- Okay, time to get the weird flowin'.
You know with a company as big as Disney,
and with all the time they spend developing
their characters, you would think they would want
to represent them the same across the world.
Well, based on the title of this video,
obviously not.
In fact, some of the characters you know very well,
have been completely changed, depending on which country
the movie's released in.
Seriously, these are about to throw you for a loop.
Here are 10 Disney characters remade in foreign countries.
(light music)
Number 10 is Remy the Rat.
Pixar, which is owned by Disney, has released
several classic animated films.
And one of those was Ratatouille.
The eighth film in the Pixar catalog.
It follows Remy the Rat as he attempts to master cooking
and become a great chef.
But in 2007, another version of the character
appeared in the Brazilian animated film, Ratatoing.
This infamous mock buster was designed to capitalize
on the popularity of Disney's animated rat.
I'm talking about the less popular one, obviously,
not the (chuckles).
But unlike Ratatouille, Ratatoing takes place in Brazil
rather than Paris and follows the knock-off Remy
fighting with a group of rats who hope to steal
his famous recipes.
The animation is really bad, and has terrible lip syncing
and there's an English dub, which wastes talented voice
actors and makes the film even worse.
Yeah, I'm sure Disney felt real threatened.
Number nine is Princess Merida.
Another questionable remake of a Disney and Pixar production
is the film known as Super K.
Bizarrely, this is a case of a film being repackaged
as a remake in order to take advantage
of the popularity of Pixar's 2012 film, Brave.
Super K is actually an Indian film which has
a suspiciously similar character to Brave's
Princess Merida.
Many people have suggested that though Super K
was released just before Brave, that the studio
responsible, modeled its red headed character Kiara
on already released promotional material,
showing Brave's Princess Merida.
When Super K was released in America, they then renamed
the movie, Kiara the Brave.
Even taking the Disney film's title.
The movie was not exactly received well
and was universally criticized.
I think the funniest thing about this is that the title
was Super K, as if they could get any less creative
by the fact that they ripped something off,
and were just like, figure out a title and put it out.
Super K, okay let's go.
Number eight is The Princess and the Frog.
(croaking and coughing)
Oh God, I'm never trying to do a frog again.
Disney's The Princess and the Frog, tell the timeless
fairy tail of well, the princess and the frog.
It was released in 2009 and hot on it's heals
came the cheap remade version The Frog Prince.
This Brazilian production was made by Video Brinquedo,
who had made a whole stream of Disney remakes
over the last two decades.
But here's the interesting thing, Disney really can't
do a whole lot about it, because they've adapted
public domain fairy tales and so Video Brinquedo
can just claim that they did the exact same,
even though the release dates are always very similar
and the artwork is too.
The Frog Prince has both the princess and the frog
from the Disney version, but includes some bizarre
sexual innuendos, which would make most people feel
as if it was inappropriate for kids.
But seriously, even if you're five years old,
there's no mistaking this for the real thing.
Number seven is Carl Fredricksen.
Disney and Pixar's 2009 animated film, Up
has a huge fan base.
You know that sweet story about an old grieving
widower and a young boy going on an adventure
to discover their place in the world,
so of course, somebody had to rip it off.
In Disney's film, the old widower is Carl Fredricksen,
who attaches balloons to his house
in order to turn it into an airship to see the world.
But in the 2009 ripoff, a I mean the coincidental
example of parallel thinking, the film, What's Up,
Balloon to the Rescue, replaces Carl with a stuffy
old scientist who likewise floats his house
around attached to balloons.
Man I'd like to attach some balloons to the people
that made this film, which is a lot of (clears throat).
Sorry, come on Matt, you promised to be nice.
Number six is Aladdin.
Yo seriously, this is one of my childhood favorites.
You better not mess with the storyline, playa.
Disney's Aladdin was released back in 1992,
to rave reviews.
But following this, a German company called Dingo Pictures,
released it's own version complete with another take
on Aladdin himself, and even Robin Williams' famous
performance as the Genie.
Dingo pictures avoided copyright issues,
by stating that their film was nothing to do with Disney's
and that it was based on the source material.
But unlike Disney's Aladdin, this is not
♪ A whole new world ♪
that you'd like to visit.
With lifeless animation, and a strange technique
where only the mouth's of the characters move
most of the time and little else, you certainly know
that you're not in Disneyland when the Genie appears
and announces loudly, ich bin Genie.
Honestly, Robin Williams is probably spinning
in his grave.
You will pay respect to that original Genie.
Number five is Kung Fu Panda.
Oh another Brazilian remake great.
In 2008, a Brazilian animation company released the film
The Little Panda Fighter.
It's a not so subtle remake of Kung Fu Panda
and retells the story of Po, a giant panda
who aspires to become a Kung Fu master.
Ska doosh.
In this instance, the giant panda's name is Pankada,
and he works for a boxing club.
But in a bizarre twist, he hopes one day to become
a professional dancer, but is mistaken for a famous boxer.
Critics went absolutely savage on this movie,
destroying it.
Criticizing is mostly for plagiarism and noting that the
counterfeit Po did not have the same charm
that Jack Black's Kung Fu Panda did.
As with many of these copies, The Little Panda Fighter
has a much reduced budget and you can tell
just how reduced it must have been,
throughout the agonizing 50 minute run time.
I'm still trying to be nice to these people.
Just starting to struggle.
Number four is Pocahontas.
Yet another Disney character who is remade
in a foreign film as Pocahontas.
That film is called the Adventures of Pocahontas,
Indian Princess, and was released back in 1994.
But interestingly, the Disney version was released
a full year later.
But some people believe that companies were able
to get their versions out first, because they didn't have
the same production costs or time consuming techniques
like you know, trying to make it quality.
The film was directed by Japanese film makers,
Tasuke, Haruma and Takashi, and despite allegedly
rushing the film out to beat the Disney production,
the film has some good animation and is even remembered
fondly by kids who watched it at the time.
Unlike the other movies on this list,
some reviews have even suggested that the characters
are more likable than their Disney counterparts.
Well either way, the actual story of Pocahontas
that this was based upon, is kind of a nightmare.
You might want to look it up.
Childhood ruined.
Number three is Mowgli.
The Adventures of Mowgli is an animated series
in Russia, which retells the story of The Jungle Book.
It ran from 1967 to 1971 and was later compiled
into a feature length cartoon.
While both Disney's The Jungle Book and
The Adventures of Mowgli are based on the original book
by Rudyard Kipling, the Russian version is seen
by many as a remake of the Disney production.
Because both films are drawn from the same material,
they follow the same story of a baby being brought up
in the jungle by wolves and other animals called Mowgli.
Surprisingly, the Russian version actually
has a lot merit to it,
with some great animation and in some places,
being closer to the actual book than the Disney version.
Unfortunately, the songs haven't been likewise
reinterpreted.
Let's be honest, you kind of want to hear
the Russian Bear Necessities.
♪ It's just the Russian bear necessities ♪
♪ In Russia necessities need you ♪
Number two is Simba.
Who doesn't love The Lion King?
If you don't, you're a monster.
Well, it seems someone in Japan loved the film
so much that they had their own animated adventure
starring a replica of Simba.
The 46 minute direct to video animated film
was released in 1994 and was titled Leo the Lion,
King of the Jungle.
In it, Simba's counterpart, Leo the Lion
has become king of the jungle, but isn't very good
at doing the job.
But just like at the end of Disney's Lion King,
a young lion cub rides on the scene
helping Leo to understand what it means to be king.
But one thing going for this film,
is that there's a lot less death and destruction
than the Disney original.
But that doesn't save the movie from being a poor
remake of the Disney classic.
It also doesn't have Timone and Pumba singing
Hakunna Matata, which makes it instantly 300% worse.
♪ If your hungry for a big piece of juicy meat ♪
♪ Eat my buddy Pumba here he's a juicy treat ♪
♪ Aah, he's a big pig yum ♪
♪ You could be a big pig too, oy ♪
And number one is Wall-E.
Wall-E is a well loved film from Pixar
with an original science fiction tale to tell.
It's pretty unique.
So unique in fact, that you'd assume that no one
would ever try to remake it.
It's story, it's characters, whatever.
But of course, you'd be wrong.
The film Tiny Robots was released in 2008
and re-imagines the title character Wall-E
from the Disney and Pixar movie of the same name.
The 45 minute Brazilian production
follows a group of robots living on Earth,
which is no longer inhabited by humans.
In the robot cities of planet Earth, an evil robot
which looks suspiciously like a Darth Vader knock off,
has risen to power.
Wall-E or Tank as he's called in this version,
to avoid being sued, has to travel through
the robot cities to stop the evil villain
from taking over the planet.
Ah, trust me, I made it sound a lot better
than it actually is.
Well there you go.
What have we learned today folks?
Brazil likes to rip off a lot of movies
and they're almost never as good.
Actually, the Brazilian ones are never, never
as good, ever.
The Russian one maybe, but never Brazil.
Okay Brazil, lesson learned,
so start making some original content.
Okay, bye.