Disney Heroes: The Animated Series

Disney Heroes: The Animated Series is an American action-adventure animated series produced by Disney Television Animation. The series was created by Disney veteran Ruben Procopio. The show features characters from various Disney films such as Frozen, Aladdin, Hercules and Peter Pan. The show premiered on November 22, 2019 on Disney Channel.

Development
Around 2000, Disney started a franchise known as the Disney Adventurers, which was meant to be the male-counterpart of the Disney Princesses. The franchise featured Hercules, Aladdin, Tarzan, and Peter Pan going on adventures in the respective homes while facing off against foes like Hades, Jafar, Clayton, and Captain Hook.

The franchise was re-tooled in 2003 by the name Disney Heroes. The cast of heroes was made bigger with the inclusion of Merlin and Arthur, Robin Hood, Li Shang, Prince Phillip, and Milo Thatch. The rogues gallery was bigger as well with the inclusion of Maleficent, an original character from The Sword in the Stone world Mordred, Prince John, Shan Yu, and Commander Rourke.

While the franchise was successful, it didn't meet the level of success of the Disney Princesses and eventually got cancelled. But as recent as 2014, Disney has expressed interest in reviving the franchise somehow. It was announced in 2018 that Disney would be bringing back in the form of an animated series and that Disney veteran Ruben Procopio would be producing it.

For the tone of the series, Ruben based off of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 cartoon and live-action movies. He wanted the stakes to be real but have the characters still goof around and have fun. For the animation and character designs, Ruben took inspiration from Samurai Jack with it's use of cinematic-like action and classic cartoon sound-effects and he gave the series a rather comic-book-esque art style.

Premise
Hades has revived Maleficent and other several Disney Villains to spread chaos across the Disney Universe. In desperate times, King Mickey Mouse and Merlin rallied a up group of five Disney heroes to defend the Disney worlds from evil forces.

Main Characters
.Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel)-

.Hercules (voiced by Tate Donovan)-

.Aladdin (voiced by Scott Weinger)-

.Ariel (voiced by Jodi Benson)-

.Peter Pan (voiced by Charlie Schlatter)-

.King Mickey Mouse (voiced by Bret Iwan)-

.Merlin (voiced by Jeff Bennett)-

Major and Recurring Characters
.Donald Duck (voiced by Tony Anselmo)-

.Goofy (voiced by Bill Farmer)-

.Jiminy Cricket (voiced by Joe Ochman)-

.Philoctetes (voiced by Robert Costanzo)-

.Arthur Pendragon (voiced by Jeannie Elias)-

.Flora, Fauna and Merryweather (voiced by Susanne Blakeslee, Tara Strong, and Tress MacNeille)

.Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell)-

.Kristoff and Sven (voiced by Jonathan Groff and Frank Welker)-

.Olaf (voiced by Josh Gad)-

.Jasmine (voiced by Linda Larkin)

.The Genie (voiced by Dan Castellaneta)-

.Abu (voiced by Frank Walker)-

.Iago (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried)-

.The Magic Carpet-

.Pegasus (voiced by Frank Welker)

.Megara (voiced by Susan Egan)