Deep Cut Animators & Voice Casts
She became the first woman to solo-direct a Pixar film with the 2022 coming-of-age movie Turning Red
Domee Shi
In Monsters Inc this is the multi-eyed, treacherous monster who assists Randall in building the Scream Extractor
Fungus
This 2023 live-action fantasy film, which featured a villainous Captain Hook played by Jude Law, skipped theaters to debut directly on Disney+
Peter Pan & Wendy
Shakira provided the vocals for this high-energy, inspirational anthem sung by the pop-star character Gazelle in Zootopia
"Try Everything"
In 2012's Brave, Merida transforms her mother into a bear by feeding her a magical tart obtained from a witch who moonlights as this type of artisan
woodcarver
Before directing Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda made his Disney animation debut writing songs for this 2016 Polynesian epic
Moana
In the 2006 film Cars this is the name of the generic, fictional corporate brand that sponsors Lightning McQueen's rival, Chick Hicks
Hostile Takeover Bank (Accept: HTB)
In the 2019 live-action Aladdin, Will Smith's Genie sings a brand-new, upbeat musical number titled this, which was not in the original 1992 film
friend like me
In 2009's The Princess and the Frog, the villainous Dr. Facilier sings this jazz-infused warning track to Naveen and Lawrence before transforming them
"Friends on the Other side"
In the 2021 fantasy film Raya and the Last Dragon, this is the specific name of the ancient, petrifying plaque spirits that turn citizens into stone
The Druun
This Oscar-winning actress voiced the elegant, rules-focused head of the EPA-like command center, Captain DuBois, in a 2012 feature
Frances McDormand
This specific, mathematical sequence number is the exact model designation given to the cleaning robot M-O in 2008's WALL-E
Microbe-Obliterator
Angelina Jolie's real-life daughter, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, made a cameo in 2014's Maleficent playing this specific role because other child actors were too terrified of the costume
young Princess Aurora (Accept: Toddler Aurora)
This is the title of the emotional, acoustic ballad sung by the character Miguel to his aging great-grandmother to restore her memory in Coco
"Remember Me"
In Big Hero 6, Hiro Hamada initially utilizes his microbots to win money in these highly illegal, underground backyard events
bot fights
This legendary actor voiced the primary antagonist, the sinister scoria-demon Te Ka, in Moana before she reverted to Te Fiti
no one (Accept: it was a non-speaking or purely digital character/trick clue)
In 2015's The Good Dinosaur, this is the specific, ironic name given to the pet human boy by Ario the Apatosaurus
Spot
This highly acclaimed director of The Lion King (2019) and The Jungle Book (2016) pioneered using photorealistic virtual reality tools to "shoot" the films
Jon Favreau
In the 2010 film Tangled, Rapunzel and Flynn Rider share a romantic duet during the lantern festival titled this
"I See the Light"
This is the exact name of the utopian, futuristic city built by the buy-n-large corporation where the humans live in luxury aboard the Axiom spaceship
no city (trick hehe: the Axiom itself is a spaceship cruise liner, not a built city on a planet)
In 2021's Encanto, this well-known Colombian actor and singer voiced Agustin Madrigal, Mirabel's accident-prone father
Wilmer Valderrama
In 2020's Soul, Joe Gardner passes out and enters the Great Before by accidently stepping into an open manhole while holding this object
half-eaten bagel (accept: pizza)
In 2021's Cruella, Emma Stone's character is mentored-and later targeted- by an icy fashion icon known strictly by this aristocratic title
The Baroness
This specific, fast-paced Broadway-style song is performed by the cast of Frozen II to explain how the characters are coping with change at the start of the sequel
"Some Things Never Change"
In 2023's Wish, Asha discovers that King Magnifico is not actually granting wishes, but rather storing them in these floating, translucent objects
orbs (accept magical bubbles)