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*** ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'' (1940) was considered too episodic by some critics, and audiences proved to NOT be in the mood for such fanciful fare during WWII.
*** ''[[Fantasia]]'' (1940), in a nutshell, was too far ahead of its time. Most theaters refused to install the special "Fantasound" speakers needed to create the surround sound which Walt had planned the film to use, and many critics derided the film as pretentious. Yes, the [[Animation Age Ghetto]] existed [[Older Than They Think|before the trope did]]. The failure of ''Fantasia'' crushed Walt, who abolished plans to make any sequels (and this was the only film he wanted to make a sequel to).
*** ''[[Bambi (Disney film)|Bambi]]'' (1942), like ''Fantasia'', was a victim of being too far ahead of its time. Critics derided it as [[Animation Age Ghetto|pretentious]] and overly introspective compared to everything that had come before. Oh, and lets not bring [[Bambification]] into this either, please.
** The following decade had its ups and downs. ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'', ''[[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Peter Pan]]'' and ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'' were big hits. But:
*** ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1951) was a financial failure. Like ''Fantasia'', it was rediscovered in [[The Sixties]] and became popular among the counter-culture and a new generation of fans that didn't care that they weren't the Disney Princess fare.
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