22 Things You Didn't Know About Your Favorite Animated Films

From design inspiration to hidden images, these are the unknown facts behind the best animated films of all time.

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Animated films hold a special place in our hearts, but no matter how many times we've seen the Disney classics, there's still stuff we don't know about the lovable movies. Many contain hidden graphics that flash by too quickly when viewed in real time. Also, so much goes into pulling off an animated movie, that it's easy to forget everything that happens behind the scenes. From the longest frame in Frozen to the dirty picture hidden in the original poster for The Little Mermaid, here are 22 Things You Didn't Know About Your Favorite Animated Films.

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Every LEGO creation in The LEGO Movie can be reproduced in the real world.

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Peter Pan is the last film that Disney's legendary Nine Old Men created.

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Beauty and the Beast changed the animation game.

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FernGully was the first film to be shown at the UN General Assembly Hall.

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Disney characters are meant be understood even with the sound turned off.

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Goofy and Donald Duck attend King Triton's concert in The Little Mermaid.

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Pinocchio is a disturbing morality play.

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Older Disney classics made their way into Tangled.

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Ariel is sitting front of a golden penis in the original poster for The Little Mermaid.

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The protagonist's name in WALL·E stands for "Waste Allocation Load Lifter, Earth Class."

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The beast in Beauty and the Beast is a lion-buffalo-boar-gorilla-wolf-bear hybrid.

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The slain lion in Hercules is Scar from The Lion King.

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The Lion King is a version of Hamlet.

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Monstro, the whale in Pinocchio, returns to the screen in Monsters, Inc.

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The dogs from Lady and the Tramp lend a paw in 101 Dalmatians.

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Snow White's blush is hand-painted.

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Aladdin takes place in the future.

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Snow White cost Walt Disney his house.

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Simba means "lion" in Swahili.

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The longest frame in Frozen took 132 hours to complete.

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Beast has a rainbow butt.

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The Land Before Time was too dark for children during its first cut.

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