Every Disney Direct-to-DVD Sequel Ranked 

"because singing killed my wife tails" being the description for Ariel's Beginning is both hilarious and accurate

Okay but are we going to ignore that Schaff is now obligated by law to make a 40 minute video analyzing both Goofy movies?

I am adopting the headcanon that, based on the pictures of the Moana crab that this guy uses, this is just that crab rambling to Moana about these movies and she can't do much to stop him.

it is canon in Neverland lore that every time a child stops believing in fairies, a fairy dies, and you have to clap to prove you believe if you want to bring them back. my sister would torment me when we were little by saying she didn't believe in fairies so I would drop everything to clap aggressively

I just love the fact that in Lion King 2, they make sure they repeatedly point out that Scar wasn't actually Kovu's father. Because if he was, then that would make Kiara and Kovu cousins, making their romantic relationship really questionable.

Cinderella 3 is way better than anything else Disney has done with the character.

I actually don't mind Drizella not getting a redemption like Anastasia. It was showing that while some people are capable of changing and becoming better people, others are unfortunately not.

Fun fact: Jungle Book 2 and Return to Neverland actually were released in theaters. Yeah really. That’s why Jungle Book 2 had the budget for all of the celebrities.

Pocahontas just said "Sorry John Smith, me getting with John Rolfe is a canon event." Then he just said, "Aight Imma head out."

I love how the animation of these movies ranges from looking like a normal Disney movie to a Zelda CDI cutscene

“We’re going back in time to the first Cinderella to get Cinderella off the menu”- that perfectly sums up the third movie in a nutshell (but in a good way).

I'd definitely argue Lion King 2 should be higher on the list considering it's only downfall is the fact the rival lioness faction is poorly introduced. Every song slaps, there's heart, great animation, great villains, and a great moral point. but I suppose top 10 is still good enough 😂 Also I know the Little Mermaid 2 movie is not well loved, but that opening song still gets stuck in my head 15 years later

More sequels should definitely have an “IT’S URSULA’S CRAZY SISTER” moment where they reveal they had secret sibling that was never established before yet somehow everyone somehow knew about.

Fun fact: Bambi II is actually the longest movie sequel gap in the history of film by over 63 years.

Worth noting that 625 turns out to actually be just as capable as stitch, he's just lazy and has different priorities about what he wants in the average day. Lilo also ends up naming him Reuben, which is just adorable.

1:10:12: Correction: all _98_ of his siblings. His parents, Pongo and Perdita, make up the 99th and 100th Dalmatians, respectively.

Lately I've been feeling really depressed but the "URSULA'S CRAZY SISTER" made me laugh harder than I have in weeks 😭

Growing up I preferred mulan 2 over mulan 1 because I was scared of the villain on the first one

“Ursula’s crazy sister!” thing was making me laugh a lot

Captain Hook fighting Hilter would be the greatest Disney movie EVER. I NEED THIS

The reason Cinderella 3 retcons a lot of things from the second is because people hated Cinderella 2 and they wanted to ignore it’s existence.

I can’t imagine the torture he had to be put through making this.

I liked Return To Neverland, and I still do. I saw it as a kind of subversion of Wendy's story. Wendy spent her time in Neverland being taught that growing up is something that has to happen, while Jane learns almost the opposite. She's living in war time, and needs to be a grown up, but hanging out with Peter and The Lost Boys allows her to open up to her childish side. IDK maybe I'm reading it wrong.

Fun fact: Belle’s Magical World actually was supposed to be a TV show but it got scrapped. Not only that, some versions of the movie don’t even have the segment with the bird

Fun Fact: Melody's voice actress in The Little Mermaid 2 was none other than Tara Strong, and she once claimed that Melody was her favorite character she ever voiced. Yes. This mid daughter of Ariel is The Queen of Voice Acting's favorite voice role. Not Bubbles. Not Timmy Turner. Not Raven. Not Twilight Sparkle. But it's Melody. But she has a good reason. She once said she loved The Little Mermaid as a kid and loved Jodi Benson's singing voice. She was happy to meet her and be part of this sequel with her hero. At least she had fun with this movie, despite other people not.

What's even more annoying about Beast hating the bird is the fact that in the first movie, you can clearly see him feeding birds and he looks like he's enjoying himself.

Timestamps Movies 2:11 #27 The Hunchback of Notre Dame II 5:42 #26 Belle’s Terrible World 9:19 #25 Tarzan & Jane 11:21 #24 Atlantis: Johnny’s Return 13:15 #23 Joker Bear 2 15:29 #22 Trump and the Lady II: Scamp’s Garbage Adventure 17:08 #21 Mulan II 20:07 #20 Star Fox And Duck Hunt 2 22:22 #19 The Little Mememaid: Ariel’s Dumba** Beginning 25:29 #18 Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Helicopter 28:00 #17 The Little Mermaid II: Return to the SEES 30:42 #16 Ken’s New Groove 31:22 #15 Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (Well most dreams do) 33:51 #14 Tarzan II 36:14 #13 The Return of Jafar (Yep he’s back) 38:49 #12 Stitch! The Movie 40:44 #11 Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World 45:34 #10 Bambi II 48:00 #9 The Jungle Book 2 50:54 #8 Return to Never Land 53:30 #7 The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride 56:26 #6 Cinderella III: A Twist In Time To Get The First Cinderella Off The Menu 59:23 #5 Aladdin and the King of Thieves 1:03:35 #4 LEROOOOOOOY & Stitch 1:04:24 #3 Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch 1:08:27 #2 101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure 1:12:12 #1 Hakuna Matata! SPONCER 44:16 Squarespace

8:40 "The whole point of Belle being here is to marry Mr Beast" cracks me up every time

Im sorry but the line 'I think this movie would be pretty epic if captain hook got to fight Hitler' absolutely floored me.

58:02 Schaff, Cinderella III takes place BEFORE Cinderella II. Which is insane, I know, but it makes sense in the timeline. Plus, it gives some context to why Cinderella might be open to helping Anastasia in Cinderella II, since she helped her at the end here. The baker is shown in the end to confirm that that still happens in the future

I love how James is willing to do anything to not talk about the goofy movies

“Tinker bell is her old self” She literally attempts to murder a child over being jealous. So yup.

Schaffrillas explaining how a hostage situation works was really funny

Fun fact: the reason Lion King 1.5 works so well is because it's also an adaptation of an existing stage play. The original Lion King is a fantasy retelling of Hamlet, while 1.5 is a retelling of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. R&GAD focused on what Hamlet's friends, the titular Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, got up to while they were off-stage before they died in the original play, which features a lot of absurdism and humor. I think having a piece of inspirational source material to draw from helped the writing team keep tonal consistency with the original film while putting their own lighthearted spin on it.

Scaffirllia forgot to mention the best and most heart wrenching scene in Return to Neverland... Peter Pan and Adult Wendys reunion! Ive never seen the full movie but the clip of that scene i have watched... and it omg it was like the ship that killed ariels mom in The Little Mermaid 2 literally crushed my heart. I couldnt take how heartbrokenly frustrated Peter looked when adult wendy smiled at him, knowing that she was all grown up now 😭

I could have sworn that Tarzan And Jane was made into an animated series. I vividly remember watching an episode of it, with my family no less, where the premise was that they were on an expedition down into what was essentially "The Land that Time Forgot" and the episode's villain was trying to prove that dinosaurs that were still alive exist, but by the end failed to because a monkey took his camera and messed with all of the photos. (Or maybe this was part of the movie/pilot and I just never realized as a kid that it was a movie)

I assumed that the reason Anastasia’s baker isn’t in the third Cinderella movie is because it takes place before the second film where they meet. It actually made her sacrifice feel a little better, because you know that she gets rewarded for doing the right thing by eventually finding love in her own sincere way ❤

18:15 fun fact about that: the reason Eddie Murphy didn't voice Mushu in Mulan 2 is because he was voicing Donkey as Shrek at the time, and therefore wasn't allowed to voice in Mulan 2. The "white guy" voicing him is Mark Moseley, who fills in for Eddie Murphy characters in TV shows and Video Games Eddie can't do himself. So... he technically was the best choice as a replacement

57:06 best line in movie history

I love the escalation of the Helicopter gag -When you start watching, you see the speck in the corner before the second to last spot, making you think it's just an editing error at first -It then gets a bit bigger that by the time you get to 20, you start to note "oh shit, that's a helicopter" -Schaff then tells you about the in-joke when he gets to Enchanted Christmas, and then you think that's where tge numbers go back to normal but it keeps going

I swear to God, I grew up watching so many of these on DVD and not realizing how crappy they were. Mad respect to Schaff for going through all of this.

The other pride of lions was actually outcasts from the main pride. They supported Scar, and so were exiled. This is why the message is "they ARE us".

43:05 Will she choose the boring guy name John or will she choose boring guy name John? I wonder who it will be? Oh wait it's John!

I personally really like The Rescuers Down Under. The animation is quite beautiful with endearing characters, the vilain is despicable and it feels really nice to see new kind of landscapes while exploring Australia. And I just realised I can still remember the music ^^

Fun fact: The Aladdin 2 Return of Jafar also acted as a backdoor pilot to the Aladdin show, & the King Theives acts as the finale as Aladdin finally gets married

Some of these direct to video sequels have more dignity and creativity than the live action/CGI remakes.

2:11 #27 The Hunchback of Notre Dame II 5:42 #26 Belle’s Terrible World 9:19 #25 Tarzan & Jane 11:21 #24 Atlantis: Milo’s Return 13:15 #23 Brother Bear 2 15:29 #22 Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure 17:08 #21 Mulan II 20:07 #20 The Fox And The Hound 2 22:22 #19 The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning 25:29 #18 Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas 28:00 #17 The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea 30:42 #16 Kronk’s New Groove 31:22 #15 Cinderella II: Dreams Come True 33:51 #14 Tarzan II 36:14 #13 The Return of Jafar 38:49 #12 Stitch! The Movie 40:44 #11 Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World 45:34 #10 Bambi II 48:00 #9 The Jungle Book 2 50:54 #8 Return to Neverland 53:30 #7 The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride 56:26 #6 Cinderella III: A Twist In Time 59:23 #5 Aladdin and the King of Thieves 1:03:35 #4 LEROOOOOOOY & Stitch 1:04:24 #3 Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch 1:08:27 #2 101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure 1:12:12 #1 Hakuna Matata!

You deserve a HUGE amount of respect for watching all these nightmarish sequels

Nostalgia aside, Lion King 1 1/2 is genuinely one of the most creative and unique movies of its time. Basically having the characters react to and interact with their own movie. It's genius!

Fun fact: Bambi 2 holds the record for the biggest year gap between the releases of the original and the sequel.

The funniest thing about Ariel's Beginning to me was that Flounder secretly runs a nightclub and that Sebastian is one of his regulars. Also, at 32:03 you asked why the cat would want to still eat the mouse even though he was human, and to that I answer it's because cats have recently been discovered to really love the taste of human flesh. On the topic of the Cinderella sequels, Frank Welker (THE voice of Megatron) apparently voices Lucifer? Like... what?

At 24:46 I love how he just instantly goes to the grimwalker theory immediately after he talks about Ariel dies.

I’m surprised to this day The Lion King 1 1/2 wasn’t released in theaters. Animation was great. Songs were great. The story was funny and heartfelt. There was a lot of love put into it.

Love how the taboo against on-screen deaths creates paradoxes. Sher-Khan can't be crushed to death by a boulder, but he CAN be doomed to being imprisoned and probably cooked alive inside a hollow statue while a carrion bird gets ready to eat his remains as soon as he croaks.

1:14:49 someone did do that i believe. When they put healthbars for the final battle in the first lion king, they included scenes from 1 1/2 that flowed with the first movie clips perfectly despite some of the continuity errors. If that video is somehow still on RU-vid i would recommend watching it.

Honestly. John and John fanfic probably exists somewhere out there.

Lion King 1 and a half had a scene at the end that was sorely missing from the end of the original, and that's where Simba gives Timon and Puumba a hug before he ascends Pride Rock and tells them that he couldn't have done it without them. They were effectively his parents and the reason he didn't die of dehydration in the desert, yet they didn't really get the full amount of recognition for that in the original, which always irked me. The hug should have been spliced into a cut of the original.

Fun fact about Lion King 2; the opening song, “He Lives in You” was actually quite beautifuly used in the Broadway version of the show

101 Dalmatians 2 was my favorite movies as a kid. I would literally watch it every day, sometimes multiple times a day. Yet every time I heard it mentioned it was in a negative context (mostly saying the fact it was straight-to-DVD signifies that it's crap). I started wondering if I was delusional and just blinded by nostalgia. Really happy to see someone give it the respect it deserves.

“Why won’t you sing?!” “BECAUSE SINGING KILLED m y w i f e t a i l s”

With Lion King 2, if I recall the outcast lions weren't entirely separate to Pride Rock rather they were the lions who were still loyal to Scar after the 1st movie, instead of following Simba

I think that Cinderella II happens AFTER the events of Cinderella III, so there is a reason why Cinderella is simphatetic towards Anastasia and helps her get with the baker in that movie since she was already redeemed on the third. I don´t know, I think it´s better that way even though it opens more inconsistencies, narratively it makes sense.

TLM Ariel's Beginning makes no sense.. if Ariel was so dedicated to getting music back into Atlantica... why would she easily forget the show at the start of TLM

If they wanted to make a Beauty and the Beast sequel, why not make one where Adam turns back into the Beast? He would learn to accept that part of himself and no longer be ashamed of it, especially when he knows that Belle still loves him. You could give the townspeople an arc too, where they accept him as such, and he's no longer afraid of being himself for the world to see. You know, evolve the themes of the first film. (Edit) You could also do a Cinderella 3 where a bunch of magic messes everything up. Just, anything that brings the story forward and brings the Beast back (which everyone wants) without assassinating his character.

I genuinely think Cinderella III is one of the top 15 best Disney movies. The best thing about it is that Cinderella isn't actually really the main protagonist, Anastasia is. She willingly does the right thing in the end knowing that she won't get her prince, she goes back home to her abusive family, and she doesn't get her happy ending. She's among the most relatable Disney princesses, especially knowing there isn't anyone else like her in the pantheon. Her whole stance at the end "I want to be loved for me, not by being someone else" hits so hard, especially when the whole thing about Disney princesses is being role models and whatnot for kids. The writers also totally understood how to write a charming dude in Prince Charming.

I always loved the Peter Pan sequel as a kid, and I thought it was a great reversal of the original plot. In the first movie, Wendy and the boys didn't want to grow up, and it took seeing what that actually would be like to convince them that they really do need to enter the next chapter or their life. Then, in the sequel, Jane wants to grow up immediately, and has completely lost any semblance of her childhood. Going to Neverland shows her the magic of childhood that she lost or ignored, and shows her that its okay to be childish sometimes.

7:36 run belle run!

32:09 if youre small enough any cat will certifiably try to kill you

The craziest part about the Disney direct-to-dvd sequels is that the one who stopped their further production was… John Lasseter.

So for Bambi the "asshole deer" is actually the adult male brute that tries to take Feline from him in the original Bambi. They were expanding that character to show their rivalry for her wasn't random, but stemmed from childhood

I recently came across a realization that made me appreciate The Lion King 1½ even moreso. And it's the fact that it _subverted_ the "fake-out death" trope. No animated film I've seen in my life thus far, let alone a direct-to-DVD Disney sequel was able to do that, but they did it here, (in a movie that is essentially based on a satire play). During the climax after Scar and the hyenas fall through a sinkhole that Timon triggers, there's a bit where Timon's mom thinks that he died in the fall-out. In any other film, this would be the part where the other protagonists begin to believe this and start mourning their friend in an emotional moment or some musical uplift playing in the background only to discover "he ain't really dead!" and happily ever after. That's far from what happens here. She goes absolutely hysterical, implying that _at best_ he's dead. And then five seconds later, he climbs out like nothing happened, she hysterically shakes him in a crazed fit, and then finds out that he's alive. It's only THEN where the sappy music plays and the scene becomes incredibly emotional, with Timon's mom and uncle praising him for saving the day, complete with another dash of comic relief (Uncle Max comedically crushing Timon in a hug). That's..... fucking genius! It's one thing to avoid a tired repetitive old trope (the first Lion King film did this spectacularly through the sudden death of Mufasa, but probably because it wasn't as bad of a trope as it would get in coming years), but to take that fake-out death trope and turn it on its head with a 5 second-bit, and then resolve it with the thought-to-be-deceased being wildly shaken by their friend/relative, and to seguay into a well-developed emotional scene that has place for enough humor. And for a movie that came out in 2004 (20 years ago!) it's quite the feat given how most films at the time and even in the 2010's followed that cliche. In short, it's a Cinematic Masterpiece (this movie released in theaters outside of North America so I can legally say that).

It is crazy to me that someone else also remembers that virtual safari extra from the Lion King 1 1/2 dvd, I loved that as a kid. Played the GBA game of the movie a ton as well. I never watched the original Lion King until I was way, way oldee

Schaff dunking and dragging the Hunchback sequel while Big Joel praises it is such a wild contrast.

We can all agree that The Lion King 1 and a half is incredibly underrated and that you should watch it if you haven’t already

Mulan 2's animation is actually pretty good, at least from the footage you used. Not on the level of the first movie, of course, and the faces seem a little weird at times, but characters' movements look pretty fluid and expressive.

Wonder if the third Cinderella would have been more interesting if Anastasia gets tastes of what her other future had with the baker as well as discovering what she wants is not royal life, then learning to allow Cinderella to have nice things/what she doesn't absolutely need. I feel like I can actually see emotions on the characters, even from the snippets in the video

I liked 'The Little Mermaid 2: Return To The Sea' as a kid, but now I think a plot where Melody finds an underwater lair herself, makes herself into the mermaid and nearly becomes another Ursula would have been a better plot. Like maybe she teaches herself magic or something

Give Schafrillas props on making this ranking. This is honestly something they do to you in Solitary Confinement, so give him props for that.

To answer that 55:36 During the first movie those lions( the outsiders) allied themselves with scar during his reign and when scar was defeated and simba took back the throne he banished those lions who allied with scar.

love how schaff's point about the wario's shipyard music being generic in his mario kart 7 video is undercut by the fact that after watching that i immediately recognized it in the little mermaid 2 segment

Only thing I’d contest is the idea that Melody is dumb for being manipulated by Morgana; Morgana doesn’t act overtly evil while around Melody, actually it’s to the point where I think her manipulation is more subtle than Ursula tricking Ariel.

Watching Schafrillas suffer for our enjoyment is both heartbreaking and delightful at the same time.

i am so so so glad you mentioned the virtual safari dvd extra. i was obsessed with that as a kid and probably played through it more than i actually watched any of the lion king movies. so happy to see it getting the love it deserves!

The best thing about this video is that someone loves the Lilo & Stitch franchise just as much as me. It’s my favorite Disney Movie hands down. And the sequels have my heart so them being high up there makes my heart swell ❤

Not gonna lie, getting trapped inside a statue as you slowly die of dehydration and proximity to lava as a vulture circles overhead, waiting for your inevitable demise, is way worse than getting crushed by a boulder.

as someone who grew up with Lion King 1 1/2 me and my brother still reference "digga tunnah" almost on a daily basis. it deserves the #1 spot for being such a formative movie for so many people.

I genuinely wasn’t expecting to be so insulted by a Disney sequel ranking. I LOVED the Lady and the Tramp sequel lol “no fan base”, my jaw dropped

wow mentioning the LK1 1/2 movie extra sent me back! I absolutely LOVED the extras on movies and that one really stood out and WOW i forgot about it until just now. thanks for reminding me about one of my favorite childhood memories!

Fun Fact: Kovu was voiced by Jason Marsden. He also was the voice for Haku in Spirited Away, Thackery Binx in Hocus Pocus (just the voice, not his human form), and has pretty much been Max Goof since A Goofy Movie.

Return to Neverland is less about the setting, Neverland, and is more so a story about Jane regaining the child-like sense of wonder she lost due to the war

Man, watching this again, so many of these plots are just "X keeps Y a secret for no reason, and it creates conflict as it's discovered". I f*cking hate it

The book The Fox and the Hound is based on ends with Tod dying after being chased by Copper and Copper's master. A few months later, Copper's master decides to go into a nursing home. He takes Copper out to the yard and puts him down with a shotgun.

I'm a weirdo who really loves the Lion King 2's opening song. It kinda begins in the opposite way the first one did. The first one has the sun rising and a loud vocal beginning, whereas the second is in the dark with whispering. And I think it sounds really good.

What frustrates me is that a lot of these Disney sequels could’ve worked, or even been good if they had more time writing out their scripts. A lot of them have great ideas on paper, but were ruined either because they were rushed out, or because they didn’t want to stray too far from the original source material. The most clear cut cases of this are the Little Mermaid sequels and Return to Neverland

Something I find so frustrating is apparently if the Atlantis sequel wasn’t going to be direct to video and poor quality they would have had an insane actually good sequel where Olga (the hot blonde lady) was gonna come back as a gas masked badass cyborg with an army to try and take back Atlantis WE WERE ROBBED FELLAS

I love the ytp you made YEARRS ago thank you for making my RU-vid childhood❤❤❤

These films seem so much more exciting than all the live action remakes combined.

The reason that the genie is in the third movie so much is because they were happy to have him after apologizing. They literally put “starring Robin Williams” as the genie on the front cover. They almost never put somebody’s name on the cover of a direct a DVD sequel. They were really excited.

Back when Safeway had a renting section for CDs and VHS, every time we went to the store, I'd wander over there and pick up the Return to Neverland VHS and my momma would always rent it for me to watch. No questions asked. It was and is a comfort movie to me. My mom passed away three years ago. I recently rewatched Return to Neverland and actually ugly cried at the emotional beats, like when Jane yells at her brother and cries alone in her room because she's grown up too fast. TOOOOO CLOSE TO HOME. Glad to see that it's in the top ten. It will forever be one of my faves.

I'm glad Hunchback 2 is at the bottom. For whatever reason we never had the original Hunchback, my mom only had purchased the second one and I always hated it, To the point that I refused to see the first one until High School. It's insane how they made such an amazing movie only to destroy it's legacy with a sequel no one asked for