Enchanted: Disney In-Jokes & References

[Shere_Khan]

Warning: This thread may contain spoilers, if you have not seen the movie yet and don't want to know, please don't read!



Anyways, I did a search and did not see anything like this yet. If there has been a discussion on all of this, I apologize.
There were so many references to other Disney animated classics in the movie Enchanted, I made a list of some of them. If you find any others please point them out to me. I found it pretty interesting to look for them throughout the movie. Here is what I have so far:

-The Italian Restaurant is called Bella Notte. (Reference to Lady and the Tramp)
-When Giselle arrives in New York, she runs into a little person who she thinks is Grumpy. (Reference to Snow White)
-Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel, plays Sam the receptionist at the office.
-When Giselle is at the office looking at the aquarium, the background music is from The Little Mermaid.
-There is a Belle figurine in Morgan's room.
-Queen Narcissa turns into a dragon in the end scene. (Reference to Sleeping Beauty)
-In the cleaning scene, Giselle's image is shown in the bubbles. (Reference to Cinderella and "Sing Sweet Nightingale")
-The old witch and the poison apple in the end scene. (Reference to Snow White)
-True love's kiss. (Reference to Snow White and Sleeping Beauty)
-Nancy's last name is Tremaine. (Reference to Lady Tremaine from Cinderella)
-The prince turns on the television and thinks it is the magic mirror. (Reference to Snow White)
-Judy Kuhn, the singing voice of Pocahontas, makes an appearance as a pregnant woman.
-Julie Andrews, who played Mary Poppins, is the narrator of the movie.
-The law firm where Robert works is Churchill, Harline and Smith, the surnames of the songwriters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
-Pheobe and Ethan Banks, clients of Robert's, have the same last name as the Banks family from Mary Poppins.
-The Working Song (Reference to Cinderella)
-The reporter on television's name is Mary Ilene Caselotti. This is a tribute to Mary Costa, the voice of Sleeping Beauty, Ilene Woods, the voice of Cinderella, and Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White.
-The soap opera scene is one big reference to Beauty and the Beast:
The woman in the scene is Paige O'Hara, the voice of Belle. She plays a character named Angela (Ref to Angela Lansbury). The man in the scene's name is Jerry (Ref to Jerry Orbach). They mention someone named Ogden (Ref to David Ogden Stiers). The background music is the song "Beauty and the Beast."

 

[ann0d1]

Thanks - Heres one I think!

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[k.hunter30]

The couple that filed for divorce is The Banks. (Mary Poppins)

 

[Enderikari]

The old men who present the flowers to the granny's in the Love song are the surviving members of the Chimney Sweeps in Mary Poppins, and the dance steps they do are mimicked from the movie

 

[rainfully]

From Wikipedia: (I looked this up as soon as I got home from the movie! :lol: )

• The storybook opening is a tribute to how Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty began. The book's location in Sleeping Beauty Castle (in the Walt Disney Pictures logo) is based on artwork from Sleeping Beauty.
• While Giselle herself has many traits similar to Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, and Belle, her character's personality is mostly based on Snow White.
• During the initial animated segment where Giselle calls animals to her home, a frog is seen wearing a soap crown in a reference to The Princess and the Frog.
• As she is building the Prince mannequin, Giselle looks through two blue gems the same way Dopey does in Snow White.
• The jacket the mannequin is wearing is similar to the Beast in Beauty and the Beast.
• Animals often help the Princesses do chores, sewing, and other tasks. Giselle continues this tradition. She also calls the animals in a similar way that Snow White does.
• The song True Love's Kiss is a tribute to the songs I'm Wishing, A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, and Once Upon a Dream. The construction of Giselle's dream prince with the help of the woodland animals is also a tribute to a similar scene in Sleeping Beauty.
• Prince Edward has traits similar to Prince Charming of Snow White and Cinderella, Prince Philip from Sleeping Beauty, and Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid.
• Prince Edward's dance with Nathaniel is a tribute to the dance Philip had with King Hubert in Sleeping Beauty.
• In both the animated and real world, Queen Narissa's transformation into a dragon is done similarly to Maleficent's transformation in Sleeping Beauty.
• The way Giselle and Edward ride off into the sunset is a tribute to the end of Snow White.
• Giselle's carriage is based on Cinderella's coach.
• The troll is wearing remnants of other Disney Princess' dresses as a loincloth. Among the remnants are sections for Snow White, Belle, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella. His earrings are made from Ariel’s shells.
• A reference to Beauty and the Beast in Giselle's treehouse is a bell jar containing a rose.
• As the troll is flung to the next kingdom, he yells like Goofy.
• A Muzak version of the song Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid can be heard when Giselle is gazing at the tank of fishes, and Sam the assistant is played by Jodi Benson, Ariel's voice in The Little Mermaid.
• Sam is named after Sleeping Beauty's Prince Philip's horse Samson.
• The divorcing couple are named after the parents in Mary Poppins, the Banks.
• The name of the law firm, "Churchill, Harline, and Smith", refers to the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs songwriters: Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith.
• The bus driver's hair is shaped like Mickey Mouse's ears.
• The birdseed woman is a tribute to a similar scene in Mary Poppins.
• Snow White is referenced in a number of ways:
  • The queen sending someone to kill Giselle
  • The poison apples in general, and the skull emblem on one of the apples specifically
  • Edward thinks the TV set is a Magic Mirror
  • The Magic Wishing Well
  • The evil queen turning into the old hag
  • The design of the old hag
  • The shot of the poison apple falling from Giselle's hand
  • Giselle being laid on a bier
• The shot of Giselle lying on the bier is based on the same shot from Sleeping Beauty. Both Snow White and Sleeping Beauty were referenced by Giselle being woken by a kiss.
• During the That's How You Know musical number, the yellow-jacketed dancer also danced as a chimney sweep in Mary Poppins.
• In the bandshell, Giselle interrupts a performance of Rapunzel, an upcoming film. Some of the trees on the set are inspired by trees from Sleeping Beauty.
• The soap opera shown on the television is a tribute to Beauty and the Beast:
  • It stars Paige O'Hara, Belle's voice in Beauty and the Beast.
  • The character she plays on the soap is named Angela, a tribute to Angela Lansbury, who voiced Mrs. Potts.
  • The other actor on the soap opera is named Jerry, a tribute to Jerry Orbach, who voiced Lumiere.
  • The actors mention a third character named Ogden, a tribute to David Ogden Stiers, who voiced Cogsworth.
  • The background music for the show is the song Beauty and the Beast, and the set design is based on that film's bandaging scene.
• Another television program with Edgar Bergen and Mortimer Snerd is a clip from the Disney film Fun and Fancy Free.
• When first cut to the TV, an audio clip from Dumbo is heard before Edward changes the channel.
• The news reporter, Mary Ilene Caselotti, is named for Mary Costa, Ilene Woods, and Adriana Caselotti, who voiced Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Snow White, respectively.
• The restaurant Bella Notte is a tribute to Lady and the Tramp.
• The Grand Duke Hotel is named after the character from Cinderella.
• In Morgan's room is a Belle doll, as well as a Cinderella storybook.
• One of the residents in Rob's building is Judy Kuhn, who was the singing voice of Pocahontas.
• Cinderella is referenced when the clock strikes midnight, and from the glass slipper being lost in the ballroom (and found again for Nancy).
• Happy Working Song is a tribute to Whistle While You Work, and the lyrics also contain references to other films. . The song's ending is similar to how Under the Sea and Be Our Guest both end.
• The way the birds turn Giselle's dress into an apron, as well as the way they wrap a towel around her in the bathroom, are references to the way the birds act in Cinderella. The soap bubble reflections, the way the flies twist the dishcloth, and Giselle's use of Rob's curtains to dresses are also references to the film.
• The way Giselle and Robert look at each other at the ball is a tribute to the similar scene with Cinderella and Prince Charming.
• Robert's costume at the ball is the same style as the Beast's in Beauty and the Beast.
• The song "So Close" is a tribute to the song Beauty and the Beast, from both the moment in the film the song is played, as well as that the song is sung from the perspective of an observer. The camera angles during the song are also a tribute to the same scene.
• The confrontation at the ball is reminiscent of the one in Sleeping Beauty.
• The glittery ballroom scene is a tribute to both Snow White's Someday My Prince Will Come and Cinderella's So This Is Love in how the film isolates the princess and prince from the rest of the scene.
• Pulling the sword from the ballroom floor is a reference to The Sword in the Stone.
• The final fight scene at the top of the tall building is a tribute to similar final fight scenes in Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, and Beauty and the Beast. As with those scenes, it is seen with a blue hue and is accompanied by thunder and lightning. Also, the hero fights off the villain with a sword; the villain attempts to throw the hero off the building; the villain falls to their own death.
• Rob's girlfriend Nancy's last name, Tremaine, though spelled differently, was the last name of the Evil Stepmother in Cinderella.
• The cutouts shown in the end credits reference various Disney films, such as Fantasia, Snow White, Cinderella, The Princess and the Frog, and The Little Mermaid.
• And of course, true love's kiss.

 

[darthjohnny]

Wow. They really thought these references out.

I like when movies do that.

 

[mpoppins76]

I love it when they put these in the movies for us "die-hards" :sohappy:

 

[drew81]

Anyone notice a Hunchback reference or maybe it was just me?? When Giselle and Robert slide down the side of the buliding towards the end of the film...Quasimodo and Esmerelda have a similar scene in Hunchback.

 

[New2WDW]

Ya'll are good! I saw many of these as well but hope to see the movie again to really look for them!

The only other thing that I can remember is a chair full of dolls/stuffed animals in the foreground of the childs room that had a doll similar to a monster shape I saw in Monster's Inc.

 

[ms7479a]

When Giselle is shopping for the ball, the first store they go into is called "Calypso," a reference to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

 

[Captain Hank]

Just got back from seeing Enchanted. Great film! One of the best that Disney has put out in a while. I caught a whole bunch of great references (though not nearly as many as are posted above). However, there's one that's got to be a reference that I can't figure out. In the ball scene, after Giselle has been woken, two little old ladies comment on how it was "better than last year's show." Who are these ladies? It's too perfect not to be a reference to something.

 

[SonicRuin]

Trying to figure that one out also!

 

[OrlandoDreaming]

Just got back from seeing Enchanted. Great film! One of the best that Disney has put out in a while. I caught a whole bunch of great references (though not nearly as many as are posted above). However, there's one that's got to be a reference that I can't figure out. In the ball scene, after Giselle has been woken, two little old ladies comment on how it was "better than last year's show." Who are these ladies? It's too perfect not to be a reference to something.

I just watched "Enchanted" streaming on Amazon Instant Video . Great film, replete with clever Disney references. I was also curious about the old ladies who make a comment about "last year's show," so I scanned the credits and discovered their identity.

Those ladies are old Broadway actresses and later soap opera stars from the 1970s: Helen Stenborg and Anita Keal. Both were on Soap Operas. Not sure why they are featured in Enchanted-- perhaps they were well-known for playing "witches" in their day.

More than 6 years since this thread was posted- not sure if anyone is still on to participate. But there it is.

 

[~Tinkerbell~]

I absolutely love this film. The way they include these references is so clever. Thank you for posting!

 

[uncle wayne]

Saw it again, for the gillionth time, last nite. Here's one you may have not caught. The midget sewer worker going under Giselle's dress....a nod to Baby Herman doing that. And there's one i can not (CAN not) figure out (pleez help) : the fish-swallowing scene. ??????????