Repeated Gags?

[NiarrNDisney]

Okay I am bringing this up because after looking at a few pictures in the Photo Association thread I noticed something to which made me think of other rides.

So here it is: I get that Crows, Owls, Ravens, and Vultures can symbolize danger or harbingers of doom and peril but how many times is the Mouse going to use the bird gag before a large drop or scary point in an attraction?

Condors/Vultures - Expedition Everest, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Splash Mountain

Crows/Ravens - Haunted Mansion, Snow White's Scary Adventure

Owls - Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

I'm sure I am missing other uses of the bird thing as well as other reused gags so if you know of something I missed please feel free to share them below!

 

[BEARSHOUSE4]

You're crazy. It's just a coincidence.

 

[epcotisbest]

You're crazy. It's just a coincidence.

Sometimes people are not really crazy, they just have too much time on their hands.

 

[NiarrNDisney]

Its called an observation!

 

[epcotisbest]

Its called an observation!

No offense meant, just giving you a hard time. To me, "Hey, there are some birds." is an observation. Your post seems more like an analysis, but there's nothing wrong with that!

 

[NiarrNDisney]

No offense meant, just giving you a hard time. To me, "Hey, there are some birds." is an observation. Your post seems more like an analysis, but there's nothing wrong with that!

Yes and from my observation I was able to analyze that the Mouse has reused the same gag in a few attractions and in some cases the same exact gag! Seriously Vultures standing above you right before a drop (Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Splash Mountain).

 

[Victor Kelly]

Very interesting observations.

 

[JoeRohdesEarring]

Because birds are evil creatures who won't stop until they kill every last one of us.

 

[NiarrNDisney]

Because birds are evil creatures who won't stop until they kill every last one of us.

lol!

 

[unkadug]

Because birds are evil creatures who won't stop until they kill every last one of us.

Well birds are descendants of dinosaurs and we all know what happened in Jurassic Park.

 

[FettFan]

Well, I've heard that Brown Derby's food wasn't that great, but I've never seen anyone repeatedly gagging...

 

[FettFan]

Owls - Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

There's a reason for that...it's a tongue-in-cheek reference to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Naturally, they can't SAY "Psycho" because Universal, but that doesn't stop them from alluding to it, especially in a park devoted to great movies.

Tower of Terror has a nice spreadeagled owl statue in the lobby....

And in Psycho, when Norman gets to know Marion, there is a stuffed owl in a similar pose framed in the shot with him.

There's also another Psycho semi-reference outside...

Granted I think the in-story explanation is that it's Rod Serling's silhouette at ToT, but it's plain to see where they drew inspiration, especially in a park themed to great movies.

 

[prfctlyximprct]

There's a reason for that...it's a tongue-in-cheek reference to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Naturally, they can't SAY "Psycho" because Universal, but that doesn't stop them from alluding to it, especially in a park devoted to great movies.

Tower of Terror has a nice spreadeagled owl statue in the lobby....

And in Psycho, when Norman gets to know Marion, there is a stuffed owl in a similar pose framed in the shot with him.

There's also another Psycho semi-reference outside...

Granted I think the in-story explanation is that it's Rod Serling's silhouette at ToT, but it's plain to see where they drew inspiration, especially in a park themed to great movies.

Where is the man in the window in Disney?!?!

 

[unkadug]

Where is the man in the window in Disney?!?!

 

[NiarrNDisney]

Where is the man in the window in Disney?!?!

I guess he is visible in a window on the side of the building facing Fantasmic

 

[unkadug]

Did that video come out looking strange to anybody else?

For some reason it's showing up as a double image on this site, yet the YouTube version is fine.

Arggh...this computer is doing strange things..In two weeks I will have my new Dell.

 

[NiarrNDisney]

There's a reason for that...it's a tongue-in-cheek reference to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Naturally, they can't SAY "Psycho" because Universal, but that doesn't stop them from alluding to it, especially in a park devoted to great movies.

Tower of Terror has a nice spreadeagled owl statue in the lobby....

And in Psycho, when Norman gets to know Marion, there is a stuffed owl in a similar pose framed in the shot with him.

There's also another Psycho semi-reference outside...

Granted I think the in-story explanation is that it's Rod Serling's silhouette at ToT, but it's plain to see where they drew inspiration, especially in a park themed to great movies.

So is there a story as to why the Imagineers made an homage to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho?

 

[NiarrNDisney]

Did that video come out looking strange to anybody else?

For some reason it's showing up as a double image on this site, yet the YouTube version is fine.

Arggh...this computer is doing strange things..In two weeks I will have my new Dell.

Seems fine to me!

 

[prfctlyximprct]

SO CREEPY!!!

I guess he is visible in a window on the side of the building facing Fantasmic

Thank you! I am going to look for him next time I am there!

 

[unkadug]

Seems fine to me!

Good...it still looks like a stereoscopic YouTube on my computer!