Title: The G-rated Disney movies for kids with the least G-rated themes - Polygon
Headings: The G-rated Disney movies with the least G-rated themes
The G-rated Disney movies with the least G-rated themes
A look back at what the ratings board thought kids could and couldn’t handle
The Lion King (1994)
Pocahontas (1995)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Mulan (1998)
Tarzan (1999)
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
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Content: The shooting is presented as an act of defense — Kocoum attacks John Smith for daring to kiss Pocahontas, so Thomas jumps to John’s defense. For all intents and purposes, it’s a pretty tame death, with no blood or particularly intense violence, but young, naïve Thomas still has to grapple with the fact he killed someone. And because of his actions, John Smith is sent to get executed by being bludgeoned in the head. Pocahontas doesn’t expressly take place during a war, but the climatic scene shows both the Native Americans and the colonists grabbing arms, ready to kill one another as they type each other as inhuman “savages.” Image: Disney
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
While Disney watered down the more intense, macabre themes of Victor Hugo’s novel, the villain’s main motivation is that he’s horny for a woman who won’t reciprocate his advances, so he decides to burn her at the stake and commit genocide. Judge Frollo starts out as a racist hypocrite, but his creepy lust spurs his master plan into action. A whole sequence involves Frollo and his lackeys rounding up the Romani people and eventually setting fire to an innocent family’s house. The opening sequence sees him running down a young woman on horseback and kicking her to death without remorse, then nearly throwing her baby down a well. ( For what it’s worth, if you’re a real stickler, this is also the animated Disney movie that gets closest to swearing: