Disney is Disturbed

Where subliminal porn goes wrong

By Kelley Hargus

Published October 16, 2009

Disney has been a source of delight for children and adults all over the world for over 85 years. Did you know, however, that the company is actually just a giant group of perverts who want to have sex with small children and teach the youth of the world that they’re only accepted if they’re DTF? Just kidding. But seriously, they intersperse pornographic images throughout their films and in my opinion, that’s kinda creepy.

Movie: The Lion King

Rumor: Dust in the sky spells out “SEX.”

Status: True

Seeing as almost every American has seen this classic, you probably remember the scene in which Simba lies down in the grass, frustrated from ignoring his past for so long. You may also recall a cloud of dust that swirls into the air and spells out “sex” for a brief second. It is debatable whether Disney intentionally did this, but I think the word appears too clearly to have been an accident. However, since this realization, many Disney haters have made their own YouTube collages of every time that the word may or, more likely, may not appear in background images of the movie. Disappointingly, most look as though they’ve just written “sex” in the sky with a Photoshop pencil. Disney tried to clear up the rumor by saying that it actually spelled out “sfx” to stand for special effects. But would they tell the truth? Debatable.

Movie: The Little Mermaid

Rumor: There is a penis drawn into the castle.

Status: True

I’ve seen pictures of the castle zoomed in on a golden penis and there’s no doubt that it exists. Nonetheless, I’m still in denial. This could partly be because Sebastian is my favorite Disney character and should never be associated with such ludicrousness, and partly because I’ve owned the movie since age six and never noticed it myself. I, for one, think that there just happens to be an upright penis-shaped pillar on Prince Eric’s castle, which has nothing to do with the same creators of Ariel, King Triton and everything else I hold dear in this world.

Movie: Aladdin

Rumor: Aladdin whispers dirty phrases to a tiger.

Status: Undecided

I’m not sure what type of person spends their time watching Disney movies in relatively slow motion with the volume all the way up just hoping to find something that sounds vaguely sexual, but whoever it was stumbled upon something pretty interesting. When Aladdin is on Jasmine’s balcony playing with her pet tiger he mumbles a comforting sound to the fluffy beast that supposedly sounds like “good teenagers take off their clothes.” Now I know what you’re thinking: “Really Aladdin? You’d sink that low?” But don’t get too worked up. In order to hear it, you have to have the volume all the way up and be listening in the exact right spot (shout out to YouTube user evemac27 for setting it up for me). It’s definitely debatable whether or not I’m just hearing what evemac27 told me to hear, though.

Movie: The Rescuers

Rumor: There is a naked woman in a window.

Status: True

Perhaps the most ridiculous of all these bizarre Disney subliminal messages is the blatant photograph of a naked woman in The Rescuers. You may remember a certain scene in which Bianca and Bernard fly through the city in a sardines can. Well, if you look closely enough there is a photograph of a naked woman in one of the windows they pass. Granted, you can’t really see it because the frame moves by so quickly, but watch in slow motion and you’ll no doubt spot the obscene truth. In 1999, 22 years after the VHS release, Disney recalled the videos because it contained an “objectionable background image.” Thank god people don’t have to see that naked woman for less than a second every time they watch The Rescuers anymore! Way to keep up the good name, Disney.

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