Can You Ace This Disney Spelling Test?

412 Shares

We always find it weird to think about how our upbringing shapes us into adulthood, especially when you look at how certain famous pop culture franchises and icons can become popular with pretty much everyone from a generation. If you're around a certain age, you can pretty much guarantee that your entire childhood was filmed with Disney films, their particular brand of colors, animation and happy narratives really appealing to that core audience.

Isn't it odd how a specific brand can manage to entirely overtake a whole section of entertainment media, in the same way, that a brand may take over a form of food? We always hope that art and creativity are outside of this commercialism mentality, but it's a sad reality that it isn't. This means we spent most of our childhood having a specific type of film and character funneled into our brain. We're sure that some of the people working on the projects are in it to make little kids smile, but that doesn't mean they weren't marketed and geared in certain ways as well.

However, just because you spent your life with the films and characters, doesn't mean that you're as well acquainted with them as you think. What you have to remember is that you were a child when you watched these movies, and you may not have seen them for years now. So, do you really think you'll be able to spell all of these names correctly? Ready to prove that you're the number one Disney fan out there? Let's get started!

Question 1

Tinkle Bell

The concept of a jealous fairy always struck us as really weird. You would think that if you were a tiny being of magic and fun that you wouldn't be too busy spending your life worrying about things like jealousy. Wouldn't you be too busy spreading the love that other people don't have onto them, rather than forcing them to try and make you better? If you couldn't tell, we always hated this character and felt that if you knew someone like this in real life you'd stay far away from her.

Question 2

Donald Duck

It's crazy to think that characters like this one will be almost universally recognizable around the world, not only right now, but for decades if not centuries to come. Imagine if you were the person who created a character like that, knowing that your influence would be seen in this world long after your death. That is the reason that a lot of artists get into their passion, to leave a mark on this world, so it must be a great feeling to achieve that.

Question 3

Winie The Pooh

We reckon we can't be the only ones who found this guy's voice genuinely unnerving when we were a child. To us, it always sounded like an old person who had their last finger clinging onto life, unable to properly talk and having to sort of whisper everything they were saying with that slight blockage in their throat. Honestly, if you don't remember what he sounded like go have a look now and you'll understand exactly what we're talking about.

Question 4

Plutoe

People always say that one of the problems with cartoons that have anthropomorphic animals is that they then can't have animals who act like animals do in the real world, but we don't think that this is true. Perhaps they just live in a world where some animals have evolved naturally over time while some species haven't, leading to a weird situation where people keep early versions of their evolution as pets. Okay, now we've said it out loud that sounds even weirder.

Question 5

Bambi

We still haven't seen this film, and to this day, it continues to shock people when we tell them this. Why is it that crazy? We can't think of many other Disney films that we haven't seen, it's just that this one has managed to creep under our radar for most of our lives. Not being funny, but if we tried to spend our entire lives trying to watch every single film. then we would never get anything else done.

Question 6

Arial

The Little Mermaid is easily one of the most overrated Disney films of all time and if you don't believe us, when was the last time since your childhood that you actually sat down to watch it, because we can promise you now that you'll be surprised once you do. We feel that this one gets a free pass because everyone loved it as a kid and they're not able to remove their nostalgia goggles now that they're an adult.

Question 7

Jiminy Cricket

We don't know about you, but we thought it was pretty smart of them to include a character like this to take the place of the main character's inner monologue and conscience. When we're younger we don't really have a conscience, our moral barometer not yet fully formed, so it was nice to have something like this shown to us at that young age. Hopefully, it taught a lot of children how to behave and grow into proper human beings.

Question 8

Figero

We're not sure why cats always seem to be the villains in films about anthropomorphic animals, so we're happy that there are some children's films out there that show how beautiful and cuddly cats can be, this character being a specific example. This is the character that has made us want a cat ever since childhood and also showed us how cute a cat can look if you get them a little hat as well, which is obviously just as important.

Question 9

Jasmine

The reason we've picked this specific image is that we believe it accurately highlights how much this female lead wasn't having it when the male lead attempted to pull the wool over her eyes. So regularly do the princesses in these films swoon when provided with a man who seems he can offer everything, but it's great when you get the cynical few who just aren't buying it. We need more women like this in media for children so that girls can grow up knowing that boys, underneath all, are nothing special.

Question 10

Moegli

Just like with most Disney films based on old stories, there is a lot that The Jungle Book leaves out! We're not going to spoil anything for you, but while the film makes this little boy out as a helpless little tyke who sort of gets swept along in the schemes of the animals around him, the book paints a much more accurate picture of the way that human beings will often turn bad and use the nature around them to plan out some pretty grim stuff.

Question 11

Pete

We always liked the fact that everyone seemed to have a nemesis in the Disney universe, as it meant that it was easy to quickly conjure up some sort of drama without having to get too in-depth. Now we'd find it really patronizing, but when you're catering mostly to an audience of children, we think this sort of narrative choice is important if you're going to keep their attention for long enough. Sure, there were the big Disney villains, but then there were the smaller ones like this guy.

Question 12

King Loui

Isn't it weird the sorts of things that can end up getting stuck in your head from a young age? Whether you know how to spell this guy's name or not, if you had any sort of childhood then a song immediately sprang into your head as soon as you saw his face. Seriously, we will never understand how another human being could come up with something so catchy that it gets caught inside your brain forever until you die.

Question 13

Nala

If we have to really sit down and think about some of the female Disney characters that we would regard as actually having something about them, we reckon this lady would be somewhere at the top of the list, almost certainly taking a top-five spot if not number one. She was never at the behest of a man, and while we didn't get to see her have her own adventure, at least we never saw her become a sidekick to Simba either.

Question 14

Ludwig Von Duck

Does anybody else think it's weird that the Disney corporation has spent decades coming up with forms of the same animal? They didn't do this with Mickey Mouse, so why have they done it with another one of their staple characters? You would think they'd use their most memorable character rather than one that follows the most memorable character around. Maybe this is some sort of marketing thing that we just don't understand because we're not in the animation business.

Question 15

Lago

So, we know that there are a lot of Disney characters who have had borderline torturous voices, but can we all agree that this is the guy who had the absolute worst of them all? Even the demons in Hercules had less annoying voices than this guy, which is really saying something. Honestly, if you think we're exaggerating, you need to go back and watch Aladdin to truly heart how bad this guy sounds. It's making me upset just thinking about it.

Question 16

Mike Goof

Does anybody else think it's weird that most of these animal characters are pumping out children and starting families? The reality is that most animals do not have the sort of familial dynamic that we have as human beings. We'd like to see a funny children's cartoon that showed you what it was really like when half of these characters gave birth in the animal kingdom because it definitely isn't the happy-go-lucky picture that they paint in these Disney cartoons.

Question 17

Jaffar

We don't care who you are, there's no way you don't immediately respect a character holding a staff in the shape of a snake if you're under the age of ten and male. It just doesn't make any sense, and yet we love it. Surely a staff is there to help steady someone in the same way as a cane would, so how is it smart to have such an elaborate shape on the hand end? Yet, we still love it.

Question 18

Kezco

While we know that Disney has a lot of problems in their films, usually around how they choose to treat their female characters, we do like how they treat people who have been placed in a position of power. They're always bad people, which if you ask us, is a great parallel to the real world because everyone with power in this world is also pretty bad. Obviously, this is a generalization and there are some great leaders out there.

Question 19

Zuzu

We still think it's insane that the same man who played Mr. Bean was in such a big budget Disney title. We know that he can do a lot with his voice, but it just seemed more likely that he'd stay doing British television and never really end up making waves in Hollywood. To be fair, it's not as if the last few years have seen him doing much of any worth when it comes to his appearances in films.

Question 20

Ezma

We reckon that of all the modern Disney villains, this woman is one of the best. Not only was she incredibly smart, hampered only by an idiot sidekick, she has one of the most devilish voices we've ever heard in a children's film. Seriously, when Disney hired this voice actor they knew that they were getting someone who could leave every syllable dribbling with malice. We've never got over the goosebumps this woman's voice gave us when we were a child.

Question 21

Kronk

When did it become an accepted concept that we all like a loveable idiot? We cannot stand films that wouldn't work if you made one of the idiot people in it smart, or even just gave them low-level intelligence. We also don't like the sudden growth in comedy shows in which everybody seems to like the total idiot apart from one person, the comedy springing from the fact that he can't believe anybody would like somebody who was so stupid.

Question 22

Gaston

We will say that one thing that Beauty And The Beast got right was making this character inherently unlikeable, making sure that by the time he was the established villain of the piece, going against the supposed heroes, he was absolutely hated by every single person in the audience. This is pretty important in a children's film if you ask us. They need to know who they're against as soon as possible so that we're not wasting any of their time.

Question 23

Lilo

We know we're going to get a lot of hate here, but this is one of the only modern Disney films that he haven't yet sat down and watched. We sort of missed it as a kid and because we don't have any kids of our own, we haven't had an excuse to go back and visit the Hawaiian adventure, although we're sure we'll manage it at some point. Are we really missing out on something that great though? We've never seen the appeal.

Question 24

Li Shan

Of all the Disney male leads, we sort of understand the female attraction to this one the most. Sure, he spends most of the film engaging in rampant misogyny of the highest order, but once he gets to the end of the film he sort of realizes his mistakes. That being said, all of the weird homoerotic tension between Mulan and this guy seemed really out of place for a children's film, even if the audience did know she was a woman.

Question 25

Lady

See, yet another example of a children's film painting dogs as these loveable characters and yet there has only ever been one that gave cats a fair look in. Honestly, we really don't get the whole dog thing. Sure, they can be cute, but they can also kill you. At least you know that your cat is never going to go mental, rip your face off with its paws and start to bite at whatever is left over once they're done.

Question 26

Jane

A group of us tried to sit down and watch this one recently as well, but it just wasn't happening. The animation on the film is absolutely amazing, to the point where you can't believe that it was made so long ago, but the film itself is a chore to get through. This was a real shame for us because Tarzan was one of our all time favorite Disney films as a child, but we suppose you've got to grow up sooner or later.

Question 27

Pongo

Oh, this is just starting to get ridiculous now! Look, we get it, you all like dogs, but that doesn't mean they're the only nice animal out there that you can choose as the main characters in your film for children. We wouldn't be surprised if somebody told us there was a sinister conspiracy in Hollywood, put in place by a high up family that is just obsessed with dogs, a conspiracy that ensures people only fall in love with cartoon dogs.

Question 28

Shian Yu

We're pretty conflicted about this guy as a villain because we definitely did find him scary and imposing as a child but as an adult, it's clear how underwritten and bland this guy is. It feels like they were going for a very distinct vibe that they sort of swung for and just missed. Maybe that's just us? To be fair, if you're writing a villain for a child's film and you're scaring children, you're definitely doing your job right.

Question 29

Mushu

Does anybody else think it's weird that the only decent films Eddie Murphy has done for pretty much two decades were animated features? For whatever reason, he manages a stellar job when he's tasked with just putting his voice across, but as soon as we have to see his actual face, it becomes a problem, This could possibly be our all time favorite Disney comedy character. He used to make us howl when we were children to the point of tears.

Question 30

Lumiere

We've touched on it briefly through this quiz already but no Disney film is as problematic regarding gender than Beauty And The Beast. Have you ever seen a more accurate metaphor for a woman suffering from domestic violence? However, rather than seizing this opportunity and writing a story about how women are more than the beasts in their life, they turn it all into a love story about how this woman can change the beast into the man hidden inside.

Question 31

Kocoum

Yeah, we really didn't like Pocahontas as a child because we find it boring and we really don't like it now because we have a social conscience that informs us this sort of representation in the entertainment media is incredibly problematic. Surely there must have been a handful of parents who took their children to see this in the cinema, before very quickly realizing that they would have to have a long talk after they got out about cultural misrepresentation by white people in movies.

Question 32

Flit

As we said, we never got into Pocahontas for various reasons, and one of them was definitely the cast of animals that she hung out with, none of which could speak or really do much of anything. They weren't even very good at injecting a level of comedy into the films either. Honestly, they were a total misstep and we really hope that whoever was in charge of their characters was given a stern talking to after the film went out.

Question 33

Ka

Why is it that snakes are always painted as being evil in children's television and films? We know that they're pretty blank looking and terrifying if you live somewhere that has a lot of them, but are they really that evil? They seem to do the same thing with cats as well, which we're not really a fan of. Cats are some of the most fluffy and beautiful things in this world, and if anything, the human beings should be painted as the evil ones.

Question 34

Grump

We always enjoyed watching Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, even though looking back, we sort of think that Snow White would get on our nerves these days. When you're younger she seems so lovely and inspiring, but as you get older you realize that nobody likes anyone who acts like that. Sorry, but if you spend your life trying to be as pure and virginal as possible, the people around you are either going to get jealous or bored.

Question 35

Cheshir Cat

Does anybody else think it's weird that Disney did an adaptation of Alice In Wonderland? We know that it's a children's book, but it's essentially accepted that the book was written under the influence of drugs and was about trying to get an underage girl as interested in the author as possible. Seriously, go take a look if you don't believe us. We know probably just ruined a bunch of childhood memories but sometimes the truth is more important if you ask us.

See Your Result
Questions Left
Current Score