Aditya Mandhane
11. Hocus Pocus (1993)
‘Hocus Pocus’ is a cult classic aired frequently on the Disney Channel. Featuring the shenanigans of a trio of evil witches, the film also succeeds in giving kids the world’s worst flirting lesson through the bus driver. When the evil Sanderson Sisters tell the bus driver what they desire is children, he chuckles and says, “It might take me a couple of tries, but I don’t think that’d be a problem.” Proving, once again, that bus drivers are creeps. While the kids won’t get any of the raunchy lines the lecherous driver utters at the witches, a rewatching when they come of age will be sure to ruin childhood memories.
12. Lion King (1994)
This one was so famous I heard about it years ago in playground whispers! Yes, animals can be dirty too. As Lion King Simba slumps on the ground, he sends a cloud of dust swirling up into the night sky. For a moment, the dust seems to form into the letters: S-E-X. Ooooooh! An animator on the film has confirmed that yes, there was indeed a word intentionally spelled out in the dust — but it’s not what you think, filthy people! Animator Tom Sito insists that the letters actually spell ‘SFX’, an in-jokey ‘hello’ from the film’s art and special effects (or ‘SFX’) department. Yeah, like we’d believe that!
13. Little Rascals (1994)
Well, this is pretty self-explanatory. Alfalfa, ya lucky dawg! This actually happens to a lot of excitable characters across kid’s films (like Buzz’s wings standing erect in Toy Story 2) But these kids are, what, ten years old? And here they are getting hair-erections? Eh, it was the 90s.
14. Toy Story (1995)
‘Toy Story’ introduced us to some of the most beloved animated film characters in cinema history, including Buzz Lightyear and Sheriff Woody. Buzz and Woody are both toys that belong to Andy, a young boy who treats his toys more like friends, than inanimate objects. However, across the street lives Sid, a young boy that takes joy in tormenting his toys, by taking them apart and creating creatures, like a doll with mechanical spider legs and a duck head on top of a GI Joe. Alongside the absurd creatures, the film includes a seemingly innocent toy — a pair of Barbie legs with a dangling hook. This not-so-subtle design suggests the toy’s a uhm… “hooker”! Geddit?
15. Space Jam
When a doctor asks whether you’re “unable to…” and then pauses awkwardly before saying the dreaded word “perform,” we all know what it means. That’s what happened to poor Michael Jordan in ‘Space Jam’ when a doctor asks if – apart from his problems on the basketball court – he has “performance issues.” He could at least have called it “shooting hoops,” “dunking balls” or something else along those lines! Most kids definitely understood this one though!
16. Aladdin and The King Of Thieves (1996)
Aladdin and the King of Thieves went straight to DVD, but that doesn’t mean Disney forgot to put an innuendo in it. During Aladdin and Jasmine’s wedding, a nearby elephant makes the earth shake and Genie quips, “I thought the Earth wasn’t supposed to movie until the honeymoon”. Naughty!
17. Hercules (1997)
Now this innuendo actually makes me really uncomfortable. In the film, Meg is sent by Hades to recruit the River Guardian for his army, but he agrees to join if Meg becomes his lover. Meg’s refusal enrages the villain and a fight ensues as Hercules shows up. The fight ends with Hercules punching the River Guardian through the air. Before he passes out, his own horseshoes fall on his head, causing a suspiciously phallic bump to grow out of the top of his head. As the penis-shaped bump swells, the River Guardians’ eyebrows appeared to morph into a set of testicles. Now, that’s a pretty disturbing picture dontcha think?
18. The Rugrats Movie (1998)
I don’t even want to get into the innuendos made in the animated series about toddler adventures on Nickolodean. But in the film version, a line goes “Born under Venus, look for a…” and gets interrupted. So what do you think is the perfect rhyming end for that line? *Wink Wink*
19. A Bug’s Life (1998)
‘A Bug’s Life’ tells the story of Flick, an inventive ant who teams up with a team of circus bugs, including a caterpillar, a ladybug, a praying mantis, a walking stick, a black widow spider, a moth and a flea, in order to defeat the greedy Grasshoppers who steal his ant colony’s food supply every season. In one scene, a pair of flies ask Francis, the ladybug, “Hey cutie, wanna pollinate with a real bug?” Anyone who knows about birds and bees (or paid enough attention to biology in high school) will get the meaning behind this flirty line succinctly!
20. Brave Little Toaster To The Rescue (1999)
The direct-to-video sequel to the 1987 flick we earlier discussed continues on the glorious tradition of its predecessor by giving audiences another sexual reference featuring electronic appliances. It is so ridiculous that it’s almost unbelievable. The scene in question begins with a computer talking to a computer mouse. The computer exclaims things like “My memory banks are being stroked,” while making pleasurable sounds like – “Woo!” and “That feels sorta good.” He adds, “I feel something… something happening inside of me and I can’t keep it to myself any longer,” and then all at once, the printer explodes with sheets of white paper. Yes, you read that right – Disney’s animated computer climaxed!
21. Road To El Dorado (2000)
In ‘The Road to El Dorado’, romance blossoms between Tulio and the striking Chel. But instead of it ending in the usual cartoon kisses, we hear the sounds of some noisy slurping offscreen. And when they then get interrupted and pop their heads up into shot, Chel appears from somewhere a little too low down on Tulio’s body for it to have been an innocent peck on the cheek. You’ll get it once you watch it.
22. The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)
And Disney is at it again! In this buddy comedy, Kronk, a dimwitted and muscular henchman pitches a comically undersized tent pretty much over his crotch. And when a man has a “pitched tent,” we know there needs to be a long, firm pole holding it up, right? (Wow I disgust even myself!)
