Now Part of the Disney Timeline

The dating of Disney's Encanto is now established! You can check where it falls among the other animated features on our Disney Timeline. More...

Disney Timeline -- Raya and the Last Dragon

Raya and the Last Dragon has now been added to the Disney Timeline. Which animated characters are Raya's contemporaries? You'll have to click the link to find out. More...

Frozen 2 & Ralph Breaks the Internet Added

Frozen 2 and Ralph Breaks the Internet have been added to the Disney Timeline. More...

Disney Animated Feature Timeline

Have you ever wanted to list all of Disney's animated features in the order they take place? If not, why not? Haven't you ever wondered which comes first, Hunchback or Snow White? Could Oliver have met the Rescuers? Because we care about such burning questions, Whatsits Galore has assembled a timeline featuring all the Disney animated features in chronological order; not the order they premiered, but the order in which they take place historically. More...

Timeline of Disney Animated Features

Haven't you ever wondered which comes first, Hunchback or Snow White? Could Oliver have met the Rescuers? Because we care about such burning questions, Whatsits Galore has assembled a timeline featuring all the Disney animated features in chronological order; not the order they premiered, but the order in which they take place historically. Here is a short excerpt.

1194 Robin Hood

Evidence (external): King Richard's return from the Third Crusade

Contradictions: Chiming clocks first appeared in the 1300s

That crown belongs to King Richard. Long live King Richard!

14th century Sleeping Beauty

Evidence (internal): Prince Phillip mentions the century

...she shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel...and die!

1438-1532 The Emperor's New Groove

Evidence (external): Cusco is rebuilt by the Incan emperor

Beware the Groove! More...

Notes on the Dating of Disney's Tarzan

The Legend of Tarzan animated TV series gives some new insight into the dating of Disney's Tarzan. There are several indicators that may suggest an approximate year, but one reference is absolutely definitive: the sign on Dumont's trading post which states that it was "est. 1912".

Even allowing for the possibility of time passing between the end of the movie and the beginning of the series, this firmly places the characters in the post-Victorian world. How, then, can this date be reconciled with the clues in the animated feature? Jane's dress is clearly Victorian, and she anticipates meeting the Queen herself, who died in 1901. More...