ben-Orupete's avatar

This is beautiful. Mulan is my favourite Disney cartoon too. Here's to more stories from the child in you!

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Koton's avatar

Mulan, Anastasia is a close second. This piece is beautiful.

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Douglas's avatar

I'm still smiling... Those were good times

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Aisi's avatar

Pocahontas

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Pain000's avatar

This was beautiful actually.

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Ella's avatar

"But I think the sleekest form of protest in an oppressive world that tries to make robots and stoic salt statues of us is to laugh in it’s face." 😂For real🤡This was such an amazing read Fames....evoked a lot of emotions.....With adulting and all I felt cartoons were childish😂 with their exaggerations and ridiculous and laughable caricatures but I recently started watching them all over again, starting with some really amazing ones Ne Zha....Smallfoot....Abominable...I watched all 3 on a roll and I realized it was teaching me how to listen and not necessarily to watch, to look past their laughable figures and see the sense and wits they were using😂. I saw Mulan just once when I was a child though, I remember I absolutely loved it, it was novelty to me coz at the time I had never seen a cartoon movie with setting and structure like that....sha... I had forgotten the plot and every every, it was nice to relive once again its awesomeness....and then you brought out parts of it a grown person can relate to. That's just awesome 😍👏🏽 I might go and rewatch it...maybe this time it would stick

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U10.47's avatar

You write the way I think. Thanks for making me relive this.

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Freddy's avatar

You made me relive my childhood in a matter of minutes

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Kyro's avatar

Pocahontas followed by mulan

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Hajara Abdul-Sule's avatar

In no particular order, lion king, mulan and Anastasia. This was a wonderful read

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Jonathan Durunguma's avatar

It's scary to see how words were spun in every Disney song: a beautiful feat.

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