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** Now they seem to be working on an [[Avatar (film)|Avatar]] (a [[James Cameron]] franchise) land in Animal Kingdom, which seems like they're branching out beyond Lucas.

* Why is it some characters from the movies ''don't'' appear at the parks anymore when they have appeared previously? From old videos that I have seen on [[YouTube]], I have seen that the parks have in fact used costumes of [[Fun and Fancy Free|Bongo and Lulubelle]], [[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|the March Hare]], [[Winnie the Pooh|Owl]], [[Bedknobs and Broomsticks|King Leonidas]], [[The Great Mouse Detective|Basil and Ratigan]], [[Oliver and Company|Oliver and Dodger]], none of whom have appeared at the parks in recent years. So where are these costumes now?

** Blame [[Popcultural Osmosis]] for that. These characters, and characters from their later 90s films like [[Hercules (1997 film)||Hercules]] and [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|Hunchback of Notre Dame]] simply don't MATTER to today's kids and aren't remembered by the current generation of parents, which is really confusing since they have characters from stuff nobody will care about in a few years like [[Little Einsteins]] still walking about. TL;Dr version: They aren't as easy to milk merchandise out of, because Disney tends to forget some of their own Animated Canon stuff in favor of the more well-known [[Disney Princess]] movies and fare, creating a vicious cycle that makes people only remember the Disney movies that are [[Merchandise-Driven|merchandised]]. Maybe in a few years they'll have more of the forgotten [[Disney Animated Canon]] entries like Great Mouse Detective or Hunchback, but I sorta doubt that'll happen. Seems [[Kingdom Hearts]] is really the only way to go for lovers of 90's Disney nostalgia.

** Blame [[Popcultural Osmosis]] for that. These characters, and characters from their later 90s films like [[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]] and [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|Hunchback of Notre Dame]] simply don't MATTER to today's kids and aren't remembered by the current generation of parents, which is really confusing since they have characters from stuff nobody will care about in a few years like [[Little Einsteins]] still walking about. TL;Dr version: They aren't as easy to milk merchandise out of, because Disney tends to forget some of their own Animated Canon stuff in favor of the more well-known [[Disney Princess]] movies and fare, creating a vicious cycle that makes people only remember the Disney movies that are [[Merchandise-Driven|merchandised]]. Maybe in a few years they'll have more of the forgotten [[Disney Animated Canon]] entries like Great Mouse Detective or Hunchback, but I sorta doubt that'll happen. Seems [[Kingdom Hearts]] is really the only way to go for lovers of 90's Disney nostalgia.

** (different troper here) But I've seen some fur characters of The Three Caballeros at the parks, and I think more kids would be familiar with Hercules or Hunchback then that movie. Especially considering that it hasn't been out on DVD for a long time. Also, how exactly did they do costumes of Dodger and Oliver, if they're not anthropomorphic animals?

* On a similar subject, what ''does'' Disney do with the outdated versions of the costumes they've since updated, like [[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Mr. Smee]], [[Winnie the Pooh|Pooh]], and [[DuckTales|Scrooge McDuck]]?

* On a similar subject, what ''does'' Disney do with the outdated versions of the costumes they've since updated, like [[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Mr. Smee]], [[Winnie the Pooh|Pooh]], and [[DuckTales (1987)|Scrooge McDuck]]?

** The same thing that happens with any old item. They probably put in storage or some sort of archive. Or they reuse the parts for anything else Disney may be working on.

** The costuming department for the parks is HUGE because they keep a lot of the old stuff.