It's Wacky Worldbuilding Week as we tackle Zootopia (2016) vs. Little Mermaid (1989). We'll be getting into the successes and failures of metaphor, fatness in film, evolution of animation, and why Disney has leaned into metahumor. We hope you enjoy!

It's Talking Cat Movie vs. Talking Cat Movie in this week's head to head, as we compare The Lion King (1994) and Oliver & Company (1988). We'll get into the complicated politics of the Pride Lands, complicated choices about voice actors, Bette Middler's history in Disney Movies, and how what's appropriate for kids has changed over the years. We hope you enjoy this episode.

Hi everyone! We had a LOT to say about Aladdin (1992), and that's before we even got to Lilo and Stitch (2002). Join us as we dig into the failures and successes of the relationships in Aladdin and how well Lilo and Stich handles all of its plot elements.

Happy Father's Day (sorta), we're watching Bambi (1942) and Hercules (1997). Also included are good Bionicle arcs, father figures, establishing tone and aesthetic, and Centaur Junk and Gender Politics. We hope you enjoy and that you'll join us next week!

This week is a first for us - we have a GUEST! Please welcome Daniel Na, who joins us to compare Tarzan (1999) with Big Hero 6 (2014)! We get into the transition from one animation period to the next, two very different emotional reactions to Big Hero 6, why Minnie Driver is great and why TJ Miller is the WORST.

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This week's theme is Class Divides and Cute Animals as we look at 101 Dalmatians (1961) vs Emperor's New Groove (2000). We'll get into Old British Television, Historical Accuracy, and the use of Cartoons to accentuate Visual Storytelling. Like, share, subscribe, tell us what you think, start your own podcast and argue with us!

This week's mash-up is Peter Pan (1953) and Dinosaur (2000) - both stories about people seeking finding home in the strangest places. Subtopics include the swift rise and fall of an animation studio, Jackson talking about Westworld (a show they have never seen) and antiquated terms for condoms.

The links we promised you

The Great God Pan

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Happy Pride Month everyone! This week, we're comparing the relative merits of Sleeping Beauty (1959) and Fox and the Hound (1981)! Come for our charming voices, stay for analysis of animation, verisimilitude of wildlife, and the deepest (and most educational) dive we've ever done into Pedantry!

This is probably our most contentious episode yet - Beauty and the Beast (1991) vs. Mulan (1997). Where other episodes have explored barley-connected stories, these two are both about driven young women who go to great lengths to take care of their fathers, learning about themselves in the process. These movies have had a STRONG impact on a lot of us growing up, so unpacking their pros and cons has taken a lot. We hope you enjoy!

Jackson continues grasping for gay straws. Lumiere makes a Cameo. Opioid abuse inexplicably rears its head in a children's movie. Which adaption of an 1800s morality play wins this week? Listen in and find out on Episode 5 of the Gratuitous Pausing Podcast!